Chapter 10: Jewel's desire

A week or so passed, and it was nearing the day when Jewel would be released into the forest. Blu had worked hard to get himself used to the jungle, and Jewel was also practicing her reading and writing while waiting for Blu to come back everyday.

It was late afternoon, and Paul was just finishing up one of Blu's last lessons with him. "So... that's it. You learned pretty fast. I'm not gonna lie."

Blu chuckled. "Thanks. I never would've been able to get used to the forest without your help. Anyway, this is usually the part where the teacher and student shake hands or something, but I don't think..."

Paul held out his talon for Blu to shake and smiled warmly at him. Blu's eyes widened. This was the first time he had seen Paul act this way. A smile slowly crept onto Blu's face as he reached out to shake Paul's talon.

After shaking talons and bidding each other farewell, Blu started to fly back to Linda's room. "By the way, Blu. One more thing," Paul called Blu back. Blu turned around to look at Paul. "What is it?"

"I've got nothing else to teach you anymore. You've learned everything I know already and your knowledge is complete. You've come a pretty long way in such a short time." With that, Paul turned around and waved Blu away. Tears welled up in Blu's eyes as he turned back. Thank you, Paul. That's all thanks to you. He thought as he flew away.

...

When he got back to Linda's room, Jewel was practicing her typing. After letting Blu in through the window, she gave Blu a brief kiss and asked, "You wanna play some more games on Linda's laptop?" Blu nodded. "Yeah, sure. Why not? What game do you want to play?"

Jewel flew over to the laptop and pointed to an icon on the desktop that was labeled "Slender". Blu cringed. "Uh... can we play something else? That game's kinda... scary..." He said, knowing that Slender was a horror game and he would probably embarrass himself in front of Jewel. "What's wrong, baby Blu? You scared?" Jewel teased. Seeing that Jewel really wanted to play Slender, Blu reluctantly obliged. "Alright, but I'm only helping you with the movement, so you tell me what to do because I'm not looking at the screen." Jewel giggled. "Don't worry, like you said, I'm pretty awesome at everything."

When the game started up, Blu fixed his eyes on the keyboard, making sure he couldn't see the screen. "Aw, come on, it's just a game, how scary can it be?" Jewel asked him as she took control of the mouse. She was able to use the mouse better now as she had practiced using it as well. "So... what's the point of this game?"

"G-Get... the pages... eight of em'... without dying..." Blu managed to say.

Jewel just rolled her eyes. "Seems simple enough. I don't see why you're so scared. Move forward for me, would you?" Blu tapped the 'W' key on the keyboard. "W-Watch out... for Slenderman..." He warned Jewel. She just giggled. "Yeah, I'll keep that in mind."

Shortly after Jewel found the first page, she read it out. "Leave me alone. What?" Then, eerie noises started to play from the laptop. "What's that noise?" Jewel asked Blu. "It's... the sound from... the game... it gets worse and scarier as you find the notes..." Blu stammered, still keeping his eyes off the screen. "What're you so scared of? It's just a forest with notes in it! This game isn't scary, c'mon, Blu!"

"Just... watch out for him..." Blu warned Jewel again.

"Yeah, yeah, Slapperman, was it?" Jewel said.

"Slenderman."

Soon, Jewel managed to find the second page. The eerie noise got slightly louder. "Blu, if you're playing a joke on me, it's not funny. This game isn't scary." Jewel said as she looked suspiciously at Blu. "L-Look behind you..." Blu covered his face with his wings as Jewel turned the mouse. The character in the game turned around and saw a humanoid figure with a blank face and a slender, gray body. "You're kidding, right?" Jewel said. She didn't seem to be afraid of Slenderman at all. "Quick! Turn away before he kills you!" Blu grabbed the mouse and turned it to the side, causing the character to look away. "What happens if you look at him for too long?" Jewel asked. "Your screen turns fuzzy and he appears in front of you. Then it's game over."

Jewel giggled a bit. "And... you find that scary?" She burst into laughter. Blu blushed a little, seeing that Jewel wasn't afraid of the game at all. "Well, if you can find all eight pages, I'll be surprised."

Jewel started hunting for the remaining six pages in the game and managed to find five of them. The sound of the game was extremely creepy now, and Jewel started to look a little more frightened every time she saw Slenderman creeping up on her. "Just one more note..." She chuckled nervously, trying not to let Blu know that she was afraid. As she walked around a tree, Slenderman was hiding behind it and got the jump on her. She let out a short shriek in shock and involuntarily threw the mouse while the jumped out of shock. The screen went fuzzy just like how Blu had described it and the game was over.

"That was... fun..." Jewel laughed a bit. Blu, who was terrified by Slenderman, was still hiding his face in his wings. "For you it was..."

...

That night, when Blu had gotten dinner for Jewel and himself, Jewel was thinking about starting a family with Blu. She had wanted to do it with him ever since she had confessed her love, but she wasn't sure he would want to do it with her. "Hey, Blu?" she said uneasily as she shifted nearer to him. Blu snapped to attention. "Yeah?" he asked as he chewed on a bite of a mango. "Do you... wanna have kids with me?" she asked, blushing madly. Blu choked on his mango. "I... Could you say that again? I think I heard you wrongly," he said, hoping that what he had just heard Jewel say was wrong. "I want to have a family with you, Blu." Jewel repeated. Blu was at a loss for words. "I... I... uh..."

"Please?" Jewel tried to persuade Blu into it.

"I'll... uh... I'll think about it..." Blu said, hoping that his excuse would delay Jewel. "But... you're being released tomorrow, right?" he asked, trying to change the subject.

"Yes, I am. That's why I asked you today."

Blu sighed. "Alright, I'll consider... give me some time..."

Yet another filler, I'm running out of ideas on what to put in the middle of the chapters before going ahead with the story itself, but anyway, let me know what you think in the reviews. Have a nice day.

All you people who want the lemon have a few chapters left before I make Blu and Jewel have some fun, so if you want a lemon you'd better ask for one, because I'm not writing one otherwise.

Hutchings12: Thank you. I'll make sure I'm not half asleep next time. :)

Roarrk: You won't be seeing Alex in a really long time. And please finish your story, I love reading it and I'd like to see how it ends. Hopefully it's a happy ending.