Rejects: Chapter Ten

Repentant

Thei awoke in a dizzy state...As the picture became clearer, and less hazed, he saw a similar ceiling...He realized after not long he was at Akako's house...Relief began to overwhelm him...Yet, he felt bad...She had saved his life now...Twice.

"You idiot!" A voice grabbed his attention from his dizzy state, he looked towards the culprit and it was none other than Akako standing by him.

"W...What?" He asked hesitantly. She walked in front of him to get his full attention

"You truly are a moron...I have no words to describe how angry I am at you... Because of your stunt, I am now homeless. Thank you. Truly." She growled at him.

"W-Why? We're still here though!" He said as he sat up confused. He looked towards his injury that was now bandaged up, a bit of blood stained the white bandage.

"I really am beginning to hate you..." She seethed, her anger only increasing.

He frowned, he went to talk once more but was immediately cut off.

"When I noticed you weren't here, I assumed a bad situation was coming. But I didn't expect it to be this bad!" She barked at the boy.

"Apparently, a, woman, told the guards that there was an incident at the crossroads near the Ironband's Excavation Site. Well, they found two dead people with daggers in them, those in which are only made in Orgimmar, and are not a part of Alliance weaponry. And to top that all off, she described what you looked like to the guards, and that you were a Blood Elf.. Oh, and another fantastic detail to add, is that you dripped blood, allllllll the way back to my house from the scene...So now, they will be here. And soon." She sneered angrily at the boy, glaring daggers at him.

The boy was speechless, he didn't realize how much of an impact his attack had made.

"But... I was only trying to-" He began but was cut off-

"Shut it. We're leaving, now." She ordered angrily at the boy.

The boy nodded as he stood up in pain, he looked to the girl for further instructions.

She had already gathered all of her possessions and items, and had the bags of her stuff over her shoulder.

Quickly, she opened the door as the boy followed and shut it behind them, she made her way to her horse. She untied the horse and prepared him before hopping on him, she motioned angrily for the boy to get on. He nodded as he got himself on with a bit of a small struggle as his arm was still in immense pain.

With that, they departed, abandoning Akako's home forever. Thei decided to try and hold on the rear part of the saddle, as he decided it would most likely make things worse if he held on to Akako.

After a few hours, they had made it to a forest and Akako halted the horse. Akako got off of the horse, as Thei followed nervously. The horse began to lay down from exhaustion, as Thei looked towards Akako.

"We make camp here." She stated abruptly, as she set her bags down upon the grass.

He nodded as he placed the last bag upon the grass aswell.

He looked to her as she opened up the bag, and opened his mouth to speak but didn't say anything...He wanted to apologize but he felt the words failing him. However, after she had began organizing things for their camp from her bag, he decided to try.

"I'm so sorr-" He began but was cut off.

"Don't. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear you. I don't want to see you. I don't want to be around you." She sneered harshly.

He nodded with a sad frown on his face.

'I wish I would have died in Warsong...' He thought to himself, as the depression began to engulf him.

After a small amount of time, Akako had the camp set up. She didn't accept the help of Thei, as she just wanted to get rid of him at this point.

She began to lay down on her bed, as began to stare at the stars above. She just wanted to sleep the nightmare camp was set up with a small fire, two bedspreads, and the bags of her remaining possessions. The camp itself was surrounded by trees, enough to conceal the light of the fire. Akako sighed to herself bitterly, as it seemed like only things constantly got worse.

Without much effort, she fell into a slumber. All of this stress on her was wearing her out. However, it wasn't as easy for Thei to fall asleep. As he sat there guilt ridden for what he had done, simply staring at the grass and feeling remorse. He did not move at all, feeling as if he was wearing nearly a million pounds of mistakes on his shoulders.

'I truly am...A...Waste of life." He thought to himself, he felt his chest contort with misery.

After four hours or so, Thei still had not fallen asleep, he continued to sit at the same place thinking about his mistakes. He thought about his past life, future, and if he was truly meant to be exist in such a cursed existence.

Eventually, his emotions got the better of him as he quickly got up and ran into the forest. As he felt he was far enough inside the forest, he found a fallen tree to sit on. He immediately did so, as he let his emotions flow through him.

He began to feel his eyes water as the regret and sorrow he felt within himself was just too overwhelming.

Slowly, streaks began to fall down his cheek, as he felt his misery began to flow out of him. The rapid pace of the tears only continued and increased, he found it was hard to breath correctly, and accidentally began to sob to himself...

'I'm such an idiot...' He thought, the pain only increasing and becoming more and more overwhelming.

His fingernails began to dig into his palms, the pressure increasing each second. It wasn't long until he had done it so heavily that blood began to flow from each hand. His sobbing continuing, slowly becoming more and more audible to anyones ears. He placed his forehead in his palms as he watched the tears drip from his eyes onto his legs, the broken tree, and on the floor below him.

Akako began to stir, as she felt something was wrong. She awoke as her eyes blinked a few times to adjust to the world around her. She sat up quickly, still with an irritated look on her face. She growled to herself lowly, as she thought about the situation that happened not long ago. Her irritation became the better of her, as she began to get ready to let her frustrations out on the boy.

"You know I-" She was cut off, as when she said this, she went to meet the gaze of the asleep face of the Blood Elf boy in his bed spread. Yet, he was not there. Her eyes narrowed.

'You have got to be-' She was cut off as she heard something, that sounded like...

'Is somebody...crying?' She thought to herself, as she got onto her feet and began to pursue to source of the noise. She began to walk into the forest. She eventually got deeper and deeper into the first and before long, she saw the back of the Blood Elf boy she was all too familiar with. He was resting on what appeared to be a collapsed tree. Her irritation about the boy grew.

She walked up behind him, "What are you..." She trailed off as Thei turned back to face her, showing his face to her.

When he did, she immediately saw the unrestrained emotions coming from the boy, her voice lost from her as she had her gaze upon the boy. His eyes were puffy and filled with sorrow, streams were stained down his cheeks as new ones became present from his sorrow filled eyes, his frown transparent with the scared expression on his face... All of her irritation was instantly shattered upon this sight.

The boy turned from her with his face flushed after showing her his despair. Her face became soft, as she gently approached the boy, closing the distance between them. She stepped in front of the collapsed tree to join him. He turned away as she sat down by him, he was embarrassed that she had witnessed his misery...The small remnants of his pride began to break entirely. After she examined him for a moment with a frown, she decided she should speak up.

"Hey..." She began hesitantly, the frown still apparent on her face.

"P-Please...Leave me alone..." He said, his breathing troubled due to his sobbing overpowering his emotions, beginning their cries of pain once again...He tried to muffle the sobs so she wouldn't seem him in this state, but it was of to no use. He was ashamed that she saw him like this... He began to clinch his pants tightly, trying to restrain some of the consuming emotions, but it was of to no use...

"Are you...okay? Do you want to...talk?" She said as comfortingly as her limits allowed, she had a worried frown on her face.

"N-N-No...P-Please, just leave me be..." He said quietly in between sobs.

Her gaze softened as she began to feel remorse...Remorse for what she had said to the boy...She was so upset, and to be honest, still is. But she knew he didn't intentionally do it...And she knew...His emotions, his personality, his demeanor...He was...

Fragile...

She didn't know the boy very well...But...He seemed like his morals were only in the right place...She felt guilty, as she remembered how harshly she attacked him when he awoke earlier...She was...Cold to the boy... Not only then, but the whole time she realized she had treated the boy harshly. Though she was polite, she knew she had shut the confused boy out completely...Causing his demons to overcome him...

Something got the better of her...As she placed her hands on the boy's shoulder. The boy was shocked at her actions, but still objected, he turned towards her to protest her actions.

"Please! Leave me-" He was cut off, as suddenly something shocking happened. Akako had pushed her grudge aside as she did something even she did not expect...

Akako pulled the Elven boy into an embrace, his face up against her collar-bone. His arms and hands were up against her chest. She held him with all the care she knew, she held the boy tightly against herself...Her frown still transparent. The guilt of her actions overshadowing any anger she had felt...

Thei's eyes widened at her action, his tears began to fall onto her chest and collarbone... His cheeks became flushed, as his breath stopped for a moment... He was in complete shock at the Worgen girl's actions.

"Hush..." She said in nearly a whisper to the boy, her mouth not a far distance from the boy's ear...

"You're safe...I have you now..." She said comfortingly in nearly a whisper once more...

Thei's emotions overcame him, as his sobs became louder than ever, muffled only by her chest...She took her hand ran it through the boy's light auburn hair, as he continued his pained cries into her chest...

"Shhh...Everything is alright..." She said in a near whisper, attempting to comfort the boy.

Suddenly she heard him speak up.

"I-I...I r-ruined...y-your lif-fe..." He said painfully between sobs, muffled by the girl's chest. She felt his breath up against her from the close proximity of the two.

"You didn't ruin my life...And I'm sorry for being so harsh...I was just upset." She replied quietly to the boy...

"Y-Your lying..." He said muffled, the sobs causing him to choke a bit on his own air... His panting intensifying.

"No...I'm not...I promise you..." She said soothingly to the boy...

His breathing began to calm itself, as his sobs began to die down...His head was still dug into her collar-bone.. She felt as his tense emotional state began to loosen and calm itself... Gently, he rose his head from her embrace to look into the girl's eyes.

"I-I k-know you don't f-feel the same way but...I k-kinda think of you...A-As the o-only person I can trust..." He whimpered out to the girl, as his puffy woe filled eyes looked into hers.. Her eyes became wide as he processed what she heard...

"W-Why...d-do you think that...?" She asked curiously, the remorse for what she had said deepened within her...Shock set in after the boys word's had been spoke.

He paused for a moment as he looked down at his hands, their proximity still close to one another...

"I-I...w-when I'm w-with you...I f-feel...safe..." He stuttered out looking away from her with a slight blush. His face began to burn with embarrassment.

Her eyes went wide from surprise and shock...The boy hung his head a bit as his tears died down, eventually ending completely. She had to keep in mind that she wasn't dealing with the typical Blood Elf...She hadn't been exposed to them much, but from what she had seen...They were arrogant, cocky, and hard-headed. Yet he was...

Different...

He just seemed confused...As if he didn't know his place, he looked for guidance anywhere he could find it. The way he walked, the way he talked, the way he did anything at all was extremely hesitant...As if he was scared to even commit the action in the first place.

She took her hand and placed it upon the boy's chin, lifting his head to look at her. The stains from tears were still apparent on his cheeks. She sighed sadly with a frown, before saying..

"Let's get back to camp, okay?.." She told the boy, slowly and reluctantly he nodded.

Akako stood up first, followed by Thei. Akako began walking back with Thei trailing her, her thoughts were running rampant in her.

'Have I...been cold to him?...No...It's just previous events catching up with him, right?" She thought hesitantly.

Eventually, they made it back to their camp as Thei collapsed on his bed spread, hoping to forget about the events that had happened. His pride utterly collapsing, and his willpower beginning to lose itself. And to only add salt in the wound, Akako witnessed him in his hurt state...Though he didn't know her well...It was upsetting when anybody saw you in a state like that. He made sure to lay on his side, facing away from the campfire. It wasn't long before he passed out from emotional exhaustion.

As Akako made it to her own bed spread, she began to lay on her's aswell. She had tried again and again to shut off her thoughts, but it was of to no use. The boy's face just kept playing within her head. She was staring at the stars in the sky, hoping that they would bring her some perception. Yet, it was of to no use. The images were still flowing through her mind. Eventually, she closed her eyes as hopefully her asleep state could bring her some closure, and maybe have her cam her rattled state a bit...Right before she fell asleep, she had one last thought...

'Tomorrow...Is going to be a dreadful day...' She thought sorrowfully to herself.

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