The Disappearing Fields

Chapter Nine

+Haven+

Niko sits on my stomach. I could tell that even before i opened my eyes. When i do, his green ones stare at me.

"Havy!" A smile lights his chubby face as he twirls a strand of my hair.

Instantly, i feel better. Like my bad day was washed away down the drain. I wonder if it has anything to do with this feeling i have. This gut feeling that's resided in me since i first meet him and Kaz. "Hey Niko what are you doing?"

"Daddy said wake Havie. No wanna." He averts his gaze to his hands. Can he get any cuter?

I sit up and peck his nose. "It's all good. Let's go see what the hell Kaz wanted, yeah?" He smiles and nods.

i carry him down the stairs, slightly curious how he even got up them in the first place. Kaz probably left him up there to wake me up. Or left him up there so he'd have something else to do besides annoy him.

"Hello! I got you're kid here! Did someone order a child? Because i most certaintly didn't." i call upon entering the living room.

"What are you yelling for?" Kaz sits up on the couch, sleep still in his eyes.

I was right. He left Niko to me so he could nap. "Why sleep in here? Why not in your room?"

He lays back down. "too lazy."

I rolled my eyes. "Niko, can you play quietly with Melon and Cinnamon?" He nods so i peck his cheek and sat him down. He waddles towards Melon's sleeping form in his usual spot, right in front of the sliding glass doors.

i walk over to Kaz and notice the red lines trailing underneath the skin. Are those veins? i trace one with my index finger from his elbow to his hand. It swirls around his arm like veins, but instead of breaking off it's one long thick line. I make my way back up towards his elbow and catch his eyes on me. A small smile plays on his lips. 

"Essence flows in veins, like blood. The more essence that flows the darker the vein appears."

"So you're running low in essence? That's the only reason why so much would be coursing through you right? To regulate your balance of essence, right?" i had to think before recalling the exact thing he told me.

"Lookie here, someone's learning, huh  sweetheart."

I frown. "Don't belittle me you giagantic oaf."

"I can't belittle you, its impossible to get littler than you already are."

"Argh! you have an ego the size of Jupiter!"

"You're literally the size of Pluto."

I stomp my foot. "Stop one upping me. Let me win!"

"How about you let me win and stop challenging me."

"No, i don't pull punches."

"Then why should i?"

"Because you're the adult here. You're suppose to be the bigger person and let me win."

"I have no choice but to be the bigger person." Walked right into that one.

"Stop bagging on my height, Dragon boy."

"Stop it!" Niko smacked my leg and then went to hit Kaz. We both started laughing.

"I'm serious though, are you alright?" I can't help but feel guilty. He had enough Essence before he came and got me from school.

He folded an arm behind his head. "I'm fine Haven. It just exhuasting using teleportation portals."

Niko has somehow found a way onto Kaz's chest. I kneeled down beside Niko's feet. "Why did you use a portal?"