(A.N, to the one or two people reading this right now, I'll be releasing the first 5 chapters once a day, but after that it'll probably take a back burner to at least 2 days and at most a week, hoping I can do it once every other day or once every 3 days, but I'll see where it goes from here, also those 5 chapters are just gonna be openers and at chapter 6 Maria comes in. Anyway, enjoy the story.)
The waking world was dark with night as the hunter sat atop a large building with a comrade of his, the old hunter Djura. He brought the old man some food which he gladly accepted. "So, hows that doll doing anyway?" He said, his mouth watering at the taste of her food, it had been many years since he'd tasted it.
"She's fine, really fine." The hunter smiled and drifted off into thought, only to be interrupted and shot down by Djura.
"What do you mean by that?" He looked at the hunter, gaining rather weird thoughts. "You're not bedding the doll are you lad?" He said getting a disturbed look on his face.
"N-not bedding per se." The hunter blushed and cursed his idiocy.
"Ahh, you just fell for her motherly nature ehh?"
Djura said a little relieved he wasn't taking Gerhmans advice. "Have you fell in love... with the Doll?" He looked at the hunter taking a bite of his food. 'Although with cooking skills like this, I'd consider it too.' The Old Hunter thought to himself.
"Y-Yes." The hunter said with shame in his voice, he really did realize how foolish it sounded, but he knew that he truly loved her, and his feelings reciprocated by her as well.
"Don't feel ashamed lad, life as a hunter is pretty lonely, so any solace is good solace." The Old Hunter said and smiled, patting the young hunters back. "She is a sweetheart, but she was made for that, her feelings are a bit biased towards the kind side." Djura said.
"Y-Yeah, I guess." The hunter sighed and looked down, questioning her emotions now, did she really feel love for him, or was it all just a facade. It couldn't be, she wouldn't have been praying for him, her emotions had to be real.
"Well lad, you might as well head back, send the doll my regards, and thanks for the food lad." He smiled and patted him on the back.
"Yeah, see you later man." The hunter smiled and bold hunters marked out of there. As he returned to the dream the doll ran up to him and gave him a big hug and kissed his cheek.
"How'd he enjoy his food, it's been a while since I've cooked for him, I hope he enjoyed it." She smiled and kissed him again.
"H-he liked it, he said hi it's been a while." He said smiling weakly. The words of the old man still ringing, were her feelings for him really just how she was made. Did she have no true love for him, was this some sick joke, he had all these thoughts circling in his head, praying none of them were true.
"What is wrong my dear, you look weak, was the walk back taxing." She said and started rubbing his shoulders.
"No, it's just, well he said a couple things that haven't put me in a good mindset." He said weakly.
"Oh, what was it?" She cocked her a little, in a quizzically.
"D-... Do you really love me?" He said forcing the words out, unsure of her reaction.
"H-hunter, of course my dear." She said kissing his lips as he pulled back a little.
"W-well, how am I supposed to know, you might just be faking it for my sake." He sighed looking down.
"My dear hunter, if I was doing this for your sake that should show I do care, care enough to love you." She said getting a little hurt at his lack of faith in her love.
"I-I know, I'm just a little scared that you may just think of me as another hunter." He said looking at her sadly, the one creature in his life who truly cared about him, and he's unsure if she really does.
She smiled sadly and kissed his forehead, wrapping her hands around his head and bringing his forehead onto hers and softly caressing his cheek, wiping his eyes clear of tears forming in his eyes and bringing him in for a soft kiss on his lips, she brings her face away from his and smiles softly. "My dear, dear, sweet hunter, my love for you is no falsehood, do not listen to decrepit old codger." She said, upset at Djura for putting such offensive thoughts in her dear loves mind. "I love you with all the desire I hold in my heart." She said more sweetly and sincerely than anything anyone has ever said to him. She brought him in for another kiss and the second their lips connected, the floodgates of his eyes broke and he burst out into silent tears as they embraced and their lips entwined. When they finally let go of each other he sat there, head held low, ashamed of his lack of faith in her love, angered at Djura's hasty and untrue statement, but most of all joyful, joyful that his love was indeed not false. "Do not cry my sweet hunter, it is alright to be afraid, I was afraid as well, afraid my sweet hunter may not have been truly in love with me, I had those same fears, but seeing you're reaction, and your question, I can say that my sweet hunter does indeed love me, and I love him, more than anything else." She said and kissed him again, wiping away his tears.
"Y-you really are too kind." He said in between staggered breaths and teary eyes. "I-I'm sorry for my ignorance a-and lack of faith in your love." He said embracing her tightly.
"It's ok my sweet, just don't make that mistake again." She said smiling brightly, brushing his tears away and kissing his lips passionately, before letting him sleep across her lap. As he slept she smiled at him, petting his head lightly and bending down to kiss his ear every now and then. "Oh my sweet hunter, you truly make this life easier, just through your presence." She smiled and bent down to kiss him again. "Do not question my love for you, it is the most real thing about me." She said as a single tearstone fell from of her eye.