IT ISN'T A SIN IT'S A MATE MARK (Meliodas X OC)

Chapter-3 (Edited)

MELIODAS' POV

Yeah... I was jealous.

I hated it.

I hated how Ban made her laugh so easily.
How she leaned toward him when she spoke.
How she didn't look at me the way I used to remember.

Elizabeth...

She was the one who made me turn against my clan.

So why was I still bound to her?

It was late. Everyone had settled down in the Boar Hat, drunk or dozing. The night was quiet.

Too quiet.

I found myself walking silently toward her room—no, Ban's room now, apparently. I just wanted to check on her, to see if she was safe.

But the second I opened the door—

I froze.

Kanani was curled up beside Ban, sleeping soundly, her arms draped around him like a lifeline. Her body pressed into his for warmth. Peaceful.

My blood boiled.

My demonic side stirred, rising like bile in my throat. Darkness clouded my vision, and for a moment, I couldn't feel anything but rage.

How dare he—

"MELIODAS!!"

A voice sliced through the fog like lightning.

I turned sharply.

Merlin stood in the doorway, arms folded, her gaze calm but stern.

She had that look—the one she wore when she knew exactly what I was about to do.

"Mind if we talk about reality, Captain?" she asked.

I looked at Kanani once more. Her face was relaxed. Dreaming. Vulnerable.

Then I looked back at Merlin. And nodded.

TIME SKIP – NEXT DAY

I couldn't shake the mood. The pit in my chest had only gotten heavier.

Ban and Kanani were still close. Too close. I knew Ban wasn't trying anything, but still...

Why does it hurt so much?

I stood at the bar, lost in my thoughts, until I heard her voice behind me.

"Meliodas!"

I turned, startled. "Yeah... Kanani?"

Her expression was troubled, eyes shadowed beneath her bangs. "Am I... related to you?"

I blinked. "What?"

"I had a dream last night," she said slowly, her voice quiet, like a child confessing something dangerous. "We were training... somewhere strange. It didn't feel like a dream. It felt real. But I didn't recognize the place..."

Her eyes searched mine for answers. For something real.

Should I tell her?

Should I tell her she was once someone who wanted to protect me more than her own life... and later wanted me dead?

I hesitated. "Well... Kanani, it's that—"

BOOM.

The floor beneath us trembled violently. The walls of the Boar Hat rattled.

My heart stopped.

No.

DUMP. DUMP.