IMMORTALLY PROBLEMATIC

Chapter 6: One Step Closer

Priscilla was tried and the punishment was to be given to her, to the bewilderment of Prapai and Payu. She asked for two days to return to the human realm and give something to the human. Her request was initially declined but she pleaded and it was granted. She went back to their realm and did the unthinkable. She killed him and herself together. Stabbing a knife through him that got to her heart.
When Prapai and Payu heard this, they both broke down. She would never reincarnate because she murdered herself and someone else. They searched for her Immo plant everywhere but it was never found. The heavenly realms searched desperately for her Immo Plant but it was no where to be found, it vanished with her.

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Prapai looked at a Sky who was deeply shaken by everything. Moss knew who he was, he knew Sky now and was aware of the plans that was going on with them, seeing how shaken he was. He had only one option. Sky's face  showed he was going through a lot, He looked broken. Prapai got close and Sky took a step back, it was too much information for one person to take in all at once. Prapai wanted to comfort him or talk to him, but it was futile. Prapai couldn't bear seeing Sky look at him with the eyes he was looking at him with. It broke him, devastated him even. He couldn't bear it.
“ I'm so sorry Sky.” before Sky could say anything, he placed his hands on his forehead and said “forget it all.”  Sky fell asleep immediately. Prapai carried him on his shoulder and flew home with him. He laid him on the bed. His gaze was focused on him. He didn't shift it once. Why was he feeling so guilty, Sky meant nothing to him. He stood up and went to the living room. He sat on a chair there gazing into nothing. His head was full. Sky completely occupied it. He felt obligated. He felt broken as well. Prapai had never felt guilty before since the accident but here he was today feeling absolutely shattered. He put both hands on his face. Feeling worn out over everything. He laid there and slept off. He had nightmares which could not be spoken. Prapai woke up, he looked around. It was still late. He laid there staring at the ceiling. He had so many questions in his mind but there was none whatsoever. Prapai heard a noise coming from the other room and he quickly jumped worriedly thinking something had happened but it was just Sky's hand that something and it fell to the ground. Prapai checked on his hand. It was fine. He held onto it for a long time before he let it go. He felt so guilt ridden. Prapai, the Protector of Carityl, guilt ridden because of a man, a man. Prapai couldn't believe it. He was sure something in him was broken, because there was no explanation to why he was feeling the way he was. Sky's hand was warm. He wanted to let it go but he kept thinking one minute more, that was all it took for him to stay in that room enthralled by him. Thoughts like : what if I leave now and Moss got him or he falls off his bed and breaks his back. They sounded like ridiculous reasonings, but anything that kept him in that room was worth staying. He had wiped his memory of the incident so he was a little relieved to know that he wouldn't remember getting thrown down from the sky. He soon started to feel dizzy and decided to close his eyes a bit, he lay beside Sky, his legs on the floor and his head on the bed. It was just for a short while. He ended up waking up five hours later. It was already morning. When he opened his eyes he was on Sky's bed, cozy and comfy. "How did I get up here" he thought. There was no answer. As Sky was no longer in the room, he quickly left trying to think of the way he got up on the bed. Even hugging the pillow beside him. Prapai was always aware of the environment beside him, but he didn't understand what was going on. He went to his room to freshen up. He was terrified to come downstairs to face Sky, what was his excuse? He was having a complete mental crisis. Just when he was thinking of a way to get out of everything, he heard his name “ Prapai, food is ready. He paced around his room, in a back and forward motion. He wanted to dissipate. He didn't come out at all, and after Sky had called him thrice, it was silent. He jumped on his bed, carried his blanket as covered his face.  Without a second for him to think “ I'm coming on with the food.” Sky said barging in with a tray at hand. The door was slightly opened so he didn't need to drop the tray. He got in and saw Prapai, crouching under a blanket . What made it more strange was his butt area was the first think Sky saw. Sky didn't know whether to turn around and leave or to keep going inside. This was when it dawned on Prapai that Sky was already in the room. He gently dropped the tray on a stool and turned to leave then remembered something, he faced Prapai directly. He went to where his face was under the blanket bent and took it off. Prapai was lying on his tummy now but his whole body was still under the covers. Sky gazed at him both their eyes penetrating to each other's souls. Prapai wasn't one to lose at this, although it was not a game, he blinked. Sky huffed.
“ I wanted you to forget about last night, it never happened.” This got Prapai to sit up, he was tensed “ what do you remember about last night?”
Sky answered confidently
“ everything, I remember everything, didn't know you were that kind of person. Just so you know, you're not my type.”  Sky stood up and left a confused Prapai on the bed, contemplating various scenarios of what might have transpired last night
" did he remember?" he thought. He was perplexed. He wanted to go to Carityl to get some answers but he didn't want to leave. Time worked differently in the two realms and he didn't want to bend it. The thought that he might go there for a few minutes might turn to three days and what would Sky do if he suddenly disappeared and not return for three days “ am I actually considering this human, preposterous.”

Prapai took flight, he went to the Protector's house. He really acted like a person in a hurry. Once the Protector appeared, he threw away pleasantries and asked “ I have to return back immediately if it's possible so I need this medium to ask this question, please examine me and tell me what's wrong. I've become restless and mediocre. Like a human. The human has cursed me to be a weakling, making me feel sentimental and stupid emotions. I've become anxious, me, Prapai, anxious. Hahahahahaahahaha... But I actually am. In all my life, I've never felt like this.” The Protector could only laugh at the panicking Prapai.
“Did you save his life recently?”
“ yes. But what does that have to do with anything?”
“what were the circumstances that led to his saving?”
“ Well, he was falling from the sky and I was about to kill Moss and I saved him”
“ You were about to kill who?”
“ Moss, he put Sky under a spell.”
“ I'll call Moss to order, as for your symptoms, I can't explain it to you, if it persists return.”
Prapai nodded and thanked him leaving. When he got back home, he realized his few minutes there was eight hours. He checked around the house for Sky but he couldn't find him anywhere. He didn't know where to look, he sat on the porch. Sky came back hours later. It was already mid night.
Prapai ran up to him when he saw what appeared like his figure draw close to him.
“ WHERE WERE YOU? I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU. ” Prapai was shouting and Sky didn't like the tone of his voice
“ I've been searching for you. Everywhere, I thought what I said made you upset and you didn't want to be anywhere near me. I'm sorry... If you're embarrassed I wouldn't bring it up again.” Prapai held Sky by the shoulder gently. He used his other hand to raise his chin up to look at him.
“ Can you tell me what happened last night?” Sky bent his head slightly and said
“ You don't remember?”
Prapai nodded. Sky pulled back from Prapai and said it was nothing, he tried running into the house, but Prapai grabbed him by the waist placing him on the same spot “ What am I supposed to remember that you don't want me to remember?”
“ You told me not to leave like everyone else.”
Prapai got embarrassed. There was an awkward silence between them. Sky bent his head and went into the room. Prapai was outside, his brain still processing what had happened. Then he remembered
“ Sky... Sky... Can you just stay with me, I think it would be nice.”
If there was ever a moment he wanted to have his memory lost, it would be now. Prapai was going through a crisis, his very first emotional crisis in his life.