When the Universe Began [A Blackmadhi Fantasy AU]

Chapter Thirty Six

A/N: I'm back!

The moon was high in the sky and Nahyuta was absolutely terrified. Why Simon? Why would he do this to him? He should know better.

"They say that the ghost that haunts these woods eats human souls," Nahyuta's knees felt weak, he was pretty sure that he was trembling, and he might've peed himself a little. Nahyuta wasn't good with shit like this... and he was sure that Simon knew it, he was doing this on purpose... "and if you're not careful... late at night, wandering the woods all alone, he'll eat you...." Simon's voice disappeared for a second before he grabbed Nahyuta's shoulders from behind and yelled boo, nearly scaring him to death. He clung to his bodyguard, tears welling up in the edges of his eyes. He was supposed to protect Nahyuta from dying, not kill him himself.

"Aw, you scared Yuty?" Simon said, hiding his laughter behind a poorly faked cough. Nahyuta hated that condescending tone, oooo he hated it.

"I-i'm not!" he stuttered, tears rolling down his cheeks. What a big fat liar he was. He was terrified, he wanted to go home. But was he going to tell Simon that and give him more ammunition for him to tease him with? No, never.

"Good, then I guess you'll be able to survive walking around the woods for a while." He grabbed Nahyuta's hand, pulling him towards the trees. No! Anything but that!.

He only lasted five minutes before he passed out from fear.

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The town was small but fairly nice, much more comfortable than the capital. Nahyuta almost wished they could stay forever. As Simon played with some kids in the town square, he watched from a distance. He didn't like children all that much, other than Ahlbi. Rayfa had kind of spoiled it for him, the little brat.

"Lord Blackquill has always liked playing with the children here, he'd probably make a good father someday." a townswoman said, making Nahyuta jump as she walked up behind him. She'd likely noticed him staring at Simon. So what? Get a life, don't bother random people who are staring at other random people, even if one of those random people happens to be your lord... or your prince.

"That... most likely... isn't a possibility..." His face flushed as he said this and he glanced down at his feet, too embarrassed to make eye contact with this woman.

"Why not? I'm sure any woman that he ends up with would be happy to have kids with him." Before he could answer, thank the Holy Mother, Simon waved Nahyuta over to him.

"Yuty... wanna play for a little while?" He faltered. How was he supposed to answer? He'd seen him with Ahlbi before, so he knew he was capable, but he couldn't...

"No thank you... I'm feeling quite tired." Simon's eyes instantly filled with worry.

"Do you want me to take you back to the mansion?" Nahyuta shook his head and pointed to where he had been sitting.

"I'll just sit over there, I'm quite the patient person Simon Blackquill. I believe I can wait for awhile if you want to play with these children for a bit longer." He returned to his seat and the young woman instantly picked up their conversation again.

"So, how do you know Lord Blackquill?" Had to hit him with a hard question right off the bat, didn't she? Nahyuta didn't have a single clue how to answer, so he might as well tell her the truth... it had never hurt him before.

"We're... lovers..." His face flushed again and he could feel her staring. Humiliating. The only other person who gave him that look when he blushed was his father and that was most certainly not the experience he wanted to get from a townswoman in a village far from him. Or maybe she was just staring because she was shocked. She seemed to be investigating him more than anything else.