Love in Darkness

Chapter 29: Forbidden love

Eon and Odette are always together since they are signed to the same post. Every day they would discover new things in the forest. Odette decides to make a journal and put an entry daily. Eon happily helps her since it fascinates him as well. He wanted to do what Odette is doing but he was busy with other things.

Eon realizes during weeks with Odette that he is less and less thinking of Selena and his heart has found its serenity. He is now sitting in a big branch while watching Odette examining a plant. He smiles seeing Odette smiling while writing in her journal. Odette looks at him suddenly, "Eon, come take a look.". He feels nervous and thought, "Did she saw me staring at her? I hope she did not.". He stands up and comes closer to her.

"What is it?', Eon looks at the plant and avoids eye contact with Odette.

Odette points to the back of the leaves. "There are eggs. What do you think it is?". Eon looks closer at the leaves. While he is focusing on the plant, he did not notice that Odette is staring at him. Odette smiles. A while ago, she feels that Eon is watching her intently so to confirm, she suddenly looks at him and told him to look at the plant. And she was right. "And it is cute that you got shy when I caught you.", she thought. She looks at the plant again.

"It is weird, isn't it?". Eon looks at her, "Yes, it is. I had never seen anything like that either.". Odette nods slightly, "Me neither. None of the other plants have this.".

Eon stares at the plant and remarks suddenly, "It is one of a kind. Among all that grows here, this plant is the only one that has small, golden flowers and has weird eggs on it. I say it is a rare plant.". He smiles. Odette stares at him, "I wonder what he is thinking.", she thought. Then she smiles, "I guess you are right.". They look at each other and smile.

After an afternoon of exploring, Eon and Odette decide to return to the magic realm early and will go to the abandoned magic library. They want to look for a book that has information about the weird plant. But before they could enter the premises of the library's location, Denver comes out of nowhere and appears in front of them. Both Eon's and Odette's widen. Odette is the one who speaks, "Denver? What are you doing here?".

"I should be the one asking you. What are you two doing here? You know what is in there, don't you?". He looks at Eon, "And you are still going. What do you plan to do?". Annoyance is visible on Eon's face, "It is none of your business.".

Denver shoots Eon with an angry look, "None of my business?! You are bringing Odette in there? You two alone?!". Odette scoffs, "Are you serious right now? First, that is none of your business. And second, you do not talk to us like that as if we are little fairies that need supervision.". Denver falls silent. Eon and Odette continue to walk, passing him. But then after a few steps, Denver speaks.

"Is that why you rejected me? Because of him? The moment I asked you, you instantly rejected me without thinking about it and even giving me a chance. You are always with him!".

Odette looks straight ahead. While Eon looks at her, "I knew there is something going on here.", he thought. Odette sighs. She turns around and looks at Denver. "We had talked about this already, do I have to repeat myself? Huh, Denver?". She then looks at Eon, "Let's finish for today. We will continue our work tomorrow.". Eon could only nod at her. They both start to walk home, leaving Denver standing quietly.

While walking, Eon wants to ask but he refrains himself. But then Odette must have read his mind, "You are wondering what is going between us, don't you?". He looks at her and sees that she is already looking at him. She smiles, "Why don't you ask?".

"Umm... Well, I was kind of waiting for you to tell me. I thought it might be bad for me to ask you that kind of personal issue.".

Odette looks at her and laughs, "Right. Well, I will tell you about it tomorrow. Get some rest.". Then Odette goes in a different direction. Eon is just watching her until she can be no longer visible from the distance. He then proceeds to walk until he arrives home. Upon arriving, he immediately goes to his bedroom and lays on the bed. He stares at the ceiling and thinks about what happened. His eyes then slowly close.