*Author's Note: Ooh, more theme stuff, and little teaser at the very end. Enjoy the chapter!*

Kat's Pov

"KAT! COME ON!"

I laughed as I ran away from him, the Darkness silencing my footsteps as I ran. I had splashed him with water as I was taking a bath in the small pond. He had turned the water into harmless lava for a moment, but he didn't count on me retaliating. I laughed at his frustration, and bolted for the roofed forest, where he would quickly lose me. I then felt myself hit the ground face-first, and heard a grunt behind me. I pouted, having not been able to outrun him.

"Hi, I'm Herobrine. Have we met?"

"Whatever…"

"Honestly, did you think you'd outrun me?"

He let me up, and I got up from the blocky ground. We had been in Minecraft for a few Earth hours, not doing much. I had decided I wanted a bath, and he had come along with me, thinking he would start a mine and look for diamonds. Sadly, my "curves" had distracted him and he had played the lava prank on me.

"Alright, I'm sorry, Kat. I just can't resist your beauty, you know."

"Pervert… I need another bath now because you tackled me."

He laughed, and I shivered, my wet hair making me cold. He teleported us back to the pond, and he held me, not letting go. I groaned, trying to escape his iron grip.

"Oh, come on, now, my little kitty Kat… you know we're plenty close enough to bathe together, don't you? Besides, we're in Minecraft… you won't see it, and I won't see anything."

"I am not taking a bath with you!"

"You can't stop me… heheh."

"At least don't pull that lava shit again," I growled, defeated.

I felt myself released from his grasp, and sighed as I undressed again out of his sight, leaving my clothes in a small cove. The water prevented him from seeing me, so I was grateful. I heard him dive in, and glared at him, covering myself. I could tell he rolled his eyes, and he swam closer, an evil grin on his face. Splashing him, I dove under the water and swam to the other side of the little pond.

"Kat, you don't have to hide yourself. I just want to see your pretty face anyway."

"Yeah right."

He got out of the water, and washed his clothes after drying off and putting on his spare outfit. I did the same, but in the little cove I had found hidden away. Once done, I flew up and out to see him talking with the red Steve, the one I had called Red. Red noticed me, and Herobrine turned to see me there, waiting.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"You're not. Red was just giving me some diamonds for my collection."

Red gave me one last look, his black eye sockets giving me the chills. I began walking back to our house next to Herobrine, but our walk went by in silence, until the house came into view.

"You're not still mad at me, are you, Kat?"

"I just… I'm just annoyed, Herobrine. I get it, we are close enough, but I'm not quite ready. I know I said I was before, but I changed my mind."

"Well, I won't rush you. It's not like I planned to fall in love with you. Nobody plans falling in love, right?"

"It just happens."

Once we hopped through, I went about cleaning the house, vacuuming the carpet floor and washing the countertops. I saw Herobrine staring at the television, confused, and peeked to see what was on.

"It isn't working. Normally I can concentrate my fire into lightning, and use a few sparks to power this thing."

"Weird. Maybe it's too scorched to work?"

"Oh, I didn't think about the scorching."

"It's fine. I'll order a new one. In the meantime, you could watch YouTube videos. There's some about the new you slowly accumulating."

"There's someone trying to replace me?"

"No, I mean the you that you are now. There's at least ten videos on there, and they're the most highly viewed right now. It's all anyone is talking about, even the news stations."

"I'm that popular?"

"Only because of me… I'm seen as more of a sidekick, though, sadly."

"Thanks."

I sat down with him at the computer, and saw he was watching one of the new videos. He was seen atop a mountain formation in an extreme hills biome, and the person playing readied their sword, afraid. Something was thrown from the game Herobrine, down from atop the mountain. The player slowly went and picked it up, keeping their view trained on the motionless Herobrine. It took its place in their hotbar, and it was a diamond block. The player ran towards their house, but as they were about to enter, he appeared before the door, making the player stop. By the voice of the player, I could tell it was a female. She waited, staring, knowing she couldn't get away, mumbling in fear to herself. Then a book and quill appeared in Herobrine's had and he paused, then threw the book down, the female player inching closer, and eventually picked up the book and moved away. As she opened the book, she stopped mumbling and was utterly shocked at what the book said.

I am changing… do not be so scared. Would you like another block of diamond?

I smiled when she closed the book and saw Herobrine had opened the door and gone inside the house, placing down a diamond block. It was clear he had more, as the block was still in his hand, but he looked at the player, and said in the chat, 'Go on, take it. I have more than I know what to do with.' Then he disappeared, and the player checked their Server status, she was the only one on.

"I remember that… I could hear her talking."

"She was terrified… but that's the oldest of the 'new' ones. Check the most recently uploaded one."

He clicked on the one I pointed to, and it was obvious this player was a lot more lax when they saw Herobrine.

"Hey, look, it's him! I heard he's been acting differently, guys," said the YouTuber, a male this time. "Supposedly he doesn't try to kill you anymore, but he still teleports around and does weird stuff… at least that's what I've heard."

They slowly approached Herobrine, who was currently facing away and building a small structure. As soon as the player got within five blocks of him, he turned around, and just stared at the player. Waiting, he spoke in the chat again.

'Hello, mortal. How are you today?'

"Um… I'm fine…"

'That's great!'

"Did he seriously just say…"

'I did. Have you not heard of the new way I am?'

"O-oh… wait, how did you know about that?"

Suddenly Herobrine was in the room right behind the male YouTuber, who freaked out as he saw his face-cam. A sincere smile was on Herobrine's face, and he gently tapped the shoulder of the YouTuber.

"HOLY SHIT YOU'RE HERE!"

"Um… yes."

The YouTuber then proceeded to faint, and the video ended just as Herobrine disappeared back into the computer.

"You made quite the impression on the world with that trick, you know. People aren't afraid of you, they're afraid of Earth you."

"I don't blame them… but it's nice to know that they aren't so afraid of me anymore, at least when I'm in the game. So when were you thinking you'd change your Minecraft skin?"

"Why?"

"Because you're the default Alex skin when you're in Minecraft. Your physical features are starting to change because of it."

"Oh, well then I'll get started right now."

Herobrine's Pov

I moved away from the computer, letting Kat get to work on her skin, and went around the house again, looking at all the non-cubic shapes. It was still amazing to me how so full of life Earth seemed.

Master?

Demon? What do you want?

You enjoy this… place?

I do. Now be quiet.

My demon shrunk back down, and I went outside, talking a walk around the neighborhood, nodding to everyone who greeted me. I was growing impatient with myself, I wanted control over Earth now, as Kat and I had already finished making me the sole ruler of Minecraft in our country. Then I remembered: Notch, or Markus Persson as he was known on Earth. A grin grew across my face and I located him quickly, lifting off the ground right in front of people, and flew towards Notch. Eventually I found him, and landed outside his mansion. Knowing the door was likely unlocked, I slowly turned the knob, and then flung the door open.

"NOTCH!"

"What? Who's here?"

I closed the door behind me and welcomed myself into his home. I smirked as I spotted him, and he rolled his eyes when he saw me.

"Come on, nobody here calls you Notch to your face, do they?"

"Actually, they do, sometimes."

"So, what have you been up to?"

"Why are you here?"

"I just wanted to see you. Oh, yeah, and my girlfriend and I took over your precious creation."

"What girlfriend?"

"The Alex skin you see with me all the time. She's working on changing it right now."

"I haven't seen you on any servers, though."

"That's because she talks to everyone before I go and connect my code to the server heart. I go in alone, and slip through crowds barely noticed. Those that do notice me just say hello, and I continue on my way."

I had never seen Notch so red. He was angry, and he honestly looked like a cherry or some other red fruit.

"You took over every server!?"

"No, just the ones in Kat's country. I intend to begin moving further out soon. You may want to calm down, you're beginning to look like a tomato."

That surprised him. "How do you know about tomatoes?"

"I've learned a lot in the four months I've been here. Some things I've learned about are better left unsaid, however."

"You found another Lara."

"No, I found Kat, her element is Darkness, which is Fire's love. It just so happens I love Kat as well."

Throughout the whole conversation, I was calmly asking and answering him, until I decided he had learned enough about what was new with me.

"You must have an ulterior motive, Herobrine."

"Of course I do, why else would I come to Earth?"

He growled, knowing I wouldn't give it up.

"You know what the best part about coming here, is, Notch," I asked, my voice suddenly going demonic.

He stammered for a few moments, now afraid. "What," he asked, his voice barely confident.

"No respawn for you," I grinned.

I teleported home, pushing my demon back down where it belonged, and saw Kat staring at the computer, looking at her new skin. I was surprised, it had white eyes like myself, but also the palest gray irises and pupils. She looked up and saw me, and greeted me flatly. As I inspected the skin closer, she wore a blue hoodie with white strings, a green shirt beneath the hoodie, and navy jeans. I gently placed my hands on her shoulders, and she turned her head to see me leaning over her left shoulder.

"Herobrine… I'm not convinced that you're only here to be with me, and to explore Earth."

"Of course not," I stated bluntly. "I want to take control of Earth too."

"Doesn't that sound a little, I don't know, cliché?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I guess if I know 'bad guys,' their ultimate plan that, honestly, never works, is to take over the world with machines or their supernatural powers or whatever. Either that or they want to cause mass destruction and hopefully human extinction. It never works, so can you just be content with being the sole ruler of Minecraft?"

"I suppose…"

She yawned, stretching, and went to change into her pajamas. Thinking about what she had said, I decided to go without taking over the world, thinking that Minecraft could literally get me anywhere I wanted to be. When she was ready to go to bed, she said goodnight and laid down. I waited until she fell asleep to lay down with her.

Kat's Pov

Herobrine had suggested we have pancakes the next morning, so we made the pancakes together. When he added a secret ingredient, I growled playfully and told him to tell me what it was.

"Tell me tell me tell me! Come on!"

"I added heat," he said, turning on the stovetop.

"Oh, haha, very funny."

"I'm not very good at making puns, but you are."

"Well yeah, my dad had lots of them, but y'know…"

"What is it?"

"Goats are like mushrooms, and if you shoot a duck, I'm scared of toasters," I said casually.

He paused, staring at me like I had five heads. "Umm… what?"

"Do I have to repeat myself?"

"Well, uhm…"

I burst out laughing, unable to keep in in any longer. I saw him ease up a little, and heard him chuckle, flipping the pancakes that were currently in the pan.

"Of course… I should have at least expected that from you, Kat…"

I gave him a quick kiss and we sat down, eager to eat. Once we finished, I started up the dishwasher after adding our breakfast dishes and felt him hug me from behind. I stood upright, and felt him rest his chin on my right shoulder this time.

"What is it, Herobrine?"

"What, I can't hold you like this?"

"You always do this when you want something."

"I want nothing but to hold you… for now."

"Can we sit on the sofa together instead?"

He teleported us immediately, and I felt myself on his lap, sitting sideways. I rolled my eyes and leaned against him, my face on his chest. I noticed he wasn't wearing any of that potion, but I knew he had taken a shower this morning.

What is he getting at? Hmm…

"I want you to be able to trust me, Kat."

"Oh, well good. I do, though, already."

"I want you to trust me more than that, though…"

I knew what he was getting at by his tone. I sighed. "Maybe someday…"

"I'm sorry about this morning… I thought you might have enjoyed that…"

"Well, not when you're… y'know…"

"I can't help it, you're such a wonderful woman…"

"Herobrine… if I asked you a question, one that was really personal, would you answer it?"

"I won't try to hide anything from you, Kat, so, yes."

"Okay…"

"Go on, I'm listening."

"Did you ever have these feelings with Lara?"

"Only once, in a similar situation to the first time. We only kissed by accident… and the day she stole everything from me was the day I was going to confront her about it."

"Oh… I'm sorry…"

"It's fine, but… you may want to move…"

"But I'm comfy here."

"Not in a few moments, you won't be."

"Oh," I said, moving off him, swinging my legs off the couch.

He disappeared, and I assumed he was upstairs or somewhere else. I turned on the television, unsettled by just how close proximity to me made him excited. I watched the weather, and it was going to rain tomorrow. I smiled, it would be a good day to go get soup at my favorite soup place. When I heard coming down the stairs, I noticed he was cleaned.

"You took a shower too, in just that amount of time?"

"I can be efficient when I want to be."

I hummed in acknowledgement, and looked back to the television. The current news was on, and it was all the same politics and murders and burning buildings. All the same tragic stuff. It was rare something good would make it onto the news. I turned it off, and looked over to see him staring at me.

"What?"

"I was thinking about how much you look like Lara. It's amazing, really."

"So… I have a question. Are you really thirty? Was Lara something more of a mother figure to you or something?"

"You could say that. We were far apart in age, almost twenty years, but my mental age is far more than thirty. I can sense that your mental age is more than twenty-eight."

"Oh… y'know its funny."

"What is?"

"That me, as old as I am, was playing a video game. Yeah, life is busy usually, but that day… everything changed for me. I had to quit my job because I was worried you'd be running around killing everyone in sight…"

"I know I changed drastically. I wasn't exactly myself when I was stalking and killing players."

"Now I don't really have to work… we mine minerals and stuff in Minecraft, and are able to bring them back here, and then we sell them to jewelers."

"That isn't how it normally works?"

"No, when people get jobs on Earth, they have to go through a process before they get hired. Once hired, they have to follow a strict schedule and follow the manager's rules or their boss' rules. If they do it right, they get their pay. But, because only you and I, and possibly Notch, can find and produce high-quality, uncut diamonds and emeralds, and lapis, gold, silver, rubies and all those sorts of minerals, we'd be able to corner the market if we really wanted to."

"Sounds weird. I much prefer selling them to jewelers, that way we don't have to work at them."

"Well, with the abundant supply we have, it really wouldn't be hard to corner them, but I agree, doing the work with the minerals would be painstaking."

"So what do you want to do with the rest of the day?"

That was a good question. It was just past lunchtime now, but neither of us were hungry. I suggested we take a walk to the pond behind my house. Agreeing, Herobrine went and waited outside for me. I got some stuff to feed the ducks, and we went and sat on the edge of the water. Herobrine had constructed a small spot where we could sit and be above the ducks but still over the water. I had put together a bag of mixed foods for the ducks. Oats, halved or quartered grapes, rice, dried mealworms, and cracked corn were all mixed together in the bag. I pulled out a small handful and tossed it out to the ducks.

"I'm glad we decided to take a walk. Ending our walk like this is a nice way to relax."

"Kat?"

"Hmm?"

"If you had never met me, how do you think our lives would be different?"

"I guess… I might've just kept working until I could retire."

"No, I mean, what would you be doing right now if you never met me?"

"I'd be working, getting ready for my lunch break. Then after my lunch break, I'd wait for my shift to be over. Then I'd come home, eat dinner, and watch some television or play Minecraft. Then after about ten minutes of that, I'd go to bed, and repeat the day. Except on weekends."

"I'd probably be… wandering the files still."

"It's weird to think about that."

I tossed another handful to the ducks, and they quacked to each other, talking amongst themselves. I felt my free hand taken by Herobrine, and I smiled, blushing. He pulled me closer to him, using telekinesis to put the bag of duck food between us on our lap.

"What are you doing, Herobrine? Won't you get—"

"No, not like this."

I smiled as he put his arm around me, and I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Kat, I love you."

"I love you too, Herobrine."

We fed the ducks for a while, talking about nothing and watching the ducks swim around the hidden pond after their food ran out. I felt a chill run down my spine, and looked up. The sky was getting dark.

"It'll be nighttime soon. Want me to teleport us back?"

"Yes, please."

He teleported us back to the house, and I got into my pajamas, not needing to go anywhere else for the night. I saw him in the kitchen, preparing to cook.

"What are you making?"

"It's your favorite."

"Pancakes for dinner? We just had that for breakfast."

"No. The chicken pick… what was it again?"

"You know the recipe but not the name?"

"Well, now that I'm partially human I'm not remembering everything as well as I used to."

"It's 'chicken piccata.' I'm surprised you knew it was my favorite dish."

"I peeked at your memories, but only for that."

"You… you didn't happen to see anything else, did you," I asked, blushing.

"Um, hmm… not that I can remember. Why?"

"No reason!"

"Kat, have you been thinking up fantasies," he teased.

"No, its worse," I grumbled.

"Dreams, huh? Did you forget about me being able to control dreams?"

"I guess so… why haven't you just done it?"

"Heheh… I guess I was just enjoying your dreams of… us, a little too much."

I blushed more, and put my face in my hands. I hated that he was so much more powerful than I was, it was infuriating. I couldn't keep him out of my head while I slept, though, I didn't know how. I could always ask him, but…

"I'd respect your choice, though, if you wanted me to stop, even though your sleeping mind is a beautiful place, almost as beautiful as you."

"Okay, what's with you?"

"What?"

"You're acting… weird."

"Weird how?"

"Like… like you're not even a tiny bit evil."

"I get it, I can be a bit insensitive, but… you know that, so I'm sure you're alright with it."

"I guess so."

"Look, today was a great day, I think. I enjoyed sitting by the pond and feeding the ducks with you. I'm still going through some changes from fully code and fully evil to a mostly good human, alright?"

"Okay, sorry…"

I heard him sigh, he had turned to me, keeping an eye on the stove where he was cooking the chicken.

"I just… find it hard to believe, Herobrine. I get it, you've changed, but you've never spoken like that to me, before. You've always just done what you want."

"Well, since we became a couple, and unofficial one, that's been different for me. I really love you, Kat, I just hope you'll understand my dilemma."

I smiled at him, and nodded. He finished cooking, and set the meal already plated before me on the table. We ate in silence, with only the sound of the rain outside to disturb us. We watched the news while sitting on the sofa, the rain had stopped, but then an orange glow from down the street caught my attention. I quickly changed into some decent clothes, and pulled him outside with me. We ran down the street where police and firefighters were already on the scene. People were shouting from the inside.

"Can you—"

"Stand back, all of you," he roared, moving toward the building with impressive speed.

One hand was outstretched toward the building, and the fire came off the building, pulled by some invisible force into his hand. I watched in awe as the firefighters stepped back, as well as the police, and I moved up beside him, cautious.

"Kat, get in there and help everyone get out of that building. I can only do so much to keep it up and stable right now. Make sure if you get stuck, use your abilities before anything else."

"Right."

Herobrine's Pov

She ran into the building, but I concentrated on keeping it stable and the fire from springing back up again. I saw people being lowered to the ground by the Darkness, and my demon, though subdued, yearned to take control and help them.

It's good that you want to help them, but not this time.

Yes, Master, but…

I will make sure they are alright.

I saw a flash of white in the building, and then it imploded, sending bricks and debris everywhere. My heart stopped for a moment, and I only felt one fading presence in the building.

"KAT!"

Running toward the fallen building, I dug through the rubble until I found her. She was still breathing, but it was faint.

"No, Kat…"

"Mm?"

Her eyes opened a little, and a weak smile grew across her face as she saw me.

"Herobrine… you saved them."

"Kat, don't go…"

"I'll… come back, won't I?"

"Please, don't…"

A new feeling overcame me, but I only focused on Kat at that moment.

"Why?"

"Because… you'll be dead…"

"Silly… you made me immortal."

"I did, but I don't… I don't want you to die!"

Her eyes paled, and she stopped breathing. Her dead eyes were fixated on me, but they saw nothing.

"No! Kat!"

I bent low over her dead body, and I felt something warm and wet on my face. I brought up my hand to see it was tears falling from my eyes. I didn't care, I stayed there, but pulled her body from the rubble. I stayed next to her, holding her ice-cold hand, waiting for her to come back. While I waited, I had closed her eyes, and simply stared.

"Sir… what are you waiting for?"

"Something you wouldn't understand, mortal," I growled.

"I know she was dear to you by the way you're acting, but she's dead."

"Shut up… she's just… in a form a stasis. You wouldn't understand it because you're mortal."

"And she isn't?"

"Not anymore… thankfully."

Kat's Pov

I woke up in a dark place, it was all nothingness. Then, faintly, I heard voices. Slowly, I sat up to see my parents, my grandparents, and all my dead family members. I cried, and ran up to my parents.

"Mom! Dad!"

"Oh, sweetie…"

"Kat, it's okay. You're here now, a better place."

"I'm… I won't be here forever, though…"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean… did you see who I met?"

"That Brian guy, right?"

"His name is Herobrine, Dad, and he… he made me… immortal."

"Why are you dead, then?"

"I don't know… I guess I just got too many injuries from the building falling in on top of me."

I saw myself fading, and was pulled away from them. I began sinking into the groundless air, and they smiled.

"We'll see you again, I'm sure of it."

"I know we will."

Everything was dark, but it was warm where I was. I felt my left hand, it seemed like warm flames cloaked my body. I saw fire when I woke, and flexed my hand that was encased. The grip on my hand tightened, and the flames went away. I saw Herobrine above me again, and he smiled, tears falling from his eyes.

"Grief… over me?"

"So that's what this heart-wrenching feeling is? Grief?"

"Yeah…"

He pulled me to sit up, and I realized we were in my house. I felt dizzy, but looked around my house, anyway. Nothing was out of place.

"Everything's all set, Kat. You were only out for the night and half of today."

"Oh, good…"

I found him in the bed next to me suddenly, and snuggled up to him, burying my face in his chest. He held me protectively, combing his fingers through my hair.

"My little kitty Kat…"

I smiled at his nickname for me, and looked up at him. He held my face with his deceivingly fragile hands.

"You're alright, now?"

"Yeah… I think so. How… how did you get me here?"

"Teleportation. I kept the house clean while you recovered."

"No wonder you look so tired."

We shared a laugh, and I hugged him closer, burying my face in his chest again.

"Why do you do that?"

"It's… comforting. I know you like it when I do this…"

"It's comforting for me, too, I suppose… but, maybe a little much."

"Why?"

"Kat… it's…"

"Y'know, I think—"

"I'll… be right back."

He disappeared, and I heard the water turn on upstairs. Confused and still quite embarrassed, I stayed where I was. Why did he get that excited? It wasn't unusual for him to get excited when I was in close proximity, but I hadn't even been sitting on his lap, sideways as I usually did when relaxing. I heard him talking to himself, or probably his demon, and he was… angry?

"Okay… I'm back."

"Herobrine… how about tomorrow?"

"What's tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is when I trust you enough."

His eyes grew round, and I drew away from him a little bit.

"Kat… are you sure?"

"I feel ready to… to trust you."

"Don't do this if you don't want to. It's fine if—"

"It's not fine, Herobrine! If you get so excited so easily, you obviously need—"

"Kat," he said, stopping me. "I don't need anything. Not when I'm with you. You're the only person I'll ever truly love, and I don't want to ruin that."

"It won't ruin it, silly, it'll strengthen our relationship."

"I don't know how I'll react, though. I'm still evil, and still half code."

"I'm sure it'll be just fine," I said, silencing him by kissing him shortly.

He sighed, and nodded. "Alright… tomorrow, then…"

"Did you want to start early," I asked, confused by his sigh.

"No, I'd rather not do it at all…"

He left me alone, then, gone somewhere where I couldn't feel his presence. I was saddened, he probably didn't trust himself. He was sullen when he came back that night, and went upstairs. I managed a glimpse of him covered in blood as he flew up the stairs and disappeared into the shower. Once he was finished, he seemed happier. He managed to fake a small smile, and I stood up, going over to him.

"Are you sure, still, Kat? I… don't think I'd be a very good father."

"It'll be fine."

As we laid in bed together, I felt him slip a hand beneath my pajamas. I sighed, smiling, and turned over. We kissed, deeply in love, and he found his way to what he was searching me for.

It was a sleepless night.

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