✔︎ fallen ; my inner demons

31 ✯ worries

❝Dear me! How happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!❞ -Louisa May Alcott

After a long while of yelling and looking behind small bushes for 9 year old children, I'd finally turned the corner to them sitting on the pavement playing hopscotch with sticks being the markers for the boxes. To be honest, I don't think Mr. Dracula's granddaughter wanted to be found, with how far she'd walked away from her grandfather.

Nevertheless, I grabbed her hand and returned her to Mr. Dracula, who gave me a gracious smile. I returned it, praying that he wouldn't spread the word of my deeds. If he did, I would be contacted by people all over.

I then rummaged around in my pocket to find my phone. Once I felt my hands close around the hunk of familiar metal, I pulled it out of my back pocket and turned it on. Huh? Why was it set to do not disturb mode?

Never mind that, I guess. I saw that Ava had called and texted me about a hundred times, and all the texts consisted in her screaming with caps lock on. Well, maybe she was trying to find me.

The Daemos probably got themselves into trouble and Ava needed more backup. To be honest, I think Ava can handle those idiots. But I'll go look for her in case she's overwhelmed. I slowly walked back to the area where I'd last seen the daemos and Ava, admiring the scenery as I walked by.

The trees were multiple shades of red, orange and yellow. The entire atmosphere of autumn colors and the Halloween decorations made everything seem wholesome. (High five to y'all who are in love with autumn and Halloween cause author-chan loves it)

In short, I loved the Fall Festival. It radiated a strong energy that made me feel warm and bubbly inside, the beauty of it all encompassing my body. The only thing that could ever make me feel sad during autumn gotta have extreme feels that hit like a truck.

I turned around the cobblestone pathway, to get jumped by a sudden force. Warm arms wrapped around my neck, and a face buried itself in my shoulder. My first instinct was to push them away and yell at them for being suddenly weird and touchy, but I saw who it was and I awkwardly hugged back.

Leif wrapped his arms tighter around me, like he wanted to squeeze the life out of me or something. Yeah, that's something he would do.

"Hey, Leif." I said, patting his messy white hair.

He was breathing heavily against the crook of my neck, which sent huge shivers down my spine. He hugged me even tighter. I could feel the ghost of his lips settled against the base of my neck, a warmth lingering against my exposed skin.

The rest of the boys and Ava rushed over. Ava looked really worried, and the rest of the boys looked really frightened.

"Hmm? Why do y'all look like you just went through hell and back?" I asked, laughing.

"Just... don't leave us again, Y/N." Rhys muttered.

I laughed at that.

"Do you not take this situation seriously, Y/N? I was really worried about you, and you just left me standing there, and I was scared you'd gotten captured or something, and I was so incredibly frightened that you'd left us all alone." Rhys lectured, the pain evident in his eyes and tone.

"Yeah! I was crying and so worried, Y/N..." Noi said, wrapping his arms weakly around me and Leif.

Asch scoffed, his face red as he crossed his arms over his chest. I smiled a small smile, the corners of my lips jerking upward.

"I was just helping out Mr. Dracula with his granddaughter. It's nothing much. You guys don't have to be so worried!" I said, ruffling Leif's hair.

Leif was still holding me tightly. I honestly don't think he had any intention of letting me go. Noi had let go, and was looking at me expectantly, his head still nuzzled against my shoulder.

"Hey, Leif. Are you going to hold on forever?" I joked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

He jerked at the touch, before sighing and calming down a little bit.

"I want to hold on. Back when I was an assassin on daemos, I had formed a group with a bunch of other daemos. We were out on a mission one day, and they... they left me behind. Just left me there. Left me for dead. If I hadn't gotten saved by Asch, I wouldn't be here right now. And I need to hold on. So please, don't leave me right now. Or ever again." He mumbled, his breath hot against my skin, and his words piercing my heart and letting the feels hit me hard like a truck. I hugged him back.

"Don't worry. I won't leave you guys again. Ever again. I promise. And promises aren't meant to be broken." I said, smiling at everyone around.

Then Leif let go of the hug, his eyes determined as he gripped my fingers in his. I smiled. And I felt my heart pound loudly in my chest as we walked down the road to play games at the famed Fall Festival.

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OwO author-Chan is back in business once again after procrastinating yae
I've actually still been working on Project K, so I'm somewhat always busy because I have a lot more work to put in.
But hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!
And thanks for 28K I can't thank you guys enough!
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edit : 02.02.2022
word count: 943 words
it's hard to think that when i wrote this chapter fallen was at 28k, and now it's at 172k !! i am wowed and truly grateful for all of this <3