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Luckily after the chess match pink had one of Alice’s cookies that make you bigger and we all ate a little piece and grew back to normal size. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and relaxed. “We need somewhere to sleep.” I say. “oh! i know somewhere! it’s y/ns dads cabin. he’s out exploring more rabbit holes so we can stay there.” pink practically yells.

after what feels like hours of walking were there and i collapse dramatically on the couch. it’s really uncomfortable, but I’ll deal with it for the time being. I don’t notice but max is continuously looking at me. Whatever. I slowly get up and just sit there until Chloe pulls red away to talk, likely about the incident from the chess game. Max flops down next to me causing the couch to creak under his weight. My eyes drift to his arms, they look sculpted and defined.

I look away and shake my head. Our legs touch me both of us pull away. Why can’t he just be normal? There’s always some sort of tension between us ever since we met and neither of us will do anything about it. Is he even noticing it? Am I just reading to much into it? As questions flow through my mind max notices me zoning out and puts his hand on my knee causing me to flinch. “Hey, you good?” His eyes look surprisingly sincere. I just nod. He looks at me like he doesn’t believe me but doesn’t push for an answer. His hand stays on my knee with his thumb rubbing slow circles on my lower thigh.

“Come.” He gestures outside with his head. I reluctantly follow sighing heavily. I get off the couch and follow him. Hazel gives us a weird look but max dismisses it. The cabin door closes with a click and we make our way to the chairs on the porch and we sit.

the tension is thick. no attempts of friendliness can break it. “you’re really complicated you know that?” max blurts out. my head shoots to the side “what the fuck are you talking about?”. “you! you look at me a certain way and then i act on how you look at me and you pull away! just be normal!”. wow. so he does feel how i do.

“you think you’re the only one who feels like that?! max you do the exact same thing!” my tone is harsh. he just scoffs and shakes his head. “say something max.”. “i don’t want to talk to you y/n im upset!” he looks genuinely hurt. his expression is something i’ve never seen before.

“max…” i say softly. he shakes his head. “max please.” before i can say another word he grabs me by my waist and pulls me in to kiss me. our lips crash together. my hands move to his jaw and i pull him closer to deepen the kiss. he moves my head to the side and lets out a low groan causing both of us to pull away. we just stare at each other for a few seconds until i pull him back in.

the kiss isn’t love, it’s not happy, it’s hunger, it’s pent up feelings and tension. tension that snapped. he backs me against the wall of the cabin and our tongues continue to fight for dominance. his hands are on my waist and he’s squeezing me like he’s afraid i’m leaving.

“y/n?!” i push him off of me to look at the door and i see… pink. shit. “what are you doing with him!?” she yells. “nothing! i just… i don’t know.” i say quietly. Pink just scoffs and storms off. “Go. She needs you. Max’s demeanor is worried but composed as he speaks. I run in the direction pink went and I find her. “Hey…” I murmur. “No! Don’t even try to be nice because what the hell was that y/n!?” she demanded.

“listen i know it looks really bad but that’s the only time pink! i promise!” i choked out. she storms off again. “pink!” i cry out. max approaches from behind and puts his hand on my waist. i stand there with my vision getting blurry and wetness falling down my cheeks.

“i’m sorry for crying max” he turns me around and embraces me against his chest. i sob into his chest and he doesn’t talk, doesn’t do anything stupid he just… holds me. my hands move up to hold onto his shirt as i soak it in tears.

his hand moves up and down my back as he shushes me quietly and softly. “it’s ok it’s my fault.” he whispers softly. i shake my head. “it was both of us not just you max” i say even quieter. he holds me tighter until he lifts my head up and kisses the tears falling down my face gently.

“it’s ok.” he whispers. i start calming down along with my breathing getting calmer. i shouldn’t like him. this internal conflict is killing me. is it me or him? do i like him? like do i like like him? this is awful and confusing and i hate it.

“thank you max” i say almost to myself. he hums. “you’re really nice for a VK.” i laugh. his laugh follows after “thanks rabbit”. “ew never call me that again.” we both laugh until a comfortable silence falls over us. he’s still holding me, making sure i’m ok.

“wanna get to bed? i need to talk to hazel about something.” he moves my hair out of my face as he speaks. i nod. he holds my hand and walks me back to the cabin. the walk is short as we were only a few meters away from the cabin.

“here. go inside and go to bed ok?” he demands softly. “ok”. he gives me a quick kiss before opening the door and leading me inside. he gets hazel and she goes out and the door shuts.

pink sees me while she’s laying on the couch and turns away. that’s my sign to just go upstairs and sleep. the pain of all the walking i’ve done today finally sets in and i quickly change into a comfy pair of shorts and a tank top. i bury myself into my blankets and drift off into a deep sleep.

it’s late at night and i feel someone’s hand on my face. i hesitate to open my eyes. “max? what’s wrong?”. “i need you to come with me and chloe something happened.” he whispers. “what happened? max talk to me.”. “i’ll tell you later we need to go.” he picks me up by my knees and i wrap my arms around his neck as he runs out of the cabin.

the run is long “why are we at your dads house max?” he doesn’t respond right away. “i said i’ll tell you later just go inside.” he sets me down at that and practically pushes me inside. the fuck?

chloe is inside she looks… different. her hair is darker her eyes are more hollow.

max tells us about this specific machine his dad cannot live without, the oraculum. i wasn’t necessarily listening when he said what it does but all max said is that we need to take to bargain with his dad for the pocket watch.

“are you sure this will work” i ask max. he nods and we all stay in a circle then something purple starts circling around us.

“pink it’s your moms ca-“ i immediately feel tired and fall asleep and i wake up on a big… chess board? everyone is here but where are we. everyone starts waking up and look just as confused as i am.

“where are we?” pink questions. “no clue but it seems maddox is playing some sort of game.” i reply while gesturing to the chess pieces on the other side of the board. “chloe you’re a princess you’re good at chess right?” i look directly at her after asking and she nods.

chloe starts leading us around and putting us in different positions and once we’re set up the game starts. “robbie go to f4 basic pawn move.” chloe instructs. robbie moves then all we see is the tile shooting up and robbie flying off and away from the board.

“this isn’t a regular game of chess chlo”red tells her. “we all have to think like villains to understand what is going through maddox’s mind, he’s not a hero so we can’t think like one.” chloe just nods

it’s time for maddox’s chess pieces to make a move now. his pieces start…dancing? what in the actual hell is this?

“everybody pair up with someone! it’s the only way we’ll win!” red commanded everyone. everyone is paired up with someone but me and max. great. i just over to him hesitantly.

“why are you so avoidant?” max whispers to me. “i don’t trust you.” my answer was plain and simple and he just nodded. i look at his face and i feel something in my stomach something that feels like fear and something im not sure of. my cheeks flush pink. i shouldn’t find him attractive, at all.

he looks at me and just snickers. god he’s insufferable. how can a person be this annoying but hot it’s unfair. as red goes over the routine with everyone there’s a part where he has to catch me. essentially a trust fall. is he strong enough for that? i doubt it. although i’ve never seen his arms under the jacket.

“if you don’t catch me i can hit you deal?” i tell him with really no room for questions. he grins then follows up with “whatever you say princess”. i want to hit him, slap him or just do whatever it takes to make him wipe that stupid grin off his face because it makes him look way to attractive. i hold my arms out and fall backwards and i feel him catch me.

his arms are firm and so is his grip. fuck. we continue the routine as pawns on the other side of the chess board get eliminated. they blow up into black smoke as they disappear.

and of all the things that can happen i choke on the smoke. greatgreatgreat. “you ok?” max puts his hand on my back. “i’m fine” i catch my breath and push his hand off me. seriously what is his deal? the “dance battle” between us and the stupid magical chess pieces seems to go on forever. my legs burn as if someone is taking a torch to the back of my calves.

red pushes chloe infront of a live plant and then pulls her away quickly to get a few of the chess pieces out. chloe looked at red as if she had just killed her entire bloodline. red climbs up a piece that went above us and pushes it off winning us the game. we all start cheering and smiling except chloe. red will talk to her. me and max hug and his warm arms embrace me. i immediately pull away after a good 5 seconds. i guess he isn’t to bad.

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