Falling for a King - Trollex x Human OC

Chapter 6

"There's an old story, my grandmother used to tell me. Long ago, there was a being who would grant wishes. Though the wishes always had a price, rarely was the wish worth more than the price you paid to get it granted." Trollex stared off as he spoke, it had been so long since he even thought of the being. He struggled to remember certain details. "It wouldn't push you to make the wish, but because the consequences were so high, most trolls stayed away. Though because of how dangerous the consequences could be when my grandmother was still young the king at the time forbid anyone to speak of it so people would forget."

"A being?" Ash questioned, when Trollex nodded but didn't offer more Ash frowned. "Do you know what it looked like? Anything about it?"

"No, my grandmother only knew the basic story. She didn't even the last time any wishes were granted. The elders warned everyone but didn't share any information about what consequences trolls had faced. I don't know how the being was summoned to grant a wish either."

"So, if your grandmother was young and they were being that secretive about it, how did she learn about it the being and the wishes?"

Trollex laughed sheepishly. "I don't know. Honestly, I was so young it never crossed my mind to ask."

Ash laid back on the grass, stretching out and covering her eyes with palms. Wondering if the story of the 'being' granting wishes had to do with what happened to her and Star. However, neither had wishes granted nor were they warned of any consequences. She glanced at her bruised knuckles, could the woman from her dream be 'the being' that granted wishes for the techno trolls? Maybe other troll tribes have similar stories? She sighed covering her face, she was starting to get a headache from all of this.

"You're so different from trolls," Trollex mumbled.

Ash lifted her hands and turned to look at him.

He hadn't actually meant to say that aloud. However, seeing her laying on the ground like that just made the slight differences between her and the trolls pop out more. When she didn't reply he felt pressured to speak more. "I mean, it's odd. You're so similar to the pop and rock trolls, but still so different." When she still didn't reply he motioned awkwardly to her limbs. "You and Star are so-" He paused trying to find the right word to describe them.

Ash lifted her hands in front of her own face."We're built thinner than trolls." The two humans weren't even that thin to begin with by human standards. They weren't large but were average. Ash sat up and glanced at her thighs, the blue dress Satin and Chenille had kindly made her ended above her knees. "There are humans a lot thinner than us." She mumbled as she poked at her thighs.

Trollex's eyes followed her stare. "I was really clumsy as a child." She touched the scars covering her knees as she spoke. Her mom always teased that she'd never be a supermodel with all her scars. She wasn't even sure if trolls scarred as humans did, but if he was confused, he didn't mention it.

Trollex carefully reached for her left hand and pulled it towards him. He ran his finger over her fingernails, something trolls didn't have.

Ash glanced at the king's hand. "I can't imagine not having nails, I always take mine for granted until I break them or have to trim them for something." Trollex looked toward Ash as she spoke. "I had to cut mine once because of a class I was taking in school. But later my back started to itch, and my nails were so short they were useless. I had to deal with that for over a month." She frowned at the memory. She'd always had long nails even when she was a child and having to go without them those few weeks really opened her eyes to how much she actually uses them.

When Trollex didn't respond she slipped her hand from his to rake her nails gently across his shoulders.

Her hand sat in midair when the troll disappeared, only to appear on the other side of her a second later.