His undoing (NNT/Melizabeth fanfiction) DISCONTINUED

Chapter Three

Exhausted. Meliodas felt that was the only word that would be able to describe his current status. They had embarked on their journey to Heinstein 6 days ago and had already covered good ground, but they knew they would have to eventually let Hawk Mama rest and "refuel". So far their trip had been peaceful. Merlin hadn't lied about the land here being beautiful. There were flowers all around, beautiful multi coloured meadows were always in the background. Huge patches of forests littered the scenery. Birds and other wildlife could be spotted every 5 minutes. It seemed magical and it kind of reminded him of the Fairy King's forest. Unfortunately, he knew he wasn't the only one who thought of that comparison.

The journey had brought out some unpleasant memories for Ban and King. Luckily, the fairy king had managed to open up to an insisting giantess and let all of his troubles out in exchange for her comfort. This made the blonde captain immensely happy, he knew the pain and guilt of losing someone precious to you, but he also knew the only way to get rid of it was to find someone new to protect and for the grizzly sin of sloth, that someone was none other than his tall friend.

His best friend on the other hand wasn't the best when it came to dealing with emotional pain. On the first few days of their voyage, the fox sin had tried to increase his drinking tolerance. It had been awful to see him drunk and miserable every night but everyone knew that the only person who would ever hold Ban's heart was Elaine, so they were at their rope's end on what to do to cheer up their friend. They had all tried talking to him but nothing they said ever got through to him. So on their third day of travel, Meliodas decided he had had enough. He went up to the mopey sin that was sat at one of the bar tables and punched him right out of the tavern door.

"What was that for cap'n?!" asked the white haired man as he wiped blood of his cheek.

"Yo Ban! I'm gonna get rusty if all we do in this trip is hang round the bar. Whatcha say, wanna have a little sparring match or are you afraid to lose?" The fox sin smirked and launched himself into battle. Since then it became their little routine to spar every afternoon, and sometimes other sins would join them.

That was exactly why he felt so exhausted tonight. This time instead of one more sin joining them or just being him and Ban, they decided to have a free for all. The winner would be able to decide their meals for the rest of the week. And although he felt like shit, he had a smile on his face. Everyone had seemed happy, so happy in fact their little fight had dragged into nightfall. Which is why they had agreed to cut their match short and go to sleep, sunrise was just 4 hours away and tomorrow they would actually have to open up the tavern to the public.

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As Meliodas crept up toward his shared bedroom he heard small whimpers and pleas coming from the princess. Naughty little princess, having a grown up dream? He smirked as the perverted thoughts spun around his mind.

"M-me-meliodas-sama please, stop" With me?!? I never thought the princess had such an impure imagination. Putting his childlike fist on the knob the perverted captain prepared to pounce on the princess and fondle her like there was no tomorrow.

He threw himself toward the bed aiming for his head to end in the valley of her breasts. His face, however, did not end up submerged in supple flesh, instead the blonde found himself alone on the bed. He looked up and searched for the silver haired maiden in the small bedroom. He found her, backed into a corner, with a petrified look on her face. That's when he saw them.

Tears.

Tears adorned her porcelain cheeks. She'd been crying. She'd had a nightmare. He'd been in it. And now she was afraid. He could see it in her eyes, wide as saucers. Her lips trembled slightly. Her fingers curled around her nightgown, knuckles white. She looked like she had stared death in the face. She looked like she had seen a demon.

Concern washed over the sin of Wrath. What had happen? What could she have seen in that nightmare? He gulped and sculpted his features into a soft comforting gaze. He extended his hand and approached her slowly, as if he were approaching a baby deer. "Elizabeth, what's-"

She flinched. The woman who meant more to him in the world, flinched because of him. She was his saviour, the one who had brought light and hope back into his gloomy existence. The woman he would do anything for. She flinched away.

"I'm-I'm sorry Meliodas-sama." The princess stood up clumsily and went toward the door, her eyes never leaving Meliodas' form. She opened the door hastily and left. Never taking her eyes of him.

Meliodas climbed to his cold bed feeling defeated. He didn't bother with the bedsheets gathered by the floor. He placed his left arm over his eyes. No sound left his mouth but his small form trembled slightly a couple times. A single tear made its way down his cheek.

What have I done?

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He hadn't seen it today. He saw it every day at least 5 times but today not even once. She was avoiding him, he knew as much. He understood why she did it, she didn't want to talk about it and relive whatever had happened in her nightmare, but he was growing crazy like this. He needed to see her smile.

"I detect frustration coming off of you Cap'n is something wrong between you and the princess?" Yellow unfeeling eyes examined the blonde as the sin of lust said this. His interest for human interactions made him the last person Meliodas wanted to see right now. Luckily the other sins took notice of this.

"Gowther, stop annoying the captain. Don't you see there's trouble in paradise?" Meliodas gave Merlin a look that warned her not to bother him. Gowther studied the look the two shared and decided, wisely, against interfering. He went looking for the fairy and giant instead.

Meliodas on the other hand decided to ignore the witch's presence and continued to watch Elizabeth from behind the counter. She was all polite smiles and cutesy apologise. She was wearing a mask. The mask she was taught to use as a princess. It made him so mad to see her like this. This wasn't the kind woman he had come to love, she was just a shadow of who she was. "Captain, I don't think it fair for the mugs to be punished for your anger."

At the sound of her voice, Meliodas focused once again on the wizard sitting by the bar. Merlin's catlike eyes looked at him and then at the beer mug he was holding. There were cracks on the wood beneath his fist. "You can't let your feelings reign over you captain. Whatever is going between the two of you, fix it. We'll soon face a powerful enemy. You need to make sure you're in control of your anger." With that the sin of Gluttony left the tavern and made her way to her room.

Meliodas sighed. He knew what he had to do. But he also knew that it wasn't going to be easy. But the good things in life never wore. He was going to talk with Elizabeth.

He would get her smile back.

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Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating L I feel really bad for not continuing right away but I'm glad I had time to figure out how I would show what both Elizabeth and Meliodas are feeling and what these nightmares will do to their relationship. I'll try to update quickly but no promises.

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