Dream of the Guardians I-1: Rising

Chapter 16 - Reunion

Chapter 16 – Reunion

There she was, right in front of him, Karen of the Six Lords, the famous Shinigami, her eyes did not stop looking at each other, an extremely beautiful girl, her dark brown hair at the height of the neck, her dark gray eyes shine like a pair of lakes under the light of the full moon, white complexion skin that at first glance you can tell is soft like baby skin, everything in it makes her irresistible to the looks of both men and women around her,even her short stature makes her tender to look at. Tsubaki and Hanna are amazed at how beautiful she is, while Pierre and Guilian are totally mesmerized by her beauty.

"How beautiful that girl is, totally my type." whispers Guilian hypnotized.

"Do you have a fetish for baby faces?" asks Tsubaki irritated by her partner's lack of decorum.

"Well, of course I wouldn't try anything, the Shinigami has a reputation for traveling the world to avoid being in her own nation receiving marriage proposals every day she spends there." says Guilian still blushing and drooling a little, "I heard that some did not accept a no for an answer and when they challenged her to a duel they ended up incinerated. There weren't even ashes left of them."

Chris, however, has an empty look, the silence is noticeably awkward as the seconds go by, they both have things to say, but no word comes out. After processing the presence of the person right in front of him, the first thing he thinks about is greeting her, but the words come out before he notices it:

"What are you doing here?" Chris' question has a somewhat aggressive tone, putting tension in the environment.

"I saw the news of the tournament, knowing you would go here after such a great victory." Karen knows Chris perfectly, "Are they your friends?"

«What do you care? » says Chris inside his head as he tries to keep his composure, but Hanna begins to notice how upset he's getting.

Chris immediately takes Karen with him to his room to talk alone, while the rest of the group were still stunned in the hallway. The room reserved for Chris, a single bed, in the dark, the two are sitting, silently, as they each formulate what to say. He returns to speak dominantly towards her, it was obvious that she wanted to talk to him, so he forces her to tell him her intentions, she does not put up resistance.

"Why are you here? Don't make me repeat myself." Chris asks, holding back to how it happens.

"I just wanted to see you, I have so much to tell you, the things I've been through, surely you also have a lot to tell." Karen's awkward smile betrays that the two of them have unresolved issues.

"You have no right to it; you were the one who left and did not come back at all. You abandoned us, you abandoned ME, and even if it was not the case, in these four years you and I have become very different people, haven't you, Shinigami?, we have had our own lives. There is nothing to do." Chris' words are blunt, affecting who was an old friend.

Her voice begins to break and agrees to him, but she asks, begs him to know if there is an opportunity to be on good terms. Not even he knows, it depends on what happens next, so she understands and withdraws silently and when she leaves the room everyone sees her walking with her eyes down, covering herself with her fringe to hide her crying eyes.

The whole group peeks out the door to see Chris and they keep wondering what kind of relationship the two have, as they remember his words with Lillian in Vodheim, "she's my childhood friend, but we part ways 4 years ago." They had never seen him that way, but Chris sends them to sleep and leave him alone for awhile, his gaze full of repressed feelings.

That night was difficult for everyone to fall asleep; Hanna decides to go for a night snack to relax and while exploring the reception she can hear some very familiar sounds, uncontrolled crying. It is new for her to hear it from someone else, so she has mixed feelings and decides to investigate who it comes from, so she checks the surroundings.