Chapter 85
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I remained silent. My face is pink and hot from his sudden confession. It wasn't direct, but I know what he's trying to say.
"U—Uhmm." I blushed worse when I crack my voice. I see him as a good man.
He's nice and sweet, but I don't really think it's appropriate for him to say that. Aside from the fact that he is Freeda's real parsen, he knows I have Damon.
"I'm sorry. I don't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. Should we—"
Josh wasn't able to finish what he's saying when the door sprung open and Damon came out. My face turned pale. Is he mad?
He looked at me and Josh. His eyes are blank and dead. I can't read him. What is he thinking?
"The portal will close soon. We should go back to your apartment," he said and walked out. He didn't sound angry nor jealous. He was using his normal voice. I should feel relief because of that, but I felt a bucket of cold water splashing on me.
I didn't know that him, ignoring a scenario that can make every boyfriend jealous, is more heartbreaking. It made me feel like he didn't care about me at all. Dragons are known for being possessive, but what the hell happened to him?
"Maybe he's tired," Josh said. I turned my head to look at him. His tone sounded like he's trying to erase all the negative assumptions in my head. "It's been a long day for us. We should go back." He smiled and lend me his hand.
We walked out of the rooftop. His hand were on my arms and I didn't care. Damon would have noticed it right away if it happened to Vortaxia, but he's extremely numb right now. Is he doing this on purpose?
Is it because I'm trying to open his eyes on the possibilities that we might open our world to humans soon?
Does he hate humans that much?
"We can't leave yet. Aluncina is still somewhere there. We can't leave without her." I frowned at him. He's telling us to go back in Vortaxia without completely fulfilling the mission. "We promises to bring them the answer, right?" I said. He released a very deep sigh and look at me.
"The portal will close in ten minutes. They didn't give us enough time to do our mission. They can't expect us to finish it in just two days."
My brows furrowed. No artist can paint the frown on my face right now. Why is he being suck a jerk all of a sudden? He's acting like how Josh used to act. He's being such a scumbag and I hate it. First, he wanted to erase the infected human's memories and now he's twisting his on words. The words he used to assure God Hlaford and the other Gods and Goddesses.
This is unacceptable.
"Damon's right, Golden. We have to go back first. It will be much trouble if we fail to go back in Vortaxia. There would be lesser chances of us finding Aluncina," Josh supported. I glanced at him and arched my brows. He agrees with him? "We can always ask for their help and it's not like we'll go back empty-handed.
I creased my forehead and sighed. "Fine. Just make sure that we'll go back here to find her. She's the only answer for our quest," I responded. Damon gave me a short smile before putting hid palm on air and start doing a few waves and hand gestures with his hand. I looked at him confusedly when he starts to chant something.
I thought Diante would be waiting for us to the other side of the portal. I squeezed my eyes shut when a bright ray of light flashes before my eyes. The next time I opened my eyes, I'm already in front of the twisting portal. It looked like a milky way.
It's beautiful.
My lips parted when Damon entered the portal without asking for my hand. He's used of doing that whenever we use portals to go on other places, but now he's ignoring me. It feels different. What the hell is happening to him?
"Give me your hand," Josh said. I looked at him surprise and back to the portal where Damon disappeared. I was going to wait him to come back. Maybe he's just trying to check the effectivity of the portal that he created. I didn't know that he has knowledge about it actually. I thought we were not allowed to learn such for it's only for the higher ups to manage and run.
"Thank you," is all I managed to say as he holds me carefully to enter the portal. Damon should be the one doing this and not anyone else. Is he tired of me already?
The next thing I knew is we're already standing on the magical grass of Vortaxia. The sweet smell of the field linger inside my nose. Now's that what we call home. I opened my eyes to see hundreds of butterflies flying everywhere. The weather is already clear right now. It was raining really hard when we left.
"Be careful," Josh reminded. He's now supporting me as we head back to the Spheria Kingdom. I asked Josh if he wanted to come and he said yes. He acted like my boyfriend and I can't help, but feel bad about it. Damon is basically ignoring me. He's trying to abandon me and it's not good.
"Stop overthinking. You'll just hurt yourself," he whispered to me. I looked at his tough, but handsome face and sighed. "Maybe he's just really tired. It's not easy to cast a salvation spell. It takes away one's energy. I'm sure he feels really heavy right now.
I just sighed in exhaustion. I'm not expecting to see this side of him in times of needs. I really want to just go and confront him about it, but I've got no balls do that. Besides, Josh told me already about the possibilities. I want to believe him. There's no reason for Damon to gey tired of me. I'll toast a dragon like him in the oven if he ever thought of replacing me with a younger girl. I'll make sure that he pays.
Wait? Why am I even thinking about him replacing me? When did I learn to suspect him like that? We were almost together and I haven't seen him, not even once, go out with anyone before.
Gawd! What the hell is happening to me.
We reached the entrance of the Spheria Kingdom. Josh is still beside me and helping me. I accidentally hurt my ankle earlier and Damon didn't even bother rescuing me. I should give the same pain he's bringing me right now. I'll make sure to ignore him really bad once he realizes all the stupidity he's doing right now!
"Are you going inside?" I asked. Josh look at me and back to Damon. He smiled sheepishly and scratched his nape. "You need to get yourself treated. You were hurt when you jumped out of the window." I gave him a worried look. He just shook his head.
"I'm okay. I'm sure everything will turn out all right once you enter. You should make up, hmm?" he said and starts to walk away leaving me and Damon behind. I gulped before taking a quick glimpse of Damon.
He's doesn't gave emotions on his face. I would think he's a robot. I look away when he turns to look at me.
Why do I feel awkward with him?
I should probably ask him what's wrong with him once we have our rest in our place. I don't like this moments when I can't talk to him. Big problems start small. I don't want to make things worse by closing an eye for this.
I looked at him sighed. He didn't even bother telling me to follow him and just walk away.
