An Unknown Bond [Zeldris x OC]

Ch. 31 - Who You Are

Chapter 31 - Who You Are

3rd persons POV
Meliodas was sorry for being so harsh to Yami right at the moment she ran inside the tavern. He hates fighting with his best friend and there wasn't a time where they had fought so often than they do lately. Of course, there were many events in a short time that they had to deal with. Nevertheless it doesn't leave Meliodas cold to see how much his best friend is hurting. And no arguement between the two of them felt so bad like this one. No arguement has hurt Yami so much and Meliodas knew it very well. It wasn't just in the moment where she ran off. He could see it in her eyes with every new word he had said to her but he just couldn't stop himself. Of course he understands that Yamis feelings for Zeldris are really strong. He never really understood why because Zeldris had never been really nice to her but they still seemed to have a special bond. But even when he should be here for his best friend, Meliodas couldn't be so this morning. His jaw dropped when he heard the voice of his brother coming from the inside of Yamis room and that she answered him. It took him all of his self-controll to not freak out and beat the shit out of him. Instead, he wanted to let Yami explain the situation the next morning. But when he saw her, he couldn't controll his anger anymore. He just cares too much about everyone in the tavern, that he couldn't stop his emotions. He was sure that Zeldris only uses her because she's a very strong opponent. But now it's way past lunchtime and he's not so sure about his actions anymore. He used the time to think about it from Yamis perspective because he knows that she needs some time to cool down and keep controll of her emotions. But he's slowly getting worried as no one has seen her all forenoon long. It's the second time within a few days she's hiding for hours and it's worrying Meliodas a lot. This is unusual and he's afraid that everything's becoming too much for her. After all, it's really a lot she had to bear with lately.

Meliodas walks up the stairs to the bedrooms to check up on Yami but the knock on her door stays unanswered. He knocks again but another time silence remains. "Yami?" he asks but as she doesn't answer him again, he slowly opens the door. "Yami, please let us talk about it" he says in a comforting voice and pushes the door open completly just to see her room is empty and the window next to her bed is wide open. "Yami?" he calls her name again as fear begins to rise inside him. "YAMI?!" he shouts louder. She couldn't have left the tavern without anyone recognizing because he was downstairs all forenoon long. "YAMI?!" he shouts once more, his voice now filled with fear. But his best friend doesn't answer him and he knows that she must have escaped through the window.
"Damn it!!" he shouts in anger and despair and drops on his knees as tears begin to roll down his face. He's mad at himself for his harsh words. He clearly pushed it too far and made her best friend run away.

"Meliodas?" Elizabeth stands at the doorframe and looks at her lover worriedly when she sees the state he's in. She was downstairs with everyone else when they heard Meliodas incensed voice. "Meliodas, what's wrong?" she asks and kneels down next to him, putting her arms around him comfortingly. She lets her eyes wander along the empty bedroom, where she expected Yami to be in.

"She's gone" sobs Meliodas and hides his face in her boobs as he lets the tears roll down his face. Loosing his best friend is something that he cannot take.

Elizabeth holds him close to sooth him until she feels him to calm down a bit. "What happened?" she asks then.

Slowly, Meliodas moves away from his girlfriend and whipes away the leftover tears. He looks into her beautiful orange eyes with the goddess sign in it and begins to feel a tiny bit better. But even the love of his lif can't take away the pain from loosing his best friend. "I was too hard on Yami and now she has left."

"What do you mean?" she asks confused and waits patiently for him to continue explaining.

Meliodas looks around the corner to make sure that they're the only two people upstairs and then explains quietly. "Zeldris was with her last night. And I found out about it. But instead of talking about it, I got all mad this morning and we ended up fighting. I... I think it was too much and that Yami has left me because I didn't let her explain."