You arrive at around 9 o clock at night. You really just wanted to sleep, you would have totally just told him to put this on hold and talk about it in the morning but he hung up too fast.
You're slightly nervous. What if he calls the deal off over this? This is... this better not be anything bad.
You arrive at the green bulb forest. You've never been to this forest before. Most people don't really come to this forest for some reason and you're not sure why.
You never bothered to find out for yourself, you just knew it was common sense to not go to the green bulb forest, but Hunter wanted to meet there and it's not like you could reschedule a place.
This forest looks harmless though, there shouldn't be much to worry about.
You fly throughout the forest until you see if you can spot Hunter. That's when you see him leaning against a tree and you fly on down there and plop on you feet.
He's still in his uniform, mask on and everything.
"What is it?" You say trying not to sound nervous.
Hunter raises his head slightly and when he sees you he takes off his mask and tucks it away. He looks angry, really angry.
"You want to know what?" He says and adjusts his posture and walks up over to you.
"You and your guild kidnapped some of my coven scouts IS WHAT!" He exclaims.
Your eyes widen.
"Yeah surprised? You should be! No, I want my scouts returned to me. This instant." Hunter says towering over you.
"Were you a part of this? Is that why.... You didn't answer my calls? You were busy with the aftermath of that little massacre?" He raises an eyebrow.
"Yes, Hunter, unfortunately I was." You say honestly.
His face shifts even angrier and he clenches his fists. You don't know how to react so you just stand there and watch.
"Hah! But of course you were! I'm not even surprised! Did you have fun?" Hunter says his face getting an angry red.
"Hunter-"
"NO! Titan Y/n- you have been... such a...pain... lately and I don't know why- I've been... feeling so... a-angry..? Yeah that's it- angry, I've been so angry and a-annoyed! All you've been doing is just making things worse! And then you think it's funny to pull this little stunt?!" Hunter yells.
"You've been angry? No you haven't! And if you were angry at me in the first place why didn't you tell me?!" You exclaim.
"I- I don't- whatever." Hunter blushes.
"Also! You have no right to bitch and complain about us stealing some of your coven scouts, when you take members of our guild and wild witches in general like it's nothing!" You yell back at him.
"Oh? I-"
"I'm not done! Do I run and chew you out over the more our numbers increase of our witches being kidnapped? no! I don't! I have to sit here and pretend that this guy infront of me isn't responsible for all of these! Filing the witches away, sending them to the conformatorium, I can't!" You say.
"So how's that taste of your own medicine? Huh? Getting members of your coven taken from you? How's it feel? Because that's what's it's like for me! Except I can't express how it makes me feel because I'm deemed as thinking wrong!" You exclaim.
"Don't think you can go whining and complaining to me begging for me to let them go when I can't even do that to you!" You say.
Hunter goes quiet but remains with a fixed angry expression on his face.
"I was just lucky! Enough, to make a deal with you to get Viney back? But we can't keep making deals Hunter. It's not like, I can keep offering you something if I beg for more of my witches back, and I know your reputation would get hurt if you're being caught freeing all those witches!" You say.
"I can't do the same either Hunter, if I free your coven scouts, my reputation would go down too! I wouldn't be able to keep doing that. It's a circle!" You say.
"YOU TOOK MY ONLY FRIEND OKAY?!" He snaps.
You go quiet.
"You don't get it! You don't get how that's important to me! Being raised in this shit coven system means I can't do certain things!" Hunter says.
"I can't talk to certain people. I can't talk to people my age! I couldn't GO to school! I'm forbidden to socialize in general unless it's amongst my coven scouts! Hell I shouldn't even be talking to you, but we have a deal to finish!" Hunter says.
"So yeah! It's important to me, really important to me that the only person I'm allowed to talk to who I could consider a friend- is taken from me!" Hunter says slowly approaching you with his fists clenched.
"Wait... was his name Steve?" You ask.
You remember Steve saying how "one of his coworkers may be a little sad to see him gone"
Hunters face softens and he raises an eyebrow.
"You know him?" He says still with a slight fixed angry expression.
"He's my older brother. Steve." You say.
Hunters eyes widen. He remembers Steve talking about having a sister, he remembers Steve talking about how his description of you sounded like his sister.
He takes a step back.
"You're not serious." He scoffs.
"I am serious, I was talking with him before I picked up your crow call." You say trying to grab his arm.
Hunter flicks your hand away and shakes his head, his ears turn red.
"Talking to him..? About what?" Hunter raises an eyebrow.
"He's... he told me he's wanted to leave for a long time. But... he's never had the courage to try again after his first attempt." You say.
"He said he saw us ambushing the outpost and took that as his opportunity to get kidnapped." You say trying to approach Hunter even closer.
"You're lying to me. There's no way Steve would do that." Hunter says backing away.
"Well he did, and I trust whatever my brother says." You say continuing to get closer to him.
"You're lying to me!" Hunter exclaims.
"You're just trying to mess with me!" Hunter says.
"I'm not!" You say.
"I'm serious!" You grab his shoulders.
"There's no truth to what you're saying at all. You're just trying to mess with me! That's all you're doing!" Hunter says.
You let go of him and clench your fists angrily. Hunter blinks and his ears continue getting a little red as he looks at you.
"Look, I'm just going to leave if you're gonna continue being annoying, and telling me I'm wrong. I'm being truthful and your not taking it. Maybe sleep on it if you're gonna be so upset." You say.
Hunters face gets redder in both anger and embarrassment, he clenches his fists harder.
"Fine. Go then." Hunter says through grit teeth.
You frown and hold your hands together. Why does he have to be so angry over this?
"Fine!" You exclaim and run off.
Hunter stands there watching you run off and keeps quiet to himself. He shoves his hands in his pockets and lays against a tree still with a fixed angry expression on his face.
Hunter POV
I hate that girl! Why does she have to be so damn confusing?!
I should just arrest her but... I don't want to. She doesn't deserve that, but I don't know what's stopping me from doing it and it pisses me off.
I need to get back home. She's probably right, I need to sleep on this damn it.
That's when I hear a shattered glass bottle in the distance and a thud. My eyes widen and I run over to see what just happened.
That's when I see Y/N collapsed on the ground. Shit!
Those damn imps threw a sleep potion on her.
There's a bunch of little imps prawled around her going through her things. Why didn't she use imp repellant? That's what you need to do whenever anyone comes to the green bulb forest. It's native to imps.
"Hey! Shoo!" I exclaim and shoo the little imps off,
They drop her things and scurry away. Damn things.
She must have never been told this place is native to imps. Damn it, what time is it? I pull out my watch and it's almost 10
Shit.
I can't take her to her guild because I don't know where it is. And its not like I can just show up at her parents doorstep. Absolutely not dressed like the golden guard. They would probably be so concerned if I just show up with their daughter passed out.
What the hell am I supposed to do?!
Why didn't she bring damn imp repellant?? I thought everyone knew that you're supposed to bring it around these parts?
I kneel down next to her and gently flip her onto her back instead of her lying face on the ground. I don't think she's that injured, she just has a bit of a slice on her cheek from the potions glass shards. She also has dirt on her face.
I look around and my cheeks turn a bit red and I dust some of the dirt off of her face. I guess I have no choice but to bring her with me.
I'll have to go through my own window, maybe I can borrow an invisibility glyph from her bag so no one sees me.
It'd be odd if someone just saw me flying into my room window with a girl.
I grab her bag and quickly pull out an invisibility glyph. I shove the glyph in my pocket, I won't be needing it until I'm near the castle.
I look at her and my ears turn a bit pink. I really hope she doesn't hate me for doing this.
I gently slide my arms under her body and slowly lift her up off the ground. She's warm. I lift her over my shoulder and get on my staff.
I feel so weird. My heart is racing just holding her. This is gonna be so awkward if anyone sees me. With that I begin flying off.
The time comes near and I use the invisibility glyph once we approach the castle, I fly towards my window and gently open it. I have to make sure not to let out a breath or the glyph will wear off.
Eventually I open my window and I slide on in. I shut the window behind me and let out a deep sigh. Y/n is still asleep, I slide off my staff with her still around my shoulder.
I click my lamp light on lay her down on my bed. Her hair flows against the pillow, she looks like a painting.
I don't know how long the sleeping potion those imps threw at her last so hopefully she doesn't wake up and freak out.
I gently take her shoes off and place them on the ground near the bed, I guess I'll have to sleep on my desk chair tonight.
It's already a little past 10, maybe I shouldn't have forced her to meet in the forest this late, this never would have happened.
I sigh and take my boots and cape off. I help pull her into the covers and I make sure she's nice and snug.
I feel so embarrassed doing this. It's not like this has any meaning to it, I can't take her home so I have no choice but to bring her here with me.
She still has some dirt on her face along with that cut. I go to my restroom and grab a little towel and dampen it. She can't go to sleep all dirty. I grab a bandaid for her little cut as well.
I bring the towel back and wipe her face gently, I made sure the water was warm so it doesn't startle her if it's cold. I don't want to wake her.
As I gently dab the towel on her face wiping off the dirt and blood splatter from her cut i realize how... really pretty she is. I don't think I've gotten to look at her like this before, she looks calm.
"What am I thinking..?" I mumble and shove my face in my hands.
"I'm so sorry I brought you out so late I messed up." I mumble.
She sleeps soundly and adjusts her position in my bed again. I grab the bandaid and gently place it on her cut against her cheek.
I can't seem to take my eyes off her. It's as if she's pulling me into this trance. Why has she been... in my head so much??
It's driving me crazy. I can't take this anymore, my constant thoughts of her, it's genuinely making me go mad. She's always in the back of my head, I always wonder what our next meetings going to be like. She makes me... excited in a way? I look so forward to every chance I'm with her.
I must be such a creep for thinking stupid things like that, what's wrong with me?
I am a creep, I basically kidnapped her! No no I shouldn't think that... I tended her wounds... I cleaned her up and helped her get comfortable... it's just that she had no other place to go, I had no choice.
This is so embarrassing.
I run my fingers through my hair and glance slightly at her. My face is red, I can't believe I actually think she's... pretty? Titan, I really am a creep.
Or maybe Steve is right, maybe I do have a crush on this girl.
She's... always in my head.
Shit... I should sleep.