Still by Your Side -||Lloyd x Reader||-

39

The next few days were chaotic. I was interviewed and questioned a lot since the bullet was aiming for me. Also, apparently, when the police did a sweep of the building, they found Xvile completely torn apart. His guts out, borns broken and torn out. His eyes were missing as well. They questioned me since I was the target and I was known for being aggressive. But there was proof I was outside when that guy was killed.

A lot of investing was held, but it was hard to find a motive since the guy was dead. Currently, there is none. Lloyd hasn't allowed me to leave the bounty because well, he is protective. Zane did bring up a good point that all of us are in danger every day because of who we are. Lloyd has let me leave the bounty since Zane brought that up since he was right. That was nice because I liked leaving the bounty at night.

My most favorite place to go to is the Temple of Darkness. I usually meet up with the Overlord there. Even if I was just going to read, it felt homier. I was going there currently. I remember when the Overlord said that I could have my own wings. I honestly had forgotten he said that. I watched Grim's wings and envisioned them onto me. She let out a small nose, " Oh, sorry Grim. I forgot I was talking. Anyways, we're going to clean up the Temple. I remember Grandpa was saddened that it was left to rot while the Temple of Light was left beautiful."

We arrived at the temple and Grim laid down as I got to work cleaning the outside. She was there to help me if something was too high up. Also, she wanted to be left out because she liked to be. I put on some gloves and filled my bucket with some water from a nearby river. I added soap and got to work cleaning the outside. I removed any weeds and anything that wasn't supposed to be there. I had to put those flashlights that you can wear as a hat on because it was dark outside

I played some music on my phone and plugged in my earbuds. I listened to the music as I cleaned the rocks and the front of the temple. As I cleaned I found a snake skeleton which was disturbing. I fed it to Grim who was happy to get a treat. I was happy that I didn't have to clean the inside because that was still clean. The outside was the only thing that started to decay. 

The reason I wanted to clean up the temple was because Day of the Departed wasn't too far off. Tomorrow actually. I thought I could spend the night with my grandpa and remember our family. Every year I spent the Day of the Departed remembering my mother and grandparents, Grandma Kiran, whom we also called Grandma Lilith because her name was hard to pronounce when I was little and my Grandpa Micheal.

But this year, I was also going to remember my Great Grandma Yin. I never knew her from stories or anything, but now I do. I wanted to brush up on her journal and read some more entries from it. Learn her some more. Perhaps learn about my grandparents some more as well. I honestly didn't know Grandma Lilith nor Grandpa Micheal. They died when I was pretty young. My mom said they were old, really old. I now understand how old. 

I do remember that my grandma had very pretty vibrant purple eyes. They were more of a darker purple, but they were vibrant. I don't remember her having any scales or signs of being a dragon though. I remember the Overlord telling me she did. I wonder if she learned to make her dragon-ness go away. 

I just shrug and finish up cleaning. It was almost 2 am but I got done. Guess it's technically Day of the Departed now. It wasn't much but it was better than before. Grim lifted up her head as I came over. I attached the buckets to her tail as I did before. I jumped on and she sat up. She did a quick little run before flying. I closed my eyes and let the wind wave through my hair. It was slightly cold and I liked it. I sighed as I opened my eyes. I looked up at the moon and smiled. Grandma Lilith always loved moons. She felt the most at home when under the star-filled night. I guess I do too.

I returned to the bounty silent and flipped back into the boy's room. I slid into Lloyds bed and cuddled up next to him. He was still asleep and moved slightly, wrapping his arms around me. I smiled and closed my eyes. " I love you" I whispered. Lloyd only let out a sleepy noise. I giggled and kissed his cheek. I closed my eyes once again and fell asleep.

SORRY THIS CHAPTER IS A BIT SHORTER BUT SOMETIME SOON ILL DO DAY OF THE DEPARTED AND THAT'S GONNA BE A LONG ASS CHAPTER SO GET READY)