Maxwell had felt as though everything in his body was alright but his mind felt like it was a confusing maze of emotions that were running through him rapidly. He had been quiet the whole time and the others were noticing this for the past couple of days. He was outside as he sat near the door of the owl house as he was starting to stand up and pace back and forth.
"Hey Maxie, something on your mind? Hoot hoot." asked Hooty.
Maxwell didn't respond as he went up to the door and looked up at Hooty with a stoic look on his face.
"Maxie, something bothering you? Hoot hoot." asked Hooty again. "Want me to get Eda?"
He shook his head and was wide eyed from the very mention of Eda.
"Hooty...where's a good place to be alone? I'm sorry to be rude but I need a minute alone to think." said Maxwell kindly.
"Well, there's the balcony up top. Hoot hoot." suggested Hooty.
"Thank you, Hooty." said Maxwell.
Maxwell suddenly jumped but he went fifty feet into the air and landed on top of the tower's balcony.
"If anyone needs me Hooty, tell them I'm up here." called Maxwell.
"You got it!" called Hooty.
Maxwell found what looked like an acoustic guitar on the balcony roof and sat next to it. He had his mind on something that had him feeling like he was ignoring all contact with reality. He looked up and he seemed to be imagining someone that was in his head. The image of a woman was on his mind but he had tried to block it out.
"Why do you strike my heart with such lightning? It tortures my heart, my soul cries out why." Maxwell said to himself.
Maxwell was trying to clear his mind but the image of a woman kept coming back to his mind. He saw that it was a woman dressed in maroon or red, leaving his heart to race a bit. He looked towards the guitar, than around him as if to see if anyone was around or nearby. He took hold of the guitar and suddenly placed it in his lap. He began to play a beautiful melody on the acoustics guitar as he was singing in such a beautiful voice like a singer from the sixties decade.
"I tried, on my own. I thought I'd get there"
He kept playing the guitar as it's beautiful but sad melody kept playing but little did he know, the door that lead up to the balcony was opening.
"Around and round, but I was only getting nowhere"
As he kept playing the melody, and his voice sounding so beautiful that it could break hearts. King was watching from the crack of the door being opened which Maxwell didn't notice.
"Then you came along and gave me something. Something that I could believe in, trust in. And I won't go back again"
King was listening to him singing as he opened the door a bit more and see him and he could tell from the look on Maxwell's face that something or someone was on his mind. Maxwell took a breath and kept singing such a beautiful melody.
"As long as I have you. I can live like there's nothing left to lose. Unbreak every fracture in my heart. Nothing in this world could ever tear this love apart"
As Maxwell kept playing and strumming the guitar which King couldn't believe how beautiful this looked. Maxwell shed a tear that trickled down his cheek.
"They say you gotta take the good with the bad. I'll take it all as long as I have you"
The melody eventually died down and Maxwell placed the guitar to the side as he shed a few more tears. King opened the door fully and could see Maxwell appeared to be suffering.
"Oh God almighty. I need help." said Maxwell his voice shaky.
"Maxie?" King finally spoke.
Maxwell looked up and saw King walking up towards him, he wiped his tears away as if to try and hide his suffering.
"Maxie, what's got you so upset?" asked King looking worried.
"It's nothing." lied Maxwell.
King crawled up on Maxwell and managed to hold onto him as he was face to face with him.
"Want to talk about it?" suggested King.
"It's complicated." said Maxwell trying to calm himself. "It's a guy thing."
"Well, I am a male so I am a guy. So come on, talk about it with the King of demons." King advised.
Maxwell managed to calm himself enough to stop grieving as he blushed deeply.
"It's about a woman." Maxwell finally whispered to him.
King was suddenly blushing and felt a rush of excitement and giddiness. He slid off Maxwell's body and began to jump in excitement.
"Yes! I knew it! Maxie's in love! Our little Maxie is in love!" said King excitedly.
King was dancing as if celebrating the day that a war ended. He wiggled his hips and shook his butt during the dancing while Maxwell only blushed deeper.
"Maxie got a crushie wushie." teased King.
"Keep your voice down!" said Maxwell in hushed tone.
King stopped dancing as he took a bit of mercy on the subject. He faced Maxwell with a smile.
"So whose the lucky girl?" asked King giddily.
Maxwell went silent again but he tried to brave the attempt to say who it was. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out as he closed it.
"I can't...I can't say who it is." Maxwell finally told him.
"Let me guess, you don't know her name?" giggled King.
"I know her name. I just don't want to say it out loud." said Maxwell annoyed.
"Did you kiss her yet?" joked King with a laugh. "Or did she kiss you?"
Maxwell was beet red at this point and King made smooching noises.
"Oh Maxie, your so cute, kiss me big boy." teased King sounding womanly.
"King, could we be serious about this? I don't know what to do." Maxwell told him with a slight break in his voice.
"Okay, lover boy. So what's the lucky girl like? Does she have a big booty and massive boobies?" joked King.
"King please. This is serious, I can't help this feeling." begged Maxwell. "She's pure beauty like a golden eagle soaring in the sky, my heart beats faster than Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird jet when I'm around her. I really like her but I'm scared of her at the same time."
King saw a look on Maxwell's face that told him that this was a serious thing to the young human male.
"You really are scared of her but you also really like her?" said King curiously.
The young human nodded once and even told young male demon "King, I'm scared"
"Oh man, you really have it bad for her, do you?" asked King. "You really like this girl."
Maxwell nodded and his blushing slightly faded a little from seeing King show some compassion.
"Want me to get Eda or Luz? They at least know something about this, well, Eda does." suggested King.
"No!" begged Maxwell. "King, please don't tell!"
Maxwell grabbed hold of King and had him held directly at his face.
"King, I don't want anyone to know. I want to figure this out on my own." Maxwell pleaded. "Just don't tell the girls, they'd laugh at me."
"Maxie, you know they'd never laugh at you. They'd be thrilled to know your in love. Eda might make a joke like I do, but they wouldn't laugh at you." King said attempting to pacify Maxwell's feelings.
Maxwell gulped loudly and hiccupped as loud as he ever had, his blushing getting a darker shade on his face. King realized what he said might've made it worse.
"I'm not helping, am I?" said King realizing what he told him.
Maxwell shook his head and King took notice that his teasing or his words didn't help much.
"Well, how about this? If you run out of options on what to do about winning this girl's heart, than we can talk about it with Eda and Luz, and even me. But only if you run out of options on what you should do." King kindly suggested.
With very little choice, he nodded and that's when King placed his paw on Maxwell's chest as a sign of trust and compassion.
"King, promise me you won't tell the girls? I know they're supportive but for now, I want to keep this between us." said Maxwell kindly.
Maxwell looking at King with an expression that was begging for him not to tell anyone about this, which King let out a sigh and grinned.
"Alrighty, big guy. But only because your our big boy. But just so you know, if this girl breaks your heart, she's as dead as corpse." said King with a bit of a protective instinct.
Maxwell gulped loudly from hearing King telling him what he'd do if a girl broke his heart. Maxwell hugged him gently and King hugged him back, after hugging each other for a few minutes, they removed their hands from each other and King slid off him.
"Just out of curiosity, what happened between you and this girl you said was out of your league? Did she hurt you, did she make you cry?" asked King as his protective instinct was kicking in.
Maxwell knew one of them would ask him eventually but didn't think it would be so soon. He shook his head.
"No, she had a boyfriend already. I knew I couldn't steal her away from this guy because that would be adultery and I couldn't do that." said Maxwell finally telling him.
King saw that Maxwell was very sweet that he wouldn't steal someone else's girl but also felt bad for him that this one girl was taken, knowing that must of hurt him inside.
"Does anyone else know?" asked King.
"I never told anyone about this, no." answered Maxwell.
King's protective instincts seem to still be with him as if he knew that Maxwell needed a big brother figure.
"Well Maxie, like Luz said, if that girl can't see what a sweet boy you are and that she can't see that she'd be lucky to have you as her boyfriend, than it's her loss." stated King with a snap of his fingers.
"Thanks for talking to me about this, King. I really needed that." Maxwell said relieved.
"No sweat, big guy. Need a minute up here?" said King.
Maxwell nodded as he felt better talking about this to King. King was walking off and went through the doorway of the balcony.
"I'll be downstairs with the others if you need us or wonder where we're at." called King.
He closed the door and walked down the stairs. King hummed all the way down the stairs and entered the kitchen where Eda and Luz were sitting down in. Eda and Luz looked as though they were sitting down to rest their feet. They saw him walking in.
"King, where did you run off to?" asked Eda curiously.
"Up on the balcony rooftop. Just having a talk with Maxie and giving him a pep talk." answered King.
"What did you talk to him about?" asked Luz.
King went silent as he hopped up and sat in one of the seats at the table as he tried to show he wasn't bothered by the question at all.
"Nothing, just guy stuff." King lied.
"You sure? There's always a way to tell when someone is lying." said Eda suspecting something.
"If I was lying, than all the fur from my body would fall off and I'd looked like a hairless dog." said King.
"Or a hairless mole rat." joked Eda giggling.
Eda laughed a bit and King shrugged it off.
"Really funny, comedian." King said sarcastically.
Suddenly, a loud fart was heard and they all were wide eyed with shock. They each suspected one of them was the cause of it but said nothing.
"Is Maxie feeling better? He's been quiet for days." asked Luz changing the subject.
"Yeah, sure. A little pow wow was all he needed." said King only telling half the truth.
Luz reached out to gently scratch underneath King's chin which left him blushing and shaking a bit, feeling relaxed.
"I think that's sweet of you that your caring about Maxie." said Luz cutely.
"Ohhh, that feels good. You know me, I can't stand to see a little boy cry." said King chuckling from the gentle scratching.
Luz eventually stopped scratching King's chin and pulled him in her arms as she would hug him while he would chuckle. While on the rooftop of the tower's balcony, Maxwell got up and was starting to walk down the stairs of the tower and closed the door.
"I just hope that she'll like me back." muttered Maxwell.
Maxwell was feeling better that he was able to talk to someone about this. Maxwell was in love but with who?
