Stolitz - You & I

Part 7

Its now been a week since what happened at the abandoned building with Striker.

Blitz has isolated himself in his apartment since the incident.

Stolas tried convincing him to stay at the palace, but he refused.

Neither of them have even spoken to one another the entire week. Not a single call or even a text.

Stolas was too nervous to reach out because he's afraid that Blitz is angry with him over what happened. All he can do is blame himself, so he wouldn't be surprised if Blitz blamed him too.

During this time, Stolas and Stella began the official divorce process. And Octavia remained with her father to Stella's disappointment.

-At the Goetia palace-

"Dad?" Via spoke as she entered her father's room and found him at his desk.

"Yes, Via dear?" the prince replied with a small smile.

"Are you alright?" she asked with concern.

Stolas sighed, "I'm just worried about Blitz is all, honey. I've never seen him isolate himself this way for so long. . . I've wanted to reach out, but. . .I don't think that would be the best idea. . ."

"How about we go check on him in person?" the princess suggested

The tall bird slouched in his chair, "I. . . I don't think so. . . I don't want to upset him more. . ." he admitted.

Octavia appeared rather confused, "Upset him? - Dad, I don't believe that he blames you for what happened, honestly. I'm not sure why he'd rather isolate himself then be here with you, but maybe we could go find that out too."

"Blitz isn't very good with his emotions, which isn't his fault at all. It's difficult for him to express his true feelings around others and be vulnerable. I think him isolating himself is the only way he knows how to deal with this. . ." Stolas explained with a small frown.

Octavia slowly began to understand the imp her father loved so dearly bit by bit.

"You care about him, right?" Via asked

"Of course I do!" Stolas answered eagerly.

The princess then opened a portal, "Well, then let's go see him." Octavia encouraged.

Stolas stood up without another thought and entered the portal with his daughter. They were then right in front of Blitz's apartment building.

Via didn't even bother knocking, she just walked right in.

"Via! You can't just barge in!" Stolas whispered.

And to their surprise, the place was clean! Not as in the imp had been cleaning, but as in the place hadn't been touched. Nothing had been moved or used.

They then saw the TV was on, and on the couch was the grieving imp.

". . .Blitzy?" Stolas spoke

Blitz rose his head from the couch and saw his beloved bird staring at him, "Stols? You're here?" he questioned.

Stolas knelt down, "Of course I'm here. . . I'm sorry I wasn't before, but I wasn't exactly sure if you wanted to see me. . ." the owl admitted.

"Stolas, of course I've been wanting to see you. Right now I'm just. . .feeling so many things all at once and. . .I'm not really sure what to do with myself, you get it?" Blitz explained as he sniffled

The prince then gently embraced the small imp warmly, "I understand, darling. . ." he said softly.

Blitz couldn't help but breakdown on Stolas and accept his embrace. This is exactly what and who he needed.