Warmth | Meruem

12 - Are You Leaving Me?

MERUEM

"Hmm...?" A voice murmured. I swiftly turned my head to see Mehana rubbing her eyes.

How could she think of leaving me?

My eye twitched at the thought of her leaving my side. That cannot happen. I won't let you escape from me. You are mine. You belong to me!

I grabbed her wrists roughly and pinned them against the soft mattress. She looked at me in shock as I gradually tightened my grip.

"Don't abandon me...please?" I felt myself biting my lip, trying to control the burst of emotions that stuck in my throat. She froze and stared into my eyes, trying to search for some sort of emotion.

"W-What are you talking about?" She averts my stare. I feel like I can go on a full bloody rampage for this woman. She blatantly thought of escaping my palace and now she is lying?

I chuckled darkly and hid my eyes from her. How fucking dare she?

"I will chain you if I have to. I am even willing to put you in a cage!" I shouted. "So don't think about leaving me! Don't lie! You were going to escape this place with Komugi, weren't you!?"

She lightly gasped before looking at me once again. "I...I have thought of escaping. Maybe once. But in the end, I decided to stay. Obviously, I'm not leaving you!"

"Then why did Pouf say you thought of leaving!?"

"...Pouf told you!? That damn fuckfly! He lied about me trying to escape! Of course, I did think of escape but I just wanted Komugi to leave this place before she gets in danger!" She defended herself. "And let go! It hurts!"

I let out a small sigh of relief after hearing her words. Then, I released my hands from her wrists. She flinched when she sat up, rubbing her now purple wrists.

They were bruised badly...

"Pitou!"

"Yes, Your Majesty?" Pitou came into the room in a second and bowed.

"Treat her wrists."

"As you say, King." They approached Mehana and summoned Doctor Blythe. The sight was as unsettling and horrifying as ever. I watched as she shivered when it inched towards her and rubbed some kind of antibiotic cream on her wrists. It then wrapped bandages around them.

"You still need to explain. Why must Komugi leave this place?" I faced Mehana again. She gulped and I noticed her toes moving repeatedly. This girl...since she can't fidget with her fingers right now, she's using her toes? You and your habits...

"W-Well...I just had a gut feeling that tomorrow isn't a good day for Komugi to be here. You will know once it's tomorrow but she needs to leave. Now!" She desperately pleads. I bore into her soul, trying to catch any lies. However, that brilliant and determined gaze didn't leak any doubts.

I thought for a moment before finally nodding. "She may go back to her homeland...but I will assign Pouf to accompany her so you don't need to go anywhere."

"Ugh...I'd recommend anyone but him." She rolled her eyes. "He will probably think of killing her instead of letting her go! Choose someone else. Why not...Youpi!?"

"Hmm, fine." I mumbled. "Youpi!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The red-skinned ant entered the room as fast as Pitou and knelt.

"Escort Komugi back to where she came from," I ordered. He left with a stiff nod.

"That makes me feel better..." Mehana smiles. "Youpi may seem like a dunce sometimes but I'm sure he can do his job better than Pouf!"