♦ Crowned by Fear - Chapter 18 ♦

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First: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1245646040/ Previous: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1285646488/ Next: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1331315290/ Tw/s: Sh"pp"ng Thumbnail by @-b3RRy-_ ♦ Crowned by Fear - Chapter 18 ♦ "You like him- Don't you?" Cleo grinned as they watched Abolish frown. "I can assure you. Our relationship is purely platonic. He has a boyfriend." "And yet he loves you." "Like a brother." Cleo rolled her eyes. "You. And him. Are by far the stv p!dest people I have ever met. You call him, Jack!" "That's his name." "No one else calls him that. Everyone else calls him, Pyro." "His name is Jack. That is what I am going to call him and will continue calling him." "Sure...." Abolish rolled his eyes, reaching into his pocket. "I feel like I should pay you. You've been letting us stay for free for a while now." He reached into his pocket. "I feel b:d that we've been staying because of your generosity." "No. It's fine. You two are like your own personal little show. It's adorable..." "No, really I insist." Abolish handed Cleo a pouch of coins, unaware that his sleeve had rolled up slightly. "Abolish, this is too much-" "No- Really- I insist." Cleo's face paled as she saw it. "Abolish... What is that?" Unmistakeably a mark on his skin. A ♠ And clearly Cleo recognized it. "You- You work for him. Don't you?" Abolish tugged his sleeve down frantically. "What do you want?" Cleo's smiles and softness had entirely faded, replaced only by a wrath that was even more terrifying than the ringmaster's own... "You- He took my son away- He's the reason my son has been gone for so long- He took my son AWAY FROM ME- You LIED TO MY FACE! You're only here to taunt me aren't you? Aren't you?!" "No- Cleo- Please-" "You- Get out. Get out now! Pack your things and LEAVE!" "I-" "DO IT! And take PYRO WITH YOU!" Cleo's hands were trembling with something- Something that felt like rage and yet- Not at the same time- Fear- Abolish could feel it radiating off of them. Glowing almost... That- That was weird. Abolish wasn't magic born. And he had never made a deal for magic... Well- In the memories that remained- That's what they thought... Etho put his hand on Cleo's shoulder. "Cle- Hey Cle- It's okay..." He looked at Abolish. "I think you should go." Abolish nodded and he ran upstairs. Pyro was sitting on the bed, swinging his legs. "hey." "Jack." "Veylocke." "Cleo's- Upset at me. They- They know about my deal with The Ringmaster." "Ah-" "We leave in the morning." Pyro sighed, still swinging his legs. "Aren't you going to ask me about how my questions with Cheshire meant?" Abolish rolled his eyes. " 'How did your questions with Cheshire go'?" He asked mockingly. "Pretty well. He refused to answer most of my questions. All the ones about you he called 'Classified information' Didn't ask for anything in return. Said I'd get them for free being 'The Ringmaster's favoured one' and all that." "Huh." The two of them sat in silence for a bit. "Can I do something very stvp!d abd kind of cr? It'll be a one time thing. I promise." Pyro looked at Abolish, clearly very confused. "... Sure?" "Promise you won't be weird about it?" "I-" "Promise. Jack. Promise me. You won't be weird about it." "Fine. I promise I won't be weird about it." "Good." Abolish leaned in and gave Pyro a quick kiss on the lips. "Again one time thing." Pyro was blushing a lot. Abolish could see that. Abolish was the one to pull away and stare at Pyro in shock. Pyro had definitely, unmistakably kissed him back. "I-" "Did you-" Pyro laughed dryly. "I guess Cleo was right. We do have it b;d for each other." Abolish rolled his eyes trying to suppress a grin. "I h:te you, Jack." "You l0ve me..." "I really don't." "You kissed me." "Once. It will be a one time thing. And we will never do it again." "I h:te to make you more of a liar then you already are then, Veylocke." Pyro kissed him on the lips gently. "Now it's a two time thing. We've kissed twice." "That- Sounds so wrong." Abolish sighed, falling back against the bed. "What are we even doing? You have a boyfriend. You are taken- We're not even going to work out. Not outside of this room anyway." Pyro lay back against the bed, joining Abolish and he took their hand. "Well... Inside this room, we can play pretend. The world doesn't need to know. And who says destiny is written in stone. Maybe he and I were never meant to be together. Maybe this is the universe's way of saying that we can pretend for a bit." "You can't pretend forever- You can't just shut the world out forever." "But that's what makes it so beautiful. We only have a limited time. So- Why don't you just appreciate it for once instead of being all doom and gloom- Okay?" "I'm just being realistic, Jack-" "Okay?" "Okay." Pyro gave Abolish another kiss for luck. [[ Continued in notes and credits ][