Lucky To Meet You

Chapter 18: Storm

Bennett liked being with Razor. He had known him for a long time, way more time than Fischl. They shared a lot of interests, like meat, adventuring, and many other things. He liked talking to the wolf boy, even though the same didn't talk much, he was a good listener, and the adventurer felt like he could just tell everything to him. Who would he tell them to any way?

Fischl had met the adventurer later, and they shared their adventure stories, she gave him bits of information on places to go, and he gave her survival tips, the ones the dads used to shower him with. They learnt with each other, and they liked to do that. But the girl wanted to take things further, she didn't want to be only his acquaintance, his buddy, she wanted more. And in her head, Razor wouldn't let her do that, they were too close to each other, unlike her and the boy. She had to get rid of him somehow.

That was precisely what she was thinking about as she went to Wolvendom that day, how would she get rid of him? The girl thought many times about murder, but she had never murdered anyone, the best she had done was murder abyss mages and hilichurls, but people? Was she able to go so far as to take somebody's life for her dream romance? She had read depressing novels where the character killed someone for their love, but in most of them, they were close to being insane and it never ended well. But did Fischl like Bennett that much? She stopped when she reached the forest's entrance, looking up at the trees moving along with the strong wind, she spotted clouds in the distance, rain. A storm maybe? There hadn't been storms in a while, what could have happened?

She didn't care and ran straight to the heart of the forest. Then Fischl saw him, the boy was hiding some wolfs in a small cave, they sensed it, a storm was coming, those animals don't usually hide like they are now. The girl didn't want to brutally end Razor's life in front of all of them, so she waited behind a bush, and he left the place, probably to get something and bring it back to the others, Fischl followed him without being noticed.

The adventurer rushed through the trees, following the others' path. She didn't understand where he was going, it made no sense, but the girl continued. The wind got stronger, and so did the rain, both were soaking, she slowed her pace, but so did he. They left Wolvendom and followed a very specific path, she had used that path before, and it clicked. They were heading to Dragonspine.

What was he going to do at Dragonspine in the middle of a storm? It was probably the worse place ever to go in a storm.

As they got closer, Fischl saw other adventurers at the camp, hiding from the tempest. The wolf boy walked over to one of the tents and entered it, she hid in a bush in the opposite direction, so she could see inside the tent without being noticed since it had little windows. The girl then saw why he was there, inside the tent, Bennett sat down beside the electro user, they laughed and talked, holding one another to hide from the cold the strong wind brought. The boys looked at each other, smiled, and kissed.

That was it for Fischl, Razor was taking Bennett away from her! The increasing time they spent together and now this? She watched as they pulled away, chuckled and kissed again, it was ridiculous. How could the adventurer fall in love with him? The wolf boy of all people? She wanted to shoot him in the head, and smile as he bled to death, she hated him, he was taking her only love away! Fischl couldn't watch them, she got up and left. It was decided, she would end Razor, no matter what.