ad meliora | circe

ad meliora | 1

| first name |

and so i took the leap of faith and chanted the spell

"Endisti faliti untis ladiris
Rondi nus Fagi nus
lekta nontiras"

you looked around helplessly in hopes of finding someone who could help, your legs wobbled in fear as you kept your eyes open for any possible soul nearby

"hey kid." a cold voice lingered from the back as you quickly turned your head to see who it was.

a rather tall figure with golden hair walk towards you. your eyes filled with tears, you hurriedly went up to them and said, "please save my brother.." you pleaded

"i don't do wishes for free." the man smiled, "what do you say, kid? you wanna make a deal with a demon?" he said once more as the gleam in his eyes saw through your desperation.

"the answer will probably be yes, you did summon out a demon!" he laughed loudly.

clouded judgment and the anxiety of losing someone you love— no you couldn't bear to think that you'd lose yue. anything but him.

you reluctantly grabbed his hand and pleaded, "i'll make a deal! please help my brother first!"

the demon smiled as he snapped his fingers, air suddenly gushed in and healed the pain the small boy was experiencing.

"this is only temporary." he said as he smiled,

"..are you a vision holder?" you asked him as your eyes were all over yue.

"my my. personal questions later! we have to write down our deal first!" he said as he bent down and stared straight right into your eyes. "tell me, what is it you desire?"

his golden eyes pierced right through you, but the only words that escaped your mouth was "i want my brother to get better."

"it wont be that easy! even i couldn't lift whatever this mortal had. how about you wish for something different?" he grinned at you while twirling pieces of your hair

"but that's all i wanted. i need my brother to get better." you told him

the demon gently grabbed a few locks of your (hair color) hair and said, "you have quite the life. you're going to live long enough, and your fate!"

"glorious!" he exclaimed

"what does that mean?" you asked him.

"how about you exchange your fate with this fella here?" he said pointing towards your brother

"...exchanging my fate?" you mumbled as you held yue's hands.

"this little one has a terrible life ahead of him," he said as he went closer to your ear, "why not ease his burden,"

"by literally carrying his problems!"

"what do you think? its an offer you cant refuse!" he said once more and grinned at you.

'i have nothing to lose..' you thought to yourself before answering,

"then ill do it." you said with no hesitation.

"but whats in it for you?" you asked him

"smart girl! i was just getting there."

"it's not much," he smiled at you as he offered to carry your little brother.

with a bit of hesitation, you finally gave in and handed yue slowly.

"then what is it?"

"your life span." he calmly said as he carried yue in his back.

"my what??" you asked again as you didn't quite understand what he was after.

"give me half your life span. in exchange for granting this contract."

"is that all?" you asked him, while the both of you walked to the nearest hut.

"more than enough." the demon smiled as he stopped you from walking, pulling your back close to him.

you could feel his warmth at the back of your neck.

he spoke in a rather low tone as his cold fingers touched the nape of your neck.

"now. to bind this contract.." he said

"it's going to hurt a bit." he said as it glowed silver bright and left a mark. you yelped due to the sudden zap that you felt within the tips of his fingers, but before you knew it, all he could say was, "wish granted, mortal.".

as soon as the contract took place, yue woke up from his indefinite slumber.

"who.. are you? (first name).. where are we..?" yue drowsily said

"yue, you're going to get better soon." you whispered as he slowly drifted off to sleep.

"circe." he mouthed as he looked at you.

"..(first name)."

"it is my pleasure doing this contract with you."

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"(first name)!" yue suddenly yelled as he ran towards me, as soon as he woke up he's been acting rather pushy.

you sighed before asking him, "what is it, yue?"

"who's this man?" he whispered but all you could do was chuckle.

'so he was concerned.. how adorable..' you thought yourself.

"is he gonna follow us back home too?" he whispered once more.

"i think he'll follow us all the time now." you whispered back to him as he didn't take those words pleasantly.

"e-eh? but!" he yelled out and tugged your arm closer. "..he's a man!" he loudly whispered

you couldn't help but give out a rather loud laugh. yue looked at you all confused, but still determined to not let the guy follow you again.

"kid y'know i can hear you, right?" the demon with long golden hair snickered.

"he can hear us even if we're this far!" yue exaggerated.

"still can hear you." the demon commented as he gave the both of you a smile.

"yue.. he's gonna have to follow us around for a long long time." you carefully explained as you knelt down and held your brother's face, "with him around, you won't get sick anymore."

"really?" he asked you.

"yes. really." you answered back.

"with him around.. you'll grow up to be something so wonderful." you told him as you gave him a tight embrace.

"why do you feel so sad..?" yue suddenly questioned.

"shouldn't you be happy..?" he asked once more.

"i just don't know if i can live long enough to see you grow up." you forced a laugh while still holding him into your arms.

"hey don't say jokes like that.. i'll let that guy follow us around now.. you can't leave me.." yue quietly mumbled.

'i can't give a definite yes, but all that's important right now is you..' you thought to yourself as you showered him with smiles.

"i'd give my life for you.. that's for sure."

"i would too! i'll become strong so i could protect you too!" yue said as he jumped around.

"and you! you better not make any funny moves on my sister!" yue declared as he pointed his finger towards circe.

"funny moves?" circe laughed as he walked towards you, "this one's already mine." he said as he wrapped his arms around your waist which surprised you.

"y-yours?!" you stuttered as he moved you closer to meet his face— inches beyond his lips.

"yes. do you disagree?" he said as his golden eyes met with yours, captivating you into giving a disagreeing nod.

"h-hey, that's my sister!!"

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