A Taste of an Icy Heaven (Ein x Reader)

Chapter 22: Forgetting...

*Info*

Y/N - Your name

F/N - First name

L/N - Last name

F/C - Favorite color

H/C - Hair color

E/C - Eye color

F/B - Favorite breakfast

F/D - Favorite drink

F/Sh - Favorite Show

F/Ge - Favorite genre

F/Bo - Favorite book

Italics - Your thoughts

♫~Italics~♫ - Singing

... - Time skip

~~~~~ - Message/Letter

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~Y/N's Pov~

It's been a month after Valentines... and I'm beginning to panic about Ein's behavior. He's been acting... strange. He's been on the phone a lot more often then he normally is, and seems to be talking about future plans of meeting up with someone...

What's really strange is how he reacts to when I get anyway close to him. It can be either postive or negetive. Once, I hugged him and he pushed me away, his tail tucking between his legs as a response to some sort of threat, and another time he gladly accepted the hug like normal.

I sat in the living room quietly, holding my F/D, which was still fresh, in my hands. He was still silently watching the TV and totally avoiding eye contact with me. I shuffle a little farther away from him, slightly creeped out from the behavior.

"Huh?" He looks at me confused.

"It's nothing..." I look down and put my hands together.

"...Whatever you say." He gets up and wanders to the kitchen to make dinner.

"...Ein?"

"Yes Y/N?" He sets down a plate of rewarmed spaghetti and makes eye contact with me... His eyes... They're... Cold.

"Is... everything alright lately?"

"Of course! I was just securing plans during the summer while we are at Starlight! A boss of mine actually got us private rooms!"

"But... Aaron had rented us a entire house for the entire summer..."

"I understand... But this is for the two of us!" He smiles and brings his plate with him.

"I guess... But I kinda want to see my friends again..."

"The friends who left you? To die?"

I bite my lip as he sits down next to me, feeling nervous about his choice of words. I know my friends would never leave me to die... They care so much about me, even if its hard to reach me out here...

"Anyways, my boss wanted to know what kind of suite we would have wanted... Is anything on your mind?" He continues to stare at me, making me feel more uncomfortable. Do I tell him that this new him is making me extremely uncomfortable? Do I run off and go back home? I can't just sit here anymore and act like nothing has changed!

"No... Not really."

"Here, he has a list full of-"

"Ein... I need some space." I mumble.

"Huh?" He leans in closer to correct his hearing.

"I said I think we need some space." I mumble louder.

"Look Y/N, you really need to-"

"EIN! YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT! YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING SO STRANGE FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND I CAN'T PLAY THE 'IT'S OKAY' GAME ANYMORE!" I stand up and back up, beginning to hyperventilate in stress.

He stares at me confused and as coldly as before. He then stands up and begins to walk in my direction, pushing me against the wall in fear.

"Look, this is my house. You don't like it, you can go back home and I can sit here alone like I always will be." He growls.

I stare at his eyes, but something seems off. "Fine..."

"Fine what?"

"I'll get my things and leave you be. If that's what you desire."

"What things do you own here?"

"A few clothes..." I push away and wander back to our room, beginning to pack up my stuff.

"Your serious?!" He laughs.

"Yeah..." I bite my lip again, this time holding back tears. "I'm going to be by Aaron in his time of need because somebody doesn't want to talk with me normally."

"Ah, so that Lycan boy is who you are worried about."

I freeze and drop my things. Lycan boy? He never refers to Aaron in that manor ever... What is going on with him?

"Well, are you going?"

"Yes..." I throw my bag over my shoulder and grab my keys.

"Good, you know you're always welcome back here Y/N."

"Who knows if I'll be coming back." I push past him towards the doorway, but before I can swing it open, he grabs me.

"Y/N... I'm sorry."

"It's too late Ein... I've had enough."

"No Y/N..." He seems to be grabbing me tighter then normal, so I swing back to look at him. His eyes aren't the cold stare they were before... They were warm and a beautiful silver... "You can..." He grunts in some sort of pain. "fix this... You just have to believe in yourself..."

"Is this some sort of joke to get me to stay?"

"No! Y/N, I love you! I never could do this! It's-" He grabs so tightly I swear my wrist was gonna bruise on the spot. "Him."

He sets a photo in my bag and I stare confused. "Who?"

"Oh nothing." He smiles, his eyes coldly stare at me again. He lets go and I sigh, getting a final glimpse at him.

His eyes... They're... Green?

"Bye-bye! I called a taxi to his place for you Y/N!" He slams the door shut, leaving me in the early spring cool.

I make a long sigh and begin to make my way to the taxi pickup nearby.

...

I look around at the Lycan residence, remembering childhood at the snap of almost every object.

"Oh you must be Y/N! Please, come upstairs. You are the only person who gets to visit after all!" A smiling maid begins to trot upstairs happily, her obvious wolf tail trailing behind her.

I follow her up to the door and politely wave her goodbye as she retreats downstairs. I look at the door for a moment before I take a deep breath. I can do this... He isn't in any critical condition, he's in physical therapy the last time I heard...

I knock.

Silence. But that's normal.

I knock again in a different way, trying something he might recognize. A special knock he would do back in childhood when either of us would have wanted privacy from our parents.

Almost immediately the door swings open and he stares at me, tears forming in his now ultima eyes.

"Y/N... What are you doing here? I thought nobody could visit me."

"Aaron... Things have changed..."

"Huh?" He stares confused.

"Something isn't right with Ein... he seems to be...

forgetting a lot of things..."