Red Like Ruby (Mostly RubyxDyrroth)

Ruby Fell Into The Abyss Part 5

"And who are you to tell me what to do?" 

"I-..." her throat was dry and no word wished to come out of her mouth as her fingers trembled. She mentally slapped herself and mustered her courage to talk back to him like she always does. She took a deep breath before glaring at him. She paused a few meters away from him and stood her ground as she stared menacingly back at him. 

"I'm Humanity's Defender and I will stand here and lay down my life to do whatever it takes to stop your evil plans. Even if I have to kill you." she uttered the last part in a low threatening voice as a crimson light emits from her hand. Her scythe instantly appeared out of thin air in front of her and she grabbed the handle preparing a battle stance. 

Dyrroth doesn't seem the least bit fazed nor alarmed or amused, in fact, he looked kind of... pissed. The demons around them were unsure of what to do. Should they point their weapons at their master's paramour or should they stand down and let them clash? They were very unsure if it's merely a lovers' quarrel or something else so they just stood there and watched. 

"Naive." Dyrroth whispered and suddenly he was in front of her while holding her throat but not chocking her. 

"You want to be a hero when in truth you're nothing but a weak girl. You can't protect anyone from me, not even yourself. What will you do if I really kill all your precious humans in your little village? Will you be... mad at me?" There was a sinister teasing edge to his tone as he whispered these torturous words in her ears. Ruby only glared at him before answering. 

"If you do that... I will spite you for the rest of my existence in this life and the next. The sun will never rise and the moon will never shine that I won't curse you for the rest of forever." she replied spitefully earning a glare from the demon. 

"Then you can hate me for the rest of eternity." Dyrroth suddenly threw her roughly to the ground before turning to his minions. 

"Take this girl and throw her out of the palace. After that..." Dyrroth directed her a spiteful side glance that stabbed a painful dagger to her heart before proceeding. "Cancel your mission in the Dark Forest. We're invading the dragon realms. I realized that I shouldn't be wasting my time minding a runt. That will be all and get her out of my sight immediately." Two demons went behind Ruby to escort her out but she refused to be touched by them and stood up on her own. 

"Before I leave please answer me this... Before this day and yesterday, have you ever lied to me?" There was an unparalleled look of sadness in Ruby's eyes as she waited for his answer. With his back turned to her, she couldn't really see his face but she assumed that he had a blank expression. 

"No, I have not."

"Then that means that you weren't lying to me when you said that you love me." She didn't hear another reply from Dyrroth and the world seemed to hold its breath as the two of them stood there with his back turned to her. It felt like they were the only people in the world as Ruby waited for him to speak. 

"As I've told you, you are nothing but a fling. 'Love' is a word whose meaning I don't know and it appears that you are holding onto that to keep yourself safe under my protection. But in truth, you're nothing but a novelty. A new toy to play with and now I've gotten bored with you so I'm throwing you away. Leave from my sight before I do it for you."

Ruby took a momentary pause to absorb his words. She had already thought of it before but hearing it from his own mouth is so painful. But why does it sound so... Fake? Like he doesn't really mean it. 

However, if he is really pushing her away and telling her to leave then she won't force herself here and linger any longer where she's not wanted. But before she leaves, she wants him to know how she really feels.