𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 ‧ ban

₪ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝... ₪

I wandered the halls of Baste, my footsteps echoing off the mouldy, cream-coloured bricks. Water dripped from the ceiling, the only other noise being the groans of my incapacitated victims behind me.

Given that I hated mouldy dungeons, to cheer up myself I started humming the Wii theme tune. 

Mid hum, a Holy Knight came out of a cell and tried to stab my back, only to be blocked by my katana. His wavy green hair, which complemented his dark skin and yellow eyes quite nicely, reached out and wrapped around my wrists.

*Wii music intensifies*

"An actual challenge. How fun," I said, swinging my weapon with difficultly at the hair, cutting off half of it, the other half still around my wrists.

"You will fall at my hands... Sin..." He threatened, which made him not see me charging at his legs, my hands still tied with his hair.

One swift cut and he went down, not to a point of death, but he wouldn't be able to walk anytime soon.

Hmm hmm hmmmm hm hmmmmmm hm hm hm hm hmmm hmmmmmmmmm hm hmmmmmmmm.

I started walking down the hall when as a last attempt, the Holy Knight's hair reached out and wrapped around my legs flipping me up into the air. I hit the wall with a thud and started sliding down, the bricks scratching my back.

This is why you wear armour, (Y/N).

I hit the floor with a thud, my head bleeding and my back completely scratched, a bit of crimson liquid trickling down it.

"Stupid Holy Knights with their stupid flying hair," I muttered, looking down at the passed out green-haired man.

I hmphed, flinching as I got up, and continued on my trek to find handsome- I mean Ban.

Hmm hmm hmm hmm hm hm hm hm hmm hmm hmm hm hmmmmmmmmmm

I hate that my heart sparked at the sight of Ban, even after he hurt me.

I have trust issues, and I have a good explanation as to why. So naturally, when my boyfriend does something stupid, I try to distance myself so I can stop myself from getting hurt. That doesn't mean I'll stop loving him, though. That would take a long and painful amount of time.

What did he do, exactly?

F L A S H B A C K

Grand Master Zaratras had been killed, and we were far more than doomed. We were royally fucked.

"The Guards and Holy Knights have surrounded us," Meliodas warned, "We need to split up!" The blonde looked at me and made an agreement. We were in this together, no matter what.

I looked over to Ban, interlocking my hand with his as he pulled me in. We had no idea when we would see each other again, so we had to make it count. We kissed passionately, lips locking. The world stopped around us, just us two.

When he let go he whispered, "I love you...

Elaine,"

I widened my eyes and my world crumbled and I ran away. Melio was behind me, scrambling through secret passageways trying to avoid guards.

The whole time waterfalls fell out of my eyes.

He said the wrong name...

E N D O F F L A S H B A C K

"ShrimpYYYyYYYYY!" god, he used the nickname he always called me.

I stopped dead in my tracks. I had no idea how I was going to approach this. The fact that he was calling me by the nickname he had chosen for me showed that he thought we were back to normal, so why couldn't I do the same?

I knew why. I was the sin of loneliness. Forever alone ;(

I smiled weakly, "Oh ma gawd it's Godzilla," I shot back, stepping out of the darkness. I had to fool myself into thinking everything was fine, so eventually, it could be. Fake it until you make it...

I looked him over, analyzing every bit of him. His spiky, icy blue hair looked the same as ever, his striking crimson eyes too. His cocky smirk was just as I remembered it. Everything was just as I remembered it. Were we?

Even in Ban's eyes, there was nothing new, nothing that wasn't there ten years ago. Deep in the red sea of emotions, deep in his eyes, there was no regret. Did he even know that he said the wrong name?

As I got lost in thought, I found Ban running towards me, his arms wrapping around my waist as he pulled me into a tight hug. I stiffened but tried to hug back.

He pulled out of the hug, not seeming to notice the tension in my body language (not that tension), and he leaned in to kiss me.

Out of instinct, I moved my head to the side, and his lips connected with my cheek. His eyes looked startled for a millisecond before he returned to his stoic and nonchalant face.

"Uhhhhhhh." He said. We both quickly let go of each other, a good metre and a half between us.

I cleared my throat, "Anyway, so, uh- how are you?"

"I'm... Good. You?" Ban asked, his slouched position a little more slouched than usual showing that he was hurt.

"Uh, good... I'm doing okay," I responded, swinging on the balls of my foot. Someone whimpered and I realized that on the floor, in the corner of the room we were in, was a lavender haired girl, only in her undergarments.

"Uh- What the- Here," I bent down next to her, throwing her the cloak I stole, "Are you okay?"

"Get away from me... Filthy sin!" She screamed at me.

I took a shocked step back, frowning, "Jeez, so much for being nice," I looked over at Ban's innocent face and glared at him angrily, "So not only do I have to take care of the captain and his hormones but yours too!?"

Ban lifted up his hand defensively "I thought she was a dude!"

It was hard to keep my angry expression after that, so I laughed. His eyes lit up a little at the sight of my smile, and although I didn't want to ruin the moment, I gestured for him to follow down the hallway, ready to find the others.

The girl on the floor looked at the two of us walk away, flinching at the distance between us, "Oof. That was awkward,"