A Wither Storms Destiny//SAMS/LAES FANFICTION

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She followed Rez out of the room nervously and Rez held her hand gently and smiled at her "it'll be okay, how about we eat something? You wanna go to a restaurant?" Pollux stared up at him before mumbling "okay..." she felt Rez pat her head softly and he said "don't worry, you're safe" she had no idea what to expect from a negative restaurant.

Rez was back in his suit and he had cleaned himself up a bit, she felt shabby next to him as she saw his gelled hair and his well done makeup. It's clear he spent a long time getting ready for this simple outing and she remembered that she should be doing that as well, she had hardly gotten ready. All she had done was put on the robe and call it a day, she really couldn't make herself do anything more than that because she felt so drained at the very idea, so being next to him with her messy hair made her feel... a lot lazy. 

Rez didn't seem to mind at all about her looks as he led her down the hallways into a crowded street and she stiffened, he whispered "it's okay, come on" she stared at the shadow people walking about the street, some turned and stared at her. 

She heard one whisper "is that Rez with a child?" what, I'm not a child! She stiffened and turned to glare at them but Rez led her through the street, more people stared and Rez sighed "its a weird thing to see" he told her "I'm very high level, everyone in the city knows me" he held her hand gently and led her through the street so she couldn't get lost in the thousands of people. 

She was getting overwhelmed as she looked around the place, she quickly clung into his side and hid her face into him out of fear that someone would grab it, just letting him lead her through the stream of people, she was putting a lot of trust in him because she couldn't see anything with her face hidden into him. Rez gently led her through the place and she heard more murmuring, Rez nuzzled her softly and people began to act very shocked and they kept talking with each other.  

"Are you like a celebrity or something?" she asked, her voice muffled, and Rez shrugged "in a way, yes. I'm one of the stronger people here" oh... I see, does that mean I should respect him more? Has my behavior around him been inappropriate..? He did say he's stronger... Rez entered a restaurant and she watched the person at the counter fumble about in shock at the sight of him "oh hi!" the female shadow person squeaked and Rez said respectfully "hello" "please seat yourself" Rez nodded and led her to a table. 

Pollux was aware of the eyes on her and she shrank back and Rez thanked the waiter when he got the menu and Pollux peeked at it nervously, she said "I uh- I don't know what any of this is" Rez chuckled "that's fine, any allergies I should know about?" "no?" "okay, that's good" he smiled down at her and a family stared nearby. 

Pollux stared back at them and they looked back at their food as if they were ashamed of being caught staring, Rez pointed at what appeared to be a burger of some sorts... even if it looked really weird to her, and said "this is a burger, you should get this" Pollux decided to just follow his lead "sure" she mumbled into him and Rez put his menu down after finding out what he wants to order. 

"I don't really like people staring-" she squeaked and Rez sighed "yeah, I don't like it much either. They see me around often in the streets so they normally don't freak, however.... uh, you're with me right now so they're probably confused" Pollux asked nervously "why?" Rez looked to the side and Pollux began to get more nervous at his silence. 

He sighed "has to do with your age" that's weird, I'm 250 years old, I should die in... 243 years? So why is he saying my age? I'm an adult, I don't understand. Rez sighed, he nuzzled her head gently, she felt the nuzzles and relaxed into it, she snuggled her face into him, before she heard some shocking news "I am thousands of years old" Rez admitted suddenly and Pollux turned in shock "how?!" "I am very young still" Rez said "my equivalent of late twenties, you are... hmm, 250 years old right? Well, you're a child, not even a teenager yet."