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I left the little study quickly, walking back towards the main room. When I got there, I heard arguing through a door to my left. A male voice that wasn't Finny's was arguing with Finny. Probably Bardroy.
"What?! There's a sexy woman in the manor who will be joining the staff?! Why didn't you tell me sooner?! I'm joining in on this! Where is she?!"
"Shhhh!" Finny hushed him. Then said too quietly for Sebastian to hear, "She is here because she has been bonded to Sebastian, but I don't think there's any reason we can't make him a little jealous…" he giggled.
"Hell yeah!" Bardroy crowed.
May-Rin joined their conversation. "Oh it'll be so good to have another girl in the estate, yes it will! I have been kind of lonely since we left England, I have."
I thought that was a good moment to join in, so I headed through the doors to find myself in a glorious dining room. I turned towards the voices, which came from a door farther in the room. I stepped through that door and entered a large, restaurant-styled, kitchen. There were three doors in this kitchen, the door to the dining room that I had just come through, a door marked "garde-mangere", which is French for "pantry", and a door to the garden out back.
"Eh?" Bardroy turned to see all currently five-foot six-inches of my lean figure, and instantly became a babbling fool. I walked over to them and introduced myself.
"Hello all. I'm Holly. It is a pleasure to be serving the young master with you."
Finny, attempting to introduce us further, stepped in front of me and began.
"Holly, this is-" Bardroy then pushed Finny onto the ground and stepped right in front of me. He took my hand, kneeled, and kissed it.
"Bardroy, at your service ma'm."
I smiled sweetly. "A pleasure to meet you Bardroy." I turned towards May-Rin, who smiled and stepped on Finny to come closer to me.
"I'm May-Rin! Oh, it's so good to finally have some help around here, it is! And I'll finally have a friend around here, yes I will!" I smiled and hugged her politely.
"Wait a tic!" Bardroy said. "Aren't I your friend, May-Rin?" May-Rin gave him a look that said exactly what she thought of him…
"Of course you are, I just meant it'll be great to have a friend who is a girl."
"Oh." Bardroy said defeated. While they argued back and forth, I stepped around them to where Finny was outcast to the ground. I smiled kindly down at him and extended my hand. He grabbed it and I helped him up. He smiled sheepishly.
"Are they always like that?" I asked.
"Pretty much." Finny said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I'm sorry I caused that, Finny. You're a very sweet young man. You didn't deserve that."
He blushed. "You really think so? Gee, thanks. No one's ever told me that before..." He smiled and sighed, Really, he was clay in my hands and prepared for molding, though I did really like him.
"So," Bardroy said, turning back to me. "Let's just get some things straight then. Since you're bonded to Sebastian, we don't even got a chance with you?"
I sighed. "I'm sorry. As much as I hate Sebastian, from now on, he is the only one I can love. But, I already can tell we are going to be very good friends! Unlike Sebastian, I am quite social. And what you said before is correct, you can make Sebastian jealous…" I smiled coyly.
"Come again?" Bardroy asked, obviously wanting clarification.
"Well, Sebastian is a prideful, arrogant man. He prides himself on his ability to charm female hearts. He knows he already has May-Rin's,"
She blushed. "I just fancy him, that's all!" she interjected. I continued.
"Of course, dear, but that's all he needs. Now, I will be a new project for him. He will most likely attempt to gain my affections." I said, now having placed my hand on my chin, giving myself a pensive appearance. "The new addition to the plan is for me to be the opposite of attracted with him, I will be disgusted by his presence. This will be easy because I already hate him. Seeing him squirm and be defeated at his own game will be icing on the cake, so to speak."
"Oooh, she's smart, yes she is!" May-Rin bragged.
"So, what are you supposed to be doing now?" I asked.
"Well," Finny started. "Since it's raining, I can't garden or work on the pool…"
"There's a pool?!" I said rather excitedly. I calmed myself, and tried again. "I mean, that sounds like it's fun."
"Yes!" May-Rin started. "It's quite fun! When we're good and have finished our duties, we're allowed to swim in it!"
Finny looked at me, curious. "Is there something about pools?" I remained silent. "Or is there something about you and water perhaps?"
Smart boy. "Well, my domain is aquaria, meaning I am drawn to water and have some abilities in the water… Have you ever seen Sebastian around cats?"
"Oh, yes! He loves them so, yes he does! He seems so happy when he's around 'em, he does!" May-Rin said, rather stalk-ishly.
"That would be because his domain has to do with cats, which also explains his dislike of dogs. So what do we do now?"
"Well," Bardroy said. "I need to start the master's dinner, but I'm running a little behind schedule. I know!" He pulled out a stick of dynamite…
"Not necessary," I said taking it away from him faster than he could see. "What were you going to make?"
"I was gonna make chicken…" he said, rather disappointed that he wasn't going to get to blow anything up.
"What kind of chicken?" I asked.
"You know, just chicken, I guess…" He apparently hadn't thought this very far through.
I sighed. "I will handle the dinner making. Are you all prepared to follow my orders?"
"Wait a sec!" Finny interjected. "Since you're like Sebastian and all, does that mean you're as amazing as him?"
I smiled devilishly. "Even more so. Prepare yourselves! Are you all ready?"
My troops smiled at attention and said in unison; "Yes ma'am!"
"Good! Finny, keep guard at the door! Tell me if you see or hear Sebastian coming. May-Rin, set the table! Bardroy, come here and learn how to cook without dynamite!" Finny ran to the door, May-Rin ran to the cabinets where the tablecloths are kept and whipped out a nice fresh one, and Bardroy reported to me.
"Good." I sighed to myself. "Bardroy?"
"Actually, just Bard is good, milady."
I nodded. "And Holly is just fine for me. Get the chicken from the fridge. Do you have any oil?" He returned with a very nice chicken and nodded.
"Good. Get me some tomatoes, spinach, oil, rosemary, red potatoes, onions, goat cheese, salt, pepper, a pan, a knife, and a cutting board. Oh! And some fresh parsley."
"Gotchya!" He saluted me, but paused. "Oil, tomatoes and what?"
Oh boy, this was going to be harder than expected."Look, never mind. Do you grow parsley in the garden?"
"Yes, ma'am- I mean Holly!"
"Good. I need you to take these scissors and go cut me two stalks of parsley."
"But it's raining cats and dogs out there and it's bloody dark!"
"Oh right, human limitations." I mumbled under my breath. I looked down, placed my hand on my forehead and thought for a minute. "Bard, get the potatoes and start them boiling in some salty water. I'll be right back." I started to go but paused. "And no dynamite or trying any shortcuts."
He groaned.
I walked out of the kitchen, into the dining room, past May-Rin, and over to where Finny stood guard. "Where's Sebastian?"
"I saw him go into the smaller sitting room across the hall a few minutes ago. He hasn't left there yet."
"Is there another way out of that room, Finny?"
"Nope!" He was obviously having fun.
"Is there a window overlooking the back garden from that room?"
"Nope!"
"Good. I need to go pick some things. If he tries to leave that room, stall him. But, I shouldn't be more than a minute."
"OK!" He said with a huge smile and a thumbs-up.
"Keep up the good work, May-Rin!" I shouted over my shoulder as I left.
I left back through the kitchen and out the door to the back. It was raining very hard. My eyes narrowed and I dropped the smile, time for business. I loved the rain; it was part of my domain. I put my hands up and waved them around once, and that forced the water to not even be able to touch me. It all slid down an invisible field around me. I ran at lightning speeds through the gardens to where I had seen the herbs earlier, near the gazebo. I found the parsley and picked some. I also saw some gorgeous wild flowers growing out of human sight, just inside the forest's edge. I picked some deep-blue ones and some white ones. I headed back, fast.
I vaulted over some raised garden beds and leaped on top of the gazebo roof. I stopped there to survey the terrain momentarily. I looked up into the mater's study and saw him sitting alone, sipping tea. Suddenly, through the window, I saw the door into the study open. I knew it was Sebastian, so I swung under and into the gazebo and flipped into the inside of its dome roof. I held myself there and watched Sebastian through a tiny crack in the wooden dome.
How could he have gotten past Finny? I asked myself. Oh, yeah. He's a demon. Forgot.
I watched as he walked over to the master, took his empty teacup, and placed it on his cart. He then walked over to the window and his eyes narrowed and he frowned slightly. Could he have seen me? I followed his eyes and saw the flowers I had picked, sitting on the bench of the gazebo. Crap. Careless much, Lankana? I waited until Sebastian turned and left the room. I dropped from in the dome, grabbed the flowers and rushed back to the door, too fast for any human eyes to decipher.
I stepped inside the kitchen again. Bard turned and smiled. Finny came running in. "Holly! Holly! Sebastian never left the room, but appeared at the top of the stairs and came down to put the cart in the kitchen! He wanted to talk to you and I told him I didn't know where you were! I told him I'd let him know if I saw you and now I see you and, and-" He nearly fainted from lack of oxygen. I wish he'd learn to breathe between words.
"Calm, calm. Inhale, exhale. It's all right. Go find him and tell him I'm in here. It's completely all right. He didn't see me."
"Oh. Okay then!" Finny smiled, happy once again, then left.
"May-Rin!" I called. She rushed in.
"I finished setting the table, I did!" She beamed, pleased with herself.
"Splendid. Take these flowers and put them in a nice vase on the table."
She took them and noticed the thorns that I hadn't seen.
"There's blood on these thorns, Holly." I looked at my hands and noticed I had sliced my hand open. Oh, shit. I needed to clean this up, now. Demonic blood has a very noticeable smell to other demons.
"On second thought, May-Rin, burn these in the parlor's fireplace, quickly. I need to get back to the kitchen. And whatever you do, don't let Sebastian see the flowers. And wash your hands afterwards."
"Oh, okay then." She hurried from the room with the tainted flowers.
I walked back into the kitchen, cupping my sliced right palm with my left one to avoid dripping. Bard noticed this as I walked in and gasped.
"What do I do?! Are you hurt!?" he yelled, panicked. I noticed he had lit the fire beneath the potatoes.
"Get me a long stick from the pile of kindling outside the door." He nodded with a confused look on his face, and reached out the door to the back and grabbed a foot-long stick. He handed it to me. I stuck the stick in the fire, igniting it.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed as he ducked out of the way as I swung it past him and closer to me. I first burned off the blood that had dripped into my left hand.
"Don't that hurt?" Bard asked with a shocked look on his face.
"Indeed it does." I said, even though human pain isn't painful, in a sense, to us. I then flipped the stick into my bleeding hand and burned the blood off, while the wound began to slowly close. I inhaled carefully at the pain. I then licked my finger and put out the last of the fire on the now shortened twig. Bard ran over and grabbed my hands, inspecting them for any cuts.
"Hey, can you do that to us? Ya know, for when we injure ourselves?"
"Unfortunately, it would truly burn you and wouldn't do much for the wounds." I frowned slightly.
"So, burning heals you guys?" Sebastian obviously didn't socialize at all.
"No, no, no! The burning was to ensure that Sebastian wouldn't smell my blood. The wound sealed itself."
"Ah, I get it." I was positive he didn't. I checked the potatoes with a fork, and they were soft.
"Good. Now that the potatoes are boiled, mash them with some garlic and butter while I prepare the chicken. And turn on the broiler."
"Aye Aye, captain!" He began pulling the potatoes from the boiling water and mashing them in a bowl with chopped garlic and salted butter. I pulled out a cutting board, chopped the chicken into quarters within seconds and diced the tomatoes. I mixed the tomatoes with basil, rosemary, parsley, goat cheese, and olive oil. I threw in diced onions and chopped spinach. I set all of these things in a frying pan over the fire. May-Rin then came running back in.
"I did what you asked, Holly. Sebastian didn't see me!" She told me softly.
"Excellent, take this wooden spoon and stir the contents of the frying pan once every five seconds. Be careful not to let anything burn."
"Yes ma'am!" She took the spoon and rushed to the pan. I took a quarter of the chicken and placed it in a broiling pan. I then drizzled it with olive oil and my herb mixture. I also rubbed it with some of the goat cheese. I set it in the broiler and put it on high. I did all of this within minutes.
Just in time too. I then heard Sebastian coming from far off and slowed down to a human speed as Finny headed towards the kitchen casually.
"Like I told you, she's in the kitchen, Sebastian." He said it loud enough to make sure I'd heard. I walked over to Bard, who was still mashing the potatoes, rather slowly. I took his hand, making him melt with joy, and showed him how to mash it correctly. With my free hand, I added a little more garlic, some oil, and some chopped chives into the mashed potatoes. I positioned myself so I was almost in complete contact with Bard. I was in front of him, my hands over his on the masher, instructing him with his arms around me. He was dazed, and blushing, while still mashing.
All Sebastian could see as he walked in with Finny was Bard blocking my body. I also made it appear as if I was lightly leaning on him, almost in an endearing fashion. I pretended not to notice Sebastian walking in, my back still to him.
"Madam," He said softly. I smiled and looked around Bard as sexily as I could, smiling, looking to see who was calling for me. I looked directly at him and smiled a little less, purposefully. I could see the question in his eyes; "Why would she smile less at the sight of me?"
"Just a moment." I said, having turned back to Bard, who was still blushing. "Just keep going like that until peaks form, alright?" I wasn't sure if he could even hear me through his little daydreaming session.
I disentangled myself, then turned to Sebastian, smiling a little less upon making eye contact with him. I looked past him to Finny and smiled as bright as the sun, making him blush again. "Thank you for fetching Sebastian for me, Finny. Could you make sure the table is prepared for dinner?" He nodded and left. I returned to my less smiling look.
"Hello, Sebastian. Can we help you?"
"Yes, milady. I came to prepare dinner for the young master."
"I don't think that will be necessary." I gestured to the bustling kitchen. "As you can see, everything is already underway."
"It's so clean…" he muttered quietly.
"Beg your pardon?" I asked innocently, as if I didn't hear him.
"May I ask what you're cooking? The young master is very particular…"
I turned a bit of a bitter face on him.
"Why don't you guess…" I mumbled in a sardonic human way.
"If that's what you wish." He smiled brightly.
He walked through the kitchen, peered into the broiler and smelled about.
"Let's see, tomatoes, chicken, rosemary, garlic, spinach, along with some other things. Hmm...Good…" He smiled very suggestively towards me.
"I'm glad it meets your approval…" I said with loathing cold enough for May-Rin to stop stirring and Bardroy to stop mashing. My feelings were getting in the way, and I couldn't allow that. Finny had rushed into the doorway upon hearing my tone and turned with an angry face towards Sebastian.
"I think it's time for you to go!"
Sebastian was taken aback. "May I ask why?" He asked, looking shocked that they would even consider removing him. Bardroy stopped mashing and marched right up to him.
"Because your making Ms. Holly uncomfortable! And being rude! Finny! Gimme a hand!"
Bard and Finny each grabbed one of Sebastian's arms and led him out, very confused. They came back and I was laughing silently at what I had just seen.
"Mind telling us the joke?" Bard asked, happy again.
"Well, two humans just threw a demon out…" I snickered.
"Guess that is pretty funny…" Bard chuckled. I hugged them both and thanked them.
"May-Rin, could you fetch the master? It's time for dinner."
"Yes ma'am!" She ran out.
I pulled the now perfect chicken from the broiler and placed some of the little red potatoes on a plate in a circle. I placed the chicken on top of that and some of the vegetable mixture on top of and around all of that. It went out with a salad of avocado and fresh greens Bard had prepared. The master was at the table a few minutes later and I served him his food.
"Dinner is served, sir." I poured him some wine and placed his plate in front of him. He took one bite and set his fork down.
"How disgraceful." He said with a straight face. Sebastian was watching from across the room and looked at me. The look on his face said "you just blew it, so sorry." It was completely smug. I played along with Ciel.
I looked shocked. "I beg your pardon, sir?" I asked, trying very hard not to smile.
"This is simply disgraceful. Two things: First, my guest is cooking and serving me food. Second, you have cooked me something far better than anything I have ever tasted in my life. Sebastian!" Sebastian appeared next to the master, less than pleased.
"Yes, sir?"
"How could you allow such dishonor to come to your name?" Ciel looked so disappointed in his butler.
"I apologize deeply, sir." Sebastian looked up at me curiously, with an alluring smile on his face, his eyes filled with wondering.
I interjected; "Please, sir. It was a group effort. May-Rin, Bardroy, and Finny helped very much."
They were all standing behind me in a line. Bardroy stepped forward.
"Don't believe her. She did it all. She's very modest, sir."
"I see." The young master said, pensively. He leaned back. "As reward for this extremely delicious meal, on Saturday, you all get to go swimming and relax all day, while Sebastian does everything."
I smiled coyly towards the master. Today was Thursday, so we'd be working tomorrow. "Thank you, master." I curtseyed.
Suddenly, his hand dashed out and he grabbed my right hand, which had not finished healing and had a crude bandage around it. The blood smell was gone, though.
"What happened here?" He said softly, concern crossing his face.
"Oh, it's nothing sir. I just cut myself cooking, that's all. A small cut."
"Sebastian! The others can tend to me for now. I assume you have already finished Ms. Holly's room?"
"Yes, sir." He replied. Was that loathing I heard in his voice?
"Then tend to her wound and show her around the manor, immediately."
"Yes, master. This way, madam." He smiled that dashing smile I remembered from so many years ago. This wasn't going to work. I wasn't going to be able to hold up this form or pretense for long. I had to release my anger. But how…
He led me into the main room and grabbed my right hand, gently. He traced his gloved hand along mine and observed the bandage. Then he removed it in one movement and observed the rather deep cut from the flowers.
He spoke endearingly. "Oh dear. This is bad. Come along. I will dress it, my dear."
"Oh will you, Sebastian? I don't think so." I snatched my hand from him and walked away. I heard him growl too softly for human ears and come up behind me. I couldn't tell what kind of growl it was. Anger? Lust? Playful? I was hoping for anger…
"Then perhaps I should show you your new room, which is right next to mine…" He said it in a flat tone.
"If you wish." I yawned, acting bored. He smiled deeply. Instead of leading me towards my new room, he scooped me up and carried me at a human pace.
"What in heavens name are you doing, Sebastian?"
"Madam, you are obviously exhausted from your travels and have perhaps lost blood from that cut. I can't have you passing out, now can I?"
I could make no argument, intoxicated by his scent. He took me inside my new room. It was lovely.
The room was huge with a wooden floor and large black and blue swirled rug in the middle. A giant bed was artfully placed against the wall, with a light-blue spread, which he laid me down on and held himself over me, mere inches from being on top of me.
"Are you enjoying the manor so far?" He had taken a circuitous route and I now knew the entire layout of the mansion at this point.
I didn't dare squirm, or he would know he'd gotten to me. I frowned slightly and spoke bluntly. "It's beautiful. But now, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"And why would that be? We're just getting acquainted…" He smiled again.
"I appreciate the gesture, but, frankly, you're not my type. Now mā de guānbì!" I said. This was the equivalent of "Fuck off" in old Chinese. It was probably the only thing he would understand in Chinese.
"Now, my dear, where would you have learned such nasty language?"
"That's for me to know and you to never find out until the master is ready. Now, I need to unpack."
"I don't recall any bags being brought in." He said, still convinced he was going to win me over. I pointed to the closet where I had Finny sneak my bags in earlier. He got off of me and opened the closet door, giving me an opportunity to escape, which I used. I swung out the door and into the next room, a washroom with a large tub and vanity. Ohhh, it was a classic Victorian bathroom, identical to the one where he had first contacted me with the mirror. I saw a book, well concealed on the vanity next to the mirror. But, it stood out to me because of the demonic lettering that represented his name on the side of it. I quickly grabbed it and hid it in one of the inner folds of my skirt.
Sebastian then swung into the washroom and glided up to me.
"Aren't you the little escape artist?" He asked, now full out attempting to seduce me. And it was working, slowly. But, it wasn't time yet.
He cornered me and pressed his face closer to mine. I pushed past him.
"Last time, Sebastian, I'm telling you, I'm not interested in you. You're just not sexy or alluring or anything. So… sorry." And with that I left the room to "prepare for bed". I heard him leave back towards the main hall, humming softly. He wasn't going to give up, and I wouldn't last much longer, not without exploding.
OOOO
I waited until it was a little past the young master's bedtime. May-Rin told me Sebastian would spend the majority of the night working on records in the library on the first floor, which was on the other side of the house.
Now, allow me to give you a quick layout of the mansion.
The mansion sat in a large clearing. There was a basement, 1st and 2nd floor. The kitchen, library, and dining room were all in the west side of the 1st floor. The ballroom separated the east and west sides of the 1st floor. It was also the entry room and had chairs and a sofa on one side. The stairs were in the middle of the ballroom. Once you entered the ball/entry room from the front doors in the North, the stairs were directly in front of you. The doors that led to the grand dining room were to the right, as was the door that led to the library. The large entertaining parlor was to the left from the front doors, and down the hall to the left of the staircase were the laundry room and Sebastian and my room. There was a large pair of doors from the dining room that led to the garden and pool out back. The door in the kitchen led to the smaller portion of the garden that grew food and flowers and had the gazebo.
The master's chambers were on the East side of the 2nd floor, as were all of the guest rooms. The parlor I had met him in and all of the other servants' quarters were on the West side of the 2nd floor. The basement just held wine and such things.
After I figured everyone else had gone to bed, except Sebastian, I slipped out of my room and down the hall that led from my room back to the entry room. I entered the large room, but couldn't hear Sebastian writing in the library. I figured he was probably somewhere else in the house, so I would have to be stealthy. I snuck upstairs silently and turned to my left, towards the Masters quarters.
Sebastian had just finished undressing the master apparently and as I rounded the corner, he was exiting the Masters room. Before he could see me, I flipped up to the ceiling without making any noise. I waited, like a ninja, holding myself against the ceiling, until Sebastian passed underneath me and around the corner. I waited until I heard him go down the stairs and into the library. I then dropped from the ceiling, silently, and entered the master's room. I closed the door softly behind me. He saw me, sat up and stretched.
"Good evening, Holly. To what do I owe the pleasure?" he said, smirking in the dark. I opened the curtains enough so we could see each other's faces by the light of the full moon.
"Good evening, master. I apologize for the interruption in your sleep schedule, but a change in plans is required."
"I see. Explain."
"I will be unable to control my anger against Sebastian for much longer. And he is quite clever, he may figure it out sooner than I expected. He has grown more cunning since I saw him last. And this bond… it is much more powerful than I could have ever imagined. Being near him only strengthens it more. I will not be able to hold out much longer… I'm sorry, master."
He sighed. "Come here."
I went up next to his bed. He grabbed my uninjured hand and pulled me down so I was sitting with him.
"Whatever is required is fine, just keep me informed. I don't enjoy being out of the loop. But, you must know, he's spoken of you before. He misses you. This isn't some sort of game for him. He wants you back, badly. I don't think he wanted to leave in the first place. There is a book he writes in, I suggest you find it, read it. It may shed light on the situation at hand."
I nodded. That must be the book I found, the one hidden under my pillow at the moment.
"I will, thank you." I hugged the young master and smiled through the dark. He stiffened. I realized my error and released him. I had forgotten that the master was a private, unloving man. No one had hugged him or touched him in years. Had I just ruined everything?
I let go of him and pulled back, apologizing. "I'm so sorry, master, it's just-"
He suddenly leaned forwards and grabbed me into the tightest hug I had ever had. He sighed lightly, shakily. How odd. He looked up at me, and I saw the child that he still was.
"You have no idea what it's like," He cooed softly. "I have no friends, no family. I cannot show weakness to the others, I'm too prideful. But you, you're a different case. You're like the big sister I have always wanted. And Sebastian has been so alone for so long… Please, don't leave me." He was so lost… And so sweet. I would have him as my little brother then. It was decided.
"Of course I won't leave… my Ototo."
"Hmm?" He muttered, confused.
"It means 'little brother' in Japanese. It's one of the few languages that Sebastian doesn't speak."
"So, if you're going to call me Ototo, what do I call you?"
"I will be your Ane. It means 'big sister'. Sound good?"
"Yes." He sighed, still hugging me.
He continued. "What's next on the list of impossible chores?"
I chuckled softly. "Well, I was thinking. Since Sebastian is so close, yet so far away to figuring it all out, I was planning on making it a little easier for him. When we go swimming, on Saturday, could you have him working on the garden, so he can see me?"
"Sure, Ane." He smiled, like a little child that had been alone for so long.
"And after we get out, could you give me a few minutes to get in the bath, then tell him he has the rest of the afternoon off?"
"Mmm-Hmm." He said, falling asleep.
"Thank you so much, Ototo. Now, you're falling asleep, so I should go so you may rest. Is there anything else you need?"
"Nuh-uh…" He mumbled groggily.
"Then I suppose it your bedtime, Ototo."
"Nooooo… tell me a story…" I was not one for telling stories, so I had another idea.
"I'm not a good story teller… How about a song?"
"That's good…" He mumbled. I started singing to him, making it up as I went.
"All our times have come,
We're here, but then we're gone,
I don't fear death,
Nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain.
Valentine's are all gone,
Here, again then we're gone.
For Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity
Men and Women die every day
Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 of them die every day
Redefining happiness
Another bunch go on every day
We will be like they are
Some day…" I stopped singing the lyrics, and instead went to humming. Ototo had become so exhausted, he had rolled off of me. I stood, still humming, and tucked him in.
"Good night, Ane." He mumbled, before falling asleep.
"Good night, Ototo... Sweet dreams… Pritagi dormi spereto." This was a demonic spell that protected one from bad spirits at night. Only female demons could use healing or protection spells and prayers. A prayer was just a fancy enchantment. I felt he would need it to keep the nightmares at bay…
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