Tale of Love || Male Kris x Female Ralsei || Kralsei

Chapter 13 - Feelings

I felt my cheeks burn as I thought. As much as I didn't want to admit... This human made me feel weird. I was the bully in school but seeing that he didn't fear me or ran away when I was near. He never showed interest either but... something on him caught me. And seeing him with Ralsei... made me feel mad. I looked at him one last time. He was so peaceful...

But as I watched him, I saw that he was starting to cough.

He's waking! What do I do!?

I started to panic. I was scared that he might hate me forever. After all... Who would forgive anyone after what I did? I wouldn't...

I quickly got up and ran to Lancer. But I had a bad feeling about this...

Kris' POV

I opened my eyes slowly and tried to get up. My arms couldn't support my body and I tripped as I tried, hitting the ground with my face. Instead of trying to get up with no vail, I sat on the comfy grass. Scratches were in my legs and arms. I was having awful pain in my chest. My forehead now was hurt as well.

What happened...? Everything hurts...

I looked to my side and saw Ralsei... She was sleeping from what I could see. But... Her back had a mark. I went closer to inspect and saw she was injured and unconscious. Then I started to remember...

We had fought Susie.

Memories of the fight emerged in my head... Betrayed by own SOUL. Attacked over and over with no mercy to the point where I fainted. Then... Ralsei fainted... I tried one last time and fell. Everything went black until now. Rage started rising in me. Thinking that Susie had attacked us so hard and strongly made me even madder. And what she said before striking me down. As mad as I was... Ralsei was still unconscious and needed my help. I looked for items in my pocket but something on the ground called my attention. There was Dark Candy involved in a with paper. I grabbed it and wondered who or what could have left it here. I couldn't be there naturally for sure. Suddenly I realized. It was from Susie. She must have realized how bad we were.

...maybe she's not as careless as I thought. Although, she almost killed me...

The kind gesture made me less angry. But something wasn't right. 

Why in the world would she almost kill me and then help me?

I sighed and sat on the ground again, this time waiting for Ralsei to wake up. Being hurt wasn't a bad thing to me. It was seeing what Susie did to Ralsei. I washed the thought and waited, wishing that humans had magical properties too. That way I could have been more helpful... 

                                                         ...About 1 hour later...

"Kris...?" A voice called me from nearby. I opened my eyes and saw Ralsei standing in front of me with a concerned look. Apparently, I had fallen asleep while waiting. When I greeted her and asked if she was ok, she hugged me immediately. The hug caught me by surprise but I still hugged back with a warm feeling on my cheeks. I sure missed this hug back when I first got in the Dark World. "Are you okay?" She asked as she stopped hugging me. I nodded and asked the same. "My back hurts but I think I can walk!" She said, touching her back. "Are you sure you're not hurt? Your whole body has a lot of scratches." I shook my head, lying. I didn't want to worry her but my low HP was getting me worried.

She tried to get up quickly but I shook my hands telling her to stop before getting more hurt. Then I searched near me for the Dark Candy. I found it behind me and gave it to Ralsei. She smiled but hesitantly took it. She grabbed it and asked if I needed but I shook my head. I was still in pain but this was the right thing to do. I searched for an item but then saw a white light in the corner of my eye. 

Wait, the save file is here. I could have recovered my HP sooner! 

I snapped my fingers as I realized it and got up with difficulty. As I was going to touch it Ralsei called me. 

"Uh, Kris?" She said and I turned to her. She was holding a HeartsDonut. "Y-You should eat this recover your HP, before you leave! It's very important, Kris." She handed me the donut. I took it with a smile. She had returned the gesture. I ate it and felt strong again. Not entirely but it was enough to feel normal again. Ralsei giggled as I grabbed my sword and swang it when my strength returned. But now the hard part was coming. We lost our agreement so we were going to be bad guys. I sighed and walked away. 

Whatever happens now one thing is clear. I won't let Ralsei got hurt again. Not even if I have to put my life at risk.

I looked at her and smiled. 

It's real. I really like Ralsei after all.

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