In the library....
-Madeline POV-
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Upon seeing the out of character Ben she was filled with doubt, but no way could she forget his face. To her ,he stood out from day one ,as the Slothful student.
'Wait isn't that Ben from class?'
It took her a few moments to let it sink in. If this really was Ben, then he would be asleep already.
She noticed a student at the librarian's desk and decided to ask her, since her curiosity called for it.
"Um, excuse me. Who is that?"
"Oh ~ Madeline. That's Ben, the sleeping prince."
"Sleeping prince?"
"That's what everyone calls him at school, anyway, why do you ask?"
"Because he is sitting at my desk."
"What does it matter~ just go sit there if you want to." She gestures to an empty chair.
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-Ben POV-
As he closes the book, and comes back to reality, he overhears the conversation He quickly lowers his bangs and slowly makes his way closer to the reception where Madeline was.
"I'm done here, and I'm checking out this book."
He hands the book to the student. She quickly does all the tasks that are not worth mentioning and hands him the book.
"Thanks." Ben says as he walks off and disappears into the hallway.
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At home....
"WHO THE F*CK ATE MY ICE CREAM?!" a shriek came from the kitchen of the boys' apartment.
Mano who was happily munching on Ashwil's ice cream tried to cover his tracks, but Ashwil went full predator mode and sniffed him out.
Dun dun dun
"I thought we were brothers..." he said while staring into Mano's eyes.
"Ashwil! It's not what it looks like!" Mano tried to defend himself.
"Tell that to the judge!" Ashwil said while grabbing Mano by the ear and dragging him before Luciano in the living room.
"What is it now?" Luciano who was quite bored of their antics asked.
"Your honor! This Vermin stole my Ice cream. It was meant to help me recover from my break-up with Amy!"
"In my defence, the ice cream was delicious" Mano lifted his opinion. "And anyway, you already had five girlfriends this week. One breakup won't matter."
Luciano couldn't help but sigh. These idiots could use this energy to study but instead they waste it on these pointless antics. Then a realization struck him.
"Who gave you permission to use our budget to buy Ice cream?" Luciano growled In a menacing tone while clutching onto Ashwil's head.
Then the door unlocks and from it appears a not so messy Ben.
"Ooh Boy. I don't know why you don't use this style everytime." Ashwil comments trying to lead the conversation away from the ice cream topic.
"I'm off to bed" Ben says, clearly uninterested but in an unusual way.
"So about the ice cream ~" Mano continued in a whisper towards Ashwil.
Ashwil turned to him and practically begged him to keep his mouth shut.
"What ice cream?", Ben asked
'Curse this demon with his dog like hearing!' Ashwil thought as he was on the verge of tears.
"Oh~ I almost forgot~" The mood shifted again as Luciano menacingly uttered these words.
What followed was true, horrifying pain.
Ben ignored their antics and went to his room.
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In Ben's room he fell asleep and had a dream about a particular past of his...
On a hill, under a moon tree, with it's silver blue leaves a boy stood up from where he was seated. Under the hill was the kingdom of demons. The boy made his way toward the bustling city when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey Bee! Where are you going" a girl's voice echoed. Her hair was silver and her eyes purple with long lashes. She was a demi human.
"Oh, I'm going back home. I've gotta practice my magic and music"
"Whaddya say to going to the library afterward?"
"Sure why not."
"It's a date then!"
"Haaah ,I'm not even going to try to correct you anymore."
Ben then awoke from his dream and everything came into focus.
"The same dream again...."
'That day... I never got to go to the library with her... I wonder how she's doing now... Probably somewhere eating an ice cream' he thought as he gave a sad smile.
So how did he have access to his memories of Eldria? Stick around to find out.