My Broken Heart (Laurence X Reader) Book 2: Broken Lives

Chapter 8

I woke up the fire was out and he was still there, asleep on the floor. I used an incantation to summon a temporary pillow and blanket, sure he wasn't the nicest person to me but I can't just leave him to die from the cold. I raised his head a bit and rested it on the pillow. I took the floating blanket and yanked it upon his sleeping body. I looked outside and and it seemed that the storm didn't let down, if anything it was worse. I walked back and looked at the man, he was so peaceful, unlike how he was when he was awake. 'There is something about him, it reminds me of someone... but I know he couldn't be him, after all... The man in front of me is cruel, deceiving, and narcissistic, the man I love is kind, loyal, and an angel, who was a Casanova... heh.' I felt a small heat come to my face as I remembered the man who I loved, I shook my head, 'he is gone... he left and didn't come back... I guess in the end it kind of was my fault... I did leave him even if it wasn't my own will I still left and didn't really say goodbye except for that one note I wrote...' I was snapped out of my thoughts as I saw the man move a bit. I looked around and saw a small old furnace that looked big enough for me to put a small pot to make something to eat. I turned on the furnace and used an old water pump to get water into the pot and put it in the furnace for it to boil. I dug into my pockets and found my wallet that I had on me when I went to my office the day I was kidnapped, I was surprised that no one realized I had it on me and didn't take it themselves. I looked around and sniffed the air.. 'that way...' I thought as I fallowed the smell till I found a small gas station and market. I walked inside I picked up a (f/c) and (2/f/c) jacket, a blue hoodie, and a green hoodie, some chicken, carrots, noodles, chicken broth, crackers, spices and some mushrooms. I was lucky to even get these as the market was mainly empty. I walked up to the cashier and bought the items. I then slipped on the jacket and ran back to the cave to my surprise, not, the man was still sleeping. Geez, he must have been knocked out cold. I put on an old  mitten that I found  and took out the boiling water and started going to work with making the soup. Once I was done I put the soup int some wooden bowls that was in a chest with some forks and spoons and other kitchen utensils, that up I washed with the water pump first. I walked over to the man and set the soup down on a counter not to far away from him and walked over to him and taped him on the shoulder and smirked as I said my next few words.
"Hey... Masky... Hey Masky... Hey masky..." I mentally laughed at how childish I was acting as I recalled some books I read. "Hey Masky... Hey mask-"
"What the hell do you want!!" He said and I fell back laughing. "Do you have something wrong with you?!"
"No," I said as I wiped the tear from laughing from my face, "I just made some soup,and thought you would like to eat it before it gets cold."
"No thanks.. How do I know that you didn't poison it or something."
"If I wanted you dead, I would have left you in the cold last night.. Your welcome by the way."
"Whatever."
"Look, it's going to be snowing all day! And we are going to be stuck together, unless you want to die in the cold! So you might as well stop acting like a jerk and eat the damn soup I made for you!" I  clenched my fists.
"Fine..." he gave in and I smiled.
"Thank you." I said as I got the soup from the counter and gave it to him and then I threw the bag with the green hoodie inside next to him.
"Did you really need to do that?"
"Do you really need to act like a jerk?"
"Touché.." He said as I looked at the blue hoodie on the counter for Ruji I picked it up and held it.. 'I hope your ok without me...' I thought.
"If you could run to the supermarket, why couldn't you have just ran to Ein's place?"
"Because.... I thought it would be selfish if I just left you here on your own to freeze to death or die of hunger."
"That was stupid." I gave him the 'really' look.
"You think I don't know that.." I sighed and put down the jacket. "I guess you just reminded me of something, or someone. I don't know how, as I tend not to hang out with assholes, but that doesn't matter." I said as I sat down on a small chair and ate some of my soup.
"Why green of all things?" I looked at him, he was right he did wear all black, the only other color was his skin and hair.
"UGH! Just be greatfull that I actually bought you something!" I said out of anger when I heard something.
"Thank you." I looked at him in shock.
"W-what?"
"Thank you, Alright! There you happy?" He seemed pissed off.
"Yes.. I am.." I smiled, a genuine smile, and he looked dumbfounded and scared. "Is something wrong? You seem as if you saw a ghost?"
"Your ears.."
"What about them?" I said as I touched my head and I realized my ears popped out, and now so did my tail.
"Your a werewolf... I thought you were just some weird human that can turn into wolves... I never saw you with your ears and tail and your son..He hides them too?"
"Yes we both do.. We have for the past 5 to 6 years. I was forced to leave my adoptive family and then brought to a new school which I found out didn't allow werewolves so I had to hide my ears and tail. Then I went to college where there too I had to hide my ears and tail, because my son also to school he too had to hide his ears and tail. I had to also encourage him to call me first before he had to go to a nurse, just in case." I looked down. "Well I better make a potion and do something, as you are going to probably tell Ein if I don't do anything, since you are his brother."
"He is not my family."
"Nor is Aphmau to me directly, does that matter no.. Besides you hate me, he hates me, you both have that in common hence it leads me to believe that you are going to tell him." I said as I hid my ears and tail. "Heck.. you even threatened to kill me and he beat and kicked me, but words hurt more than any physical pain.. I would know, words were the one thing that my love used a lot. One minute he would be convinced that I was some mythological creature, the next he would send me out of the house upset because I told him I was not, or I just avoided the subject... which wasn't right of my part either but.. I..." I started crying at that point. "I never saw him so mad... I didn't want him to be mad... I just wanted to keep him safe....he called me a mutt... All I ever wanted was to see him smiling and laughing, I wanted to hold him in my arms for just a moment... Even when we were dating we were both distant." I said as I wiped my tears. "Irean, I must look pathetic, crying about my past like this to someone who probably doesn't care, I'm sorry." I said as I walked to the potions and a tear landed in a potion of control that was marked with a red X. I didn't think much of it so I just continued making another potion.

I made 2 potions working on the third but feeling weaker with ever passing second. He walked up to me. He picked up the unused emerald and looked at it. Then I finished pouring the ingredients into the 3rd potion.
"Can I have that?" I said and he still just looked at the gem and fiddled with it. "Please..?" I asked as he took the potion from my hands. "What do you think your doing.." I said as he pressed the emerald against the glass bottle and I watched as the magic got absorbed from the emerald into the potion and he placed the potion on the table. He fell down a bit and I caught him and carefully payed him down on the floor. "What the hell was that for!  There is a reason why witches make potions and not mortals!" I said and he shrugged.
"Yeah, So.."
"Doing That could have put you into a coma! Or you could have died as it takes energy from your body!
"Why does my health matter so much to you?"
"Cause I'm a good person, and even though your a pain in the ass, I don't want you to die!" I said and he smirked. "If you need anything ask... After getting your energy drained you shouldn't do much exercise."
"Hmm, Anything? Can you come over here?" He asked and I rolled my eyes. "What was that for."
"I didn't say I would do it willingly.."
"Sit here," He gestured to a space next to him, "what's it like?"
"Hmm?"
"The world outside of this place."
"Well, technology has advanced a bit."
"I know that, but what does it look like. Did Phoenix drop change?"
"Yes actually... I just moved back a few days ago, it amazed me to be honest.. for starters the city has grown a bit. The schools have changed, the houses are more modern, hence it took more time for me to find a street with the older suburban houses. It's more open to different races then it was before. The parks look a lot nicer, I have still the forest behind my house, like I did when I was younger. People have also changed, I don't see that many kids walking around outside, even my own son doesn't that much anymore. Most kids nowadays stay inside playing video games, don't get me wrong I used to too but I also didn't spend hours on end on the thing." I looked at him and smiled. "I remember going outside with my friends going to sleepovers or just hangout and then I would go home and go onto this one game, mine crafters was it? I would go online and wait for my friend to go online and we would play sky fall, or bed wars. And every single game he would fall into the void and curse his sorry little ass off. *giggles*  In the end I had to give him my number to pass the time cause he would get temp ban, and what would be at first 30 minutes of talking turned to hours on end till my mother would walk in and tell me to get off my phone." I looked over to his face and examined the black glass that covered his eyes, I snapped myself out of my trance like state and got up. "Well, I shouldn't be talking your ear off, you need some rest." I said and he nodded he seamed a bit disappointed, it made me wonder who is the guy under the mask, or why does he wear it to begin with.

I walked to the end of the cave that lead to the outside the snow seemed to have let up a bit. It wasn't as bad as it was yesterday or this morning. I put my hand in my pocket and realized I had my phone in it, too bad it didn't have a signal. The battery was at 75% since I barely used the thing in the past few days. I looked at the time it was already 3:3o I then turned it off and put it back in my pocket. Once the snow cleared up I walked over to the masked man and sat down next to him.
"Hey... Wake up." I whispered into his ear and watched as he turned his body to face the other direction. "The snow has cleared up, we can go back now..." I said as he slowly sat himself up his hair was a bit of a mess and he brought himself to stand up. I then walked over to the counter and put the 4 potions in a box and put cotton around them so they wouldn't break. He put on the green jacket that I bought for him and we walked back to the house. As we walked inside I set the box on a counter and walked upstairs to the room. I saw Ruji was looking out the window when I saw him I ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"Mom...Can't..Breath.."
"Oh sorry!" I smiled as I kissed his forehead and ruffled his hair.
"You look tired is everything ok?"
"It's fine, I just got stuck in the cave when it snowed. I missed you."
"I missed you too mom!" He said and gave me a hug and the door opened.
"I got you this!" I smiled as I gave him the blue hoodie which he took and put on.
"Thanks!" He said as I smiled I looked over to the corner of the room to see the masked man staring at us. "Is there something wrong?"
"No, Ein wants to see you, He is in his room.." I nodded and as I walked the room, I walked inside and he looked at me.
"I wanted to say I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you a few days ago, nor should I have sent you out in the cold." I was in shock, 'was he saying I'm sorry?'
"It's.. fine.. I guess."
"And I wanted to say thank you for saving my brother."
"No problem, he didn't deserve to die." I said and he smiled as I walked back to the room with Ruji who was asleep.