Always And Forever(Dalador/Aladarius)[The Owl House]

Chapter 1

Important:

~POV~:Point Of View

{Time Skips}

[Flashbacks]

(Author Notes/Comments)

[Recap Of Chapter 32 Of 'Partners In Crime(Dalador/Aladarius)[The Owl House]']

~Darius POV~

I grabbed Alador's hand and led him over to the picnic area. He gasped. A plum and mauve colored blanket spread over the grass. A bouquet of red tulips, some flower petals, a candle, a basket, and some apple blood lay perfectly placed across the blanket. Our palismen were running around together like always.

"I expected something small." Alador admitted. "Not...this."

"No, you look sad again. This was supposed to be perfect." I said, cupping his hands in mine. "Did I do something wrong?! What can I do to fix it?!"

"No, no. Nothing's wrong with the picnic. It's perfect." He assured me. "Completely perfect."

"Then what's wrong, Alador?" I asked. "Something has obviously been bugging you all day. I love you. Please tell me what's wrong."

He looked at our hands and squeezed mine.

"I don't deserve what you've been doing today. It's all perfect and I'm not." He told me.

"You're perfect to me." I told him. "Everything about you is."

"Darius..." Alador said. "I love you. I love you more than you know but I don't think we should be together."

I felt my heart shattered as those words left his lips.

"You deserve someone who you can be a wild witch with. Someone who won't join a coven without telling you. Someone you're able to marry..." Alador told me. "Someone who's better than me..."

"Alador, no. No. I don't want anyone else. I want you. Only you. Please, Alador..." I begged him. "I love you. We're partners in crime, remember?"

"I remember...but we're not. Not anymore at least. We haven't been since I joined a coven. You can't tell me you haven't felt the tension." He said.

I have but I didn't want to admit it.

"We're a little broken, we can fix things." I assured him, letting go of his hands and placing my hand on his cheek. "Alador, don't do this. We can fix this. We can fix us. Please..."

"I don't think we can." Alador told me, cupping my face in his hands. "I'm sorry."

He kissed me. He tastes like apple punch and spearmint gum. Honestly how he can stand his mouth tasting like that is beyond me. Disgusting. Though, it felt nice. Soft. Gentle. After a minute, Alador pulled away.

"Darius, I love you and I'm sorry but this is for the best." Alador told me. "Goodbye."

He let go of me and walked back the way we'd come. The palismen stopped running. They looked at me and then at Alador walking away. Ben quickly nuzzled Ace before running after Alador. Ace looked up at me so confused.

{A Few Hours Later}

Eber and I found Eda sitting on the beach alone.

"I assume your proposal went as good as mine did." I said, sitting next to her.

She looked over.

"Raine said I've been pushing them away and that they were joining the bard coven." Eda told us. "I didn't even get a chance."