The Great War

={Chapter 13: Planning And A Tired Night}=

={WARNING: SMALL MENTION OF DEAD ANIMAL AND FLUFF}=

For the rest of the day, Bryan sat and talked with Jon, while Foxy kept a close eye on the two, under Molten's request, for he had a feeling that Jon would try convincing Bryan to run off with him, while Molten and Lefty went back out into the forest to continue working on the log cabin being made for Bryan. Molten had asked Foxy earlier if Jon's health seemed alright now, and he later informed Bryan that Foxy claimed it seemed like a miracle, Jon was in a come-like state for days straight in terrible condition, but all of a sudden he awoke and was completely fine, although Molten had also mentioned that he was heavily weirded out during his talk with Foxy, because Foxy had the venomous centipede that had bit Jon out on their shoulder, holding a small, dead mouse up at the centipede, which the centipede was actively eating.

Molten looked up as he heard the chainsaw turn off, and he realized that the sun was starting to set below the horizon, he turned around and saw Lefty giving him a curious look, and he nodded as he swung the axe up, moving it to rest on his shoulder as Lefty carried the chainsaw and the two walked back to camp in tired silence.

Molten and Lefty walked back into the camp to see that Foxy was sitting on a rock and sharpening a dagger about ten foot from Bryan and Jon, who were still sitting in the same spot on the ground as they talked about random topics. Lefty walked into Foxy's tent, putting the chainsaw in a corner of the tent and then walked back out, while Molten put his own axe into his tent and quickly walked back out afterwards, the two brothers sitting down by the fire.

The group remained silent until the time came for the group to go to sleep for the night. Foxy stood and silently walked into their tent, before coming back out with a handful of rope, walking straight towards Jon. Jon jumped up at the sight and backed up a bit, and Bryan stood too to try and calm Jon. "I ain't letting them tie me down Bryan! What if they try to kill me or something? I'll be defenseless!" Jon yelled at Bryan as they continued to back away from Foxy, who was standing still with an agitated expression. Bryan looked hurt as Jon yelled at him, and Jon pushed Bryan away as Bryan tried to coax him down again, which caused an angry response from Molten, he felt like attacking Jon on the spot, but he knew it'd only make things worse. Molten stood and walked towards Jon, and Bryan silently backed out of the way. Molten walked around to place himself behind Jon, glaring down at the human as Jon glared right back up at him, and with Jon watching Molten, Foxy saw the opportunity and took it, moving forward quickly and grabbing Jon's arms, pushing him forward and making him fall onto his stomach on the ground as they tied Jon's hands with the rope behind his back, and Molten crouched and held Jon's legs still as Foxy tied Jon's ankles together. "What the fuck?! Bryan, help me! Do something!" Jon yelled as he turned a pleading and furious gaze up at Bryan, who sadly shook his head. "It's only for the night, they can't trust us to not run off while they're sleeping, they won't hurt you," Bryan replied with a sad tone as he tried once again to calm Jon down, but Jon only stared up at Bryan with an infuriated gaze. "How could you let them do this? How could you agree with this and think this is ok?" Jon yelled at Bryan, motioning with his head towards his tied limbs, and Bryan remained quiet, only giving Jon an apologetic gaze. Molten and Foxy harshly pulled Jon up, and practically dragged Jon between them to Foxy's tent, tossing him to the floor of the tent in the corner he had been sleeping in the past few nights, and Foxy gave Molten a small nod before Molten walked out, and Foxy zipped the tent door closed behind him as he left. Molten walked back over to Lefty and Bryan, seeing that Lefty was now standing as they tried to reassure Bryan, and Molten's aggressive emotions immediately changed to sympathetic as he saw the pained expression in Bryan's eyes. "Come on, he'll be fine once the sun rises," Molten stated as he placed a hand on Bryan's shoulder, and he gave Lefty a thankful nod for trying to help Bryan before slowly leading Bryan to his tent, as Lefty headed into his own tent.

"Molten? I've got a cat back at my house in my kingdom, I was hoping that-, that maybe you could let me or Jon sneak into my house and get my cat, so I don't have to leave her in the kingdom," Bryan stated as he laid down at the blanket and pillow in the corner of Molten's tent, as Molten closed the tent door. "I uh-, I'll talk with Lefty and Foxy about it in the morning, I'll try to get them to agree to letting Jon bring your cat out to you, do you really think he'd do that though without just running to the king?" Molten replied with a curious and sympathetic tone as he sat down on his sleeping bag. "Yea, Jon's been my closest friend for as long as I can remember, after you hand him over to the king for the trade of money, he'll bring me my cat once he's alone, I'll tell him a meeting spot and the plan in the morning and come up with some excuse as to why I don't want to go back to the kingdom if Lefty and Foxy agree to it," Bryan replied with a hopeful tone, bringing his knees up to his chest. "Come here," Molten ordered quietly with a soft tone as he patted a spot next to him on his sleeping bag, and laid down on his back as Bryan got up and came and sat down next to Molten. "I'm sorry again for getting you into this mess, ruining your life and all, it's not what I ever intended, but I should've figured that this is what would happen as a consequence of-, you know," Molten stated sympathetically as he looked up at Bryan with an apologetic tone, but he went silent with an awkward tone as he hesitated to mention what he'd done. "A consequence of kissing me?" Bryan finished for him, looking down at Molten with a slight smile. "I don't regret kissing back you know, I don't regret not pushing you away, sure, that ruined a lot for me, but that doesn't change how I feel about the kiss," Bryan stated with a reassuring tone and a small smile as he looked around the tent for a moment, before looking back down at Molten, who returned the small smile. Bryan took in a small, deep breath before laying down on his side as he propped himself up on his elbow next to Molten, using his free hand to cup Molten's face in his hand and slowly moved closer, kissing Molten. Bryan slowly pulled away, much to Molten's disappointment, and the two stared at each other for a hot minute, before Molten broke the trance-like state by grabbing Bryan's hand in his, and slowly pulling Bryan closer to him. Molten kept pulling Bryan's hand towards him, and eventually pulled Bryan's hand over him, as he continued to slowly guide Bryan until Bryan was laying on top of Molten, Bryan's forearms were on Molten's chest as he held himself up a bit, with Molten's hands on Bryan's waist. "You know, I really want to come and live with you out here in a cabin, but I'd have to leave so much behind in my kingdom," Molten stated with a soft tone, so soft that it was almost a whisper, and Bryan smiled at him. "Well thank you, but don't, you shouldn't leave your kingdom just for me," Bryan replied with a soft tone and a small smile. "But isn't that technically what you're doing?" Molten replied with another sympathetic tone, starting to rub Bryan's back with one hand. "Well-, kind of, but not willingly," Bryan replied with a slightly awkward tone, and Molten smiled up at Bryan before moving his hand from Bryan's back up to the back of Bryan's head, slowly pulling Bryan down and kissing Bryan softly.

Molten and Bryan both let out a small sigh as they pulled away from each other, and Molten slowly moved Bryan to lay down next to him, and Molten opened his sleeping bag and pulled the cover overtop of himself and Bryan, zipping it closed around them. Molten let out an amused chuckle at Bryan's flustered expression before he laid on his side facing Bryan and wrapped his arms around Bryan's waist, pulling Bryan closer as Bryan rolled onto his side, facing Molten, and slowly wrapped his arms around Molten's neck, and draped one leg over Molten's waist as he buried his face in Molten's chest fur. "What if someone sees us like this in the morning?" Bryan asked with a nervous and tired tone as he snuggled up to Molten as much as he could. "Than I'll deal with them, simple," Molten mumbled in response, burying his own face in Bryan's hair. The two kept each other warm throughout the cold night, and they let the familiar comfort of sleep take them over, both knew that they were deeply in love with the other, but neither knew exactly why, and perhaps never would, but all that mattered for now was keeping each other close, this was the last night that Molten's patrol would spend out here.