Looking to the girl with black hair wearing blue, I looked at her with wide open eyes, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING..." I said with utter seriousness.
But she just smiled, "I wanted to say hi? It's been such a long time since we last saw each other? Well, it hasn't even been a month, but still! We never, well you know..."
"We never really spoke much..." Also her....
"Are you fucking serious?!" Me about to lose my shit...
And yet she didn't take me seriously, "Well. You've done a lot for me, but yeah! We didn't really speak much and I never got the chance to ever repay you for back then! That's why when you would occasionally pass my cell I would memorize your pretty eyes, for when the day I would get out, and look I got out, and here I am now!"
"Hehe~"
But as she was talking I grabbed her head, "I meant are you fucking serious right now... You just blew my whole ass cover to the enemies!..."
Gulping hard she nervously smiled, but then Lex came in and jumped into our conversation, "No, let her be, if they come for you we're prepared this time! After all, I might not look like it but I'm actually a strong mage and also combatant, and Cath is skilled in combat too"
And to add salt to the mix he also spat out next, "And don't forget the girls are here as well!!"
But looking at him and also grabbing his hard head, and then scolding him for even thinking that, "That's not the point! I'm Aster now! I don't care if the Necros know who I am! What if there are other Natsu Sorcerers here! then I'm as good as dead and if you all died to me once then your going to be fucked by them, no worse, roasted..."
I scolded and he chuckled... "Oh yeah..."
"Anyways guys, let's continue!" a new voice was heard on the mic and as I looked over to see the short one with the mic, she was... She was gone?
"Hey I didn't recognize you?"
Looking to my left was the eye killer herself and as I was startled and let go of both Lex and the girl Azz-sum? Lady Clementine was right there to my left looking at me.
"Ah!" I squealed
Meanwhile the girl, Azz something was trembling, "Lady, Lady Clementine, I- I don't recognize you?" she started studdering like hell, and I could see the terror in her face.
But then Lex stood up and grabbed her by her sleeve, she came over to him, next to him, and she started hiding behind him, but Karin paid no attention to them.
"You look?... Shorter than last time?"
But as she said that, and I felt dissed, I crossed my arms and I don't know what came over me but pouting and looking away, I went on to say.
"Last time I checked, you were shorter than me. Humph"
"Hahaha, can't say that anymore can you, shorty"
"Who you calling short!"
"Hahaha, you dumby~"
Hearing her like this, talking to her like this, it brought a smile to my face, I think, I think I'm really in love with this gal, so looking at her and her beautiful face.
"So, how have you been, Karin"
She sighed and then sat next to me which put Lex on edge and the other girl hella scared, but he just sat next to me on the other side and the nonimportant she stayed with him, Lex.
"Still stressed all the time, so more or less the same"
"That's good to hear"
"What about you, how's life with your master? Is she here? Or did she send you here to attend this by yourself, actually, I never would have expected you to be here?"
"I'm more or less the same, just getting by, by the day"
"Oh, is that how it is~"
Poking her cute little head in closer, "So, still the same huh, I bet you have a huge harem by now, after all, back then apparently everyone loved you a lot, guards and all"
Looking away I pouted, how could she believe that I would have a harem, "Dumby, I've been waiting for you to find me, there's no harem, I'm just surviving and waiting"
Turning my head to her, I smiled and felt sweeter.
"And that's because I love you, I always have"
I said and Lex and the other one suddenly gasped, and looking at them with pink covering my face, I gave them that scolding look of "shuddup you two" before looking back to her.
"Really? You actually like me?"
"A million times over, I'm in love with you"
Laughing into her hand, she then hit my shoulder playfullty, "Dumby, are you still thinking about the times when we used to sleep together, that was like a one time thing we used to do because there wasn't anything else going on around there, hahaha, you actually like like me~?"
"Huh?..."
Hella confused, I asked, "What do you mean?" saying that she looked forward and responded with, "For someone as crazy as you, I never expected this?"
"Huh!..."
Looking at me with a bright smile, "You're jokes are pretty funny but stop messing with me, I doubt someone who betrayed countless of their own, someone so sick and twisted that they'd chose to side with a Necro leader would fall in love with someone like me"
Still talking, "It's just so outta character~"
Laughing more, I looked to the sky and in a silent stare, I said, "Well, I guess I'm breaking character for falling for you then, wow look at me, I guess I am the insane one?"
Crossing eyes, looking at each other, she then realized how serious I was and as she has, she smiled.
"Sorry, but I'm not in love with you Hiro, plsu your short, weak, and not worth the time and investment anyways, even if you were like the old you and not like this it would still be a hard no, sorry, but I don't feel the same way"
She said, literally shattering my heart, and then she patted my shoulder, "But, if you ever work something out with your master and ever feel like helping out the Hoctus in the future, we could use a Natsu Sorcerers powers"
She said but I wasn't listening, I was stuck on being rejected, "But I'll tell you this, I had fun passing the time with you, the other guards and sorcerers were right, you are pretty fun and not just as a treat"
Getting up, she got out of her seat and then bid the lot of us farewell, "It's been nice catching up Hiro, but if you're still around it would be nice to catch up some more, we're thinking of adding part of our faction to Rosa Marine, so I'll be seeing you around I hope~"
Bruh... I'm balling on the inside...
"Aster?... You alright?" Lex asked and as he had I slowly turned my head to him, and looking at him with a swell of tears in my eyes, "Y-Y-Yeah..." I was breaking down.
And getting closer next to me he grabbed me, embracing me and hugging me, "There'll always be more, don't sweat it kid..." and crying into his shoulder, I felt another hug from the side and it was from the girl who exposed me.
I think... I think I'm gonna start going to therapy.
Imma be honest I thought love was maybe what I needed to make me feel better, but I think I just need to start talking to someone about all my shit.
Yeah, I'm going to need to find a therapist soon...