Catching Fireflies | MountainGhoul x OC

~Chapter Thirty-Five~*

"Ness?"

Before being able to respond, Dew shouted as if he couldn't hold back anymore. "Nessa had your kid while she was gone!" Swiss nodding along with what he had just said.

Cirrus, having had enough of the two idiots, joined in to shut them up. "The kids obviously not a newborn you twats. Besides she wasn't even gone for nine months; so the child isn't hers, now shut your faces before I shut them for you."

Looking at one another, the two loud ghouls shivered and decided to run and hide from the fed up woman behind the couch. 

Clearing your clogged up throat, you spoke up for a short second. "Mountain.."

Not enjoying the obvious tension between the you both, Mauve decided to take her chances and go sit with Whisp and Phantom over at the table in the corner of the room. She figured from what you described about all the ghouls, they'd be two of the calmest. 

Tugging on your sleeve before going to sit down, she whispered to you. "It's him isn't it? Go talk to him." Squeezing your hand a bit, she gave you a small nod and quietly spoke. "I'll be fine here Nessi."

After making her way over and getting settled pretty quickly, she made quiet conversation with them as to not disturb the overall looming presence in the room. You could tell that she'd be fine with them while you spoke with the ghoul in front of you, only being reassured more by what she said. 

"Um, would you like to talk out in the hallway with me?" Hoping that he'd pick up on your hint that you needed to talk to him. Feeling slightly relieved when he gave a nod and walked to open the door for the two of you. 

Following him outside, you waited till he shut the elegant white door to say anything. "If you're upset with me, please just tell me what I did-"

"If  I'm upset with you? Tell you what you did?" Looking away with teary eyes, it seemed as if he was struggling to grasp at what to say back to you. "It's whatever. If you weren't happy with me, you could've at least said something."

"Why wouldn't I be happy with you Mountain? Please I'm not understanding what you're talking about." Your face scrunched up in confusion at what the tall ghoul was going on about. 

Nodding his head to himself as if accepting something, he looked down at the floor and then moved briskly past you. "If that's how you want to play things, have it your way.." Trailing off, you heard the slight crack in his voice as he spoke. Making his way down the hall you just walked through, you trailed behind him panicking and still not getting what he was talking about. 

"Mountain, please I don't understand what you're talking about." Reaching your hand out to stop the room's door from shutting fully, you entered after to find him slouching on the bed in what seemed like defeat. 

"Nessa, please I get it. You don't have to-"

Finally getting fed up with his evasiveness on what happened, you snapped. "Mountain, for the love of satan, I've had enough." Seeing the shocked look on his face quickly turn to sadness and acceptance. "I truly have no clue what you are babbling on about. Now if you could just explain what on Earth you're talking about-"

"I saw it!" Apparently you weren't the only one to have had enough. "I saw you with him, hugging him as if he was everything to you. Your eyes don't light up like that when you look at me, not like they do when you look at him.."

Completely baffled, you tried to ask once more what the fuck he was talking about, but he beat you to it and carried on while digging through his bag for something. "I was sent photos of the two of you." Pausing to hand you the manila envelope before starting up again. "I got that addressed to me in the mail while you were gone."