The Frozen Melody

26.Love.

Joker straightened his already impeccably neat suit and flicked an imaginary dust particle from his sleeve cuff. “We must leave this world as soon as possible, so let us be off now.”

Tyson gaped at the man in front of him and desperately wished that this was some awful daymare he was experiencing. Maybe it would just disappear if he ignored this imaginary figure in front of him.

Squaring his shoulders, Tyson pushed down his panicking emotions and continued on walking as if the aisle was empty. However, it seemed he was not getting off so easy; as he was about to brush pass the other, Joker reached out and grabbed hold of Tyson’s arm.

The Commander of Hell had one eyebrow shot up and was staring at the boy in surprise, “I do not appreciate being ignored mutt.”

Tyson squeezed his eyes shut and refused to turn his head to look at the blond. “It’s a dream. It’s a dream. It’s a dream...” He chanted under his breath, willing with his entire being for his words to somehow become the truth.

Joker tightened his grip, his sharp nails digging in with force and making the boy flinch, “Enough with the nonsense mutt. You have had more than enough time to heal, and now it is time to return to me.”

“To you?” Tyson suddenly snatched his arm out of the other’s grip and whipped around angrily. “Return to you?! Fuck you!”

The taller man blinked in surprise at the sudden unexpected outburst.

Tyson continued without a pause as his voice became more heated. “You have some balls coming here after that fucked up shit you pulled on me!” His rapidly growing out of control temper made him bold, and he shoved Joker hard angrily. “Get the fuckin’ hell out of my life!”

The force of the push sent the blond crushing into the shelves behind him and cause a few merchandises shattering to the ground.

“Tyson!” Lily exclaimed. She had been in the next aisle over, and came running over as soon as she heard the commotion. She laid a calming hand on Tyson’s shoulder as the two man glared daggers at each other. “What’s going on here?”

“Tiger, Neine is waiting for your return.” Joker straightened and recomposed himself, “She offers you a Captain’s position.”

However, Tyson was simply too blinded by a red haze of rage to process that piece of information. He roughly shook off Lily’s hand despite her protest and spat out, “Get out bastard. I don’t ever wanna see your face again.”

“Are you truly content with this low standard life you lead now? Like a common peasant?” Pye reasoned patiently, “I could give y-“

“SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SCRAM!” Tyson roared, no longer bothering with keeping his voice down. The sharp cracklings of electricity accompanied his fury and lashed out from his body, making Lily jump back with a surprised squeak. The lights in the store flickered and the nearby electronics spazzed.

That was the final straw for the store keeper. With her face red in anger, she randomly grabbed a packaged merchandise from the shelf and wacked Tyson on the back of his head. “Enough Tyson! Get a hold of yourself!”

The dark haired boy rubbed his head and turned to look defiantly at Lily, his eyes were such a bright glowing blue that once again, the woman hesitated in surprise.

Joker was extremely pleased with the boy’s display of his new power, but he kept his smile in check. Instead, he cleared his throat to gain the other two’s attention, “I think it would be wise if Tiger and I speak outside. There seem to be some sort of misunderstanding between us. I do hope you would not mind letting this boy off early today, Madame?” He asked innocently with a slight tilt of his head.