Relationship Status: It's Complicated

Worth the Bargain

(Cover Art by SerinityAInfernoArt)

Sega yawned, it had been a peaceful but also long weekend. He stretched. His body was feeling great, his shoulder was cleared up and his face bruises were gone. Staying the weekend at the Cloud Mansion had done wonders.

For some reason he thought even stepping foot in Shiva lands would fry his existence. Yet, inside the manor it felt like his body was endlessly massaged and fed. None of the group wanted to leave, between the immaculate food and the fact that it was like living at a spa retreat, everyone wanted to stay.

Of course snuggling with Naki was the icing on the cake. Watching him walk around all day in PJs and lazily hanging out felt great. They had a tough Saturday with all the police interviews.

Naki had it the roughest, having to recount the events over and over to different sources. It seemed Luxiem was not without legal resources as well. It was as if Naki had to prove his word against all the actions that the man had taken. Even if they had proof that he had Naki in his grasp, it seemed Luxiem was spinning some tale on his own end. Thankfully they had the recording.

He sat between Saalah and Aiden, they did not have a Council meeting but Bai Yusheng had gone off to the room to gather some things for a moment. Since he had to come get a new uniform and Saalah, Bai Yusheng, and Aiden had to go get their own, everyone had skipped breakfast. They sat in the cafe, the lavish area had a lounge bar, people could watch their drink orders, enjoy TV, and great smells.

Saalah had a big plate of omelettes and fresh vegetables, Sega had pancakes, Aiden had various breakfast meats and biscuits. Sega sipped on his latte, the smell and taste warming him as he watched the news.

He swat at the fork coming for his pancakes, not moving his eyes from the screen. "Don't you dare put the fork that touched the inside of your mouth on my food."

Sega's eyes swung to his other side, "you, how dare you sneak in when I'm preoccupied! You two made your choice, unhand my pancakes!"

Saalah chuckled. Sega over the past few weeks had come around significantly. They had gotten off on a bad foot and it took some mutual feelings to clear up the misunderstanding, but they were coming to realize they could be friends. Of course Saalah was trying to spur Bai Yusheng's wants and catch Sega's interest in other ways.

"Couldn't resist getting my angry glare from you out of the way."

Sega huffed, waving away Saalah. "Are you two seeing this? Isn't that the scene from Bai Yusheng lighting up the bridge? By the way, I still didn't get my story time about what the hell that is, but I'm sure I'd need weeks to hear that story."

Sega motioned for the TV to be turned up.

"In the latest new, Authorities are still trying to sort out what prompted the massive roadblock mid Friday which had traffic backed up for hours. Civilians are upset that magic was used in city limits and on a large scale. However it seems that hired mercenaries were found stuck to the bridge. Authorities are not sure if this was a clan related event. On the same night, a large amount of authorities from multiple districts were dispatched to a single area when they were called out shortly before a house completely collapsed. It has been released that involved parties may have included the eldest son of the Head Sha family Clan, multiple Shiva Clan members, including the Cloud Clan, the eldest son of the Inferno Clan, the only son of the Mountain Shiva Family, and-"

Sega's hand slapped the counter. "Are you fucking kidding me! How the hell did they even!" Sega looked at the two. "That slimy bastard! He's trying to blame the city damage on us!"