Follow up to this.
Enjin has been hugging your unconscious dead body for what felt like an eternity. He was angry more than sad. But the burning rage was slowly dissolving. Eishia has been healing up his friends and eventually came to them.
"A-are you hurt, Enjin?" She asks him with a worried look only to see him shaking his head.
"Just... This idiot. But I don't think she... "
Eishia looks at your form and smiles, shyly.
"It's... Worth to try it. Can you put her down?"
Reluctantly, he lays you on the pristine ground of that Sphereite palace.
Eishia blinks as she access your body.
"She... Is not dead. She is not even injured, from what I am accessing." She scratches her head, as embarrassed as she could be.
"What? What do you mean she isn't injured??? She shielded me! She passed out in my arms!" Enjin is pretty much growling right now and making poor Eishia recoil and explain, flustered:
"She... Is sleeping. Like... Passed out sleeping."
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It takes a couple of days until you wake up. Oh yeah, days. Most of the battle was concluded, so it was just a long, nice sleep in the most comfy bed you ever felt.
When you open your eyes, there he is, your crush, enemy with benefits, future hubby inside your twisted mind.
"Morning, big boy. You seem kinda upset~"
He glares at you, annoyedly.
"Must be because someone thought it would be a good idea to play sleeping beauty just after a mortal attack!"
"Ah, that... I wouldn't shield you if I thought I would die. I am not stupid. I would have tried another approach." You grimace at him, as if that was the most obvious answer possible.
"But I've seen you been hurt though. Or was there some kind of illusion?"
"It's because RH gave me a lotion of sorts."
"RH?"
"Resident Healer. I don't really know their name. They're a hermit. You think that with Jabber's antics we could afford to not have someone to heal us? Anyway, lotion was to stop any mortal wounds, side effect is 3 days sleeping. I usually don't get hurt at all because of speed, so... But this time it was different." You shrug, playfully.
He groans dramatically and goes on a rant about how you should give him a heads up about stuff like this and how utterly shocked he was with your sacrifice.
You giggle. You can't help it. He looks so handsome and angry... and vulnerable. Suddenly, your playful smile disappear and it becomes tender.
He notices your smile at one point.
"What are you smiling about?! This is not okay, [Name]!"
"You... You were that scared of losing me?"
Enjin stays quiet for a moment and looks down.
"It would be pretty shitty if I lost you before... Letting you know how I feel."
You smile again, making grabby hands at him. He rolls his eyes, clearly still annoyed, but unable to tell you no.
You wrap your arms around him, in the most gentle cuddle possible.
"All I could think was... I won't let anyone... Hurt him. Ever. Because he is my special person."
His eyes widen for a moment and he smiles too, calmly pinning you against the bed.
"Your special person is now forbidding you to try to save him even if you effectively can."
"What if I break this rule?"
"If you die, I will kill you."
The two of you giggle and he leans in, capturing your lips in the softest, neediest kiss. You're alive. You're safe. You're his.
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Big boy was so annoyed. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
