I woke up the next day to find myself tucked under my sheets and Faelan sitting right in front of me, his body heat radiating off me
"Got yourself a girlfriend" his tone was mocking,
"What?"
I heard paper rustle in the air, "what's that?" I rubbed my eyes and sat up. My neck burned like someone had pressed a hot spoon to it
"It's a letter...Dream...a love letter...it's written in braille too, cute girl you got yourself...even put her number"
I remembered the girl from the other night, I didn't get to read it before Faelan came to crash to at my place
"Oh, I-I never got to read it" I sat up, swallowing with unease
"Were you planning to?"
This uneasy feeling began to multiply and I wasn't comfortable with it, "you have to go and get ready for your debut ceremony"
"It's not going to start until evening"
I heard the chair scrape against the wooden floor as he stood up, the bed sunk and I felt his weight press and cage me unto the bed
"What the fuck!'
"If you had read it, would you have accepted?"
I shoved blindly at his face
"What's this about? Get off me!"
What's up with him? He never cared about my love life, why's he sounding pissed?
"That's not the answer to my question, Dream"
"Maybe if you get off me and explain to me why you're bothered about my love life then I just 'might' give you a response"
I could feel his energy starting to sip out, yep, he's definitely pissed.
"Ugh fine, I don't know okay, I don't even know who she is. All I can tell is she's an astral elf"
He didn't say anything just hovered above me, his minty breathe with an undertone of alcohol
"Ugh, get off me, you're breathe still stinks of alcohol"
I pushed and he got off me, "what kind of crazy move is that? Getting drunk before your ceremony"
I adjusted my pyjamas and got off the bed, my heart pounding like crazy in chest. I internally prayed he didn't hear or feel it when he was close to me,desperate to change the awkward atmosphere.
"Don't say yes"
"What?" I froze, I could feel him staring into my back
"I said don't yes"
I turned to face him, if he was still in the bed.
"Since when did you get a say in what happens in my life?"
He didn't respond, the fucker just stood up, walked over to me and jerked my face up, his fingers digging into my cheeks slightly
"She's not worthy of you"
"What?"
He's definitely gone batshit.
I reached to peel his hands off my face then this bastard closes in and kisses me.
His teeth tugged at my lips when i refused to open up for him.
I was still refusing his advances when he bends and hoists me up, surprised I let out a gasp and he seized the opportunity to kiss me again. It took a lot of hits to his chest before he finally let me breathe.
When he let me go, my head spun and breathing was rapid like that of a hopper
"I bet my fangs she can't kiss you like this"
He was also breathless but it was mild unlike mine, one would think I ran a marathon!
"Let me go"
I pushed at his chest, this dude was shirtless!
I wiped at my lips, the sting was painful yet...good.
I had never been kissed before, this was my first time!
"You're not very good at this...your first time?"
I burned red and began flailing my arms like crazy
"Yeah, definitely your first time"
"Shut up, put me down"
"What do you mean? You're the one with your legs wrapped around me"
I froze, dread and embarrassment filled me, it was true. My legs were wrapped around him like my life depended on it.
"I-it's because...y-you're...oh my gosh"
I groaned and buried my face in my hands, my actions elicited a chuckle from him. I felt his weight shift from on leg to the other, he was walking
"Have your bath"
He set me on the floor, "I'll make breakfast"
"Hu-"
"Shut up and take your bath..." He paused "...unless you want me to bathe you"
I gasped and held unto my pyjamas, "what the heck? N-no!"
He snickered and left the bathroom, leaving me all embarrassed and confused.
What was with the sudden declaration of...love?
· · ─ · Dream · ─ · ·
A year passed, Faelan's debut "What The Night Brings" was a hit! He had small sponsor ready to boost him on his way to making it big!
I got more busy with school work and things got somewhat harder. For instance, I couldn't participate in our institution's Art fest because I used my magic to draw, which they counted as cheating.
Same thing happened for institution's Annual Art Competition.
Things started to look tough, if it kept up like this. I would never be sponsored or acknowledged as an artist.
I spoke to Faelan about it and he assured me that things will get better. We had also started going out but we had to keep it low because his career was still fresh out the oven and a small scandal could ruin it all.
Two years into our relationship, things started getting a bit sour. Faelan started facing some setbacks. In turn, he began to crawl into a bottle. It took months to get him to stop drinking but unfortunately he had picked up some bad habits.
Procrastinating,
Eating unhealthily,
Keeping late nights,
Gaming at odd hours(he never even liked games before),
And a nasty temper.
He would yell at me if I as much as inhaled when he was working. I felt like I was walking on eggshells around him.
Things got a bit better when he made friends with a art museum director, I can't really remember his name though.
The two got along well and Faelan was allowed to exhibit his works in his museum.
Things got much better and three years into our relationship, we were planning on getting engaged. Cheeky bastard even us got matching rings. Although the engagement plan never went through because all of a sudden he was being swallowed up with work. His bad habits started popping up again, well except for the drinking part. He picked up smoking.
I had come to dorm several times to find my room smelling like cigarettes.
He didn't stop until I had an health issue because of the cigs.
The gaming thing was back though. All night, I would hear the effects of the game going on and on, and when I told him to shut it off, he'd simply leave the room.
It was infuriating but I had my problems to worry about. It was time for me to debut my art, I couldn't use my magic so I asked him to help me draw. I would show him my muse and he would help draw it.
A day to my debut, Faelan disappeared. Legit went off the grid!
It wasn't until a week later before he came back, telling me he had urgent matters to fix at home.
He met me packing my stuff, my eyes flowing with tears.
I had been disqualified, and being disqualified was equivalent to an extra year or rustication. In my case, I was rusticated because to them I was not a true artist and can't be amongst them.
I cried all the way to my dorm and cried some more as the caretaker delivered my eviction notice. I was told to leave before the next day or I'll be filed with trespassing property charges.
Things kept getting worse and him showing up just ruined my day more.
He was so lucky I didn't know where he was standing, I would have knocked a few teeth out of his stupid mouth.
As I was packing my stuff, he helped apologizing non-stop.
I pushed him away and that's when I felt it. There was something on him that didn't belong to him. Another elf's energy.
It was similar to the elf who had written a love letter to me years back, but this energy was soft yet sharp. It didn't belong to a man. And he was practically bathed in it.
"Where did you say you're coming from?"
"Huh? H-home"
He doesn't stutter, Faelan never stutters.
"Where is that?"
"Planet Nyox"
Nyox was widely populated by dark elves, and their planets condition was unfavourable to other elves.
I laughed and continued packing my things. I'm just overthinking things, he could have brushed past an astral elf on his way here. Then why is he covered in her energy?
I was right after all, he was cheating.
Many a times he would come home, covered in that bitch's energy. And one day, I erupted.
We argued for hours on end and the fucker said so many horrible things, horrible things I could have never imagined he had in his heart.
He left after throwing our matching rings at me.
It was the most terrible day of my life.