You're Mine

Now I owe you a debt that I can never repay

Healing stared at the green traitor. "Why aren't you leaving?! GO!" He stood unphased by her screaming, he was too busy looking in horror at the fellow shadows.

"I...how..?" Was all he muttered. Healing rolled her eyes. She didn't believe this act; she had seen him do this before just for his own benefit. The motherfucker only thought of himself, she reminded herself.

Jealousy now locked eyes with her. There was something new in them, something she would have never expected. Fear.

He couldn't have cared for them; he betrayed them all. Betrayed her. Yet here he was, sputtering apologies. "I...I didn't plan this..." Jealousy held his head in frustration. "No, it wasn't...it wasn't supposed to happen like this..."

Healing calmly stepped forward. "Do you remember your name, Jealousy?" The shadow paused to look to her, his brow furrowed. He then turned away. "You don't, do you?" Shaking his head, he made eye contact again.

She took another step, they were now five feet apart. "You were never in the living world. You made this place for us." Healing gestured to the other shadows, of whom nodded in agreement. "You were the first Thought to ever exist..."

"Love."

The green shadow's jaw dropped as his memory was restored. Healing continued, slowly moving closer to him. "But when your place as King was taken by Hope, you began to lose your purpose and eventually began to control others for your own pleasures."

"That's...not right..." Love objected. "I never cared about being King. Hope can have the throne. Hell, she could have a THOUSAND goddamn thrones for all I care!" "Then why did you betray us?" Healing was now in front of him, tears threatening to fall.

"Why did you betray me?" She whispered. "I helped you when you fell. I broke the rules because I felt it would help you." Slowly wrapping her arms around him, she let her tears slip. "Tell me, Love. Why?"

Love returned the embrace, surprising her. "Hope banished me. She felt my presence would disturb the others, especially you." Healing gasped.

Hope?! Hope had banished him?! He didn't walk out, no, he was thrown out! "You...you didn't want to leave..?" "Of course not. And I couldn't come back until the blood of a divine being was spilled by my hand."

Healing pushed him back. "Wait, YOU were the one who killed Charlotte?!" Love looked away in shame. "It was the only way, Reine. You can hate me forever for leaving, but I did all of this damage just so I could see you one last time." "What do you mean, one last time?"

"Alastor and Charlotte are planning to destroy me. And I'm going to let them do it."