*Guess who's pov*
I watched as Aria and the others slowly fell asleep, I checked their breathing and lit an incense just to be safe.
Silently, I slipped away, my footsteps barely disturbing the forest floor. The stillness of the night wasn't creepy on the contrary, it was serene, peaceful even.
The whisper of leaves in the gentle breeze brought a strange comfort to . Maybe it's because my bloodline makes closer to nature?
"There you are. What took you so long?" The sharp, accusing voice ca from a hooded figure as I approached.
Her erald eyes glowed faintly, piercing through the shadows like twin jewels. "We were supposed to et days ago. Don't tell being with Aria again made you forget our plan?"
I walked towards her as I said. "Yeah, yeah. It's not easy trying to get away from them you know? I finally had ti to et up because Aria decided to cook, it was easier to add sothing in their food, especially since Aria was the one who was the most troubleso. By the way, Aria still cooks like a royal chef, if only we had so more ingredients then I could've snatched so to bring to you as well." I said as I noticed her walking towards .
The hooded figure stepped forward, her posture relaxed but her gaze sharp. "Well, it's fine. I'll have my share soon enough when I et Aria. I'll just eat then. You on the other hand, you didn't forget the rules did you?" She tilted her head, her eyebrows raised up.
"Of course not. I know okay? I'm not so stupid as to just confess my love out of nowhere. Besides you know how Aria is. Although I can't rember as much as you do since my core is a little broken, but I do rember that part about her."
"....Right~" She replied, her tone dragging as she said it.
"Well, Aria's feelings will change later on. That's already a fixed future."
So annoying, just because she knew everything she thinks she can act all she wants. Hmph.
"Oh? Why're you sulking now?" she teased further, a glimr of amusent in her eyes. "Fine, I believe you, okay? Well, mostly."
Yeah, right. As if I didn't see her eyes light up in the dark when I said that and her looking absentmindedly sowhere after it did.
"Hm~, what should I do to make you forgive ?" She said as she hugged from behind, her body's weight falling on .
"Forgive you? For what? For the fact you didn't trust ?" I said thinking of the kid I saw with Aria.
She paused for a bit as if wondering what I ant and then laughed when I said that. "That wasn't mine. I didn't even know about that kid until you told . It seems like sobody out there is also lending us a helping hand~"
Huh? If it's not hers then who's? From what I can rember at this point in ti other than us, who else did Aria et? Is it because we've been changing the past?
"Don't worry about it too much," she said lightly, though her tone held an undercurrent of seriousness. "That one's not an enemy. Probably. I can't see anything that suggests otherwise, at least."
Her cryptic reassurance only unsettled further.
"Fine," I conceded reluctantly. "So, What happened? You just called for a et up. Don't tell you just wanted to see Aria?" I asked. It's weird how this woman who's usually so, well herself, decided to stop by even though she said she wasn't going to be back until after a while.
She smirked, the playfulness returning. "Aw~ What if I did? Couldn't I just miss my wives so bad I went to visit them?"
"No," I deadpanned. "Spit it out. What's going on?"
She sighed before she looked in the eyes, hers showing a bit of unease.
That's a first.
"Uh, You rember that laboratory Aria found at this ti? Yeah, soone dropped by there about a week before Uno went there. That person was probably the one who knocked Uno out. I also found the dead body of Enrai, or well, atleast what was left of him with how mangled he looked and how painful his expression was when he died. "
I stiffened. "Enrai?"
"Yeah, you had a bone to pick with those goons right? Too bad I couldn't see it first hand. Anyway, I couldn't see who did it. Sa with the one who put the kid there, I can't see who it was."
"And the kid? Is she harmless?"
"Yeah, completely harmless. But she's... strange. She looks like but isn't related to —neither my child nor my sister. If she were, I'd have known. Still, there's sothing familiar about her."
I stayed quiet, processing the information. It was really rare for her to admit that she wasn't sure about sothing, and that alone was making think of the negatives.
"Ugh. It's at monts like this that I really wished that I returned back with my full mories." She added, a faint bitterness in her voice.
"It's fine," I replied. "If the kid's harmless, we don't need to worry for now."
We continued to talk more for a while, our conversation weaving between strategy and speculation to Leah's way of *seducing* Aria back at her house which clearly failed not surprisingly, before we decided to part ways again.
"Alright, ti to move. Stay safe, okay? Just know that Aria will be fine since she's protected but you're not, so take good care of yourself. If possible be friends with Aria, that way the two of you can protect each other." She adviced after which she kissed , her lips were warm and soft just like she was. Her eyes were filled with so much love that I worried it might swallow her up later.
"I thought you said no touching until Aria and the others are ours? And, can you really expect to JUST befriend Aria?" I asked, tasting what was left of her.
She smirked when I said that. "I would've if it weren't for the fact that you looked, a little bothered. Was it Aria? The look of our wife cooking reminded you of how she used to 'play' with you? As for your second question, even if you did that's fine."
I blushed at her comnt, not wanting to admit anything as I punched her lightly to which she just laughed at.
Seriously.
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