After a series of unfortunate events took place in the family's life, one person has been ripped away from them. Now it is Jay's mission to find his husband whom he hurt so much.
Will he manage to find Notch again? Or is he forever lost to the unfo...
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We went and grabbed Xander and Jubilea first. Latter one had no clue why this was happening, raising an eyebrow. "Why am I supposed to sit around with you guys in order to find Notch? Isn't your group big enough", he grumbled. Xander was already about to step in when I nodded. "Yeah, the group is quite big. However we need someone that has experience. Owns spells that might be needed.", I explained, leaving out that he's the perfect size for to crawl through vents if necessary. We don't want to rub too much salt into the wounds now. Jubilea raised an eyebrow. "So pretty much just for help? Then n-" He got cut off by Xander roughly stomping on his tail, making a scream escape him. "F-Fine!", he finally agreed and Xander took his foot off of his tail. Jubilea pulled it close and carefully tried to cool it down a bit, visibly in pain. Centi cringed at that, knowing how that felt. I felt insanely sorry for the small guy, but since I had no saying in this, I handed them their already prepared backpacks. Jubilea looked miserable as he went to get the Grimoire and put it in there. Xander just watched, sighing. "I don't know why, but he has constantly been saying no to me. He refuses to follow orders.", he explained. Jura frowned. "Xander, that's your fiance. Not a servant. Don't force him to do something he doesn't want to.", he explained. "Silence. I know what I'm doing." "Quite visibly not!" "Shut up Jura!", the king hissed, pissed off. "This is our life, not yours! Be glad I agreed to help you lower beings." Centi was so close to just bite him in the nuts as soon as he started talking like this to his owner, but held back when Jubilea returned, going past Xander without a word. I wanted to touch his shoulder but he pushed my hand aside, throwing me a very clear glance. If you do that, he'll only get more pissed. I nodded slightly and we got back on track. Xander's behavior was not alright. He can't force his partner into everything, and it's odd that he changed back seemingly into a sassy, obsessive fucker. Hm... I had an idea, but it would need to wait for a while. We walked through the forest for the day, first staying silent before Hero groaned. "God damn, even the damn basement was a better talking partner than you guys! We're not at the cemetery where you gotta stay quiet! Spill the tea bitches!", he said out loud, upset. Red snorted and started laughing. Even I couldn't hide a smile at that comment. It was good, no doubt. "Alright, let's spill some tea.", Nightmare chuckled. Zeph held his hand, smiling. We started talking about all sorts of stuff, having fun. I did notice that Jubilea and Xander stayed rather quiet, with Jub fiddling with a strand of hair, staring at his own feet while we walked. Near mid-day we decided to take a small break on a few rocks on the path. "Nightmare, how big is this forest?", I asked, opening my bag to get my water out. He should know that the best since it was the forest around his castle, and we're heading north to the realm crack, a place where all realms connect in the living world, unlike the hall. Beneath that crack is the entrance to the Void. "Well...", he started, thoughtful. "We're near the Farlands, like 50 kilometers away from them. That's how big the rest of the forest is, all in one it's about the size of twice the capital city. We are gonna walk into the Farlands, through the bottom for now, then find the cliff side that allows us to climb, get on top, pretty much parkour our way around to the crack.", he explained. I nodded, thanking him for the information. Nighty nibbled on his bread and turned back to Zeph, so I looked for Jubilea. He was sitting near Xander, the king had wrapped an arm tightly around his waist so he can't leave. I frowned a bit, not exactly happy with that since Jubileas' look told me more than a thousand words. Eventually tho I spoke up. "Jubilea and me will take over the night watch by the way, so everyone else can sleep. 2 people are more than enough and we need a lot of energy for the next days." Jubilea looked over in surprise, kinda glad too. Xander raised an eyebrow, not exactly pleased. Red nodded. "Alright, then it's set. Now we only need to continue on our way, maybe we'll reach a good cave we can rest in.", he added. We agreed and Jubilea let out a small sigh, biting down on his dried meat. I smiled and looked around, pretty soon noticing that almost everyone was done eating. Hero still nibbled on something I couldn't exactly identify. I raised an eyebrow, but knew better than to ask our cannibal on what he was chewing so vigorously. We soon packed up and continued on our merry way, tho now Xander was much, much more possessive of Jubilea, keeping his wrist in his hand. Jub just let it happen by now, silent as fuck. Jura looked over as he noticed my concerned look and nudged his head towards the two. I helplessly shrugged and he sighed weakly, understanding that I was in no place to step in just yet. All we could do was stay silent and pray that nothing bad will happen. I silently kept an eye on them until Xander made the big mistake to tug on Jubileas' arm. He tried to pull back immediately, but that pissed Xander off and he was about to say something. And this time, I didn't need Jura to nudge his head at them. I grabbed Xander by the hair and yanked him backwards. In shock he let go of the realm, who looked at me in shock. I got between them and pushed Jub behind me, growling lowly. "You have no right to behave like this, Xander. Especially not around a realm.", I hissed, pissed off. "He's not your little bitch that you get to drag around. Stay away from him until you finally caught yourself or I will let Hero slice you into a nice little roast, got it?" Everyone was silent, Xander stared at me in mix of shock, slight pain, and an unbelievable amount of anger. I felt an arm wrap tightly around mine, slightly trembling. A bit worried I glanced at Jub, who hid in my lower arm, not daring look at anyone. "Why even are you doing this, Xander?", I asked. He huffed and got up, walking past me. "None of your concern, asshole.", he grumbled and continued on our way. Nightmare came over and picked up Jubilea, letting him hide in his shoulder. Jubilea did just that, almost crying, but holding himself back. Seems as if he has the same problem as I did. Just because I am someone that takes care of others, I shouldn't break in front of others. Which is what happened earlier on, but he doesn't seem to be that easily breakable. Oh how wrong I was.
