Nena

    Tears fell down my cheeks, “Why are you yelling at me!”

    “I-” He raised his hands up slightly, “I didn’t mean to do that.” He seemed a little disturbed.

    “Why are you angry at me?” I glared at him.

    “You ran away!” He said, “Do you know how worried I was?”

    I ran away? The fuk? I only went out for a walk!

    “So what!?” I took a step back, “You were so busy with your lover, you didn’t care.”

    “Nena!” He raised his voice again, “She’s a guest.”

    “Oh? So that shameless bitch hasn’t left yet.”

    “Nena! She was the one who told me to check on you since she thought you were acting weird.”

    I scoffed, “You must trust her a lot.” I folded my arms, “She’s the one who followed me out when I went out for a WALK and tried to kill me.” I kept glaring at him.

    “What?”

    “Why do you think the Dryad let me in? It doesn’t let normal humans in!” I took another step back, “Do you have any idea how scared I was when I thought I was going to die!?”

    “Nena…” He shook his head, “I’m sure this is a misunderstanding. She’s a really calm person.”

    “So you don’t believe me?” I was quite shocked at this revelation, “You trust her more than me?” The statement did the job of hurting me more.

    “It’s not like that.” He shook his head, “First, let’s go back.” He extended his hand out, “We can all talk together.”

    My blood went cold, “Talk?” I said, “With her?” I shook my head, “I’m not going back home if she’s there.”

    “We need to clear things up.” He gestured for me to come closer to him.

    “When I’m telling you she attacked me, why wouldn’t you believe me?!” I said, “I’m not going back if she’s there.”

    “Because that’s very less likely to happen.” He said, “If we all don’t talk together then how will we come to a solution?”

    “What!?’ I was baffled, “Wait- who even told you I was in the realm of magic?” The thought just suddenly emerged in my mind, “To begin with, I didn’t run away. I just went out for a walk. She came out of nowhere and started picking a fight with me.”

    “Why would she do that?”

    “Hell if I know!” I was very annoyed, “I got a tiny scratch and she went crazy. Like literally crazy!!”

    “A scratch?” He asked.

    “Yohan healed that.” I looked away.

    “So there is a reason she attacked you.” He sighed, “It was impulsive.”

    “Impulsive?” I raised my brows at him, “So you’re saying you would have been fine if she had IMPULSIVELY killed me?” I let out another scoff, “Wow, I really don’t mean much to you when it comes to your girlfriends, do I?”

    “Nena!” He got a little frustrated, “It’s not like that!”

    “I’m not going back with you.” I turned my head away, “You can go back to your lover- wait on that note, you can go back to all of them!” I glared at him, “I heard you have many.”

    “What?”

    I nodded my head sarcastically, “It’s funny you know. You never mentioned you had so many girls dying to marry you.” Tears just streamed down my face once again but I stopped it and took a deep breath.

    “Nena calm down-”

    “No!” I said, “How can I calm down when I’m one of those senseless idiots.”

    He paused, “What?”

    I let out a sarcastic laugh as I sniffled, “ Yeah, you heard it.I like you, you heartless jerk.”

    “Nena…” His eyes were wide open in surprise as he began to slightly shake his head.

    “But if I knew you had so many partners, I would never have fallen in love with you!” I sniffled, “I hate you!”

    I turned around and ran like a little kid throwing a tantrum.

    “Nena!” He ran after me and of course I wasn’t able to run much further since he caught me pretty quickly.

    He grabbed my arm and spun me around but I lost my balance. As I was falling he tried to hold me, and in that moment, I grabbed his shirt and made him fall down with me.

    I made sure that he was under me and I slammed my hands on either side of his head on the forest ground, “Why did you come after me?”

    “You’re my family.” He didn’t even hesitate and that made my head throb with anger.

    “Shut up!” I yelled at him, “I hate this so much! You are not my family!” I glared at him, “I’m in love with you!!” My words were contradicting but I’m sure anyone who was in my position would understand.

    “Nena,” He had a confused soft look on his face, “No…” He shook his head.

    The moment I was rejected I went into shock.

    He had given me a clear answer, ‘No’, and that made my heart hurt like crazy. I felt my chest tighten and tears began to pour out like crazy. This time I couldn’t stop them at all.

    That one simple word of rejection hurt so much it felt like my world was ending.

    “Is it because you have many others?” I was throwing away my pride by still asking him even though he had rejected me.

    “It’s not like that.” He shook his head, “This has gotten way more complicated. Let’s go back home first.” He tried to sit up but I didn’t let him. I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him back, “Nena?”

    “You want to take me home right after you’ve rejected me?” I asked him as if I was asking for confirmation.

    “...” He didn’t have an answer for that and that made my feelings shatter like glass. With each shard giving me a stabbing pain.

    It hurt so bad I ended up smirking.

    “I think we’re done Quincy.” I took my hands off him.

    “What?”

    “I think this is as far as we would have gone.” I stood up with a tear streamed face and he immediately did the same.

    “What’s that supposed to mean?” He grabbed my wrist but I jerked it away.

    “I can’t stay with you. With a man who already rejected me and already has a lover in his house. Do I look like a masochist to you?”

    “Nena-”

    “Don’t come after me.” I began to leave but he grabbed my hand again.

    “I can’t leave you alone.”

    “I already said we’re not family!” I glared at him, “Do you have any idea how much pain it gives me every time you pretend you''re my dad?” I scoffed, “It makes me feel like an idiot!” I jerked my hand away again, “I look like a fool with a problem!!”

    “Still-” He shook his head, “Where are you gonna go in the middle of the night? You’re going back with me.”

    …

    When I looked him in the eyes I knew he wasn’t backing off.

    “This is what I hate the most.” I picked up a sharp rock from the ground, “You reject me yet want me to be with you.” I brought it next to my palm, “I’m done playing family with you.”

    Quincy realised what I was going to do but I reacted faster than him and cut my hand.

    The scent of blood made him freeze right in front of me with a mere distance of a centimetre.

    His eyes glowed red and he jumped back, “What are you doing?” He covered his nose.

    I threw the rock at him, “I’m running away.”