Chapter Six
Neo and Roman's attention was now completely on Blaine. Blaine, however, was still trying to figure out what to say. Eventually, Roman just said, "Well...anytime now."
"Heh, the funny thing is that I thought that this would be easy...well easier." Blaine stalled "I'm supposed to be dead."
Roman and Neo just looked at him 'We know that we are criminals. We do that stuff for a li-'
"I don't mean it like that, I died!" Blaine yelled, "I got hit by a truck and died. Boom, the end. I fucking died."
The other two looked on in shock of his outburst, "...What?"
"I was walking, then I was bleeding out. I died." Blaine repeated "Then I woke up in this...void. I found a guy, he talked to me and I was sent here. That day you found me? That was right after I got here. I never had any parents, I literally poofed into existence." Blaine started to chuckle "You want to know something funny?"
Neo and Roman were both a little shaken but Neo still had the mental fortitude to sign 'Not really.'
"We don't exist. This is a fictional world. I was transported to a world that was created." Blaine smiles, but there is no humor in it "I know things I should not. I want to change things that most likely should not be changed. I want to make the world better, but I might just make it worse." After that declaration, Blaine looked down at his hands and started drumming them against the countertop.
Roman and Neo both looked almost broken at this point, and honestly, Blaine could not blame them.
Roman looked straight at Blaine and sighed deeply. This was not what Roman had expected his day to be. "I need some fresh air." He got out of his seat and walked to the balcony.
Neo stayed in her seat unmoving. Her eyes, however, told a completely different story. Her eye colors were changing at a rapid pace. For a solid twenty seconds of complete silence, Neo's eyes were flashing. Eventually, she settled on her normal pink and brown.
Blaine looked up at her and what he saw surprised him. She was smiling at him. For some reason, she was smiling. His confusion must have been shown plainly, as Neo chuckled softly to herself (Or the Neo equivalent).
'You have been my best friend for over four years.' She signed, 'No matter what happened, I'm still your friend. I know Roman feels the same way, it's just harder for him to admit it.'
Blaine looked at her in shock, but his face slowly turned into a smile. Not his normal smug one, a genuine smile. "Thanks," he said, stopping himself from choking up, "for everything."
Neo shot a smile just as bright right back 'Don't mention it'
They sat in silence for a few minutes, waiting for Roman. Both Blaine and Neo appreciated it and did not even attempt to breach it. They heard the sliding door open and saw the familiar mastermind walk through the door. He sat down at the seat across from Blaine.
"What do you want me to do." He said, looking Blaine dead in the eye.
For the second time that day, Blaine was floored. "What?"
"You want us to help right?" Roman said, still looking him in the eye "I am more than willing to help my frien-no, brother with whatever you need. So, I want you to tell me what you need me to do."
Neo looked at Blaine and nodded her head while Roman was talking.
Blaine looked at them for a moment, before chuckling and putting his head in his hands. "Ya know, you guys are actually the most amazing people I have ever met."Blaine straightened up his back, cracked his neck, and allowed himself for the first time to be completely and totally honest with his best friends.
Two Hours Later…
"That should be it. I know it's risky, but it is the best I can do with the information that I have." Blaine said apologetically.
Roman frowned "I won't lie, I hate this plan...but with what you've said, I doubt there is a better one we could have made."
Neo added 'Plus, we are dealing with people who are a lot higher up on the 'danger' scale than we are. I seriously doubt any plan would be totally safe.'
The other two nodded at that. Even if they did not know exactly who Cinder was, they knew that later on, she would have a significant portion of the White Fang on her side. That alone made her dangerous, not to mention the fact that Roman was so obviously under her when Blaine saw him…
"Even now, when she is younger, I have strong reservations that we would even be able to hit her, much less kill her," Blaine said, wincing internally. Sure he's killed before, they all have, but they never really got used to it. "Our only real option is to work 'with' her and sabotage from the shadows."
Roman sighed deeply. He hated that woman, even after only knowing her for a few minutes. Having to work with her for the foreseeable future and being the one to interact with her… 'I hate this already' Roman thought to himself.
Roman got out of his chair "Well, I'll try to find a way to contact her and agree. Have any idea what the 'something more' she mentioned is?"
Neo signed 'Probably just your pre-planned death.'
Roman frowned "No way in hell I am getting killed by some yellow-eyed whore." he growled. He marched over to the door, almost forgetting to grab his hat.
Blaine smirked, "Don't knock it till' ya try it."
"Oh fuck you." With that, Roman slammed the door.
Neo and Blaine both shared a laugh. Blaine soon got up to get a drink before things got too awkward ('Seriously, when did she get hot and cute?'). As he got up, he heard a tapping on the table. He turned and Neo signed to him.
'Whenever you need to vent, talk to me. I don't know if you know this, but I'm pretty good at listening.' she added with a smirk.
Blaine smirked right back "Will do. Thank you." As he was walking, he smiled even more ('Jesus Blaine, calm it with the smiling). 'I really did pick the right one to love.' he thought. At that, he almost tripped over his own feet.
'LOVE? Christ, calm down Blaine. So you've known her for four years, think she's cute and would love to see her smile the rest of her life. Tha-that doesn't mean you love her, you just...ah fuck it.' He rubbed his eyes 'I've been denying it for, like, the last two years. Fuck it, maybe I am in love with her, but "I'm not just going to tell her."
He heard a knock on the wall and saw Neo standing there 'Tell me what?'
Blaine knew he was fucked "Nothing, just that the coffee maker is broken. Didn't want to worry you over something so small."
'Oh, ok. Think you can fix it?'
Blaine nodded perhaps a little too enthusiastically "Yep, I most certainly can."
'...Cool' she signed as she walked to her room.
As soon as he heard the door close, Blaine bashed his head against the wall and slumped down against it. 'Fuck you, Jim.'
