The gap between us - ( Seven deadly sins)

Chapter 28 - ✨Shot✨

- Melody Pov -

My entire body was frozen. I couldn't move. The fear...the realisation was just too much. But I couldn't stay in bed, I had to do something!

Someone I care about could be dying and I need to heal them! I'm the only one who can do it! "O-okay! Come on M-Melody you dumb bitch, now's your time to do s-something!" I whisper yelled with a shaky voice and threw the sheets off of myself and ran to the door. I didn't care if I was disobeying my boyfriends wishes, because I needed to help. I couldn't just sit around while my loved ones are getting shot.

I took a deep breath and opened the door....

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- 20 minutes earlier -

(Melody took a while in the bathroom, that's why there's a time skip ;3)

Mael took his gun and put it in its holster and then motioned for Percy to follow him out the front door. "We only get one shot, it's like Russian roulette, but less like a game. Well...for them at least." He chuckled as him and Percy left the run down home.

To say that the 16 year old boy was comfortable with his father was complicated. The simple answer was that he had no one else; having his mother pass away a month before his 16th birthday. Mael was abusive to an unbearable degree, one that Percy had come to endure for at least 6 months. Deep down he despised his father, but had no one else to care for him. He had fucked his mother and after a while left her with a son she did not want, but loved regardless. Her name was Bethany. Mael and her were together for a while after Percy's birth, but then he became consumed with envy and killed Elizabeth and Eliza Wrathen. That's when he left her alone with Percy.

Percy misses her and regrets everything he's ever done wrong toward the Wrathen's. But he's afraid of his father and how much he would hurt him. Last time he talked back he missed out on dinner for 3 nights in a row, followed by harsh beatings and broken bones; of which he healed on his own.

Percy felt a sudden weight on his head as his father put his hand on it. "Don't fuck this up, alright. Remember what happens when you disobey me?" He said coldly and slowly removed his hand.
The young boy gulped as he brushed his hand over the bandage on his left cheek.

"I understand, father." He spoke quietly. They walked the rest of the way in silence.

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- Meliodas Pov -

I could feel the weight on chest. Like something was a miss. The night felt more dark and ominous, which meant something shitty was about to happen.

I gripped the rifle and sat up; lightly throwing the blanket to the floor and sitting with my legs spread. "I feel like somebody's gonna die tonight." I whispered to the firearm in my tiny hands.

My mind was going 100 miles a minute. I could sense two presences outside the house. It was what caused my sudden irritation. I felt the urge to go and open the door, but it was already wide open by the time I had gotten to my feet.

"FUCK!" I yelled and got into an aggressive stance as Mael entered the house, the cold night blowing through his silver hair.

"It's been too long, Meliodas." He said coldly; a gun in his right hand which was directed at me. "I hope you know why I've come here?." He chuckled as he noticed my eyes go pitch black with rage.

"I'M GOING TO RIP OUT YOUR FUCKING THROAT! I'LL MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN!" I screamed at him, aiming my Rifle and getting ready to take a shot. Suddenly Zeldris's door opened and he came running (with an AR-15) half way down the stairs.