Music in My Hart: Huskerdust Children FanFic

Chapter 37: Regrets and Heartaches

          Demetrius collapses into a fetal position and has his hands facing upwards against his legs. He starts breathing heavily as tiny green sparks of electricity shoot out from the spade marks in the palms of his hands and feet. The entirety of his eyes glow bright green and I can see him trembling. This is the first time I've ever seen him this upset and honestly... it frightens me. It was pretty evident that we were all witnessing him having a nervous breakdown.

         He stands up from his knelt position and turns around to face Vox. For the first time ever, I actually saw fear in Vox's eyes and it was in that moment that he seemingly realized, he fucked up. Demetrius grabbed my weapon from me and ran towards Vox at a speed that was faster than light itself. He had him by the throat and slammed him hard against the side of the wall. Hearing Velvette running up behind him to come to Vox's aid, Demetrius looks over his shoulder and sneers blasting her away with his opposite hand full of electric green energy.

          As a result she's knocked unconscious and lying on the ground. Demetrius turns back towards Vox and continues pinning him to the wall. Vox attempts to defend himself by electrocuting Demetrius but this instead of it hurting him, just pisses him off even more than he already was and fuels him with even more adrenaline. Demetrius takes my weapon and stabs him through the torso over thirty times before I get over to him and place a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "I think he's dead now, Babe." He lets out a growl and drops his corpse to the floor.

          Velvette wakes up and shakes her head slightly. I walk up to her and pick her up by the collar of her shirt and bring her close to my face, "listen very clearly, you bitch. I really ought to kill you after what you did to Demetrius but honestly, I'm too classy for that. We will let you go but I don't want to see you anywhere near my family, friends or the hotel again. If you dare to come back despite this warning I won't even hesitate in the slightest to smite you where you stand.

          Do I make myself clear?" She nods her head gulping and I drop her to the ground. She quickly gets up and scurries away. I take Demetrius by the hand and wrap my other arm around Angel's waist and lean my head against his shoulder. All together we walk back to the car and drive back to the hotel.

         Demetrius was still sobbing hysterically and was completely inconsolable.  Once we parked the car in front of the hotel Angel looked over to the seat where Husk had sat earlier and saw that he had left behind his deck of poker cards. It was in that moment that any and all composure he had left completely dissipated.

        He leaned his head and arms over the steering wheel of the van and started bawling his eyes out. I get up from the back seat and wrap my arms around him in an effort to soothe him as one of my tears fall against the back of his hand. "I— I can't do this. I can't bear it. I've never hurt this bad in all my life or all my afterlife.

        This... this hurts more than anything Valentino ever did. Did he honestly think, that he could just die and expect me to move on as if nothing happened?" He lets out finally holding nothing back. Demetrius and I sob from the back seat in response to this cruel pain that only comes from the loss of a loved one.  "In what world, what universe did he actually believe that I'd be able to live without him in it?

       And I mean, I keep holding onto the hope in the back of my mind that maybe Husk was redeemed in heaven. And if that's the case, I should be happy. And yet... I'm far from it." His nose begins bleeding and he grabs some tissues from the glove box and passes a few to the back seat before taking some and holding it up to his nose. "I just... I miss him already and it hasn't even been a day.

        I miss the sound of his laugh his smile. I..." He says as his voice begins to crack and tremble. "I even miss his smell." There's a long moment of silence until Demetrius wipes his tears with the back of his hand, "I miss our talks and hearing him give me advice. I miss our walks during my lunch break.

        No matter what we were talking about, or whatever question I asked him, he never judged me once. He just... listened." I rest my hand on his knee and he turns his head to look at me while wiping his tears. "I know how you feel. I miss him a lot too.

         He was like a father to me while I've been so far away from my own father. He's the first person other than Carlton that truly accepted me at face value. He made me feel wanted... heard... and seen." I say as the tears come pooling down from my eyes. "As strange as it might sound, he made me feel like... like I wasn't alone."

        Demetrius and Angel sniffled hard around me.  "But now... it feels like a knife stabbing me through the heart over and over again. Like being smothered and trapped in a dark cold, cave. Thinking back on it all, I honestly think it's his warmth that I miss the most." Angel and Demetrius sob even harder at that remark and I could tell that statement resonated with them the most.

         "I guess now I know why it's called, 'falling in love.'" I wipe the tears with the tissue he had given me earlier, "really? Why?" He opens his door pulling the keys out of the ignition before turning to look over his shoulder at me, "because when you lose the ones you love most, the impact that's leftover is that much harder and more painful."