The Fate of a Dragon Witch

Things Become Complicated

-0-0- Logan's point of view -0-0-

After a full night's rest Logan felt ready to take on the day. After the difficulties of the night before, he was grateful for the sleep. He would never admit it out loud but what had happened worried him... a lot. They had almost been caught and it was due to their carelessness. Logan sighed as he quickly got dressed and glanced around the tent. Patton's cot and belongings were gone while Roman was still lost in dreamland. Logan sighed and shook his head. Roman was insistent that Anxiety was nothing but a pest, however he had spent a good part of the day before fretting whether the other would wake up or not. Logan turned away from the sleeping knight and left the tent to find Patton. Outside the smell of porridge greeted him and he turned to the fire. There was a pot on the fire but other than that there was no sign of the baker.

"Patton?" He called as he walked farther out of the tent

"Shhhh!" A voice cried and Logan followed the noise. He found Patton standing next to a tree, he had his hands over his mouth and had an excited gleam in his eyes. Logan tilted his head in curiosity as he neared the tree

"What seems to have excited you?" He asked in confusion but stopped as he realized who Patton was looking at. Anxiety sat in between two large branches of a tree. He was slouched forward with his head resting on his arms and he was smiling softly in his sleep. Logan blinked

"Did he spend the night in a tree?" He asked and Patton gave a nod

"It looks like he did." He commented when Anxiety's face scrunched up in worry. Logan and Patton frowned as they noticed the sudden change. Anxiety's hands balled into fists, his knuckles turned white from how tightly he clenched them.

"N-n-no..." The witch whimpered out then suddenly his eyes snapped open and he gasped for air as if he had been under water. Patton moved towards him but Logan caught his shoulder and shook his head. Based on what they had just seen, Anxiety most likely was not in a good headspace. Tears were obvious in the man's eyes as he leaned back against the tree trunk behind him. His hands were still clenched and were shaking. For a while he just stared off into the distance then he blinked and finally noticed them. Patton stepped towards Anxiety slowly and Logan let him, opting to observe the man instead. He had watched Anxiety mask his fear the moment he had noticed them.

"Are you ok?" Patton asked softly and the man gave a slow nod. Logan studied him carefully, Anxiety was still shaking and wasn't meeting either of their gazes. There was silence for some time then Patton cleared his throat "breakfast is ready, I'm sure you're hungry since you didn't eat anything yesterday." He commented but Anxiety shook his head

"I-i..." He trailed off and cleared his throat "I'm fine." He stated firmly but his stomach gave a growl. Logan furrowed his brows

"You obviously are hungry. It would be best if you ate something so that you can gain your strength back." He countered and Anxiety gave him a glare

"I said I'm not hungry." He snapped. Logan raised an eyebrow at the other while Patton stepped closer to Anxiety

"Are you really ok?" Patton asked softly and Anxiety glared at him for a moment. Then suddenly Anxiety's whole demeanor changed and he looked away

"I'm sorry... I just... I had a nightmare... That's all... A nightmare." He spoke the last part softly as if he was trying to convince himself that he was safe. Patton gently placed a hand on the man's leg and gave him a reassuring smile

"It's ok, you're safe with us, promise."

"I agree, although we cannot promise there won't be danger." Logan added and Patton gave him a disapproving look. "What I meant by that is that we will protect you in the event that it is necessary." Anxiety looked at him then smiled a soft smile.