How could I live without you!?! rayla x callum

Despair (the return of a dead fic)

im so sorry for abandoning this fic, I thought that since s3 was releasing, a bunch of fics would fill the hole I made, I hope you all can forgive me for leaving y'all hanging. Anyways, I'm b a c k with that badly written fluff and angst! This chapter won't be long because I have a lot of art to work on, but at least it's something.

Pamela's POV

Tinks trying to treat my arm, i don't know how he's gonna fix it.

"Jeez, how long has your arm been like this?" Tink asks

"Uh tink- unfortunately...Probably about... 7 hours..."

"7 HOURS?!"he yells

"I-is that bad?"

"Oh shit..." Tink whispers

I feel an excruciating pain as tink touches a spot on my arm.

"AAAAAAAH STOP-"

"SSHHHH! someone is gonna hear us! And by the way, no need to call me tinker, that's just the stupid nickname Rayla gave me, please, call me Ethari" He says as he rolls his eyes

"The reason your feeling so much pain is because your arm is badly infected. No medicine is gonna treat it."

"So what do we do" I ask

"We might have to... Amputate it"

"N-no, no this can't be happening" I say

I don't handle stress well, considering I ran away from home just because I had a different opinion on something than my parents did...

"How am I supposed to fight?! How do I even tell mom- I mean Rayla and Callum?!"

"Did you just... Did you almost call rayla mom?" Tink asks

"N-no...?"

"................"

"................"

"I mean, I'm not mad i just guess I'm just, shocked?"

More silence...

"Uuuhhh Soo I'm gonna go tell them now."

He gives me an awkward wave goodbye, I do the same

"I can't believe I just did that" I say to myself

Rayla's POV

I can't sleep, not without zym... It's already been 7 hours and we still don't know where he is.

What if he's been eaten!?

What if he's been sold?!

What if he's-

"Rayla, what's wrong" Callum whispers

"I can't go to sleep without zym"

" *Sigh* well there's not much we can do until Pamela's arm gets fixed"

"Speaking of which" someone says from the bushes, it's Pamela

"What did tinker say?" I ask

"He said that... We might have to..." She starts bursting into tears before she even finishes her sentence.

"Woah, woah heyyyy it's okay what's wrong?" Callum asks

"H-he said we might have to A- amputate it"

A full minute of silence happens as Callum covers his mouth in shock.

"Y-you can't be serious..." I say

"How am I supposed to practice hunting with you and teach you new tricks, how am I supposed to-" I say as I start to hyperventilate

"It'll be fine Rayla, right now we have to focus on Zym-" Pamela tried to reason with me

"NO, IT ISNT FINE. HOW COULD I LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. THIS IS ALL M Y FAULT." I say as I run off

"MOM- I MEAN, RAYLA WAIT-" Pamela shouts

Wait, did she just- it doesn't matter. I put her in danger. I deserve to be punished

Callums POV

Here we go again, Rayla's running off again. I know she needs space but-

Whatever, right now I have to worry about Pamela's arm right now.

"How badly does it hurt? Is it possible to save it?" I ask her

"Well it for sure hurts, and Ethari said that there isnt any medicine he has to heal it.

"Who- oh wait you mean tink"

"Yeah- but that's besides the point, do you know if there's any kind of like, healing magic?" She asks

"I'm not sure, I mean- I could ask Rayla if you want. She may not want to talk to anyone right now but she might know..."

She nods and I head out to look for rayla, where could she have gone...

Rayla's pov

How could I be so stupid. All I ever do is mess stuff up. I got callum nearly killed, got zym kidnapped, and now Pamela's arm needs to be amputated. Runaan was right... Everything's my fault.

I hear a rustle in the bushes, I wipe away my tears and grab my blades

"Rayla? Are you okay?"

Thank god- it's just callum

"Yeh, I'm fine, you don't need to worry"

"No, your not- I know how you are" he protests

I give him a hurt look, damnit, the tactic didn't work-

"Looks like you need aaaaa- HUMAN HUG" he says with glee

"Fine, but just o n e, no exceptions" 

He practically tackles me and we both slam onto the ground, he cushions the fall though.

"Thanks for the landing ;)" I say

"Oh no- that's not it" he says and he tickles me aggressively 

"This again? Do you REALLY wanna start a tickle war with the undefeated champion?" I say smugly

"Perhaps..."

I tickle him till he practically couldn't breathe anymore

"OK oK fine you wiN-" he surrenders

"I rise VICTORIOUS"

We both giggle for a bit, and he changes the subject-

"Rayla... I know- that you're hurting and blaming yourself for all that's happened... And, you shouldn't be..." He starts

"Callum..."

"And I know how you feel about Pamela's arm, and zym... But you have to be one of the people who's been keeping this group together... All I've done is distract you."

"No, callum don't say that about yourself..."

I can tell it's a hard thing for him to do, admitting things... He's starting to tear up...

"And... I-I would understand if you didn't want me to come with you while you look for zym..."

"CALLUM! Of course I'd want you to come with me, are you crazy!?" I shout

I hug him tightly, I never wanted him to feel this way... 

"We are gonna look for zym... Together." I say

"Together"