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Chpt 3 - Butterful (Adam's POV)

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

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I actually have no idea why I wrote this chapter.

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It's been a few months now since I... passed. But I don't care. I love my life now; I don't see how it could be any better. Living as a king, adored by your people, able to walk down streets without fear. I'm able to do anything I want.

I get regular visits from Azalea, which is the thing I look forward to most. We did everything together, and there was nothing to stop us. Not even Mitch. Despite everything.

Yesterday I took her down to the lake near my palace; we ate and talked until the sun went down. However, something happened yesterday which I hadn't seen for quite a few months, not since I became king in fact.

The water... was oddly squid-infested. I mean, since I was crowned I still see squids, but not this many. There must've been 20, 30? They weren't bothering us but I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched. I was afraid to do anything or say anything to Azalea that might give away information to the squids.

"Do you ever think about when we first met, Aza?" I ask, sparking off a conversation.

Azalea looks at me, then turns and stares at the water, "Sometimes."

I smile, "I think about it whenever I'm with you."

She looks up at me, "Really?"

"Yeah." I reply, "You might not know this but, when I started talking with you I was petrified. Scared that... I might be doing something wrong. And then later that day... I had no idea what came over me."

She laughs a little, "You know, I felt exactly the same."

"I can't believe what I did next though. I should've just gone home with the Team but..."

She cuts me off, "We were so young, stupid. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I'd never really had a relationship before but for some reason..."

"It felt so right." I finish for her.

She stares into my eyes for awhile before saying anything, "Well... I'm not sure about that. But I guess so."

"And then that stuff happened with you-know-who and then..." I struggle to finish, not quite sure how to put it.

"I moved back. I had to." Azalea admits, "But I regret splitting up, I know that distance shouldn't be an issue when you're truly in love but..."

"I should've made more of an effort to keep-in-touch." I confess, "I shouldn't have left you."

"It doesn't matter though. I'm happy now." Azalea says quickly.

"But... I mean... how... how did Mitch step into your life?" I ask.

"I'm not sure. We met on omegle one time. I didn't really think anything of it but he... I don't think he ever stopped thinking about me after that. After I... died... we just kind of clicked, you know?" Azalea explains.

"But you're happy with him, right?" I question.

"Well yes..." she answers, "Otherwise I wouldn't have said-" she hesitates and sighs, "You get the gist."

"Yeah." I reply, "What do you get up to now?"

Azalea doesn't answer my question, "I still feel terrible about this. I don't think I can keep this secret from everyone I know, especially Mitch."

"Why do you have to worry so much?" I respond, "No one is ever gonna find out, how would they? You've kept it up for this long, I don't see why you can't keep it a secret forever."

Azalea shakes her head, "They'll know one day, I know it." She looks at the setting sun just beginning to touch the horizon.

"Well, Aza, until that day I want you to know something." I say.

She turns to me, "What?"

"You remember that day when I went to your place when you and Mitch just got back to Britain for the first time?" I ask.

"Umm... when Mitch was asleep on the sofa and you decided to invite yourself in?" She questions.

I nod, "Yeah! You said that in another world you would consider getting back with me."

Azalea nods slowly, "Yes..."

"Well I want you to know this. Ever since I met you at Minecon I have been dreaming of the day I would finally get to do this. Aza, you are truly an amazing girl and no amount of butter could replace you."

She giggles.

"Being king is great, I can do almost anything I want. But after all this I still feel that something is missing," I carry on, "A king needs someone at his side, someone who cares for him and is willing to lay down their life for me." I edge a little closer to Azalea, "And I am willing in return."

She looks up at me with a curious expression.

"Aza, it's pretty lonely in my castle most of the time. And ruling a whole kingdom by myself is pretty hard. That's why, Aza, I have a question for you." I reach into my inventory.

She takes a step back as she sees the object that appears in my hand, completely speechless.

"Azalea, will you be my queen?" I finally ask.

I hand her the thing in my hand and she looks at it in awe, "Sky, I..." she hesitates, "I don't know what to say."

I smile, "What does your heart say?"

She looks up at me, "Yes!" She runs towards me, "Yes! Yes!"

"Really?" I reply, slightly surprised.

"Of course!" She replies, "Sky, if I wasn't sitting behind a computer right now I would hug you!"

I laugh, "Hug your monitor."

"Okay, okay! I'm hugging my monitor! You happy?"

"Yep! Put it on, I wanna see how you look." I say, referring to the object I gave her.

"Oh man, okay..." she places it on her head, a sparkly buttery tiara.

I grin, "Butterful."

She giggles but then starts panicking and quickly takes her new crown off, “I’ve got to go.”

“So soon?” I ask.

“Yes, I’m really sorry. Same time tomorrow?” she questions.

“Yes, of course.” I reply, “I’ll be waiting by the lake again.”

“Cool. Bye!” Azalea’s avatar disappears as she leaves Minecraftia.

I sigh and sit down, a crestfallen feeling washing over me. For the first time in months I found myself thinking about the real world, the only world I’d known for the most part of my life. It seemed weird not being there, not being able to talk to your lifelong friends. I hadn’t thought about them for ages, I guess I’d never taken the time to sit down in silence and just think about things before now.

“Is poor Sky missing his friends?” I hear a sinister voice ask.

“Huh?” I look around the area surrounding me, but to no avail.

“Maybe Sky should have stayed in the real world. Maybe he’d be able to finally have his dream girl.” The voice taunts.

“Where are you?” I ask sternly, “Show yourself!” I stand up and draw my sword.

“Our poor little Sky is running scared.” The voice jeers, “What’s a sword gonna do?”

I finally track down the source of the voice. It was in the water. I take a couple of steps back as I see that the 20 or 30 squids had now all gathered at the water’s edge, eyeing me down menacingly.

“What are you doing?” I ask, slightly overwhelmed.

“Foolish Sky has given away his only weakness. Now it is time to ruin your little plans for Azalea.” One of the squids says bitterly.