WMMAP - [S1] Shelter You - (愛)してる

[Revelation] : My Escape

Like any child, Young Athanasia was eager for a playmate but spoiled by the indulgences of being an only child, so acclimation to her bodyguard and godmother was difficult. Approaching five years of age, she had never once seen a child her size.

From skipping excitedly to hopping from each pavement to another, the little sped down her adrenaline.

"This is so boring..." she muttered to herself, kicking the stones beneath her feet.

Kept safe by the enormous wall within her mansion, she wandered the nearest pond. Unused by the danger of the tamed water, she approached the aquatic surface when something caught her eye.

She dashed toward the magically blue-colored flower, drifting freely near the bottom of the stairs of the pond. Fearlessly naïve, she was, unaware of the danger that could appear any moment as no one was presented as they usually would.

"Wowwwieeee! What is that blue flower!! Lily's gonna love it!!" She peered at the flower that almost matched her eyes.

Setting her tiny foot on the staircase, she began to descend, little by little, as she approached her goal. Athanasia thrust her hand forward, grasping the plant so tenderly slow as if she was afraid of hurting it. No, she only wished to bring the gift to her godmother in its original form.

If only she had succeeded.

Instead, her cry of surprise was oppressed by the level of the water as she struggled within the liquid sky below. The further she resisted, frantically trying to hold to anything she could, the more she would drift away from the land. Water started to fill her lungs while she was trying desperately to inhale any oxygen she could find. Her movements died down slowly and her body sank until finally, she stopped moving at all.

Lily... Help...

She whispered her thoughts to the figure that loomed silhouetted against the surface. But it would just freeze in one place as if the person was trying to let her rot away in the deep blue ocean. She kept echoing her thoughts to her godmother as her vision fluctuated, blurred by the mist surrounding her.

Before she knew what was happening, the arm yanked her body off the water. Her wrist, where it was gripped tightly, screamed in pain. She wanted to scream, but all she could utter was her caretaker's name while her teeth clanged together madly. Her whole body was quivering, breathing and coughing hard at the same time.

"Awfully strange for you to be out by yourself, isn't it?" a deep voice rumbled.

A large man with an identical eye color peered down at her. The size of the two, the girl looked like a pebble at the foot of a mountain while he was lean, but a pile of muscles rippled inside the soaked clothes. The loose button around his shirt, the jacket that was discarded on the grass next to the scene, and the sleeves of his shirt that was rolled up nicely, showed that her savior was taking his time, tidying up before jumping into action.

"You're heavy for a bug." The veins burnt through his muscular arm as he continued to hold her with one hand as if she was a rag.

You son of a biscuit-

Although she was too weak to insult the person who belittled her, Athanasia caught a glimpse of the person in front of her as her vision was slowly restored.

You are... My...

"...Da-dah- Da..."

"LADY ATHANASIA!! NO!! NO!! NO!!" The bodyguard roared throughout the entire garden, unbothered by the glare his superior was giving. "WHAT DID YOU DO THIS TIME!?!" He shouted upon arriving, to the point where the blonde man jerked his head to the side.