For Honor: an unlikely attraction

Ch. 11

William's POV

I look in awe at my best friend, shocked that he was here.

"Dante! H-How are you here? How did you find me?" I asked him, amazed he was able to find me. Valkenheim is a large, large place.

"When you didn't come back on schedule, I asked Holden the direction you and your squad went and followed the road. I saw the ambush. The bodies weren't even moved but I didn't see your corpse so I continued down the road and came here." he explained.

"Well look at you. Coming into enemy territory for little old me. What would I do without you?" I jested at him.

He smiled. "Well you'll probably be dead without me and I didn't want my best friend to miss out on my wedding, that's in a few more days, mind you" he said.

"That's right!" I yelled. I then proceeded to bro hug Dante with all my might. God it felt good to be around something or someone familiar.

A loud female AHEM jogged us back to reality with Ingrid being the origin.

"If it wasn't for ME, your friend would be crow food right about now" She said with her arms crossed.

"Who is she" asked Dante as he eyed Ingrid suspiciously. He must of figured out she's a shaman and was being cautious.

"Dante, met Ingrid. She found me at the ambush spot and she saved me from death. Even nursed back to health." I quickly said.

"Really? Well in that case, I thank you dearly for saving him" Dante said before coming to her in a friendly embrace but Ingrid stopped him.

"Don't. I don't do hugs" she said with a raised hand in front of her.

"But you would do other stuff" I muttered with a smirk.

Ingrid apparently heard my comment because she then turned to me and looked up at me, her face flushed and red with wide eyes.

"Wait. Did you two...?" Dante asked.

I turn my head at him and nodded only once. He got the message from it and mouthed a silent 'wow' and turned around to look around the long house. 

Me sleeping around wasn't a surprise to Dante. I've been at it for as long as I was taught about sex which was when I... 16? Yeah, 16. But I think the fact that that I had sex with a Viking caught him off guard. Back in Ashfeld, you were told from a young age that Vikings and Samurai were bad and if you were to give yourself willingly to anyone of them, we would say you are betraying your heritage, bringing dishonor to your family, etc.

Stigandr waltzed over to us suddenly and put an arm around my shoulder. "So.... is everything alright here?" he inquired.

Dante then spun around at the new voice. When he saw Stigandr with his arm on me, he reached for his sword. I stopped him before he did something incredibly stupid.

"It's alright Dante, he's cool. Me and him were eating and having drinks before you came here actually." I said with a smile plastered on my face.

He let go of his sword hilt and looked at me before speaking again. "So let me get somethings straight: you were saved by a shaman, had sex with her, and now you're friends with the leader of the Warborn. You, my friend, are an impressive individual" he stated.

I smiled at his comment. "I know right. Want to join us?" I asked him.

"...Is the liquor good?" he asked in a serious manner.

"The best in Valenheim my boy!" Stigandr exclaimed before engaging in a hardy laugh.

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Dante excitedly said. Stigandr then put his other arm around his shoulder and we proceeded to the table, laughing. 

I stop laughing as I remember Ingrid. I turn around to her and yelled out to her. "Want to join us?!"

She looks up to me when I yelled and starts to walk to us.

"Considering this might be our last night together, I might as well. I'm hungry anyways" She said with a small smile on her lips.

I smile at the fact that she'll be joining us but my heart clenches slightly at the other fact that this could be our last together. I shake it off and start to enjoy myself.