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'' Shut Eye ''

Stealing Sheep

Hard tile lay beneath my feet, cold and frigid

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Hard tile lay beneath my feet, cold and frigid. Closing my eyes I brushed my hair from my face, waiting impatiently for him to find me. To show his face, my stomach continuously dropped lower and lower in my gut until I felt as though the bad taste in my mouth was just my puke.

Tilting my head back and tapping my foot impatiently, I attempted to think about how much I wanted to talk to him about this. Was it truly something that important at a time like this, when he was so busy? Did it matter as much as I thought it did?

Finally, the door clicked open, and I felt my breath hitch. Archille stared at me with tired, teal eyes. His hair fell around his face, and his expression twisted into the definition of exhaustion. I nearly froze up when I stared at it. Archille's bubbly and excited aura completely drained from him. 

Biting my tongue, I waited patiently for him to address me. Though I felt his touch before I heard his voice. His arms wrapped around me, warm and oddly comforting, chuckling with the little bit of energy he had left in him, "You signed up-- formally to see me. You made an appointment?" 

"Yeah, otherwise I can't visit you during the day, at least not until near 9 at night." I sighed, gently pushing him up off of me, "Are you doing alright--? You look like shit."

He nodded slowly, "What did you want my attention for?" Running a hand through his hair and pulling at his robes to straighten them out, Archille stared nervously to the side.

"How's the search going? Can I do as I hated the constant fighting in Atlantide I can't stay still this long. It was ripping my mind to pieces and leaving me restless. I needed to fight something, actually fight it, not a duel in the training grounds but something I'd feel exhausted for doing afterward. 

My palms were sweating and I was itching just to get my hands on something to scuff out. 

Archille was silent for a long moment, "Give me one more month." He whispered the teary tone in his voice made me anxious. 

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