Rebirth (boyxboy)

Chapter 17: One day

Chapter 17

CYAN'S P.O.V.

Cyan: 1 month until awakening

"Aku-"

"No." He snapped again, his eyes narrowing at my prying tone of voice.

"But..." I tried, but his look shut me up. I sighed, going back to trying to read the few phrases he had written for me in merperson. "You know you'll have to talk about what happened eventually."

"No." Aku repeated, flipping through the journal we had taken from Elijah's study all those months ago. "Stop."

"Stop what?"

"Cyan stare at Aku." He accused. "Stop now! Aku not talk about it. Aku not want to."

"But why not?" I groaned. "I already knew."

"Liar."

"I did know." I insisted, pulling the journal from his hands. "I saw you two. When you first came here, you guys were arguing about him not coming home with you and he told you he wanted to be with his mate and then..."

His eyes widened. "Aku not know what Cyan talk about."

"He kissed you! He kissed you on the mouth and you kissed back! At first I didn't know what that meant. I thought maybe it was just a merperson thing, but then I hinted at it later on in front of Vincent and...and he gave it away. He came to me when I was alone and told me to stay out of it." I recalled. "I was waiting for you to tell me yourself."

"Cyan learn merperson. Leave mate stuff alone. Aku not need or want mate." He pressed, taking the book back from me.

"How could you say that? A mate is what everyone dreams about. It's like, the second you meet them you never have to be alone again. All of a sudden there's a person who looks at you like you've hung the sun in the sky and they won't ever tire of you. A mate is your true love, your eternal companion, your-"

"Vincent eternal companion?" Aku scoffed. "Aku know Vincent long time. Aku know Vincent not lovey or good company or even nice. Vincent only love work and war. Vincent love power and control. Vincent love...not Aku. Vincent never love Aku. Vincent only look at Aku cause mate."

"That's not true. He may be a bit cold and introverted, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love you." I tried to convince him, but he just shook his head.

"If Vincent not mate, Cyan think Vincent ever look at Aku?" He asked me. I frowned. I didn't know. I couldn't say that Vincent would've even looked twice at Aku if not for the fact that they were mates, but what did that really matter? The point was they were mates.

"You guys are mates Aku. That's what matters." I told him.

"King Elijah mate dead. Cyan with King Elijah even though not mates." Aku countered. "Love not just being mates. Love more than that. Love wanting to be together, even if not destined. Vincent not love me, not really. Not like Cyan and King Elijah."

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"Alright don't move." Michellie ordered, rubbing a wet rag over my bare back. "I don't wanna cut the wrong place."

I hummed an affirmative response and rested my head against my hands. Michellie was sitting on top of me, ready to reopen the cuts on my back that were made by the healer a month ago to relieve some of the pressure on my shoulder blades and spine. We did this everyday just like she had ordered. Apparently I had some old, rare human disorder. It made my back hurt all the time. There was no cure. All we could do was release some of the tension on my back every day and make sure the seal on my pain stayed up.