#anyways here's this!! ill rb it tomorrow when i wake up im too annoyed w tumblr never posting this to draft or queue it

[pan-kawaii-chan]

If You Ever Come Back | Chapter Eleven

She wasn’t sure what she expected when they reported back to her. She’d only been staying in the apartment because Zane didn’t want her to get hurt, which was honestly really sweet of him and also kind of sucky for her, because she wanted to be helping if she could. Dante had done a great job in distracting her for a couple of hours, but eventually he needed to sleep. So when everyone comes back, she’s glad to see they’re all okay. She pushes herself up, trying not to aggravate her wound, and makes her way over to them. Aaron was heavily leaning on Aphmau and Garroth, and she can’t help but feel bad for him. He’d lost so much over these past few days. Travis was leaning on Katelyn, and Zane and Lucinda were supporting each other. They both weren’t in the best condition, but they were much better off than Aaron.

She makes her way over to Zane, sliding underneath his other arm. “I got him Lucinda~Chan,” she states, and the witch nods, moving away from the two of them and over to Katelyn. “Hey Zane~Kun, you okay?” Her voice stays soft, as to not overwhelm him or freak him out. He looks at her, unblinking.

“Who are…?” He trails off, his expression changing. He seems like he’s thinking about something, and Kawaii~Chan isn’t sure how she feels about his stare. “Eight.” It’s all he says. It’s quick and final, and she can’t help but feel put off by it. This is definitely not the Zane she fell for. Sure, she doesn’t expect him to be the same, but it’s almost as if everything about him got erased and replaced, and the only thing that stayed the same about him was his looks.

“Excuse me?” She hopes that doesn’t sound mean, but it’s a lot angrier and louder than she expected. Sure, she’s upset and she has every right to be, but she doesn’t want to be a number. She had always been a number back at home, and she didn’t like being called one now.

“Don’t be upset. That’s better than Lucinda.” And with that remark, she just ducks down and walks away, letting him drop. He lets out an oof, and she can feel him glaring at her back but she doesn’t care. He should know better than to put a hotness rank on his own girlfriend, much less tell her that she’s hotter than one of her friends, which means he had to have been looking. She understands him wanting to take things slow, and she understands that he needs his time and his space, but fuck it. He can have all the time and space he needs and wants if he’s going to be like this.

She pulls out her phone and walks over to a tree, leaning back against it and opening up her messages. She wasn’t even going to process her lockscreen or homescreen right now, both of which were pictures of her and Zane. She feels super betrayed at the moment.

💛 Dante~Kun 💛

“Hey Dante, are you busy right now? If so I can wait”

“No I’m free! What’s up?”

“I think something happened to Zane. He’s acting really weird and I’m not sure what I should do about it”

“How weird is weird?”

“I went to go help him out since Lucinda was helping to support him and she didn’t seem all that comfortable so I went to go take him from her and he started to ask who I was before just saying “eight”. When I said “excuse me?” because I was confused and a little hurt by it, he said that I shouldn’t feel bad because “that’s better than Lucinda”!!! And that really hurts because I love and trust him to not do that stuff since he knows that I’m not cool with being given a number and that it isn’t cool to look at your girlfriend’s friends and decide how hot they are, you know?”

“Oh damn that sucks KC :( I don’t really have advice since that type of stuff isn’t what I specialize in, but I would ask Aph and see if something happened? Because you know he would probably never do that to you. If you need someone to talk to, I’m here for you! You’re my friend and I want to be there for you when things get hard and when you need support”

“Thanks Dante, you’re the best :3″

“It’s no problem KC. If you need anything else let me know. I gotta finish up my shift since I’m on break right now but when you guys get back we’ll talk okay?”

“Alright! I’ll let you get back to work then! Just don’t hurt yourself, okay?

“I won’t I won’t. Don’t get hit with anymore swords while you’re still at that resort, okay?”

“You got it Boss Man! Seeya Dante :3″

Dante always seemed to make all of this easier to deal with. He’s a true friend and she’s glad that he’s here for her and that he’s in her life again. She sighs, looking up at the leaves of the tree and frowning. She’s starting to wish she never even came here in the first place. At least then she wouldn’t have almost died and dealt with whatever’s going on now. Maybe she should have just done the same as Dante and stayed at home and worked and made money. She could have hung out with him instead of spending all summer running around after Aaron and Aphmau and getting involved with Zane and kissing Garroth and making all these choices that have so far only lead up to everything sucking for her. This whole trip was such a big mistake.