#qewroon

You wake up early in the morning , do your usual chores and morning routine. As you walked around the house, feeling a bit tired still even after drinking a cup of coffee, you notice that you were missing a few things for around the house, like, you needed more milk, needed more cleaning supplies, needed anything edible really. So you thought ‘why not make a trip out of this?’. You then get ready , brush your hair , get dressed & head out.

As you walk through the sidewalk, heading towards the commercial district, you see the Zabka that you’d always visit late at night after a long day of either fighting or in the mines, very normal day for you. You decided then that you’d walk in, maybe see if you can get what you need or maybe even getting just the blind hat bags that you like, might as well, they are cheap after all…

As you walk in, you say hi to Ewron who is clearly busy restocking & checking inventory as usual. He gives you a smile and a short wave as you head towards an aisle checking if he has what you need. You obviously know he doesn’t, you know this store as if it were the back of your hand. You keep checking, trying to hide the fact that you still feel butterflies every time you see him or hear him talk on the phone, which makes you wonder who is he talking to? you shake that thought away, grab five of the blind hat bags and head over the register.

You place your items down and look at him with a small smile “This is all you’re getting? you’ve been here awhile.” he tells you, you nod “Yeah, i thought you would have what i wanted but unfortunately you don’t, i’d have to run to a different store. I still like these blind bags though” you say with a dry, nervous chuckle.

He shakes his head as he checks you out, giggling almost “Right, i know. I notice you every night here, is that your normal schedule? or is today a special day?” he says handing you the blind bags in a small plastic bag. You take the plastic bag from his hand and sigh “No, i ran out of stuff at my place. If it wasn’t for that, you would’ve seen me late at night again, to which, you still will” He looks at you, still smiling, as if you were this fascinating thing “Plus, i always see you working hard and running around. Why couldn’t i be out bright and early?” He lets out a chuckle “No,No! Its good to you see this early. Makes my day way better.” With that you blush, nod and wave him goodbye “See you tonight either way! Have a nice day!” You mention as you walk out. You go to different stores along the morning and head back home.

At home you prepare for more fighting, you have been preparing for some war in the past 3 months, somehow everyone is distracted by silly things but you can just feel the worst is about to come soon. So soon, and that makes you nervous but even more prepared for battle. You grab your sword, the strongest armor you have, get on your horse and start your night. As you fought, argued, tried not to cry. You always wondered if he ever had to go through a fight, does he leave his store? does he have this super secret thing that you would simply never know about since you were a normal customer to him but to you he was this most interesting person ever. You liked that about him, love that about him, you could never confess to someone who’s simply doing their job, thats silly.

You finish off your fighting, training at this point. It’s gotten easy for you. You ride your house back to her stable, you clean off a few things before heading to the Zabka to get your usual. You step in and there he was, as usual. You take a deep breath, dry yourself up and go up to him “Hi, sorry for wetting your floors again. I tried drying up at the front of the store but you know how that goes..” He looks at you, scanning you “I know! im trying to fix that, are you okay? you’re shivering..” You look at him stunned then look down at your hands, you were indeed shivering, you never would’ve noticed. Thought it was normal since you were around him.. “Oh, yeah no im okay! just cold, you know! A.C and being wet isn’t the best mix” You chuckle, having your arms wrapped around yourself trying to warm up. He looks around his store and takes his jacket and hands it to you “Sit there, I’ll grab your usual thing.” You nod taking a seat on a stool, that’s clearly been in the store since forever.

You see him walking back towards you, smiling, also looking kinda concerned “Here you go! i hope i got that right.. you’re usually the one to make it” He chuckles nervously, you take the food and take a bite out of it and nod “Thanks! this is perfect actually.” He nods and tries not to stare “Can i ask you a question?” You nod “What do you do that always leads you here late at night?” “What do you do here that the store is always open?” You counter ask him, he lets out a dry laugh “touché” he gets up and heads to the back of the store. You sit there, meal almost done, feeling pretty warmed up. He walks out again and stands behind the counter, as usual. You get up walking towards the counter, put some money down for the meal and his jacket down “Thank you for tonight. I really needed this” He nods and watches you walk out.

You sighed and decided to head home & finish the night.

Its the next morning, you do your usual, chat with friends and that day you have decided to take a day off. You head to the park and sit on one of the swings, listening to the birds, watching how the wind moves the leaves on the trees and floor. It was fall so everything was all different shades of orange. You close your eyes to just listen for a second until your hear something, like a stick cracking under someone’s step, immediately you’re on high alert, Everyone said they had plans for the day. They are always busy. You look around, scanning the area again, looking up, the sides, everywhere but theres nothing different, only the atmosphere that changed. You shake it off as stress, it has been awhile since you last relaxed. So you take one more deep breath and focus on simpler things. Few hours there, only a few friends passed by for small chat, you decided that it was finally time to head home. The sun was setting and you hadn’t seen him at all today. ‘Does he actually just stay in that store this whole time?’ you go by and there he was, he seemed different though, hair slightly more messy, clothes ruffled out as if it had been laying somewhere or under something for too many hours. You shrug it off as if maybe he had to get to work quickly or maybe a jacket? Who knows! You walk in and wave at him, grab your blind hat bags, make some small talk and heading out- “Hey! wait, didn’t you forget something?” You look back at him confused then you realized “Cooking at home tonight! I will be here tomorrow night. i promise.” you then head out to home, cook then sleep.

This morning, you do your usual & then you set up for your ‘training’ apparently there was this new person, no name, just titled as an “assassin” no one knows who he is, or which islander he can be. Just all private, face covered, rarely spoke, when he did he was cocky allegedly. You shake your head as you hear about this new individual, ‘let’s hope he’s good’ you thought.

You get geared up, head out with your horse and you see him. He is wearing this white and red cloak, you both get into position to fight. He wasn’t bad but you did get to hit him many times. He has quiet moves, you noted, he’s smooth with that. Good! we need that. You both finish up and you pay close attention to him, he has his gloved hand over one his arms. You let out a quiet chuckle and ride back home to quickly clean up and head to the Zabka.

You walk in feeling kinda bruised, he did get you good! you’d admit. As you walk to get into the store you can’t really see Ewron, he’s out back but you can still see him. You walk in, bell ringing as you step in and you start grabbing some hotdogs and adding what you like. He notices you and clears his throat “Rough night?” You look at him and notice your bruised arm, exposed, “Something like that. Whats up with you?” You say meaning that he seemed slightly different than usual “Me? im doing perfectly fine! long day.” He smiles, dark under eyes. He did seem tired. ‘Is this store really that bad?’. You finish eating your food, pay and wish him a good night & to rest, then head back home.

He seemed different, not in a stalker ‘i understand his every move’ way but he seemed kinda unsettled, sort of not wanting you in the store that time around. Maybe you’re overthinking it, maybe its the nerves and the huge fucking crush you have on him. Embarrassing. You sigh and finish the night.

The days just keep merging together, the assassin is getting better, no chats with him, no face, no nothing. Same conversations with Ewron, you do notice some bruising on his arms. Weird. you noted that, Otherwise everyday was the same loop. Nothing insane, nothing weird, same fights, same people, same nights.

Until one night, the one night you actually got hurt by that damn assassin, he got you. You head to the park that night, to take a deep breath, calm down, it was fine but the wound obviously hurt like a mother fucker. As you’re trying to calm down and heal in the silence you hear it again, a stick cracking under someone’s foot. You stand up on high alert with your sword this time “Who’s there?” You yell, looking around with your lantern, then you notice it. Something with multiple red eyes staring down at you from the tree. You stay there staring back at it with your sword pointing at it “Why don’t you come down here instead hm?, Instead of staying up there like a freak!” You yell once again. It doesn’t go down, It stays there for a moment then flies away. You stand there, in shock and then you drop your sword letting out a sigh of relief. You grab your stuff and head home immediately.

Few nights later you are still shaken up, gotta act strong in front of everyone else besides Ewron, it’s late at night. Whats the point on keeping face with someone you truly like and trust? “Ewron. You just had to see it, it was.. Horrifying! i cant stop thinking of what would’ve happened if i didn’t have my sword or threatened it, i don’t know!” Ewron looks at you for a moment “You had a sword to protect yourself like everyone else here. If something had happened to you, you know that we all would try and find you.” You look down realizing he doesn’t exactly know what you do, you thought for a second to reveal it to him but, will he be scared? would he stop being friendly with you if he knew that you seem like this war.. machine? “Thank you Ewron. That means a lot. I guess you’re right, what would i even do with a sword tho? i only stay home, watch tv & talk to you!” You look at him again, lying obviously, he’s still staring right at you nodding “You know the basics! if anything just start swinging it around and hope you get them.” He lets out a chuckle and you chuckle as well. Right thats the best way to handle your precious sword.

You finish your night at the Zabka and head home as usual. Head running through a million thoughts as you try to rest, until eventually you do but when you do, all you get is nightmares of that thing. What is that or.. More importantly who is that?

You stay around longer late at night with Ewron now, theorizing what that thing could be, he doesn’t know i suspect it could a person but thats separate. “Im telling you! What if it was some sort of crow or something?” “How would it be a crow Ev? it had one too many glowing red eyes. Freaky” You let out a shiver. “So what? You know the weird shit they do around here? don’t think i don’t notice just because im a store & casino owner. We hear LOADS of things.” “Here you go again, i get it! fine. what if it was? why did it have this weirdly timed flying away, that’s nothing a bird would do.. right?” “Maybe! you never know with birds..” You shake your head and close the big notebook you both are sharing for theories & anything else, you yawn and stretch “You’re lucky im tired, this argument isn’t over!” He lets out a chuckle then stretches as-well “Okay. You go sleep, sleepy head, it’s not even late..” You roll your eyes smiling taking the big notebook and jacket “See ya around ev!”

This night. You decided on your own you’d catch whatever this was, whoever it was. Ewron doesn’t know, he wouldn’t know. He cant know, that would ruin everything between you two. You think you have something good going, maybe even asking him out?.. you finish preparing for the night, fully camouflaged with the night, no way anyone can see you in this. You walk into the park quietly, no stepping on sticks as you move up trees like that freak did. You move up silently and look around, scanning around other trees, the skies, the floor. You bite your bottom lip thinking ‘Maybe it was some weird crow..’ Until you hear it. The same cracking sound on the ground ‘they are really obvious’ you stay still, quiet as a mouse, not moving, not breathing. You look at it or them, as they look down searching for someone, maybe you? maybe a completely other person they could take? You feel something slightly moving then.. you hear the sound of something falling from your direction. It notices you and flies off. “dammit!”.

After that, you are still trying to think on how to catch it, it’s clearly something almost.. human, but not quite. Its weird. Still not sharing it with Ewron.

Different night as you fight the assassin, he’s gotten good! still not talking, still no personal information but thats good for you, you like quiet fighters, less complaining, less distractions, less anything really. But you cant help but think about who he could be. Why isn’t he telling you or anyone around him? You shrug the curiosity off once again, why would you care if it’s only for fighting & nothing else.

Another night, another fight and now another hunting this thing. This time you have it prepared, you noticed the pattern of how they go up the same tree, they use the same angle. So you thought why not set a trap? simple, easy, no one can stop you, no assassin, no sheriff, nobody can.

As you set trap, still dark out but it’s early. You lean back on a tree looking around admiring the view on top of it, it’s beautiful, the city is bright full of life unlike this specific park. Thats why you like it, quiet, dark, peaceful… Well used to be until the thing appeared.

Then you hear it. the same sound you’ve heard so many times like clockwork. Suddenly the trap works perfect just how you thought it would but once you to check it out, it was a cat. Weird, Not what you expected. Where did this cat come from and how didn’t you hear it? you let go of the cat, surely they already know what you had planned and ran off, so you left for the night.

Next morning you are there with Ewron, surprisingly enough. He asked to hang out around the city “I adore this place, you know?” You look at him, admiring his side profile really. “Yeah. It’s beautiful…” He turns to you with a big smile on his face. God what a handsome idiot he is “It is, i like sitting here at night before you come by and thats when i know it’s worth the stay.” You nod then turn your head to look over at the view, feeling flustered, who would’ve thought we would get this far? you aren’t confessing yet. that would be weird! too early in the friendship! “You know ev, im glad you invited me here, i needed this.” He nods looking away as well “Anytime.” You bite your bottom lip, nervously, both of your hands are close to each other, pinky’s almost touching “You know, something weird happened the other day” “Yeah? what happened?” “I uh was walking towards the park, you know, usual night and there was this cat in this like weird trap contraption. Who does that? theres no bears or dears or anything of that sort for that.. right?” “People are weird. Is the cat okay?” You nod, Notice the energy change but decide to ignore it.

The sunset ends and you both head back to your respective places. You start preparing for the night. Tonight is the night you either catch this or they take you.

You go to the park, as normal, set up a trap and wait up on the tree. Then suddenly a stick breaking, trap goes off, you check it out and it’s.. the same cat? how? You shake your head, let go at the cat and look in front of you, the thing is right there with their sword pointed at you “We can settle this” you say with your hands up “You cant keep flying off every-time you get caught, its unfair! just talk to me! who are you!!” They look at you, sword still directly under your chin “Hm” They say, weird sounding voice, maybe a voice changer? “Fight out or you take me. Take your pick” They start laughing, deep, dark laughter. They take their sword away and nodded. “Fight?” You nod taking your sword out. You both fight it out, their technique feels so familiar to you, almost predictable… You break part of their cloak, noticing something even more familiar, they tried covering it with their hand but you already noticed. You also noticed your bleeding arm and cover it with one hand “Guess we’re even pal.” It shook its head and flew off.. Maybe next time?

Cleaning up after the fight all you can think about how their fighting technique seemed like your assassins way of fighting. The ripped off cloak revealing something that seems to be Ewrons. What if he works for them or vice versa? They work for him. But why would they go after you, unless they didn’t expect you to stay so focused on this. Who knows? What if you ask Ewron? You shake your head and stay laying in bed staring at the ceiling.

The next night before the main fight, you started to analyze the assassin, your assassin. Arm seemed to be moving weirdly but that could be from yesterday’s fight, it was even & we both got bruised. Makes sense, but what if it isn’t? You go on with the fight and you notice the same thing, nothing changing, nothing new. You stay quiet and keep analyzing. Next up Ewron, lately wearing long sleeves, not unusual but the weather has been more hot than cold, maybe the store gets super cold. There is bruising on his arms, he tries to hide it. I don’t ask. Could be more of a personal thing, you guys aren’t close enough.

It can’t all be the same person. What if they just happen to have such similar things, what if…

You shake your head, clean up a bit and head to Zabka. It’s empty tonight. “Ev? Ewron?” You start calling out as you step in, you try peaking over the back door but you respect that part so you just walk around the store “Hey! my favorite customer!” hearing his voice feels amazing right now, gosh. You turn around “Hi! where were you? it was weird not seeing you the second i stepped in” “oh you know, inventory stuff got a little out of control!” he chuckles “its all good now though!” “good! im glad it is. Hey i mean if you need any help just let me know okay?” He nods still having a big smile on his face, sleeves rolled up, you notice this scar. You stare it for a second but he notices that you do then rolls his sleeves down, you decided that it meant nothing, maybe an accident? he does do a lot work! you grab your usual and sit by him, chatting. “Can i ask you something thats probably personal?” he looks at you, a bit confused but intrigued “Sure, what is it?” “Is there anything else that you do? work wise? i mean it all can’t be just the casino & this store, right?” He chuckles and shakes his head “Why would you like to know? Are you suspecting something i should know about?” “No! i thought since we are kinda closer friends id ask, you don’t have to answer.” “I was joking! I do a few things, i don’t wanna get into details. But i do” He says with a small smile. You nod and slowly look out the window then sigh “Me too, me too ev.” you finish the conversation & your hotdog and start to head out of the store.

You stayed up late that night by your desk, wondering, curious. About everything, this is weird, why the same location, same spot?? You groan feeling frustrated trying to figure this whole situation out. Why is it only you or what if this thing only wants you for something but you just don’t know what.

6AM, laying in bed now, feeling exhausted but you have to start your day. You go down stairs after your morning routine and hear your door bell ring, you go open the door and he was there. “Ewron? Are you okay?” you scan him completely making sure he fine. He always knew where you lived since you had mutual friends & parties from before, but it was unusual for him to just show up. He tries waving at you but he has a small basket “Hi! im okay. Can i walk in? this is heavy” You nod opening the door wider for him to step in. “Whats in that?” “Open it! its a gift” You open the basket and you see this beautiful baby kitten in it, his white and gray fur shining, she’s staring at you, probably confused as to how she even got there or when did you get to her “Oh my god ev. What! Why?” He giggles “Isn’t she adorable? I saw her and thought why not bring her to you to keep you company!” You look at the kitty then at him and give him a hug “Thank you so much. I needed this so badly.” He wraps his arms around you “Of course, i hope you take good care of her!” “You know i will.” You both chuckle and break the hug, you grab the kitten out of the basket and place her gently on the living room floor, you sit with her as well. Ewron sits on the couch watching over you both, you sigh placing a hand on your head “I have to get her bowls, food, a collar. Take her to the vet. So much to do!” He nods “I have those for you and the vet thing is easy and simple. Don’t worry too much my dear” You freeze for a second over the pet name, then slowly nod “Really? Thank you so much. Like seriously Ewron, how could i repay you?” “You don’t have to! We are friends remember? I would happily do anything for you.” You smile up at him, kinda blushing, you thought ‘Is he flirting right now?’ you shake that thought off and continue playing with the kitten, he did bring her toys too after-all. After a whole day of playing and surprisingly staying with Ewron all day, the kitten has fallen asleep on his lap as you both stayed on the couch chatting. “She adores you. I thought she would be my baby!” You say chuckling “Don’t be jealous, im probably so warm that she decided to stay here. no biggie” You playfully hit his arm and he flinches as if it actually hurt “Shit! im sorry, did you get hurt?” He shakes his head “No, just bruising. Im fine.” He rubs his arm “Its late… I should go” You nod gently moving the kitten away from him “Okay. Im sorry, again. Thank you for her and also if you need anything for healing i got it, alright?” He nods, says his goodbyes and walks out the door. Now that you’re alone with your new buddy you can analyze so much and also now that you’ve decided to take the day off cause you’re exhausted & because of the kitten, you have to stay in, work more on your ‘investigation’. You take your notebook and pen and just start writing everything down.

Whole night went by once again, you go to the bathroom early in the morning after feeding the kitten and notice how eye circles are getting darker. You sigh and decided that, that day you would have to wear only sunglasses, at least until night. You head over to some stores to get your new buddy some more things and coincidentally run into Ewron “Oh hey you! what are you doing here?” Him with his huge smile, messy hair today. “Hi! Just getting some stuff i need. Im assuming for you it’s stuff for the kitty, judging cause it is mostly cat stuff” You nod smiling “Yes! you’re correct. She’s been an angel, i cannot thank you enough.” He shrugs “No problem! i knew you’d love her.” After only a few small chatting you both part ways and you continue with your day.

Today or well, tonight. You gear up preparing for a fight, feeling a little nervous, every theory in your mind, every interaction replaying, the strange thing that possibly stalks you? You aren’t sure if you’d win this fight over how distracted you are right now. Especially seeing the assassin again, you can’t shake off the fact that he could be someone you know, especially someone you love. what if you seriously hurt him? You try to shrug it off and continue the fight, by the end of it he did get more hits than usual. You thought ‘Did he change the way he fights now? did he get better?’ you finish off and start cleaning any open wounds and covering them.

Tonight you still walk to the park, not caring about anything that could be in there. You needed to clear your mind with the sound of the wind, the leaves moving, crickets chirping. You sit at your spot and close your eyes leaning back sighing, it’s been a rough couple of days, you feel exhausted, you need to regain energy. Minutes, hours pass by, you’re staring to drift off until you hear this voice, sounds kinda deep, almost as if this person had an irl voice changer. You sit up quickly, hand landing on your sword ready to pull it out, there it was, the thing you have been thinking about all week “What do you want from me, you have been following me around for ages.” They tilt their head, those red eyes are so horrifying, you’d admit. “You’re good. Everything little thing you do is amazing, im impressed.” You look at them confused but still ready for a fight if needed “You can put that down, Im not fighting you, poor little thing. So weak right now you wouldn’t be able to win a fight with me even if you tried. With that being said, i have been watching over you for way longer than you know, Surprised you never noticed until i purposely made myself known. Too distracted over your small crush on that guy that works at the Zabka?” “Don’t speak about him. Don’t you dare! hurt him or you will regret it.” They chuckle “Sure. He will be fine, you can trust me on that…or don’t, maybe he will get hurt sometime soon.” They shrug, you notice a black and red bow & arrow on their back, matching everything they are wearing. ‘Who is this person?’ You shake your head “Okay so what? what is it? what do you want from me?” “You. Join me and you will see.” “Whats in it for me?” “Power, you would be stronger. You are smart as well, that would work perfect for us.” “Will that help anyone?” “If it makes you feel better, then yes. Why not?” You bite your lip, considering it, if it keeps anyone safe, less fighting maybe? You nod “Fine. I will do it” They slowly clap their hands, you wouldn’t be able to hear it unless you were right there looking at them “Perfect choice sweetheart. Come with me” They start walking away, you follow.

After a few minutes of walking you see this huge, dark, sandy colored building with two statues in the front with a similar uniform as him. He takes you inside, kinda showing you around, no words have been said in minutes. You feel a bit nervous, a bit scared but you try to ignore all of that. It’s for better or for worse. Finally, after what felt like hours you got to this office, you see this tall figure, almost seems familiar too. Can’t place who, no voice changer with him so he sure does sound a lot like one of the islanders. “Okay! This is the person you have been watching over? weird by the way.” They shake their head almost annoyed, as if they rolled their eyes. “Yes! i told you they are good! You trust me?” He slowly nods then looks at you “I guess i do! okay so your task is to fight anyone against us. Basically if they come around the temple, you get them immediately, you scan the area for any weird traps, etc” “Im in this creepy ass fucking place to basically play a security guard? you have to be joking.” You scoffed turning around until the person with the (now seemingly) red eyed mask put their sword under ur neck “You stay. Forgot how stupid you can act.” You stare at them pissed off, taking a deep breath “Or you’d kill me? Should’ve done it months ago.” The step closer, blade still under you, closer. They look at you, scan you completely. Theres some tension, until the tall figure speaks “Ookay, so yes to answer what you said earlier, kind of like a security guard, only difference is that you would have the ability to fly. See in the night and be 10x stronger. Seems to me like a pretty good deal! don’t we think?” You slowly turn your head to the side, trying to look at him. “Fine, fine i accept. Not like i have any other choice.” You slowly turn your head back to look at the other person in front of you. The tall figure claps his hands together “Perfect! he will show you around then!” So he will show you around, good to know. He moves the blade away and turns around walking towards the door, you follow. No talking, as expected. “Thats all. I would hope to see you tomorrow, 12AM sharp. Got it?” You nod and watch him fly off. Fuck you have to walk home now.

You get home, kitty greeting you loudly. You give her some pets and feed her for the night. You clean up, change into your pjs and lay on your bed, your phone rings. Caller: Ewron, weird, you thought. “Hello? ev?” “Hi! checking in before i close the store, you aren’t coming in tonight right?” You chuckle “Im exhausted today no im sorry. Why are you calling though? Miss me already?” He lets out a quiet, sweet laugh. You get flustered “Mhm, something like that. Sorry for calling, hope you get some rest, yeah?” “Thank you, you too.” He hangs up and you lay there feeling better already, you miss him.

You wake up with the kitty yelling right at your face, you feed her then do your morning routine. Today your schedule kinda changed, not much to do for preparing now that you have this weird, job?, you weren’t sure what to do so you head to the park bright and early. As you are getting closer you notice a figure, Ewron. As you get closer your smile gets bigger. “Hey you! never seen you here.” “Likewise. Thought this was my personal spot.. What are you doing here so early?” You shrug “Had an easy morning, decided to walk here and clear my mind. You?” “Similar things. Come, sit!” You sit next to him, you can smell his perfume, he smells like a strong lavender. You both sit there talking and laughing, you needed to talk to him, he’s a breath of fresh air to you. “Wanna grab something to eat and we get back here?” He asks you looking at you, you nod “Sure! where would we eat?” “I know a place, follow me” You both get up and walk to this beautiful spot, has gorgeous lights, amazing scenery. “Wow..” as you look around the place “This is beautiful, how’d you find it?” He shrugs “I have my connections, friends, etc” He walks a bit more into the restaurant and takes a seat in a booth, you take the opposite side. You both get your menus “What do you recommend?” “Good question! hm.” He looks over the menu, “Oh! the chicken parm, amazing.” You nod, looking over the chicken parm “Then I’ll be getting that!” you say with a smile, he nods and puts his menu down, you do the same, arms crossed over the table “Perfect!, i will probably get their steak. If you want to try it let me know, alright?” You nod smiling. You both order. As you both wait for your food you learn so much more about him. Things that lock into place, some that just don’t make sense in your head, but you still feel even more attracted to him. How is that possible?

Your food arrives and you both eat. Everything was delicious as promised, the chatting continued of course. You two only getting to know more little by little somehow, it just felt right, the setting, the quiet music playing in the background. The sunsetting behind him, you smile as you stare at him and he notices then chuckles “What? do i have sauce on my face? How embarrassing!” “No! no, you’re fine. You look good!- i mean, you know, like good, like your face is fine like. it’s clean!” you turn bright red, hiding your face with your palms, you hear him laughing “Thats not funny!” you say all muffled up “Oh cmon, its okay, i understood what you meant.” He says giggling and trying to move your hands away. You shake your head and take a deep breath before giving in, you look back up and his smile is still on his face, hand on your wrist “You’re all good.” after what felt like minutes, he lets go. After a while you both finish up at the restaurant, he payed, didn’t agree on splitting. You both walk out feeling the cold air, you shiver a bit, he notices immediately and wraps an arm around you, why? “Thank you..” you say quietly “You would think even during summer i wouldn’t shake over the night wind but here i am!” you chuckle, he does too. “Yeah, you’re always cold though! strangest thing ever.” “How? that’s more normal than being warm all the time!” He shakes his head “Not really!” you chuckle. You both keep walking until you reach the park again. You look at the clock and sigh “I have to go. It’s getting late.” he nods “Want me to walk you home?” “No, im not too far! i’ll be okay, but thank you. For everything, this was an amazing day.” he nods smiling “Of course, it was great spending time with you.” you say your goodbyes and when you head home you remembered the job you have tonight and for however long it’ll last. You groan and start changing then head to ‘the temple’ is what the tall figure called it.

At the temple you roam around the area, scoping anything that would be ‘unusual’ for them, whatever that means…

The night goes on, some fighting happens but nothing too horrible. You still miss the usual thing you used to do, you were there for 3 months and it all suddenly changed in seconds. You miss the horses, your friends, the assassin. You shake those thought’s away and continue to work until you see him again, red eyed guy. “You did good, could be better but we can work with that. Tonight was a casual day, nothing tragic is happening yet but we still need you, you are good for us.” you slowly nod, noting everything “Okay…thanks i guess?” “Im gonna test something on you. Stay still for a moment” He then takes this small thing , all black with red like his outfit and puts near you until you suddenly feel weird, like something is wrong with you. Suddenly he moves the thing to the right and you move to the right “What the fuck?” he moves it to left and you move along with it “Are you controlling me? You freak! stop that!” He lets out this evil, insane chuckle and continues to basically control you for a while, he makes you walk closer to him, way too close. “Isn’t this fun sweetheart?” you take a deep breath, attempting to stare at his eyes but you cant tell behind the mask that seems like he has four red eyes. “It’s not something id prefer, what would you even use that for?” “So many things, are you kidding?” he lets out another chuckle “You’re a freak, you know that right?” he nods and you both stand close to each for minutes, he seems obsessed with you, if wanted to guess who liked you most he’s probably the one you would think of first. Though deep down you do like the attraction, i mean it has been a while since someone felt something towards you instead of you liking them. You shake that thought away, why would you like such a thing? “Can you let me go now?” you ask firmly, quietly. He frees you, finally. He flies away without saying anything else and you just stand there for a bit feeling nothing but confused, feelings scrambled, but you finish your night since the sun was already rising and they would no longer need you until midnight once again for god knows how long. You get home, clean up and rest for a bit until the kitten once again wakes you up & you repeat your new current cycle.

This morning you felt different, maybe because of last night, maybe that you felt more exhausted than usual? who knows. Your eye bags look even more crazier so once again you walk out with sunglasses. As you head to the Zabka you notice a few odd things, some animals seem more out of control than usual, the streets and sidewalks feel.. odd. You quickly head to the store and you don’t immediately see Ewron’s face and smile greeting you, you try not to panic, he’s probably in the back. Before you peak over the back you notice almost like long black trail, almost like the red eyed freak, you immediately panic and try to run through the door but you couldn’t, physically you couldn’t. You yell out “Ewron? Hey it’s me! Are you here?” trying to hide your panic. No response back, you try again “Hey! i think you’re almost out of stock of something! wanna come out and check?” nothing. What can you do? before you do anything whatever was stopping you from running into the back suddenly went away and Ewron appeared “Hey you. Yeah i have been told, ive been too busy to fix it!” he lets out a chuckle, you look down at yourself confused but decide to ignore it until the night time, you step closer to the register letting out a silent sigh “Yeah. I believe that, how are you?” “Im doing great, actually i figured out this new mechanic. Wanna see?” you nod and he walks around the register and you follow him. He shows you his new mechanic, it was cool! you never thought he would be the one to do anything like this.. hot “So cool, right?” “So cool. How’d you do this?” “Some friends taught me awhile back. It’s actually pretty easy, i can show you one day if you want” you smile up at him “I don’t think i would need this like, ever but i will keep that offer in mind” he nods and heads off to do something else. You finish getting what you needed and the small chat you had with him then head home for a nap before midnight. You have a dream about him, he’s wearing your assassins outfit, he looked good but why? could it be because you haven’t seen him in awhile? could it be all of your theories? you then wake up by the sound of your alarm and prepare for your night.

You head to you usual spot now but for some reason the red eyed freak is there “What are you doing here?” “What? no hi anymore.. geez.” you roll your eyes “It has to be something, why else would you be here.” “Maybe i like you.” you let out a dry, almost nervous chuckle “No, doesn’t feel like it.” “Oh gorgeous, you are as clueless since the day i saw you.” he said that, sounding as if he had the biggest grin under that mask “Why do you hide who you’re and not the other guy?” he shrugs. “Can’t directly deal with the consequences plus he’s immortal, nothing can happen to him unlike me.” a mortal, interesting. You nod and look off to the stars “Immortal huh. Is that something you seek as well? is that why you’re dressed like this weird thing?” He doesn’t quickly reply, stands there quietly almost thinking “It has its pros and cons” he shrugs and you nod, he isn’t wrong, you wouldn’t like to outlive everyone you love. You would like to look at him, read his face, anything, but whats the point if he’s probably planning to screw you over anyways.

This night was rougher, one of those white soldiers got you horribly that you passed out. Everything was black for what felt like eternity, but in reality was only a few minutes. You wake up in this weird, looking lab, vision all blurry you stare up at the ceiling and see a captured slime and hear two familiar voices almost panicked. You try to turn your head to see who they were but you pass out once again.

When you finally wake up, you wake up at your place. Clean, different clothes, cat weirdly fed? you touch your head and flinch a bit, it was all bandaged up you felt. You wanted to stand up but your body felt too weak at the moment. Before anything you see someone walk in and he stares at you surprised for a moment as if this were unexpected. “You’re awake! shit!” “Ewron?” he runs out of your room and you clearly can’t quickly get up but as you try to slowly step out of your room you have see him again, his hair looks messier than usual, he seemed panicked but clearly acting as if he wasn’t “Hey you. i was worried sick! i got a call from some random number that you were seriously hurt over some mysterious thing. Hows your head?” you look at him, confused, the red eyed guy. of course.. “Uh, it hurts a lot still. Walking feels weird as well” “Here, hold onto me” you take his arm and he gently takes you to the couch, you sit then you greet your kitten who was already napping there “Thank you, gosh im sorry how could i repay you?” “Don’t worry about that at all, alright? you will be as good as new soon enough!” he smiles and crouches down in front of you, looking up at you “Need anything? pain meds, food, water?” You shake your head and pat the spot next to you and he takes a seat. You lean your head on his shoulder and close your eyes “This is good, thank you Ewron.”

Days pass by and sure enough you’re good as new! thanks to Ewron, it was sweet knowing he had your back. Surely enough you are strong enough to go back to the temple so that night you prepare and head back feeling stronger and energized.

There he was, that red eyed guy, “Greetings.” he turns his head, almost surprised “Oh. You’re back, thought that was the last id see of you.” “You missed me i know.” No reply. The night passes and it’s the usual but you do feel ten times stronger. Was that purposeful? even when you got seriously injured back then you weren’t this strong. You ignore that, finish your night and head home, tomorrow you go to Zabka to thank Ewron once again.

This morning you wake up on your own, no alarm, no kitty, you feed her quickly, do your morning routine and head to the Zabka. No Ewron, you check his casino, no Ewron. Weird, You tried calling his phone and nothing, straight to voicemail. You don’t get too nervous but you do slightly worry, you head to the park. Maybe he’s there? as you walk there you can’t help but think of everything that has happened the past few weeks, how did your life turn around so quickly. Once at the park, no signs of him, you call him again and nothing until you suddenly hear the portal, some screaming coming out of it, it can’t be him. Why would it be? you quickly run through, you follow the screaming and there he was. He had the outfit on. THE outfit. the eyes, the bow. You stand there in shock, trying to be quiet until you feel something tight around you “Shit! Let me go!” “Who are you?” you hear a deep voice, you look over and its this black bear with red eyes “Who is this?” He looks up at you, almost feeling betrayed and nervous at the same time “Thats my… friend my master. They made us stronger” It looks at you then down at him “Is this true? Are you trained?” You look at it “What? Ewron?” you sounded nervous, panicked “My master, they are perfectly trained. The perfect soldier by me.” you look down at him “Ev..?” quietly, then it finally drops you next to him. You stay down next to him, staring at the floor in disbelief “Mortal, if they fail me. They are gone, forever. Got it?” He nods “Yes my master, i understand the consequences.” It finally disappears along with its worker and it’s now only you and Ewron. “Why are you here? How did you even get here?” you look at him, feeling angry “I heard you screaming! i didn’t see you in any of your usual spots and i got worried, okay!? What the actual fuck was that all about? you didn’t tell me i accidentally sold my soul to THAT.” you yelled at him, you finally stood up and look at him directly with teary eyes “Explain ewron. Explain, because right now it just feels like my life is a whole lie.” “Listen, i understand but we can’t talk here yeah? please just follow me i can explain.” even being angry at him, you agree. The place was scary.

He finally took you to this beautiful place covered in lavender flowers and a few small graves and some dinosaurs at a distance. The place was amazing, you are still furious at him so you turned, arms crossed waiting for an explanation “I get you’re upset right now but i have it all under control! i was radiated so long ago and as that got worse i needed a cure so i searched for the darkest, the best, the worst, everything! for this cure and he was the only thing that could he me.. look.” He shows off a pendant that was hidden under his cloak “But you’re gonna be fine too, it was all apart of my plan yeah? i looked and slowly got to know you for months! and..” It starts to rain, odd timing. “And i just knew you’d be perfect for this. You’re strong, smart and you know.” You look at him “What? nothing you say right now can save you from that fact that you fucking sold MY soul??? you didn’t tell me shit, then you stalk me, torment me for god knows how long and then have this act of a nice guy! i fucking liked you Ewron, more than a friend. But now i don’t even know if i can trust you. How could you do that? especially over something we clearly could’ve worked on. Together.” He looks at you, clearly more upset at the fact that you’re upset with him and also- “Wait, what? you liked me..?” “That’s what you gather from all i said?? Pathetic!” “Listen no, no i TRIED everything okay? i was DYING. One heart all the fucking time! you expect to sit around and wait for the doctor everyday for the rest of my life? no!” “Fucking obviously not but you could’ve told me! you know i can be good at that sort of cure maybe i could’ve done something, a cure, a temporary one who knows! but giving away someones soul?” “You have it all wrong.” “Tell me. Explain it to me because from my perspective it seems like that’s what you did.” He starts to pace around, you never seen him like this. “I- i it was all a plan, a good plan, fuck! why did you have to show up? you know, now i have to do so much more work.” “You have to do more work!?? i can’t even work against anyone or who knows what could happen to me! what if i somehow get it back then im immortal, hm? i don’t wish to have that and now you possibly have granted it for me for no fucking reason!” “I can fix this. I will fix this, i promise, i know my way around this.” “You know, Ewron. Don’t try. I don’t care, im exhausted, mentally of everything i have done, now apparently that you have known that im basically a war machine you would know that ive been preparing for some war happening soon for months!” “Don’t give up. Im begging you.” You turn your back “Please, i will give you back what you want. But you’re strong & nothing should defeat you” You shake your head “Just leave me alone.” He stands there, looking at the back of your head, feeling upset, planning what he could do to fix this.

You fall asleep under the rain, nothing matters anymore. You haven’t seen Ewron since the fight, that was a bit ago now, you don’t leave the house, if you run out of something you order in & you haven’t spoken to any other person since Ewron as well. You felt weak, alone and betrayed. He knew about everything, from the beginning, from the start, how freaked out i was. He knew it all yet he did this to you. Why?

Months go by, you have gone out here and there, small chatter with a few people. Apparently they haven’t seen or heard of Ewron either, should you worry? you bite your bottom lip and decide to gear up and head to the nether, there he was. His hair was longer, more red than usual and he had that weird cloak on once again. You slowly walk around, trying to stay safe in that area and look around making sure the black bear wasn’t there. “Psst” he looks around in a panic with his sword then his eyes widen “What are you doing here.” Cold, really cold tone. Makes sense “No one has heard from you in months. Is this where you have been?” He steps closer, quiet, serious. “Yes.” “Come back to the real world, you have friends that care about you.” “The only one i had was you and you know how that went.” “No. Your friends constantly ask about you, ask me about you, please come back to them, explain.” “I live here now, no one needs me and i already lost the one thing i cared about” you were supposed to still he angry at him but seeing him in this state made your heart shatter, this wasn’t him, the one you loved and cared about once. “Me? what do you mean? we were only ever friends.” “I loved you, i wanted to heal to be with you for more time but you caught me at a horrible time and now you hate me! please..leave me here.” you stay there stunned “Ewron no, lets talk at your spot yeah? you can relax there, think clearly.” “No.” you take his arm “Ev.” he pulls his sword out and places it close to your throat, you take a deep breath and slowly step back into a wall with him “Okay. We can talk like this.” “You leave this place now, tell the islanders im gone forever and you never return. Got it?” you shake your head “I can’t do that” you whisper “Ev please, look at me, really look me and listen.” he looks into your eyes, he looks exhausted, what did they do to him? “I…i will forgive you if you come back home. We can figure out how to escape this situation, please Ewron.” “Why do you still care? why are you still so kind?” “Because deep down i still love you. Alright? its a fucked up situation and i should be completely hating you now but i just cant okay!” he looks at you, teary eyed “Im so sorry. For everything.” “If our chances of staying alive are better off with us somehow being immortal then I’ll take it in a heartbeat. Would you?” he slowly nods “Then thats when you know im being serious. Yes you have hurt me and lied, but you never treated me like the others have, even when you knew all about me. You only indirectly asked me to fight at The temple but that was it! you were always there fighting with me just like when you were dressed as the assassin. I can’t help but notice your good intentions in a bad situation. I don’t know why, but i do.” he just stares at you, the sword is still placed on the same spot but its a lighter touch, he looks away “How can you be like this to someone like me? people would’ve given up quickly.” you shrug “I don’t know.” you reach to touch his face, wipe that small tear that fell from his eye. “Maybe that’s love, maybe it’s something beyond that. Who knows.”

After a while of silence and thinking he then slowly leans over and gives you a small, testing kiss on the mouth until you kiss him back confidently, wanting to have do that for months. You needed him, wanted him for so long and this somehow felt perfect. The perfect way to have your first kiss with the man you have wanted for ages. He drops the sword from your neck and the kiss gets deeper, more needy, he pulls you closer, arms fully wrapped around you. He gets more aggressive “Fuck” he whispers “Fuck, fuck” “Ewron.” “I needed you for so long” He doesn’t stop kissing you.

After said wedding & everyone went to their respective places, you quietly walk up to the pastor, the sound of your shoes echoing through the church only caught his attention immediately and he looks up to look at you “Is there anything you need?” he asks you, small smile on his face, tired eyes, you feel bad for him. It’s been a long day after all. “I have some sins to confess, father. Is there a chance i could confess today or should there be a reschedule?” he shakes his head and leads you to this down stairs place, you thought it was unusual, but then again you have never been to a church let alone have you ever confessed. He enters a booth and signals for you to enter the opposite side, you go in, sit and take a deep breath.

“In the name of the Father, son & Holy spirit, Amen.” “Amen. Bless me father for i have sinned. This is my first time confessing & all i seek is for some guidance, the past months a specific group have been hurting me, hurting those close to me, ruining everything. I have already planned on hurting them back sometime soon, killing them. Father is there a way i could put this behind me and forget everything they have done?” he stays quiet, assuming just processing everything. “Our god could only punish those who harm their children, if you hit first it will only disappoint them.” you look down, deep in thought, biting your lip “It’s their time & i can’t keep wasting mine waiting around for this group to finally get hurt.” “Patience is key.” you both stay silent. Theres not much to add, he’s right in his own way, would you listen to him? No way. “Thank you father” you get up and head outside to head home, what would he know about this whole thing? he just stays in his church most of the time.

You finally get home, laying on your bed you can’t help but actually wonder if the pastor himself has some sort of past. What you thought previously only got turned into a deeper thought, what if you actually befriended him, got close enough and everything will click in place. Will that work? will he actually trust you in an island so untrustworthy?

Next morning it was raining but even then you decided that you would meet him at his church and talk to him, no confession happening, no wedding, just chatting. After getting ready you walk to the mountain the church is located on and you stare at it for a moment, it looks gorgeous under the rain. You step inside, shaking the umbrella dry or at least as dry as you could and set it aside as you take a seat on the back. You see him and he sees you, you smile up at him, he does the same back. He seems sweet, sounds smart, helps others. He walks up to you slowly, he’s wearing a black robe today. Doesn’t look bad on him.

“Good morning Father.” “Good morning to you, im glad you are joining us today. Is there anything you need?” you shake your head “Just here to chat with you if you don’t mind” he takes a seat besides you and turns to look at you “Then lets chat, yeah?” “Sorry for yesterday, i hate to say that this isn’t really my beliefs and i thought that maybe a confession would help, but it didn’t. Thank you though, for being kind enough to do that for me after such a busy day.” “No need to thank me, i understand you completely. Your secret is fully safe with me, okay?” you nod and look a far “That means a lot. You might just be the first and only person in this entire island that would know this plan, if you betray me there would be consequences. Got it?” he nods, looks down at his own hands that are clasped together, letting out a dry chuckle “If only you knew, i may have all of this but theres so much more to me than just being a Pastor. You know.” you look back at him, curious “If i trust you with my secret would you trust me? or should i earn it?” he looks back at you as well and shrugs “Having a friend would be nice. Earn my trust & you will get what you want.” you nod “Sounds like a deal to me, i will be around here more often.” with that you get up, walk past him and leave as you open your umbrella and head home.

The next morning you did the same, got ready, walked to the church, talked to him and it just kept repeating for weeks. Not much happened besides the basic ‘knowing each other’ chatter and some gossip here and there. “Did you know that Juan has been begging me for Ewronka’s number?” he says chuckling “Really? does anyone in the island know she’s basically you..?” you wont lie, when you first met her you were a bit obsessed with her. She was beautiful and looked so much like him that maybe with her shooting your shot would be easier. Now you know that she is in fact him im drag. He shakes his head, smile still on his face “No! you’re lucky i even told you or else it would be a secret forever” “You just started to adore me, my plan is working after all!” he looks at you “You are right. What if im lying to you though?” you shake your head “No way, i know a liar when i see one” “Im a pretty good liar, you know?” you look at him and just laugh “Okay man, sure”

You only know somewhat of a liar he is through other islanders, to you he normally isn’t one, you guess. You’re completely trusting him nowadays because he knows your plan & the deal was that you have to know what else he has hidden once you two were closer. You just hope everything doesn’t blow up in your face.

One night, he calls you “Can you come by the church?” you quickly get up & run to the church, once you’re there you call out to him “Ewron!?” you look downstairs, where the confessional is, he’s nowhere to be seen “Ewron where are you!” he suddenly appears behind you “Follow me.” he whispers and grabbing your arm. He drags you deeper into the church until you see some light shining through wherever you are now. “I trust you, a little bit. I have this, it’s an altar” you look around in awe, it’s gorgeous with so many lights and you couldn’t get over the stained glass! “Ewron this is amazing why did you.. need it?” “Some things happen with ash’s daughter etc, it’s a long story” he shrugs still quietly talking “Why are you so quiet?” “Look at the corner of the room”

You turn around and see the beast from camp fatal “What is she doing here…? why do you have her?” “I needed her for my mission, it was quite easy you know?” you shake your head “Okay no let her go?? why do you have her locked in this place, does she even communicate to you?” he shrugs again, he does that a lot for some reason. “She does what i say, works for me!” “Seriously? what is your problem?!” “Me? i trusted you with this serious secret, why are you judging me.” “Because i understand her, i know what she’s going through..” you step closer to her, touching the cage he put her in “Hey girl..” “She’s sleeping.” he says with a flat tone, serious, looking away doing something else with books.

“Ewron don’t be mad at me over this” “Im not!” you turn around and step closer to him “Yes you obviously are! we built this friendship with no lying and that’s what you’re currently doing. Unless that’s all you have done from the beginning. I personally haven’t lied to you, got it?” he closes his eyes and sighs “Only with her & by the looks of it i should’ve.” “Oh fuck you! you out of everyone should know why i feel horrible for her and the situation she is in. You using her to do your dirty work is only something a coward would do, which is what you’re right now.” he turns to you “Im the coward? you’re the one who wanted to kill the federation for so long and here we are! you haven’t done shit! because why? hm?” “I am not a coward! my plan is set, my issue is that i need more people for this and you were supposed to be one of them! but oh no you’re supposed to have this beautiful amazing act of a pastor so you cant even move a finger! lame!” “I do more than that and you know this.” “The hell i do, you only get others to deal with your bullshit. God why can’t you just understand me for once, please just once!” “You’re the one that isn’t understanding how amazing it is to have something more powerful that can actually kill and eat the federation and it won’t be in our hands.” he touches your shoulders and stares deeply into your eyes and talks quietly “You are fighting me over something that can be our way out, our way of finally having some freedom. Why is that hard to understand” “Because i went through what she did and maybe she hates doing it the same way i did.” he shakes his head “Listen, even when she was free that’s what she did. She loves doing that!” you shake your head and look away from him, tears forming in your eyes “C’mon… You trust me right? and you wanna ruin the feds forever? then believe in me and my plans, you have your way and i have mine.” you close your eyes and wipe your tears away “Can i visit her every once and awhile and talk to her?” he nods, wiping your tears with his thumb, you couldn’t stop crying “Of course, of course you can” he pulls you close, his chin resting on the top of your head “You know the way, you have extra keys for the church. Go in anytime you want okay?” you nod holding his arm and taking a deep breath. You both just sit there silently until you hear her moving, waking up.

“Hey there sweetheart.” you say getting up and slowly walk towards her cage, he follows. “Hungry? i have more meat for you.” he goes away for a moment, in that moment alone with her just looking at her you just know you have to take care of her somehow. You put your hand on the cage for her sniff and she does so, looks at you and sits there. Almost as if she knows or maybe Ewron did something. He comes back with a bucket, opens the cage, drops it in and quickly closes it “She won’t hurt you.” “I know, i just don’t wanna risk much.” you do a small nod and watch her eat “I uh, put my hand over the cage and she sniffed it and sat there staring at me. Did you do anything to her?” “What? no! it was only taming her with the same meat she’s currently eating.” “Hm. Okay, i trust you.” he stands next to you also watching her eat then walks off to do god only knows what.

You step away and walk around the altar, admiring its beauty. You couldn’t believe this is what was under the church this whole time, when did he even do this? you practically hanged out 24/7, you guess that doesn’t matter at this point. He has many interesting things that you are still learning about “So resurrection, huh?” “Yes… i had to.” “Guilt is a funny thing, Father.” he pauses, lets out a dry chuckle “It is, i think it’s safe to say id be forgiving for the horrible thing i did.” you shrug “Don’t ask anything, i don’t understand this religion but i respect it.” “Valid. im sure im fine.” you nod and stand by him, leaning on a wall with your arms crossed “Anything else i need to know?” “What do you mean?” “First the resurrection, taming this ‘wild beast’, having an altar built randomly. What am i missing?” “Im an assassin.” “Shocker. Just in a pastor is an assassin how fucking ironic” he sighs, tapping his pen on the book “Mhm, you aren’t making anything easy for me are you?” you shake your head “No sir, can’t be too easy for someone who lies all the time.” he rolls his eyes “You’ll get over this pettiness soon.” you shrug “Maybe, but all that matters is that right now im being petty so, focus on the present sweetie.” “Hm.”

After that night he’s been less energetic as he always is, sure there’s times where he is yelling at the top of his lungs, running around doing god knows what, rushing to everything. But you keep noting small changes, his clothes, assuming what he wears as an assassin, is all dark and red. Weird “Ewron can we talk?” “What?” “Are you okay?” “Uh… Yes, why are you asking me.” you nod and do your own thing, something definitely wrong with him.

Days go by, you barely see him, the church always seems so empty and sad now but you go in just to talk to her. She’s kind and never has fought you with anything, unfortunately she can’t directly talk but she knows so much and you know it. You look into her eyes every time and just wish there was a way. You go up to Ewron who was standing by the polish cave “Ewron, church, now.” he follows you, you lead him to the altar “How can i talk to her?” “You just.. do, what do you mean?” “She has things to say so i either find a way to read minds or she gets a voice” “Okay, i can try and find something but i don’t think it’ll work on either of you.” “Wha..Why?” “Forget about that, I’ll look into it and try, okay?” you nod and he walks off to look for a book with spells or at least you hoped he did.

After a bit he finally finds it “Try it, i’ve been through worse.” he nods and does his spell, doesn’t hurt but you don’t feel different “Shit! Shit shit no! Ugh!” “It’s okay” “No it isn’t, what have you been doing that you aren’t telling me? and why does she know what are you doing to her? Ewron you told me” you take a deep breath “You told me everything will be fine with her and to trust you, i did, i still do but she knows things that i should know! you went full ghost on me for weeks. Until today that i had to drag you here whats wrong? please talk to me. I miss my friend.” “I have been kinda working for the dark federation” “What?” “They are also part of how we can win the battle with the federation” “No, no Ewron. Why would do that? look at you!” “I just told you. Im not working for them but more of an alliance, it’s all fine!” “No because what we had was going great, this is a stupid decision.” “It isn’t, listen i needed something important from them that you didn’t know.” “Like what? more power?” “A cure. for radiation.” you look at him confused “How, why, when?” “It’s been a long time and it only got worse. The dark feds gave me this pendant and it doesn’t fully cure me but i still feel…Good, normal health as long as i have it on.” you nod taking everything in “Okay. Are you okay?” “It only hurts to hold it but otherwise i feel fine.” “You don’t seem like yourself” “This is me.” you sigh, it’s a waste of time. He seems too far into whatever thing he’s into now and if you try to snap him out of it, it just wouldn’t work. You flash him a small smile and touch his arm “We should have a chill normal hang out soon yeah?” he nods “Sure.”

As you walk home you can’t help but think over the fact that he seems kind of not himself but also so himself that it hurts. Maybe you’re overthinking your interactions with him, i mean after all you have a hard time reading him all the time. That could it, it has to be.

You sit at the front of his church the next day, it’s sunny and the weather was amazing. He steps out and greets you “Didn’t expect the hang out ti be this early” “It isn’t supposed to be, im always out here before i go see Beasty. You’re the one who’s never here or at least you don’t step outside at all if you were.” “Right, i forgot you have extra keys for this place. We have to talk” you nod looking far into the distance “Damn right we do.” you get up and push past him into the church, head to the altar and say hi to Beasty “Hey there girl…” she greets you in such a kind, joyful way now. To him not so much, you note that. “What did you wanna talk about?” “I told you everything yesterday already, i can’t help but have the need to show you something more personal. Way more personal than all this.” “Okay? what is it?” “It’s a long walk but you’re gonna love it.” you nod, finish up with ‘Beasty’ as you called her now and follow him out.

After a long 4 hour walk you made it to this beautiful place full of lavender flowers and trees. Not only was the smell so familiar but it felt like such a comfort place “Oh wow Ewron… I have no words this place is amazing.” “Mhm” he nods, showing you around “I have pets here! look.” he drags you towards a group of dinosaurs of different sizes and colors “Wha- Ewron how?? when?” he shrugs “It took me so long but after long adventures and working hard i got them! aren’t they cool?” you nod carefully stepping close to them “Very cool. You kept this secret from me?” he nods “Nothing wrong with that right?” you shake your head and take a look around “Could i roam around?” “Sure.” “Come with me?” “Fine.”

You both walk around this spot, the sun is setting at this point. The walk did take hours and time passes weirdly quickly in that island “You found this all on your own?” “Well Mango helped me, I fainted and he placed me right here! isn’t that incredible?” “It is! it really is. Are you okay?” “Yes, why?” “Just in general. We haven’t really spoken as i said before and i miss you a lot in that church, Father” he lets out a dry chuckle “Oh, ‘Father?” you nod “I like it when you call me that” “It is your title” “Not to many here though” “Hm. I took your job more seriously than others i guess” “No, they just never see me with my robe and stuff like you do” “True.” you take a seat by a ledge, looking around still. It’s such an unbelievable place “Place smells like you” “I do sleep here a lot so, makes sense i guess” you let out a chuckle then rest your head on his shoulder “I missed you a ton. Why would you do that?” “Do what?” “Deal with the Devil. Kind of ironic don’t you think?” “It is but i had to you know this now.” “It just sucks, i could’ve helped you, you know me!” you both stay quiet.

“I know what im doing” “Do you really?” “Do you trust me?” “I have to but this isn’t a safe way to do it.” “For me it is!” you move your head from his shoulder and look at him “Once again, i could’ve given that to you.” he rolls his eyes and stands up “You keep repeating yourself but never bring valid solutions.” “How am i supposed to!? you already made the deal!” theres a long silence “Im sorry. I keep getting upset at you over this and i understand your situation, im glad you’re as healthy as you can be right now. That’s good” you say looking up at him & he looks down at you “Like i said, it only hurt me a little bit. Whatever other suspicion you had about me is all wrong, i just have to focus on different things now” “But we had our thing, please.” “It will work, i promise you”

I give up on this , idk what else to write into it im so sorry 😭😭 maybe in the future i will edit / rewrite ! but in the meantime maybe (maybe) enjoy this… if not thats okay too!