CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Are you alright?" whispered Felix to Lux, turning around to face her. He senses even in the early morning hours that she was not alright. Lux often had difficulties falling asleep if something was on her mind.
Her golden eyes were open but glossy in a way showing that she was, indeed, exhausted. But she nodded to Felix's question, laying on her side facing him as well.
"I was thinking about what Erza said when she first woke up, about seeing Amaliel," she said, he head resting on her forearm out in front of her. Her face is very serious and deep in contemplation.
Everyone else around was sleeping, exhausted from the day and enjoying a nice food coma. The slight sound of someone's snoring was filling the air as the two partners whispered.
Felix nodded, coming up onto his forearm, looking down to Lux.
"We have been tracking down my father for three years now, but, as far as I know, he has never shown himself to anyone when in delirium."
"Do you think it means something?" said Felix.
Lux, did not say anything for at least a whole minute, they just stayed calm for a while. Lux was seriously pondering what the meaning of his appearance means in this situation.
Amaliel preyed of the misfortune and hysterics humans almost living off the energy of those who were trapped in the fog. Zeref created these demons as a way to destroy humans in the most merciless way possible. However, the demon rarely showed themselves to the pray unless…
"Amaliel wants Erza's soul I think, or perhaps all of theirs," said Lux after the quiet.
It was now Felix's turn not to respond. He might have considered a similar idea when Erza had said what she remembered, but now it was becoming a serious concern. With Lux now worrying about it, the apprehension was so much more worse.
Outside, Lux and Felix heard the wind howl and the old building creak in response. They sat low, just listening to the raging storm outside that was forming overnight. Some winter storm was created then, snowing an icy blizzard around their makeshift home. The fire was still glowing in the hearth, keeping them from freezing.
"I think, possibly, he may come for them, especially since they are with us."
"Do you think that will seriously happen?"
Lux just sighed and responded, "Yes. I do." She came up into a sitting position, still whispering quietly to Felix. "Only because I feel that he will not just let them escape, or anyone for that matter. And since he has shown some interest in them at the time, I fear he may hunt them down."
Felix looked over to a sleeping Erza and Lucy, even Natsu and Gray. Although they were just new friends, he felt very protective of them for some reason.
"So what do we do about this?" said Felix, "They are not even close to overcoming their fear."
"I know," said Lux, almost a bit harshly but with the same protective tendency. "I do not want to see them get hurt either, however, we still cannot do this alone."
Felix just smiled even though Lux could not really see his expression in the low light. Sitting facing each other, Felix leaned in so their noses were almost touching and lightly kissed her lips.
Lux, however, not expecting that to happen, pulled back quickly and madly blushed.
"What the hell are you doing?" she whispered, "I thought we agreed that-"
"I know, Lux, and I am sorry," he said, looking her in the eyes, "I could not resist. I just thought you were too anxious and worked up. I though perhaps it would calm you down."
"It did not."
"I know," he said, looking away, blushing too. Their relationship was very strange, indefinable in a way.
"Let us just go back to bed, and we can talk about it in the morning," said Lux, laying back down, and shutting her eyes, letting everything that just happen slip from her conscious mind.
Felix did the same thing, and they resumed sleeping with their backs facing each other as always and gently let sleep take them.
Then, Erza let herself sleep, with a new fear in her heart from what she just heard.