It surprised Rue, Mytho, and Duck how fast the story was progressing.
The last time they were in a story it didn't happen this fast. But now the events are just speeding past.
The story started about two months ago.
In two months the knight obtained "dark magic", got rid of his love rival, tried to win the Princess's heart, had his motives revealed and vowed chaos, and started trouble in town.
It may seem little but in this case it's a lot. Especially when trouble on campus started happening, and the amount of trouble.
Duck in particular was hoping that all that trouble was just one day but it wasn't. It happened quite often. No one was safe.
Even teachers had trouble. Their classrooms were messed up, their materials would disappear, the class would somehow be disrupted during a lesson.
The only thing left behind was a tiny sword.
News of the Dark knight's return spread like a wildfire. Everyone knew that the Dark knight was responsible, though no one knew who he was.
No one except Duck, Rue, Mytho and the Dark knight himself, Fakir.
Duck and Fakir always told everyone though that the dark knight was a tale and it's just a kid messing with people. Duck didn't want people to know a story is really happening. Fakir on the other hand wouldn't be Fakir if he went along with the crowd.
It all confused Duck though. Why would Fakir lie about the Dark knight? Doesn't he want everyone to know of the knight's return?
Not only that she was a victim too of trouble along with Rue and Fakir. When they found out Duck's room was turned upside down, it was a surprise. Even Rue stuff was messed up. Duck was ready to storm to Fakir and give him a piece of her mind. But then Fakir's ballet stuff became damaged.
Not slightly damaged. Completely damaged to the point of no fixing. Everyone was surprised that even Fakir, the most mysterious (and scariest) kid on campus was also a victim of the "Knight".
Duck thought differently though.
Why would Fakir mess up his own things? And why would he tear apart her room if he "loves" her so much? It makes no sense. But she's going to find out today.
Duck leaves her room and heads over to Fakir's house. She hesitates to knock, wondering if she should really do this. Going into Fakir's house to talk to him alone isn't necessarily the greatest idea. But Duck makes up her mind and knocks.
It takes only a few seconds until Fakir opens the door.
"What a lovely surprise Duck. I didn't expect for you to come here. Come in." Fakir says.
Duck walks in ignoring the slight trembling in her legs.
"It's just me here so you know." Fakir says.
"That's ok I wanted to talk to you anyway." Duck replies so happy she didn't stutter.
"Oh really what about?" Fakir says walking over to her.
Duck looks at him and has the urge to shrink back. His height intimidates her at the moment. She takes a deep breath and looks him in the eyes.
"Why are you doing all those bad things on campus?" Duck asks.
Even though she already knows the real answer it was the first thing she thought of and she wants to see what he says.
"What do you mean?" Fakir says with a small smirk.
"Don't play with me. You're causing all that trouble at school. You are hurting people too. And you messed up my room." Duck says.
"Duck if that was me why would my things be messed up too quite badly may I add." Fakir responds.
He likes messing with Duck. It's interesting seeing her so confused. But Duck does something he didn't expect her to.
She stomps on his foot with all her might.
Fakir grabs his foot and shouts what Duck assumes is a bad word. She still doesn't understand some things especially since Fakir always kept her from hearing certain things, like bad words.
"I don't know, so stop lying and tell me the truth." Duck says crossing her arms.
"Ok I'll tell you, but did you really have to stomp on my foot. And don't you dare go repeating that word I just said, got it." Fakir says.
Some things never change with Fakir no matter what. Like trying to keep her as innocent as possible for one.
"Fine I won't. It's probably a bad word anyway." Duck replies.
"It is. Now I thought if you don't want to join me yet in messing with the town then I'll mess with the school first so you can see how interesting and fun it is." Fakir says.
"Then why mess up my room and your stuff?" Duck asks.
"Simple to keep anyone from thinking I did it, I messed up my own things. And so no one would think you did it, I tore apart your room. I'm sorry I did but I didn't want any trouble for you." Fakir answers.
Duck thinks about that. It makes sense in a way. But he wouldn't have to had done that if he didn't cause problems.
"None of this is interesting or fun." Duck huffs.
She walks to the door.
"All this is just confusing and scary. You're scary. You'll probably kill someone for even looking at me. All you do is scare me and yet you say you love me. I don't believe it." Duck says.
She doesn't know why she said that but she did and she instantly regrets it.
Because Fakir pins her back to the door holding her hands above her head with one hand. He looks into her blue eyes with his green ones.
"You think I'm trying to scare you. Well I'm not. That's the last thing I want to do. I want you to love me back. I want you to look at me like you used to look at Mytho. I want you to dream of me, dream of being with me like I dream of you. I don't ever want you afraid of me." Fakir says caressing her face with his other hand.
Duck stands there stiff. His voice is soft and calming. She can hear the want in his voice. She hears the passion, the guilt, and the need in his voice. It somehow calms her down.
"No matter what I do I don't want you afraid of me. I told you I would never hurt you. I'll prove to you how much I love you." Fakir whispers in her ear.
He leans closer and start to leave feather kisses on her neck. Sweet bliss fills Duck though she knows she shouldn't enjoy it. He trails his way up until he reaches her cheek. He leaves a lingering kiss on her cheek.
He leans back up to his full height looking down to her again. He gives her a sincere smile and let's go of her.
"Never doubt my love for you. I'm going to show you exactly how much I love you, just you watch." He says.
He turns around and walks away. He heads to his room while Duck stares at his retreating figure. She backs away from the door and opens it.
She leaves and walks home thinking about what just happened. She subconsciously holds her neck the entire way back. Never has Fakir been that soft but that passionate with her. His kisses were so light yet full of emotion.
It all confused her even more.
Fakir is just so confusing.