Don't leave me || Xiaoven ff

Chapter 2

Xiao stared at the sky. He had been awake for hours now but still didn't want to move. Beneath him, he could hear the Inn opening.

Slowly he stood up and walked down the stairs, down the giant tree, ignoring the looks the other people gave him. Back on the ground, the Yaksha started making his way to the mountains. The wind was blowing, warm and still it felt cold. At least for him.

Tears started pouring from his eyes. Normally, Xiao was able to control his feelings, let no one see how or what he felt or thought. But now? The voices in his head drove him mad, slowly but surely. Screaming in pain, terror- the screams of his victims. The boy fell down, trying to block it out.
The memories flooded his brain, memories of what he did. Memories of the person who made him do such terrible things.

Xiao tried to stand back up but failed, he failed to hear anything else except the screams in his head. So he gave up, just laying on the ground for what felt like hours.

When he realized that the screams had become more quiet, the sun was already setting.
In the past few days, that happened more and more often, hence there was nothing controlling his karmic dept anymore.

Slowly he sat up. For a moment he stayed there, not knowing what to do.
He didn't want to keep on living like this yet still, he didn't want to break the contract.

He decided to simply go to the mountains just as he had originally planned. Making his way to the mountain top, the boy thought about how to block out the voices.
In the past, Morax used to give him some kind of painkiller to help him control his feelings but now he was gone.

Without actually realizing, he had reached the top and stood there. His hair waved in the wind and the sky was colored in all shades of orange in the setting sun. He sat down at the cliff, relaxing for the first time in days. With his eyes closed, Xiao didn't notice the young boy standing behind him.

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Pretty short chapter this time, hope you don't mind.