Gosh I was stupid. Here I was actually admiring him, even though I couldn’t let myself get too close. If I got too close, I probably wouldn’t be able to go through with the mission, and who knows what General Issak would do to my mother. I couldn't let that happen. My mother was the only family I had left in this world, the only person who stood by my side while others mocked me for my preferences. I couldn’t let her get hurt because I got attached to the same alien I was supposed to bring back. As much as I would hate myself once the job was done, I still had to do it. I had to complete this mission whether guilt wracked my subconscious or not.
“I will kill you if you do try to become intimate with him. He is mine, and mine alone.”
The sound of McDouche’s voice knocked me out of my thoughts, making me glare up at him as he gave me a look that promised death. “You wouldn’t do crap to me. Because, if you do” I gestured over to where Asurah stood, scrunching his nose after he took a sip of his drink, “you will upset Asurah, and I’m sure it will eat you up inside, knowing that he’s upset at you for hurting me.”
“You are the most insufferable being I have ever had the displeasure of knowing.”
I smirked, watching as the other man’s glare deepened. “The feeling is mutual.” He then walked off, leaving me standing next to the fountain before I turned, watching as Asurah walked up to me, his eyes on the other dude’s retreating form.
“What did he say to you? He didn’t threaten you, did he? Because if he did, I’m going to tear him a new orifice.” He turned those white eyes towards me and I shrugged, stuffing my hands into my pockets.
“Nah, he was just being moody. Kind of like a teenager. And a dog. Acts all gruff n’ tough, but he’s all bark and no bite.”
Asurah’s brows furrowed, confusion pinching his features before he sighed and sat down on the fountain’s edge, twirling his drink around his fingers. “This entire party sucks. It’s filed with people I dislike...Delkele, for example. Plus, the drinks are absolutely abhorable.” He glanced down at his glass, which housed a very nasty green looking liquid. “I probably shouldn’t be drinking this. Too much alcohol.” He stared at his drink for a couple more seconds before he shrugged and took another sip, his features pinching as he swallowed the liquid. “Utterly disgusting.”
“Then why the heck are you still drinking it?” I asked dryly, giving him a look of amusement.
Asurah gave me a droll stare. “Because it gives me something to do. Like, how someone will fiddle with their sleeves, or bite their lip, or things like that. My weird habit is drinking things, and playing with beads. I sometimes play with my hair too, but it’s not loose right now so drinking it is.” He paused and looked up at me, tilting his head to the side, his braid nearly in the water. “You know...I never really thanked you properly for defending me. Delkele is quite rude when he’s around me, and it was nice to have someone put him in his place for once. Even if I wasn’t the one to do it myself.”
I shrugged, taking a seat next to him and moving his braid over the shoulder so it didn’t get soaked from the water. “You don’t have to thank me. The guy was a jerk and I don’t really like jerks. Especially the ones that pick on you for just simply being there.”
“He wasn’t always like that. When we were younger, he was actually quite nice. Our fathers were best friends, so we often visited their planet to hang out, and talk. Delkele and I would often play hide and seek in the castle, although, I sucked badly at it.” He chuckled softly, his eyes glazed over as if he were reliving the memory. He took another sip of his...alcoholic beverage, and continued where he left off. “It wasn’t until our teenage years, when he started distancing himself from me. He would no longer play hide and seek with me, and he hardly ever talked to me. He would start calling me names...which...admittedly hurt, seeing as at the time I had a very limited amount of friends, and then once my mother and father died, we stopped seeing each other altogether. I had lost another friend, and I had...have no idea why.” He then looked at me with such sad eyes, it made my heart clench painfully. “Am I that bad of a friend to have?”
CHAPTER 7
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