The Devotion of The Sun

Chapter Four

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She thinks for a moment as she looks at him, before a name comes to mind. "Milo," she says. "Im calling you Milo from now on, now take me to your house Milo,"

He smiles slightly, actually liking the name. "Milo, I like it,"

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"Give me a name, I gave you one so now you have to give me a name." she demands.

'Her teeth, the side and back are all razor sharp, they look just like mine...' he notices as she smiles. 'She's quite cute, I must admit, she's not very mean, and she hasn't said anything rude to me yet,' he thinks for a moment. "Lenore," her face warms upon hearing the name he picked for her. "I think that name suits you well,"

"I like it." 'Lenore...' "Milo," soon, she sees the blue cottage. It's almost alien to her seeing as she's lived in trees all her life.

"The roots led me here, and then I fixed it up, and now I'm staying here, strangely enough it's as if another winged being lived here, the doorways are wider then back in town and the shower is far larger,"

'How pequliar...' "Milo... I want to stay here with you..." 'I want to get to know him, I've never met a solar spirit before,'

He thinks for a moment. 'I've been lonely since they left me here in this forest, and she doesn't seem like she wants to harm me,' he smiles softly. "I'd like that, it'd be nice to have some company," 'sure, her eyes tell that she's dangerous, but she's only dangerous because she's strong in some way. Humans believe that anything stronger than themselves is dangerous and a threat,' she smiles back.

"You can pick whichever room you want to stay in, oh, and tell me if you feel cold inside because I can't really feel anything anymore, other than the heat in my veins." she nods in acknowledgement.

"Hey Milo, am I the first forest spirit you've found?" she asks.

"You are, in fact, your the first person I've met since I was left here," he smiles, she feels relieved upon hearing that.

'Then mother led him there to meet me... she led him there when I was the only one by the tree... that means... he is mine, and I'll have to keep him hidden from the other spirits.' She smiles.

"Oh, and if you'd like, I can sew you some clothing to wear, since winter is coming and I'm sure it must be freezing," he says, referring to what she's currently wearing, which is basically a crop top made of intricately woven roots, and a short skirt made of the same material.

"I would like that," she smiles, 'I've always wanted to wear those dresses the human ladies wear in the town,'

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He wakes up in the middle of the night to the sound of his door opening, he sees Lenore, it's been a few years now since they met. She walks over and climbs into bed with him as he moves the blankets down for her.

He notices her trembling as he covers her up with the blankets and drags her close to his chest. "Did you have another nightmare?" he asks softly as she wraps her body around him.

"You disappeared... you vanished completely... I couldn't find you anywhere, I was scared," he gently massages her scalp as he plays with her hair and listens to her speak about her nightmare. "I thought you left me, I thought you went back to the humans, I-I..." her voice trembles as she speaks, she nestles her head in his neck.

"I wouldn't leave you, not now, not ever." he reassures her quietly. "And... I'd never go to the humans, after all, they wanted me dead, remember?" she holds onto him tight. "I am a monstrosity in their eyes, it would only make sense for me to stay beside you right here Lenore,"

He tries his best to calm her, and it works for the most part, she looks back up at him, her puffy violet eyes and wet cheeks. "... now and forever?" He knows how she is by now, Lenore is very sweet 90% of the time, and she's a very curious girl, however, she's very insecure, she's very possessive.

"Now and forever," he confirms with a smile. He notices the soft pitter patter against the glass, it's raining harder outside, and Lenore notices as well. She quickly cowers underneath the blanket.

He raises a brow curiously upon seeing her strange behavior. "Lenore," she doesn't respond. "Hey, Nora, what's wrong? Are you feeling ok?" he asks worriedly.

"... i... I don't like the rain." she admits.

"The rain?" 'Is she scared of storms?'

"The sky gets darker during a storm, it gets colder, and sometimes lightning comes down and strikes the forest's trees and light them on fire," he goes under the blankets with her. "In the nightmares it's rainy too, it's scary,"

"Then... would this help?" He pulls her in close before making his wings cover her, as if a protective shield, while being very aware of how obsessed she is over his wings. She slowly closes her eyes nestling closer.

"Hey Milo...?"

"Yes Nora?" he responds with a soft voice.

"I'll kill you if you ever leave," she warns, he doesn't take her warning very seriously however, assuming that she means that she'd be very angry.

"I know, I'm not leaving," he says as she plays with his feathers, they fluff up slightly. "geez, you're so rough with my wings," he slowly closes his eyes. 

"I can't help it, they are soft,"

Meanwhile, back in town a certain doe eyed girl sneaks into the temple... 'I know that Damien isn't dead, Lucas told me what he saw, he's not dead. My fiance isn't dead,' she finds a familiar book. 'Wait... isn't this... isn't this the book that Damien borrowed from the library two years ago? Why does the temple have this,'

She notices a newer book right by it, a translation of the one Damien read. She opens the first page 'when the sun first rose, the goddess of nature began to gain consciousness, and this was the start of life,' that line reminds her of when he claimed he could read it. 'So he wasn't lying... but that doesn't make any sense, why could he read it? It's not in Aprodiatian, not even close to our language based on how different the letters look...'