Stuck in Runes

Chapter 49

Freed POV

"Wake up." I say roughly dunking his head in the bath that I filled with ice water.
Even after a dozen rounds he still comes up drowsy and slurring. I groan and walk to my kitchen pulling out a coffee cup and a tea cup. I put myself some tea and him some black coffee.

Well... it is black but only because black is the most bitter. I also bring a potion that i always keep a few of around. What it basically dose is sober you up, skip the tipsy, straight to hang over. It tastes like crap, and Laxus hates when I use it, but he is already gonna be pissy so whatever.

I walk over to him, as he sits on my bathroom floor dripping water. I set my tea down and hit a point in his jaw causing him to open his mouth and I dump the potion down his throat pinching his nose so he swallows. I step out of the room leaving the coffee on the bathroom counter and walk over to my couch taking a seat.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED MAN!?" I hear Laxus yell.

"I needed you sober, new clothes are folded on the counter along with a towel and coffee, hurry up." I say taking a sip of my drink.

"Why? Would you do that?!" He grumbles rubbing his eyes walking from the bathroom. He was in a pair of workout shorts and a tank top. I end up with him drunk at my house quite a bit, so I keep a few articles of clothing here for him. 

"I almost kissed her. More than once. And kissed her twice on the hand... and told her to keep my jacket..." I say focusing intensely on a speck on the brick on my wall.

"Well damn,  Mira gets to take my next movie pick for movie night..." he says using the towel to dry off his hair sitting on a chair and leaving the towel on his head.

"What do I do? I can't kiss her!" I say my eyes never moving from the grain of whatever in the brick, though I'm sure my expression changing.

"Why can't you kiss her? You like her? And you kissed her hand. Did she slap you or somethin' ?" He asks downing the coffee.

"No... she didn't slap me... she also excepted my gift... and the train..." I feel my face get hot.

"But I cant! That's unprofessional! And I can't just! It's not ok to just.... you know in social setting you can not...." I trail off, not really sure what to say. My eyes shifting down into the transparent brown liquid in my cup.

"I don't know what that was. But you have no reason not to. Unprofessional isn't really a thing you can say, guild members date all the time. Deal with it. And if she didn't slap you that means she at least didn't hate you. So go for it." He says walking over to the kitchen pouring himself more coffee.

"It is not that easy!" I mumble in frustration, setting my cup on the table.

"Well now you know how I felt when you gave me this same shitty Pep talk about asking Mira out. And look it worked for me. So just do it." He says flopping into the chair, letting his feet bounce up and rest on my coffee table.

"Damn my own logic..." I growl into my hand.

"Helllll yeahh!" He says taking a long Slurp of his coffee.

"So... I have to just tell her how I feel..." I say to myself, resting my elbows on my knees and clasping my hands together.

"Yep." Laxus says bluntly, taking yet another obnoxious slurp.

"Ok..." I nod.

No way in all living hell is that gonna happen. Ignoring more here we come. I don't feel brave enough to do that... I could never... at least not her... another girl. I could fake it. But not her. Iv never felt like this about someone, and I can't think of doing stomping that could make her dislike me...

I get up and walk to my room.

"Goodnight." I say closing the door after Laxus nods at me from the fridge. I take off my clothes putting on a pair of soft pants I tend to sleep in. I lean back onto my bed. All I can think about is her having a bad dream... I hope were ever she is someone will be there to wake her up if need be...

I close my eyes, all I can think of is her rapped up in my coat, her kind eyes, he lovely skin, her stunning lips... NO! No! no!!!! Freed you can't get into the loop again. You can't kiss a person you hardly know...
hardly know?
But you spent a full weekend with basically just her, you two aren't least a little close...
NO! Stop thinking like that!
You can't ruin this friendship that's not ok. You can't...

I stand up walking over to my desk lighting my candle. I look out the large window seeing the full moon. By now many of the lights in houses and shops had been turned off, making the moon and stars incredibly clear. I sigh sitting down and looking at the box in front of me. Flipping open the lid I see what I had out in here not too long ago.

I lift the anklet into my hands looking at the gems, running my thumb over the chain. I know I have to give this back to her... but I... I don't know why... I just want something that makes me feel close to her... I sigh setting the small piece of jewelry back into the box. I'll give it back to her tomorrow. I shut the lid pushing the box back on my desk pulling out some parchment and ink.

I let the quill scrawl naturally over the page as it had so many times before.

Father, 

I look down at the paper and write about the mission, my inner quarrels, things that had happened sense I last wrote. But mostly about her.

I wish you could see her. I feel that you would love her as much as I do.

I wright not really thinking. Only re reading what I just wrote I realize what I had so casually said.

Love...

I love her?

I do...

I love her...

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