You Have No Idea How Much I Love You

Holy Knights

Diane's POV (Haven't seen her in a while)

When I heard about the captain, I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. King tried to comfort me, which I appreciated, but, it wasn't helping too much. Once I calmed down though, his soothing words made me feel better.

I've really fallen for him, haven't I?

I try to tell King that he can go with the others but;

"No Diane. I refuse to leave when you're still upset." He said. Then I tried to fake a smile, but he wasn't buying that either;

"You can't fake your way out of this Diane. Listen, I don't want to leave you alone here. I'm going to stay by your side until you feel better." He smiled at me. I gave in and let him stay to comfort me.

He's so sweet...

I love him so much....

Elizabeth's POV (Haven't seen her in while either)

Meli was sleeping peacefully while I was wide awake. I've been trying to fall asleep for the past 20 minutes but Meli's words kept replaying in my mind.

"It's okay Lizzie, I like this"

"Yeah I know exactly what that's like."

What did he mean? Who did he mean? Why did he say that?

My thoughts are suddenly interrupted by Meli's grip tightening on me. His face looked pained and he was sweating heavily.  He seemed to be having a nightmare. He began to mumble in his sleep.

"Eliz...abeth...ple..ase.....I'm....sorry..." He was dreaming about me? I began to shake him lightly, hoping he'll wake up, but to no avail.

"Meli. Meli!" I tried calling his name but that wasn't working either. I begin to wiggle out of his grasp but it only tightens. "Meliodas!" His eyes shot open and he was breathing heavily. "Meliodas? Are you alright? You had a nightmare." I said softly. He loosened his grip to look down at me and a single tear ran down his cheek. My eyes widened slightly.

I've never seen him cry before.

"Elizabeth, I'm so sorry for everything I did to you earlier." He apologized.

"It's okay, really. You've already apologized." I explained. "Besides, you don't even remember right? There's no need to be sorry." He shook his head and looked me directly in the eye.

"But I do Lizzie. I remember everything. That's what my dream was about."

Ban's POV (Here we are again)

I heard noises upstairs, assumingly, from Captain's room. I start heading to his room and slowly open the door. Elizabeth was hugging Captain and he was blushing a bit.

"...Is this a bad time?" I asked. Elizabeth released him and spun around.

"Umm...not really." Captain said, bluntly. Elizabeth quietly agreed.

"Okay uh, Elizabeth can I talk to you in private." She nodded her head and began to climb out of bed. Before she could, though, the captain whispered something in her ear, making her blush and nod.

Probably something seductive...or pervy...probably both.

I let her walk out and I followed closing the door.  I hesitantly told her everything and she was in tears.

"Meli might die? No..." She cared about Captain more than any of us. I couldn't even imagine what's going through her head.

Gowther's POV

I sat at the bar waiting for Ban to return, possibly with Elizabeth. King suddenly burst through the door yelling.

"Gowther! Come quick, some Holy Knights are coming towards the tavern." I nodded and walked upstairs to find Ban.

"Ban, I hope this is not a bad time, but, Holy Knights seem to be approaching us." I said. He and Elizabeth looked at me wide eyed in...'shock'. Ban told Elizabeth to go back in the room and inform the captain of the situation. He ran past me and down the stairs while I followed.

Outside, we find Diane and King fighting off Holy Knights and, after a moment, we join. They continuously demanded for Elizabeth and we repeatedly refused.

A little while into the fight everyone's eyes turned toward the tavern in 'disbelief'. The captain was standing in the doorway, sword in hand, with his hair covering his eyes.

"Captain! You're not fully healed, you have to go back inside, we can handle this!" Diane shouted. Unfortunately for her, the captain was not going to surrender to any pain he was experiencing.

"I'm not going back until they leave!" He yelled, pointing his broken sword forwards. She groaned, knowing he was going to stand by his word.

"Fine!" She started, "just don't hurt yourself too much!" He smirked and ran at full speed taking out several knights.

He fought effortlessly, or so it seemed. I could tell he was using every last bit of strength he had left into every attack. Everyone else soon came to this realization when he fell to the ground unconscious, right after the Holy Knights fled.

A/N: Tysm for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
I actually want to dedicate the early finish of this chapter to DeityElizabeth for making me more confident in my writing. I also reccomend reading her stories. They have an amazing start and I'm sure they'll have an even better finish.

Until the next chapter 💜✌