The love of a demigod | HeroSteve (On Ice for a while)

-6- A long journey

I sat on the edge of the cliff, waiting for Hero to finally arrived up here. But said demon seemed to be out of form. He took way longer than me to come up here, and then he just collapsed into a panting pile of clothes, bones and skin. "Holy crap how are you so fast by doing this?", he panted, putting his arm over his head. I rolled my eyes and just said: "Noob." Hero didn't reply. He couldn't. He was breathing heavily and didn't quite move. I sat down next to him and rubbed over his chest. "Hey, calm down. Breathe in, and breathe out. But slowly.", I said, pressing him chest down and letting go to help him a bit, still careful about the wound. Hero let out a long groan. "We didn't even start our journey and I'm already done for!", he mumbled, sitting up and looking down into the cave. He hesitated before gripping the soft grass a bit. "It looks so different from up here. I completely forgot the feeling of the sun, the wind and the grass!", he whispered, looking around in awe. I tilted my head. "How long were you down there?", I asked. Hero thought about it. "About 2555 days.", he replied. I screeched. "7 YEARS?!" Hero nodded. "Pretty much.", he chuckled. I stared at him in shock. "And you don't care about the fact that you've been walking around for 7 years with a heavy ass chain around your ankle?", I gasped. Hero only giggled and stood up, grabbing the backpack next to me.
"Nah."
I sighed and went to him, grabbing my backpack as well. Then we started to walk through the forest.
While we were walking, a single question wouldn't stop flowing through my mind. "What did you do that you were thrown down there, anyway?", I asked. Herobrine hesitated. A few minutes later he just mumbled: "You already know that. I'm accused to have murdered someone. To be honest, I actually did kill someone. It was my family. But they deserved it." His voice dropped an oktave at the end and he started to grin.
Maybe I was a bit wrong earlier. He seems dangerous after all.
I looked at him, fear and worry in my eyes. "I-Is everything alright...?", I asked, my voice full of fear. Then suddenly everything changed.
Hero smiled softly, looking at me. "Of course. What could be wrong, Steve?, he replied with such a played happiness that I actually got a bit scared. "Alright... I guess.", I only said before staring awkwardly on the ground in front of me. I felt his gaze on me for a few moments until he looked forward again. "Before you ask, no, I will not harm you. What's the use in doing so, anyway?", he said, kicking a rock away from his foot. I hesitated but then nodded and got a bit calmer. "Doesn't mean that I will kill you if you attack me, though.", he added, throwing me a warning gaze. I swallowed heavily and immediately assured him that I wouldn't do this. He agreed and we went on, not talking for many hours.

A few hours later I stopped, looking at the mouth of a cave. "What do you say? Should we start a camp here for tonight?", Hero asked. I nodded. "Sounds good to me. But what about the mobs?" Hero giggled and stroke over my hair, messing it up completely. I hissed a bit and tried to fix it.
As I looked up, I saw that Hero was already sitting on the ground of the cave, looking into the deep hole that led even further down. I heard him say a few strange words before he turned to me, showing me to come to him. A bit hesitant I did, but very slow. As soon as I heard a zombie growl, I stopped. But Hero giggled, came over to me and brought me to the cave. Together we unpacked our sleeping bags and made up a camp.
But within a few minutes it got cold, and even the campfire Hero made didn't warm me up. So I had to snuggle closer to him.
Hero chuckled and held me close. "Seems like someone wants to feel my heat~", he purred into my ear, causing me to flinch and slap him on the back of his head. "Stop.", I growled. Hero looked at me, rubbing the back of his head. "Alright alright! Geez you have no cool!", he mumbled, standing up and rubbing the back of his head. He left the cave a bit sad, sitting down a few meters further away next to a tree.
I looked at him for a long time before looking back into the fire, shivering. Did he just try to flirt?, I asked myself silently. Then I looked at him again, seeing that he was just looking into the dark forest, his black cape wrapped around his slender shoulders.
His action was quite... Weird. Flirting with the person that first attacked him, but then helped him? It's quite weird to think about.
Then again, he probably saw no one around for a very long time, maybe he just wants to get someone to be together with.
I stood up and went over to him. Hero didn't look up at first, but as I poked him with my finger, he raised his head. "Come.", I said and took his hand, taking him to the cave. There I sat him down and sat next to him, grabbing a blanket from my bag and wrapping it around us. "You'll stay here now. You're warm.", I mumbled, going under the blanket. Hero didn't move the whole time, just looking at me in confusion.
With a grin he couldn't see I went further down and gently pocked his belly. He flinched with a short gasp. So you're ticklish, eh?, I thought before pocking him a few times more, causing him to fall over and hide his belly from me, laughing. "Stop!", he giggled. But he shouldn't have laid down since I now had to possibility to do something different.
I sat on top of him, looking at him with a soft grin. Hero grinned as well, but a few moments after it started to fade as I stroke with my finger over his chest, down to his stomach. "Do you really want to have a boyfriend already?", I asked. Hero hesitated. Before he could answer tho I leaned down and gently kissed him. Hero's eyes widened, but then he closed them and melted completely under the kiss.
I broke it only minutes after, the blanket still on my shoulders. Hero pulled me down, hugging me. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't~", he mumbled and held me close, lying down on his sleeping bag. I wrapped my blanket around us tightly, seeing that Hero was dozing off already. I put my head on his chest, looking at him. Hero only opened one of his beautiful eyes, looking at me. I smiled. "If you really want a boyfriend, I'll gladly be this person.", I whispered. He grinned and stroke over my head. "Thanks, Steve." I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep on his chest.
Despite the fact that he was thin as all fuck, he was very soft and comfortable to lie on. Within a couple of minutes everything faded to pure black and I only heard Hero's soft purring.

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