Story anew

Chapter Nine: Rangeral Fallout

I smile. He runs out of the room. What's wrong with him?

Ryan's POV

I make it into the room I woke up in. At least... at least.... she's happy... I feel the tears well up in my eyes. I hear a noise. I see the girl who turned me back.
"Hey."
"... hey..."
"You're lonely..."
"How do you know?"
"I can see it."
I look down. 

Mariah's POV

So that's what's wrong?
"He's going to replace me... I know there is nothing I can do about it..."
I look down. I can't believe he feels this way!
"I know how you feel."
I hear shuffling.
"Just let it out."
I look around. She has pulled his head into her lap.
I go find Alex sadly. Alex looks over confused.
"What's wrong?"
"R—Ryan thinks you're gonna replace him."
"I wouldn't!"
I cry into his chest.
"I'm sorry."
"F—For what?"
"I feel blame."
"D—Don't it's not you're fault. I just wish he would understand just because I have a boyfriend doesn't mean my boyfriend is gonna replace him."
I look down. He just hugs me and pulls me into his lap.
"I—I don't want him out of my life forever!" I start crying again.
"Me neither! He seems like a great person!"
"H—He is! And he's an amazing brother!"
He nods weakly. I continue crying.

Allie's POV

I feel the queen summoning me. I walk to the room and see a shirtless elf, 18 abs, darkish brown hair, green eyes, and scars probably from being a ranger.
"Y—Yes my queen?"
She points to him.
"Attend to his needs make him feel cared for... he needs it."
I nod.
"Thank you, Allie."
"No problem, my queen!"
She leaves the room.
"S—So what do you need?" I ask him.
"Stay with me."
I nod. I sit down. He crawls into my lap. He is underweight... I sigh. He nuzzles me like a small child. I giggle.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
He curls up.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"What's your name?"
"Allie! What's yours?"
"Ryan."
I nod. He nuzzles me. I giggle. He smiles softly. I smile back. He shivers softly. I put a blanket on us. He nuzzles me. I giggle. He smiles softly and says, "you are comforting."
I giggle and say "thanks."
He nuzzles me and hugs me tightly. I hug him back.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"I'm hungry."
I get him something to eat. When I get back, he's shivering and whimpering. I put a blanket on him. I put a blanket on him. I'm wondering if he's sick. I feel his forehead. Probably is!
"You're probably sick..."
He groans. I look down. He moans softly. I give him the food. He slurps up the soup. I look down.
"This is good, thank you."
"No problem."
He smiles. I smile back.
"It's getting late I'm gonna go to bed."
I get up.
"Wait! Stay with me!"
"But where am I going to sleep?"
"With me!"
I giggle. "You want me to sleep with you?"
He nods weakly.
"Okay!" I sit down on the bed and I take off my heels. He nuzzles me. I giggle and lay down. He mumbles something.
"W—What?"
"I wanted to say thank you."
"No problem."
I curl up against his abs.
"'Mmm."
"What?"
"Feel warm."
I giggle.
"Your abs are like so smooth," I whisper.
"Th—thank you."
"No problem."
I fall asleep.

The next morning.

I wake up. He's sitting there drawing gently. I look to see what he's drawing. A mannequin in a dress. I giggle. He looks over.
"Good morning."
"Good morning!"
"Did you sleep well?"
I nod.
"Did you?"
"Until I woke up and fell into the floor..."
I giggle, "I'm sorry."
"No, that's not the reason. I'm used to rolling out of bed."
"Oh, so you always roll out of bed?"
He nods.
"How are you ever able to sleep at night if you always roll out of bed?"
"Oh, it's always morning when I do that."
I nod. I get up.
"I'm gonna go take a shower and do my makeup."
"Okay."
I should probably feel his forehead before I do it though. I feel his forehead. Well he seems to be feeling much cooler. At least his fever has gone down! I go take a shower. Then I do my makeup. Once I'm done, I go back into his room wearing a sparkly pink dress. I sit down on his bed. He smiles softly. I smile back.
"So, are you hungry or anything?"
"I am a little hungry."
"Okay!"
I get him and myself something to eat.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
I eat. He smiles softly. I smile back. He finishes eating then adds onto the drawing. I watch him. He looks up and smiles. I giggle. He smiles again.
"You're a really good drawer!"
"Thank you... I used to make outfits for Mariah."
"Oh that's cool! Why don't you now?"
"Well, I just recently got turned back human and I don't know if she even wants that anymore."
"I'm sure she does."
"Huff... even if she did... she rarely comes around..."
"Why do you say that?"
"She has a boyfriend now and just doesn't spend the time with me... I don't mind but what hurts about it is that I told her before she could have a boy beside me hug or kiss her that I wanted to talk to them... she didn't... sure I was trapped as a dog but that hurts..."
"Why don't you just talk to her?"
"I don't know."
I sigh. He looks down.
"You probably think I'm stupid."
"No, I don't, I understand but I think you should talk to her. Tell her how you feel."
"Will you come with me?"
"Sure!"
We find his sister. She's sitting with a boy. He looks over softly. She looks over and sees Ryan. She gets up and walks over to him. He tries to say something but no words come out. She hugs him. He finally gets out a choked, "Why?"
"Why what?" She asks.
"You knew the only thing I asked before you hugged or kissed a guy was to let me talk to them."
"T—That's why you're mad? You were a wolf you couldn't talk to him plus he's the only one I had to hug while I was crying that one night."
"Mad? No... I'm not mad... I'm hurt... you've changed... I understand... you didn't like it... let me be the one who suffers."
"What do you mean? Just because I have a boyfriend now means that I've changed? You don't even care that that night I cried Alex was the only one there who comforted me. He tried to make me feel better you weren't even around!"
Ryan doesn't answer. Tears well up in his eyes. She turns away from him and starts crying.
"I—If you really want me to break up with him I'll do it," she whispers.
"It's too late... I'm out of time... out of place, Mariah... you be happy... and as always I'll be the one who suffers for you."
"I—I don't want to be out of your life forever but it sounds like you want me out of your life so bad," she says.
"You know that's a lie... if that was true I'd make you suffer too..."
"Well you obviously don't want to have anything to do with me now that I've got a boyfriend. You could've asked at anytime to talk to him now that you're changed back! But did you? No! You didn't! And like I said the reason I was hugging him that night was because I was crying and I needed someone to hug! You weren't around so he let me hug him to comfort me!"
He looks her up and down, "this is what 17 years of work lead to... I don't know what to do with myself... I want to be there but... I don't feel that welcoming warmth in your eyes... it's all be replaced by hatred... I want to feel comfort but all I feel is desperation... the pains I went through feel useless now... I don't feel alive but I want to survive for your sake... but I don't feel welcomed or whole."
"You think I hate you? I was crying on Alex the other night because I heard you tell the queen that you feel like he's replacing you!"
"Maybe it would've been better to have chose the blue card," he says going to walk away, "because I can't do a damn thing right..."
She starts crying. I follow him. He turns.
"Don't cry," he says then chokes, "don't cry, baby girl."
He runs out. I follow him.
"She didn't even hear the full part of that... I said as her caretaker he will replace me..."
I nod. He doesn't say anything else just collapses into sobs. I look down. All he wants her to know is that he can't be the caretaker now because she's an adult with a boyfriend. I sigh. She'll never understand...