The love of a demigod | HeroSteve (On Ice for a while)

-41- The truth behind everything

(Don't mind me, I'm coming back to this one after nearly half a year-)

(A few weeks later)
(Steves' FoV)
We went outside and on our way to find Notch and fix everything. Tho, no one had a clue where he could be.
We guessed he'd be in the HQ or the castle, so we went to those places first. Not only to fix stuff with Notch, but also for a happy message regarding Hero.
He had a small baby bump, which made us both really happy. (As a demon, he can get pregnant, since there are way less female demons than male demons)
We were just walking through the forest, holding hands, when I noticed something.
We didn't even need to go to the castle since we basically knew, due to research, he was in the HQ with Jeb. He only went to his castle to rest. And we'd arrive at the HQ at afternoon if we didn't take breaks.
Which I didn't want to do since Hero might be very exhausted very soon and I wanted to prevent that. I was really worried about him since he got the positive test, and I really wanted this to turn out well. Not only for me, but also him.
We walked calmly on the way, taking breaks every now and then. Hero didn't mind, he was out of breath unusually fast now.

At around 9 am we arrived at the HQ, and Hero was out of breath once again, despite us sleeping through the night in a cave and taking plenty of breaks. I smiled and looked at him softly. "Is everything alright?", I asked. He nodded a little, panting a bit. I gently put my arm around him and softly led him inside the HQ. He followed, soon catching his breath again.
We met an employee and asked for directions to Notchs' office. He gave them to us and we thanked him, going there.
We went there, looking around a bit. It was very clean and white, but nicely decorated with plants and flowers. A red carpet covered the floor, leading us along to the office we were searching for.
I stopped at it, looking at the nameplate on the door. There were two names on it.

Markus "Notch" Persson
Jens "Jeb" Bergenstein

I took a deep breath and gazed at Hero. He seemed nervous, holding my hand tightly. I smiled reassuringly at him when he looked at me. He only hesitantly smiled back.
Of course he didn't trust this. Neither did I honestly, but this was our best shot. Maybe this could fix everything. I was hopeful.
I knocked softly and soon got called in by Jeb. We entered and immediately noticed that he was alone in there. Hero started to frown a bit.
"Hey, Jeb. How are you?", I asked politely. He smiled to me. "I'm okie-dokie! How are you two?"
"Pretty well, actually. And... It's three really."
Jeb tilted his head. "Three?", he asked. I smiled and nodded, putting my hand on Heros' belly. "Yes, three."
He noticed it and gasped happily. "Oh my gosh! I'm so happy for you two!!!", he squealed. I chuckled softly.
He offered us to sit down on the couch which we both gladly accepted. Hero definitely needed to sit now, he was really exhausted. We started talking a bit, exchanging news. Jeb told us about what happened with Notch, especially the thing with Entity. Due to that he'd come in a bit later today.
We told him that we were awaiting a child and so on. Jeb was really happy about that, he never really expected Hero to ever have a child. But he was still glad.
We talked for a long time, sipping our tea that Jeb gave us. A good 2 hours after we had arrived, Notch finally came too, looking pretty tired and done for. Hero got a bit worried as Notch put his jacket on the coat hook on the wall before heading to his table and sitting down. Then he noticed us and frowned a little.
"What the hell are you two doing here?", he mumbled. Even his voice was tired and weak.
"Well... We were looking for you...", I mumbled. He sighed a bit. "Oh.... and why...?", he asked a little confused.
"To talk everything out."
His mood dropped more as he huffed quietly. "So you'll frame me again and get everyone against me, huh. It's not like you didn't do enough already."
Hero and I both got confused. "Wait, we didn't frame anyone?", Hero threw in. Notch sighed and looked through a drawer before taking out a newspaper and handing it to us. We took it and looked at it, confused.
Right on the front was a picture of the burnt down forest, as well as a huge headline.

Markus "Notch" Perrson - Good man or heartless killer?

A few days ago a huge fire in the northern part of the land burnt down almost 45% of the complete forest there. Investigations soon found out that someone set the forest on fire. One person of a little group of people, that live in the middle of said forest, gave us a piece of evidence: A lighter, with the symbol of the Mojang HQ on it.
One person that works in said business is the leader Markus "Notch" Persson, who supposedly has some serious problems with those that live in the forest.
Was it possibly arson with the intention of murder? We'll look further into this, and inform you about this here!

Hero stared at the newspaper. "We didn't even say a word! We weren't here for almost half a year!" "Exactly. And Rico is the only one that heads to the city every once in a while.", I mumbled. Jeb looked at me. "What, if he said that to frame you?", he asked. Hero tho shook his head. "I doubt that a lot. He was pretty happy when I woke up again."
"What, if he faked that happiness?"
We all went silent after Jeb asked this question.
What, if he is right? Is this a lie? Was he really happy that he was dead?

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