The Thief and the Harbingers Childe x reader x Scaramouche

A Fresh Start

Dragging myself through the forest, I ran until my lungs burned for relief, hot wet tears pricking at the corners of my eyes.

This damned idiot always made everything so difficult.

He was impulsive, selfish and downright cruel.

He was a horrible person and I hated him.

I hated him for putting me through so much, for always teasing and provoking me. I hated that stupid sadistic smirk he had plastered to his face at all times and I hated the way he treated me!

And yet, I couldn't help but feel so empty.

Why did I feel so empty?

Placing a hand to my knees, I inhaled and exhaled the cold air around me greedily, strands of H/C hair sticking to my sweat endowed skin.

It didn't matter what I was feeling, I was free. I would live another day, and I wouldnt allow something as idiotic as my emotions play a roll in getting myself captured once more.

No, I would take advantage of this opportunity. I would get as far away from this wretched place as I possibly could.

Scanning my surroundings, I noticed a familiar path leading onward, ferns and bushes leaning over the pale dirt asymmetrically.

That path looks like it'll take me back to town.

I continued ahead, my feet flying across the dirt swiftly in attempt to gain more distance from Scaramouches camp.

What would I do now?

I had nowhere to go, no one to trust and no one waiting for me back at home.

Lady ninguang was an option, but i was sure Aether had relayed my betrayal to her, so it'd be best to steer clear of the both of them.

It wasn't even your fault.

My lungs exhaled a strenuous breath, the pads of my feet pounding relentlessly through the forest floor.

It was Scaramouches fault, not mine. I would never willingly betray Aether OR lady ninguang.

You were still planning on stealing the gnosis from Aether.

I suppose in that aspect I was still planning to betray him, but the scenario with Scaramouche was completely out of my control. Scaramouche was the one that forced me to betray the traveler.

My hands tingled. The same hands I'd used to electrocute Aether that night.

I'd done that, no one else.

The way my brain spun with a variety of emotions and concerns made me feel delirious, like my brain was going to spill from my ears and my eyes would pop from my head.

Monster.

I stopped dead in my tracks, a thick silence engulfing the entire forest.

Everything that's happening is what you deserve.

My own thoughts seemed to catch me off guard, like I weren't even in control of them anymore.

I felt utterly insane.

What could I have possibly done to deserve any of this?

My mind flashed with fire, piercing screams echoing through the shell of my skull.

Monster.

I bent to my knees, cradling my head in hand and staring to the ground.

What the hell?