You close the door and lean against it with a dorky smile against your face.
Hunter walks around the corner.
Ew.
He waves.
"Hey." You say.
"You came back late." He says.
"I was with friends." You lie.
"Cool." He says.
"Very cool, it was so fun." You say.
"That great." He says walking away.
"Asshole." You mutter as he walks away.
He could care less, why is he even asking you anyway? To annoy you? He literally didn't even care if he's saying that while walking away. Why are you so hung up about it? Whatever.
You head to your room and close the door. First off you decide to get comfy, you change into your PJs and hop onto your bed, pulling out your scroll to text Cedar.
You: heyyy
Cedar: hiii
You: thanks for today it was nice
Cedar: I liked it too. We should again, make it less awkward haha.
You: no it's okay, I was awkward too.
Cedar: really, you were so smooth.
You: hell no I wasn't
Cedar: you didn't stutter, I did like, a lot.
You: it's cute honestly.
Cedar: oh wow, bold, lol, you think? 😅
You: it's just sweet to see how hard your trying, it shows how much you care.
Cedar: I guess so huh. Lol.
You: when should we again?
Cedar: you free Friday?
You: yeah.
Cedar: Friday night, um, why don't we go see a movie.
You: what movie?
Cedar: what genres do you like?
You: (genre) (genre) (genre)
Cedar: I'm sure we can find something like that, and even if the movie sucks, we can just make fun of it lol.
You: I'd like that.
Cedar: yeah! Hey, do you wanna like.. call or something?
You: yeah, just a second.
You run to the mirror and make sure your looking okay, you fix your hair, rub your face. Okay you think it's good.
Cedars calling.
Oh my Titan.
You pick up the phone.
"Hey." He says.
"Heyyy!" You say.
*knock knock*
You couldn't hear the knocks over your own laugh while you were still on the phone with Cedar.
*knock knock*
"Where do you think of such funny things like that? I wish I was that clever." You giggle.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"Oh hold on someone's at my door." You say.
You run up to the door.
"Yeah?" You ask.
"Dinner." A guard says.
"Cancel it." You say closing your door halfway.
"I would but your mother is joining, as well as the emperor." The guard says catching the door before it shuts.
You stay frozen.
"I-" you mumble.
"Okay. Give me a minute. I'll be there." You say shutting the door.
You pick up the phone and unmute yourself.
"Everything okay?" Cedar asks.
"Yeah, I have to go for dinner." You say.
"Oh no it's okay, I'll see you at school tomorrow!" He says.
"I'll see you, sleep well goodnight!" You say before you hang up the phone.
You frown. Now you need to get dressed because your already in your pajamas. Usually when Belos and Mom are there they want to check up on you and Hunters relationship. Ugh. Also if the emperors there your expected to dress nice. Damn it.
You quickly slide into a simple dress and put your hair up, throw on a nice necklace and boom your out.
You make your way down the corridor into the front of the dining room doors. Hunters already there waiting.
"Let's get this over with." You say grabbing his arm.
He sighs and opens the door, as you walk in arm wrapped around his.
"Aw how adorable, look at you two." Terra smiles, holding her hands together.
Belos doesn't comment.
You force a smile while Hunter just makes a natural expression.
"Have a seat you two." Belos says.
You both take your seats next to one another. One of the guards goes around and serves you all your food.
You drink some of your water glass. And lay your arms against the table. Gosh what do they want now, we're fine.
"Y/n, arms off the table please." Terra says.
"Sorry."
Hunter side eyes you. You glare at him, and it makes him chuckle a little to himself.
"Well? How have things been for you? Hunter?" Belos asks.
"Fine. I've been working on my duties." Hunter says.
"Tell me more." He says.
"Me and the crew battled a basilisk, it's in its prison cell now." Hunter says.
"Interesting." Belos says.
"Difficult?" He asks.
"No, it was fine, I carried the crew." Hunter says.
'He thinks he's so cool' You think to yourself.
"And your studies Y/N?" Belos asks.
"Plants? It's fine. One of my classmates asked for my help on it today." You say
"Your classmates look up to you, wonderful." He smiles.
"And how are you 2?" He asks.
"Fine." You and Hunter both say at the same time.
"Fine? Really? It seems you both canceled about 6 dinners this month." Belos says.
"I've been busy, catching up on school." You say.
"You couldn't manage one of the 6?" Belos asks.
"Um.." you mumble.
"I had to cancel too, for last minute missions." Hunter interrupts.
"Oh, well that makes sense then." Belos says
'You think your so cool for sticking up for me.' You think to yourself, glaring at Hunter.
"When the last you too have talked?" Terra asks.
"When she got home." Hunter says.
"About?" Belos asks.
"About me hanging out with friends after school." You say.
"And how are your friends?" Belos asks.
"Good, it's nice to hang out with them." You nod.
"Any other affiliations?" Belos asks.
"Affili- what..?" You ask.
"Other people you connect with." Hunter chuckles to himself.
"Sorry for not knowing the definition." You glare at him.
He chuckles to himself again. Asshole.
"Affiliations. No. Only my friends." You say.
"Lovely." He says.
"It seems You both are doing well. I'll be leaving." Belos says.
"I have some other matters to attend to." Belos stands up.
Terra sighs and stands up as well. If he's gone usually she is as well.
The 2 walk out, leaving you and Hunter alone at the dinner table. You sighs and resume to eating your food. Hunter does as well.
"You're too close." You mutter towards Hunter.
"Sorry." He rolls his eyes and scoots away.
"How's being a cool guard?" You ask.
"It's a privilege." He says.
"Really?" You say sarcastically poking at your food.
"It is, im helping keep the boiling isles safe." He says.
"Cool." You say.
"Why didn't you want to be a coven scout, it was supposed to be what you were training for." He asks.
"Because saving and keeping things orderly isn't my thing." You say.
"Why?" He asks.
"Because I want to be a normal person." You say.
"But you will be, the only difference is, you get more praise." Hunter says.
"I don't remember asking, and besides, praise is for losers who feel sorry for themselves and rely on others to make them feel better about themselves." You say.
"Do you feel sorry for yourself?" You ask.
Hunter makes an uncomfortable face, and rubs his forehead.
"You do feel sorry for yourself." You say.
"Look, we didn't ask for this." He says straightforward.
You look up at him.
"We never asked to be destined for eachother. I know you hate it, but come on Y/N." He says.
"It's not something we can change, we're stuck with eachother until the day our bones are in the ground. So we have to atleast be nice to eachother, and make the most out of this situation." He says.
"Look at you Mr. morally obligated." You say sarcastically.
"Y/n." He says.
"What?" You ask
"Can we at least just accept the situation. Please?" Hunter asks.
"Okay, here's what I don't get." You say adjusting yourself in your seat.
"Why are you being weird, your a lot more... "this is the right thing" "I'm super smart" "I know my right and wrong."" You say.
"Why are you caring about this situation, and suddenly being accepting of it, when during our childhood you treated me terribly?" You say.
"You think... I can really accept being with someone who was like that to me my entire childhood?" You say.
"Oh please, don't say that like you never did the same thing to me when we were kids." He says.
"Because you did! I was defending myself." You say.
"You started this y/n. When we met, we got off on the wrong foot, and then we took it way too personally that it just got worse and worse and worse." He says.
"So, it's either, we are stuck in the first stage of grief. Or we can go to the last stage and accept this situation." He says.
"We aren't kids anymore Y/n, grow up." He says standing up and walking away.
You hall your hands into fists.
"Titan! Screw you too!" You yell, standing up and walking to your room.
"Asshole! Asshole asshole Asshole!" You mutter to yourself as you stomp to your room.
"How can you just accept that?! I cant! I like people and they certainly aren't you! I deserve my own life!" You grumble to yourself, shutting your door.
"Titan, screw the whole 8 cancellations. I don't care anymore. I just won't show up." You mutter and you start changing back into pajamas.
"I hate you!" You scream into your pillow.
You pull out your scroll and click on Vineys contact.
You try not to vent about Hunter and how annoying he is because you don't want to annoy her, but Titan he is being such a jerk.
You aren't even supposed to talk to anyone about you and Hunters marriage, it's supposed to be confidential, but you trust Viney.
You open up the texts
You: do you ever feel trapped?