Hudson's POV :
TRIGGER WARNING : MENTION OF SELF - HARM
When I first met Eros he was not very different from he is now. The only thing that really changed was how much he hated humans. He hated everything but he hated human beings with a different type of passion.
Eros always thought he was great but it wasn't because he was conceited. Eros always thought he was superior because he was. He was superior in every way. He was smarter, stronger, and better than e
anyone that I've ever met.
We were in highschool , but he was light-years ahead of everyone. He was practically teaching the classes at some point.
I always wondered why he came to Earth if he hated every one on our planet then I learnt that he needed a place to hide from something that was even more terrifying than him.
An evil that was more sinister than he was.
At first he scared me , then I got curious and what a big mistake that was.
I wanted to be his friend, I wanted to be included so bad but there was no place for me in his world. On our first encounter with each other I tried to get to know him but as I did the famous pose where one shounen rival reached out to the next , my outstretched hand was rejected as he made a strange sign that I've never seen before with his pinky and middle finger folded into his palm and his thumb holding them both down while his other two fingers stayed up.
My eyes widened and I thought it was his version of the peace sign but for some reason I felt like I should keep my distance from him so I did.
He bullied me every day but other humans didn't even seem to irritate him as much as I did. I didn't know why I was the Human he hated the most until I found out that his little hand sign wasn't his version of the peace sign but instead it was a declaration to me that he was " The Ruler " which meant he was above me and he expected to be treated like some kind of king and that's when I started hating him.
I hated him so much that I started spreading rumors about him. I hated every move he made and I made sure he knew it.
When all the other kids worshipped him for how great he was I was so jealous I wished he would go back to the stupid planet he came from.
When I thought I couldn't hate him more there was a stupid science class that made it worse and each student was assigned a different project.
My project was to draw a healthy ecosystem or make a display of one and Eros' project was to create a display of the solar system.
He came to school the next day with 24 different planets way too many moons and after his presentation that everyone thought was a joke he decided to assign each heavenly body to one of our classmates and guess who got left out ? ME !
I was the only one in class that didn't get to take a planet from his display home with me. I hated him more than I knew was possible that day.
We fought everyday after that and he always told me he'd take over the Earth some day and I'd always told him to go back to his own planet.
Then Valentine's Day came around and every girl liked him and the girl I liked like him too.
His locker was filled up with chocolate and my locker was empty.
One girl gave me chocolate out of pity and he took it and stomped on it.
I started crying because of course I'd cry I was literally a lonely teenage boy getting bullied everyday and he just bullied me more for crying and being " WEAK " .
" I hate you ! You think power is everything ? You'll never understand what's it like to be me ! " I shouted at him but he didn't show any remorse.
He lacked human emotions and nothing I did would change him. He smirked sinisterly, his lips curled upwards before he began to speak.
" If I were you I'd slit my wrist." He said and I couldn't believe it.
I knew he was anti human. I knew he didn't value human life but I didn't know it was this bad.
Tears ran down my face and I turned away from him walking away before he completely destroyed my self-esteem.
We don't talk about that day . February 14th.
Day of Forbidden Love, Month of the Ruler , Year of Destruction ...
" Hudson ! Stop daydreaming and focus. We need all your power concentrated in one area." Venus called after me.
" Uh ....how about this ? " I asked after I snapped back to reality trying hard to focus all my power into creating a barrier.
" Let me show you how it's done , weakling. " Eros said as he pushed me out of the way aggressively.
He was still mean but at least he was talking to me. Nothing changed. He still hated me like back in highschool and I was trying as hard as I could not to hate him anymore but every now and then I felt those familiar thoughts coming back.
' Eros is such an asshole.' I thought and a ball of power came blasting at my head.
I totally forgot he could read my mind.
I ducked just in time then I groaned frustratedly.
" How poisonous ? " Venus teased him and I rolled my eyes at him.
" Stop reading my mind and take up a fucking book ! " I shouted at him and he stopped what he was doing just to come over to bully me again.
" I could actually find a book to read if I wasn't living in your head rent free ! " He argued back and he grabbed me by my shirt pulling me back and the fight started between us again.
For a moment it was as if we were teenagers again hating each other as if our lives depended on it .
They were training me but we were actually arguing and fighting with each other more than 99 percent of the time so I wasn't really learning much.
Yukina seemed to like being a cat , Amorette seemed to like floating. Orion was on his phone flirting with some girl and Alto was sitting in the back looking pissed as hell that they had been training me and not him.
" There's a party tonight at school . You could definitely use a break." Venus asked me and thought about it a bit.
" I'm going to stay home with my little sister and Enmei tonight. We have a movie to watch." I told her , a small smile found it's way on my lips as I thought about finally watching the new movie with them.
" I'll be going to the party tonight and I'm going to EAT SOME EMOTIONS! " Eros announced, his sinister smirk appeared again and his sharp fangs made his words seem even more threatening.
" Must be tasty. " I said nervously, as I grabbed my things and headed towards the exit but Eros disappeared from the room before I could even leave.
I went home to find my sister alone in the apartment,laying on the floor , wearing baggy clothes crying that Enmei didn't show up.
" What did you do to her this time ? " Hotaru cried and I was super confused.
" I - I didn't do anything to her.She was supposed to be here an half an hour ago " I stuttered a bit then I took my phone out to check my messages.
There was a single message from Enmei.
It read :
Out with Eros. I'll watch movies with you another time.
My eyes widened as they became teary .
I threw my phone into the wall angrily.
Didn't she say she wanted nothing to do with him after getting kidnapped? What the hell is her problem ?
She's a woman.
I guess that's her problem.
It's too bad.
She'd be a really good friend if she wasn't a girl.
Women like Eros.
I HATE him.
All women are the same at the end of the day.
They all would rather be with an Alien Cupid who can kill them instead of a human boy who genuinely cares.
I know I didn't save her that one time but it was just that one time and I don't know how to act when she's not right beside me.
I sunk to the floor panicking and feeling betrayed.
" Hudson calm down. Hudson it's ok. She'll come tomorrow."
What does it mean to be friends with a girl ? She'd leave me when she gets a boyfriend anyways.
Unless ..... I was her boyfriend then maybe she'd be a girl who'd stay by my side or maybe.....if Eros really didn't exist then maybe girls would want to stay by my side.
I stood up suddenly, took up my broken phone and headed towards the door.
Yea .... All this time the problem wasn't Enmei being a girl It was Eros being Eros.
His existence is the problem.
His face , his hair , his Pheromones. Everything he does is poisonous and I tried to see him in a different light. I really did, but maybe there's really no saving him.
I pulled the door aggressively.
" Where are you going? "
" A party ." I said and before Hotaru could say anything else I flew right out the door.
I teleported to the party on the College Campus.
It was so crowded. So many pretty girls and so many shady looking guys and there in the center of it all , like a diamond in filthy mud was Enmei sitting by Eros with his hand around her shoulder.
I bet he was draining her energy and feeding off her emotions like a leech.
" Take your hands off of her !" I shouted at Eros but he just ignored me.
I blasted him with my power and Enmei got up screaming. Everyone in the party looked around to face us.
Eros punched me in my face and I started bleeding and our eyes glowed as we fought each other.
The other kids gathered around us with shocked expressions as they took out their phones to video our fight.
" What the hell are you doing? Eros was just being nice." Enmei defended him and I couldn't believe she'd do this AGAIN.
" Eros is NEVER being nice. Don't let his looks fool you.He was draining your energy."
You'll start feeling weak in a second."
" I don't feel weak ." Enmei said and she rolled her eyes at me.
" I know why you can't love, Eros. It's because you're a monster. Monsters don't deserve love! " I shouted at him and he threw me across the room.
I fell into a table of drinks and broke it .
The kids around us gasped in shock but none of them stopped recording to check if I was ok.
I grabbed a knife from a near by table , teleported back to Eros and was about to stab him when I suddenly stopped moving, stood up stiff as a board and stabbed myself instead.
I looked on in shocked as I bled and fell to the ground.
" Good job, My weapon. " Eros praised me as he smirked and I realized that he had used my own body against me.
The Master can control the weapon but the weapon can not control the master .....
The Poison can be the medicine but Eros can't.
Eros is poisonous at his very core.
He is a demon incapable of salvation
Eros doesn't value human life.
Eros doesn't feel remorse.
Eros doesn't cry.
Eros is a monster and that's what I should have seen him as from the very beginning.
I blacked out at the party as Enmei stood over me screaming my name and I woke up in the hospital a few hours later with Enmei sitting by my side.
" I hate him." I said as soon as my eyes popped open.
" Who ? "
" Eros. I wish he'd go back to his planet. "
" Why are you still being mean to him. He tried to help you when you tripped and fell with the knife." Enmei said and I stared at her with wide eyes.
" W -what ? I never tripped. He caused it."
" We were all playing ball outside and your team won so they brought out a cake to celebrate and you brought out a knife and you tripped and fell. Eros ran to your side to help you , brought you to the hospital and he's been sitting by your side the whole time. He just got up to get something to drink. He'll be back in a minute." Enmei said and I stared at her as my eyes widened.
What the fuck is going on ?
None of that happened. We were at a party NOT a ball game.
I need to get as far away from Eros as I can .
Eros walked into the room , looking sad and caring.
" I really hope you recover soon." Eros said and I glared at him.
Fuck ! What is wrong with this man ?
Enmei gave him a soft smile and as soon as she turned her back to him he smirked at me creepily.