Love is Love

Patching (some) cracks

Hunter's Point of View:

     He had been called to see Belos. Right after the "intruder" incident occurred. 

     Hunter felt a little betrayed but understood Y/N's view.  If she went with the scouts, she would have to leave her palismen. Y/N would never forgive him if her palismen was found and given to Belos.  He could imagine the sickening snap of the staff and the savage animal noises Belos produced as he sucked up the magic? Syrup? Well, the essence inside of the palismen. Besides, Kikimora was there. 

     He bit his tongue as he walked inside his uncle's throne room. Chances were that this interaction would be terrible. As most were. He pledged himself to Belos at a young age, and he was desperate to not disappoint. 

     But Belos, would be outraged if he found out about Y/N. Belos disliked the idea of Hunter having interests in witches. He made him swear an everlasting oath about marriage all those years ago, when he was just a child, for the "titans will for him".

     "Hello, Hunter, would you like to tell me what had happened?" Belos spoke in that cold but seemingly 'gentle' voice that hunter sometimes was comforted by or creeped out by it.

     "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall behind on my work and I was focused if there was an intruder-" he began.

     Belos slipped his mask off, revealing a streak of green wood on his face, "Tut tut, Hunter I only want what's best for you, and I feel like you have been getting distracted too often, and you don't finish your work. We have to do something of course."

Hunter did not like this, or what might happen next.

     "For now, and I promise this is only for your best interests, I want you to stay in your room and only leave when absolutely necessary, you may be assigned to a mission possibly a week later. As well more guards to protect the castle and scouts will check on you in the morning to nighttime every 2 hours." His tone slowly becoming more cold and cold.

     Hunter wanted to serve his uncle the best he could but he never wanted to let go of Y/N, so in his best loyal voice, he lied "I understand Emporer Belos, I promise I will catch up and follow your directions," and bowed.

Time skip to tomorrow night and Y/N's Point of View:

Y/N took a deep breath. Her palismen lay on her shoulder comforting her nervous self. She pet them and was ready to leave for the night market. Her palismen turned into staff form and she clamped her sweaty hands on them. 

     And she took off. The flight would be long probably an hour. But by then, it would be a little less than midnight, when the night market always appeared. She flew past forests and thought about Hunter.

     She assured herself that Hunter wasn't going to be as mad as she first thought when she left him at the castle. Maybe a lot. She was just going to hope it was going to be okay. She was trying to figure out all the conversations that might happen with Hunter so she could prepare herself. Many scenarios were in her mind. 

     Eventually, her mind went to the first time she snuck in, around a year ago.

    This was way before she had her adorable palismen, she waited until the guards were going to switch shifts. Now when that happened, she swirled her finger and made a vine grow highish, but not very high. 

     She wasn't really good at anything except healing, but in Hexside she was in the detention track. 

     She climbed the vine halfway to what she thought might be Hunter's window. After all his staff was seen through his window, though he didn't have a palismen just a staff.