The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 53

Liza's POV *The next day*

"Asher, can I talk with you for a minute?" I ask, Harry is busy right now.
"Sure, what is it?" Asher smiles.
"Just want to vent a little and I would vent with Mr Demon but he's busy." I state.
"I'm open, go ahead." he replies.

I appreciate Asher a lot already, I can really see a lot of things that Harry and Asher have in common. Knowing Asher a lot more this past month, it's difficult not to see how similar they are. Like genuinely, now I can see what Harry means, it's wholesome and I love it.

"Erm, I just feel bad about Mr Demon doing most of the work in our relationship...he had a terrible life without social interactions but still does most of the work in our relationship." I say quietly. "I hate how he rarely does talk about his feelings and always stays vague about it and it's obvious that he has bottled up anger because of the vampire."

When me and Mr Demon were talking about how he was different back when I first met him, I felt off about the fact that he can still do so much work in our relationship without any experience when I have been in multiple relationships before and it makes me feel bad.

"Well, although it's true he never had any experience romantically, a major thing he's always had was being a quick learner and an amazing observer." Asher smiles. "I think if he didn't have those two traits then it wouldn't be the way it is now, from the looks of it when he's with you, he acts a lot like the way he was with his mother."

Huh...

"His bottled up anger is understandable, I plan to talk with him about it but I'm sure he doesn't distrust you, it's probably just him wanting to avoid having you worried." Asher continues. "Though I've never seen him be close with anyone with the way he is with you, you're a very lively person and it's obvious both of you appreciate eachother a lot."

Asher takes out his phone and then shows me a picture, a black haired woman with green eyes with the braid that I usually have because of Harry, she's really pretty and has even small demon wings. Next to her is what looks like a younger Harry, slightly bigger eyes, shorter and short fluffy hair. Both of them are smiling and you can really see how happy Mr Demon looks.

"This is him besides his mother, Evelyn." Asher smiles. "She was a lovely woman and Harry appreciated her a lot, that look in his eyes in the picture is exactly how he looks at you."
"That's so cute..." I whisper.
"He was around 14 at the time." Asher states. "And this is him accidentally burning a mailbox."

Asher swipes to another picture where Harry is looking a bit like he's panicking infront of a mailbox burning up. I giggle, that's really funny and cute. He's so much more different now than he was before...

"This is us taking a selfie after we had just finished practicing some moves." Asher says as the next picture is Mr Demon and Asher holding up peace signs in some kind of neighborhood.
"He really looks happy here, it's obvious he appreciated you as much as he appreciated Evelyn." I state. "I get what he means by father figure, you must've been a really good role model!"
"I just wanted to make sure he had a little light in his everyday life, even as his teacher and no prior experience in teaching, I still tried..." Asher responds.

Asher smiles, it's obvious he still cares for Harry even after all these years and is really nice to me aswell. The pictures are so cute, Evelyn is so pretty and looks so sweet to the point that sweet loving nature can't even compare. Love her from just one picture already and it's cute to see that Harry wasn't always as strong as he is now, just makes me appreciate him even more.

The picture with him and Asher shows how strong their bond was, I'm surprised it's still strong even now though it feels like there's some tension...

"I'll send you the pictures if you want and here's a funfact; brain freeze is actually in the mouth and not the brain." Asher smiles.
"Send me and my whole life has been a lie." I reply.
"Alright, I'll send it right now." Asher chuckles.
"Thanks!" I smile.

My dings and I now have the pictures, I'll forever cherish these. Younger Harry looks awkward but in a good way, he's different compared to now and I love it. Kinda scary how strong he is though...

"I'll talk to Harry about bottling up anger when I have time." Asher states.
"The pictures are so cute!" I squeal staring at my phone.
"My god you remind me of Evelyn now." he chuckles.
"I'm gonna get my payback at Mr Demon for all the teasing he does." I state.

Asher looks away and laughs a little, I will get my payback with this. After being teased by Mr Demon for three months straight, I will get revenge. Well he'll probably find away to turn the tables but worth a shot!

"Your relationship is something else." he chuckles.
"I need my payback." I state.
"Alright, it's obvious you're serious about this." he responds. "Though hopefully he'll work on handling anger instead of bottling it up then."
"Hope so, he treats me with nothing but love and I just want to return it..." I nod.

I just feel like Harry takes care of me a lot but he's had it worse than I ever had and yet he's always my therapist and putting a lot of effort into our relationship. I wanna be a good girlfriend for him, he deserves it.

Still gonna get my payback for his teasing.

"He loves you a lot, anyone can tell at first glance." Asher states.
"Mhm!" I respond.
"Anything else?" he asks.
"No but thank you, you're really sweet!" I answer.

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No one ship Asher and Liza, Asher is 29 and Liza is 18. This is all platonic