Bad Habits |Part2 Of Embalm Me| Joseph x Aesop

Hello Part Two

Aesop POV
Six months....I had been here for six months. I made friends and lost some but through the time I've been here I wouldn't trade any of it. I was in my room sitting on my bed looking through my window to see the hunters side of the manor. I think Joseph has noticed me since everyday at around 12pm he stops in front of the window and waves at me and I always waved back. This had been going on for about two weeks.

He may not have thought much of it but to me it meant the world. Ever since I met Joseph I have had this udeniable feeling that he's special. Although I didn't want to confront this feeling because of what happened last time. Besides Emily forbid me from ever going over to the hunters so there would be no chance for us to speak unless in matches and since I prefer duo hunters I don't see him much since I recently was informed Joseph couldn't play.

I got up and walked out the hall to see Norton. I always saw Norton when I felt like doing something wrong "Hey Aesop what are you up to" he stopped walking and waited for me to get to him and then we walked away "I just have a lot on my mind and usually when I'm around people I'll be to bothered to think about anything else" I said "Well that's true but I can sometimes survive with my own presence" he said. I smiled "I understand that" we walked into this area that was like a living space that all the survivors came to enjoy each other's company. We sat at this small square table with two seats and a checker/chessboard and began playing. Norton was never very good at games like chess but he plays it since I like it.

I moved my piece and looked at Norton's hand waiting for him to move his piece ".....Do you ever get urges to do things you know you shouldn't do" although I was looking down I could tell Norton was looking at me due to the lack of movement in his hand.

After a few seconds he moved the piece "Yes but I have a really good friend that helps me named self control" he chuckled. I lightly laughed "Well not everyone gets along you know" I moved my piece and looked at him "Well sometimes you have to get along with people you don't like" he took his turn "What if there was someone you knew you needed to befriend and get closer to but no matter how hard you try you know you'll betray them" I took my turn "I guess you could say I have had that problem but I couldn't give you an answer" He responded. I nodded and we continued to play the game.

I moved my piece over Norton's piece removing it from the board "Aesop 32 Norton 5" we both turned to Luca. He was new and had arrived very recently "You keep count?" I asked. He shrugged "Something to do instead of almost blowing this place up" he laughed. I noticed that Luca always watched us play but I never knew he was really paying attention.

He just didn't seem like the type of person to pay attention to that "Well that's enough checkers for me" Norton said "Luca aren't you like super smart? Why don't you play against Aesop? I would love to see the outcome" he stated. Luca shook his head "No I'm alright" he responded "Are you afraid you'll lose" Norton said "Oh no I would win but I just don't have the patience to play it. I would get bored after awhile and my brain would just give up completely on winning since it'll have a different goal" he said "Then how do you watch?" I asked "I pay attention to the way you move and how you can win but I also listen to your guy's conversations" he responded.

"And I have a solution to your problem my friend" he replied "That's a stretch" Norton said "Ok I know how you feel. I've always tried to do something I need to get done but I'm sure it'll fail no matter how hard I try and to that I say give up" Luca said. At that point I was already confused. Luca always confused me despite being the smartest one here "I'm sorry I don't follow" I said.

He sighed "I mean stop trying to fight the truth. If it's not meant to be so be it. I say forget self control. Your in your body and unlike me you can control what you do no matter what. If you make a wrong decision that's still self control because at that point your sure this is what you wanna do no matter how wrong" Luca's words spoke to me but no matter what I still couldn't understand what he meant. I am controlling myself even when I make bad choices?

That makes no since "I know it doesn't but whatever you feel is wrong do it even if your mind is telling you no" he answered my question as if he understood what I was thinking. Honestly Luca intimidated me in every way. He was everything I wasn't but that's what I liked about him. He was the kind of person to push me to my death but no matter what I always came out alive and this was one of those moments "Thanks Luca" I say to him.

Time passes by and everyone went their separate ways to go to bed. After that talk with Luca I was sure this is what I wanted. I got up out of my bed and looked out of the window into the hunters side. No one seemed awake or active at the time. I got up and left out my room wandering down the hall.

The first floor there is a basement. Go down the stairs and go up the stairs that lead you to the hunters side of the manor at least that's what Luca said told me earlier. How he knew this I had no clue but it worked. I walked through the hall until I made it to a door that had the name in beautiful cursive letters like it had been stamped on 'Joseph Desaulnier'

Imagine coming back to a abandoned story that no one care about to write a part two...anyway I'm really excited about this for some reason I'm getting back into all the old fandoms I used obsess over. Hope you enjoyed and Welcome Back😏🥰