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Borrower!Ethan and Pred!Mark /Part 2

Art done by:
GalaxyCalotype
~super adorable!

[this may contain slight swearing.]
But you knew that!~
:3
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"No." Was the only answer I could think of. If I'm going to die than I won't die lying. Everyone deserves the truth. Even if that everyone are Giants who eat us alive for fun or hunger. And it was obvious that I'm clearly not alright. I never really thought about death. I think I interpreted it totally diffrent, or at least mum told me it's not as bad as you think. Well what does she know... now that I'm actually on the brink of death...

Im scared.
I'm anxious.
I'm terrified.

All I could do is being hold in a gentle grip of the predator who asked if I'm alright...
Wait.
Gentle grip?
If I'm alright?
Was this predator ... not a predator?
I looked up at the ginormous person who used to laugh and have fun with his other friends. I think he's like the leader of them? I mean, he always sounded so commanding and if they started talking to that invisible audience HE'd always begin with an introduction. He looked broken though.
"Why?"
He asked. And I needed some seconds to react to his question.
I grit my teeth and was determined enough to answer.
"W-W-What do you mean?"
He furrowed his brows slightly.
"I mean, why would you come here... crying in front of a giant monster that could easily swallow you whole?"
My heart dropped. So he was a Predator after all. Why isn't he killing me as we speak?! That's against his nature! But deep down I was glad he didn't. I had a tight grip on his skin in order to maintain my fear.
"I-I-I..."
I couldn't get the words out that I wanted to say. It always happens when I'm nervous or in this case scared. And I actually don't know the answer. Well I didn't know how to tell him.
"Hey."
His words are soft and made me feel all fuzzy inside. I looked up still tearing up a little.
"I won't hurt you in any way Smol borrower. I should probably introduce myself shouldn't I ?"
He chuckled in a soft manner and I was fascinated by his calmness.
"I-I'm Mark!"
He used his free hand to motion his pointer finger at himself. 
I was way calmer now. I felt somehow safe. Kinda. He seemed to be such a nice guy that I felt myself relax even more.
But what if.. this is all a sick trick? This stupid fucking thought didn't leave my mind. I shock it off and wanted to say something aswell.
"I'm E-Ethan..."
he seems to brighten up as soon as I told him my name. And when he wanted to say something I butt in and continued talking.
"My s-second name is also Mark.."
I looked at his surprised face as it formed to a soft chuckle. I magically chuckled alongside Mark. His laughter was a little addictive.
"That's a nice coincidence! I can't eat someone with the same name now could I?"
He chuckled again but I was silent the whole way through.
While his laughter died down he furrowed his brows in order to show confusion. Then realization hit him like a train. His expression change drastically to regret and guilt.
"I'm-I'm so sorry Ethan! I didn't.. I mean I wouldn't .. you know."
He looked away from my fragile figure.
"Of course I know... it's always like this..."
As soon as he heard me he looked at me once again confused. I looked down on my hands.
"T-The cicle never ends. It repeats itself over and over again. No one is able to change the unfairness that is within that fucking cicle. Borrow or you'll starve. Borrow and you'll get caught. Get caught and you'll get eaten or tortured. T-To summ it all up. If you are a Borrower you will surely die."
I wasn't finished.
"But not only do you have to fear humans, there are tons or other ginormous species who would willingly eat you a-alive..."
I shuddered at the thought, clenching my fists.
"Then when you heard all those warnings and stories you'll know that even existing as our species is useless... that you are on the bottom of the food chain. So you can't sleep at night.. so you can't eat anymore.. so you just don't want to live anymore. People say that if you have loved ones you can get through, and I believe that... but what if you don't have those loved ones. If you're all alo-"
I was cut off by the predator.
"P-Please stop.. no more."
His grip got tighter around my body and I seemed to accept if he wanted to liberate me from my misery but that never came. Instead he embraced me with a warm hug against his beating heart. I fell heat radiating from his body and I answered the comfort as best as I could, hugging back. I never felt this much comfort in my entire life. For a moment, time stood still as I grabbed onto his black shirt, digging my head into the fabric in search of more comfort.
"Never say that again.. please don't."
I stopped hugging and was thinking for a split seconds.
"N-No..."
I felt him shifting.
"No again?"
I wanted to answer his question quickly but I somehow couldn't get the words together. It took me some minutes to figure out my sentences.
"All those words will be forgotten. And the cicle will continue... I know this is the end of the line for me. Just kill me already."
I felt that he was speechless and after some minutes of no answer I looked up to see if he really heard me. He had a pitied smile on his face.
"You know. We all knew that we had borrowers in our house."
I silently gasped and that made him chuckle. I looked up at him with wide open eyes.
"B-But why didn't you...?"
I stumble over my words in hopes for an explanation.
"Well. We are helping the cause to protect borrowers from extinction. Not everyone seems to agree with this but I surely do and all my friends too. Some need to control their instincts but it's working alright."
I was absolutely speechless. If I'd need to talk right now I wouldn't get a single word out of my mouth.
Mark gladly continued.
"We actually saw you once. Remember that time you were all alone on the kitchen counter?"
I felt myself blushing out of embarrassment. And covered my face with my hand.
"Yeeeah... I was like 15 or something..."
He seems to look at me almost thinking:
"You were adorable!"
He said my thoughts outloud and I rolled my eyes. Tipical.
"But wait. How did you see me? There were absolutely no giants around. I could swear!"
He chuckled but soon answered.
"Well Ethan we had those recording cameras still on. We were filming our house and we pretty much got everything you did back then.
Tyler and the others actually wanted to find you and get a snack but as soon as we watched that footage we changed our minds completely."
I climbed out of his palm and onto the bed sheet for some reason. He let me do anything which was really respectful. I turned around and looked at him once again.
"Why did you change your minds?"
"Haha! You know how clumsy you are?"
"Were! I'm not clumsy anymore! I never really was..." I corrected him whispering the last part.
"Well after tripping over your own feet for like 8 times you couldn't even get into the cabin where the sweets were. You looked so young and innocent and just overall to cute to kill. A little borrower who didn't know how to borrow."
Mark layed down on his stomach and put his head on his arms to get on eye level with me. He had such soft features and just a really benevolent smile that I couldn't hold in a smile myself.
"I'm not cute though!" I booped his giant nose to make him go crosseyed.
"Hey you little blue droplet!"
I chuckled but it died down when Mark inhaled a lot of air and blew it all towards me, making a "strong" wind.
I was standing for the first second but toppled over when he made even a stronger one. I hit the fluffy surfaces of the bed and was genuinely surprised of Marks strength. When I looked at him once again he looked like he fell asleep.
"Mark?" After the predator didn't answer it got really scary all of the sudden. I watched around the room.
Complete darkness. I could only make out some silhouettes in the dark. I started shivering and felt my hands get colder. I looked over at Mark again. Still "asleep".
"Mark..Mark wake up." I can't believe I'm already depending on him. We only met maybe an hour ago, but I felt myself drawn towards the predator for some reason. I walked up to his giant face and climbed over his arm so that I'm in between his neck, shoulder and arm. I got closer to his neck where I could feel the warmth radiating from it. I pressed myself against it for immediate comfort.
All that scariness was lost as I snuggled into the heat of the predator. Only what I didn't notice was Mark being awake the whole time, carefully watching over me.
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So that's it for part 2!
I don't really know what to do for part 3 or if it even need a part 3. Let me know. :3
Some suggestions would be nice too!

This story has like 1636 words in it.
I went a little overboard but I love Ethan and Mark! Adorable~

Stay safe friends!
Lia~