When I Rule The World (Tbhk x Mokke reader)

Warming Me, Scaring Me, How Could He? (Chapter 8)

In a red-hot rage, I stormed at the brunet who stashed away the still-ringing phone in his pocket and put up his arms, ready to fight us both.

My fist flew towards his face, but he easily sidestepped it, grabbed my arm, and used the motion I already had to pull me further forward, and before I could blink, I was face-first on the ground. My hands scraped up from the impact as I pushed myself up from the dirty and wet ground.

I got ready to charge at him again but stopped myself as I saw him being held down by Teru who twisted his arm behind his back.

"You've been annoying me quite a lot lately."
Teru grumbles as he twists Mint's arm further, who grunts in pain, his free hand tapping and scratching on the ground as the pressure increases.

"Tch- you're the one who messed with me first."
The pinned-down boy forced out angrily.

"(Y/n) get me that rope."
Teru commands, nodding his head in the direction of some barrels. On top of them laid a worn-out red rope. Considering the shops around I feared what this one had been used for....

Either way, I grabbed it and tossed it to the exorcist, who caught it with one hand.

After a few moments, we had tied his hands in front of him, and he now sat criss-cross, leaning against the dirty wall of some musty purple-painted shop.

Teru retrieved his bracelet and phone and was now checking something on it; meanwhile, I was crouched before Mint.

My eyes were wide as I stared at him like a maniac. He met my gaze with a frown.
"Mint, minT Oh mInT, WHY MusT you screW Me oVer LikE this."
I speak in a cold voice, every word dripping with a rage that couldn't be expressed through simple yelling.

He huffs, that frown forming into a weak smirk as he looks at me through his bangs.
"Screwed you? Hmpf, I wish. No darling, I saved you."
His eyes looked tired and yet they had a small spark, one that I was going to extinguish. My hand shot to the wall beside him, barely missing his head.
"The only thing you wanted to save, was yourself."
I spit, letting the venom explode into his face; his smirk faded, but his eyes kept locked onto mine.

"Really,"
He spoke disheartened
"then tell me, how would this have turned out without me?"

"Better?!"
I snap back, and his fists clench as he looks away to the side; his brows are furrowed, controlled by fury and disbelief.

His eyes were back on me again as he spoke through gritted teeth.
"Through me you had a chance, without me, Teru would have that Katana right now."
He was already close enough for me to feel his breath on my face, and yet he leaned closer.
"And you would have been history~"

I went silent, mind blank as I attempted to ponder. But everything felt distracting.
A warm rhythm of air brushed against my face, unsurprisingly, it smelled minty.

Glossy, tears were forming and I couldn't even tell why.
Too much, it was too much. I shouldn't feel anything right now...towards him. Before I knew it I found myself crawling back, away from him.

He saved me? But...did he really. I'm not saved if I'm not in power.

Till I bumped into a set of legs, I froze up. Of course, Teru was still here, but it only momentarily snapped me out.

"You just wanted your bounty to be lifted."
I reply, close to tears, he was just using me.

In the short pause between us, my voice cracked, making it hurt to hold back the cries in my throat.

"Did I?"
He asked back slowly. The hurt in my throat stopped as some of the tears fell and let my vision clear up again.

As Soft as only his baby pink eyes could be described, his personality, looks, and voice really couldn't, but his tone sounded so genuine, it could fool me.
If I didn't already know better.