Encounter with Fate

The Blood Moon Pt.2

(Warning: this chapter contains flirting, touching, making out, and a little bit of smut...forgive me, for I have sinned. No art for this chapter.)

Headphones groggily opened her eyes. She felt as though she had woken up from a deep sleep. She couldn't feel the soft bed she was sitting on underneath her; instead, she was lying on something fuzzy yet hard underneath the material. She tried to sit up, but she could barely move her body.

"Huh!?"

Now fully awake and alert, Headphones could feel some invisible force pressing down on her body, keeping her pinned to the floor. It was as if gravity had reversed itself on her. She could smell a faint, damp smell wafting through the air with dust mixed in, tickling her nose. Headphones craned her neck, taking in her surroundings. There were wooden walls with two windows and a doorway leading outside. She could faintly see tree branches out through the doorway, with a few electric lanterns hanging from the ceiling, giving the room some faint light. From the looks of it, she was in a treehouse and was lying on a fuzzy blanket.

"Why did- where am I!?" Headphones thought, her eyes darting around the room in a panic. Something on the wall caught her eye. The names Skull, Avi, Omega, and Vintage were curved into the wooden wall. "This place belongs to Skull and Avi?"

Her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed a movement shift from the corner of her eye. Craning her neck, Headphones spotted Skull digging through a purple and black backpack in the corner. His bandana was pulled down, revealing a few scars near the bottom of his face, usually hidden from sight. A chill ran down her body as it finally sunk in. 

Skull had kidnapped her.

This all felt like a bad dream. She was taken from the comfort of her bedroom and dragged off to who knows where. She glanced over to the doorway, back to Skull, then down at her hands. She desperately tried to lift her arms so she could sit up, only to accomplish moving a few of her fingers.

"What did he do to me!?" she thought, overcome with panic.

Suddenly, Skull turned around to find Headphones awake and trying to move. Headphones desperately struggled to get up as Skull stood up and walked over to her. Her vision blurred, and her eyes grew teary from fear. Skull knelt, examining her. He tried to stroke her cheek with the back of his index, only for her to flinch from the contact and jerk her face away.

"Skull, please, I want to go home." Headphones whimpered, her voice cracking from emotion.

Skull quickly withdrew his hand, a little surprised, but he continued to study her. He stood up, returned to retrieve his backpack, and sat beside her, placing the bag beside him. Headphones warily looked up at him. Why did Skull bring her here? But before Headphones could think of anything else, Skull placed his arm underneath Headphone's knees and firmly wrapped the second arm around her back. Moments later, Headphones found herself sitting on Skull's lap, one arm tightly around her back, holding her up, while his free hand rested on her knees. Astonishment hit her hard enough to forget about the situation, and she awkwardly averted her eyes from the purple inkling staring at her in complete silence.

"W-What are you doing?" Headphones squeaked, her heart far from calm.

It looked like it wasn't a challenge for the purple inkling to pick her up and hold her. Had she never weighed that much to be considered 'heavy' by someone like Skull? The E-liter was not a light charger; Skull was strong, that's for sure. Skull took his hand off her knees and rummaged through his backpack. He pulled out a small white plastic bag with pink polka-dots and dug out a small pink strawberry milk candy. Skull moved the strawberry candy to Headphone's mouth.