The Unlikely Love of a Fairy and a Giant (Kiane)

~Chapter 4~

The fairies were very reluctant in letting King, Diane, and Jericho stay. Eventually, Ban talked them into letting them stay but they had to stay at the edge of the forest. Ban stayed with Elaine's body in/on the Holy Tree. The next day, King and Jericho were still asleep when Diane awoke. The only reason she awoke was because of a sinking feeling in her stomach and a tingly feeling going through her body. 'Not now! I don't even have my leotard with me!!!' The sin of envy began to panic, looking around in every direction but froze upon seeing Oslo resting under a nearby tree.

"Oslo!"

She whispered hurriedly, not wanting to awaken King or Jericho.  The black hound raised it's head and growled at her. This made Diane's purple eye twitch and she balled her hand into a fist, shaking it at him.

"Dammit, just help me out here please! The potion Merlin gave me is about to wear off. Please get me my leotard behind the Boar Hat...!"

All was silent for a moment before the black hound barked and disappeared through a portal. The giantess let out an internal sigh of relief before standing up and running to the deeper part of the forest. 'I forgot he only really listens to King..' She got out of there just in time as well because the moment she stopped, her body began to grow. The giantess squeaked and hugged herself, covered her chest as she meant down to stay out of sight. Her hair fell loosely and you could see her head poking out from the top of the trees but she seemed to be in the clear.

"D-D-DIANE!?"

The sin of envy blinked and looked downwards. Her face flushed a deep red as she stared into King's amber eyes.

"KING! DON'T LOOK!"

She yelled, embarrassed.  The fairy squeaked and quickly looked away as Oslo appeared again. He was in his larger form, carrying Diane's leotard in his mouth.

"Bwoof?"

The giantess quickly grabbed her clothing from the black hound's mouth, slipping it on and fixing her hair.

"Okay, you can look now."

King looked back, wiping away some blood from his nose. It was obvious that he had gotten a nosebleed.

"S-sorry about that, D-Diane."

"Don't worry about it! What're you doing up though?"

King looked down and sighed.

"I wanted to go find a fairy called Gerheade. She's the advisor to all Fairy King's."

Diane nodded, humming in acknowledgement. There was still a lot she didn't know about the forest so she decided it'd be best to let King do what he needed to do.

"Okay! I'm gonna explore a bit!"

The fairy nodded and waved a final time before flying off towards the Holy Tree. Diane also headed in that direction but turned left last minute and walked away. The forest was calming, even if all the animals and some fairies scattered because of her footsteps. Several fairies would give her looks or murmur under their breath but none approached her.

Diane, however, did hear several fairies talking about King's sudden return. But instead of using "King", they kept using "Harlequin". Finally, Diane's curiosity got the best of her and she bent down to the fairies.

"Hello!"

She chirped, making the three fairies jump.

"My names Diane. I couldn't help but overhear you talking about King."

The giantess mentally smacked herself for saying that as they gave her confused looks.

"Er, you guys call him 'Harlequin'...?"

One of the fairies scoffed and looked away.

"Oh. I'm Lilith. Traitor Harlequin, you mean. And we call him that because that's his name! Fairy King Harlequin...."

"Or he WAS Fairy King before he left us!"

Another one intervened with a glare towards Lilith that called him 'Fairy King'.

"Left you?"

Diane asked, a puzzled expression on her face.

"Ah....yes. Harlequin left the forest to supposedly 'save his best friend', Helbram....but he didn't return. In that time, humans would hunt us down and steal our wings. And then, Lady Elaine, was killed by a red demon and the forest was burned down. The one and only reason that the forest is alive again is because Fairy King Ban comes back to replenish the fountain of youth."

The second fairy explained explained.

"We shouldn't even really be talking to you. You're with the traitor! Olive, Krystal, c'mon."

Lilith hissed and flew off with Olive. Krystal stayed behind and bit her lip.

"I was one of the fairy's taken for wings....as our cart passed a small hill and through a human village, I saw a boy that looked like Traitor Harlequin. He was with a young giantess....she kind of looked like you."

With that, Krystal flew off. Diane was quiet as she turned and header back, absolutely stunned for the rest of the day. 'A young giantess and she looked just....
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Like me...?'