The storm in my soul /// Few meets mystreet /// Slymau

Chapter Twelve: Huh.

Aphmau's P.O.V

I ran outside to the sound of a horn honking. "Vamanos!" Travis screamed at me and Kawaii~Chan before punching his fist into the horn once again. Katelyn didn't have to be told to hurry, she practically teleported into Travis's car the moment he arrived. Speaking of Katelyn, we hadn't said a word to each other since the little music incident. Oh, well. "Hurry slow pokes, we're gonna be late if you don't get your lazy butts moving!" My blue-haired friend yelled before pushing her fist into the horn whilst reaching over a startled Travis. We both jumped into the seats at the very back since it was a seven-seater. 

"Finally, let's go!" Katelyn yelled angrily. "Hold up, sweet cheeks, don't forget about us," Dante said seductively as he opened the door for Garroth who was carrying a snoring Laurance. My ship was sailing! Garroth gently placed his roommate down and reached over him to do his seat belt. "What are you? A snail?" Katelyn scoffed as he strolled around the front of the car to the other side. He opened the door and sat between Laurance and Dante. "Can we go now?" Katelyn tutted impatiently. The white-haired boy just nodded as he started the car.

Everyone was to engage in their conversations to notice my silence. I can't believe that I am going to see them again, see him again after these two long years. I honestly don't know how to feel. Nervous? Excited? Both? I really don't know. What if he recognises me? 

"Is Aphmau~Senpei okay?" Kawaii~Chan asked in her usual high pitched voice. I nodded, slowly. She arched her eyebrows sympathetically before nodding and turning away. I think we all know that she didn't by that. Oh, well. 

"So, Aph are you excited?" Garroth asked as he turned round to me. "Maybe? I don't know," I said unsure of what l was supposed to say. "What do you mean 'maybe'you're going to meet everyone's hero!" Laurance said lazily, seeing how he just woke up. "I don't know, I just feel kinda meh about him," I say, obviously a lie. How could I feel kinda meh about my husband? 

"What do you guys think happened to lady Thor?" Katelyn asked as she turned to us. I was glad to get off the topic we were talking about but now we have to talk about this. Great! "Well, I think she died," Laurance says with a yawn. "You don't seem to bother," I say with a hint of bitterness in my voice. "I wasn't too fond of her," he says as he turns to me. Is that so?

"And why is that?"

"She never seemed to do much even though she was very well capable of it," he ranted seeming more awake now. Huh.

"I think she went back to her home, to, you know, rule over her kingdom like she should!" Katelyn said in her usual angry tone. Huh.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just that she shouldn' be here, she has a kingdom to rule yet she was here worrying about us but not actually contributing," She huffed with crossed arms. Huh.

"I think she is just chilling at Sly Starks place and doing nothing ... like usual," Dante mumbled the last part. Huh.

"What makes you say that?"

"Just that I think she just grew too lazy and is relaxing with one of the superheroes," he said as he to looked at me. Huh.

"I think Lady Thor~Chan is on a super secret mission," Kawaii~Chan said with excitement covering her voice. Huh.

Garroth laughed, "Yeah, sure, a mission that takes over two years!" Huh.

"What do you think, then?" I asked as Garroth turned around.

"I think she got kidnapped by Loci," he said with great confidence. That is an interesting suggestion. Huh. He continued, "Because she had great power and was the heir to the throne." Huh.

"How about you Travis?" I asked as I looked into the mirror and saw his flicker up for a moment and met mine.

"I think that she is hiding in plain sight," he said as his eyes trailed to mine in the mirror whilst he waited at a red light. Huh.

"What makes you say that?" I ask, neither of our eyes wavering for a moment. Until the light switched to green and he continued driving.

"I mean she had a lot of enemies and being royal she would  also see her family as an enemy to an extent," he paused for a split second before continuing, "Also she must have felt a lot of pressure so living a normal life would have been the perfect thing for her." Huh.

Whilst he was giving his strangely accurate speech, his eyes kept trailing to mine before flicking back to the road. Huh, He most definitely knows.

"What do you think?" Travis asked before pausing, "Aphmau."  He knows and I don't know how to feel about that. The most I can do is let him know he is on the right track. I mean, they will find out sooner or later and I can't deny them the knowledge they already have. Huh.

"I agree with you," I say with a discrete smirk as I stair into his emerald eyes through the car mirror. 

A bitter, hostile yet knowing and unknowing silence hung in the air. Everyone could sense, anyone would have, but only Travis and I could feel it. Huh.

It remained that way until I broke the silence like glass before it could break me.

"How is everyone else getting here?" I asked, not losing the staring contest that was happening between me and Mr. know-it-all driving the car. 

"They are making their own way," Travis said bearly loud enough for me to here. I could tell that I was winning this cruel game. Huh.

This car ride sure has been...

Awful?
Interesting?
Unique?
Informative?

This car ride sure has been informative.

Huh?