"Oh my god!"
When you woke you were under a man you didn't know at all. You shrieked in terror as he frantically tried to console you. Unfortunately, it is very hard to console a previously unconscious female who you are on your hands and knees above.
"Look, I'm sorry," he started trying to explain what had happened without panicking you more, "I tripped and fell on you. I'm really sorry, I didn't even notice you here. Just please don't freak out." His face was every shade of red and he was clearly sweating. You also noticed the mask he wore across his face and the tuxedo he wore with it, much like tuxedo mask from Sailor Moon.
You started recollecting yourself, taking deep breaths and avoiding eye-contact with him. "What're you doing out here in the forest, anyway?" you hissed, trying to cover up your embarrassment with anger. Out of the corner of your eye you could see him flinching at your outburst, making you feel sorry for yelling at him. You quickly recovered from your remorse, however, and pulled yourself out from under him.
You got up and tried to leave in the direction he must had come from.
he got up and sombrely watched you leave until he saw you collapse on the ground.
He rushed to you, "oh my god! Are you okay? Need my help?" he picked you up bridal style, careful not to hurt you.
You glared at him, still trying to play it up as if you were angry; it was the most you could do to avoid blushing furiously.
He looked up, looking directly ahead of himself, avoiding looking at you, "I get that you're mad at me, I understand, really. But there's no other option for me beside taking you to Achievement City."
You broke your angry facade in confusion, "Achievement City?"
He smirked, "not so pissed anymore, eh?"
Your face reddened, "just tell me what 'Achievement City' is."
He continued to smirk as he went on, "It's my home," his smile was wide now, "I live there with my best friends."
Now that you were really looking at him, you noticed he was straining in carrying you, "I could walk on my own now, thanks," you offered.
He let your legs down first, letting you get your balance. You stumbled a little bit and he helped you stand up straight. You smiled at him and he smiled back.
You two began walking once more, "so what are your friends like?"
He stopped for a second, thinking, "I'll introduce you to them when we get there."
You nodded and continued walking untill you eventually realized you had never formally introduced yourself. You gave your name, seemingly randomly, tailing it with a 'by the way.'
This obviously surprised him as he looked at you in confusion for a second before responding, "uhm, oh, yeah, I'm Ray." His face turned red for the third time in this twenty minute span and you chuckled at him under your breath. Your laughing got him even more flustered and he admitted, "I'm not great with girls, okay? Not to mention I haven't seen one in god knows how long."
You stopped for a minute, "There must be some women in that 'Achievement City'," you insisted.
"Nope," he stated bluntly, "just six dudes circle-jerkin'," he smirked, "it'll be nice to see a girl around for once." He glanced at you and smiled once more.
You were totally befuddled by this, "just six men?"
"Yep."
"Not really a city then."
"I guess not," he said, pushing a branch out of your path, revealing six homes and the five men he was talking about wandering around.
The first to notice you two was sandy-blonde with horribly messy hair and dressed in green. He came running at Ray full speed. You saw Ray brace himself before being clobbered by this man in green. The blonde was screaming, "X-Ray and Va-" before he interrupted himself by noticing you. "Why, who are you, love?"
This guy just went from overbearing to charming in seconds.
Ray introduced his green clad friend to you, while trying to catch his breath. "And this is Gavin," he gasped out.
"Lovely to meet you, miss," he purred in his heavy British accent, taking your hand and kissing the back of it, making you blush and cringe a little.
"Gavin! You're scaring her!" A much more gravely, angry voice cried out. You looked up to see the other men had arrived.
As you attempted to stutter out an introduction, Gavin cut you off, "This is our lovely new resident-"
You interjected with your name. Jeez this guy had absolutely zero filter, huh? "I can introduce myself, thanks," you grumbled, shoving him away from yourself, knocking him into Ray and toppling them both over. "Shit! Sorry Ray!" you cried out an apology as you raced over to help the poor guy up.
"The girl's got an arm on her," chuckled a man behind you with a deep voice. You turned to see a man with a beard reaching down past his adam's apple.
A blonde man standing next to him spoke with an eerily similar voice, "well, miss, I figure you'll fit in just fine with us."
You turned your back to him to help Ray up, "what's that supposed to mean?" You questioned innocently.
Before he could answer you had gotten Ray to his feet and he handed you a rose. "Where did you get this?" You raised an eyebrow and eyed the area around him for some sort of bush he could have pulled it from.
"Ray always has a stash of roses on him. It's sorta his thing." The man speaking wasn't the bearded guy or the blond one, you noted in your head. And you had never looked to see who had the angry voice, but this wasn't him. The men must have noticed you tallying them to see who had spoken, because one of them stepped forward. "Let's introduce ourselves, shall we?" You gave a confused look and nodded slowly, he continued, "well, we all know who you are," the man, plated in a futuristic armor, smiled. He placed a hand to his chest, gesturing to himself, "I'm Geoff, and this is Jack," he pointed to the bearded man in a green shirt, "Ryan," the muscular blonde with the similar voice, who you just noticed was in a kilt. "And Michael," a curly-haired redhead with a bear hoodie and a backpack. The angry-voiced one, you guessed. "And you know Gavin," Geoff sighed, looking exasperated just at saying his name.
"Nice to meet you," Jack spoke first, holding out a hand that you shook politely.
The same happened with Ryan, then when you reached out to Michael, he grunted and looked away. "Oh," you reeled your hand back and rubbed your shoulder awkwardly.
Suddenly the awkward silence was broken by Ryan asking in a jolly tone, "So, where's she gonna stay?"
"Fuck!" Geoff exclaimed, pulling you from the crowd and out of earshot. "So where'er you gonna stay, kid?"
[So who are you going to stay with, my glorious little reader? When they are added you can choose the next step in this journey]
