"Again!" Master Tao instructs.
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I run the formation again, my movements admittedly a little sloppy, but I felt smooth and confident as I ran over the sequence again.
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I was sparring with an enchanted punching bag, it had arms and legs, but its body was literally just a punching bag. Everyone else was at sports and I had a lesson on Luminus with Professor Caeline, then now after lunch I had combat practice and training.
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This was my second day of combat practice, yesterday Professor Caeline showed me how to the sight of Aethra, which is basically just being able to see through lies and all that bull crap. It was really interesting. Today we just did exercises to practice what he taught me before.
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"Widen your stance Leodonis, you're trying to take me him down, not at a standing auction." He says, his hands behind his back as he looks over at me with that judgmental look of his.
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As I was staring at Master Tao the stupid punching bag speared me to the floor. I let out a yelp as it just sat on my chest.
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I tried moving, I tried punching it but it was just too freaking heavy.
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Aha! Idea.
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I flick up my hips so my legs reach the top of the punching bag, where it's head is supposed to be, and hook my legs around it before slamming the beanbag off of my chest and onto the floor.
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I rolled beside it and fully flopped on top of it, sitting on it like it just did to me.
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It struggled, but I kept my butt heavily planted on it.
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I looked up to Master Tao who looking at me the same, judgement and displeasure. He was like that one parent that you always wanted to impress but he had unrealistic expectations.
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So with i sigh, I flop off the punching bag and lie flat on the ground. I wasn't really tired, but this was exhausting.
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"Still too sloppy." He says, from right above me, looking down at me.
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"But I suppose you are done for today. No training tomorrow because it is the Summer Solstice celebrations." He says and I nod, sitting up.
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Holy cow, this was a workout.
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I get up and walk over to my water bottle, and squirt— and pour the water into my mouth before grabbing my phone and sitting down on the bench.
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I smiled as I saw texts from October. We've been texting on and off the whole time I've been here, not really talking about anything of value, just small check ups.
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October : Is the work load worse there?
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Me: A lott worse, I have to study like ten more books than there was at East Side. It's insane. What about you, what have you been up to?
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October: Honestly nothing, just working at an auto repair shop down town
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Me: That weirdly suits your vibe
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October: now what's that supposed to mean hot stuff?
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Me: i'm still not free of that nickname huh?
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October: Never ;)
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Me: I gotta go to dinner but I'll text you later
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October: Cool, don't have too much fun without me
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I smile at the last text and decide to leave it at that. I grab my bottle and slip my phone in my pocket before heading towards Apollo for roll-call.
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I luckily made it in time, everyone's names were being read out by Michael, and I caught the slight sigh he made after calling my name.
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What is up his ass?
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As we were dismissed I see Raphael and Lakota make their way to me. I smile at them.
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"Hey losers." I greet and Raph flips me off.
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Lakota smiles. "Hey, how was extra lessons?"
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"It was okay, I'm just tired and I'm really not in the mood for prep tonight." I say with a groan.
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"Honestly same, I'm exhausted after track." Lakota said.
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We make our way through the school and towards the cafeteria where we've been eating since Erika got us a table and since Deimos made sure to be there. Yep, he's still looming over my shoulder.
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We make it to the cafeteria and make our way down the line until we were served and headed to our table where the girls were already there and to my relief, Deimos was no where in sight.
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We sit down and Erika looks at me, her eyes searching my face. "Jeez Leon, were you in a fight?" She asks, her finger coming up to trace my face.
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I laugh and shake my head. "Sparring practice with an enchanted punching bag ." I whisper to her and she nods.
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"Is that apart of some weird Jïlar training?" She asked softly and I nod.
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"Yep."
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"Hey! No whispering at the table you pigs." Raphael calls and I give him a sheepish smile while Erika throws a piece of purple broccoli at him. Yeah, the broccoli here is purple.
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"Okay guys I didn't wanna bring this up because he was here but why the hell is Deimos sitting with us?" Lakota asks, his voice quiet and he kept peering over his shoulder to make sure Deimos wasn't around.
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"Yeah Leon are you two going out or something?" Becs asks me and I shake my head very enthusiastically.
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"No no no no no no NO. I'm just as confused as you guys. I have no clue what he wants." I say.
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"We have our first Force task next week Monday, is that dickwad really gonna be with us?" Raphael asks softly as well.
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"Sh! He's coming!" Saeg says and we all cringe at that because from the distance he was at he most likely heard her say that.
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As usual he comes over and plops down next me and throws his arm over my shoulder and as I usually do, I shrug it off.
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"Hey gang. What are we talking about this fine evening?" He says, that same forced tone of his.
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I roll my eyes, starting to begrudgingly eat my dinner with this psycho next to me.
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"Do you guys know what are Force Task is about?" I decide to ask.
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"Moving refugees or something like that." Raph says, still that sour look on his face which I'm sure I'm sporting too.
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"That could be fun!" Saeg says, trying to diffuse the tension.
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No one replies, the same weird vibe we've had since this dude invited himself to our table.
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"You guys wanna ditch prep and head to Mistweave?" Erika asks, everyone looks at her in surprise.
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"What? Never ditched prep before?" She asks and we all shake our shake heads.
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She rolls her eyes. "Well that's where I'm gonna be, y'all can join me if you want. Except you," She says with a smile in Deimos's direction.
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I snort at that, even Saeg stifles her laugh.
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"That could be fun." Lakota says then looks at me.
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I shrug, not really sure.
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"I've never ditched prep before. How would we even make it past Madam Vespera, that woman has an eye at the back of her head. Literally!" Saeg says and Rebecca laughs softly.
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"Wait thirty minutes, then sneak out the back door they're usually never locked, well at least at my hostel." Erika says and Saeg claps her hands softly in excitement.
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"Leon, you in?" Erika asks then I look to Raph, he shrugs, not seeming to mind. I then look to Lakota and he nods.
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I smile at Erika. "We'll be there."
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She smiles then Laemon announces the moment of silence for prayer.
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After the bell rings, we all begin to get up but Deimos catches my wrist.
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"Sit." I hear his rough voice echo in my head.
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I sigh, it seemed no one caught the exchange, I mean he did just telepathically order me so I guess there was no way for them to catch it.
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"You guys go ahead." I say to them and Lakota looks at me.
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'You sure?' He mouths and I smile and nod.
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He nods, before he gives Deimos a sideways glance before leaving with everyone else.
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I look to him in a heated glare.
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"What do you want with me Deimos?" I whisper to him.
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He shrugs putting his knife and fork together on his plate before looking at me.
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"What do you think I want?" He asks me.
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I huff. "We've played this game before and I don't like it." I say back.
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He chuckles darkly. "You don't have much of a choice. Wether you play or don't is not up to you." He says to me.
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I sigh, feeling like ripping my hair out.
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"You see I have a predicament that only you can solve." He says to me and I look up at him.
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"I don't want to help you."
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"Again. Not your choice, buttercup." He says, with that smile of his.
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"I thought about it, and I realized that me just asking this of you and you not getting anything in return is cruel, even by my standards. So I decided to give you a proposal that you already can't say no to." He says and I look at him.
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Right then and there, I should have said no. I should have done something like blind him with a harmless ball of light or something!
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But I'm sure he's more than capable of stopping something so harmless.
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"What's your big proposal?" I ask him.
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"You see the council put the Essence dampening curse on me, so naturally I can't return to my practice or use my full abilities. But I found a loop whole." He says to me and I already feel the dread settle in my stomach.
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"It's called the Vampire Tactic." He says.
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"So what? You suck Essence out of people?" I ask him.
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"Essentially, yes. I steal Essence from people when we conduct sexual acts." He says and I feel my face heat up— what? I'm a virgin— well technically not really.
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"So...you wanna...have sex...with me?" I ask him in terror.
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He lets out a snort that's actually kinda cut— LEON NO. Do not think of the enemy as cute.
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"Take a guy out first, sheesh." He says and I roll my eyes.
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"But in short, yes. Eventually I want to do that with you because your Essence incarnate, so after we do bits, the Essence I get from you will last me a while because you're the source." He says and I look at him like he's grown two heads because to me he has.
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Who asks a random stranger to just drop their drawls and lie down ass up?
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"And what's in this for me?" I ask.
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He smiles. "I understand you just got the Solaria Aurialius, I can help you understand it and practice the spells in there."
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"The professors are already helping me with that." I shoot back.
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He scoffs. "The professors are only going to teach you the things that keep you defenseless and controllable. If you keep following their teachings you'll be like lamb to the slaughter when you have to face Nepheros." He says. "Demons are also teachers of divine knowledge, I can help you become the most powerful person that has ever walked this realm, and with that you'll be able to defeat Nepheros with easy."
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I search his features.
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Believe him.
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I continue to search his features.
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"There will be no strings attached, assuming you won't get attached." He says with a smirk and I roll my eyes.
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"I have a better chance of getting attached to a horse shoe than to you." I shoot back and he smiles.
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"Great. So there's no reason for you to say no." He says clapping his hands together once, I notice a silver ring around his betrothal finger. Yes, I said betrothal like an old victorian woman, not the point.
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I look back up to him.
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"I need time to think about this." I say to him and he smiles, not sweetly, more wretchedly.
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"Take all the time you need. Actually not all the time because I'm known to be a little impatient." He says back and I sigh rolling my eyes.
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"I'm leaving now." I say and he puts his hands up in mock surrender.
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"Meet me in the Apollo bathroom at eleven., I expect an answer by then." He says and I shake my head in disbelief as I get up and grab my plate and head to the dumping bins.
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What is with the boys here? Especially these prefects, who died and made them kings of everything? They're just assholes.
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With a frustrated sigh I make my way back to my room to feed Seph, who I've kind of been neglecting.
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He was sat on my bed, curled up in a ball and Raphael wasn't in yet. I sit next to Seph and give him some much needed love, for both our sakes.
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I just take a moment to just hold him, feeling his scales under my fingers.
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I feel like calling my dad. Yep, I'm gonna call them. Thank god for the schools fast WiFi.
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I get out my phone and finds Craig's contact before tapping it and pressing it against my ear.
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It rung a few times, before he his fat, jolly voice answered the phone.
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"Hey bud, I've been waiting for you to call." He says and I smile at that.
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"Sorry, I've been really busy with catching up and training and a bunch of other stuff." I reply with a huff.
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"You okay, champ? You seem tired." He says gently.
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"I'm...managing. There's just a lot and there's just a lot weighing on my mind right now." I say, my voice admittedly quiet.
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God this is probably gonna keep them up at night.
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"What's weighing you down?" He asks softly.
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"Just- a lot of people are expecting so much of me dad. So so many people. And there's something I have to do to help everyone but I just don't think I can." My heart felt heavy honestly, this whole Jïlar Giraffe stuff has been eating me alive.
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"You're a special kid Leon. More than special. But that doesn't mean you don't have your limits, if you feel you can work to get these tasks done then great, but if you feel you need to stop and take a breather— that's perfectly okay too." He says.
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"It's perfectly fine to take a break or question whether you can do this or not. You're special, but you're also just a kid." He adds, his tone carrying so much sincerity.
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I feel my lips tugging upwards. "Thanks Dad." I say and he hums.
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"Are the dark thoughts back?" He asks me softly and I myself deflate a little.
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"No...not really. Just missing you guys." I say back.
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He hums. "You know we're here for you yeah?"
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I smile. "I know."
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"Okay, now tell me all the gossip. Oh, your mother's here too—"
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"Hi sweety!" I hear Annie say and I smile brightly, even Seph sits up from the sound of her voice.
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"Hey Mom." I say and I hear her coo, I imagine that makes her melt since I've only ever called her mom a few times.
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"Oh honey tell us about all the cute boys and all the friends you've made!" She says cheerfully.
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"The boys here are okay. And I've made some really cool friends," I say with a smile and just on queue Raph and Lakota walk into the room but stop talking when they see I'm on the phone.
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"What are they like?" Craig muses.
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"My roommate and my next door neighbor are with me most of the time. And some girls from the other hostel." I say. "They've made this whole experience a lot less scary."
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Lakota makes a heart with his hands and Raph steps over and ruffles my hair.
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"We're so happy for you sweety, remember be safe and dont let people pressure you in the sexual department." Mom says and everyone including me splutters a laugh.
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That's ironic because that's quite literally the situation I'm in right now. God if they knew, they'd probably implode.
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Oh lord how did I get myself in this situation.
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"I won't. But I have to go now, we have prep." I say to them after my internal conflict.
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"Okay bub, be safe. We love you and call your siblings sometime, they are driving me up the wall." Mom says and I laugh softly, I can already imagine the bull Jordan has gotten into.
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"I will, bye." They say goodbye before I end the call.
I look up to Raphael and Lakota that were sat on Raph's bed on their phones.
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"Are we still heading to Mistweave during prep?" I ask them and they look up.
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Kota smiles and nods. "Yeah, Erika said she'd meet us there."
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I smile and nod. "I won't swim, I'll just come chill."
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Raphael frowns. "No Leon, come on. It's a late evening deep, even if it's two minutes just swim."
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I smile teasingly at Raphael. "If I didn't know any better Raph I'd think you're trying to see me without my clothes on,"
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Kota laughs and Raph narrows his eyes at me before flipping me off. Boy, he loves that finger.
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"You wish. You want your demon boyfriend to come and drag me to hell." He says and my expression contorts in sourness.
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"He is not my boyfriend. I'd much rather kiss a toad than date that psychopath." I respond in distaste.
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The bell begins to ring and Kota gets up.
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"Come call me before we leave," He says and I give him a thumbs up.
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"If you can, just do your homework before we head out." Raph says and I nod, starting to take out all my books.
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The professors said they weren't going to give me much homework because I already have a lot on my plate but it hasn't stopped them. I still have quite a lot to do.
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So as Seraphim eats his food I spend the next thirty minutes doing my homework and other assignments, it wasn't a long time so naturally I wasn't able to finish.
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That's when Raphael tapped my shoulder, I pulled out my headphones and looked to see he's dressed in a casual shirt with swimming trunks and a towel.
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I get up and quickly got changed into a white compression shirt that I can swim in, I kept my back away from Raphael so he couldn't see the seal and changed into my swimming trunks before grabbing my towel, patting Seph on the head and taking my phone.
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Raphael led the way out, we grabbed Lakota from his room and we snuck out of the hostel seamlessly.
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"Don't teachers walk around campus? Won't they see us?" I ask and Raph shakes his head.
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"Nah, no one really comes to Mistweave, thats why a lot of people come here to drink on the weekends." He says and I nod.
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We walk to Mistweave and I zone out as Kota and Raph talk, not on purpose, just in my head about this whole thing with Deimos.
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What am I gonna do?
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I'm not actually going to prostitute myself for power, am I?
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I mean, I do need to stop that Nepheros guy before he finds that domino thingy.
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Goodness.
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We get to Mistweave where Rebecca was in the water, her pretty blue tail on display as her and Saeg giggled as Erika smiled with them in the water.
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"Hey guys!" Saeg says happily when she sees us and Rebecca waves too.
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We smile and return the gesture. There's a pile of towels and that's where we put ours as well.
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With a bright shimmer, Saeg's wings appear behind her and she flutters elegantly out of the pool and onto the mainland and walks over to us.
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She runs over to us, her wings disappearing as she takes us in hug. Raph laughs and hugs her back, as well as Kota.
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She pulls back from us. "Come on, Rebecca made the water warm." She says smiling.
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I look to Rebecca in question. "You made the water warm. Like you peed?"
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She laughs. "Yeah but I didn't pee, water spirit remember?" She says and a small 'ahh' leaves my mouth.
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Raph doesn't take time he just dives into the water, Kota follows and canon balls.
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Saeg and I walk in like normal people. Once I'm neck deep, I dunk my head into the water for a few moments.
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This feels good.
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And wow, it really was warm.
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I emerge and smile at everyone who was looking at me weirdly.
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"What? Is there something on my face?" I ask, patting my face frantically.
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Erika laughs. "No, you were just under there for a little while."
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I look at them in confusion.
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"You were under water for like five minutes Leon. And you're not even out of breath." Kota says in concern. Wow, was I really under there for that long?
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"Strong lungs?" I offer with a shrug and they laugh.
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"Let's chicken fight." Raphael suggests enthusiastically and Saeg gasps, clapping her hands in excitement.
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"Omg let's do ittt." Saeg cheers.
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I laugh. "How are we gonna do this if Becs has no legs." I say pointing to her tail.
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She smiles. "I'll referee."
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"I'll commentate." Kota says.
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Raph looks to me challengingly. "Me and Saeg against you and sergeant emo over there."
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"Eat shit!" Erika says and Raph sticks his tongue out to which Erika flips him off.
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I except the challenge. "You're on."
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He claps his hands in excitement and starts to lower himself in the water for Saeg to get on but she stops him.
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With the same bright shimmer, her wings reappear and she flutters up until she's comfortably sat on Raph's shoulders.
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"Let's do this." She says with determination.
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I look to Erika and lower myself under water for her to get on. She gets the memo and hops on.
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"To the right, the mean, the fierce, the bold. LEON AND ERIKA!" Lakota announces, then he makes crowd cheering noises.
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"To the right, the cheerful, the splendid, the fantastic, RAPHAEL AND SAEG!"
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Raphael flexes his muscles, as Lakota cheers them on.
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"You ready to make that asshole and miss sunshine over there eat shit?" Erika asks looking down at me, I hold onto her thighs and smile.
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"Let's drag these hoes." I say and she cheers.
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"Okay, on three!" Rebecca calls.
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"One!"
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"Two!"
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"Three! Go go go!" She cheers and immediately Raphael charges at us.
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"Look alive Leon!" Erika calls, and I also charge at Raphael.
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Erika was quick and decisive, pushing Saeg's hands away before pushing her pretty roughly. Raphael's hands came at me like he was hungry for blood.
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I grabbed onto his wrists and kept him from coming any closer, but man was this boy strong. I wonder what they feed them up in heaven cause jeez.
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Also, he's super toned.
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"Leon focus!" I hear Lakota shout.
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"Hey no side line coach-" Raphael says but I pushed him hard that it made him stumble back. Saeg, who I didn't know could play dirty, fluttered her wings to stop Raph from falling into the water completely.
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"You dog that's cheating!" Erika says and Saeg just innocently shrugs, fluttering her wet eyelashes.
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"Referee?" I question but Rebecca herself was stifling her laughter and just shrugged.
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When I zoned back into the game Raphael was in front of me, and held onto my shoulders before shoving me back while Saeg pushed Erika back and the both of us came crushing down.
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We resurface to see Saeg and Raphael cheering victoriously.
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"Fucking cheaters." Erika laughs and Raph makes an L with his fingers and sticks it up on his forehead.
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"Another round let's go." I say already preparing myself to get Erika back on my shoulders.
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"So eager to lose again huh?" Raph teases.
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"Quit being a dog and let's do this again." I say and he smiles. Saeg flies up to his shoulders again and sits down as Erika hoists herself on my shoulders.
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"What's our game plan?" She whispers.
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"I have no clue, what should we do?" I ask her.
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"Can't you do some weird god shit?" She whispers and I laugh.
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"What do you think I am? I can't just strike them with lightning bolts or something." I laugh and she shrugs.
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"Just thinking aloud here." She huffs.
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Hehe, idea.
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"I have an idea." I say and she raises a brow.
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"You distract them when we start then I'll pat your leg for you to trash talk Raphael." I whisper and she smiles.
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"Got it."
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"Today ladies!" Raph calls and I was the one to flip him off and he laughed loudly.
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"We're ready." Erika calls and they smile.
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"For the second round, our fierce competitors are ready to bring it home. It's anybodies game, who shall come out victorious!" Lakota commentates and I actually laugh at that.
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"One!" Becs calls.
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"Two!"
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"Three! Go go go!"
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I was the one to charge first, but Raphael was able to stabilize the impact, grasping onto my arms and holding me away.
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He manages to push me back and I stumble but manage to stabilize my footing on the wet rocks under me. Before Raph charged at me, I patted Erika's leg.
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"You call that pushing pussy, I've seen my grandma push harder than that with her one good hip!" Erika taunts and I laugh.
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Raph scowls. "I bet I could steal beat you AND your grandma!"
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"Ha you wish, you're built weaker than Leon and Kota. And they're both twinks, what's your excuse?" She taunts more, and it's not true, Raph is way huger than Kota and I but it's still funny.
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Raphael charges at us with a lot more oomf. I take a deep breath before holding my hands out in front of me.
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Right as Raph was about to push me, a bright pop of light flashed in front of us that even made me squint my eyes, and I can stare at the sun for twenty minutes without my eyes burning. Ethan timed me.
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"Fuck!" Raph curses, even Saeg covers her eyes and that's when I charge and I fully body slam into Raph sending him and Saeg toppling over and landing in the water with a loud splash.
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Erika lets out a laugh of surprise and ruffles my wet hair. Rebecca and Kota cheering on the side lines.
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Raph resurfaces with a sour expression etched onto his face. Saeg on the other hand was smiling so brightly.
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"Last round. Whoever loses has to give up their dessert for the whole week." Raphael challenges.
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"You're on dickwad. Let's get this thing done." Erika says, from the way my cheeks are hurting I'm sure I'm smiling like an idiot.
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Saeg gets back on his shoulders, Raphael beats his chest with his fists before brushing his curls out of his face.
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"Let's do this shit!" Raph cheers.
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"Last round and the whole world seems to be holding their breath for this exact moment. Its anybodies win ladies and gentlemen, the stakes are high and the tension is higher." Lakota calls making that voice that actual commentators make. And no it wasn't an impression, it was like he literally stole their voice.
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How the hell?
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"Leon!" Erika screeches and I zone back to where Raph was charging at us, really fast I was confused on how he was moving so fast until I saw a HUGE pair of these gorgeous brown wings behind him.
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Oh shit!
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I braced myself but held my ground and pushed onto his chest. My footing was slipping, causing me to be pushed back.
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Raphael was pushing hard, his wings causing large ripples on the water.
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"You winged fucks!" Erika shouts as she tries to push Saeg off Raphs shoulders who was also using her wings to support them.
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"Leon, this is time for some action!" Erika calls in apprehension. What the hell am I gonna do against an angel and a freaking faery?
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"Is that Michael walking over here!" I say pointing my finger in the direction behind them and they stop to look in fear.
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"Erika now!" I shout and both of us use all our strength to push the hell out of these two.
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Saeg goes flying off of Raph's shoulders, a yelp coming out of her as Raph tumbled back.
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"And there you have it ladies and gentlemen, Team Fierce wins the chicken fight!" Kota cheers and Rebecca cheers for us.
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Erika and I cheer loudly as if we've just won the freaking Super Bowl. Erika hugs my head and I spin us around until we both fall into the water laughing. And I accidentally swallowed some of the water. Yuck, god knows how many people have peed in here.
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We resurface and Erika smiles brightly. "Looks like you losers owe us dessert for the next week."
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Raph rolls his eyes, but smiles and I was thankful he wasn't actually mad.
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"God that was so much fun!" Saeg cheers, I smile and swim to the edge of the pool and hoist myself up and sit on the ground.
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"That was a lot of effort." Raph says as he joins me and I hum.
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"You're good competition." He smiles and I laugh.
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"You tried to kill me."
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"Hey I'm just passionate." He says and I laugh. Becca and Saeg come over and sit with us, Saeg does some weird hand movement before soft music starts playing.
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I smile as the song starts playing, I put this on Saeg's playlist. It was Telephones by Vacations.
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Erika and Kota also come to join us and for the next hour we just sit and appreciate each other's presence. The sun setting, casting the sky's reflections onto Mistweave, it was honestly perfect. And for the first time since I got here, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else than with these beautiful people.
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•••
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I was woken up at eleven on the dot by my crazy alarm.
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I shut it off before it had the chance to wake up Raphael who was passed out with an eye mask of his face.
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I sit up and think why in gods name am I awake right now.
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Mm, why am I awake?
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Let's back track. Went to Mistweave, snuck back in, did my homework and some grounding meditation, then got ready for bed and fell asleep with Seph.
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So why am I awake?
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Deimos.
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Oh shit.
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I let out a soft groan as I threw my head back.
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I huff and get up, throwing my robe on and keeping my bonnet on my head as I make my way out of my room and towards the bathroom.
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As I walked past, most of the lights on our floor were off except one. I keep walking to the bathroom and the lights were dimmer than usual and it kinda smelt like...sulfur?
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I walk in cautiously and there stood by the sinks was Deimos. His full school uniform on, he looked hot not gonna lie and I could smell his cologne over the smell of sulfur, he smelt good too.
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He snorts. "This is how you dress when you come see me?" He asks.
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"What are you? The king of England?" I retort.
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His lip tugs up. "I hope you've had enough time to think about my offer."
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"The offer I don't have a choice in?"
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"Exactly." He smirks.
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I sigh. "I've thought about it."
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"And I'll do it." I say and he smiles, taking three bold step to me and pulling me by the waist and leaning towards me.
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"Ap ap ap ap ap," I say putting my fingers over his lips and pushing them away from me. "If we're gonna do this, we're doing this my way."
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"Excuse me?" He says, his eyes getting dark again.
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"Should I speak slow for you to understand better? My way," I asserted and I was proud of that.
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"And what makes you think you have a say in this?" He asks, his hands getting tighter around my waist.
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"My body. My choice. Or you can piss off. Your choice." I say looking up at him.
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Surprisingly he smiles and raises his hands in surrender, taking a step back.
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"I don't want to offend the all powerful Jïlar—"
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"Oh can it with that crap." I interrupt.
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I sigh, pinching the bridge of my nose. "Look. We go as fast as I'm comfortable with, anytime you cross that line or do something I'm not ready for, I'm done. We'll be doing our 'little meet ups', every three days. No more, no less. Assuming that will keep you charged or whatever. Then you help me with the Solaria everyday after everyone has gone to bed at a discussed meeting point. That's it." I say and he smirks again.
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"So demanding." He says and I roll my eyes. "Might as well start now." He says, my eyebrows furrow.
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"We can start with the Solaria after the Summer Solstice after tomorrow." I say and he chuckles shaking his head.
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He walks up to me, his hands coming to my waist again and pulling me flush against his chest.
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"First, I'm getting what I want." He says hoarsely, I was about to protest but his lips crashed into mine.
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My eyes were wide, and I was even more shocked when the lights began to flicker violently. His tongue delved into my mouth as I stayed unresponsive, the lights still flickering and the taps began to run. One by one.
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The hell.
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After the last tap turned off, after a moment they all turned off and the lights stopped flickering. Deimos pulled back, and I looked up at him in shock as his eyes spiraled red in color.
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The veins in his neck and hand bulging eerily.
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He closes his eyes and turns his head up to the ceiling. When he opens his eyes, his eyes are back to green.
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He smirks at me. "Get some rest. The Solstice will be a special day for you." He says and I was about to question him, shadows engulfed the room, leaving nothing visible.
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A moment later, they were gone with small whispers and Deimos was gone too.
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