My Knight in Dragon Scales

22. This is bad...

  "Which is odd." He looked over at me and smiled. "She only ever did this with my Ex." 

"She d-didn't l-like your Ex?" He shook his head and Kuro sat down looking at me like I was the enemy. I was but... I wouldn't tell her that.

"She doesn't like competition.  And to her, Virgil was a very big competition." I froze up, wide-eyed and in shock. Virgil? V-Virgil was his... No. It's got to be a different one right? It can't be my... Was that why he didn't want me fighting Ceit? Because Deceit was his Ex?! DID HE STILL HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM?! "Hey, hey... Whatever it is your thinking about your going to set yourself off dude." I looked up at him and he smiled. "That would only hurt your dragon. Trust me, anxiety attacks are very painful for the of us."

"W-Why... W-Why I-Is E-Everything s-so..."

"Scary?" I nodded and he started to think it over. "Honestly I got no idea. I think it has to do with them." He patted Kuro on the head and took a step back from her. "Fuego." He pointed up at the ceiling above him and Kuro looked scared. " It's ok.  Fuego " She shook herself out and shot a blast of fire at the ceiling causing large pieces of it to fall. Kuro started tail whipping them out of the way of Deceit, so he didn't get hurt. He just stood there a huge smile on his face. Even when this large piece started to fall, so big Kuro couldn't just knock it away he didn't bother to move.  

"Uh... D-Deceit?" He just smiled and suddenly Kuro was standing over him to shield him from it. His eyes narrowed and before I even knew what was happening the large bolder thing shattered mid-air before it could hit Kuro. Deceit just reached out, petting his dragon with a loving expression. "W-What the hell?!"

"Good girl, Kuro." He cooed before turning back to look at me. "I see you're in shock."

"What w-was the p-point in that?" He just laughed and Kuro nudged his foot, a look of concern still on her face.

"You asked why you're so scared. I was proving a point. Dragons are very possessive creatures. The very protective as well. When they don't know where a possession is, they get angry. They get scared. Imagine having something you care so much about you would risk death for just up and vanish on you. You can't protect them. You don't even know where they are. I believe we're channeling their fear. Just like they channel our pain." I looked down at my shaking hands and a wash of guilt came over me. Ero must be freaking the fuck out then if that's the case because I feeling like everything is trying to kill me. "I am a bit concerned though."

"W-w-why..." He looked me over and I started to get squeamish. "D-Dec...ceit?"

"If I'm right... I wonder if your dragon has anxiety issues." He started walking around me in circles and I could feel myself twitch a little under his gaze.

"A-Anxiety? I've n-never h-heard of a d-dragon with a-anxiety." He stopped and narrowed his eyes, crossing his arms at me. "What?"

"Dragons have personalities just like us. My Kuro is insecure..." Again the dragon growled and I jumped. "You are, and you're overly possessive. Anyway. You have to actually get to know your dragon as if they were an actual human being. That's the only way the bond will stay strong."

"O-Okay..." I still could grasp much of anything and with all these dragons around... and Kuro, I wasn't able to relax in the slightest. He looked at me and frowned. I was getting uncomfortable.

"I did say I would give you a more hands-on learning lesson. So let's go." He started for another door but stopped when Kuro started to follow. "No Kuro. Permanecer." Kuro seemed to groan and Deceit laughed. "You know you can't go out with them. You'll end up eating them all." I tensed up again and quickly ran up close to Deceit. I didn't feel like getting too far away from him with everything that could happen.

"W-Where a-are we g-going?" Deceit opened the door and gestured me to go through. I hesitated but still did. We ended up in some sort of arena. It was big and had a dome top enclosing everything. Wait... Where do the dragon actually get out from? Certainly, they have a place to come and go. They have to. How else are would they be able to just go and fly? 

I walked further into the arena and marveled at the style. It was like an old Roman gladiator arena. And being that my name is Roman... I loved it.  It was huge and pretty and... covered with... burns. I spotted this area that was blackened and charred. I walked over to it and could still feel the heat radiating off of it even though you could tell it was old. Why does it make me feel so... sad?

"We've tried to cover it up but have been unsuccessful. This is where our dragons are trained so... there are bound to be a few burns." Except this is the only one still visible. I subconsciously reach out towards it but Deceit grabbed my hand and I looked over to see a serious expression. "I wouldn't... Now we should get back. Unless you want to get burned."

"W-What..." Suddenly a gate burst open revealing several dragons pushing each other around and Deceit practically dragged me back to outside the ring. I watched as many spit fire at each other. I noticed one of the dragons had a torn wing and another had scars running down their body. I looked over at Deceit and he just shrugged.

"There are a lot of fights. We can't exactly stop them all." I looked back at the dragons and my heart seemed to break. They were trying to fly to the roof but being that it was domed they couldn't get out. The one with a torn wing just kept shoot fire up at what appeared to be the other dragons. But I could tell he was just trying to break the roof. These dragons wanted out. These dragons were hurt and scared. I glanced back at Deceit to see this evil smile on his face. I started to slowly inch away when my phone started ringing. Yes, an escape plan! I picked up my phone and my face fell at the caller id.

"H-Hello?"

"Roman? WHERE ARE YOU?!" I flinched and Deceit looked over raising an eyebrow. "It's been 2 weeks. Virgil is losing his mind. You never even told him you were leaving. You never told anyone where you were going..."

"D-Dad knew. He w-was the one t-that told me t-to. If you j-just ask him, I-I'm sure..."

"Roman..." I stopped as Logan's voice cracked. I nearly dropped the phone, stumbling back as the tears started to fall. "Dad's not doing so well. Virgil says it's only a matter of time now."

"D-Dad's..." The phone went silent and Deceits eye's went dark.

"I don't care where you are right now. I don't care what you have to do, just... Just be here. It can't just be me. Please Roman... I can't do this without you." Logan hung up and I just stood there frozen.

"Hey, are you..."

"I h-have to go." Deceit face fell to a frown and I took a step back. "My f-father he... I-I have t-to go." He ran a hand through his hair yelling out in frustration making me jump. I watched as he put that fake smile back on his face and nodded.

"I wish you an easy trip home... Roman." His smile turned twist and I booked it out of there. Kuro stepped in front of me and started to growl, her mouth filling up with fire. I threw my arms out just as she breathed out, but nothing. I looked up at her and saw the flames just frozen in the air. I didn't even hesitate. I got the fuck out. As soon as the gate closed I saw Deceit standing there with bright yellow eyes and a pissed off expression. "ROMAN!"

"FUCK YOU, YOU ASSHOLE!"