Dinosaur King - Remake! Out of Time and Space

Chapter 12 Goodbye Despair

Warning, this chapter contains obsession and ReMary/LovePotionshipping (you have been warned).

————

Some people move on but not everyone...

Somethings you can't forget.

Sometimes you can't just forgive.

You can't forgive yourself.

You can't...

All these thoughts ran through Max's head ever since the incident. He regretted his mistake more than he let to know. Two of his best friends hate him now or at least that's what he thought. He felt alone.

They left him after everything they've been through together.

Max couldn't sleep because of his doubts about the friendship the D-team has built throughout the years. He was sitting at a computer, chatting with a close friend.

"Can't sleep?" she asked.

"Yeah... I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about them," he replied.

"Have you tried talking to them as I recommended?"

"No..."

"Then do it!"

"What if they don't want to see me anymore? I can screw up more..."

"Max, don't give up! You never know until you try. Look at me; I'd probably still be locked in my room if I feared to stand up for my freedom like you now."

Max sighed, staring at the chat. He moved the window with the chat aside, looking at the computer's background. It was a photo of him, Rex, and Zoe with Chomp, Ace, and Paris.

Chomp woke up and bit Max's leg, roaring at him. The brunette looked down at his partner, picking him up.

"Could we just turn back time?" he murmured. Chomp bit Max's nose, making him laugh. "...I miss them all too...Meena's right. We gotta try..." He hugged his Triceratops and then replied to the message.

"Thank you."

————

Max wasn't the only one regretting his actions. Dr. Taylor was awake early in the morning, sitting on the bed and thinking about what he heard from Lucy.

"You...you could have done something...stop her sooner...I almost lost her......"

If he was faster this wouldn't have happened. He sighed.

"Is something wrong, Spike?" He snapped out of his thoughts and looked behind himself, finding his wife awake.

"I woke you up?" he asked her apologetically.

"No..." She shook her head firmly. "What's wrong?"

He turned away and replied. "N-nothing...Nothing at all."

She wrapped her arms around him. "Don't lie to me."

"Aki..."

She gently ran her hand over his, entwining their fingers, the scar from his injury was still visible. "It's from a dinosaur, right?"

Her question got him by surprise. "H-how do you know?"

"I'm not as dumb as I seem," she answered.

"I've never said you are."

"Yeah, but you fell for me thinking Chomp and the others are dogs," Aki chuckled.

"You're a good liar."