Ivan was the one to break the kiss, soulful eyes gazing at her sadly.
Mia was shocked. "Ivan - you -"
He nodded gravely. "Yeah. Ever since I saw you at the Mercury Lighthouse. Love at second sight."
It dawned on her. "And the items in the morning...?"
"That was me too." he admitted.
There was an awkward silence, as Mia struggled with how to take the news. Ivan started walking again, and Mia followed him, hastening her pace to catch up.
"Um.. Ivan... I..." she started hestiantly, not sure how to tell him how she felt.
Ivan stopped abruptly, turning to face her with tear filled eyes. "Don't share my feelings? Love Isaac? Just like me as a friend, or love me as a brother?" he supplied, a bitter tone entering his voice.
Mia frowned, starting to feel terrible. She nodded slowly.
"I knew it." Ivan uttered.
"You Mind Read me?" Mia queried.
Ivan felt his eyes start to overflow. He turned away. "Last night. Your nightmare. One plus one made two."
With that, Ivan sprinted down the hall with Mia on his heels, overtaking Isaac and Garet.
Mia caught up with the two Valeans, with a sad, confused look on her face.
"What's up with him?" Garet asked obliviously.
"He.." Mia trailed off, hearing sounds of a battle. Unnoticed, the wind dropped. "Oh, Mercury.." she muttered, running forward to see what was going on.
What she saw made her gasp, and her heart leap to her throat.
Ivan was spread-eagled on the ground, in no way a living human being's body should be. Blood mingled with tears and feathers all over the area, and Mia could hear the triumphant shrieks of a pair of Wild Gryphons, calling in the distance.
"No.. It's like the nightmare..." Mia whispered, sinking to her knees in the middle of a blood puddle. The blood splattered onto her robes in the same formation as in the nightmare.
She knelt down beside him, picking up his wrist to check his pulse.
"No pulse at all... I hate deja vu..."
The tears started to come, flowing down her cheeks and adding to the mess steadily.
Isaac and Garet rounded the corner, seeing the scene for themselves. "Oh crud." Garet said flatly. "Looks like he got ambushed... He could handle two Wild Gryphons on his own, but if he was caught by surprise or didn't feel like battling..."
Mia put her head to Ivan's chest and cried. The wind blew harder.
Mia was shocked. "Ivan - you -"
He nodded gravely. "Yeah. Ever since I saw you at the Mercury Lighthouse. Love at second sight."
It dawned on her. "And the items in the morning...?"
"That was me too." he admitted.
There was an awkward silence, as Mia struggled with how to take the news. Ivan started walking again, and Mia followed him, hastening her pace to catch up.
"Um.. Ivan... I..." she started hestiantly, not sure how to tell him how she felt.
Ivan stopped abruptly, turning to face her with tear filled eyes. "Don't share my feelings? Love Isaac? Just like me as a friend, or love me as a brother?" he supplied, a bitter tone entering his voice.
Mia frowned, starting to feel terrible. She nodded slowly.
"I knew it." Ivan uttered.
"You Mind Read me?" Mia queried.
Ivan felt his eyes start to overflow. He turned away. "Last night. Your nightmare. One plus one made two."
With that, Ivan sprinted down the hall with Mia on his heels, overtaking Isaac and Garet.
Mia caught up with the two Valeans, with a sad, confused look on her face.
"What's up with him?" Garet asked obliviously.
"He.." Mia trailed off, hearing sounds of a battle. Unnoticed, the wind dropped. "Oh, Mercury.." she muttered, running forward to see what was going on.
What she saw made her gasp, and her heart leap to her throat.
Ivan was spread-eagled on the ground, in no way a living human being's body should be. Blood mingled with tears and feathers all over the area, and Mia could hear the triumphant shrieks of a pair of Wild Gryphons, calling in the distance.
"No.. It's like the nightmare..." Mia whispered, sinking to her knees in the middle of a blood puddle. The blood splattered onto her robes in the same formation as in the nightmare.
She knelt down beside him, picking up his wrist to check his pulse.
"No pulse at all... I hate deja vu..."
The tears started to come, flowing down her cheeks and adding to the mess steadily.
Isaac and Garet rounded the corner, seeing the scene for themselves. "Oh crud." Garet said flatly. "Looks like he got ambushed... He could handle two Wild Gryphons on his own, but if he was caught by surprise or didn't feel like battling..."
Mia put her head to Ivan's chest and cried. The wind blew harder.