Star-Crossed Myth: The Divine Fate (Book One)

Dui, The Split Personality: Story 8

One day, Dui invites me to go into the city with him on my next day.

It's a sunny day with a cloudless blue sky. And the city is bustling with traffic and crowded with civilians walking the streets.

"Sorry about making you hang out with me on your day off work." Dui sincerely says.

I stretch my arms above my head. "Hm? Pfft, don't worry about it, Dui."

I'm actually use to hanging around Dui whenever I have the time off... It would be weird not to...

I passing lovey-dovey couple walks by, as the girl clings to her boyfriend's arm, snuggling up to him, and it makes me question if what me and Dui are doing right now is considered a date.

Even though I know how Dui feels, he doesn't know how I feel. But I can't bring myself to tell him, for a countless of reasons. But my main reasons are there's still Dui's sin to absolve and... Shadow Dui to worry about.

I just have to stay focused I can't let my guard down.

"What's up?" Dui asks, noticing my quietness.

"Huh?" I snap out of my thoughts. "N-nothing!" I nervously chuckle.

"Look!" Dui points into a direction ahead of us. "People are gathering over there! I wonder what's going on."

I raise an eyebrow as I follow his line of sight to spot a kiosk juice bar, then I look back at Dui.

All of the things Dui's interested in are completely normal, everyday things I would barely pay a second glance too.

Well...he is a god after all...

Then it hits me like a bus, as the gears in my head start turning at the thought of Gods and humans having different ideas about what the word, "love", means...

That thought only makes me even more sure I shouldn't say how I feel about Dui.

"Damn it..." I rub my temples. "I haven't felt this way about anyone before...what do I do? Not to mention he's a freakin' god!"

My head is jumbled with different possibilities and concepts, that it's ready to explode.

"Hm? Are you okay?" Dui asks noticing my stressed expression.

I flinch. "O-oh, yeah...I'm okay."

He smiles at me and takes my hand in his, and all I can do is stare at our locked hands.

Dui chuckles. "Let's hurry and go!"

"U-uh...okay." I nod as Dui pulls me along, his hand holding to mine tightly, not daring to let go.

I try to shake off my worries for now, as thinking about it will only stress me out more. Besides...

I glance at Dui's face, and see he's having a lot of fun.

"Hey, Dui why come to the city? Is there somewhere else you would want to go?"

Dui shakes his head. "Nope. There are so many interesting things in the city." Then something catches Dui's attention. "Oh! A train!"

I sigh.

"Wow, humans built such a convenient world, even without the powers of gods."

I place my free hand over my mouth to muffle my laughter.

I guess when he means powers he means when he does his snappy snap thing.

"Do you want to take a ride on the train?" I ask him.