*Listening to Loved by you by Justin Beiber while writing this chapter and I haven't been so inspired as I am right now. Love feels good as hell, lol. Once again, you can reach out to me on my gmail, ojegift99@gmail.com, or Facebook, Asta Kun. I love y'all (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*.*
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Axel spent half the day staring at her, probably because she was always staring at him and then blushing immediately and looking away when he caught her so he decided to always keep staring at her, just to catch her.
And he did.
A lot.
Now, they were all sitting around a fire, Rin finally out of that godforsaken suit and wearing a polo and three quarter shorts with Elle in a onesy.
They had both just had their bath and it was left with Axel and Raven still in their day clothes.
They were eating marshmallows and s'mores with them playing truth and dare.
And only the goddess knew why such a little girl had such evil thoughts.
She had just dared Rin to eat worms or let her play the game of setting his tail on fire and he chose the worms.
Poor boy.
Raven patted a now sobbing Rin and began to turn the bottle as it landed on Axel and she asked "Truth or Dare?"
And not shockingly, he had been choosing dares all day so Raven had banned him from picking dares anymore.
Like who does that?
But he sighed and said "Truth"
It was Elle who was gonna ask "Are you and Cousin Raven gonna have a baby?"
Raven face palmed as Axel replied simply "She's the one going to have the baby so technically, I can't choose if she would or not"
Elle made an 'o' with her mouth then faced Rin "Do you think the same?"
He blushed first before saying "I think you're too young to think of that"
Luckily, she did not argue about that and just nodded, hugging him "Yeah, we still have forever together"
Axel did not think it was possible for Rin to blush more but he did and pulled her into his chest.
There was silence again until he suddenly said "She's asleep"
Axel did not believe that until he heard the first snore.
Raven laughed, looking at her as Rin sighed "She's probably very exhausted, I have to take her to bed now"
Then he began to stand, carrying the little girl up in the bridal style, staring at both of them "Are you guys going off to bed?"
Axel opened his mouth to say yes but Raven answered first "Nah, I gotta ask Axel some questions first"
He had deadpanned at first, fear filling him as he remembered what had happened the last time she had asked questions but relaxed when she said "Don't worry, I won't go too behind, if you can't answer it, just say no"
After Rin was gone, he laid on the floor and looked at her "Well, this should be fun"
"First, take off the glasses"
What?
As odd as the request was, he did so and her eyes flashed red.
And it he knew anything about Raven....
Raven's eyes flashed red when she was happy, excited, or angry.
Axel could bet it wasn't the third one.
"Why did you dye your hair?" She asked.
Oh....
"I had to" He replied "People are still out for me, do you remember? It was on the news that first day we met"
Her face seemed to think of that day and though he had expected her too look embarrassed about it, she only said "Do you miss it?"
"Miss what?"
"Your life before.... Before me"
Oh.
He had never thought of it.
Axel sighed, lying now on his back and looking at the sky "It was more of a coping mechanism, you know"
Then he turned and faced her "I don't really think much about it. You're a handful"
She blushed there "Would you... Would you tell me how it was? When you first got to the... Human side?"
A memory of him crying in a bungalow as he told a human male what happened between him and Misha flashed in his head but he pushed it away as she said "You don't have to tell me if you aren't....."
"It was quite hard and it was raining horribly" He replied "The smell.... Their smell... It was so strong that I had passed out the first day and the rain wasn't even helping" Then he laughed "And I was so tired and all that. When I woke up, some human had me in his house, wrapped and warm. I at first thought he had known I was a wolf... Because I had glimpses of me shifting at a point during the night but when I find him, he's playing the piano and he's very blind, very blind, so he doesn't know how I look or that I had turned to a wolf at night"
He remembered the old man and smiled "He was so good at it though. Coulda been the next Wolfgang but there wasn't any.... Money.... And he was barely surviving, but he saved me. I know we wolves are so used to staying away from them cause we believed they didn't care about each other and I'm not refuting that, but when you meet the ones that do care, they care with everything.... And about everyone. I told him what I was"
Her eyes widened "You.. you...."
He nodded "I shouldn't have but I did. He was so nice to me and I didn't want to lie to him, so I did. He had asked if I wanted to go back to my Pack and I had said no. Then he asked me what I'd like to do as a human and I asked him if he'd teach me how to play how he did and he willingly taught me"
Axel was looking at his hand, a small smile on his lips "He's dead now though, but he had waited to make sure I was on stage, made sure I was someone important, before he did"
"I'm... I'm sorry...."
He faced her, chuckling "Don't be. He had been happy knowing he had done something for me, not caring about the fact he could have been much better. You both are the same"
She blanked "Me?"
He nodded "Yes, both of you.... You always put people first, and though he is way more trusting, something we always argued back. You make sure people are safe before you check on yourself, one thing that worries about me tomorrow"
She pouted "I can defend myself"
"You can" He said "But you'd be too scared to hurt him.... So I wouldn't be watching you tomorrow"
That....
That made her heart pound "Why... Why not?"
"Briar and I decided that me being there might make you act irrationally and try to influence the fight in your favour or kill him"
"Axel!"
He laughed "That's why I'm not going. I want you winning fair and square, I trust you Ravenna"
And I love you.
But Axel was too afraid to say that.