Several months went on by since Rogue left. I usually had expected him to pop up around me and shout some random thing, but all that was gone. However, I continued my small maple life with the people around me who I hardly even cared for back then. When Rogue left, it was like a part of me that died that day, I wasn't the same either. I had traveled across Victoria, killing things that were at my level or below. I had trained and put my dedication forth for Rogue.
I sighed softly as I began to grow weary of the fire boar pits, “What’s left of me now?” I climbed onto the ropes and collapsed onto the platform, lying on my back as I watched the clouds float by. “There’s your passion of you becoming an Ice-Lightening Mage.” Someone on the platform above me said. “I have no real passion.” I said to the person above me. “Why is that?” the voice said to me. “None of your business… just leave it at that.” I said to the voice. The owner of the voice jumped from his platform unto my own and stood over me, myself between his legs. He looked directly down at me his arms crossed. “Little girl, I’ll make it my business.”
I looked up at him and sighed softly once more, “Just leave me alone, please.” He stood to one side of me and helped me off the ground. He then held me from behind and wrapped his arms around my waist. “Why are you out of uniform, child?” He asked me kindly. “Please let go of me.” I said to him, trying to remove his arms from my lower torso. He had begun to nuzzle his face unto my neck, kissing my cheek once with his soft lips. “Hush Aaru. Everything will be fine. After all, you need me in this world.” He said in the softest of whispers. I had looked down unto his hands, realizing how beat up they were, as he wore his dark noel. “I… I hope so, Tenan.” I said to him.
Tenan had let one of his hands go and reached into his pouch and had taken out a sack of money, $200,000 to be exact. “Do what you want with it. Consider it as a gift from me to you.” Before I could say anything he slipped the money into my pocket and he held me tightly from behind again. “Why?” I asked him, trying not to choke into sadness. “Why are you doing this?”
He looked at me then looked up at the sky watching the clouds go by. “Look up Aaru.” I did as he asked and looked up at the sky. We had just stood there, without a purpose, without a cause. We had watched the clouds float by for several minutes until he had lowered his head, and nuzzled it upon my shoulder. I had closed my eyes, wishing for it to rain… but the sky was too beautiful to be tainted by the tears of the clouds. “You are precious to me, Aaru.” He whispers softly within my ear, his lips brushing lightly against my skin “Just how precious the clouds are to the sky and to this earth, you are precious to me.” He kissed my cheek again lightly as he continued, “I need you just as much as the earth needs the clouds for the rain. I need you to be strong enough to support me; you are my strength… Aaru Creed.”
His word struck hard as lightening. Several thoughts raced through my mind at that moment, thoughts such as… Is he in love with me? or Do I mean that much to him?… and on and on the questions flowed Why… why me? He had released me from his embracing grasp as I turned around to face him. He caressed my face with his damaged hands and smiled at me. “Do your best.” He said to me. “Why Tenan? Why me?” I asked him, trying not to shed pointless tears over him. He turned around walking towards the ledge of the platform, his back now turned to me. “Because, I found you.” I looked at him with mixed emotions of sadness, hatred, and love in my heart. I gripped my Wizard Wand tightly within my grasp as he jumped from the platform unto the higher platform until he was gone from my sight.
Because I found you… I thought to myself. I had wanted to ask him some more questions. However, he left before I could. I had looked up once more at the sky, seeing the clouds forming together and becoming gray. The day’s temperature had begun to dwindle slowly as the clouds consumed the sun. The first droplet of rain hit me between the eyes, the second on my lips, the third droplet had hit me on my chest, and everything else was beginning to get soak. I looked down below me and saw that the fire boars had all went to their caves and their underground homes.
I had begun to walk back to town, with a small eerie smile on my lips. “It’s nice… to know… that there is someone in this world that cares enough…” before I could finish a flash of lightening streaked across the sky. I looked up to only see Tenan watching over me from his balcony at the Perion Inn. A loud cry of thunder unleashed in the sky, which had startled me. I looked down and gripped my chest tightly, feeling my heart beat extremely fast. I had calmed down a bit and looked up again to only see Tenan gone from where he stood. At that moment I had wondered if I had fallen in love with him…
Because I Found You
.... I was found, but why?
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