The Great War

={Chapter 11: Caught And Future Worrying}=

={WARNING: FORCED DOWN EMOTIONS AND CUSSING}=

Molten hesitated for a moment, he didn't want to seem rude, but he didn't want to stay in this position with Bryan in front of Lefty either, so he pushed Bryan away and backed up until he was about six or five feet from Bryan, and Molten forced himself to ignore the guilt rising inside him as he saw Bryan flinch and let an upset expression cross his face. Before Lefty could ask what was going on, the three companions snapped their head to a spot next to Lefty where the bushes moved for a moment before Davis appeared, and he glared at both Molten and Bryan, and Molten noticed Bryan flinch under his gaze. "I-, uhm-, how long were two there?" Bryan asked nervously with an anxious tone as he kept his gaze down on the water moving around him. "Since Molten dunked under the water. I brought Davis out here with me to get some water for him in this water canteen," Lefty replied with an awkward tone, and Davis gave a curt nod of agreement before he held up an empty water canteen. "O-Oh, I uh-," Bryan attempted a response, but he had no idea what to say, the air was thick with awkward and uncomfortable feelings. "Molten? A word, please?" Lefty asked as he began walking a little bit away from the river and motioned for Molten to follow him, which he did, and the two stood about twenty feet from the river now. "Care to explain? Or?" Lefty asked with a curious and a slightly awkward tone, Molten tried to compose his posture, but he failed miserably. "Oh god Lefty, I don't know what happened, I-I just felt like I really wanted to-, you know-, kiss him, so I did, I've been getting these weird feelings every time I'm around him, it fucking disappoints me when he stops touching me! I don't even know why, like, the fuck? Was I expecting something to happen? I just-, I couldn't fight it anymore, but I promise, this was a one time thing, I gave in and gave my emotions what they wanted, and that's that, no more, nothing like that happening again, I don't care how hard it is to resist, it's not happening again, ever!" Molten blurted out with a slightly panicked and devastated tone, he didn't know what was wrong with him, but he really hated it. Molten buried his face in his hands in a show of frustration, and he was thankful for the reassuring smile from Lefty when he looked back up. "Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike the idea of you two being a thing, I personally think you'd be a cute couple. It's just that-, you know, Bryan won't be around forever, after we decide what to do with him and Davis, that'll be the last time we see him, ever," Lefty replied with a happy tone, but his tone grew sadder by the second, and Molten let out a groan as he remembered that, how could he have forgotten such a big thing? He'd never see Bryan again, it was better to not get attached.

Molten looked back over towards the riverbank, but Davis and Bryan were gone, or at least it seemed that way, until Molten noticed a hand move behind a tree, he gave Lefty a curious expression, who returned the look, before they silently agreed to walk over towards the tree. As the two brothers approached, they could hear yelling, and quickly realized it was Davis who was yelling, and Molten and Lefty made a wide circle around the tree, hiding a bit in the brush, to get their sight on the situation. Bryan looked terrified and he had himself pressed up against the tree behind him as he stared wide-eyed at Davis screaming, Davis was furious, it wasn't hard to tell, he was spitting out things about why that was such a stupid idea, to get so close with a robot, and how Bryan was stupid for doing such, and he was waving his hands around as he glared Bryan down, and Molten clenched his fists, he wanted to help Bryan, to rush over and snap Davis's neck like a twig, but he resisted that, he couldn't let himself grow any more bonded to Bryan than what he already was. "I know it was dumb! But you don't have to be so harsh about it," Bryan stated with a scared and offended tone as he tried pressing himself closer to the tree, he always hated loud noises, especially yelling, and with Davis practically yelling at Bryan's face, it was starting to really scare him. "If you knew how dumb it was you wouldn't have done it! This is by far the dumbest thing I've ever seen someone do, and I once saw someone shoot their self in the head because they thought the gun was a toy, so that's saying a lot Bryan! You've betrayed your entire kingdom by doing this! You've betrayed everyone's faith in you! You're supposed to be a soldier, someone who fights to protect others! But instead you're making out with the enemy?! Are you kidding?! I thought you were better than that! You've betrayed your friends! Your family! You've betrayed me!" Davis shouted furiously as he continued throwing his hands around, and at the realization of his own sentence, that Bryan had betrayed him, he raised his hand and slapped Bryan, it wasn't hard enough to do too much damage, but it hurt, and it left a fine red mark on Bryan's cheek. Molten couldn't fight it, he refused to stand by after seeing that, he stood and walked towards Davis with a hard glare, he was thankful that Lefty wasn't trying to stop him, and when he reached the two humans, Molten took one swift glance at Bryan, seeing the pain, the fear and confusion in his eyes as he stared at the ground and held his face where Davis had hit him, and then clenched his fists and swung a hard punch on Davis before Davis could start yelling at him too. There was a sickening crackle as Molten's fist collided with the bridge of Davis's nose, and Davis fell back to the forest floor, clutching at his nose, which ways pouring with blood, with an agonized expression, and Molten let himself feel proud. "Come on," Molten stared blankly as he placed a hand on Bryan's shoulder and led Bryan back toward camp, with Lefty hesitating a moment before following the two, leaving Davis alone, and Molten tried his best to act like he just wanted an excuse to punch someone, but he couldn't help it when he kept casting worried glances at Bryan.