#OC:Alessia
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hhmmm how about mafia AU Alessia, Ash and Delphia, for 'Giants kissing tinies on their tummy, its a vulnerable place that protects vital organs— so an abundance of trust would be needed. But goodness, would the gentle contact melt them..' and maybe 'Giants that purr', if that's alright :3
ty so much for the prompt from the list i shared!! This wound up being just what i needed to start getting my brain going again
hope you like a bit of drunk cry baby alessia and trusting humans
tw: drunk giant, mentions of alcohol
Trust and Honesty
“Should I walk you back?” Felix asked. Alessia shook her head, but the stumble that followed likely didn’t make him want to listen.
“M’fine. Take care of the humans. I’ll get home fine,” she said as she pushed him away. Her brother sighed, but did step back from her. She waited for him to leave, but he stared down at her instead.
“Alessia.”
“What?”
“The bag, I need that to take care of the humans.”
“Oh!” Alessia quickly shoved her hands forward, the bag with humans not even in them. She furrowed her brows in confusion. One look around and she found the bag by where she had been sitting, safely hidden from her drunk moves and prying eyes of other giants. With all her focus she lifted the bag and slowly moved it into the open. She let it sit on the table, wincing when she heard a scream from inside.
“Get some sleep, make sure you drink some water. You should have sent one of the signals we would have started to water down your drinks.”
“M’fine. I can drink just as much as you or Rhys!”
Felix laughed, Alessia pouted. One of his hands landed on her head before he grabbed the bag with humans. No noises from inside when he did it. She wanted to be more reassuring to humans. Others said she was more comforting than her brothers, but she didn’t believe them. All night humans called her a monster. Even after she’d slipped them into her hand to drop them in her bag. If she opened it now they’d call her one too.
“Are you sure you don’t want someone to go with you?” Felix asked again. She stepped out from under his hand. “Rhys shouldn’t be far from here. He could drop Ryder off if you just don’t want one of us around.”
“I said,” Alessia glared up at her brother, “it’s fine. Just take the humans to be safe. Where there aren’t any monsters.”
“Alessia-”
She walked off before he could say more. Each step was steady until she walked out the door. Immediately she stumbled and nearly fell to her knees. A part of her knew she should have had someone walk back with her, but she didn’t want that tonight. Just enough that went wrong to make it hard to head back home. She briefly considered going to stay at a different bar for the night.
Alessia jumped when her phone beeped. It took a few tries to pull it free from her pocket, even more to get her password right. A smile slipped onto her face when the screen lit up with the message. A picture from Ash of Delphia climbing up the blanket Alessia left falling off her bed. Another message chime and a picture of Delphia with crossed arms sitting on the ground where the blanket was piled up. A laugh left her as she shoved the phone back in her pocket.
Alessia took a deep breath and started forward. Two humans that trusted her. That were clearly tired of waiting for her to get home. After a few steps she stumbled again, but this time she laughed. She could already picture Del complaining about how late it was. Things had gotten a little out of hand, but it would be fine now. She’d get home and hold the two most amazing humans ever.
Stumble after stumble Alessia got closer to her home. It felt like an eternity before she saw the gate to their property. Another stumble, this time she wound up close to the building next to her. A crack sounded that froze her blood. Slowly she lifted her foot to see a crushed human car. Alessia fell to her knees, picking at the destroyed vehicle.
“Oh no,” she breathed. Tears fell from her eyes as she managed to pry the top of the car off. The relief that entered her body finding it empty was impossible to explain.
It was a rare chance to see the inside of a human car. It looked the same as the ones she’d been in. It was so tiny though. She could hold it, treat it like a toy. Humans would sit inside, drive around, live their lives. Average, normal, part of a daily life…and she broke it. That made a sob slip out of her chest.
Alessia wound up trying to figure out a way to fix it. She tried to pull the car back into shape. The attempt to flatten the tiny roof broke it in half. To fix a door landed with it in her fingers. Everything broke it more. That made Alessia cry more. It lasted until the car was torn apart in front of her. Then she just sat there, crying over the tiny car she broke.
“Alessia?” Rhys’s voice made it worse. “Are you ok?”
She turned back to find her brother walking towards her. Ryder was on his shoulder. That made a new round of sobs start. She was going to make her youngest brother hate her. All because she stumbled and stepped on a car. Rhys started to run once he saw her face.
“What happened? Did you get hurt?”
A shake of her head. Alessia brought her hands up and tried to dry her eyes. Rhys’s hand was on her shoulder after a few seconds. That made her feel even worse. Ryder could definitely see the car now.
“Alessia?” Ryder asked.
“I broke it,” she whispered. She pulled her hands away from her face and stared at the torn apart car. Now Ryder could see her like the other humans.
“Alessia, it’s just a toy we can get another one.” Rhys grabbed her arm and tried to pull her to her feet, but she pulled out of his grip.
“It’s a car Rhys! I broke someone’s car!”
Alessia cried even harder. Rhys sighed, but Ryder started to climb down her. She didn’t want him to see what she did, but it was more terrifying to grab him. She gasped when his weight was gone from her.
“Rhys let me look,” Ryder shouted. She didn’t hear Rhys say anything. Instead he reached down and lifted a part of the roof she’d broken. He dropped Ryder on the hand the roof was in and used his now free hand to grab her own.
“Alessia feel this. It’s not metal, human cars are made of the same metal as a giant’s car. Let’s get you home and then Ryder and I will come back to clean this up, ok?,” Rhys whispered.
After a few sniffles she nodded. Rhys pulled her up from the ground. It was a lot harder to stay on her feet this time. After one step Rhys sighed. She sniffled again, now she made him upset. The weight against her was gone, replaced by something hitting her knees. She gasped as he pulled her into his arms. Sometimes it was easy to forget her brothers were strong enough to carry her.
“Put me down,” she whined. It was the first time she saw his eyes, he looked worried. Ryder was sitting on the top of his head staring down at her. Both her brothers gave her firm shakes of no. “I can walk!”
“This is faster,” Rhys said.
There was no option to argue once he started to walk. The best choice was sticking a pout on her face and crossing her arms. She refused to look at him too, but that backfired. She saw the car again and more tears came from her eyes. She didn’t want to go back to the house anymore. It didn’t feel like metal, but she didn’t believe Rhys. He was a good liar, she broke someone’s car.
“Can we not go home?” she whispered.
“We’re going home, you’re drunk,” Rhys was firm. He didn’t sound like he normally did. He sounded angry. She closed her eyes so she couldn’t see someone angry at her.
It was almost peaceful as Rhys walked in silence. Alessia’s tears slowly dried. She still wanted to argue she could walk, but it was kind of nice to be carried. Nice enough she thought she might even fall asleep.
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The next thing she knew she was dropped on her bed. Rhys said something she mostly ignored, her pillow smelled like flowers. Her favorite flowers. Ash and Delphia. They didn’t know about the car she broke. They didn’t think she was a monster, she loved them. She heard her door close and thought about trying to sleep.
That thought lasted less than a second. Alessia started to slide off her bed. She didn’t want to be too noisy and wake up her flowers. She didn’t want to lose their scent either. Her knees hit the ground with a thump. Reluctantly, she lifted her head and pushed herself off the soft surface.
She sucked in a breath before looking over to her dresser. Ash and Delphia didn’t come out. Either she was quiet enough or they’d gone to the home outside the main house. She chose to believe she was quiet enough. With that settled Alessia put her hands on the ground. It was obvious to her that crawling would be quieter than walking.
Alessia kept her head down while she crawled. A close eye on where each hand was placed. No human should be on the ground in here, but just in case. It was to avoid anything someone might have left in her room too. She wouldn’t want to break something that belonged to Ash, Delphia, Sola, or Luna. It would destroy her if she broke something of her mother’s.
It felt like an eternity before she was in front of her dresser. As slow as she could manage, she pulled herself to sit on her knees. Alessie set just the tips of her fingers against the dresser. Moved forward to rest her chin against the top, too. There was no movement. No noise. Nothing to give a sign that her flowers were in the house inside. She squinted to try and see through the walls to them.
Just as a whine started to bubble up in her chest, the door to the little house opened. Ash walked out without a shirt, pants hanging off their hips. The whine immediately swapped to a purr as they walked closer. She frowned when they stopped before touching her. The purr in her chest died down to where she barely felt it.
“You’re louder when you crawl,” Ash said. Alessia pulled her chin off the dresser and lowered her head until her eyes were all that was visible. “You were supposed to be home hours ago. We were worried. You saw the messages. Felix told us when you left.”
“Sorry,” she whispered. Ash stepped a bit closer. Their smell was intoxicating. She was desperate to taste them. They spread their arms wide.
Alessia quite literally jumped at the chance to get close. She slammed her lips right into their stomach. A hand behind them to hold them close. A purr erupted from her chest, she opened her lips slightly to get a taste of the earthy flowers. They chuckled, but leaned into her.
“Ash, I thought we were going to wait until tomorrow to talk to her,” Delphia’s voice was angry. Alessia whined again. It made the purr feel weird in her chest. “First she goes out to a bar when she promised to spend the night with us. Then she gets lost while drunk and Rhys has to go out to find her.”
“Sorry.” Alessia’s eyes started to fill with tears. Delphia walked forward and placed her hands on Alessia’s lips.
“Did you get hurt?”
A head shake. A tiny hand slapped her. She whined again. A tiny kiss pressed on Alessia’s lips had the purr burst out of her twice as loud as before. She brought a hand up behind Delphia and pressed a kiss on the cloth covering the tiny woman’s stomach. The dark blue satin nightgown didn’t hide the floral taste.
“You’re more drunk than I thought,” Ash chuckled.
“What kept you so long?” Delphia’s voice was soft, but Alessia dropped down at the words. She left the two humans standing high above her as she settled on her back.
“I don’t wanna tell you,” she whined.
Alessia jumped as a small weight landed on her stomach. Sometimes she forgot the two humans she fell for were reckless. As reckless as she was. Another weight joined the first and that only made her whine. They needed to stay up high where she couldn’t hurt them. Tears fell from her eyes as the image of the car popped into her head. It didn’t matter what Rhys said. She still thought it was a human car.
“Alessia, you can tell us. We were worried,” Delphia said. The little woman lost the fierce attitude when it came to Alessia, but it didn’t make anything easier. Alessia whined again, it was immediately replaced by purrs when one of the humans on her stomach moved.
She pushed herself up to see Ash walking on her. They stopped once she met their eyes and fell to their knees. A moment passed before they leaned down and kissed her stomach, just as she had them. It made her blush, but made it even harder to say what happened. Delphia did the same thing Ash did which set Alessia off. She couldn’t hide the truth from them.
“I-I st-stepped-” she sobbed, the words were a fight to get out “I stepped on a- on a car. R-Rhys says it w-was a toy, but it could be a human’s and then-then I broke someone’s car!”
“Alessia,” Both humans said her name, but she was set off again completely. She sat up as straight as she could without sending the humans tumbling to the floor and used a hand to rub her eye.
“I-I tried to fix it, but everything made it worse. Humans could be stranded and it’s all my fault. A-and now you two know and I-I might scare you and-and-and I’m a monster like everyone outside the Kamias! Like all the humans tonight said!”
Alessia gave up trying to see them. She fell onto her back and almost hoped the two would climb off her. Climb back to the house and leave her all alone. Instead she felt one of the two walking up towards her head, the other walking towards her legs. She was confused, but didn’t want to risk hurting them. It would be better if she didn’t move.
Whichever one of them had gone toward her legs reached the end of her shirt. She only knew because they lifted up the cloth. She gasped when cold tiny hands touched her skin. It was almost enough to make her sit up. Almost.
“Was there anyone in the car? Or things that could be a human’s?” Delphia’s voice came from Alessia’s chest.
“N-no, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a human’s car,” she whispered.
It was the first time in a long time she was worried about being too loud. The cold hands of Ash made her jump again when they pressed against the skin of her stomach. Another purr ripped from her chest when the smallest spot of cold hit her skin. Another kiss. Another sign of love, acceptance. Of trust.
“I did hear Rhys say he was going to go clean up what happened, Ryder was on his head,” Delphia walked as she spoke now. Getting closer and closer. Alessia tried her best not to give in to her desire to hold the little woman. To pull Ash from her shirt and hold them close where she could kiss them, smell them, anything her mind came up with.
“But-” Alessia stopped when another pinprick of cold hit her skin. She couldn’t understand just how Ash was that cold.
“So if there was a human, they’ll have a chance to get help. I doubt they saw a crying giant, likely mumbling to herself about how she broke a car and ruined some poor human’s life as a threat. Ryder will convince them, Rhys would smell them and catch them. Plus,” Alessia held her breath when she felt Delphia’s weight leave her chest. Relief made her purr louder when it reappeared on her cheek. Tiny hands wiped at the tears Alessia had been shedding, “You would have smelled a human. Knowing you, that would have made you grab them in fear they’d get hurt, especially with how much you had to drink tonight.”
They sat in silence for a bit. Alessia let what Delphia said settle in her mind. It made sense, sort of, but didn’t change anything. She could step on a car. Break it. Ruin something important for a human’s daily life. She was dangerous. A risk to the two currently on top of her. Especially the one she now felt making their way up to her chest.
She didn’t dare speak while Delphia was on her cheek. While Ash climbed to reach her face. Too many risks. Too much danger. It didn’t help that she couldn’t stop purring from Delphia’s scent and Ash’s movements. The two were a perfect combo to make her relaxed and happy. Something she didn’t deserve at the moment. The combo nearly beat her when Ash reached her collarbone and paused to plant a few more kisses. Each one making her purr grow just a little louder.
Finally Ash cleared her shirt. She was both sad and relieved to have it happen, it was safer they were out. They didn’t move from right by her neck. She waited a painfully long time. It was clear after a few seconds that they weren’t moving though.
“We trust you,” Ash said. Their words broke the little control she’d managed. She reached up quickly to grab Delphia and Ash, one in each hand. Then rolled onto her side to stare at them both. Ash smirked at her. It reminded her of Rhys’s when he broke through some bad lie she’d come up with. Ash spent too much time with him. “You’re no monster. We wouldn’t love you if you were.”
Alessia leaned into her hands. She pressed her lips against the stomachs of the two humans as best she could. Both started laughing as soon as she touched them. They’d said before that her purrs made her whole body shake. Made her lips tickle them. She kind of liked that. She kissed them again and again until finally the alcohol and tears caught up with her. She fell asleep holding them both, smelling the most wonderful flowers in the world, hearing the sweetest mixture of laughs.
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The next morning Alessia woke up on the floor with an awful headache. Two humans comfortably asleep in her hands and a little in her mouth from how she held them. She managed to push herself up while the two stayed asleep. Slow, slightly painful steps brought her to her bed where she got comfortable. Of course she did pull Delphia and Ash right against her lips again. The trust felt nice.
Her mind was clearer too. It was obviously a toy she stepped on thinking back. No motor, no glass, and like Rhys said it wasn’t metal. Crying over what she thought was a human car could have put her in a bad position with other families too. She couldn’t bring herself to care though. Not when the two most important people in the world to her cared enough to reassure her. To promise that even if it was a real car they wouldn’t abandon her.
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#oc:alessia#e:mine#this is the first time i do a template for one of my ocs and!!!#she's the last one of the vampires story i have with max and i love her a lot#i was on venezia and the inspiration called me#anyway here she is!!!#i wish i done a properly page for my ocs jaslkda#alessia and the other vampires are from an original story tho!!
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Rainy Changes
Day 9 Rainy Day!!!
@jakersdaboss here's the next one for the stories for the
Dabria was walking home in the rain and came across what she thought was an empty bottle.
Rainy Changes
Dabria hated the rain. It had always soured her mood and made her creativity drop to zero. Normally she wouldn’t even go outside, but her art supplies were running low and a sale on her expensive paints was about to end. She shifted the heavy bag to her other hand, adjusted the umbrella against her shoulder, and tried to focus on anything besides the rain. Of course that failed when she stepped in a deep puddle that splashed her legs with the dirty, cold water. A groan escaped her as she looked down to assess the damage.
Dabria’s mood worsened when she noticed a bottle discarded in the puddle. People were always throwing their trash out of car windows as they drove by in this area. It wasn’t hard to pull over and use the trash can they often missed. She grumbled to herself about rude drivers as she crouched to grab the bottle.
As soon as she lifted it she heard the smallest noise, it almost sounded like a yelp. Her first instinct was to ignore the sound as her imagination. That died when she heard it again only louder as she brought the bottle closer. She could just barely see some small thing at the bottom of the bottle, barely hidden by the remaining liquid.
Dabria brought the bottle close to her face, another yelp sounded again. She squinted to see through the scratched plastic. Tilting the bottle slightly gave her the clear view she needed. The view of what looked to be a child barely the size of a joint on her finger curled up in a ball. Her mind emptied as she stared at the little girl, shaking in the leftover liquid of someone’s drink.
The first thing her stunned mind could consider was getting the girl out. She dropped her umbrella and carefully tilted the bottle over her hand. The contents hit her hand, but not the child. The opening wasn’t big enough. Dabria’s mind entered panic mode then. How had the child gotten inside in the first place? Was she hurt? Where were her parents?
Thunder boomed and drops of the rain fell in the bottle as she moved to hold it up straight again. In her panic she watched the bottle fill slightly from the heavy rain. The child uncurled and stood as the liquid reached her waist. Dabria’s mind caught up then, pulling the bottle close and covering the top with one hand. She sprinted home, this child had to get out of the bottle at least.
Dabria crashed into her home, the bag she still held was dropped without care. She set the bottle on her kitchen counter and ran to find her box cutter. It took her a few seconds to remember she’d just bought a new one. Running once more she dumped the contents of her bag on the ground. She quickly pushed the paints aside, finding the new box cutter, still wrapped to keep the blade from slipping out.
It didn’t take her long to free the blade. She rushed to the table where the little girl had been left, still trapped in the bottle. She crouched to try and see the tiny child’s face. Barely visible were the tiny terrified eyes. Dabria took a deep breath to try and settle her own nerves. She gripped the bottle tightly, sliding out the blade and holding it flush with the bottle.
“It’s ok sweetheart,” Dabria whispered. “We’re going to get you out of this.”
Dabria took a few more deep breaths before piercing the plastic. She slowly twisted the bottle to cut a straight line around the middle. There were muffled sobs as the bottle turned. Dabria tried to think of the best way to calm the little girl down. All of them involved her freedom from this bottle. Finally the top of the bottle fell to the side.
“There we go,” she whispered. The little girl didn’t say a word, it was the first time she considered the little girl may not speak the same language.
Dabria tilted the bottle a bit quicker than before, the little girl fell out with a grunt as she landed on the counter. The reality of such a tiny girl existing finally hit her. The tear stained face looked up at her, rain water had poured out with the child. Dabria had no idea how to even start a discussion.
The pause died in a disastrous way. The little girl climbed to her feet, her little face morphing into a glare. Then she bolted. Dabria made an alarmed noise. She couldn’t think of a single word to say. The noise made the little girl stumble. Dabria took the chance to slam her hands down, blocking the little girl from running again.
“Hey, hey, it’s ok,” Dabria mumbled. The little girl’s body was shaking as she forced herself to her feet.
“Let me go!” the little girl shouted. Dabria frowned. “You’re a bad human like all the others let me go!”
“Sweetheart, I just want to talk ok?” The little girl turned to face her. Arms crossed over her miniscule chest and a pout on the hard to see face.
“Liar! You're just gonna keep me trapped!”
Dabria sighed. It did look like she was trapping the child. As much as she hated the idea she pulled her hands from around the little girl. The child’s face turned to awe, but that again only lasted a second. The girl took off again, seeming to be more cautious of her steps. Dabria wanted to let her go, but couldn’t. The girl was running right to the edge of the counter.
Dabria slammed her hand down in front of the girl. This time the child ran right into her skin. It was a strange feeling. She could tell when those impossible hands pressed into her palms. She could feel the dull nails dig into her skin. Each movement didn’t seem real, like a dream that she’d wake up from.
The girl was smart, she took advantage of Dabria’s awe. Once again the girl took off heading towards the other end of the table. Dabria rushed to slam her hand down again. Forcing her awe away she slowly curled her fingers around the little girl. The child screamed. It broke Dabria’s heart.
“Sweetheart please,” Dabria said. Tiny fists were slamming into her skin. Everything in her wanted to cry as the girl fought. “Sweetheart…”
“I’m. Not. Your. Sweetheart.” The girl grunted out as she fought against Dabria’s fingers. It did nothing to stop her from firmly trapping the girl against her skin. She brought her hands together, cupping them so the girl was trapped. Smaller than all of her fingers and Dabria was holding her in her palms. “Let me go!”
“I’ll let you go if you don’t try to run off the table.” She just wanted to keep the little girl safe. If possible she’d also like to find her parents.
“No! Mommy and Daddy said to jump if I couldn’t get away from a human! I’m listening to Mommy and Daddy! I won’t stay with a monster! Mommy and Daddy will come find me! They’ll be mad at you! Just like the other human!”
Dabria didn’t know how to react to that. The life the girl and her parents lead must be challenging. She could never imagine it. Telling your child to jump a likely deadly height in the hopes she wouldn’t be trapped with someone you saw as a monster. Although she couldn’t just let the girl go to run like that. She couldn’t just let her go on the floor either. It could turn into one horrible mistake that ended the tiny girl’s life.
“Please, I just want to talk with you. I want to find your mommy and daddy if I can,” she said. The girl returned to punching her hands instead of talking.
Dabria heaved another heavy sigh, but accepted they weren’t going to make any progress right away. She moved the girl into a single palm. Once more curling her fingers over the tiny body that wasn’t even half the size of one. She held the hand over her heart. She went searching all around her home for a box. The entire time the little girl was struggling in her hand.
Finding the box was a victory, but she hated what she was doing. Dabria took the box to her living room. It was a bit hard to fold the flaps out from the box. She wanted the box to be on the table, it was just being used for a wall. The struggles in her hand increased as she worked.
She looked at the box with a frown. This felt wrong, trapping a little girl in a box. At least this would only be temporary. She pulled her hand from her chest, the tiny fists slamming against her skin grew more frantic. Dabria tried not to rush as she set her hand on the table. The second her fingers began to unfurl the girl had climbed off and ran. It didn’t take long for her to realize there wasn’t an escape.
“Let me out!” the little girl shouted. Dabria merely shook her head. The young girl screamed again. Stomping her feet as she ran against the cardboard again and again.
Dabria climbed to her feet, leaving the girl to work out her frustration. She wanted to get something warm for the girl to sleep in, there wasn’t much she could do for clothes right now. At least not until the little girl stopped fighting her. This wasn’t going to be easy to figure out.
Dabria’s adventure to find something for the girl didn’t take long. She grabbed a small bit of fabric she had from an old project and a washcloth. For food she brought a bit of what she planned to eat, leftover pasta, and a few paper towels. Then for something to drink Dabria grabbed the new dish she’d bought for paint mixing. She filled it with water, the best option for now.
When she finally returned to the little girl, she was curled up in a corner. Dabria was silent as she got to work setting everything up. She set the water she brought down on the corner across from the little girl first. Then the washcloth which she covered with the fabric. Finally she set a warmed bit of pasta down in the box. Staring at it made her feel like a monster. She just had to protect the little girl until she was trusted.
“Sweetie, I brought you some pasta to eat,” she whispered. The girl shifted, but didn’t stand to face her. “It might be messy so I brought you some paper towels too. One is wet already so you can wipe your hands before you eat.”
The girl budged a little. Looking around the box. Dabria wanted to do something to make this better. The girl shouldn’t be trapped like this. It took some time, but eventually the child did take some of the food. It made Dabria relax at least.
Over the next day she would try and have the little girl talk. Nothing was working. Lifting the box only had the girl darting towards the edge of the table. It was clear she met someone who was just as stubborn as she was. Once it was time for bed she tried to talk again, but the little girl would only scream to be let go. Dabria just moved to be hidden behind her couch, nearby in case the girl needed her.
Most of the night she couldn’t sleep. The girl was making small noises clearly trying to escape the box and Dabria wanted to let her out. Eventually everything went quiet. It gave Dabria a little hope, maybe the child had decided to sleep. Except one loud hiccup of a sob managed to reach her, the little girl was crying again.
Closing her eyes Dabria accepted this wouldn’t work. There had to be something she could do to figure this all out. She didn’t even have the child’s name… she’d never even asked for the girl’s name. Biting back a groan she realized how badly all of this started. She just panicked when she found the girl. They had to start over.
The next morning Dabria made some eggs and toast. She brought it to the table where the girl was curled up on the washcloth. The child quickly stood and glared up at her, it had been that way every time. Honestly she was amazed by the bravery the girl showed. She wanted to reward it, she just had to hope this would work. She set the food on the table, took a seat in front of the box, and took a settling breath.
“Sweetheart,” she started. The girl moved to stand in the middle of the area the box gave her. Arms crossed and a stern glare. “I think we got started wrong. How about you promise not to go running off a table and I promise to get rid of the box?”
The girl tensed up. Dabria prepared for another bout of screams, but they never came. The brave child deflated, eyes full of fear staring up. “I promise I won’t run anymore…”
“Then let’s get rid of this.”
Dabria tried to offer a reassuring smile as she lifted the box. She kept a careful eye out for the girl to dart away again, but she stayed. She was a truly amazing child. Dabria set the box off to the side, once they were figured out she’d fold it up. She wanted to be trusted.
Next she brought the food she’d made closer. The plate made the little girl look even smaller. There were so many things that made her heart hurt. The way the girl was shaking now out in the open. The muffled cries she had heard. The dejected manner the child walked near the plate. It was clear there was some fate the girl expected that Dabria didn’t understand.
“Why don’t we try having breakfast together ok?” she asked.
The little girl’s shaking didn’t stop, but she did nod. Dabria grabbed a piece of the toast she made and held it out to the child. The girl looked at her with more fear than before. She was expecting some pain or punishment was Dabria’s best guess. A reaction for doing something wrong.
“Ok, new idea,” Dabria set the toast down and held out a finger near the little girl. “We haven’t actually introduced ourselves. I’m Dabria, can you tell me your name?”
There were a few painful seconds of silence. A period where the child didn’t move and a fear she had no name popped into Dabria's head. The girl eventually looked up, tears streaming down her face. “I’m Alessia… you’re going to change it right?”
Dabria’s jaw fell open. The child, Alessia, thought she was going to be renamed. She couldn’t think of a single reason why that would happen. Shaking her head and trying to smile warmly she stared at the girl. Brown eyes glimmering, she just noticed how much grime was on Alessia’s skin. Her hair was matted, but she thought it might be a dark blue like the sky at night. She wanted to paint her.
“Of course not,” she whispered. She pulled her hand back, clearly there wasn’t a handshake happening. “It’s the name your mommy and daddy gave you. The only person allowed to change that is you.”
“B-but I’m a pet right? Mommy and Daddy always said if a human keeps us or puts us in a box that we’re their pet. They change our names and do all sorts of stuff. Sometimes we don’t even get to be people anymore.”
“Oh sweetheart,” Dabria brought her hand close, tempted to scoop the tiny girl up. Instead she just kept it close enough the girl could close the gap at any time. “I’m not making you a pet. You’re a little girl who doesn’t have her mommy and daddy right now. I’m just trying to keep you safe until we find them or someone else you know.”
“R-really?” Dabria could see the innocent hope on Alessia’s face. At that moment Dabria never wanted it to break. She would do anything to keep it there. “You aren’t keeping me as a pet?”
“I promise Alessia,” this time Dabria brought her other hand up and held out her pinky. “I’ll do one better, I pinky promise that you are not a pet. You are a little girl, the same as one the size I’m used to.”
Alessia had a new stream of tears cascade down her face. She wiped at her eyes, but Dabria was fine to wait. Eventually the little girl looked up, a sheepish expression. “What’s a pinky promise?”
“It’s an extra special promise that we should never break or we hope something bad happens to the one who breaks it. So I’m promising you’ll always be a normal person to me and if it changes I hope I get punished for hurting you.”
Alessia’s tiny brown eyes were sparkling. Dabria couldn’t hold her own smile back as the girl seemed to love the idea that Dabria was willing to be hurt to keep this promise. Alessia stared at her hand before grabbing Dabria’s pinky. Once again the human woman was left in awe at the size of the child next to her. She’d do anything to keep her safe.
Dabria pulled her hand back when Alessia let go. This time the tiny girl went right up to the plate, grabbing some of the food to eat. It made her smile, but there was a lot more to talk about. A sign to the girl’s parents’ whereabouts, where her home was, how she got out there. All things that she’d at least wait on Alessia getting cleaned up to ask.
A few hours later the tiny girl was laughing and playing as though nothing was wrong. She’d already taken to dragging Dabria into her game, using the things on the table as hiding places while she ‘avoided’ the human. It was amazing to see how quickly Alessia could adapt.
“Alessia,” she started. The girl was currently recovering from some made up game on the washcloth bed. Dabria wanted to make her a better one. She was good with miniatures. “Why don’t we get you cleaned up sweetheart?”
Alessia sat up, the bright look on her face dimmed. There was suspicion on her tiny face. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, why don’t I set up a bath and try to get your clothes cleaned up?”
“....do you pinky promise to give them back?”
Dabria didn’t hesitate to offer her pinky to the tiny girl. “I pinky promise you’ll get all your things back.”
Alessia grabbed her finger tightly, those eyes full of fear were trusting her. The little girl stepped back and slipped off the coat Dabria hadn’t realized she was wearing. It unfolded, clearly too big for the child wearing it. That made her worried about just what the little girl wasn’t saying. That was still for later.
Dabria set her hand down and Alessia put the coat on her fingers. It was huge next to the tiny girl, more like an adult’s. Alessia started to climb on after, the nerves she held before were easily swayed. Dabria was honored by the trust, but wanted that suspicion to last. The world might not always be kind to someone so small. Although she’d make sure Alessia only saw the kindness as long as she could.
As soon as Alessia was on her fingers Dabria curled them in. The tiny girl tumbled into her palm, it got the laugh she was hoping for. Slowly she brought the child to her chest, cupping her palm against her heart. It was a relief to have Alessia giving her this trust. That she didn’t have to trap a young girl against her will.
Dabria stood carefully, waiting for any sign Alessia was afraid. That never came, in fact she only felt the girl pressing against her heart. She smiled to herself as she walked to the kitchen. She grabbed a cup that felt far too big for the tiny girl in her hand before heading to the bathroom.
Once there she quickly set up a little tub using the cup and adding a bit of soap to the water. She’d stay nearby to help the girl get cleaned up and try to wash the clothes Alessia wore. Once she was confident the bath was ready she curled her fingers in, pressing Alessia against her palm. She pulled her hand from her chest and held her palm flat next to the cup. It was so big, but the water wasn’t too high, Alessia should be safe.
“What’s that?” Alessia asked. The eyes that met her own were shining with curiosity. A curiosity that Dabria was happy to encourage.
“It’s the best bath I could give you. Go ahead and climb in, I’ll work on getting your clothes cleaned up. I’ll be careful.”
Alessia did quite literally as she was told. Climbing off Dabria’s hand dressed in everything except the jacket. It made her laugh. Dabria decided to leave her be while she took care of the coat. She turned on the sink right next to Alessia with a soft flow. She ran the coat under it, carefully trying to work out the stains. It took all her control to hold back a gasp when she found the blood staining the inside.
Alessia laughed beside her as she splashed in the water. This child had been through something much worse than she could have imagined. For now, she’d make sure Alessia felt safe, learning her past could come later. It could wait until Alessia herself brought it up. She didn’t mind taking care of a little girl who needed a family. She’d always wanted to be a mother anyway.
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As time progressed since meeting the tiny girl Dabria had started to notice a few things. First, Alessia hated being alone. Any time Dabria left the room she’d find the girl staring at the door. Those innocent brown eyes blown wide with worry. Second, she often played pretend games and enjoyed using Dabria as a villain and hero. That made her smile.
The last thing she noticed were the nightmares. Alessia would often cry at night and Dabira would hold her. The tiny child rarely woke up those times. It was tempting for Dabria to just sleep with Alessia on her chest, where both could get some decent rest. That wasn’t something Alessia seemed ready for and Dabria wouldn’t push it.
Other than that their days were relatively peaceful. Dabria didn’t mind keeping Alessia close all the time. She hadn’t entered her workshop since Alessia had started to accept her. The place was too dangerous for the tiny girl. Unfortunately Dabria’s deadlines were approaching. She would need to finish her commissions soon, which meant time in the workshop. It meant time away from Alessia. Time that she wasn’t happy to use.
She waited one night for the tiny girl to fall asleep. Sneaking out of the room into the silence of the house. She made her way to her workshop. As soon as she opened the door she paused. There had to be a way to make it safe for Alessia. Eyeing the table she usually used for drying figures gave her an idea.
A few hours later everything was set up. A place where Alessia could be safe while Dabria worked. The tiny girl would be excited once she saw it. She’d been wanting to go into the off limits room. All the drying figures were gone, a sheet to cover anything left that might be able to hurt her. She put up one of her smaller canvases and set out a spot for paint.
All her content thoughts died when she heard a hoarse terrified voice scream, “MAMA! MAMA!”
Dabria sprinted. All her worries about being quiet for the little girl were gone when that scream reached her ears. She nearly slammed the door into the wall as she burst into the room. Honestly she expected to find Alessia asleep, crying out in a nightmare. Instead those big brown eyes were staring at her, somehow reflecting the little bit of light in the room. Almost like a cat’s eyes. The girl was leaning over the edge of the nightstand, it was clear she was going to climb down.
She rushed over, falling to her knees and cupping her hands around Alessia. Without a pause she scooped the girl off the pillow and pulled her close to her heart. She shifted her hand enough she could pet the tiny head of dark blue hair as she tried to calm the now wailing child.
“Shh, it’s ok, I’m here,” she whispered. It felt cruel to say that. She knew Alessia wasn’t calling out for her. The girl had come up with a million names for her. Dab, Miss D, Dabby, Dee, and more she couldn’t remember. None of them were maternal. For now she was going to be selfish. Selfish and use that selfish action to comfort the crying child. Her crying child.
“Where did you go?!” Alessia screamed. Dabria didn’t know what to say. “I thought you were gone like mommy and daddy! I don’t wanna lose you too Mama!”
“Oh sweetheart…” Dabria moved her finger from Alessia’s head. She covered the tiny girl with both her palms and pressed her with all the strength that felt safe into her chest. “I’m so sorry. I won’t ever leave you like that again. I was just working on something, Alessia. I’m so sorry.”
They sat together for a while. The miniscule girl cried for what felt like hours. Dabria hadn’t realized her fear of being alone was so bad. She felt like a failure, she was trying so hard to keep this girl safe and had just scared her half to death. She increased the pressure a tiny bit and pressed her head against her hands. She wouldn’t risk this girl being terrified like that again.
“Miss Daba?” Alessia’s quiet voice echoed in the silence. Another nickname, it seemed like her name was just hard for the girl sometimes. She didn’t care.
“Yes sweetheart,” she whispered.
“Can… Can I keep calling you Mama?”
Dabria almost dropped the tiny girl from the shock. She’d already considered the girl her daughter. It would be a hard day if and when they found her parents or someone like it. Hearing that question she couldn’t leave the girl out of her sight. Dabria leaned forward so Alessia would fall into her palms. She pulled them from her chest and stared down at the most amazing daughter she could have run into.
“Of course you can sweetheart, I’d be honored to be someone you can call mama,” she breathed. It was hard to see Alessia’s reaction, but the tiny girl crawled towards one of her fingers and did her best to hug it.
“Mama, I’ll tell you why I was in the bottle now,” she said. It was the first time the girl’s voice sounded as tiny as she was. “Put me down though. It’s an important talk so I should stand!”
Dabria just smiled, Alessia was headstrong and determined. A brave little girl in a world not made for her. She started to stand instead of putting the girl down, she’d cleared the table just in time. “An important talk needs an important spot right?”
Alessia’s nod was easy to see as Dabria walked into the hall. It wasn’t far to her workshop. Tiny hands started to slap at her fingers to get her attention. She just looked down with a smile at the child. Her child, she reminded herself. Her daughter.
“Isn’t this the room you said never go in?” Alessia asked. Dabria nodded as she walked in. A few steps and they were at the table. She let her daughter off her hands and sat on the ground to see her. The table was just the right height to leave Alessia at eye level to Dabria.
“It is, I slipped out to make this spot for you. So you wouldn’t be alone when I was working,” Dabria explained.
Her daughter looked around in awe. So many things that her child had probably never seen or touched before. So many things Dabria wanted to give her. Now that there was a spot she could work on some better things for her to use. A better tub, bed, maybe some clothes. She’d never been great when it came to sewing clothes though.
“Mama… will you be mad at me?” Alessia whispered. Again her voice was hard to hear, but Dabria leaned forward. She put her nose against the table and stared at her daughter.
“Why would I be mad at you?” Dabria asked. Her daughter turned around with tears on her face already.
“...I lied about mommy and daddy. They aren’t looking for me.” Dabria’s heart shattered. Of course she had suspicions after finding the blood on the coat, but she didn’t really think it would be true.
“I’m not mad at you for lying about your mommy and daddy. That was smart. If you’re in danger telling someone others are coming for you might keep you safe.” In reality it couldn’t do much for such a tiny girl, but it didn’t change the fact that she wasn’t upset at all.
“Mommy and daddy were gone one time I woke up. It was almost a whole day before I went to look. I checked a place they said not to go. Mommy and daddy were gone… I found daddy’s coat though!” Alessia flared the coat she still wore. “Daddy said it was his favorite coat. So I was super duper sure he was gonna come back for it! I was waiting and waiting… and waiting.”
“How long did you wait sweetheart?” Alessia shook her head. It was probably more than she could hope the child knew. She didn’t even know how old her daughter was.
“I dunno. But then the water was in the house again. When that happened Mommy and daddy always said to climb the human’s bag. I did that!” There was some pride sneaking into Alessia’s words.
“Your mommy and daddy taught you well.” Dabria wanted to encourage her. The pride grew, but then her face fell.
“The humans came back while I was climbing. I fell in the bottle thingy. At some point one of them were drinking it. I-I thought they were gonna drink me,” Alessia had fresh tears flood her face. Dabria couldn’t begin to imagine the terror a young girl must have felt with that. “The other said a bug was in it so the one who almost drank me threw me away… I thought you were gonna try to drink me too so I didn’t come out when you turned the bottle to pour me out.”
“Oh honey,” Dabria put her hands out in front of her. Alessia sprinted into them, tears never ending. Her daughter had suffered so much.
“A-are you mad at me? I-I don’t wanna be alone anymore mama.”
“Alessia, I’m not mad at all. You did so many smart things to try and stay safe when you were in danger. I bet your mommy and daddy would be proud too.”
Dabria pulled her face back and curled her hands around Alessia. She pulled her daughter close to her face and pressed her against her cheek. The tiny girl cried harder against Dabria’s cheek, small fingers digging into the woman’s skin. She didn’t care, her daughter had been through so much.
“Alessia, I won’t leave you alone. I’ll make sure that I never leave you alone.”
“P-Pinky promise?” Her daughter’s voice cracked on the words. Dabria pressed the girl against her more firmly.
“Pinky promise.”
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After a few months Dabria’s life had settled into a new normal. When she was painting Alessia would sit in her smock pocket, usually playing with a phone Dabria had gotten for her. Disconnected from the internet for safety. When it was any other project Dabria would have Alessia sitting at the station she made. Her daughter had a lot of fun when she played with the paints and the clay.
She wiped off her hands on the cloth she kept and reached into her pocket. Alessia squeaked as she pulled the little girl out into the open.
“What do you think?” she asked. Dabria held Alessia near her heart to show off the painting. It showed the two of them, walking together in a storm. In the painting they were the same size, Alessia asked for this after Dabria had sketched the version of the two at their real size difference.
“Is that really how big I’d be?” Alessia asked in awe. Dabria used a finger to turn her daughter to face her and nodded. “Wow…”
The lights went out as thunder crashed outside. Dabria had almost forgotten it was raining. Ever since Alessia showed up she had been a lot more creative during the storms. The opposite of how she’d been her whole life. Alessia always seemed nervous during them. Dabria brought Alessia close to her heart before heading out to their room. It would be best to wait it out there.
“Hey Mama,” Alessia’s quiet voice made her smile. Dabria waited until she reached her bed. She sat down before bringing Alessia to her eyes. Her tiny daughter crawled to the edge of her palm, reaching towards her nose. “I kind of think I like the rain.”
“Oh,” Dabria chuckled and brought Alessia close enough to reach her nose. Her daughter wrapped her arms around her nose, she was so small. “Why is that?”
“Cause I would still be alone if it didn’t rain.” Dabria sucked in a sharp breath. Her daughter truly was unbelievable. Strong enough to fight for her survival, brave enough to try and escape a giant who found her, and kind enough to see the good in the world around her.
“You know what?” Dabria grinned as she started to lie on the bed. Alessia yelped and giggled as she was shifted. “I think I like the rain too. Without it I wouldn’t have found my wonderful daughter.”
Alessia let out a little shriek Dabria had learned meant she was excited. Her daughter climbed down her face until Dabria pinched her sides and lifted her up. She set the little girl over her chest, someday she would be bigger. Her daughter would always fit in her hand, but someday maybe the size of a finger instead of a little bigger than a joint.
“I love you Mama,” Alessia yawned. Dabria smiled so wide her cheeks hurt.
“I love you too sweetheart.”
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Is Indoors Really Safe?
heey for gt july day 5 we have caught I decided to continue the prompt I got from @da3dm the first part is here
I did also remember someone had said they'd hope I do more so I hope you don't mind the tag @skmayor
Again since I'm kinda new to actually taggin people i'll add again y'all are welcome to ask me to start tagging you in stuff <3 I am anxious and awkward so worry about the actual act of doing that usually
Alessia has been living with the humans for a month, but she's still not sure they're trustworthy...
Is Indoors Really Safe?
Alessia wasn’t sure she made the right choice to go back with a human. All her things had been brought along, he even gave her a different rope to use with her hook. He said he wanted to make sure she wouldn’t lose a memory of her parents. It was weird. This human was weird. She kind of liked how weird Vitus was.
Then there was his wife. That human had her anxious. They only met once, but the woman tried to grab her. If Vitus wasn’t there she had no idea what would have happened. She might have wound up just like her parents. Although… the woman apologized and gave her an entire human room to live in. She didn’t trust that one though, Dabria was to stay far away.
The youngest of the three had her the most on edge. Every time she saw him he looked angry. Vitus mentioned there had been some arguments before he found her. Something about a fight that the younger human wouldn’t explain. She could see the fatigue on the older man’s face when he talked. She heard the younger one arguing in his room sometimes. He sounded angry, he’d thrown something once when she spied on him. Alessia would be staying far away from Felix.
Other than the humans, the new home Vitus took her to was nice. He kept his word, giving her freedom. Apparently they did put her near one of those vent things. She didn’t fully understand, but it went all through the house. Dabria called it central air. Alessia thought that was a dumb name. Air was central to, well, everything. It was in the middle of every place ever. At least the stupid name gave her nice paths.
Vitus would bring food and sit in the room to talk to her. She didn’t trust it, but when he brought that red liquid she would sit in the open. He called it tomato soup, she didn’t know what tomatoes were but she liked soup. Her mom had made soup a few times when she was young, she called it mixed herb surprise. The surprise was usually some acorns.
She’d been thinking about her parents more since moving to the human house. The times they would tell her stories and play games. The food they ate and how often it was just herbs with nothing else. Humans had so much and these ones shared with her. Vitus didn’t let Dabria in the room and both hid her from Felix. Her parents would never believe it.
In reality she couldn’t believe it. There was a part of her that thought it was a lie. That she’d be better off on her own still. It could be possible for her to find some other borrowers in the world. She’d work on leaving those thoughts behind once she was confident in the humans. Once she’d seen what was hidden from her.
Vitus would spend time in a room that she couldn’t enter. The vents didn’t give her an opening and he kept the door shut at all times. It didn’t have room for her to sneak in over or under the door itself. A perfectly sealed place. She would find a way. It held the truth of these humans, the truth of what she’d walked into. A truth she had to learn.
Alessia came up with what she deemed a perfect plan. She hid in the vent on the floor a few feet from the room’s door. She waited for him to enter, he did every day around the same time. Her goal was to climb up to the top of the door and swing in once he opened it again later.. It was easy. She climbed trees all the time. Plus she hid from humans and animals all the time. At least it was going to be until steps that shouldn’t have been around knocked her from the bit she’d climbed towards the handle of the door.
Dabria wasn’t home and Felix wasn’t supposed to come to this floor. They said he always stayed on the lower one. It was a lie, she knew humans lied. Of course Vitus lied. Felix ran towards her, she wasn’t in place, she wasn’t hidden yet. She was lying on her back on the floor staring at the massive human. He was shorter than Vitus, but heavier. Would he be the human to kill her?
“How did you get here?” he hissed. Was it a hiss? The human’s voice was low, it could have been a whisper. The fingers that found her were softer than Vitus’s but it made her more terrified. This one could hurt her without knowing it. She watched him stare at the shut door for a second. “We need to get you out of here before my dad finds you.”
Alessia’s eyes widened. Vitus was the safe one, wasn’t he? He nursed her back to health, saved her from a storm. Unless it was a trick. That he knew she’d been on his shoe. Known she was hiding and lured her. In that room he might be planning something awful. A way to torture her before she winds up like her parents.
Felix started talking, but her mind wouldn’t process his words. She was going to die. She never should have trusted a human. Her vision started to darken as her breathing became hard. The fingers around her were firm, they weren’t changing as the human carried her. It wouldn’t be long before they would tighten. Until her body was crushed and thrown away. As her consciousness faded she was grateful she wouldn’t be awake to face her death.
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“You just grabbed her!?” someone said. Alessia’s head was hurting. She didn’t expect to still be alive. She didn’t know why someone would be upset she was grabbed either. They had to be another human. Felix probably planned to give her to someone else or give the other human the fun of crushing her.
“She was outside my dad’s workshop and you two said he can’t know about anyone like you,” Felix was quieter than when he found her. Maybe not even next to her. Alessia gasped when the words sunk in. He said two. There were two more humans near her.
Snapping her eyes open she expected three towering figures surrounding her. Instead she saw Felix far enough he would need to take a few steps to reach her. Another borrower stood with his arms crossed and glaring up at the human. She wanted to take the chance to escape, but another borrower appeared in front of her. She yelped and drew the attention of the others in the room.
“Ah that’s a relief, you’re awake,” the black haired, silver eyed borrower said. Alessia slowly pushed herself up. She was on a pillow, kind of like when Vitus had taken her in. That reminded her of the danger he has to pose. Two of her kind don’t want him around them. She has to get away. “Call me Ryder, would you care to tell us your name?”
Felix came closer. They were all trapped with this human now. She was trapped with humans. Trusting them was a mistake. Except he didn’t grab her or this Ryder person. He set a hand out and the other borrower hopped off. Salmon hair and pink eyes still glaring at him.
“Are you ok? This guy looks scary, but he’s not like other humans,” the pink eyed one said. He walked up and held out a hand. “I’m Rhys.”
“What happens next?” she whispered. This time there wasn’t a plan. She didn’t even have her hook to get away. All the things from her parents were hidden away from sight. She’d never see them again. Tears fell from her eyes. She wanted the rope back at least, she needed that back. The heavy sigh that blew past her made this worse. The human was annoyed.
“I know I scared you, but my dad doesn’t watch where he’s walking. He might have hurt you, he doesn’t know people like you exist. You can leave once you’re ready,” it sounded like earlier. He had been whispering. She couldn’t believe it. Borrowers didn’t trust the human who saved her. She was in too much danger around any of these people. She wanted to go home, she didn’t even know how to get home.
Vitus only brought her here a month ago. If she had her bag and hook maybe she could get home. It… it was probably something possible. Her parents had told her how they traveled away from humans before. A bedtime story she loved hearing. It was the last one she’d heard before they were gone.
“Don’t worry we live nearby,” Rhys said.
Ryder helped her to her feet. She couldn’t just run away. She had things, they’d look for her. That child had searched for her dad when he ran. Vitus would hunt her down. Even if she made it back he knew where she lived. This human knew where these two lived. There was no telling if this was a test either. Would she run given the chance?
“This is why we said don’t grab one of us if you find them!” Rhys shouted at Felix. Alessia flinched, yelling at a human would end in-
“You’re the one who said not to tell my dad,” Felix growled. Alessia shrank away, but Rhys stepped forward. Ryder even approached the angry human. “He’s barely talking to me still. I wouldn’t have grabbed her if he wasn’t about to find her!”
“You mean well, but our kind do not trust humans. Grabbing any of us would only make you more likely to be considered a threat. You could have spoken to her,” Ryder had stepped between Rhys and Felix. She stared in awe, he was explaining it to a human. A human who’s golden eyes were on fire, but he hadn’t made a move.
“You’ve said my dad can’t know. You said if he finds anyone like you they’d be in trouble. My dad would have opened that door and sent her flying. I didn’t have a choice,” Felix had his arms folded. Rhys and Ryder stayed firm against him. They were unbelievable. “Blame me all you want, but I did what I promised.”
“Promised?” she whispered. Rhys softened and looked at her.
“Yeah, Felix here promised not to tell anyone about us after he saved us.”
“Wait… he saved you?”
“Yes!” Ryder actually had a bright smile.The bristle of Felix’s anger was dying too. He looked away. “He fought another human so as to stop them from hurting us.”
“Why are you still here?”
Felix seemed to deflate. The burn in his eyes died completely, his posture drooped. Under other circumstances she may have thought she hurt him. Ryder walked right up to Felix holding a hand up towards him. The human didn’t move.
“He’s our friend that’s why!” The anger in Rhys’s voice made her jump. “Other humans always wanted to hurt us. Felix could have and he didn’t. His dad is still mad at him and he could just tell him about us, but he doesn’t because we’re friends!”
“A good human…” she muttered. Felix moved again, crouching down in front of her. She stumbled back and even managed to see past him. To see the wide open door, the tall stoic man watching them. His presence made her more terrified. Would she witness humans fighting?
“You don’t have to trust me or like me. They don’t trust my dad so I got you out of there. Decide where to go. I’ll leave so you don’t have some awful human bothering you,” Felix said. The way he acted had her worried. She didn’t usually worry about humans, but he… he was like Vitus. They weren’t bad.
“Why are you afraid of his dad?”
Her question stopped Felix. What she could see of Vitus barely shifted. No one else was noticing the much taller human. He wasn’t doing anything either. She noticed a point where he seemed to meet her eyes. He offered her a sad smile, like he knew too. What didn’t she know?
“Wouldn’t you be?” Ryder said. His voice was different, the dramatic tone falling away. “You must have seen him if you were up there. He glares at everything, even his steps are a lot.”
“You can trust him,” Felix’s voice was quiet enough she would have thought Rhys or Ryder whispered it.
“You said that, but you don’t know! The last adult who saw us wanted to kill us!” Rhys shouted.
Unfortunately that reached Vitus and Alessia noticed the man shifting. He wasn’t quiet, at least not quiet enough for the other borrowers not to notice. This time she stayed somewhat calm while the other two froze. If… if this human… If Felix wasn’t bad then Vitus wasn’t bad and she hadn’t set herself up to die.
Vitus had mentioned the fight, that it had been almost a year. A whole year the two hadn’t been speaking. A year of two borrowers choosing to come and go with a human knowing. She… she was always going to be afraid, but these ones she could try to trust. The truth was she was more terrified she’d be left alone again than they’d hurt her. She was scared of what could make humans be taken from her.
“Guess I’ve been caught,” his voice was gravelly. It was nothing like that usually. He cleared his throat and she jumped along with the other two borrowers. Felix jumped up with his back facing her and the others. He stepped forward and glared up at his dad. At Vitus. “Felix-”
“Dad, what happened to always knocking?” Felix said. He sounded angry. Rhys and Ryder ran up to her and grabbed her arms. They started to drag her away, towards the spot she’d seen Rhys arguing with Felix at first.
“Go, I’ll stay here just in case,” Ryder whispered. He let go pushing Rhys and Alessia forward. She stumbled, but Rhys tugged her along. Rhys was crying, the tears fell from his face to her arm.
“Hurry, we have to run!” Rhys’s voice was hoarse. Alessia knew that pain. Rhys expected Ryder to die.
“Wait,” the words started before her mind caught up, “he’s not dangerous. He brought me here after we met… I live here in a human room.”
Rhys tripped over his feet when she spoke. Ryder stared at her with wide eyes. Felix and Vitus didn’t notice the words they shared. She was able to watch as Felix shifted to keep Vitus from entering the room. Ryder ran up to the two as the humans continued to face each other. Vitus looked over at them, he looked almost happy they weren’t running.
“I found Alessia’s hook and got worried. I was going to check the kitchen when I heard you talking. That I don’t watch where I’m walking,” Vitus smirked. It was like when he spoke to her. An attempt to calm the situation.
“Alessia?” Felix asked. He tilted his head, the hand behind his back was waving. Telling them to run… He was keeping them safe. “Who is that?”
Alessia saw the small change in Vitus’s expression. Widened eyes that flashed concern only to switch to pride. Vitus set a hand on Felix’s shoulder. The younger human braced, Rhys and Ryder grabbed her and backed up. No one knew what the taller man would do, Alessia had a guess. If her guess was right then these were humans she’d try to trust. If she was wrong they would all run.
“I’m proud of you,” Vitus said as he pulled Felix into a hug. All of them seemed to relax once that happened. “I was sure there was something you’d been hiding. I had no idea what to do if I was wrong about the reason you wouldn’t tell us what caused the fight. That it was like that man said.”
“Dad I…” Felix tried. It was clear that this had caused a change. Rhys and Ryder looked at each other before stepping forward. Alessia watched the two reach the edge of the table. The edge where they could never run to safety in time.
“He saved us!” Rhys shouted. Vitus let Felix go to stare at them. Another gaze at Alessia from the man. “We… I fell in his bag Ryder followed to try and get me out. The teacher found us and wanted to… to do really bad things. Felix fought him to get us away.”
“Rhys speaks the truth,” Ryder said as he pressed a hand to his heart. “We owe Felix our lives. He hid the truth for us, we have had many poor meetings with adult humans. There is a reason it is merely the two of us now.”
“I see.” Vitus stepped forward. Alessia stepped up to hold a hand of each of them. Vitus was terrifying to face. The man stopped away from them and crouched down. All three borrowers face to face with a human who could crush them in an instant. “Well, we have room. The two of you are free to stay here, just like Alessia. Speaking of which, Alessia, I have been working on something for you.”
“F-for me?” she asked. He nodded standing up straight and offering her his hand. She was scared, but stepped forward. She crawled into the palm, a smile from the human a welcome response.
“Why don’t I show all four of you?” She looked back at Rhys and Ryder. They were clearly nervous, but Vitus didn’t actually wait for them. He stepped back pulling his hand up to his chest. He paused in front of Felix. “We’re in the extra room at the end of the hall.”
Alessia was taken with him. He held her close to his chest. Each step shook through her spine, but that fear Felix gave her had melted. A month in and he hadn’t done anything. He even made Dabria stay away and hid her from Felix. She couldn’t help wondering if he was mad at her. That Felix caught her, that she expected so little.
“You could have asked about the room, I would have let you in,” he said. It made her jump. “It’s locked up tight because I make things in there. It’s a lot of wood dust, that’s bad to breathe in. I try to keep the dust inside so I can clean it up when I’m done working.”
“Oh…” she said. It made sense, humans did a lot of weird things. They knew a lot too. Words that he still had to explain. Like windows, those things were weird. So was glass. A finger poked her and made her look up. He had a soft look on his face.
“I know you’ll be scared and have doubts, Alessia.” The voice was quiet and reassuring. “It’s a big move to risk living here. Take your time, we’ll all be here when you’re ready.”
“...really? Isn’t that bad? You… I agreed to come here.”
“Take the time you need to trust us. You’ve taken a risk trusting just me. You don’t have to move faster than you’re ready for.”
Alessia wrapped her arms around the finger that had poked her, “Thank you.”
“Wait until you see what I’ve been working on to say that.”
Vitus kept walking, it was clear to her he moved slower to give the others time to decide. It could have been giving him time to speak with her. Either way she appreciated it. She stared at the doors they passed, worrying when they walked by the one they gave her. That was where she would still get to stay right?
Vitus walked for a little longer. He stopped at a door that almost blended in with the wall. She wanted to ask, but saw he’d already started to push open the door. The room itself was normal. At least the normal she’d learned about. It looked kind of like the room they gave her without the bed. Just shelves, one of the table things, and what she lived under. There was nothing different.
He walked into the room and up to the thing she lived under. She tried to remember the word, dresser maybe. He stopped there and turned to the door. There she saw Felix with Rhys and Ryder sitting on his shoulders. If others like her could do that they couldn’t be bad humans. Vitus turned back to the dresser thing and crouched down.
“It’s not quite done yet, but it’s enough to show you. I thought you deserved a place we couldn’t just appear without warning,” he said.
Alessia stared in awe as he turned the dresser thing. The inner part was completely gone, but it looked kind of like the house the humans had. Even inside there was one of the beds Vitus said she could use if she wanted, but her size. A room with stuff she’d never seen before and things she’d seen around the house. One she was pretty sure Dabria called a couch when she was spying.
“Woah,” Rhys said. She looked away from the amazing dresser thing to stare up. Felix was leaning over to see them. “It looks like a house, but for someone like us.”
Vitus laughed a bit. His laugh made her smile, it was infectious. She wanted to feel comfortable with humans. At least these humans, they weren’t like the one in her past. They weren’t going to hurt her or those her size.
“That’s my goal,” he smiled. “There’s a lot more work to be done on it. I’m looking into some plumbing and wiring I can set up. I want to give you a place that’s more like the home that’s around you, but that you can use. Of course if you two would like to stay I’ll be making this project a bit bigger.”
“You’re really gonna try and put a shower and stuff here?” Rhys sounded excited. “And wiring? Like lights and-and all the other stuff?”
“I would like to, but I never really worked with it.”
“Rhys knows a lot about it,” Ryder said. Alessia turned around to face them more comfortably. Rhys looked like he was vibrating on Felix’s shoulder. The human cupped a hand around the borrower to keep him from falling.
“Oh?” She could hear the laugh in his voice. He’d spoken like that to her. To encourage her. Vitus… Vitus was a good person. He’d be so much easier to keep trusting if he were a borrower. “Would you mind helping me? It would have to be once all the wood work is done. I don’t think I have protection for someone your size and wouldn’t want any of you getting sick.”
“Can I really help?!” Rhys had climbed up leaning over Felix’s fingers. Alessia thought he was foolish. He’d fall and die if Felix moved. Vitus nodded, she noticed the look Rhys sent to Ryder. The subtle nod of the other. “We’ll stay to help with this at least. We can’t leave you to take care of another borrower when you don’t know anything anyway.”
“Rhys!” Ryder smiled when Felix cried out. “Can’t you just admit you want an excuse to play with electronics?”
“Don’t tell him that!”
“I believe he’d already noticed. You aren’t subtle.”
Alessia watched Rhys disappear behind the hand blocking him from falling. The smiles on the other two told her this was normal. This might work out. She might really have a good home with safe people here. Plus she wasn’t alone, other borrowers. Others who could teach her things her parents were taken too soon to. This might even turn into a family for her.
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Gt July 2023 All Stories
So like last year I did a list of all the stories alongside a little blurb, the prompt, and included characters all under a read more
Enchantment or Curse: Rhys has been cursed by an enchanted ring, but then he meets Vincent. Characters: Rhys(Giant then Tiny), Vincent(Tiny then giant) Prompt: Enchanted
A Small Unkindness: Dabria needs medicine for her son, winds up asking Vitus for help Characters: Dabria(Tiny), Vitus(Giant), Rhys(Giant) Prompt: Bird
Fighting Doubts: Ryder wakes up in a bad spot that gets worse when his brothers start fighting (Mafia AU) Characters: Rhys(Giant), Felix(Giant), Ryder(Tiny), Vitus(Giant), Dabria(Tiny) Prompt: Impulsive
StarGazing: Meg is watching the stars and Streya makes it better Characters: Streya(giant), Meg(Tiny) Prompt: Stargazing
Is Indoors Really Safe?: Alessia has been living with the humans and still doesn’t trust them completely. An attempt to spy goes a bit wrong. (Continued from First Time Indoors) Characters: Alessia(Tiny), Vitus(Giant), Felix(Giant), Rhys(Tiny), Ryder(Tiny) Prompt: Caught
Meeting Your God: ff14 AU(Spoilers for patch 6.3 raids) Delphia and Ash sneak ahead of the group to see their next fight, but it doesn't go as planned. Characters: Delphia(Tiny), Ash(Tiny), Alessia(Giant) Prompt: AU
Legendary Phantom Thief: You want to be a legendary phantom thief, and this heist will make you one. Characters: Self insert size shifter Prompt: Thief
Meeting Through Dreams: Mira reaches the point in her life the dreams to meet her perfect match start and she’s not exactly happy. Characters: Mira(Tiny), Kaya(Tiny), Corus(Giant) Prompt: Dream
Rainy Changes: Dabria was walking home in the rain and came across what she thought was an empty bottle. Characters: Dabria(Giant), Alessia(Tiny) Prompt: Rainy Day
Forgotten Pasts: Mira and Kaya are exploring a cave of ruins when they find something strange. Characters: Mira(Giant), Kaya(tiny), Corus(tiny), Zeke(giant) Prompt: Ancient
Self Reflection: Kaiju Ash is thinking about their life, both current and former. Unsure what they want if they should let things continue as they are. Characters: Ash(Giant), Delphia(tiny), Alessia(tiny), Rhys(tiny), Vincent(tiny) Prompt: Melancholy
Statues Aren’t Great For Hiding: Kyrie gets caught trying to watch Melody. Characters: Melody(giant), Kyrie(tiny), Caprice(giant), Byssal(tiny), Pelago(Tiny) Prompt: Video Games
A Normal Afternoon: Rhys is tangled in his string, but keeps joking with his human brothers. (Continued from Ice Cube Prank Gone Wrong… or Right?) Characters: Rhys(Tiny), Felix(Giant), Ryder(Giant) Prompt: Banter
Destruction and Hero: Melody was given a role she hates, but will she even be able to fill it? Characters: Melody(Tiny), Kyrie(Giant) Prompt: Instrument
Broken Changes:Ash is just trying to get some food for them and Rhys. Vitus hears a crash and goes to investigate. Characters: Vitus(giant), Ash(tiny), Rhys(tiny), Dabria(Giant) Prompt: Designated break day, used the word Break
Escaped Cake Topper: At a party for the daughter of the Kamias a human is brought as a gift. They manage to escape, but can they survive? Characters: Alessia(Giant), Vitus(Giant), Sloan(one off tiny) Prompt: Celebrating
Adjustment Period: Ian is slowly adjusting to the expectations of the alien Mikhail. Characters: Ian(Tiny), Mikhail(Giant) Prompt: Home
Beauty in Flames: Two strangers enjoy the beauty of fire and each other Characters: Self insert Giant, unnamed tiny Prompt: Fire
The Menace of Salt: Mira is a house sprite who enjoys playing tricks, but this time something went wrong. Characters: Mira(tiny), Kaya(giant) Prompt: Trickster
Intimidating Presence: Dabria goes out into the forest to find out about the giant watching the town Characters: Dabria(Tiny), Felix(Giant), Vitus(Tiny) Prompt: Intimidate
Open Secrets: Alessia and Delphia take a bath together Characters: Alessia(giant), Delphia(tiny) Prompt: Secret
Garden Mishaps: Mira tried to take a relaxing walk in the garden, a misfired spell changed that Characters: Corus(Giant), Mira(tiny) Prompt: Garden
Subject 829: Subject 829 is a weapon, but maybe that’s not all. Characters: Ryder(Giant), Rhys(tiny), Felix(tiny), Vitus(tiny) Prompt: Weapon
“Please, share with me your memories…”: The story of someone who found hope in a small human Characters: Harmony(giant), Sy(tiny) Prompt: Memory
Simple Night: Evelyn waits for Conny to come home and join her in bed Characters: Evelyn(Tiny/Giant) Conny(Giant/Tiny Sizeshifter) Prompt: Pajamas
Tangled Emotions: Rhys is woken up by Sola and Luna climbing his hair, but they aren’t the only humans on him Characters: Rhys(Giant), Ryder(Tiny), Sola(tiny), Luna(tiny) Prompt: Tangled
Planetary Pearls: Streya drifts through space when she finds something strange. Characters: Streya(giant), unnamed tiny Prompt: Jewelry
Cursed Dreams: Melody feels like she's cursed. It gets worse when the dreams of her perfect match start. Characters: Melody(Tiny), Caprice(Tiny), Kyrie(Giant), Byssal(Giant), Pelago(Giant) Prompt: Cursed
Step After Step: You wake up confused, in pain, and tired. Someone helps you. Characters: Self insert giant. Unnamed they to she Tiny Prompt: Element
A Needed Break: You wake up confused as your phone goes off, but your bed is suddenly massive. Characters: Self insert tiny, Unnamed Giant Prompt: Self Care
Secrets Exposed: Rhys has a secret his foster parents just saw so he runs Characters: Vitus(giant), Rhys(Tiny), Dabria(giant) Prompt: Free Day
Princess and Protectors: Alessia and Ash are carrying Delphia home after she took a trip to a human city on her own again. She's caught up in her memories for much of the walk (Using the same world as Enchantment or Curse) Characters: Delphia(Tiny), Alessia(Giant), Ash(Giant) Prompt: Free Day
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Princess and Protectors
Day 31 Free Day. Here's the second one of today's stories. thank you @skmayor for giving me an idea that I wound up wanting to do as both familial gt and romantic gt!
Alessia and Ash are carrying Delphia home after she took a trip to a human city on her own again. She's caught up in her memories for much of the walk (Using the same world as Enchantment or Curse)
Princess and Protectors
“I still don’t see what the big deal is,” Delphia crossed her arms and huffed. The fingers around her twitched, clearly upset that she was pouting. It didn’t matter, she wanted to know more. It was boring being trapped all the time.
“We just don’t want anything happening to you. It's still hard for you to fly, isn’t it?” Alessia’s musical voice was relaxing. Delphia’s wings were sore. Traveling all the way here alone had been hard. Especially since her wings were still healing. It wasn’t always easy to keep herself off the ground.
Ash’s finger ran down her wings. It made her shiver. Delphia looked up at them, they were clearly worried. The warmth of their skin against her wings always soothed her. She leaned into the finger, getting a chuckle from their. Their voice always reminded her of thunder.
“We worry, flower, people know you now,” they whispered. She frowned at that. They always worry. The two worry about everything. It didn’t matter that people knew her, nothing would happen because of that.
Delphia had always been fine on her own. It was her favorite thing to visit human towns. When she did there was so much for her to learn. Visiting the towns brought her to Ash and Alessia. She’d never forget that day.
Ash found her right after she got cut by some wire. Her arms were mostly fine, but her wings were in an awful state. Almost shredded. It would have been impossible to get home. When she saw Ash approach she was convinced she was going to be trapped. Instead they crouched down to get closer to her. They made her curious.
Eyes of green and blue that reminded her of the clearing she loved to play in. Short hair neatly cut close to their head that reminded her of tree bark. Dark brown skin that radiated warmth. When they brought their hands close she couldn’t stop her shaking, but all they did was wait. She could see on their face how lost they were. It had taken everything for her to admit she needed help… and everything to accept that this person wasn’t about to hurt her.
Their hands were so soft despite the calluses on their skin. That day when they touched her wings they twitched and she whined. It left them with a look of worry as they pulled her close. Their heart was racing more than her own. A steady and fast beat that made her feel safe. She wasn’t scared of them at that point, they weren’t a human to fear.
“Really Del, just tell us and one of us can go with you. Both of us sometimes,” Alessia said. “Humans might… might crowd you if you’re alone.”
It pulled Delphia from her thoughts. Ash’s finger hadn’t stopped petting her wings. It was deceptively kind. She pulled her wings forward and away from them. The pair of sighs the humans gave made her almost feel guilty. Almost. Alessia started to walk as soon as Ash pulled their hand away. Delphia let out a sigh of her own. Alessia always said that, but no humans showed her any interest. They wouldn’t crowd her.
With her own sigh she settled back into her memories. It had been odd, as Ash carried her. They didn’t say a word that day, not until they set her down at least. All they did was rush somewhere Delphia couldn’t see. She’ll never forget how amazing it sounded when Alessia and Ash both spoke.
“Ash, what’s wrong?” Alessia had asked. It was like music.
Concern dripped from the words, but Delphia grew scared. Another human could mean the one holding her left. The fear died when the dark brown flesh that blocked her vision moved. When she saw the beautiful plump woman looking down at her.
Eyes a warm brown that seemed to lock on her tiny form. Hair the color of the night sky tied back in a bun. A face with rosy skin and plush lips that slowly contorted into concern. Loud words were said, words she could barely comprehend. Ash moved, putting her down on a table where she was at the mercy of them both.
“She hasn’t spoken yet,” Ash said. Their voice that day was a thunderstorm. She’d always liked thunder. “Some wire was above her. I cut it down after I picked her up. Look at her wings…”
Alessia crouched down to Delpiha’s level. Ash followed suit. Meeting their eyes she felt safe. Humans had always interested her. Two were staring right at her. Her wings needed to be taken care of, the cuts on her own pale skin too. She looked at her wings, their blue glow was too weak. She grabbed her black hair, pulling it forward and away from her wings. She would ask for help.
“Perhaps we can plan a trip to the capital?” Ash said. Another time her thoughts were stopped. Alessia’s fingers had flattened a bit. She could see more of the world. They chose to take the long way home. The way that let her see all the beautiful flowers. “Once your wings are more recovered.”
“Really!?” she cheered. That was somewhere she couldn’t get before. It was too far from home. Too far from her family and her role.
“As long as no one argues, although we could probably convince them. Especially if you stop pulling stunts like this so your wings heal,” Alessia smiled. Delphia’s wings twitched, but she could try and avoid flying to see the capital. So many humans always talk about it… Ash and Alessia talked about it when she met them.
“Should we take her to the capital?” Ash asked. Delphia tilted her head. Rhys and Vincent had gone there.
“I don’t know. She might not be related to the one meeting the king-” Alessia said.
“My brother went to that place, but he said I shouldn’t go there,” Delphia said. It caused both humans to stare at her. Crouching to meet her again. They’d taken care of her arms and legs, but her wings were still shredded. That needed time and magic. Both of which meant she had to go home. She couldn’t get home on her own.
“Here I had started thinking you couldn’t talk.” The melody of Alessia’s voice made her twitch her wings. One of Ash’s hands reached for her, stopping before touching.
“Careful of your wings. Is there a way we can help those heal?” The thunder of Ash’s voice made her feel safe.
“...I have to go home.” Delphia stared into the two sets of massive eyes. Eyes that made her feel safe. It was the first time someone she met saw her and not a princess to use. “Can you take me?”
“What are you thinking about, little love?” Alessia laughed. The melody pulled her thoughts away.
“When we met,” Delpha smiled. She laid back on Alessia’s palm to stare up at her and Ash. They were amazing.
“I wish we could have done more that day,” Ash whispered. They brought a finger close to her again, gently brushing her hair from her face.
“You two are the only reason I can still fly. It would be a lot worse if you two hadn’t found me… What’s the real reason you don’t want me going to the city alone?”
“Worry, that’s all.”
The walk continued in silence again. Delphia couldn’t stop wondering about the truth, but she’d learn eventually. There were too many things she didn’t know about humans. A lot Ash and Alessia protected her from. Rhys and Vincent did too. The day the two came back to find two humans in the flower field holding her had been a mess.
“Who the hell are you two?!” Vincent’s shout had scared her. He was the reason she started to be curious about humans. They way his eyes burned when he saw her in someone’s palm had been terrifying. “What the hell did you two do to her?”
Vincent grabbed Rhys as he tried to fly closer. Ash was holding Delphia that time. The silent way they passed her to Alessia’s hand was strange. Comforting in a way. They looked down at her and their eyes somehow promised she’d be kept safe. Safe from what, she didn’t know.
She watched Ash walk right up to Vincent. A conversation she couldn’t hear, but Vincent let Rhys go. He flew straight to her, landing in Alessia’s hand. Healing magic came from him immediately. Her wings burned, but the healing started. Enough she knew she could fly again once the burning was gone.
“Are you alright, Del?” Rhys asked. She nodded. Ash and Vincent came closer. Delphia jumped up. Her wings were strong enough, but Rhys flew up to help her stay flying.
“Thank you both for helping me,” Delphia said. Looking at Ash and Alessia. “I’m Delphia.”
“I’m Ash,” Thunder that made her shiver.
“Alessia, can I call you Del?” A song that made her wings twitch.
The start of something amazing. The start of love that she didn’t plan to find… If her wings hadn’t started to shine a green and gold no one would have believed her. The special spell to help her find her true love or in this case loves.
Alessia knocked her from her memories again. Sliding Delphia off her hand and onto Ash’s. Both had an intense look she didn’t understand. They had this look a lot of times after they took her from the city. They wouldn’t tell her why. A quick kiss between the two giants she loved before the attention switched to her.
“Take care of Del,” Alessia whispered. She crouched down to Ash’s palm. Delphia wanted to argue, but giant plush lips stopped her. She was pressed down by the lips into the warm, firm palm. When Alessia pulled away a faint blue glow lit up her face. “I’ll be right back.”
Alessia ran off and Ash turned away. Delphia tried to fly off their palm to see what was going on. They stopped her. A look on their face kept her from trying again. She sat back, lying against their chest. Someday the two would tell her why they were so worried. Why the times this happened she heard voices and metal clashing. Why sometimes Alessia came back looking hurt. She didn’t understand humans, but she’d keep trying so she could understand the humans she loved.
Ash looked back before staring down at her with love, “Don’t look so worried, little flower. Just know we’ll always protect our fairy princess.”
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Self Reflection
hey hey day 11 we have melancholy. This time I went more for the overwhelming feeling of the story rather than my usual methods of taking prompts. Will add this to ao3 once the ddos is over
Kaiju Ash is thinking about their life, both current and former. Unsure what they want if they should let things continue as they are.
TW: Mentions of death, probably other things i'm not realizing please lemme know if I should tag them.
Self Reflection
I stared at the clouds as the water fell over my body. I never stood for storms before, but I wanted to clear the dirt from my skin, or rather scales. Alessia said it, my body was no longer human skin. I was covered in something more like carapace. After a day of begging I did promise the two I would use the next storm to clear the dirt and leaves from me. Of course they had to stay in the small house, one made of my vines. Even with it separated sometimes it let me hear, let me know things I shouldn’t. Now was one of those times.
“We need to go into a town soon,” Alessia said. I frowned, if they left I shouldn’t let them back. It wasn’t safe near me. I closed my eyes as the water continued to pelt my body. I sort of enjoyed the feeling of the rain on my eyes. I knew that wasn’t normal.
“You know if we both go Ash will need convincing to bring us back,” Delphia said. Despite the way their voices traveled, I enjoyed hearing such normal talk between them. I didn’t even know this could happen. I should stop being shocked when the vines become an extension of myself.
“So you stay.” The two sounded happy, it had been too long with me. They should leave. I tried not to react to their words. If I moved it would still bother them despite the security we’d managed to create.
“No, there’s too much for you to get alone. Too bad Ash can’t just grow everything we need.” The unflinching trust continued to hurt my heart. The willingness to abandon their world, their lives, just everything… I didn’t think I could ever feel worthy of their actions and choices. “Plus I’m a bit better at hiding from people than you are. We can’t have someone following us.”
I wanted to keep listening, but the vines decided I’d heard enough. What would happen if someone followed them? If someone new found me? I had met other humans, ones I helped to get to safety. Those ones might not have discussed my existence, or maybe no one believed them. I shook my head, I couldn’t think about people like that. I wasn’t something else, I was human… wasn’t I?
I walked away from my miniscule loves. My focus was at the edge of the forest. The forest that fit me, that grew around me. Trees tall enough that they hid me even when I stood. This wasn’t natural or normal. I ran my hands, more precisely my claws, over the bark. It was stronger than the trees I faintly remembered from my life before. When they weren’t just a little taller than me.
It didn’t take long for me to reach my goal. I stood next to the town that I’d turned into a grave. It still hurt to think of what I’d done. Delphia and Alessia were convinced it wasn’t my fault, but it was. I could have listened, I could have gone back to sleep. So many lives would have been saved if I had never woken up. The days I dreamed, the times I woke up to phantom feelings of arms around me, were all ones I wished I got to live more often.
I started to reach out towards the edge of the trees. I could leave, I could reveal myself to the world. It would free Alessia and Delphia. It would change things, explain so much. Possibly even make others be believed. My claws hovered near the edge, my hand was shaking. I couldn’t remember what would leave me scared, but revealing myself was terrifying. My memories before this, ones that didn’t include Alessia and Delphia, were still too hazy. Sometimes it felt like they were fading away, that if the others weren’t with me I would lose everything that explained who I was.
“We shouldn’t be doing this,” a small voice said. It wasn’t coming through my vines, it was masculine. Familiar. A shiver ran through my body, water fell from places it had pooled on me. The only thing that reminded me that rain was falling all around me.
“Leave then, I’m not walking away,” a new voice. Also masculine… Also familiar… I was frozen, the strange scales or carapace caught water all over me. That didn’t matter, those voices… Those voices terrified me.
“So you can disappear too?” I was tempted to try and find them. To face the terror in my blood. They were going to be the same size as the others… I couldn’t risk doing anything to them.
“I’m finding them. This is the last place they checked in from.”
“You know how likely it is that they survived out here this long?! Their car isn’t even here! At least wait until the storm is over.”
“You can wait until the storm is over. If my sister is out there I’m finding her. I’m dragging them both home because if she’s there so is Alessia!”
My heart froze. They… these voices wanted Alessia and Delphia. Were they from that life? That time that I can barely remember? I felt it as they entered the forest. My forest. One storming ahead, something in my mind tingled at the knowledge. As though it was something that bubbled with joy and memories.
“Strawberry, we should at least stay together!” I stumbled at those words. A thousand arrows attacked my heart. I knew those words, I knew these people. I knew these humans. “Shit, run!”
They were running because of me. Something I did, my steps or my vines I didn’t know. I had to stop them, protect them from the truth. From finding the damage I’d done by existing. I heard screams. A part of me wondered if Delphia and Alessia would hear them. If they’d hate me for what was happening now. Another part thought they should and then they would leave.
I heard shouts as my vines grabbed the two humans. I was conscious of the choice to grab them. I focused on keeping the movement of my vines slow even as I crouched. I was still towering over everything. The vines stopped just at my eyes. It was like the day Delphia and Alessia returned to my life. One face of anger and fear, another of something akin to a calm understanding.
“Rhys, do not say a thing, do not ask questions, I will get us out of this,” the angry one said. He had scars on his eyes, the shape of an X on each. They were a pale contrast on his dark skin. Silver hair that had fallen in his face and hung heavily due to the rain. Mismatched eyes like my own, different colors though. A brilliant emerald and striking violet.
“Vincent…” Rhys said it, at least that’s what I could assume was his name. Salmon hair, tan skin, pink eyes that saw through me. I knew this person, I’d spent a lot of time with him. A flash in my mind, someone yelling with the pink eyed man laughing beside me. I pushed him, a smile playing on my own lips.
I brought a hand up to shield them from the rain. Both stared at me, unflinching eyes. I… I shouldn’t have grabbed them. I should have left them to wander, only blocking them from going too far. Instead I took my other hand below them. Another thing I learned I could do, the vines moved over to my skin without a need for me to try. More screams.
I stood, slower than normal to be safe. I looked around the world, these two on my hand a stark reminder of what I’ve lost. I kept my hand low. It was difficult, but I knew raising them too high might cause them to be hurt. I was lucky Alessia and Delphia had been safe. I made the choice to change how my vines held them. Holding them safely together instead of apart. I could hear the mumbles from them, reassurances that they would survive.
I could speak, I could tell them. Words didn’t occur to me, the ones to fix this. I… I wanted them not to know who I was. More memory flashes made it hurt to imagine them scared of me when they knew it was me. I took the steps I needed to return to Delphia and Alessia. The small women were waiting for me, ignoring the rain still pouring from the sky.
As soon as I brought my hand close the men I held reacted. The words were… not kind. I didn’t want to think about the consequences of how they acted. Directing my vines to set the men down was easy, the two grabbing Alessia and Delphia and trying to hide them from me was not. I still couldn’t make my voice work. When they knew it was me, would they still be scared? Was I not something to be trusted? I wasn’t… I wasn’t a human no matter how much I wanted to believe I was… was I?
“Rhys?” Delphia said. She was trying to pull away, to be in my view. It made me feel happier, warmer, more human. “Let go of me. What are you even doing here?”
“We came to find the two of you. It’s been months with no contact!” Rhys shouted. The shout made me jump. It was louder than I expected, but my jump caused both men to lose their footing.
“Vincent, Rhys calm down. We’re fine.” Alessia looked up at me with a bright smile. Another thing that made me feel human, gifts constantly offered by them. “We found them. We found Ash.”
Both men stared at me. It didn’t take long for Rhys to be on his feet holding Delphia’s shoulders. I wanted to pull him away. To stop him from hurting her. He wouldn’t… Rhys wasn’t that person. I knew that. Vincent was glaring at me on his feet. It… I knew that glare. I knew him too. I hated this terror budding in my heart.
“Del, that-that thing is not Ash!” I closed my eyes. I needed to stay calm, but my tail didn’t agree. The loud thumps of the appendage were already causing the four ant sized humans to stumble. “This is proof! That thing is a monster and we need to escape.”
“No.” Delphia set herself free. She actually came closer to me. I brought my claw near her, she reached for it. Vincent pulled her back, he had a firm grip on Alessia’s wrist too. Something rumbled up deep in my chest, I had never noticed the growls I could make before.
“That is not a human reaction, Strawberry is right. We need to get away from this thing. You two are brainwashed.” Vincent had always been harsh. My brain had so much firing at once. Times with both, pushing Rhys to speak to the glaring man. Vincent unsure how to admit his own feelings. Smiles with both of them, nights where I spent time away from Alessia and Delphia. Where I spent time with another family, my new family.
“Who cares!? This is Ash and we’re not brainwashed. You two shouldn’t even be here. Go home. We’ll be back once we’ve fixed this.” Alessia’s firm voice calmed me. The rumbling in my chest disappeared. The ones most important to me were fine and didn’t see me as a monster.
“It can’t even talk that isn’t Ash! I know you miss them, but they died. Just like everyone else when this forest popped up, please just let us try to figure a way out of this and get home. Everyone’s been worried about you two and this constant searching.” My chest rumbled again, but there was more pain than anger.
“Will you stop talking like they aren’t here? Like they can’t understand you!? This is Ash, you're both just being cruel. It’s… how can you treat them like that!? You both were as devastated as we were when the news came and they’re here and you’re treating them like a monster that can’t even speak!”
“It can’t speak! All it’s done is growl. It probably just decided to look like them.”
“I do speak, I.. it is me,” I whispered. Despite the safety my vines promised my voice I was terrified. Now those humans would know who I am. The memories of happy times would be tainted by fearful faces. The men stared at me with a cocktail of pain, shock, and fear.
“They’re really alive, Rhys. It’s them.” Delphia was grabbing Rhys’s arm, trying to make them listen.
All I could do after that was watch them. Words exchanged all while the staring continued. I wanted to do something. Find a way to prove who I was. It was clear they didn’t believe in me. They only saw a monster. The pain I feared came together the longer I watched them.
“Fine, we’ll get your supplies and come back. We’re staying at least for a few weeks,” Rhys said.
That would make sense, it would work. There would be room in the house for the two of them. Although… I could almost remember what their home looked like. At least Rhys’s home I couldn’t recall if Vincent lived there. On top of my claws a small square of vines appeared. I pushed the cube off, vines trailing off my claw. I snapped it before the cube settled next to the home I barely remembered.
“Is that our house?” Vincent said. It was always him when there was a strange mixture of shock and suspicion.
I watched Rhys walk in, despite Vincent calling him back. The man walked out and stared up at me with awe. Vincent grabbed his arm, but stopped. I wasn't sure why. It didn’t matter, they were too far in the forest for a human to walk back in a reasonable time. It looked like they were slowly realizing it.
“Well we should go… assuming ‘Ash’ will take us… and pick us up when we get back,” Rhys said. It was clear they didn’t believe it was me. That I was some monster that Alessia and Delphia had trained. Maybe I was.
Regardless I offered my hand. The two didn’t move. I wasn’t sure what to do. I noticed Delphia pointing towards a loose vine. I should grab them? I tilted my head. She nodded, reading the question despite how hard it must be to read my face. So small and delicate. In the back of my mind I knew those words didn’t suit the men my vines were grabbing.
“Woah, easy with the vines godzilla,” Vincent said. The words hurt, but the nickname stuck out. Vincent… he gives people nicknames; it's a part of him. I… calling me something else might be good. I set them down in the center of my palm. Where I knew I could keep them safe. Ant sized humans… How had I started to trick myself into thinking I still was one.
I stood, with my hand at my waist to avoid hurting Rhys and Vincent. Only a few steps to travel what would take them days or weeks. I couldn’t call myself human. Near the edge, not quite outside the trees that towered thousands of feet over humans… over creatures I was starting to struggle to believe I ever was one of. I crouched again, setting my hand down and hoping the two I could faintly remember laughing with wouldn’t show me more fear.
They stumbled off my hand. Stared at me with emotions I couldn’t understand.
“If you really are Ash. Alessia says she’s finding a way to turn you back. If it works well… I’m glad they found you and I’m sorry… for treating you like a monster,” Rhys said. My eyes widened. Vincent pulled Rhys towards what I knew had to be a car. It was so small… I constantly found myself in awe at the trust Delphia and Alessia put in me.
“You’re keeping the nickname whether you’re Ash or not. Godzilla fits you pretty damn well,” Vincent pushed Rhys towards a door as he spoke. I stood up straight as I watched both men climb into the vehicle. It was hard, I could remember riding in one. The danger it posed before. Only now could I crush it like a bug. I… I didn’t like thinking like that.
I watched it drive off. The distance it covered would be faster for me. I could travel farther than I had ever dreamed. Yet I had to stay within these trees. Where nothing could find me from above and I controlled the ground. I stared at my clawed hand, looked over the scaled body I now existed in. I wasn’t human.
My vines apparently wanted me to know this. They pulled back from my skin, the skin akin to stone. It looked like stone when I focused on it. Other vines pulled my tail forward, even with the rain that continued to pour I could see the red smears that I never cleaned off. Remnants of what I’d done, who I’d hurt. People with names and faces I couldn’t remember or know.
I didn’t know why the building was unharmed that day. Why the people had survived and stayed past the terrifyingly large trees. Maybe I had disrupted them. This monstrous body was covered in sin after sin that I could never escape. I turned to look at where I knew Delphia and Alessia were. Humans that loved me… that loved a me that was dead.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I love you and I miss our life, but I don’t think I can go back. After everything I did… Everything that happened because of me. I don’t deserve to live a simple human life again.”
I wouldn’t tell them now… I wouldn’t end our time yet. I would wait for Rhys and Vincent. Wait for them to leave and when- when supplies were next needed I would tell them. I would send them off and lock my forest away from humans for good. No one would be at risk because of me or anything I might cause.
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First Time Indoors
ok @da3dm here's that first prompt/request you sent in. It got long so I wanted to do it's own post gonna link this in the ask too <3
Alessia lives on her own in the woods, but resources are getting scarce. She decides to head towards a human home, but a storm rolls in giving her some bad luck
tw: death, fear of death, sickness, trapped, uhh i gave alessia a sad backstory
First Time Indoors
Alessia had started to struggle finding good food near her home. Despite her own annoyance at it, she had to travel farther away. Closer to humans. She spent the last few weeks gathering everything she’d need for a trip across most of the forest. Packing the little bits of food she had, mostly edible herbs and plants. It helped that a human had started passing through lately. They mentioned something about a drought or a dry spell. She didn’t entirely understand, but it meant there was no rain. No rain meant everything lined up perfectly for her to travel to the closest human house.
She lifted her bag over her shoulder and started her trip. The human scared off a lot of the more dangerous animals. They had heavy steps that made them nervous to stay nearby the usual path. She could leisurely walk along the forest floor, just taking in the bright sun above her. No human would notice her with the cloak she had on. It blended well with the grass and tree roots.
Her walk was taking more of the day than she expected. The sun was high in the sky before a human home was in view. It started to feel like a waste, she only packed enough food for one day. Tremors on the ground had her diving into nearby roots. She tried to peek out of her hiding place as the tremors came closer. She recognized the rhythm, a human was walking nearby.
The tremors started to grow too severe for her to keep her balance. She had to steady herself against the root. A human man came closer, bringing the tremors with him. She ducked down hoping those green eyes didn’t see her. She had seen this human sometimes, she didn’t like him. He was too observant. Noticing her moving when others ignored her. She’d felt those intense eyes on her too often.
Once the man was finally past her she made a run for it. She couldn’t abandon her goal to at least reach the human house today. That goal didn’t involve that white haired human either. She ran steadily from tree to tree. A bad feeling started to rest itself in her chest. The amount of time passing didn’t match how dark the world was getting.
The tremors of the human man started to approach again. She spared a look up towards the sky, expecting to find his eyes locked on her. The world felt like it stopped when she found dark clouds hovering overhead. The tremors grew stronger, but she didn’t care.
There was a storm, a bad storm, on its way. There was no way she’d get back home in time. There was no shelter nearby that could save her if the water caused a flood. The human’s tremoring steps grew closer and faster. She didn’t have a choice. She started to run along the path she knew the human would take.
The tremors were becoming mini earthquakes. She’d been in a real one once, it was just as bad as human steps. Maybe worse. Alessia pushed the thought away as the boom of a step landed behind her. She took deep breaths waiting for the gigantic foot to take the next step and land next to her. As soon as it did she turned towards it. She put all her strength into her legs. She had to make it before the human took another step.
The foot was starting to lift while she was too far. Alessia begged for her legs to move faster. Just before the lace of the shoe was out of reach she jumped. Her heart was racing. She barely managed to grab the plastic at the end of the string. She tried to dig her hands into it, but the plastic was too hard. She bit her tongue to hold in her scream as the human completed his step.
Alessia nearly fell as the foot hit the ground. Her body slammed against the side of the shoe, knocking the wind out of her. She started to lose her grip, but the grumble above her followed by the heavy droplets of rain spurred her on. She put all the strength she could into her arms and heaved herself up. She dug her fingers into the strange fabric of the string on the shoe. It filled her with relief she never could have expected.
She didn’t let herself relax. She kept climbing until she managed to wrap the loose part of the lace back into the tight parts pressed against the human’s foot. She managed to settle herself just in time. The human’s steps grew faster. If she hadn’t tied herself down she would be thrown hard enough she probably wouldn’t survive. She had to stay focused, just worry about getting out of the rain.
The steps kept moving consistently. She had to fix how she tied herself a few times, but it didn’t take long for the human house she’d seen in the distance to tower over her. The human slowed as he started up a few platforms to a gigantic door. He paused which gave her the time she needed to free herself. She slid off the foot and backed up to hide behind him. She had to hope the human didn’t look around. The idea of his hands wrapping around her made her shiver.
“There wasn’t supposed to be rain for a few more days,” the human grumbled. Alessia stared up at him as he kept digging in his pockets for something. She wanted the door to open so she could find a place to hide. He pulled something out of his pocket and pressed it into the door. “Finally.”
As soon as the door twitched she ran ahead. She looked up, making sure the human hadn’t started watching for her. His eyes were locked forward. The door opened enough she could squeeze through, and she took the chance. She ran along the edge of the room until she was under something. She would wait until he moved further into the house then find a place to set up for now.
The human stomped inside knocking her off her feet. She curled up in the shadow desperate for the human not to search for her. There was a chance he’d noticed her and she’d be found. Another tremor inducing impact made her look towards the human. It was him sitting on the ground she felt this time. She swore the human would hear her beating heart as he played with the strings on his feet.
She watched him pull one shoe off, tossing it towards the door. The other he spent longer on. He brought his other hand to fiddle with the string too. She heard him make an annoyed noise before leaning back. He forced the shoe off his foot leaving the strings tied. It joined the match next to the closed door.
The human grumbled, Alessia only made out something about a knot. He groaned as he climbed to his feet again. He walked off into the house leaving her alone. She curled up into a ball as she realized she was trapped in a human house. Logically her focus should be securing necessities. Proper shelter, food, water, warmth. She hadn’t realized before just how much rain had hit her. The adrenaline rush she gained from her desperate survival attempt was gone. Her body felt heavy, the lack of real food hit her too. She was too tired to move, a bit of sleep would be fine for now.
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Alessia woke up a much longer time later than she wanted. She was shivering and couldn’t think clearly. It only took a few minutes for tremors to reach her and remind her where she was. A human’s house with the human she’d seen a few times. The one who was taller than the ones she saw in the warmest weather and always came close to finding her. The tremors passed by, never getting as close as when she’d reached the home. She had to do something to get home.
Slowly, Alessia pushed herself to her feet. Her head was pounding and her stomach empty. She pulled her pack off her back and set it in front of her. The climbing gear was fine, but the food ruined. All of it soaked and turned to mush. It was the issue she’d been having with the dried plants. They just didn’t survive most types of weather. With a heavy sigh she decided to abandon her pack, it would only slow her down with the heavy mush. Making a new one wouldn’t be too hard once she got home.
It took more time than she was used to, but she managed to wrap her climbing line around her waist. Her hands were shaking no matter how slow she went. It was just fear. She had to get out of the human house and get home. Once home she’d eat and get some water, then she’d be back to normal. This whole trip would become another bad memory. She took a few steadying breaths before finally taking the chance to explore.
There were plenty of places to hide as she walked along. Tremors of footsteps reached her now and then, but she didn’t see any humans. Something smelled amazing, she let that direct where she went. She was starting to stray from the edges of the walls to find the good smell. The human’s voice was a low and almost soothing sound as she moved. She was starting to understand why some of her kind enjoyed living around these giant beings.
The tremors grew stronger and knocked her out of her daze. The human was walking around a brightly lit room. The good smell came from something in there. The human took steps near her, she couldn’t hold herself steady this time. He wasn’t paying any attention to her and that was all she needed. She ran underneath the closest object, pushing away the thoughts of how his ignorance could kill her. This room had food and she would get something to eat then find her way home. Assuming the storm was done, she hadn’t heard any rain since she woke up.
The human walked away. Alessia kept watching him move around. Something about his movements felt different from other humans. Usually they were always careless, just stomping around blindly. This one almost seemed soft. He stopped in front of a high human thing that reached his waist and moved some fabric that hung on the wall there. She gasped when she saw a blue sky appear.
The human moved something and she could smell the air from outside. She stumbled toward it, with a sky like that she could get home. The human turned away from the opening. Alessia knew she should wait, but there was no guarantee the human would leave her opening available long. She waited a few seconds for the human to turn again. Luck was taking her side as he focused on some big metallic thing.
Alessia ran forward, panting a bit as she reached an out of sight edge. She didn’t run out of stamina that quickly usually. She forced the thought away, that was something for later. For when she was safe. She pulled her climbing hook free. It took her a few attempts to start spinning it properly, the thing felt heavier than normal. She missed her first attempt to catch it on the high surface above her, and her second… and her third. If the fourth didn’t land she would have to find another way up. Thankfully it did, she tugged the string with all her strength, relieved it was caught.
Before climbing she looked at the human. She didn’t see his face, but his posture was tense. It made her shiver, that wasn’t something she wanted to understand. She started her climb up towards her exit. It was slow going, her hands still shook a bit as she moved. Her body felt heavy too. It took everything in her to even reach the top. She had to catch her breath once she was there.
Dread started to worm its way into Alessia’s heart. She’d slept until the next day at least. Her hands were shaking and she struggled to do things. Sick… She was sick. She thought she just needed some water and food, but this was worse. She had no one to help her anymore. She had to at least make it home, she wouldn’t be able to do anything to increase her chances of survival in a human home.
Her mind cleared a bit with her realization. She didn’t bother curling up the string from her hook, dragging it behind her as she moved. Her best hope was to move before the human found a reason to. From the side of some weird metal thing filled with water she could reach her exit. Fear and dread gave her the energy she was lacking to spin the climbing hook in her hand before throwing it up to the exit. It caught on the edge on her first try. One tug was all it took before she started climbing.
“Salt!” the human exclaimed.
Alessia tried to climb as fast as she could. The burst of energy was already fading. It didn’t matter that the human might not look at her, he could find her. She made it to the top almost unable to stay standing. She turned back to face the human, hoping to see him still not looking her way.
Instead she met those intense eyes locked onto her form. The human’s face looked stern as they stared at each other. She took a few steps back, but the human didn’t seem to like that. He started to approach her, but she wasn’t getting grabbed now. Not when she was so close. Alessia stumbled back, her foot meeting open air. The hook was still secured, her string was more than long enough to get her down from a height like this. She took a step further back and let herself fall from the window.
“Wait!” the human roared.
Her ears were ringing from the sound. Humans were bad, she’d seen what they could do. She wasn’t about to wait for one like this. Not one who had a glare that burned her every time it rested on her near her home. She grabbed her rope to slow her descent, except the fear didn’t give her strength this time. She couldn’t slow herself well enough, landing hard on something much higher than the ground. It wasn’t hard enough to break anything, she’d be able to move soon.
At least she thought she would, but her whole body was in pain. Her vision was swimming and the sky started to look dark. It might have been the wrong time to run, she always forgot that the worst storms had a calm during them. Her parents had always tried to drill that into her mind. The darkness was coating the sky, she’d drown now or get too sick to make it home.
Heavy steps somehow reached her from where she was. It wasn’t the ground, but it probably wasn’t insulated like the tree or that opening in the house. She felt tears sliding down her face as the tremors grew worse. The darkness around her grew deeper when the human’s shadow cast over her. Even like this she could make out his glare and stern face. He was going to kill her for intruding. She should have just risked the flood and stayed where she was in the forest. It was better than a human crushing her.
A scream worked its way from her throat when hands came near her. In her imagination they paused, as if she could make a human stop. They eventually surrounded her, all the fingers were taller than her. She tried to say something, old threats her parents said could work. All that came out was a whimper.
The fingers were gentle as they lifted her from whatever she landed on. It made her cry more as she thought about how much pain these digits would cause later. The human’s voice rumbled around her in a soothing way again. She wasn’t hearing wrong earlier, he wasn’t saying words just making a noise. It was nice… which made this worse. She couldn’t even get her body to curl up.
She made a noise of fear as a raindrop landed near her. The human’s gaze stayed fierce as he covered her with his other hand. She was trapped in darkness and forced to listen to the human’s voice as he moved. It was terrifying to be carried like this, the last thing she ever wanted. Humans carrying people off is how she wound up alone. Now she’d face the same fate.
“We’ll get you taken care of, little one,” the human mumbled. She tried to scoff. She’d be taken care of, just like her parents always told her. She hoped she got lucky and this one would kill her, she didn’t want to see the fates her parents refused to talk about. Her body decided to give in at that moment. Warmth surrounding her along with the comforting rumble. She closed her eyes with a faint wish for it to be the last time.
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The next time Alessia woke up she was warm. Warmer than she’d ever been before. The only time she’d come close to being this warm was in the summer when her parents were around. Her body was still heavy and in pain, but she kind of liked this. It had to be a dream after the human killed her. The thing she was on was too soft for a human to give her.
“So I should dilute it in water?” the human’s voice echoed above her. “It’s a small bird, I’m positive it’s too warm. All right, thanks. I’ll let you know once I put it back outside. It just fell onto the compost bin.”
Alessia chanced opening her eyes. The human was hovering over her. That glare she didn’t want to see was focused on something near her. He had one hand holding a strange box to his head, the other hovered over a giant cup. She watched a drop of some weird colored liquid fall from something he held into the cup.
The human sighed pulling her attention back to his face. He looked angry. The clack of him putting the thing with a strange liquid down made her jump. He picked up a spoon and dipped it in the giant glass stirring the water inside. She didn’t want to know what he was planning with that. The strange box he’d had next to his face hit the table next to her making her squeak.
“Oh,” the human whispered. He leaned closer, his breath washed over her. It smelled like some of the herbs she collected sometimes. She wanted to run from his gaze, it was too intense. “I’m glad you’re awake. I need you to drink some of this water, ok? It should help you feel better.”
She pressed herself deeper into the soft thing. She didn’t trust the liquid. The human pulled the spoon out, getting just a little water on it. He held it out to her, she could smell something strange about it. She didn’t like the smell. Alessia scrunched her face up and tried to pull herself away from it. His other hand surrounded her, keeping her still.
“I promise once you’ve had this I’ll give you something that tastes a lot better, we need to take care of your fever,” he said. She wanted to hide from him. That gaze was too observant just like when he sat near her home. “Please…”
The spoon wasn’t leaving her vision. The fingers behind her kept her trapped. She accepted her fate and climbed to a sitting position. Once she was up mostly straight she leaned forward and sipped some of the strange mixture. She didn’t like that it looked like water, plus the taste was horrible. She coughed as it made its way down her throat. The deep chuckle from the human didn’t help her feel better.
“I hate the taste too, I’ll be right back,” he said.
She grimaced there wasn’t much of an option for her. She didn’t have her gear to climb, even if the human realized that’s what it was he wouldn’t give it to her. This was probably some weird poison that would give him a fun show of her death. At least that was better than having to be awake while he crushed her. Titanic steps rocked the surface she was on as the human returned to her.
He sat down in front of her again. The impact made her heart pound. He set a heavy dish down on the surface she was on. Her mind went blank, protecting her from any thoughts about what he could be planning. He had a new spoon, the one he made her drink from before was resting in the cup. He dipped the new one in the dish he brought. He pulled the spoon out, in seconds it hovered in front of her again.
The good smell from earlier wafted from the red liquid. She wanted to refuse it, but her empty stomach decided to remind her that she needed food. Accepting that the human would toy with her no matter what she leaned forward. At first she just tried to sip some of it, but the taste on her tongue was amazing. She couldn’t remember ever eating something that tasted this good.
“Slow down,” the human chuckled. Her cheeks reddened, but she listened to the deep voice. “I guess I was wrong about it needing salt after all.”
Alessia stopped then. She didn’t know what salt was, but she hated it. She was captured because he wanted it. She stared up at him, his face looked sort of soft for once. It became stern when he noticed she’d stopped eating. He pulled the spoon away, leaving it in the massive dish beside her.
The human sat back, it was the first time she realized he had been hunched over her. She looked around, they weren’t in the bright room anymore. There were openings like the one she’d tried to escape from. This time there was no smell of the outside, something kept her trapped despite seeing the sky clearly. It didn’t matter with the heavy rain blasting against the invisible barriers.
“Alright, I guess you should get some more sleep,” he said. The human stretched and stood up to walk off. She knew she was trapped, even if her body would listen there was nothing she could do to escape. “I’m Vitus, just let me know if you need anything.”
Alessia watched him walk around. He went all over the room, grabbing things as he moved. Each one was so much bigger than her. It felt like he was making a point to show how little freedom she’d have. Another squeak escaped her when he sat down again. His face darkened, but she decided to hide. She didn’t want to see what that dark look would turn into. She quickly buried herself in the warm soft surface. She heard another sigh from where he’d settled.
She wanted to stay awake and learn what he was planning. Once she knew she could start figuring out her escape. Although a part of her liked the warmth. The strange food was good too. Her eyes started to get heavy, fighting it wasn’t working. Her thoughts centered on the human poisoning her. She could actually never wake up again. Tears slipped out as her mind drifted to sleep, she didn’t want to die without knowing it.
“Wake up, little one,” the deep voice rumbled. She groaned, but something prodded her. She tried to slap it away, but her body was too heavy. She just wanted to sleep. “You need to drink some water, then you can go back to sleep.”
Alessia just made a few noises. It was hard to move her mouth. Light flooded her vision. She groaned as she blinked away the blindness it caused. The human’s face was above her. No matter how much she wanted it to be a dream this was real. The human actually looked relieved when she met his eyes. His hand came near her again, she was more alert and flinched from the approach. Another sigh blew past her.
“Am I really that scary?” he muttered.
She didn’t bother trying to answer, just looked away from him. He brought a spoon with water in it near her. He still kept his hand close, but didn’t try to grab her. As much as she wanted to be difficult, her throat had started to hurt. She pushed herself up enough to manage to scoop some water into her hand. She took a careful taste, relieved when it tasted almost like the water she knew.
“There’s no medicine this time, just plain water,” he whispered. She glared at him, but the quick movement made her head spin. She decided to focus on the water instead. It was colder than she was used to, but it felt good. “Can you talk?”
She choked on the water. A finger rubbed against her back, but she jolted forward. It made her feel nauseous. She didn’t want to get into this. She didn’t answer, the finger came a bit closer. Alessia couldn’t remember what she’d been told. If it was better to hide that she could talk or if she should try and reason with the cruel giants.
Another heavy sigh. He brought his face close to her. He tilted it as he tried to get a better look at her. His eyes were still too intense. The look drove her insane. Her body was heavy, but she managed to push herself back. It didn’t make much of a difference when he was this big. He sat back with a groan, stretching his back out. It made all of this feel worse.
“You look human,” he mumbled. “At the very least you probably need something better to wear. I could call Felix…”
“N-No!” she shouted. The second the word escaped she regretted it. The human’s eyes were wide as he looked over her. New tears fell, she should have just let him show her off. It would be better than seeing what he had planned after learning she could talk. His stern face almost looked soft.
“I won’t call anyone if you don’t want me to. No one else is going to show up here either, you’re safe.” She didn’t believe the words. Humans lied. Humans that looked nice were cruel, ones that looked cruel could only be worse. “Could you tell me your name? Maybe how you’re feeling? Did anything break when you fell?”
One word was all he got. She wasn’t going to use his name and he would rename her anyway. If he kept her. Her mind shouted the words at her. He said something about releasing the bird he found, maybe she was the bird. The human let out another deep sigh that washed over her. He sat up straight and leaned back while staring at the roof.
“The rain is supposed to last for a few days,” he said. She grimaced. “You felt pretty warm when I picked you up this morning. It’s probably best if you at least rest until it’s over.”
Alessia grabbed at the fabric around her. It was still warm, she couldn’t understand how it stayed so warm. She tried to push herself out of it. The human’s hands surrounded her in an instant. She froze, waiting for those fingers to close in around her. They didn’t, she was left with enough space to climb out, but she didn’t try, not after he reacted so quickly. He hadn’t even been looking at her.
“Don’t push yourself,” he whispered. She slowly looked up at the human. He had that same stern look. The intensity of his stare seemed to grow. Alessia gave up, falling down as she let her arms give out. Those massive fingers caught her, guiding her to the softer surface rather than letting her fall. She glared up at the green eyes. She hoped her own intensity matched his.
There were a few minutes of her just glaring at the human. She kept it up even when he pulled his fingers away. His own gaze somehow grew more intense. Alessia kept trying to think of ways to get away. This human was too observant, he was going to notice too much. Her body still felt heavy and the aches had only dwindled. Even if she ran, the storm was raging against those invisible barriers. She closed her eyes, curling up on her side as she finally accepted her fate. She was trapped until the sky cleared, she just had to survive until then.
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The next couple of days were a blur for Alessia. She tried to sleep instead of risking the human trying to interact with her. It didn’t do much to stop him. He’d wake her up to give her normal water and that water with a sickening smell that made her cough. He gave her the red liquid food a few more times too. She hated relying on him. If he forgot or got bored she’d starve.
Of course it didn’t seem like the human would forget about her. He sat next to where he placed her constantly. He’d ask her questions all the time. How old she was, if she wanted his help to get home, how she felt, if the food tasted good. Endless questions. She knew once she spoke he’d just try to get information on other borrowers. She knew that she wouldn’t take that risk.
It wasn’t always questions from him though. Sometimes he made that same noise she’d heard when she tried to escape. It annoyed her how soothing it was. Other times he just said a bunch of words as he held one of those paper binded things. She never did learn the word for that. There were a lot of things she didn’t know the name of. It made his talking worse, she couldn’t follow a lot of what he said.
It seemed like weeks before she woke up with her body feeling normal. Better than normal actually. The aches were gone and she had more energy than she could remember ever having. She looked around for the human, almost screaming at his sleeping face nearby. It felt strange, the stern look was gone. He looked kind while he slept. Alessia shook off her curiosity, she had to run.
She followed the human’s shoulder to find his arm wrapped around the area she was in. His body kept her trapped on the surface, the only escape would include climbing over him. Accepting the situation with a heavy heart, she decided to wander the large space he left her. There had to be something to help her get out, at least to get water on her own. Her stomach grumbled reminding her the human hadn’t fed her in a while.
Looking for distractions she approached the arm blocking her in. She’d never been this close to a human, his arm was so much taller than her. She followed it like she would a trail of water, almost tripping over two things he’d left out. Water in one, food in the other. Her empty stomach and parched throat begged her to take from them. She wasn’t risking that. The human could have put something in it to punish her for walking around.
Forcing her eyes away from the dishes she looked at the human face. As long as she’s been alone she’s been strong and confident. She could keep that going when being near the massive head of a human. Moving her legs stiffly Alessia marched forward, stopping near enough she could touch his skin. At this distance she saw the bits of hair on his face. She looked around and saw something she didn’t expect. Her hook.
Carefully Alessia approached it. He wasn’t hiding it from her, it was out in the open. After each step she looked back at the sleeping face expecting that glare to meet her. That he’d see her going for the only thing she could use to escape. The only object she had brought on her trip that could be used for defense. She swallowed her anxiety as she took the last few steps to stand before it.
Reaching out with a shaky hand she pulled her hook close. She flipped it to grab the string that should be attached. Her mind froze when she met something thinner. It wasn’t the string she’d made with her parents. It was something else, something she’d never seen before. She needed that string, it was all she had of their time together.
Turning to face the human she tried to think of how to demand it. Her mind wasn’t cooperating. She just had the last time she saw her parents playing on repeat. After all these years she never cried, never let herself fall apart. Now she was here, trapped, and the only thing left from them was gone. Tears slipped out followed by a loud and painful wail.
Alessia fell to her knees as she wailed. Everything was over, it didn’t matter how strong she could be anymore. The pain of her mistakes, her loneliness, and the truth of her future coalesced. She wouldn’t ever get home, she wouldn’t have anything to remind her of her parents. She wouldn’t climb the trees at night, holding the string they wove to her chest as she watched the stars. She wouldn’t watch humans, keeping an eye out for the one who left her behind that day. She’d be trapped.
The human sucked in a sharp breath. A part of her knew she should be afraid, she should run. Her overabundant pain kept her still. The intense gaze locked onto her, but she didn’t care. Large, warm fingers wrapped around her. The grip would grow harsh to silence her. The pain didn’t come, instead she was lifted from the table. The hold on her shifted just a bit before she was pressed against a broad chest. The thumping beneath her made everything worse.
One of those daunting fingers pressed against her back. A slow rhythmic movement was started. She hated it, but desperately needed it at the same time. The human didn’t make a noise as she continued her painful wails. It finally simmered to sobs as she felt the bits of anger bleed back in. Anger at humans fueled her for so long, she needed it now more than ever.
“I hate you!” she shouted. With all her strength Alessia pummeled the firm chest in front of her. The human hummed, the only noise from him since he’d woken up.
“That’s fine, I’d probably hate me if I were you,” he whispered. That only made her angrier. Empathy to trick her wouldn’t work. Humans would never understand. She squeezed her eyes shut. The image of fear on the faces of her parents when the human back then had first seen them. When they stared back at her as hands closed around them.
“You’re a monster!” The pleas to be let go. The heavy steps as they were carried away. The tears she shed, knowing that the human had found them because they saw her. Knowing her curiosity about humans did that. Knowing her parents were captured because they protected her.
“I suppose I am.” The calm way he spoke only made it worse. She heard the screams when that human silenced her parents. Never knowing if they survived that motion, if they made it where that human was taking them. Her attempts to attack the broad chest started to slow. Her tears came faster.
“Give it back!” Her voice cracked. The pride when they finished weaving the string. The smiles as she used it to climb up to where she’d usually watched humans. Sliding down when large eyes met her own. Her mother covering her with the cloak she always wore. “Give it back… It’s all I have.”
Her arms fell to her sides. She almost missed how her hands brushed the cloak. He didn’t take that. She put all the energy she could into glaring at the human above her, but he was staring at her. Brows furrowed even with the finger still gently rubbing her back. The face softened and the finger pulled away. He pressed her firmly into his chest, it was almost nice. It almost made her feel safe.
The moment of safety died as her stomach dropped. The human was moving, she could hear the fabric shifting. Each small motion felt like too much. She gripped the cloth. The human made a soft groan that rumbled through her. She didn’t know what he was doing. Hopefully he was throwing her away, then she could go home.
The first steps he took shot through her. It made her shout. The palm pressed against her a bit more firmly, the steps after were softer. She could hear him moving things. She wanted to yell at him to just let her go, but it didn’t matter. No one was waiting for her. No one would miss her.
The steps happened again, her stomach dropped when his height shifted. At least she thought that’s what happened. The fingers wormed between her and the broad chest, pulling her away from the cloth she’d held tightly. She wasn’t kept in the air long, set back on the table she’d been on for days. She stumbled to her feet trying to glare at the human.
“It had been cut when you jumped out the window,” he whispered. She couldn’t help mouthing the word, she had never heard it before. “I took it off you and that hook so I could set it out to dry.”
She stared with wide eyes when he brought his hand close. Hanging from his fingers, almost how she remembered it, was the string. The rope she wove with her parents. He didn’t make her walk towards it, bring it to rest right in front of her. She grabbed it and held it close, relieved that all she had left was still there. She didn’t lose her last link.
“I tried to fix it, there’s some sharp edges on the windowsill that cut the string when you were falling,” he said. She didn’t particularly love how much sense that made. She’d been unable to slow her descent back then. Even weak from fear it shouldn’t have been that bad. The human’s laugh rumbled around her. “I don’t think I did a good job, my fingers were too big.”
Alessia slid her hands over the woven string. She found where it had torn, the messy fix the human did. It shocked her how well done it was. She stared up at him, seeing him for what felt like the first time. He had a soft look in his eyes as he watched her. Knowing what she knew, the face wasn’t one she could trust. She almost wanted to.
“Why…” she said. The deep breath he took was enough to pull her forward. His massive fingers caught her before she fell to her knees.
“I didn’t want the threa-” he started.
“Why haven’t you killed me?” It shocked her that she could even cut him off. He stared at her, she tried to keep standing strong as his brows furrowed.
“Why would I?” Somehow that comment only made her angry. She hugged the woven string tighter and stomped her foot.
“That’s what humans do! You take us and control us until you kill us! We’re lucky if you keep us alive for a little while! Use those giant hands to crush me already! Just kill me like that human did my parents!”
Tears rolled down her face as she said it. All this time she kept thinking that they might have survived. That awful crunch when their screams stopped. Watching them fall from the human’s hands as she followed. Seeing empty eyes once the humans were gone. She could pretend until now, until she had to face a human on her own. A human who wasn’t killing her.
His hand surrounded her and a sick hope popped into her chest. She didn’t want to die, but maybe he’d pity her. Not leave her alone. The fingers curled in surrounding her. She closed her eyes, trying to accept the outcome. Except the fingers weren’t hurting. There was a gentle squeeze, but the pressure was just kind. None of what she expected.
“That’s awful, it never should have happened. No one should do that to-” he tried.
“To something useful right?!” she shouted. The fingers squeezed her again. She sucked in a breath, but pain still didn’t consume her.
“No one should do that to another person.”
“I’m not a human.” The human loosened his grip. She should have let him think he tricked her. “You can’t trick me.”
His hand was pulled mostly away from her. Alessia tried not to scream when the massive face loomed closer. The intensity of his eyes made her want to run. His hand came close and tapped her head lightly. The looming figure was gone quickly. She stared up at the man who looked deep in thought. He let out a hum that made her shudder.
“You do look a bit more avian than we do,” he said. She whispered the word to herself, this one she had no idea what it could even mean. The window thing was the exit, but this one… “Your hair feels strange too.”
Alessia forced herself to stand straight. She would deal with what the human did. If she dies she wouldn’t die begging. She would be silent. He wouldn’t get to have fun with her.
“Well… I can’t see a thing that makes you not a person.”
“W-what?” she breathed. The human smiled at her. “I-I’m not a human! I’m…”
“A person doesn’t have to be human.” He leaned closer again. “Are you all on your own?”
“...yes.” She knew telling a human there was no one else would make it worse. Her parents answered yes too. The fingers surrounded her again. She held her breath, but for the first time she didn’t expect pain. The kindness she felt in the soft squeeze didn’t match humans.
“I see…” The fresh smelling breath wafted over her. “I can help you get home, or you can leave on your own. There is another option though.”
Her eyes snapped open as she stared at the human. It was the first time she wanted to use his name. She couldn’t remember it, she didn’t even try to. Asking would only make things worse for her future. This mystery third option would be what she had to take. He’d offer to keep her and she’d try to go home, but the human would stop being kind.
“You could stay here, although I’m only here for a few months now and then. I’m sure you’d be able to take care of yourself on your own. I could bring you back to my home. I do have a wife and son, you could hide from them if you wanted. They wouldn’t hurt you, they’d be kind to you,” he said. Alessia deflated. It was like she thought. Humans aren’t kind. He wanted to keep her.
“So you’re keeping me,” she whispered. The hand pulled back. She watched as the massive being pushed himself away from her. His heavy steps rumbled through the table he’d left her on as he walked. She hugged the woven string to herself. The human stopped far from her, she wasn’t stupid enough to try and escape.
“No, you just have options.” She watched him raise his arms. She couldn’t see what he did, but some strange sound came from in front of him. He stepped back, turning to his side. Alessia gasped when she saw the invisible barrier had moved. The human walked again, stopping near her. “I’ll go to the living room, just come find me if you need me.”
Alessia stared at the human as he walked away. The door she assumed would shut was left open and she was alone. The options were real… She had them and could pick any. She could just stay here, it would be safer. No worrying about a storm destroying her home. She wouldn’t be stuck just eating herbs all the time. She might even get more of that warm red food.
He was still a human, how trustworthy could he be? What if his family hated her or wanted to control her? She hugged the string with all her strength, staring at the one he’d given her. It was thinner, probably stronger. Could she trust a human with her life?
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Vitus sat down on his couch with a small groan. He didn’t expect any of this to happen. He hadn’t done any of the work he planned to do this time around. All his focus was on the tiny person he found. A heavy sigh escaped him as he flexed his own hand. He hoped she would stay, but hearing what she’d been through those hopes were low.
He brought one leg up, resting his ankle on his knee. He didn’t want to be tapping his foot on the ground until he felt sure she’d left. The little woman looked younger than Felix. The time she must have spent alone terrified him. As an attempt to force his mind to stop, he reached for a book left out. Dabria had left it during the last time they all came out here.
He kept one hand on his lap with the book in the other. He kept moving the foot hanging over his ankle like he was tapping it. This was a better fidget than anything. The time he should let her be was hard to guess. He didn’t want to make her think he was going after her. The words on the page blurred together, there was no distracting himself. He leaned back his head to stare at the ceiling.
Vitus closed his eyes and just tried to let his mind go empty. The image of the young woman crying in his hand stayed at the forefront of his mind. He didn’t want to make her go back to what sounded like solitude. She must live somewhere nearby, he could try to find her after. That would probably just scare her more. There had to be some way he could help.
“M-Mr. Human!” a soft voice called. He jumped up searching out the source of the voice. “I-I’m here!”
Vitus followed the call to his foot. He didn’t even feel her through the thick fabric of his socks and pants. He didn’t move, leaning forward seemed like it might lead her to fall. She didn’t need to be hurt again now that the storm ended. He tried to offer her a soft smile, but the tense way she stood told him more than enough.
“Just Vitus is fine,” he whispered. She jumped, but just nodded at him.
“Ok V-Vitus. If I chose to stay around you… would you take me back home first? To my home?” He decided to lean forward then, wrapping a hand around her protectively. Once he was sitting straight, he moved to have his palm open and flat next to her.
“I’ll take you if you don’t want to stay too.” She stared at his palm for a few seconds before climbing on. He noticed that hook she’d left on the windowsill resting on her back. It made him smile, he didn’t want her trapped without him.
“I… I live… I lived in a tree where you used to sit and stare at the ground.”
“Alright, we can go now. If you’re ready.” The small woman nodded.
Vitus didn’t waste any time. He brought her close to his chest and made his way to the door. A sigh managed to escape when he remembered the issue he had with his sneakers. He sat down, setting the palm with the small woman down on the floor. She stared up at him.
“Just need to fix my shoes. I never got the knot out.” The little woman scrambled off his hand like it burned her. He moved after her, freezing before he curled his fingers around her again. He couldn’t keep doing that to her, he could only grab her when it was necessary.
Vitus focused on his shoes. The first slipped on easily. The other posed an issue. He set it on his knee and started to work out the knot he couldn’t understand. He hadn’t gotten caught on anything that day. There were no animals and this didn't happen from the wind. His eyes went wide. Slowly he turned to face the small girl who had started shaking.
“You’re why it’s tied like this…” She ran as soon as the words left his mouth. She dove under a set of shelves he kept near the door. He frowned, but could understand her fear. “I didn’t even notice you… I’m glad I didn’t hurt you that day. Once I’ve fixed this, and you’re ready to come out, we can go.”
Fixing his shoe only took a few minutes. By the time he finished the small woman had come back, a bag on her back he hadn’t seen before. Vitus kept quiet and just offered her his hand again. She was more hesitant now, but still climbed on. He pulled her to his chest and stood. He left, shutting the door gently behind him. He would make sure she didn’t get overwhelmed.
The walk to where she instructed was quiet. This time of year the woods usually were. It was why he came out here to work. The small woman continued to fidget in his hand, but neither of them spoke. Once he reached the set of trees he usually sat by to think he stopped. There were no obvious signs of someone living around here. He flattened his hand to show her where they were.
The small woman pointed towards the tree he usually avoided, there was poison ivy near the roots. He nodded and stepped closer, waiting for another sign. She pointed towards what he’d thought was an owl or squirrel den. The life she lived seemed unbelievable the more he saw of it. He brought his hand up and held her in front of the hole in the tree. She jumped in and he smiled.
The woman poked out for a second, dumping what looked like dried grass from the bag. He frowned, the reasons she carried grass like that made him worry. Silence surrounded them, for a bit he thought she might send him away. He considered leaving, promising to come back around sunset. Instead the small woman appeared at the edge of the hole staring at him again.
“...what if they’re mean? Or try to hurt me?” she asked. It didn’t take him long to realize who she meant.
“Then I’ll stop them. Take you back here where you’ll be safe,” he said. She nodded, he should get around to asking her name.
“How do you… how do you know they aren’t like the other human?” Vitus pulled his phone from his pocket, already calling his wife. There was an easy way to show her how she’d act.
“I can show you.” He hit speaker just as the line connected.
“Vitus? Did that bird recover yet? I’m sure there’s a vet nearby you could bring it to,” Dabria’s voice came across clearly. The little woman backed away.
“She’s fine. Although, what if she wasn’t a bird?” The small woman hugged the pack to her. He didn’t even notice she held it.
“Well then she must be something pretty small if you called her one. Did you find someone else to let sleep on our couch sometimes?” Her laugh echoed through the silent forest. Vitus gave the small woman a look, he hoped she understood it was asking permission. He received a small nod in return.
“Not so much the couch, more like a pillow. I met someone who’s been living on her own for a while out here. Small enough to fit in one hand.” There was a crash from the phone. Dabria had been multitasking again.
“What!? And you told me she was a bird?! I’m coming out there right now! Is she ok? Did you hurt her? Is she hiding from you? I bet you scared her with that glare of yours!”
“Why?” the tiny woman’s soft voice reached his ears. He stepped closer to the tree.
“I can’t believe you’d do that! What if I gave you the wrong information it could have hurt her. Is she really alright? Walking, talking, moving at all? Did she leave already? Did you give her anything she needed before she left?”
“Dabria calm down.” He laughed a bit to himself. He held the phone out to the small woman. Another silent question that received a small nod. “She’s with me now.”
“H-Hello…” The voice sounded strange with so much force behind it. Vitus brought the phone closer to her. She didn’t need to yell for them.
“Hello,” Dabria’s voice came out significantly quieter, “I promise he won’t hurt you. He just looks scary. Are you feeling alright? Do you need anything?”
“H-He… Vitus said I… I could live with you.” Another crash, this time the small woman stepped away.
“Of course you can! I can get something set up for you right now. Is there anything you need? Where would you want to stay? Hmm, maybe we could repurpose one of the vents so you have a nice private spot.”
“...why?” This time the question reached the phone. Vitus could picture the face Dabria made once she heard that small voice. The warm look and hope to give the small woman a safe place.
“You should have a safe place to live, that’s all.” He heard some more noises coming from the phone. “Oh, we could always pretend you’re not here too! I’m sure you can take care of yourself.”
“What… what if a human tries to hurt me?” Vitus tightened his grip on the phone. She sounded her size for once.
“Anyone of any size wants to hurt you, they deal with me first. Although Vitus might be the better one to go to, he looks scary to everyone.” The woman stared with wide eyes at the phone. Vitus pulled it back to himself.
“I’ll let you know what she decides to do, we’ll talk later.”
“Love you, oh! Wait, what's your name?” Dabria’s voice was back to her usual volume. Vitus stared up at the small woman. Her small brown eyes were wide.
“A-Alessia.” Her voice was quiet, he didn’t think Dabria heard.
“She said it’s Alessia.”
“Alessia. Ok, well you’ll always have a place in our home if you want to live with us. Bye.”
The call disconnected and Vitus laughed to himself. Dabria was a bundle of energy at the strangest times. He offered his flattened palm to Alessia, waiting to see her choice. There was no movement. Vitus left his hand for a few more seconds before starting to pull away. A small hand reached out to grab his finger. He moved his hand back up to wait.
“Can I bring my things?” Alessia asked. “To… to your home can I bring what I had here?”
“Alessia,” he smiled, “you can bring whatever you want. It’s going to be your home too.”
The small woman disappeared into the hole. Things started to appear on his hand. When she stopped he raised a brow at her. It seemed like no where near enough for how long she’d lived here. He looked into the house, a small bit of sadness hit him at how empty it was. It was just big enough he could reach inside.
“Is the rest too heavy for you? That is if you want to bring the rest?” He waited, relieved at the small nod. “Alright, I think I can fit my hand inside. Should I try? I might grab you with everything though. Do you want to climb out first?”
The woman nodded. He held his currently occupied hand up to her. She climbed out and then he fit his hand into what used to be her home. With as much care as he could he moved everything away from the walls. There wasn’t much left either way. Once it was piled together he scooped it into his hand and pulled it free. Vitus looked in, relieved to find the hole empty.
“Got it all,” he whispered. He looked down at her before moving his other hand close. He’d cut his trip short and head home today. “Are you ready?”
“I-I guess… you really won’t let humans hurt me? You’re not lying about being kind,” she asked. Vitus knew she was smart, that he could still be lying to her. He decided to bring her up to his face, to stare into her eyes as best he could.
“Alessia, would I go this far if I was lying? No one will hurt you, I won’t let it. You don’t have to trust all of us, not even me, but I’ll be keeping you safe from any humans you don’t want near you. Even Felix and Dabria.”
“O-ok… let’s go home.”
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Alessia's New Fear
Well now I feel like I cheated in my answer to the ask game. Anon feel free to send it again for another wip lol.
More Mafia AU. A look at just why Alessia is so afraid to be near humans
TW: for blood, mentions of giants eating humans, uhh mafia au warnings. I'm so bad at this I'm sorry
Alessia's New Fear
Alessia kept turning to make sure no one was following her. Rhys would only cause the others trouble. Felix would tell mom and dad. She was the only one who could help and she was going to. She knew exactly what to do. Even if the others caught her she’d just lie until they left her alone.
She gripped the bag she carried tighter. Another pause to check around her, holding still when she saw some of the adults nearby. She wasn’t supposed to be playing in this part of the property. Mom and dad always said it was too close to the city. She didn’t think it would matter, she was going to be a hero like them when she was older. She could handle anything on her own.
The bush she had to crawl under finally came into sight. She grinned when her last search around her came up clear. She fell to her knees and made her way through the little tunnel she made. As soon as her head cleared the leaves the old toy castle came into view. It was one of the bigger ones that mom said she had to be careful with. That had been harder to sneak out here, but she managed it. Piece by piece.
She finished crawling through the bush and climbed to her feet. Carefully brushing off the leaves and dirt as she walked closer to the toy castle. It helped that mom and dad hadn’t been to her room lately. They might have asked where it was. She knocked on the drawbridge, waiting patiently for it to come down. Waiting was always the worst part.
As the bridge opened she smiled. It took everything in her not to bounce on her feet. A human with graying black hair poked his head out. She grinned, gasping and covering her mouth when she realized her teeth were in sight. It was hard to remember everything the man told her was scary, but she was getting there. She even managed to keep her voice softer most of the time.
The man stepped out and smiled up at her. She waited a bit impatiently for him to wave. Once he did she nearly fell to her stomach to see him better. He laughed at her excitement. When she first met him he would get upset about it. She was glad it changed. She tried to see inside the castle, to the others she knew were there. He said some were her age.
“Miss Kamia,” the man said. It pulled her from looking into the castle. She pulled the bag she’d brought in front of her.
“Alex!” she said. He shook his head, but the smile on his face stayed. “I brought bread this time. And I managed to grab some pieces of fruit at breakfast.”
Alessia started to empty the bag she’d brought. He told her she usually brings too much, but it was better than too little. She saw the way he brightened at the wrapped napkins. He went to them first, pulling them apart to see the bits of strawberries and melon she grabbed. The second he started to pull it back she picked it up. It would be heavy for him so she set it near the entrance and pushed it into the darkness. Where other humans were still hiding from her.
“Thank you, this is a great help,” he said. She had to force herself not to smile. She didn’t want to scare him this close. “You can smile, it’s clear you won’t hurt us.”
Alessia listened immediately. A big grin showing off her teeth graced her face. Unfortunately a shout from inside the castle made it fall. Alex was the only one who even trusted her. She’d seen faces a few times. No clear features. She wanted to know them though. She wanted to help these humans.
“You should head back before anyone notices where you’ve gone,” Alex said. She knew he didn’t want her there long, but she still had something to ask.
“Are you sure I can’t tell my parents about you? They’ll give you a real place to stay, not a toy. And make sure the others are healthy…” she whispered.
That first day she found them had been awful. A game she made up brought her out here where she found Alex trying desperately to save someone. Alessia managed to bring bandages and medicine, but she still had no idea how much it helped. She hadn’t even seen the face of who he was trying to save.
Despite the faith Alex had he backed away from her. She asked every time and he got nervous every time. He stepped back until he was almost in the castle. She frowned, but accepted the result. She pushed herself to her knees. This time though he came forward again instead of immediately hiding.
“I know you want to help us. I know you say your parents will, but not all giants will be kind. Maybe once everyone is back to full strength I’ll go with you to talk to them,” he offered. She smiled and brought her hands close to him, remembering not to grab just before she made the mistake. She pulled away quickly, noticing the breath of relief he let out.
“Sorry,” she mumbled. She didn’t let it keep her down and focused back on what he said. “You’ll really talk to them? At least think about it?”
“I promise to think about it.”
“Pinky promise?” She held her pinky out to him. She was smaller than most giants her age. Even Rhys looked like he’d be taller than her. Times like this she liked it. He used both hands to grab her pinky. She moved it up and down slowly, smiling when they pulled apart.
Alessia went home after. Days like this continued, her sneaking food out for the humans. Rhys tried to follow her a few times, but she managed to get him to leave. Felix was a lot harder. He started to notice she kept grabbing fruits she didn’t usually eat and hiding them. If their parents didn’t keep him busy with lessons he would have found the humans. She was going to start having those lessons in a few years. Learning how to get humans out safely if they were given one.
Alessia shook her head as she made her way to the bush. Everyone was busy today, some important person was coming over. No one would notice her sneaking out to the bushes this time. She got on her stomach and started to crawl through, but something felt wrong. The tunnel in the bush wasn’t as clean as usual. Something smelled off too, less fresh than she’d grown used to. She didn’t smell the ones she’d noticed the most often either. One earthy and the other like apples. Alex said the others were getting adventurous now.
She swore her heart stopped once she saw the castle smashed to pieces. She didn’t smell blood and hoped that meant something good for the humans she’d been helping. Slowly she crept out the rest of the way. At first she thought they were all gone, but a shout caught her attention. At the edge of the small area was another giant holding a human up above their face.
Acting without thinking she tackled the other giant. It made the human fall, but she grabbed them in her hand before they hit the ground. The other giant had only stumbled, she hated being smaller than the others right now. She wanted to be older, bigger, stronger. She wanted to protect humans like the one she had in her hand. She tightened her grip a bit to make sure they didn’t fall.
“What the hell? I found it first, what's wrong with you?” the giant shouted. She heard that voice before, it was one of the kids of another family. She pulled her hands close to her chest, she’d keep them safe. She didn’t know which one had survived what happened, but she’d save them.
“This is my family’s property, the humans here were mine,” she said. She tried to sound scary and intimidating. She tried to think of her parents and be just like them. “Mom and dad let me keep them here. They won’t be glad that you’ve taken them from me.”
“Why don’t you try to stop me from taking that human back?” The giant finally came to tower over her. She was a full head shorter than them. It wouldn’t be easy to fight them while holding the human. She hadn’t even looked at them yet. She held just a bit tighter, she would keep them safe. “Can you shorty? You’re almost short enough to be a human yourself…”
Alessia backed away prepared for the worst. She would get out of this. The human would get out of this. She’d tell her parents and they’d find the family that took all the others. Her parents would save the humans. She tripped over the bush she’d climbed through so many times letting out a yelp and tightening her hold on the human more. She couldn’t let them get hurt. Her nails were digging into the skin of her palm with her tight grip.
“Alessia?” Felix’s voice was a lot more of a relief than she expected. He ran up to her just as the other giant climbed over the bush. Felix’s hands were on her shoulders as the other giant registered who he was meeting. “What’s going on?”
The cold voice was one she knew. He was mad. He was mad and willing to fight. He spared a glance down at her hands before looking at the giant she ran from. He pulled her to her feet, so much taller and only two years older. Her parents were huge too, she wanted to be like that someday.
“The shrimp stole a human I was given, just have her give it back and nothing happens. I won’t even tell my dad about this. You know your dad’s been trying to meet with him, wouldn’t want to ruin things,” she shivered from the giant’s voice. She pulled her hands closer to her chest. This human would be saved. Felix squeezed her shoulder before stepping forward.
“Seems more like you’re picking a fight. Alessia, why don’t you go tell mom and dad about the human they gave you getting stolen by a Sulvan. Should make things easy right?” Felix said. The cold tone made her nervous, but she had to get the human in her hands to safety. She nodded before running off. There was a shout before she heard what was likely Felix punching the other giant. Someday she’d be strong enough to fight someone like that and protect a human.
As she ran she finally looked down at her hands. They were red, she didn’t know why. As she opened them she realized how tightly she’d been holding. The human in her hands looked broken, but they were looking up at her. It took her time to realize it was Alex. The one who had finally started to trust her. She pulled her flat hands close to her chest as she ran.
In the house she didn’t bother with the study where her dad would be. He was meeting someone. She ran straight to her parents’ room where her mother was sitting at the desk. Alessia pulled her hands from her chest and shoved the human at her mother. There were a few seconds where nothing happened. She was panting while her mother stared at the broken figure who had fear painting his features.
As soon as the shock wore off everything happened too fast. Alex was pulled from Alessia’s hands while her mother whispered oh no and oh god. She was ushered from the room as her mother called for her father. She didn’t leave, using what she’d seen Rhys do to overhear. She had to know if Alex would be ok. He wasn’t that bloody before, but she didn’t… it wasn’t because of her right?
“Vitus, we need a doctor now!” her mom said. She heard her dad rummaging around the room. Cabinets and drawers closing. “Vitus!”
“Can you handle the meeting today? I’ll head to a human safe city. We’ll get him treated and set up now. There’s no way we can get him treated safely here,” her dad said. His voice was more commanding than usual. She flinched at the subtle anger in his tone. It would be directed at her. “There’s a town nearby, it should be fine to go there.”
“Vitus, they'll recognize you. What if they-”
“I’ll get him safe and get out. We’re not letting someone we could save die.”
The door was ripped open as her dad started to walk out. She didn’t see where he was holding Alex, but she knew he was. He glanced at her before storming away. It was her fault, she’d hurt him. She tried to save him, but only made it worse. Her mom noticed she was there, but Alessia ran before she could say anything.
Her room was her goal. She ran upstairs ignoring the call of her name. The front door shut, her dad would probably yell at her later. She deserved it. They were supposed to be the good guys. They were the heroes, but she was worse than the giant Felix got into a fight with. As soon as she reached her room she crawled under her bed. Another privilege to being small, most of her family couldn’t fit underneath like she could.
She waited for someone to come get her. To tell her how terrible she was, maybe even tell her she’s like the other families. Instead the first steps that came into her room were light and careful. Before she could try to hide Rhys was there, his curiosity clearly driving him. He was younger than her, but always knew how to find out information people wanted hidden. Felix was good at sewing. And she… she couldn’t even protect one human without hurting them.
Rhys crawled under the bed towards her. She tried to shimmy away, but she wasn’t as small as a human. She couldn’t get away that easily. Her brother reached her and wrapped her in a hug. It took a few seconds for her to wind up crying instead. He probably knew, Felix definitely knew, her parents were going to make sure none of the humans went near her now. That was better because she couldn’t hurt them.
“Felix made the Sulvan kid cry,” Rhys whispered. Alessia tried to stop crying, but it hurt too much. “Apparently he didn’t like picking on someone bigger. Dad called, the human’s getting treated.”
“...I hurt him, Rhys,” she whispered. Her little brother curled up how he used to, making her hide him from everything else. He knew it usually helped when she was upset. This time… this time it hurt more. “His name is Alex… can you go tell mom for me?”
Rhys nodded against her and started to leave. He stared at her for a few minutes. Finally disappearing. He threw her favorite stuffed doll at her before leaving. A hero from stories her dad told from where he grew up. The hero she wanted to be. She curled up as small as she could, leaving her toy forgotten.
The next time someone came to her room she knew it was her mom. No one else had steps that sounded quite like hers. Alessia tried to slide further into the darkness. She didn’t want to be yelled at or hear her punishment. It didn’t help when her mother’s eyes appeared straight ahead. She would never be a hero like her parents.
“Your friend Alex is going to be fine,” her mom said. Alessia nodded. “Why don’t you come out here and we can talk, ok?”
Alessia wanted to fight it, but she knew better. Her mom would wait all night if she had to. With one last muffled sob Alessia climbed towards her mother and away from her shelter. She stood the second she was out, her mother grabbed her hands. There was a small noise from the adult before a warm towel was rubbed against Alessia’s hands.
“I knew you hadn’t done anything other than hide,” her mom whispered. Seeing that she stayed sitting, Alessia joined her on the floor. She stared up at her mother’s face, a warm look that she didn’t think she deserved. The red she’d left on her hands was wiped away, revealing cuts she must have given herself. “There we go, I knew you’d cut your hands too. Too much blood to be just his injuries.”
“I thought I was saving him,” Alessia whispered. She was forced to face her mother.
“You did, he asked your father to tell you that. The one you grabbed him from was going to eat him.” Two hands held Alessia’s face still so she had to stare into her mother’s red eyes. “He was hurt, but he’ll live and that means a lot more.”
“He probably tried to tell me, or he would have if I didn’t say you gave him to me. I promised not to tell you, not until everyone was all better.” She was pulled into her mother’s arms. A tight hug that she didn’t deserve.
“Alessia, there wasn’t much you could do. You did save him, even if he got hurt. He was already hurt from the one you saved him from. We’ll just start you on the lessons we’re giving Felix now so you can be better prepared next time-”
“No!” She pushed herself away from her mother’s hug. She didn’t want to go near humans anymore. She didn’t want to hurt them again. “I’m not touching a human again! I won’t hurt them again!”
Alessia didn’t wait for her mother to say anything more. She crawled back under her bed, as far back as she could. She didn’t want to put humans at risk because she wasn’t good enough to protect them. Felix, Rhys, mom and dad could be heroes. She’d just stay away and make sure she wasn’t one of the bad guys they had to stop.
Her mother sighed. She waited for some lecture to pull her back out. Instead she was left alone as she turned around to face her mother again. The woman stood up and left. Alessia was left alone. She folded her arms and hid her face. She’d just hide out in her room until she was old enough to leave. Then she’d move away and not be a problem for her family either. She was too small to be a hero like them anyways.
She didn’t know how long it was before she heard the heavy steps of her dad. She curled up as small as she could. She heard him groan, probably as he sat on the ground. She didn’t want to see his angry face. He never got mad at them really, but she’d seen it in meetings. She didn’t want to see it now.
“I talked to Alex,” her dad said. She flinched, he sounded tired. Not angry at least. “He said you helped him take care of a whole group who’d escaped someone else. That you brought a big toy castle outside for them to stay in. Medicine, bandages, food…”
Alessia chanced looking up from her arms. All she could see were his crossed legs. She couldn’t stop herself from crawling forward to try and see his face.
“He said that it had been going on for weeks. That you kept trying to convince him to meet us so we could help him.” She heard something in his voice. Usually she heard it when her dad talked about Felix playing the part of the future head, or Rhys and his spying. “He said you saved one of the kids he was taking care of. They would have died from the wounds the person they escaped from caused if you hadn’t found them all.”
She was close enough to the edge of her bed she could look up at her dad. His face wasn’t as angry as she expected. He looked tired, more than he normally did. His eyes were on her before she could back up again.
“He told me he wishes he believed you about us. That we’d help. He didn’t know what happened, the castle was destroyed and the others were screaming. He was given to someone else and held so tightly he could barely breathe. Next thing he knew you were holding him.”
He opened his arms to her. An invite for a hug. She was a little scared to accept it, but he didn’t look angry. Alessia finished climbing out of her hiding spot and moved straight into her father’s lap. He wrapped her tightly in a hug, resting his chin on her head.
“You did hold him too tight, but Alex would have died without you. We’ll try to find the ones who got taken away, but I told him it’s not likely we’ll find them all.” She nodded. That made sense. He pulled his head off hers and made her look at him. “I’m really proud you tried to help them. Next time, tell us even if they don’t want you to. We’d rather not force a human to let us help them, but we don’t want things like this happening again.”
Alessia just nodded. Her dad was right. She should have gone straight to her parents even though Alex begged her not to. Then all the humans would be safe. She just didn’t want to betray them. He pulled her close again and set his chin back on her head. She stayed there quietly.
“...I don’t think I could,” she whispered. Her dad hummed questioningly. “I don’t think I could tell you even if I know they might get hurt. Wouldn’t that be as bad as grabbing a human?”
“You’ll understand as you get older why it’s better to tell us, for now we’re all going to make sure this doesn’t happen again.” His hold on her got a little tighter. It made her feel safe. “We’re going to build a fence around the property. Leaving human sized entrances placed at the base.”
“What if they need things? Like bandages… or food?” If humans could be safe without any of their help she’d be happy. She had no idea how many humans had been with Alex, but if they didn’t need her they would have been safer. She liked this idea.
“Well, that’s why I’m giving you an important job.” She gasped, she didn’t want to be near humans. She’d just hurt them. She couldn’t get how broken Alex looked out of her mind. “You’ll know best what a human who ran would need. I want you to make packages to leave near all the entrances for humans to use. Anything you think they could need, gets put at those entrances. Small safe zones for any humans on the run.”
“I… Felix should do it. He can keep humans safe…” Her dad pulled away again. She looked up at him on her own. His face was soft, he only looked at her, her brothers and her mom like this. Others never saw it.
“This is a job only you can do. We’ll talk about it more once we’ve started building the fence, but this is how we need you to help Alessia. Will you try?”
“...I’ll try…”
Vitus hugged his daughter tighter. She’d been through more than enough. There was a lot he got to hear from the man she’d saved. How she’d been visiting daily and bringing anything he asked for. That she’d bring whatever she thought might help. The way she managed to make even the kids her age calm enough to leave the shelter she’d given them. Alessia was kind… So kind he wished she was being raised in his hometown.
They sat together for a long time. He just kept her held in his arms. Once she fell asleep he climbed to his feet and tucked her into bed. As he reached the door he looked back at her. He could see the marks from her tears still on her face. This wouldn’t be something she moved past easily. When he made a mistake around her age he’d been reluctant to go near humans again too. It was easier for him, he wasn’t in a city like this.
Vitus sighed as he turned off the lights and shut the door. As he walked away he checked on Rhys and Felix. Both had fallen asleep long before he came home. He didn’t think Alessia would be awake either. He was proud of Felix for defending Alessia and Alex, but the fight was going to need cleaning up. Rhys apologized for not spying well enough, he didn’t want his son thinking like that. Sometimes he did regret the choices he and Dabria made. Bringing innocent kids into this mess.
“Mr. Kamia, Sir,” someone called out to him. He stopped, staring at the shorter giant as he ran up. “There’s a call for you. In your office. They said it was important.”
Vitus nodded and made his way down the stairs. He passed his room, Dabria was curled up unable to sleep. Too worried about Alessia. He shut the door to his office as he entered. He’d probably work all night. He needed to get that fence set up. He fell heavily into his chair before picking up the receiver.
“Hello,” he said. He realized only now he didn’t ask anything about the call. There was no idea of who he was talking to. The reason they could be calling could be too many to name.
“Is this Vitus?” a muted voice asked. He couldn’t recognize it. “I’m sorry sir, there was no last name on the information you left us at the hospital. This is Vitus right?”
He sat up straight. “Yes. Has there been a change?”
“We just wanted to update you. The patient has woken up and is stable. He’ll have to stay for a few weeks while he heals. It does look like he’ll make a full recovery. There will be a need for some physical therapy. I just had a few questions. You said there had been an accident, but the wounds don’t coincide-”
He ended the call before they finished. There was someone who’d arrive as the human’s family and give him a safe place. He’d make a full recovery, Alessia hadn’t done lasting damage. At least that was something he could tell her. Then… then he’d just have to hope time made her willing to get close to humans again.
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Meeting Your God
Day 6 AU
THIS HAS SPOILERS FOR FF14 ENDWALKER AND PATCH 6.3 (Alliance Raid 2 post story)
Ash and Delphia are scouting ahead of their current group for this series of fights, but it's for some reasons that they want to keep hidden from the others
Meeting Your God
Delphia was excited. The next god to fight was Halone. All the stories she heard while training in Ishgard would be nothing next to this. Her tail whipped behind her and her ears twitched. The Elezen from her training days would never believe the little Miqo’te is the one who got to fight Halone. The Au Ra next to her clearly didn’t share her excitement. They had a glare on their face.
“Ash, I promise this will be fine. It’s just scouting. If we can tell the others what to expect the fight will go better,” she said. Ash groaned, it was clear they disagreed.
“We have faced Nophica, Althyk, and Nymeia together with no scouting. I don’t think we should be doing this. At the very least I don’t think you should be fighting as a Dragoon,” they said. Delphia frowned; this was an argument they’d had a few times already.
“Ash I told you I have to fight Halone of the twelve as a dragoon.” She held up her lance for emphasis. It wasn’t as though she had stopped keeping her gear ready. She also trained with her guild pretty often. Sometimes even getting Estinien to spar, usually with Tataru’s help. She was ready.
“You’ve been fighting as a ninja for all of the others. Halone is the goddess of war. The fight shall be worse than any other, we should not be alone for this.”
Delphia stopped walking and stared up at the tall Au Ra. Sometimes she hated when she couldn’t stare down at them. The house they’d bought in Gridania’s lavender beds gave her a perfect perch usually. Although, they hadn’t been there since the final days were averted. It was too painful to see the home that three of them had put together.
“Ash, we’ll be fine. Rescue me if it looks like things will go wrong and we’ll run. You’re one of the best white mages out there, you’ll keep me alive. Just let’s try this fight with Halone. I can’t just be part of the crowd later,” she said. She couldn’t wait. If they did it with the others everyone would know. She would be asked to leave, G’Raha would convince her to leave. She couldn’t have that.
“Is this truly going to help?” their voice was quiet. It made her shiver, they weren’t just treating it like a strange adventure anymore. They were making her face the truth too. “I know that this-”
“Pray not now.”
She had wrapped her tail around her leg, her ears flat on her head. Ash came up and pulled her into a tight hug. Things hadn’t truly recovered for them, not yet. The final days were horrifying. So many innocent people lost, and they lost one they loved. Nothing had been the same since they watched their partner disappear.
“This won’t bring her back, Halone didn’t-”
“The twelve didn’t help! You know how many nights I begged to bring her back. To show us she was safe. They could have done something… They could have helped. I need to be here to fight them, but Halone… She looked like Halone Ash. I can’t even enter the Holy See… I need to be sure I can face her, that we’ll finish this fight against them. I can’t let them keep me from fighting.”
“We’ll fight, but we leave at the first sign it’s too much.” They pulled back, large hands cupping her face. She leaned into them. “Promise me we’ll leave, I can’t lose you too.”
“I promise. We both live after this and… and maybe we can finally go back home once we’ve faced her. Just live in the memories until the next disaster. The next foray into the world of the voidsent.”
Ash leaned forward and kissed her. It was quick, but their emotion came through like fire. She wouldn’t be able to face this painful reality without them. Thavnair was rebuilding, the entire world was rebuilding. The lopporits were trying to find their place. The final days were stopped. Everything was good, but for the two of them life had been changed in horrible ways. Ways that they were fighting to overcome.
They spent the rest of the walk to Halone holding hands. This was about more than just discovering the truth of the twelve. This was her own chance at revenge. Revenge for the years she spent promising to serve Halone, to fight under her. The nights she prayed and begged for Alessia to be safe. That the disasters had merely separated them. Ash’s grip on her hand was tight, they were thinking the same things.
The battlefield for Halone was open, much like Nophica’s. There didn’t look to be any danger of falling, that made this easier. The goddess hadn’t appeared yet, but they were ready. They could do this. Ash had brought her back from death before. They took the events of the final days so much harder. They couldn’t save someone from their own dynamis destroying them.
“Ready?” she whispered as she squeezed their hand.
With a single nod they released her. Their staff in hand they started casting the spells that would keep her safe. She held her lance forward as she stepped closer. A large woman landed in front of them. The pain was already starting. The same hair and form as the one they lost. The warm feeling of Ash’s magic faltered for only a moment.
“Nophica had warned me there would be an army to fight,” the voice was melodic. She hadn’t heard Halone talk, she didn’t expect a similar voice. The goddess had a change in posture as she focused on the two of them. Almost rigid. “Pray let the battle commence. It shall be one to remember either way.”
Delphia ran forward. The fight began and her own mind started to go numb. Halone had been a guiding light in her time training as a dragoon. She’d been disliked for her heritage. Looked down on for her small stature. Halone pushed her forward at each step. A calming thought of someone who could stand tall, someone she could look up to.
She jumped, aiming to hit that armor Halone wore on her face. She wanted to see the eyes of the goddess she had grown to hate. Hating her was almost strange. Following her brought her to Ash. The Au Ra had traveled to Gridania to train in healing magic. They wanted to see the forests the place was known for. They were why the house they bought was in the lavender beds.
Delphia bounced off when her hit landed. There was no visible crack. It would take time to build up the jump again so she went for quick stabs. Halone was moving slower than she expected. The other gods had all been constant attacks, but Halone was leaving wide openings. Delphia grew desperate to make this goddess take their fight seriously.
“All-piercing spear, drink deep of raging blizzards!”
Another set of warnings how the ice would scan the floor. Ash had to run up next to her. The safest part of this attack was the two of them together. They had tear tracks. This was hard on them too. Delphia reached up to her own face, her gauntlet came back with the frozen tears. The ice attacks were stopping her own from streaming down her cheeks. It made this easier.
“For glory you must be prepared to render your all!”
Ash ran back and Delphia jumped again. She landed a solid blow on the helm once more. It wouldn’t be impossible to keep this up. She would see Halone’s face, see the face of the goddess who failed. She could remember the day she and Ash had been traveling. When a random woman had been injured. Ash healed her while Delphia fought off the attackers.
“You must do better than that against me.” Halone’s voice sounded strange again. Almost like she was crying. Delphia would never expect that.
A massive spear attack was coming and she had to watch for the safe spot. Running to that location gave her only more time to think, to remember. The brown eyes sparkling as they talked. Night-sky hair that she spent time helping to free of blood. The laughter when the new woman had never heard of such normal things as the aesthetician. The excitement with some of it. Ash had even spoken around her quite a bit.
Delphia managed another jump, landing on the helm again. The attacks were landing easily. It didn’t seem right. There was something bigger coming. The goddess of war couldn’t be this easy to defeat. This wasn’t the fight that she wanted, it was… It was as though Halone wanted to lose against her. That wasn’t enough.
“Fight like you mean it, Halone,” she shouted. That caused a reaction from the goddess.
“There is no retreat - only victory or defeat!” Halone screamed.
A pulse of something came from the goddess’s feet. Likely a warning. Ash had stepped forward, she could see them considering a spell. They were ready to rescue her out of danger. As she reached them a ring of icicles appeared behind them. She grabbed their arm and ran to where the icicles spawned. Just as they reached safety icicles spawned where Ash had been standing. This time there was no sign of the goddess going easy.
The icicles continued to appear in a circular pattern growing closer to Halone. Ash prepared spells, the pulsing hadn’t stopped. Another circle of ice appeared, she realized then it wasn’t icicles. Lances of ice were shooting up from the ground. Apt for Halone. She took the chance to do another jump attack, the helm had cracked. This should be enough.
Memories filled her mind as she entered the air. Working as an adventuring party. Taking in anyone who wanted to aid in battle. Yet the three of them were always together. She was their damage, dragoon or ninja once she’d learned of that job. The stone spoke to her in ways the dragoon job stone never did. Then a paladin, the only paladin she and Ash would ever work with.
“Victory must be seized with one’s own hands!” Halone’s voice hadn’t moved. She took aim.
Another attack landed, but this time Ash pulled her away. The rescue spell hadn’t been needed. She could do this, she would win. They’d finally move forward, forget all the pain. Reminisce in the memories that were too painful to see. Ash grabbed her arms and held her facing Halone once the rescue had finished.
“What are you-”
“Look,” they interrupted her.
Delphia watched as the goddess who may even be bigger than the ancients stood with her head straight up. She… she was taking Delphia’s attacks on purpose? That made no sense. Those attacks could cause the helm to shatter, freeing up new spots to injure. Create better openings to defeat the goddess.
“Why…” she whispered.
Ash shook their head, but pulled her into their arms. This fight was over. Together they watched the helm split in half as Halone turned to face them again. Delphia fell to her knees. Now she could see the tears on the goddess’s face. The clear pain in her eyes. The helm fell to the ground cracking the ice at the goddess’s feet. It wasn’t… it wasn’t possible.
“Alessia?” Ash was the one to say it. Delphia shook her head. This wasn’t possible. Alessia was a miqo’te. Adorable ears that twitched all the time. A tail that wrapped around Ash’s horns when she slept. Alessia… was another warrior of light.
Halone didn’t continue the fight. She dropped her weapons, both fading away. This couldn’t be Alessia. Alessia was shorter than Delphia. Halone, the goddess who looked like their lost partner, was gigantic. Taller than even the tallest Roegadyn. This wasn’t Alessia, this was someone else. A goddess playing an awful trick on a follower who used to be devout.
Delphia climbed to her feet. Ash’s hold had already fallen away. It was the opening she needed, the opening she wanted. These battles weren’t meant to be fatal, but this time she’d end the goddess who failed her. She switched her jobstone out, all of it was prepared. She pulled out her daggers and ran forward, she’d punish the twelve for abandoning them.
“Delphia!” Ash shouted. She ignored them, rescue wouldn’t be ready yet. She used a skill to get above Halone, forced the pain in her heart down, and made a move to kill. Except… that didn’t happen.
Halone caught her waist. Two massive hands holding her like a Roegadyn held a Lalafell. She squirmed to escape. There had to be a way to get free. To continue her plan. The twelve abandoned them in the final days, they weren’t there for Bahamut. It was never their power that helped they didn’t get to take credit anymore. She’d make sure at least one was gone, even one that looked like someone she could barely live without.
The goddess moved her until she was cradled against her armored chest. She hated it. It felt like when Alessia hugged her in those last few days. The night just before they fought Zodiark. Before the final days began. Alessia hadn’t gone along on that fight. She said she’d stay back, she’d protect the others.
When they returned Ash found her first. Delphia showed up seconds later, but those precious seconds were too many. She watched Ash desperately trying to heal Alessia as that horrible black smoke took over her body. No creature appeared in the aftermath, Alessia was just gone. The dynamis destroyed the aether of her soul.
The goddess kneeled in front of Ash. She towered even over them, they just barely reached Delphia while Halone crouched. It felt almost normal. Ash near her while she was wrapped in someone else’s arms. This wasn’t Alessia though. It wasn’t their partner and she had to get away. She started to squirm, a massive hand set on her cheek stopped her.
Delphia was forced to stare into brown eyes that looked too much like the ones she lost. She couldn’t even use Ash for support. Their fingers were wrapped around the hand bigger than her head, trying to pull it away. There was no chance for this to work. She should have known better. She couldn’t kill a god, at least not if it was a real god. Something more than Zodiark or the other primals.
“I missed you,” Halone(?) said. Halone couldn’t have missed her. They had never met before. At least not outside of the times Delphia prayed for help. “I missed both of you, but I couldn’t come back.”
“Lady Halone, we have never met. Pray release Delphia. I will make sure the two of us do not continue with the fights. I beg that you forgive her. We both have yet to truly recover from the losses suffered during the final days,” Ash said. Delphia could hear the undertone of fear. That wasn’t her bigger concern.
“No!” Delphia screamed. “Our fight isn’t over! You can’t just decide it’s done!”
“Del, I don’t-”
“Don’t call her that.” Ash was angry, she didn’t even have to be upset. She was angry too though. Only Alessia used her nickname… Alessia gave it to her.
Halone finally changed how she held Delphia. The goddess set her down next to Ash who pulled her close. Together they were left staring up at a face that couldn’t exist. Brown eyes, red lips, tears still trailing down massive cheeks. Bigger than any other race in the world. One of the twelve gods and yet… A carbon copy for the women the two of them loved and lost.
“Ash, Del, it’s me. It’s Alessia,” the goddess said. Delphia had already started shaking her head. It wasn’t possible. “Pray… why would I lie? What… what would Halone have to lie to you about?”
“Ash…” Delphia whispered. Their arms around her grew tighter. A few taps on her hand where they held it. Taps that meant no. They knew what she was thinking, they both wouldn’t risk it. Hope had left them both nearly dead too many times now. Claims that people thought they saw her, belief that she had somehow escaped that awful fate.
“Pray, how can I prove I am who I claim? We bought a home in the lavender beds? You both said I was the only paladin you’d place your faith in? The private moments shared in bed after the hardest battles my loves, two warriors of light, fought?”
“Why are you doing this?” Delphia’s voice was wet with her tears. Ash had already crouched to bury their face in her hair. “Is this punishment for coming to fight you alone? For my attempt to kill you? I thought only the Ascians would be this cruel.”
The goddess’s arms surrounded them. They were pulled forward, pressed against her. Another feeling of normalcy. A feeling of home that shouldn’t exist. If Ash wasn’t holding her, still crying against her, she’d fall for it. Think this was just like before, that their lives could go back to the simple days before the final days began.
“Pray believe me. I wanted to come back, but it wasn’t possible. I had to return to my post as Halone…” the goddess said. Ash tapped her again. They believed the goddess, but it only hurt more. Alessia was Halone? The goddess that Delphia looked to for guidance so often. That she begged to bring her love back. That same person was who she wanted back.
“Why did you come to us?” Ash asked. That caught Delphia off guard. They didn’t usually speak up, but then again this was Alessia. “Why stay as long as you did?”
Alessia let them go. She backed away, standing up to her full height. Three times Ash’s height at least. Just as beautiful as when she was a Miqo’te. Somehow more gorgeous standing so tall. Able to carry both of them easily if she wanted. To take them from here, make the decisions about what happened next. Yet there were still tears dripping from those warm brown eyes.
“I fell in love,” Alessia whispered as she bent over to be closer to them. A hand bigger than her head cupped Delphia’s cheek. An identical one holding Ash. This really was her. Their Alessia. The same one who they watched disappear during the final days. She was alive.
“I don’t understand. How are you Halone? One of the twelve… Why were you left weak by the road if you’re a goddess?” Delphia started to ramble. Everything was too much. The woman she loved was alive. Both her partners were alive. The three of them were together. She wanted to kill this woman. Nothing made sense. “How did you disappear during the final days? What… why couldn’t you come back? What let you stay in the first place?”
A massive thumb wiped away her tears. Ash’s head had moved to rest on her own. Her loves, her partners, all around her. Yet nothing would let them go back. Their home in the lavender beds wasn’t right for a goddess. She’d been so cruel to Halone since Alessia disappeared. They didn’t deserve the happy ending.
“The same reason you’re here now. I have to be a part of these fights. The truth you must learn. After… after I might be able to come home.” Alessia leaned forward, her head was big enough to touch both Delphia and Ash at once. A motion that was reassuring and cruel. “I… the me you knew was something I made. I’d been drawn to both of you for a long time. When I saw your adventures I grew jealous.”
“I didn’t think one of the twelve could be jealous of the rest of us,” Ash muttered. There was mirth in their voice, the comment made Alessia laugh. Delphia was lost, by the twelve was Alessia’s laugh beautiful. Even thinking that felt wrong, swearing the beauty by the beauty itself.
“I’m different. I made that person you knew, a young Miqo’te woman who could live with you. My power had been affected by the final days. The body I’d been using was disrupted and faded away.” A sigh followed by those huge hands disappearing. They pulled Delphia and Ash into a hug again. Alessia’s lips by her ears. “It seemed like the feelings I had were the power behind that creation. I couldn’t be her anymore though. I wanted to see you as myself. I had… I had no way of knowing this would even be possible.”
“What next then?” Delphia pushed back, Ash moved with her. They weren’t letting her go. It seemed they were worried she’d collapse. She probably would without their support. “You’re Halone of the twelve. We’re just… we’re just people that others call warriors of light. Is it all over?”
“No.” Alessia’s voice was loud. Similar to her quips during their battle. “Tomorrow, I fight as I’m expected to. I follow my role until it’s done. Then, once this is all over, I’ll come home. I’ll find a way to be with you both again. Not as Halone, not as the Miqo’te woman who had been lost and confused, but as myself. Alessia, a paladin who aids two warriors of light as they save the world time and again.”
“If you can’t come back?” Ash asked. Their weight against Delphia grew, they were worried too. That this dream would turn to a nightmare.
“I’ve spoken with Menphina and Nymeia, you two are my loves and my fate.” Alessia lifted them both up, holding them tightly to her chest. “I will be back once this is settled. Once this business I am needed for is over. I can return then. We can go home and be happy. I make no promises I will be a Miqo’te again, I find I like being able to hold you both like this.”
Alessia laughed again. It caused both her and Ash to laugh along. Alessia was alive. Their grief could be over. Ash even loosened their hold, but that reminded Delphia of one thing. She slid from their grasp and reached a hand up to Alessia. The giant woman crouched until her cheek met Delphia’s small hand.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered. Brilliant brown eyes were shining in front of her. Ash had followed her, their hand pressed on Alessia’s other cheek. “You heard my prayers and curses didn’t you?”
“I… Try as I did I could not avoid them.” Alessia’s voice was a whisper. Ash moved closer, pressing their forehead into her cheek. “I tried not to listen closely, I did not deserve to hear your words.”
“I’m so sorry. The things I’ve said… Pray, let me prove to you I had never meant to hurt you. Once we’re home I shall show you the truth of my feelings.”
“Alessia, I apologize as well. I have made my own cruel prayers.” Delphia jumped hearing Ash say that. They had tried to convince her not to blame Halone and yet they also blamed her. “You did not deserve the anger or pain from our hearts blasting your own ears.”
Tears rolled down the goddess’s face. Flashes of pain and relief in her eyes. Their words must have been akin to swords stabbing through her hundreds of times.
The remainder of the time was spent in silence together. Alessia had eventually shifted to hold them both. Her armor had been taken off and it was like the night before Zodiark. Before their lives changed. It was unbelievable to have her back. Unfortunately they had to leave. Sneaking back to camp where everyone would prepare for the fight the next day.
The trip to the battle was faster with their group. Everyone was anxious to fight the goddess of war. Delphia and Ash were towards the back this time. The fight would be exciting, Alessia promised a true challenge this time. There was a moment when the group reached the battlefield that Delphia worried the night before was a dream. Except she could see the mark on the helm where she’d cracked it. Everyone took their places, Ash squeezed her hand as she went to her spot. Alessia as Halone smiled, Delphia knew it was at them.
“I, the Fury, shall test your strength of spirit.”
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Interesting Sample Part 1
Heyy finally getting a bit more fore the mafia AU.
This time we get to learn just how the human Ryder wound up with the ruthless Kamia family. And how he got to stay with them.
TW: Some dehumanization, broken bones, panic, blood, references to giants eating humans
Part 2 , Part 3(Final)
Interesting Sample
Ryder ran as fast as he could. A foot stomped down just barely missing him. He almost lost his balance, but managed to turn it into a dive under a chair. He was breathing heavily as the weight of the man chasing him slammed into the ground. Ryder scrambled back to try and get any distance from the giant. A scream escaped him as the chair was roughly thrown to the side.
“Fucking brat,” the giant said. Ryder flinched at the loud voice. He climbed to his feet planning to run again, but a hand slammed down on him before he could. He screeched when he thought he heard something crack. “So much for making it worth my while agreeing to take you along.”
Ryder had to focus on breathing. The pain was only in his arm, he could overcome that. He just had to wait for the idiot to move to pick him up. Then he could run again, at least hide until things settled down. He was smart enough to get away.
“Sir!” someone called. The same someone who ratted him out. All he did was steal a little of the fancy food the jerk holding him down bought. It wasn’t even noticeable, but he acted like it was the end of the world. He just wanted something other than the stale food the giant normally left out for him. “The eldest Kamia kid is coming!”
Heavy steps made Ryder jump as the other giant came out. He didn’t need to see the traitor’s face to know there was a confident smirk. It wasn’t Ryder’s idea in the first place to take some. Stupid assistant said it would be fine. The hand around him grew just a bit heavier. It made him gasp for air.
“Maybe you can make up my investment in you after all,” the heavy handed giant said. Ryder’s eyes went wide as the fingers curled in around him. He wasn’t getting a chance to run this time.
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Felix kept a bored look on his face as he walked down the street. A few new stores popped up recently and his dad asked him to see just what they were selling. There’d been some rumors that even the other families weren’t happy to hear. His mom would be handling it, but he was finding the proof. The newcomers liked to think he was just a dumb kid who wouldn’t know any better.
So far none of the stores had anything obviously wrong. A few he knew his parents would target later. Clear them out and get the humans to safety. He wanted to do something more to help when he was older. He’d find some way to be useful.
“Hey little Kamia,” a voice called. It was different than any he was used to hearing. ‘Little Kamia’ certainly wasn’t a name he’d heard before. A rather short stocky man ran up to him. There was a small box clasped in meaty hands. It didn’t leave a good feeling in Felix’s stomach.
“Can I help you?” Felix asked. The man leaned in close with a conspiratorial smile. It made him angry. Adults who treated him like this were never up to something he wanted a part of.
“I just opened a business here. Selling only top of the line goods. I was hoping you could give your father a good word after getting a view of what I have.”
Felix narrowed his eyes. The box in the man’s hands seemed a lot smaller than it did at first. Too small for what was implied. Felix just gave him a small nod waiting for the presentation of his stock. The man seemed almost giddy as he opened the small box. Inside was someone who shouldn’t be there.
Ryder should have known other humans wouldn’t help him. Being gagged and tied didn’t make this whole situation better. It was even worse knowing they pitied him. They still tried to cushion his arm. Of course the jerky giant would keep the other humans in the place hidden from him until now. He was just an example of what happens when you misbehave. Apparently this time it was being given to some random giant kid.
Golden eyes glared at him and made him wish he could say anything. Huge fingers reached forward, it seemed like they could dwarf the hand that crushed him earlier. Fingers as wide as he was tall pinched his sides. The giant kid plucked him from the box like a toy. At least he hoped it was a toy. The eyes he was held in front of seemed to bleed a different idea.
“What exactly are you showing me? This one doesn’t seem to be worth even half price,” the kid said. Ryder had tried to ignore the discussion about what he’d cost. He managed to turn enough to see the cruel smile of the man he’d been entrusted to. He might have actually been sold to him based on how things were going, and how far his old town was by now.
“He’d be a good treat, fun toy for a good kid too,” the jerk of a giant said. Ryder started to struggle hearing that. He knew he should keep his arm still just in case he survived, but he had to escape. He wasn’t getting eaten alive. The hand holding him started to move. The fingers tightened just enough to hold him still, the care in the way he was held firmly was cruel. “Been trouble, I don’t suggest keeping him. Why not give him a taste?”
He was brought up and up until he was met with the giant mouth. He tried to scream around the gag they’d placed in his mouth. There was no luck in freeing himself. The gargantuan tomb just came closer and closer until he was released into the gaping maw. Ryder kept trying to fight as the tongue pulled him in. All the light disappeared as the lips closed, his death almost guaranteed.
Despite knowing he wouldn’t escape he kept fighting. The muscle moving him around would hopefully hurt later. Although it was a lot bigger than him. He was pushed around until he was set under the tongue, but still safe from the giant’s teeth. From where he was held he could see as the giant placed their tongue on their teeth and bit down slightly. The blood from the self inflicted injury coated him a bit as well.
The tongue continued to move him around the mouth. Ryder was pushed back a bit, but still kept under the tongue. Light filtered in from the now open lips. He managed to move enough to see the tongue lick the sharp teeth that apparently spared him.
“Interesting taste,” the giant said around him. The voice was loud and hurt his ears, but it was probably better than dead. He couldn’t see anything, but felt the sigh blow over him. “We do like troublesome humans, does this cover what you want for him?”
“For you little Kamia, you can have him. Consider it a free sample, I have a few more like that too,” the one who gave him away said. Ryder was frankly insulted. He was definitely more than just an interesting taste or a sample. Although if being an interesting sample kept him alive he’d take it.
“I’ll make sure my parents know.”
Ryder was trapped in darkness again. He could feel the steps of the giant as he moved. He could keep struggling and trying to free himself. It seemed like a bad plan. He wasn’t killed, he was probably just saved for something later. He’d known giants that were better towards humans in his old town. Before he wound up with the creep of a shop owner. This one at least probably wouldn’t kill him. Maybe.
Ryder was hot and uncomfortable where he was being kept. The tongue rested heavily on him, which at least kept him from getting near the teeth or the throat. Each of the giant’s steps made him bounce despite the weight above him. He tried to imagine himself being anywhere else, but the small pooling of drool that was regularly cleared out with a loud swallow made it hard. Eventually he was moved roughly followed by the giant sucking in a deep breath.
Ryder hadn’t been prepared for that. He tried to hold his own from the sudden deprivation of oxygen. It wasn’t doing much, his chest was already starting to burn. He squirmed to try and get the gag off again. It would help… maybe. The giant quickly exhaled, this time pushing Ryder closer to the front of his mouth. The sharp teeth were close leaving him with a fear of what was going to happen next.
The mouth was opened wide and he stared across to a brick wall. His view was blocked as massive fingers reached in, covering him in shadow. The same ones that grabbed him earlier pinched his sides again. He was pulled out just barely avoiding touching the sharp fangs. It took all his self control not to immediately try to get free again. He’d survived the giant’s mouth; he could wait until he could run.
Ryder was carefully set on a palm. It was the first time he got a good look at the giant. He’d never seen golden eyes before, he wasn’t one to talk when his own were silver. He didn’t like the glare on the giant’s face. Fingers clamped down around him, he couldn’t move at all. He tried to struggle, letting out a muffled scream when his broken arm slipped.
“It’s ok,” the giant whispered with a squeak to his voice. Any other time he would laugh at it. The other hand blocked his vision, a single finger coming near his face. Ryder tried desperately to free himself. A sharp claw touched his skin and dragged across his face. The tape holding the gag in place was lifted by the finger. In a strange show of deftness, the giant removed the tape completely.
Ryder was flipped on his stomach by those fingers. At first he wanted to be patient, but the hot breath on his back changed his mind. He tried to struggle despite the flaring pain in his arm. The fingers around him tightened before he’d made even imaginary progress. There was a sigh before he was moved closer. He felt the sharp teeth graze along his spine. A clack of them meeting made him shudder. Then he was pulled away.
He was turned again. There was still a glare on him, but he wasn’t as bothered by it. Fingers blocked his vision again, but they just pulled away the ropes holding him. He stared up at the giant unsure what to do. He didn’t like not knowing.
“So,” his voice came out hoarse, “what next?”
Felix almost dropped the human in surprise when he talked. None of them ever spoke to him after he’d faked eating them or had gone through with tasting them. If they did it was just begging for their lives. After hurting himself to make whoever sold them or gave them to him believe they were gone it was always painful. He knew what he looked like, who his family was, but he tried to be like his parents. He wanted to help humans, just like they did.
“I take you home,” he said. He’d never known what to tell them. Usually he would just walk off once they were out of his mouth. Usually they weren’t tied up and gagged.
“What then?” the human asked. “Am I a pet? A toy? A tiny servant?”
“Of course not!” Felix jumped at his own voice. He ducked down to hide more in case anyone heard him. He’d almost forgotten he was still in public. “We get you out of this place, somewhere things like this won’t happen.”
“Right, sure.” The human curled in on themself.
Felix just sighed. He took a minute to really look at the human in his hand. They seemed short compared to the others he’s held. He brought his hand closer to his face. Their clothes were ripped and seemed to have blood on them. Judging by the scent it was mostly the human’s blood. He scrunched his nose up, but still brought the human even closer.
Their skin was dirty and pale. He couldn’t see their eyes well. The position they sat in made it hard to make out much of their face. It seemed an odd position. His eyes went wide when he noticed they were shielding their side.
“Did… I hurt you?” Felix asked. His voice was barely a whisper. After all this time he messed up.
“It was the guy who gave me to you. Took a bit of some fancy food he’d left out. Guy almost crushed me, just broke my arm instead,” the human whispered. The voice sounded close to tears. “Changing your mind?”
“No… We just need to hurry then.”
Felix didn’t wait for a response. He curled his fingers tightly around the human and ran off. He had to get home. His parents would know what to do. They would call someone to take care of the human’s arm. Until then he’d keep them safe. He stuffed his hand with the human in his pocket and focused on keeping his concern hidden.
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Ryder didn’t enjoy the ride around in a pocket. It wasn’t as bad as it could be since he was still held. Getting knocked around with a broken arm seemed a sure fire way to make it worse. The hand holding him didn’t actually hurt, it was kind of nice. He’d heard the giant talking a few times; he tightened his grip on Ryder every time.
He was pulled from the pocket and into the light. It was almost as bad as when the sun blinded him after the box. This time he was held against a chest. He couldn’t look around, but it was a lot quieter now. He wanted to trust the giant holding him. Others he met weren’t gentle when holding him like this.
The sound of a door pulled Ryder from his thoughts. The hand holding him flattened a bit. He got a nice view of a place that seemed bigger than any building he’d ever seen. There were fingers blocking some of his view, but he managed to see a massive couch. Someone was sitting on it, but he didn’t care about that. He tried to take in more of the room.
A huge staircase led to another floor. It felt like the place would topple if a bunch of giants were all up there. He pulled his eyes from that and passed over a set of double doors. He’d sneak in there if he got the chance. There were exits to more of the house, along with a single door to the left. Somehow the door gave off a vibe of danger. He didn’t want to go near that one.
“Felix,” a loud feminine voice said. Ryder just nodded to himself, he knew the giant’s name now. He saw the person sitting start to stand. Then watched her keep going up. She was taller than any giant he’d ever seen. He dug his fingers into Felix’s skin. “How did it go?”
The massive woman came towards them. It seemed like her steps were lighter than the shorter giant holding him. That sounded more like his imagination. He managed to catch the moment she noticed a human. There was an awful feeling when her eyes locked on him, and shiver he couldn’t avoid under the intense stare. Felix didn’t try to hide him. Ryder was out in the open with an angry giant glaring at him.
“Where?” her voice seeped with anger. Ryder curled up to try and hide behind the fingers around him. It didn’t work when she stepped even closer towering over him and Felix.
“The newest shop, the last on the street. I was given a sample ,” Felix spat out. The fingers around him curled protectively, he was starting to like this Felix guy. He might try to find a way to stick around. It actually seemed like there would be an attempt to keep him safe.
The woman disappeared from above him. Her steps were heavier now, more like what he’d expected after she stood. It was almost horrifying how clear they felt in Felix’s hand. The woman looked different by the time she towered over them again. Like death in the flesh.
“I’ll be home late tonight. I’ll see you in the morning, bring the human to your father,” she said. Ryder saw the door open up behind Felix and just like that she was gone.
Felix was on the move again. He was along for the ride as the giant approached the door he’d decided was bad. He tensed, fully considering jumping from the more open hand. He’d probably survive at this height, humans were durable. Then he could figure out a place to hide.
“It’s just my dad, you’ll be fine,” Felix mumbled. That comment was quite possibly the least reassuring thing that could be said. Let’s go meet the dad of the Kamia family. He didn’t know who the Kamias were or why their family mattered, but if the jerk of a giant he was with before liked them then Ryder couldn’t.
All his opinions on the matter didn’t get voiced. The gaps in the fingers surrounding him closed. Felix paid too much attention. Ryder did get a nice view of the dangerous door opening. A white ceiling plus the sound of writing. He didn’t like it, writing had yet to mean something good for him. Usually it was showing the countdown until he was let out of a jar or a box.
“Dad,” Felix said.
The writing stopped, so did Felix. The fingers hiding him didn’t move though. He heard the creak of a chair from somewhere in the room. A second later he felt the impact of something heavy. The impact continued in a rhythm he knew well, someone was walking. Ryder just stared up until a giant as big as the woman came into his view. This one embodied one word. Intimidating.
Before speaking, the new one actually looked down at him. He wilted under the stern expression. It got worse when the protective fingers around him started to flatten. Immediately followed by the massive giant crouching way too fast. He was still towering like this, but now Ryder couldn’t even pretend to hide.
“You’re young,” the new giant said. His voice was loud and commanding. Ryder just nodded he didn’t think he could get away without responding.
“His arm is broken…” Felix said. Ryder’s blood ran cold as a look of anger appeared on the new giant. The gaze started to shift to Felix. He didn’t know what to expect, but he wasn’t about to let someone get blamed when they saved him.
“The guy who tied me up as a sample did it!” he shouted. The fingers around him curled up again followed by the angry face staring down at him. He had to force himself not to try and squirm to hide beneath the fingertips. A heavy sigh escaped the new giant.
“We’ll be taking care of him, Felix-”
“Wait! What do you mean take care of him? He has other humans, what's going to happen to them!?” For a second it looked like the other giant softened. White hair fell into the giant’s face as he leaned forward.
“The humans will be safe, Kamias don’t hurt humans. I’ll find a doctor. Felix get him set up somewhere safe.”
As the giant stood and started to walk away Felix pulled him close. He looked up to see a much softer gaze than he expected. He was carefully held close to Felix’s chest as the giant started to walk again. He could hear the sound of the other’s voice as he was brought somewhere.
“We’ll go to my room,” Felix said. Ryder just nodded.
He didn’t get to look around as they walked this time. He didn’t mind it, if there were more overgrown giants he didn’t want to meet them. He was starting to get tired. Everything had been hectic since he woke up this morning. All for some lousy food he didn’t even taste much of. He closed his eyes, letting the rhythmic steps relax him.
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So Alessia in the mafia AU, is she normally a purring mess when she's alone with Delphia and Ash, or is she only like that when she's drunk?
Started to answer this yesterday then work picked up lol
So sober Alessia has done a lot to hide that she's kind to humans. It's a lot harder for her to let go and be a purring mess. Ash and Delphia learn just what buttons to push after a little while to make her a possibly worse than when she's drunk purring mess.
Drunk Alessia is only a purring mess when things go well and she's with Ash and Delphia. If a night went bad and she got drunk she's just sad and fairly often doesn't show up at home until the next day when she's sobered up.
It doesn't help that she's always a sad drunk that most of the family would rather avoid. No one likes hearing her ask if she's a monster or talk about how she's not good enough to protect humans. Especially when she's saved a lot of the humans that have joined the family in the last five or so years.
#awkwardanswers#kamiafamilymafiaau#oc:alessia#sad drunk just fit her#rhys is a laughing drunk#felix is childish when he's drunk#vitus is a secret hehehe
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Interesting Sample Part 2
Continuing Ryder's first meeting with the Kamias
TW: Some dehumanization, broken bones, panic, blood, references to giants eating humans
Part 1, Part 3
Interesting Sample (continued)
When he opened his eyes he wasn’t in a hand anymore. He was on something soft, it was the softest thing he’d ever felt. The cloth beneath him was smooth too, like the silk he’d felt a few times in the store. He sat up, half expecting to be hiding in a box back with that creep. Instead he found a giant room filled with fabric.
All around were different colors, the most prominent were gold and bronze. He didn’t see Felix or the two insanely big giants anywhere. Ryder tried to stretch, but his arm flared with pain. He let out a yelp as soon as it happened. A grumble that followed made him freeze. That voice didn’t sound like Felix. He just had to hope the giant had a massively different voice when he woke up.
A shadow rose up over him. Somewhat darker skin than the others, pink eyes and salmon hair. He didn’t trust that this one was going to be as relaxed around him. The latest giant lifted a hand up, Ryder flinched, but it didn’t reach for him. Instead he watched the hand move to meet one of the pink eyes as the giant rubbed it.
“Felix decided to get some food and stuff for you,” he said. Ryder didn’t say anything back. “Dad said he found a doctor that agreed to come. It’s just taking a while to get her here. She said not to move a lot until she gets here.”
Ryder nodded. The latest giant huffed and loomed over him. All he could think of was if the giant slipped. That weight falling on him would make sure there was more than just one broken bone to take care of. It wasn’t long before the giant’s form was gone. He didn’t feel a bounce like he expected.
“So do you have a name? Felix said he didn’t know what to call you, but he doesn’t ask for names. Something about better to avoid making humans think we’re planning something. I don’t believe him. He just thinks the humans are gonna be scared when he talks.”
“You talk a lot,” Ryder said. The giant’s face was over him with a grin. Sharp teeth on full display, but oddly it made him smile back. The idea one of them would eat him was starting to feel insane. “Ryder.”
“I’m Rhys. How old are you? You look younger than me.”
“I could be older. No way you can see me well enough to tell from up there.”
The grin on Rhys seemed to grow as a glint appeared in his eyes. Ryder was immediately filled with regret for saying anything. The giant moved more until the pillow he was on was between two towering arms. The massive face started to come closer. All he could think to do was dig his fingers into the cloth beneath him. It was the first time he realized how hard silk was to grab. The impossible face stopped just close enough Ryder could touch it with his fingertips.
The speed it was gone was almost worse. Rhys disappeared, a loud thunk resounded as the giant hit what had to be the floor. Ryder waited for what came next. A bigger hand snatching him away seemed the most likely. Instead he heard a thoughtful hum near him.
“Yep I was right, you don’t look that old. Probably ten,” Rhys said. He sat up to stare at where the giant had disappeared to. A smirk met him when he moved enough to see him. “Am I right?”
“No,” Ryder said. He would like to be a lot older. Already an adult and on his own. He’d be trusted when he spoke out about things. Like how he didn’t believe the claim that he had distant family his parents never mentioned. That the giant they said was just someone they hired to take him to a really far city for that family to take him in didn’t seem prepared to travel with a human. That leaving his things behind sounded dumb when most giants could fit entire rooms of furniture in a pocket. “I’m only eight.”
“Wow…” Rhys’s face hovered over him again. This time the giant looked sad yet a bit excited. “I thought you were older than me, but I’m older than you.”
“Does it matter that you’re older? Yo-”
“Course it does. It means that I have to be extra sure to protect you from anyone who’d hurt you.” Ryder tilted his head. He wasn’t sure the other even knew he’d been cut off. “Felix always says I need to leave the older humans alone. They’d get annoyed that someone younger was protecting them. You’re younger than me so it’s ok now!”
“Protect me…”
Rhys nodded his head with a big grin. Ryder was just confused. No one protected him anymore. Not since his parents died. A giant being the one to declare it didn’t sound right. Trusting the giant felt natural, but he was trying to fight that. He looked away from the excited face to stare down at his hands. This was the first time he doubted his gut instincts about someone.
“Rhys,” Felix said. It made Ryder jump. He hadn’t even noticed the footsteps of the other giant. “What are you doing in here?”
“I heard you talking to yourself. Also dad on the phone to humans. It made me curious about the human you hid in your room, plus he smells weird,” Rhys said. Knowing Felix hadn’t just left him alone with a random giant made him feel warm. “Besides, if you left him alone he might have gone exploring without you knowing and gotten hurt.”
“I’m sure he’s smart enough not to do that.” The looming giant above him was gone in an instant. A loud thud followed the disappearance. “Besides I doubt you hovering like that is any safer than if he walked on his own.”
“Hey!” Rhys was on his feet and leaning over him again in an instant. “I’m helping. Besides I actually asked his name unlike you.”
“Right of course. I forgot I’m supposed to ask for someone’s name right after they thought I’d eat them! Introductions aren’t the first thought for anyone after that.”
“It’s not like anything else that’s going through a human’s head is better! Plus you could apologize for having bad breath!”
“I don’t have bad breath!”
Ryder just watched the two argue. Felix’s face appeared over him after a few seconds. Despite them being giants, both were keeping their voices soft. There was a strain in their tones, he knew they wanted to yell. It started to seem funny. Eventually he just laughed. The voices above him stopped, but he couldn’t stop laughing.
As he laughed, two faces wound up in front of him. Equal looks of concern and confusion in front of him. It made the whole thing funnier. The two giants were quiet as they listened to him laugh. Then he saw smiles that were followed by laughter of their own. He hadn’t laughed so much in a while.
Things were calmer after that. Felix even asked his name. The two asked him a lot about how he got there. He didn’t tell them much besides leaving a town a long trip from the one they were in now. That he’d never heard of giants eating people until he was offered in a box. It was actually fun to talk with them. At least until he heard one of their stomach’s growling.
“Oh right, I forgot when I saw Rhys in here,” Felix said.
Ryder watched him walk away. It felt weird knowing the table he was on mitigated their steps so much. When the giant came back he had a plate in his hands. Ryder’s heart raced, the idea of what could come next in his mind. The plate was set down next to Ryder’s pillow, giving him a solid view of more food than he could imagine a person eating.
“Why did you bring so much? It’s not like he could eat much of anything you brought,” Rhys asked. Felix had a red tint appear on his cheeks that made Ryder curious.
“Ryder you said that the shop owner hurt you because you took some food he had,” Felix cleared his throat before continuing, “I thought it would be nice if you could pick from a lot when you got hungry.”
That choice didn’t seem to matter when Rhys reached over him and grabbed something Ryder barely processed off the plate. It was held near him, something that smelled incredibly sweet. He tried to scramble back, especially to get a look at the giant’s face. There was just a smile and the weird pastry was brought closer again.
“Try this one!” Rhys said. Ryder’s heart was pounding. “Oh wait.”
Ryder watched as Rhys pulled the pastry back. Staring as the giant only a few years older than him took a bite from it. That one bite was so much bigger than him. The pastry was held in front of him again. A sweet smelling cream was visible now. He jumped when a smack sounded, the pastry falling next to him as Rhys pulled his hand back to rub his head. Felix glared at the younger giant.
“Rhys,” he hissed. Ryder jumped when Felix shot a look at him. His skin crawled as pink eyes landed on him, then drifted to the pastry.
“...oh right,” Rhys whispered. “Sor-”
A door slammed, cutting Rhys off. It might not have slammed, but it was loud enough Ryder flinched. Both giants in front of him froze up before turning around. The white haired one was standing there. A stern look on his face like before, but his hand was held to his chest. The earthquake steps he couldn’t ignore started as the impossibly big giant walked forward.
“Go downstairs,” he ordered. There was a visible sign of hesitation in both Felix and Rhys, but they left anyway. Rhys grabbed the pastry before walking off, shooting another sad glance towards Ryder. “Shut the door you two.”
The click as the door shut was deafening. Ryder was left alone with a giant who seemed to glare at everything. Heavy steps came close, the pillow kept him safer as they reached him. The white haired giant set a hand, knuckles down, on the table. Ryder had massive fingers surrounding him before he could think. They tightened, but the hold was gentle despite the massive size of the fingers and palm around him.
Ryder was released on the table near the intimidating giant’s other hand. He saw a woman pulling things from the massive palm. Once the last item was gone both massive hands were pulled away, but the giant didn’t leave. He sat down making both Ryder and the other human bounce. The shadow loomed over them for only a few seconds more. Massive arms rested on the table followed by that huge head laying on them. Stern eyes stayed locked on Ryder. The giant looked sort of funny with his back hunched over to rest his head on the low table.
“Well then,” the human woman said. She approached Ryder with a tense smile, it was clear she wasn’t ready for the feeling of a giant watching them. “I’ve been asked to come see you. You can call me Laura, what should I call you?”
“Ryder,” he said. He kept his voice quiet. She nodded at him. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d seen an actual doctor.
“And how old are you?”
“Eight…”
“Right,” she cleared her throat. “Ryder, eight years old.” He flinched from how loud she spoke. It was clear she said it so the giant could hear, the growl that came from the massive being didn’t help. He saw the doctor shiver too.
“Well, I was told you have a broken arm. Let’s take a look. I have some things here we can use.”
Ryder just did as she instructed. Those intense eyes didn’t stop glaring at him. He felt like he’d be burned away by them. He was stuck standing out in the open, no pillow or furniture to hide behind as she set things up. At one point she pointed to a part of the things she’d pulled off the hand. Ryder was forced to watch as a hand moved close to lift it up, placing it on another piece. That continued until some big machine was set up.
“A-alright. Mr. Kamia, sir, if you’d give us some privacy I’ll see to Ryder’s injury,” she said.
He felt the table shake under the white haired giant’s nod. He wanted to run as the man stood. A hand with fingers more than three times his size flattened against the table. He watched the giant stand to a dizzying height before finally walking off. He noticed the man stood at the far end of the room, but didn’t leave.
“Ryder come over here and sit down,” Laura ordered. He did as she instructed and just waited as she played with the machine. He knew better than to expect a human to help him. “I’m so sorry I can’t get you out of here. I’ll make sure you’re healthy, that's all I can do.”
Ryder let the words settle. He focused on the massive giant who was fidgeting near the door. It didn’t seem like they were being watched in case of escape. A light flashed drawing his attention back to the doctor. “He said they don’t hurt humans.”
“I wish that were true. There’s been a lot who come here and are never seen again… I just thought they were better when it came to children.”
“These ones didn’t hurt me…”
“They’re keeping you.”
She said it so plainly he couldn’t argue it. As far as he knew they were going to keep him. The other two were nice, but they’d get bored of him. He’d just be in a bigger prison. At least he hoped it would stay that way, they didn’t seem fond of the alternative. Ryder stayed locked in his head as the doctor started to put a cast on his arm. He grimaced, there’d be no climbing while it was locked up like this.
“All done,” she sighed. She squeezed his good arm before looking him in the eyes. “I can give you two months. Your arm should heal after a bit more than one. Find a way to survive these monsters.” She turned from him walking towards the edge of the table. “Mr. Kamia, we're all finished here!”
The giant of a.. Well giant came closer. Already his steps rumbled through the table, it was a wonder the equipment stayed standing. The man moved faster than Ryder expected again. Crouching down and scooping the heavy equipment into his hand. The doctor appeared reluctant to step into that same palm.
“He’ll need about two months to recover. The cast is at least a month, possibly the whole two. I’ll need to check on him after a month. We can decide the next time after that,” she said. The giant nodded at her, almost like he cared. He waited for the doctor to climb into his palm. She cast another look at Ryder, he could swim in the pity she sent his way.
“I’ll have someone take you home,” the giant said. He should probably call the guy Mr. Kamia or sir or something. At this point he just wanted not to deal with the insanely big giant. He wanted to be somewhere he could sleep and maybe eat some of the food Felix and Rhys left behind. The giant brought his other hand down and held it near Ryder. “I’ll need you to come with us, Ryder.”
All the human could do was stare at the palm. He hadn’t been offered one in a long long time. The giant didn’t show any sign of annoyance as Ryder hesitated. He looked into the emerald eyes staring at him. There wasn’t malice like the one who gave him away that morning. The brow of the face above him furrowed. He grew nervous, tensing to start his attempt to climb on.
“Do you need help?,” the giant said. Ryder froze and nodded. The giant frowned. “Of course, I wasn’t thinking.”
The massive hand moved behind him. He had to force himself to stay still as fingers wider than he was tall wrapped around him. Suddenly the suffocating heat was gone. Just as quickly as the heat disappeared, fingers pinched Ryder on his sides. He felt like he’d be crushed as they pressed together lifting him off the firm surface. It took him most of his time in the air to realize his arms weren’t pressed to his sides.
He spared a look at the face of the giant again. It was full of concentration. Ryder had never had someone stare at him with so much… something. He wasn’t sure what it was. He was set down on the palm next to the doctor. He was kneeling before the fingers released to let him go. The hand that had moved him was put next to the one he was sitting on.
The doctor pushed his shoulder lightly. It was clear he had to ride in a hand all on his own. It wasn’t as terrifying as it seemed when the palm had rested in front of him. He climbed to his feet and crossed the expanse of flesh. The leathery surfaces were hard to make progress on. He never got to walk on them before. He stumbled to his knees as he crossed into the hand meant for him. The giant made a noise, but didn’t make a move to check on him.
All the care was gone. At least it seemed that way as those massive fingers curled over and lifted him up. The giant moved quickly pulling his hand up to his chest. The loud beating behind Ryder was sort of reassuring. He tried to grab the shirt to lift himself up, but the silk made it impossible. He was forced to just slip around as the man walked. He looked up, catching those eyes on him for a few seconds.
Ryder yelped as his weight was thrown in the air. The man must have reached the stairs. The fingers curled over him more, almost how they were when the giant walked in with the doctor. He bounced more as the giant kept moving. He kept trying to grab the shirt better, but each step his grip was lost.
“Take her home, keep an eye on her. Make sure it’s known we consider her one of ours,” the giant said.
“Yes sir,” someone said. It was a voice he hadn’t heard yet. All this time he hadn’t considered other giants besides the ones he’d met so far. He didn’t think he wanted to meet more giants in this family. Especially if humans became ‘theirs’.
The steps started up again. The hand he was in pressed against him. He stayed in place for the next set of steps. Although this felt almost like a hug, he let himself think it was that. It wasn’t like anyone would know he found the hand of someone so massive comforting. He could enjoy this moment until whatever came next.
Next was a lot faster than Ryder expected. He felt his stomach hang in the air as the giant holding him sat down. The fingers curled around him, he gave in immediately. The cloth of the shirt didn’t give him a grip. He was flat on his back as the palm finally settled flat on a desk. The other hand covered him in darkness.
“Felix, Rhys come in here,” the giant called. The hand disappeared and the man looked at him with a stern expression. He wasn’t feeling scared as the giant stared. “You can call me Vitus.”
“Y-yes sir,” he whispered. The eyes on him widened. He thought he caught something sad in them, but it was gone as footsteps came in. Ryder tilted his head back and caught a glimpse of the two younger giants walking in. They walked right up to them. It felt a lot easier with them back.
“It will take at least a month for the cast,” Vitus said. Ryder kept his eyes on the two he almost thought could be his friends. “Ryder, you’re free to stay with us while you recover. Although there are options if you’d rather not.”
The idea of options sounded bad. Rhys reacted before him though. The giant had his hands on the desk pulling himself up to stare down at Ryder. His eyes were sparkling as he looked over him. He had to stop himself from laughing as Felix pulled him back. He didn’t have to see it, the relationship between the two was already obvious.
“If you want to stay with us we can-”
“You can stay with me!” Rhys cut Vitus off with a shout. The sigh from the adult made him flinch.
“Rhys don’t shout. Besides he could stay with either of us,” Felix said. The oldest of the three of them was clearly the most calm. Although it didn’t do much when the fingers around him curled up to hide him from the others. He’d rather be in their hands.
“We can set you up with one of them, or somewhere else that will ensure you’re safe.”
Ryder slid back into the fingers. The face staring at him filled him with dread. The idea of where the safe place was scared him. He managed to sit up and face the giant holding him.
“I-I’d like to stay with R-Rhys or F-Felix,” Ryder said. He wasn’t sure that calling them by name was safe. The fear bubbling in him died down as the stern face softened. The man nodded as he accepted Ryder’s answer. Vitus sat back flattening the fingers blocking him in.
Rhys was already reaching for him before Vitus cleared his throat. The hands reaching forward froze, slowly turning to an offered palm instead of the clear plan to grab. Ryder climbed to his feet looking back to make sure Vitus wouldn’t be stopping him. The soft look was still there so Ryder jumped from the older man’s hand to Rhys’s. The smaller fingers curled over him immediately before pulling him close to his chest.
“Alessia may have some things he could use for tonight. We’ll get better accommodations set up tomorrow,” Vitus said. Ryder watched Rhys nod before feeling as he started walking. He didn’t relax until the sound of a door came from behind him.
“Are you alright?” Felix said. Ryder had to move a bit to see the other giant. The fingers around him were hiding him completely. “Dad can be a lot sometimes…”
“I’m fine. Just curious why all of you are so big. I may be small, but it’s pretty clear you’re bigger than other giants I’ve met,” he laughed. Rhys laughed, making him bounce, but he wasn’t scared. At least he wasn’t until the sound of a door opening happened. It got worse when Rhys froze up.
“Mom, I thought you weren’t back until tomorrow,” Rhys said. He pulled his hand closer to his chest and held Ryder near his heart. It only made the fear worse, if their parents were nice why hold him close.
“I see you were eavesdropping again,” the woman’s voice from earlier answered with a hint of pride. That made her Mrs. Kamia. He could feel her steps through Rhys more than he did through Felix. He didn’t want to see her. “Things went easier than I expected. We have a lot of guests tonight though. Felix, what about the human you brought home earlier?”
Rhys’s hands started to move. Ryder grabbed the cloth of the giant’s shirt. It was easier to hold than Vitus’s. The hands froze when Ryder didn’t follow gravity down with them. He swore he heard the fabric of the woman’s clothing moving. He didn’t know what she did or the guests she talked about. He didn’t want to know.
“Hey,” Mrs. Kamia said. Her voice was soft and warm. Not like Vitus’s. “I’m Dabria, you’re safe now little one.”
He looked behind him, red eyes were looking at him over Rhys’s fingers. “I-I’m Ryder, m-ma’am.”
The woman smiled and the fear she initially instilled in him faded. He couldn’t imagine her being anything dangerous. She stood back to her full height and the fear came back. He had almost forgotten she was just as big as Vitus. As she stood he saw the blood on her clothes. Worse than that he heard shouts from the bag on her hip. One of her hands met it immediately.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “We’ll keep you safe Ryder. Felix and Rhys will make sure you’re comfortable. Also you don’t have to call me ma’am, just Dabria is fine.”
She walked off with steps that rumbled through Rhys. Ryder let the shirt go falling back onto the palm. He stared up at two giant faces full of concern. He offered the best smile he could. The two took that as enough and started to walk again. Curling up in the palm that held him and falling asleep again sounded nice. Until he remembered the name of someone else they were going to find.
“Who’s Alessia?” he muttered. It was more to himself, but Rhys apparently heard him. The hand holding him shot up as the giants kept walking.
“She’s our sister,” Rhys smiled. Somehow that didn’t reassure him. Felix’s sigh was the loudest he heard yet.
“She has some things that might be a little big for you, but better than nothing. She… doesn’t interact with humans much,” he said.
Ryder nodded trying to hide his fear. It was a bit too late to hide though. As Rhys lowered his hand Ryder saw the open door. Inside it was a normal room. He saw scattered toys, most notably a few dolls, on the floor. The temporary set up was probably just a doll bed. The way the doctor spoke rang in his ears. He had to survive whatever these giants did to humans. Rhys walked in just as Ryder steeled himself.
“Alessia,” Rhys said. He heard a loud yelp from the sister he hadn’t met. He heard more than felt her footsteps, but it wasn’t long before that changed. She came up close without even noticing him in Rhys’s hands.
“Do mom and dad need me?” she asked. Her voice was the softest. Sort of like music. He didn’t expect her to naturally speak so quietly.
“No,” Felix said. He pointedly looked down at Ryder. He watched as Alessia moved her hair, colored like the night sky, from her face and looked down. The brown eyes above him filled with fear as she backed away. “We need something for him to sleep on tonight. Dad thought you might-”
“Over there!” Her voice was almost so quiet only Ryder could hear it. He was lost as Felix walked over and picked something up. He didn’t see it, but he wasn’t trying to. He was more focused on the giant girl cowering from him. Even as she pointed somewhere else in the room. “Th-there too.”
“Alessia, this is Ryder.” Rhys’s fingers were slowly moving to show him off more. He didn’t mind it this time. “He’s gonna stay with us.”
The way Alessia froze made him want to help her. He knew that fear, he had that fear. It was the same way he felt when he saw Vitus and Dabria. He climbed to his feet using the slight curl of Rhys’s fingers to help him stand. Staring at the terrified girl he just waved. She gasped, but he saw the faintest smile as she waved back.
“J-just let me know if you need anything else,” she whispered. Her eyes were locked on him, she was talking to him not the others. “I… have a lot.”
“Thanks,” he said. The smile on her face made him a lot less scared of her. A lot more tempted to climb down Rhys to go check on her. He couldn’t with his arm like this, but seeing her less afraid was better.
“We should get you set up, Ryder,” Felix said. None of the giants moved at first. Ryder didn’t get it, but nodded at Felix like he agreed. That was when Rhys started moving again. It was a bit weird that they waited for his okay. He was left in a more open palm as Rhys finally walked out of the room.
The actual set up wasn’t something he looked forward to. Probably some high place he couldn’t get down from on his own. He shouted when the door slammed as Rhys kicked it open. He heard Felix growl which made him laugh. Once in the room Rhys pulled his hand close again. He looked up at the giant seeing a similar smirk to earlier. Faster than Ryder could think he was in the air.
Ryder screamed. He actually thought he could be friends with these giants. He closed his eyes tightly terrified of where he would wind up. The impact was a lot softer than he expected. It wasn’t on a table, the floor, or even hands. Slowly he opened his eyes and found a weird roof over his head. It wasn’t like the normal ceiling, a different kind of wood. He could feel as his body realized he wasn’t getting hurt again.
“Rhys! What’s wrong with you!?” Felix shouted. He felt the heavy steps rattle the surface he was on. He wrapped his hands in the fabric as golden eyes found him. He’d never seen someone looking so terrified and relieved all at once.
“What? I thought he’d think it was fun to land on a giant bed!” Rhys complained. Felix brought his hands close, but Ryder couldn’t hold back his flinch this time. The huge hands froze surrounding him. Rhys appeared over Felix’s shoulder. The smirk on his face fell as soon as Ryder met his eyes. “That… wasn’t fun for you was it?”
Ryder couldn’t bring himself to speak. All he did was shake his head. He saw tears immediately start falling down tan cheeks. Rhys’s face was gone in an instant followed by the sound of sniffling. Felix looked behind him for a second, but his attention quickly went back to Ryder.
“Are you hurt? Should dad call the doctor back? It shouldn’t take long…” Felix trailed off as Ryder shook his head. He was fine, just a bit terrified. The sniffling behind Felix wasn’t dying down. “Should we go to my room instead?”
Ryder had to think about that. He definitely felt more safety with Felix. Although safety was its own mystery. He couldn’t remember the last time someone made him feel safe. Although Rhys sounded fun. He pushed himself up enough to be sitting. If he knew what was happening it probably would have been fun. He didn’t get hurt. It should be fine… right?
“We… can set up in here,” he said.
“Felix’s room is better,” Rhys mumbled. He didn’t expect the giant to sound so disheartened. “I don’t get to be around humans a lot… It’s better if someone else is around if I’m with you, so I don’t almost hurt you again.”
“Rhys…”
Ryder had no idea what to do. Rhys was terrifying, but he didn’t want to lose his first chance at a friend in a long time. He looked up at Felix for help. The oldest of the three looked deep in thought. He wanted to say something, but the older giant leaned closer.
“Are you afraid of being near him?” Felix whispered. His voice was quiet enough only Ryder could hear, especially with the way Rhys was still sniffling. Ryder shook his head with all the energy he could. He was almost afraid Rhys would hear if he spoke. “I have an idea.”
Felix stood up to his full height. He turned to the side so Ryder could finally see the other giant. Rhys looked small, smaller than Ryder was to them. The giant had pulled his knees up to his chest and buried his face in them. He even backed away so he wasn’t close enough to reach Ryder if he wanted to. Ryder hated it.
“We can all sleep in here. Your bed is big enough for the both of us Rhys,” Felix said. Ryder’s eyes widened. He never considered that option. The younger giant looked up from his knees, the whites of his pink eyes had turned red. Rhys started shaking his head.
“Like a sleepover?” Ryder asked. He actually liked this idea. More than just an easy way to fix it, these two felt like he could trust them. Felix shot him a smile he hadn’t gotten to see yet. It seemed like his real one. Rhys had his eyes blown wide as he stared at Ryder. “I don’t think I ever got to have a sleepover with giants before.”
“You’re not scared?” Rhys mumbled.
Ryder looked at the giant who had thrown him. Who had offered him a pastry he bit into so Ryder could try the cream. Who didn’t force him to face Dabria as soon as she walked in. Who was excited to stay with him and listened intensely enough he heard Ryder mumble about Alessia.
“No… I’m not scared,” Ryder said.
Rhys jumped to his feet immediately and started rubbing his eyes. Felix walked back to the door to the room. Ryder noticed a desk and realized he’d forgotten about the doll bed. He grimaced at the idea, but hoped the things Vitus mentioned getting would be actually for humans. As Felix walked back Ryder noticed his hands were mostly empty. He tilted his head waiting to see what the deal was.
Felix kneeled at a table like the one Ryder woke up on. He walked to the edge of the bed trying to get a better look at what the giant was doing. A shaky hand was set in front of him. He looked at Rhys who seemed nervous, but Ryder climbed on the palm easily. He didn’t think these two were dangerous, at least right now. It almost felt like he had really big brothers.
Rhys curled his fingers over him until the light disappeared. He felt the giant slide across the ground before the light filtered in again. The palm he was on tilted until he slid off onto the table. Rhys pushed himself away again. Ryder frowned, but turned to Felix.
“Wait… that’s a human bed?” he asked. His skin crawled when the eyes of both giants locked on him. “Didn’t Alessia give you one of her doll beds? I thought that was… where I’d be… sleeping…”
Ryder looked back and forth seeing twin looks of horror. It didn’t sound that crazy to him. They weren’t ready for a human so obviously they should just grab a doll bed from their sister. He was shocked when Rhys stopped his constant looking between the two. His face was serious in a way that felt almost dangerous.
“You wouldn’t stay with us if all we had were doll beds. There’s a house for humans in the family on the property you would have gone there. Dad just wants to make sure you get everything you need until you’re healed. When Felix said something might be big for you it was clothes,” Rhys said. It didn’t sound like someone a few years older talking to him. Rhys sounded like an adult. “Ryder, you know you’re not a toy or anything right?”
Ryder slipped from Rhys’s gentle hold to look back at Felix. The older giant was crying. He didn’t expect it. He didn’t know why. Felix continued to set up the bed like it was all he could do. Ryder watched in silence. Once Felix finished he left the room. Rhys’s hands left him too. Felix came back with the food from earlier, he noticed there was another one of the pastries Rhys had eaten.
“I mean… even if that’s what I was,” he started, “it still sort of seemed like we were gonna be friends. Although if I keep making you both cry I don’t know how well that’s gonna work out.”
“...friends…,” Felix whispered. Ryder looked up at him, the tears were falling faster now. Another clearly sincere smile made its way onto Felix’s face. “You… want to be friends?”
Ryder nodded a bit worried his words would make it worse. He heard Rhys muttering a bit, but the words were too garbled to understand. Felix sat in front of the table and folded his arms on it. He rested his head on his arms and stared at Ryder. Rhys’s head hit the table with a loud thump and sent Ryder off his feet. He looked between the two giants again.
“Usually humans don’t want to be near us,” Felix whispered. “We’re part of the Kamia family… they think we’ll hurt them.”
“It’s stupid, Mom and Dad get humans out of the city, but because they look scary no one trusts them,” Rhys said. “They have to be scary, so do we. Cause we want to help humans too.”
Ryder climbed to his feet and walked towards the center of the table. There he could look at both giants mostly at the same time. “Well, you two suck at being scary. So… friends?”
“Friends!” Felix and Rhys nodded. He got to see big smiles filled with sharp teeth from both of them. It wasn’t scary in the least, he knew these two wouldn’t hurt him. The whole eating him thing started to seem like that creep just didn’t understand. Scary looking giants ate humans obviously. Just a good way to scare him and Felix played along to keep him safe.
The rest of the night went a lot smoother. They actually got to talk and laugh for most of it. Rhys convinced him to eat the pastry he’d picked out earlier too. It was a lot better with the cream he could only reach thanks to the giant. By the time Ryder started to feel sleepy the two giants were almost asleep. The two wound up sitting next to each other during their time playing and talking. Ryder decided to make use of that. They had a hand close to each other so he climbed on one and tugged at the other. A sleepy Felix followed his tugs where he had a bed of Rhys’s palm and a blanket of Felix’s fingers.
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I Can't Remember
made a kaijune story hadn't planned to but was encouraged to by folks. hope y'all like it!!
TW: Death, Mentions of death, A little gore, i guess dehumanization, uhh honestly i'm not sure what to trigger this one for so please lemme know if i gotta add any :D
I Can't Remember
I couldn’t tell what was happening. My body felt strange. I flexed my arms as they seemed to get longer. I winced as sharp claws replaced my normal nails. I couldn’t remember what I was doing. I didn’t know how I got here. My body felt like it was growing heavy. I leaned forward and touched something smooth and cold. It felt strange. I curled my fingers, a strange sound filled my ears. I knew this sound…
“The subject is waking up!” Someone called.
Alarms started blaring. I couldn’t tell what was happening. They were so loud. I slammed my hand on the smooth surface in front of me. It started to crack. I felt so weird and strange. I tried to move more, but it felt like I was running out of space. Something was pressing against me, I couldn’t breathe anymore. It felt like water started to fill my lungs. I slammed my hands hearing the cracking sound again.
“We need to stop it. Sedate the subject!”
Was I the one they wanted to sedate? I couldn’t understand what was going on. My body was growing heavier. I couldn’t take it. I started to bash against the smooth surface. The cracking sound grew louder, but I still couldn’t breathe. There were more noises, I couldn’t place them. The space I was in started to grow smaller. I needed to know what was happening. I pulled back the best I could and slammed into the cool surface hearing something shatter.
“Evacuate the area! We’re losing control! Get the guards here now!”
I couldn’t stand the noise. I didn’t know why people kept shouting. I didn’t remember why I was here. I needed to go home, I needed to go back to someone. I felt cool air on my face. I reached towards it. It wasn’t big enough. I could barely get my hands through. I grabbed the edges of the opening. I hissed as something sharp pinched my palms. I pulled them back, I couldn’t see. I needed to fix my hands, but something was wrong. I couldn’t open my eyes. I needed to fix this somehow.
“Lockdown the facility! The subject is bleeding. We don’t know what the blood will do.”
I needed to get out. I felt trapped, the space felt like it was shrinking. I pressed just below the open cool space. The surface started cracking much faster. I placed my other hand next to it and pushed forward. The cracking drowned out the sound of shouts and screams. I felt the surface fall away and followed it down. Something scratched my skin as I fell.
“Quickly, evacuate the area and the town. We need to get everyone out of here as soon as possible!”
I grimaced. I still felt wrong. My body felt much lighter now that I was out of the space. I flexed my fingers, they felt wrong. Almost like they were too long. I clicked against something as my nails… no my claws hit my skin. It was like my skin had become hard suddenly. I reached up to my face and there was something on it. I needed to pull it off.
I couldn’t get a grip. Something was there. I used my claws to make an opening to start pulling it off. There was screaming, I’m not sure whose it was. It might have been mine. I kept pulling the thing off, light pouring into my eyes. It was painful. Something hit me that forced me to pull the thing off my face completely.
“Sir, it didn’t work. The subject’s skin is too hard. None of the safeguards are working and the mask is gone!”
I had a mask so they had to mean me, I was hit by something again. Everything was too bright. I moved my arm, but there were more screams. They sounded quiet even outside of the confining space. I had too much happening, I couldn’t tell what anything was. The light was too much. I needed it to turn off. I slammed my fist down. Something warm and wet wound up there followed by more screams. The light went off after that.
It took a bit of time, but I could finally see. I was in some small laboratory. It was too small, I couldn’t stand even if I tried. I lifted my hand to see what I’d hit. It was red, bugs didn’t bleed red. I leaned closer, barely making out the mangled form of a small thing. I knew that form, it felt bad to see it there. This made no sense. I looked around, the small lab had even small technology.
I narrowed my eyes at the small ones who still had something aimed at me. I couldn’t remember how I got here. I was doing something important. I had somewhere to be. I needed to reach them. Although I didn’t know who they were. My body started to burn, the small space feeling claustrophobic. I knew it was my own scream this time when the small things around me covered their ears.
Something hurt, everything hurt. I was on fire. I felt like I wouldn’t survive. The fire grew on my back and I felt my skin break. I screamed again as something seemed to grow along my spine. I heard shouts get cut off, and turned to see what looked like a tail covered in splatters of red. Bugs shouldn’t bleed. The tail flicked, was it mine?
My body burned again. It knocked the wind out of me, forcing my hands forward to catch me. More mangled screams, more red things. Were they bugs? My mind was getting hazy, I needed help. I dug my nai- claws into the surface below me. It came up in my fists. The soft soil beneath whatever had been below me felt good. It felt right. I looked around more.
“Don’t let the subject’s blood hit the soil!”
I was tired, but in pain. This place was too small. I needed to find someone, I needed to get home. Who was waiting for me? Who did I need to find? I couldn’t think. I needed something, anything.
“Subject 295.” The small thing was speaking. What were these things? “Y-you need to remain calm. We’ll get you back to sleep and everything will be good again. Remember why we’re doing this.”
The voice made my head hurt. It made me angry. I moved my hand, it was so big next to the small thing. I blocked the small thing from escaping. It made me angry, why did it make me angry? Vines came up from the soil I let in. White flowers bloomed along it. Flowers… I was looking for these. I needed them. The small thing said it would help.
“Sleep?” I mumbled. The voice didn’t sound like mine. What did I sound like? The small thing shivered as the flowers came close. I needed these flowers. Why did I need them?
“Y-yes sleep. I-I told you we’d get all the white blossoms if you worked with us. Just go back to s-sleep and you can never worry about them again.”
I got angry. I closed my fingers around the small thing. I needed these flowers. They were mine. I almost missed a different small thing nearby. I leaned close, it was so tiny. What was it? Why did it make me so scared to see it? I was angry, not scared. Something crashed. I looked behind me, I saw… me.
There was a picture of me on something. It was the me before. The me who didn’t have claws or a tail. I stared at the picture, ignoring the small thing pushing against my tightening grip. I hated the small thing. The image I stared at shifted, me with small things? No no not small things, humans. I’m human. I should be that size… The red splatters. The mangled bodies.
“What did you do to me?” I asked. The small thi- the small human surrounded by my hand stuttered and trembled. “What did you do to me!?��
I should be human. I should be a small thing. I shouldn’t see the red splotches on a tail or mangled forms under my hands. I shouted, the place started shaking. A building, a large building. What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?What did they do?
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I don’t know how much later I woke up, but I was alone. The place around me was filled with plants and trees that matched my new height. I started to move, wincing when a bit of rubbly dug into my cheek. The facility that did this was smaller than before. I could crush the remnants with a single foot. I couldn’t see any red splotches like before, but I didn’t look too hard.
I moved carefully, wincing each time I heard that small place break. I didn’t know what they did to me, but I wasn’t happy to do this. Once I was off it I climbed to my feet. The ground felt too far away. I shook off the feeling by focusing back on the small building. I couldn’t believe I’d ever fit inside. I had estimated poorly. It was small enough I may not even notice while walking around. It felt almost like looking at an ant hill…
I wanted to protect it, treat it like a memorial. I didn’t know how I could do that. I just needed some kind of dome. I needed to ensure I couldn’t hurt it and if humans came they could get in. I jumped as vines grew up around the small building. It created a dome that only came up to above my ankle. It was enough though, I’d be careful. At least I hoped I would.
I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have a place to go and I didn’t know why I wound up here. I knew the white blossoms were important to me. I took a step away from the small place that did this and froze. Screams… more humans? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted to go towards the screams, but I didn’t want to cause more death.
I stiffened as vines shot out from the ground near me. I didn’t know what to think as they seemed to seek out things and then hold them up high. They were brought up to my waist before stopping. Carefully I started to crouch, freezing when I heard the screams again. They were closer now.
I had to squint to see past the thick vines, but I just barely made out the small forms of humans. I fell back, I couldn’t believe it. The vines reacted to me, to my thoughts. They needed to put the humans down, this wasn’t safe. My blood ran cold when the vines reacted again, releasing the humans immediately. I tried to catch them, but my skin was too hard.
I was shaking as I pulled my hands closer. All over I had the small bodies of humans. They weren’t breathing, I could tell now. I don’t know why, but I could make out each face and look of fear from when they fell. I had killed them…
I needed some way to fix this. How could I have done this? It might have been less painful if I had just stepped on them by accident. I tried to control the vines this time. Calling them to take the bodies that I’d caught and the ones I failed to catch. I needed memorials, anything to make up for what I’d done. The vines listened, pulling back to a place somewhere too close for comfort.
I watched in awe as a graveyard erected itself in front of me. There were no names, but markers for each human I’d hurt. I should have listened, I should have gone back to sleep. I stood again, looking over the area that appeared to be mine now. I wished I was smaller. There’s nothing I would be able to do to keep humans safe from me.
I moved carefully attempting to avoid any more humans I could hurt. I managed to find a clearing that felt somehow familiar. I sat down, still able to see for miles. I wish I knew what would be safe for humans near me. The best I could do is try to get better control of those vines. I had to avoid any more deaths because I didn’t know what I could do.
I spent years there, rarely standing from my spot in the clearing. Humans would come to my forest from time to time. I would try not to think or move when they did. A few times I failed and the vines would bring them close to me. I was better at getting them put down safely when that happened. There weren’t many humans who joined the graveyard over that time.
One of the few that actually spoke gave me an idea of my looks. Glowing eyes, one blue and one green. Claws that looked able to black out the sky, but they were somehow soft to touch. Almost like moss. I had spikes on my back that seemed to come out of my spine. That human had been kind, but got hurt while trying to get an idea of just how big I had become. I couldn’t help much, but I got them to a safer spot. I never heard their voice again, I would never know if they survived.
I’d started to be able to sleep. It became easier to avoid hurting humans when I did that. The vines built up around me during those times. I liked the emptiness I gathered during that. I just had to hope no humans came close. I hadn’t seen any in a long time. The humans may finally have stopped coming here. I could lay down and sleep for once. I didn’t have to sit like always. I shuffled around until I was able to place my head down between the facility and the graveyard.
“We shouldn’t be out here still.”
“I’m not leaving until I find a body.”
“It’s been years! We’ll only find skeletons at best.”
“Then I’m not leaving until I find the skeleton. Go back to camp, you know you’re not able to handle hiking around like this. You don’t want to pass out again.”
“I’m not losing you too. I’m staying with you-”
I heard the human start coughing. I hadn’t even expected to hear humans the next time I woke up. I had no idea how long it had been since I’d decided to rest. I listened to the coughing, something about it bothered me more than other times humans came here weak. I heard a scream and my eyes shot open. The vines didn’t act did they?
The humans weren’t close enough to see my eyes. The scream had been from the healthier one tripping. It made me smile. I could hear laughter from them and almost laughed myself. I couldn’t risk that though. I learned my voice was painful at some point. I almost wanted to talk to them though. The laughter felt nice to hear.
“See, this is why I have to be out here too. If I don’t you’ll fall and sprain your ankle.”
“Fine, fine. I know there’s supposed to be a town nearby here.”
“I don’t want to stay there.”
“It’s the only one nearby. Just an hour and then we’ll go back to our camp ok?”
“No…but I know you’re right.”
I panicked a little when I noticed them coming closer. Neither seemed aware of my presence. I almost wanted to see them up close, but I would rather not interfere with them. I’m too dangerous. I did hold my breath as they neared the place my graveyard sat. How would these humans respond? It felt small to me, was it not to them?
“Holy shit…”
“I thought you said this was a town.”
“It was… this is or was… you know where this is.”
“Wait, you don’t think that in there is…”
“I’m going in, I need to know. Stay out here and I’ll tell you if I find a body…well the body we’re afraid of finding.”
I didn’t mean to interact with them. I wanted to stay hidden, but I couldn’t let them see the death I caused. My vines reached out for them before I’d fully thought about it. I heard the weaker one scream out for help. The one who said she would find the body screamed back. I was making the mistake again. My vines brought the two humans close to my face for me to see.
One was petite with green eyes and hair as dark as my claws. Her pale skin felt out of place here in this forest. The other one looked more adventurous. She had brown eyes and hair that looked almost blue. I was shocked, these were the most amazing humans I’d ever seen. I wanted to hear them talk, to see a smile sent my way. I didn’t deserve that though.
“What the hell is that thing? Is that an eye?!” I shifted my gaze slightly, but I couldn’t escape the fear on the face of the brown eyed woman.
“I-I think it is. I-it’s glowing.” Until now I never wondered which eye was which, but I did now. I wanted to know which eye these two were seeing.
“Shit ok ok… I have enough space to get my knife. I-I’ll cut myself out then get you-”
“No! Cutting yourself out will kill you and if it doesn’t it’ll kill me when you cut me down. I um… I have an idea…”
I knew I should put them down. They were so small. I just couldn’t stop looking at them. It felt like something I was missing had finally shown up. I wanted to hear them talk, to see them moving. I flinched when the tail I always forgot about slammed against the ground. The two shook, but didn’t fall thankfully. I wanted them safe, I had to keep these two safe. I watched the green eyed one slip her arms out from the vine’s grip and wave them at me. I tried to show I was focused on her.
“H-hey! U-uh could you put us down? This is kind of high, we'd probably get hurt like this…”
I heard a nervous laugh and pain filled me. I wanted to be able to speak to them. I wanted to tell them it was safe. I had learned how to keep humans safe even if my vines would grab them at times. I wanted to ask their names…
I didn’t get to try and answer. The vines responded to me, forming a platform in front of my eye. The two were dropped there and quickly rushed together. I wondered what it would be like to have someone to care for like that. I need the vines to keep protecting them.
“Oh.. uh this works th-thanks…” She was clearly scared.
The more confident woman stepped forward looking at my eye like she could somehow hurt me. I wanted to speak to them, I wished I could say anything. I didn’t want to scare them. I almost panicked when vines came up near my eyes. If these two were hurt from them I’m not sure I’d recover. Something about them was too important. My vines settled in front of me as jumbled shapes I couldn’t quite understand.
“You… don’t want to hurt us?” The confident one was asking. I hoped I was right, asking the vines to respond to her. I watched their shape change and the weaker one stand up again.
“So you are controlling the vines. Wait… do you know what happened here? To all of the people? Can you tell us?!”
I didn’t want to. I knew they’d be scared. The way they looked at me, tender hope in each gaze. They wanted something from all of this. I wished I could help. I closed my eyes, but told the vines to answer. To tell how the humans died, at least the majority of them. I heard gasps and, for the first time since it happened, I felt tears start.
“You didn’t mean to, did you?” The green eyed girl asked. I wanted her name. I wanted to know who she was. I didn’t think about it and shook my head, I didn’t hear screams though.
“...someone made you, didn't they? Er.. created you?” The brown eyed woman sounded angry. I nodded this time. I felt the little spot slightly as I moved and opened my eyes in fear. I couldn’t imagine hurting them. They both looked upset, I must have done something to them.
“That’s awful. It must be so lonely like this. Can you tell us anything about yourself?”
I shook my head. The green eyed girl was coming closer now. I almost wanted to reach out to her. I couldn’t imagine how it would seem to these two. They both seemed so sincere, it was better than any human I’d met so far. I asked the vines to offer my help. The two looked almost amazed as the words changed.
“Wait, do you really think you could help us?” I chanced a nod again. I felt better when they saw me reacting to their voices. I never understood how I could hear the humans around me.
“We’re looking for someone…”
“They disappeared a long time ago. They lived around here.”
“They had short brown hair back then, it was always close to shaved. They had brown skin too.”
“They had one blue eye and one green. Their face had sharp features.”
“They looked tall compared to other humans.”
My head started to hurt. I’d seen a human like that. A long time ago, when had I seen them? Small… when I didn’t remember. Before I realized I was wrong. The image of me with small things… The image of me the size of humans. Standing with others and being happy. Did I know these humans? Could this be why I wanted them close?
Things felt weird, almost like my control was slipping. My tail was moving, crashing into the ground behind me. The two were stumbling, they needed to be safe. What were their names? I needed their names. I watched the vines changing the word repeating over and over. They looked scared. I don’t want them scared. I want them to be safe with me.
“You want their name?”
I couldn’t tell who spoke now. My head was spinning. I squinted to see them clearer. Green eyes and pale skin… she was coughing. She was sick. I didn’t want her sick. Those white flowers I hadn’t seen since I woke up started to bloom all over. I felt like everything was too bright. I needed her better.
No… the flowers weren’t the reason I was here. I was here for more than that. I needed things. Someone felt trapped because of me… no… because of trying to help me. I used connections to do something. I signed up for something. I hated it, but neither knew. I was supposed to be doing something.
I… I had to be someone else. I couldn’t be me. It was why I didn’t tell anyone. I came here… I knew here… I lived here. Where have I been?
“Please stop!”
Scared shouting. No, I didn't want that. I needed that not to happen. I moved, I had to sit up. I started moving. There was more screaming. I needed them safe. I watched the vines grow around their platform. They were walled in now. I continued moving trying to be careful. I couldn’t think like this. I watched as the two seemed to disappear. Even the platform looked miniscule now.
Once I was sitting up I had no idea how I ever heard them. Had I hurt other humans without knowing it? I couldn’t think about it. I brought my hand close, and I heard screams again. Something let me hear despite my size. I slipped it under the platform, it only took up the tip of my finger.
I started to bring it close slowly. I’d seen the response to humans when I moved them too fast. I brought them up to my eye again. They’d made it to the center now, I needed my head clear. I needed to know more. I wanted to show them what I thought I knew.
If I’d been less used to the vines I might have jumped when they brought the remnants of the facility to me. I wasn’t as in control, but I just needed them safe. I brought the women close to it and the vines formed a small bridge. They opened a way for the two. I wanted to talk. I wanted to say something, to tell them anything. I flinched as vines covered my mouth. I never had this happen before.
“Hi,” I tried. I had to see if it would work. The two didn’t show pain. They just stared in awe. I needed to know more. I knew them… Their names were so close… I didn’t want them to feel scared.
“So you can talk?” I nodded, they were safe in their walls now. I wouldn’t hurt them… My vines wouldn’t hurt them. The vines knew more, they saw through me. Brown eyes filled with fear were on me for so long. Then it changed, almost too fast in a way. I kind of liked that.
“My voice… It's very loud. I didn’t want to hurt you.” It felt strange to talk. I hadn’t even tried since the first disaster. I never knew the vines could spell things for me either. Green eyes filled with a kind acceptance drilled into me. She stood up and I got one of the smiles I wanted.
“You’re kind. I don’t know what happened here, but you aren’t bad. Do you think we could help you in any way?”
I was shocked. Help me? I was a monster even though I knew these two. Even though I wanted to hold them in my hands without the protection of the vines. I wanted the memories I couldn’t see. At the edge of my mind I could feel their skin against my own. I was too much now. I wanted to hold them.
“No… Inside should have answers.”
The two shared a look and the brown eyed woman ran across the bridge inside. My vines created walls as she went, I hadn’t even felt the anxiety yet. I wanted to look at the other woman closer. I knew I shouldn’t, I knew I was too much. My vines decided for me. They surrounded the green eyed one and brought her up and closer to me. It was like they wanted me to remember. She somehow looked calm despite everything.
“Just saying… I won’t hate you if you killed them. They would have been nice to you. Probably pointed out your eyes are the…same… They’re even… on the same sides…”
Could I really be the one these two want to see? I’m terrifying and huge. If I am, they'll be upset. I wanted to remember though, I needed to remember. It was on the tip of my tongue. I knew them… I need to remember.
“Give her back to me!” The other came back. She seemed angry. “I saw what you did… You are a monster. What are you planning!?”
“Al-”
“No.”
I don’t know when, but my vine mask was gone. My voice came out full force and both were in pain. The one closer to me started to stumble. It hurt her so badly. My blood ran cold as she fell. I needed her safe.
“Delphia!”
I don’t know how, but I knew her name. I faintly heard the other one call her name too. I needed her safe. I brought my hand up, somehow I had to be safe. I held my breath as she landed. The images of the first time I held humans started to flash through my mind. She would be dead because I was as hard as stone. I was dangerous, I was a monster… I wasn’t who they knew anymore.
“Del! Del please be ok! I can’t lose you! Del!”
“Alessia…” She froze. I knew them… I loved them. I came here for them. Money to help Alessia who had been helping me since I left home. A special flower that only grew here and could help Delphia’s constitution. I wanted to help them both. I came here, I came home to protect my life with them. My father got me a job, but it wasn’t what I thought. He sold me to a weird facility that wanted the flowers I’d discovered and a local to test on. I didn’t even know how long I was asleep until the day I woke up.
“No way…” Alessia was stunned. I kept my focus on her, I didn’t want to see Delphia’s body. I didn’t want to see how I killed her. I closed my eyes and swallowed before looking down at her. I begged for the mask to come back. I want to be safe. It didn’t grow from the ground like before, just forming from my face instead.
“You’re alive… Delphia.” I whispered. I brought my hand close to the platform and tried to hold it steady. I expected her to climb off, but Alessia ran off and jumped on. It was amazing to watch her run over my hand. It reminded me of the ants I would move around in the gardens. “Let me help..”
She actually froze. She looked up at me, for once I felt lucky to see the small faces so clearly. She was smiling and expectant. Everything I knew about her. I brought my other hand close and laid a claw next to my finger. She nodded and climbed on quickly. She was laughing. I loved her laugh so much. I waited until she stopped moving to start moving my finger closer to Delphia.
“It’s like moss… I thought it would feel more like marble or steel.”
I smiled at her. I never knew what my teeth looked like now. They must be sharp and terrifying. I didn’t even know if she’d seen them. Delphia was sitting up now. Once my claw got close she grabbed it as Alessia climbed off. I could pull away so easily, but they weren’t afraid. I could feel my smile grow wider.
“You have shark teeth now. I wouldn’t have thought of that with you.”
Delphia and Alessia. I would give up everything for them. I did give up everything for them. They didn’t know what I did. I almost didn’t want them to. I didn’t want them to know how close I came to losing myself. The red splotches that had been on my tail that I didn’t understand. If I stayed like that I might have hurt them.
“Is it really you?” I nodded. The two shared a look. I wanted to know what I missed. I wanted to share looks again. I couldn’t though. I was dangerous to them now. I jumped a bit when I saw a tear land near them. I pulled my hand higher and away from any drops, they were dangerous too.
“Ash!” They shouted it in unison. I started to sob. I needed to stop. I had to be in control. I was dangerous, I was a monster. I wasn’t… I wasn’t Ash anymore.
“Not anymore.” I curled my fingers on the hand holding them slightly. I felt the ticklish feeling of their movement as I did. Small things were too much.
“Of course you are. You’re just a bit taller.” Delphia was smiling. I didn’t have to look to know. She always smiled at me. That was why I loved her. She had a smile that seemed to cut through anything.
“Don’t be dumb Ash. We’re here now. I can go back in and I’ll find something so we can fix this. We aren’t leaving here without you.” Alessia was almost too optimistic. There wasn’t a way to fix this. I could never fix this. I was a monster now. I didn’t need her to pretend for me. I was always so curious about this boundless optimism, the weakness she let me see meant so much.
“No, you’re leaving. I’m too dangerous. I don’t… you’re not joining the others.”
“Ash, you’ve been gentle with us this whole time. You’re not dangerous, not to us.”
“You know how I am. I’ll just make my way back here without you knowing. That’s way more dangerous. You know Del is gonna follow me.”
“Look what happens when one of you goes off without me. You become some giant monster. At least you still have a cute smile.”
I was gentle as I pulled my claw free. Delphia looked upset I did, but I had to check. I pressed my hand to my face, the vines were gone. I was quieter now, but the vines were gone. I don’t know how I was doing it. I wanted to do more. I wanted to hold them close. I wanted to keep them safe. I couldn’t though. There was something else I could do.
I tried to grow the vines from me like that mask. I focused on the hand in front of me. I watched them grow to cover my skin before disappearing. I bit my lip before reaching towards them again. Carefully treating them more fragile than anything I ever touched before. I slowly pressed my finger down on the two of them. I could feel as they stiffened, but neither screamed.
“Um Ash, what are you doing?” Alessia was fine. It wasn’t hurting them.
“The vines change you don’t they? This finger, it’s softer than the hand we’re on.” Delphia was always oddly observant. I wasn’t crushing her.
I was still moving slowly as I pulled my finger away. I flattened my vine encased hand then tilted the other. They were more nervous, but still seemed to trust me as I moved. They landed on my palm and I could feel them so much more. It was almost like the vines were a part of me. I pulled the hand with them in it close before stepping away.
I was taking them to a place I had seen once. It was higher than everywhere else. It was closer than I realized, only a few steps, but they would be at my knee now. A lot better than the ground. I called on the vines again and the facility was brought close almost too quickly. I was gentle as I slipped my palm underneath it. At least three of my finger’s widths away I placed the building down. They looked at me with big smiles.
“I’ll let us try…”
They both smiled before waving me closer. I made a face that received two much more annoyed looks. I tried focusing those vines that came directly from me again to cover my whole body. I was coated quickly, even faster than my hand. I felt lighter than I usually did.
I started to move, they sat before I did too much. I couldn’t believe they were so calm already. I slipped onto my stomach. Then I put my elbow on the ground and used a hand to support my face. They both seemed completely awed by it. That awe was replaced by joint annoyance where they waved me closer. I relented knowing full well how stubborn the two were. I rested my nose against the surface they were on.
The two seemed satisfied and climbed to their feet. It was astounding how clear each movement was to me. I never thought about it before, but if I couldn’t see this I would never be able to stay near. I was still nervous, but I would listen to their demands. If I listened in the first place I would still be human. I gasped when I felt the two small bodies pressing against my skin. I never thought I’d be this close to someone again.
“I missed you Ash.” Delphia was quieter than before.
“Welcome home, we’re not letting you go again Ash.” Alessia sounded close to tears.
I had a bit of confidence thanks to how they acted. I brought my hand close and gently wrapped it around them. It felt odd holding such small people against my nose. I wouldn’t give it up. I felt alive for the first time since I woke up. As long as I can keep them safe I’d be happy. I knew I had something I needed and I finally found it.
“I missed you too…”
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Interesting Sample Part 3 (Final)
Ryder's been healing, how long will he stay with the mafia family?
Continuing Ryder's first meeting with the Kamias
TW: Some dehumanization, broken bones, panic, blood, references to giants eating humans
Part 1, Part 2
Interesting Sample (end)
The next month seemed to fly by. Vitus and Dabria bought what they called a small house for him. It seemed huge. They said it could go anywhere in the manor, but he didn’t really want it. He kind of liked having the open space in Rhys’s room. Sleepovers with Rhys and Felix were fun. Spending time with them was fun.
Vitus and Dabria left him alone with them most of the time. He was only pulled away a few times. One of them was to see the humans who had tied and gagged him. A lot of them broke down in tears when he was shown off. Even begging him to forgive them, they just didn’t want to die. He noticed Vitus getting a dark look in his eyes when they spoke so Ryder just said it was all fine. He was more shocked they were even there.
Shocks like that kept happening. He’d ride around on Felix’s shoulder a lot. When he did he noticed the humans running around the house out in the open. None of them even acted nervous when a giant’s foot landed near them. They even managed to keep their balance when Vitus walked around. He wanted to be like that.
The worst part of his month was how all the humans that were apparently living near the giants acted. When he was with Felix or Rhys they were nice and weirdly respectful. When he was alone they were always whispering. I hope they don’t ask me to take care of him. How long will they keep him around? The kids are getting attached. It’ll be harder to deal with later. He wasn’t a pet to just get attached to. He was friends with Felix and Rhys. He wanted to try with Alessia, but the most he got was a small wave before she ran off. She acted like that with all the humans though.
“Alright,” Laura said. He’d completely lost himself to his thoughts while the doctor checked his arm. She was speaking softly again. Vitus stood nearby, but they were in his office this time. He leaned against the door, like he was ensuring no one could enter while Ryder was looked at. “We can take the cast off, it seems the break was cleaner than I first thought. That or you’re one of the lucky ones with better healing.”
“So we’re taking it off?” he asked. She looked at Vitus with a bit of fear, letting out a sigh when he didn’t react to Ryder’s words.
“I can give you a sling to give you a chance to get out, or leave you in the cast longer. I haven’t figured-”
“They’re nice. I don’t need to escape.” The doctor dropped what she was holding, a bunch of random things for what she planned. They both stiffened from the noise of Vitus moving. Ryder relaxed first, the giant wasn’t going to come over unless he had to. She grabbed his shoulders, digging her nails partly into his skin.
“What are you thinking?!” There was more noise from Vitus, but she didn’t stop. “They’re monsters.” Step. “They’ll kill you or keep you as a pet.” Step. Step. “Please let me help you.” Step. Step. Step. “Ryder!” Her voice had raised, but she only stopped talking because Vitus’s shadow came over them.
“Is there a problem?” Vitus said. The doctor was shaking as she turned to him. Ryder saw the same dark look Vitus had when he learned the others had prepared him as a sample. He stepped in front of the doctor.
“She’s worried about my recovery here. I need to practice climbing again, my arm’s gonna be weak,” he said. Vitus softened right away. He crouched down so his eyes met them.
“How can we best help safely with that?” His voice was never soft, but it was getting easier to hear. The doctor gave Ryder a relieved look as she cleared her throat.
“He’ll need safe p-places to climb. Ones where if he falls he can’t be hurt.” Vitus nodded as she spoke. Ryder smiled, the giant wasn’t quite as intimidating as he first thought. Vitus looked at him for a minute.
“Ryder.”
“Yes, sir?” Vitus made another of those sadder looks. Ryder still couldn’t understand why he made it each time he said that.
“How would you feel practicing on us? It should give you a good challenge and keep you safe.” Ryder’s eyes widened. He swore he could feel the doctor’s mind short circuiting.
“If you don’t mind, it sounds like a good idea. Sir.”
“I-I just need to remove the cast then…”
Vitus backed off again. Staying significantly closer than before. It seemed like he wasn’t happy to leave her alone with Ryder anymore. She got to work on cutting off his cast quickly. It didn’t take long, but there was a lot of dust. Vitus was in front of them as soon as it was off. He set his hand down on the desk.
“Ryder, stay here for a few minutes, Laura, if you'd come with me,” he said.
Ryder watched the doctor shaking as she climbed on the palm. The equipment she brought was left behind. As Vitus walked away Ryder felt guilt fill him. The doctor would be fine, they didn’t hurt humans. He didn’t need to worry or feel guilty for her getting involved. He started to wander around the desk while he waited, trying not to wonder about where they went. Stretching his newly freed arm was a good distraction. He paused at the picture Vitus kept on his desk.
“If you were this big you guys wouldn’t be as scary,” he said. The picture didn’t react, but he kept staring. They looked happy in it. Vitus and Dabria the day they married. Vitus looked stern and intimidating even then. There were some signs he could see that the man was happy. Dabria was easy to read, all her emotions clear on her face. He stepped up to it, running his hand over the glass. “Kind of wish I was one of your kids. Seems a lot better than how my family was back when they were around.”
“Ryder?” Vitus asked. The human scrambled away from the picture to stare at the giant who had walked in. He heard the smallest chuckle. “I worried you climbed off the desk. You shouldn’t push yourself.”
“Just walking around and stretching, sir.”
Vitus let out a sigh as he walked over to the desk. The giant sat in the chair causing a loud creak. At least loud to Ryder, he wasn’t sure giants heard the way furniture reacted to them. He set his hand down on the desk and Ryder climbed on quickly. The hand didn’t move right away, he was tempted to try climbing up the sleeve of the suit Vitus wore. The fact that last time he was held close the silk made it impossible to get a handhold kept him still.
“Where’s the doctor?” he asked. Vitus leaned forward, the shadow engulfing him.
“She’s just getting a look at how we run things,” Vitus said.
The hand Ryder was on was pulled from the desk and held near the giant’s chest. Out of habit Ryder grabbed the cloth. He almost shouted in excitement when he was able to grab it. The silky cloth was replaced with one he didn’t recognize, but he could definitely climb. He took his chance to start climbing a giant for the first time. It got a little harder when a few purrs escaped. He forgot giants could do that.
Vitus let him spend time climbing. Ryder kept going until he felt himself struggling. He tried to go a little farther, losing his grip. He expected to fall for a few seconds, but a hand caught him right away. He landed on his back staring up at the ceiling. Vitus leaned forward, cupping Ryder against his chest.
“You should rest, it might take some more time to get back to normal,” he whispered. Ryder didn’t argue or even respond; he just curled up in the hand. He liked these giants. He didn’t want to leave.
The next few weeks were similar. He’d try climbing on Rhys, Felix, or Vitus. When he tried to climb Dabria she worried too much and always started to help him. Alessia still wouldn’t go near him. The first time he managed to climb from Vitus’s wrist to his shoulder he got a real smile from the giant. It was followed by a careful grab and a trip to Rhys’s room. Vitus let him try a lot later than normal.
He had fallen asleep on the trip up. Only waking up as Vitus slipped him off his hand into the bed on the table. Ryder listened to the heavy footsteps along with the door creaking most of the way closed. It was becoming familiar enough he was almost asleep again after a few seconds. Until the steps stopped when they shouldn’t have.
“Vitus, I’m getting worried,” Dabria said. Her voice was quiet, but the door wasn’t shut enough to block it. He slipped out of bed and climbed down the blanket that covered Felix and Rhys. He managed to slip out of the small opening to find the biggest giants he’d ever met standing nearby. He saw the way Vitus changed as he decided to answer.
“I know, I’m not sure what to do,” Vitus said. It was the first time Ryder heard the man’s voice this quiet. It made him anxious. “It’s not uncommon for the Kamia family to take in humans. I’m sure we could find a way to make that work.”
“We could go find two humans in the city? Maybe from one of the other bars.”
“And send him to a human safe city? I do-”
Dabria walked off before Vitus finished talking. Both giants were out of sight long before Ryder could follow. He just sat there watching where they’d been standing. He didn’t want to leave and they were all so nice. Now they wanted to send him away because he was getting better. Even worse it sounded like Dabria wanted it the most, but she was the one fretting over him all the time.
Ryder tried to keep his tears from falling as he slipped back into the room. He made his way to the blanket he used before, but Rhys had fallen on his side again. He sighed, resigning to climbing up Felix and likely waking up the older giant. Instead one of Rhys’s hands found him and pulled him close. He tried to squirm, but the hands cupped him over the giant’s heart.
“No,” Rhys whined. Ryder had noticed the sleep talking pretty early in his time here. It wasn’t hard to sleep through it. It was still quieter than the creep who brought him to this city. “You can’t have Ryder, he’s my brother.”
Ryder froze up. He knew they’d gotten close pretty quickly, but brothers? It made him feel warm. He curled into the cupped palms around him. Pressing his ear to the chest of the giant, he took in the heartbeat. It usually helped him relax. Tears started to make their way from him.
“I don’t want to lose my family again,” he whispered.
The next morning he almost thought everything was a dream. Until he heard a frantic Felix calling his name. He started squirming to try and wake Rhys up. It actually worked a lot faster than he expected. The giant sat up instantly. The hands curled around Ryder were thrown to Rhys’s waist. He managed to grab the cloth of the shirt before he got thrown too.
“I’m here!” he shouted. He heard the racing beat of the heart below him, but Felix was the one who grabbed him. The older giant started to search for any signs he’d been hurt. “Calm down, I'm fine! I climbed down from the table last night. When I came back Rhys grabbed me. I got to hear him talk in his sleep again.”
Ryder wanted to hide what he heard. He didn’t want to think that this could end. Felix was saying something, mostly about Rhys needing to be more careful waking up in the future. He honestly felt protected by the two of them. He knew Alessia cared. He thought Vitus and Dabria at least liked him. He didn’t want to leave.
“You are hurt aren’t you?” Felix said. He jumped, staring at the golden eyes that were far closer than he expected. “If it hurts you can tell us.”
“Really I’m fine!” Rhys was staring at him with a look he didn’t like. It faded as Ryder climbed to his feet and started to climb up Felix’s arm.
“You know,” Rhys said, “now that you can climb again you’ll probably get to go do things in the city. If anyone ever gives you trouble make sure they know you’re a Kamia.”
“But I’m not.” Ryder tried hard to hide the hurt in his voice. He wanted to be one. “I’m a human, you’re giants. They’d know it’s a lie.”
“Not like that, well sort of like that. It would be like the other giants and humans that come through the house. Family like they are, just part of the business.” Felix shook his head at Rhys’s explanation.
“He means. It’s what the people who work with our parents are called. The other humans and giants they’re in the Kamia Family. We’re the head of the family so it uses our name.”
“Oh. Like in those old mafia movies?” The two giants stared at him like he had said something stupid. He tried to think of how to change it, but saw Rhys opening his mouth. Felix slammed his free hand over it before a sound left.
“Ryder…”
“Y-yeah?” He tried to push the embarrassment away.
“You know we’re a mafia family right? That’s why that guy gave you to me, why there’s so many people most of the time, and why mom came back with blood on her your first night here.”
“...I thought mafias didn’t exist anymore…” His voice was quiet. There was a lot of embarrassment building in him. It seemed like he should have known, even if he didn’t live in a town like this. Felix caught him where he was on the giant’s arm. He was gently pulled off and held up for both giants to easily stare at him.
“Dad told us about it a long time ago, most places they don’t. In cities like this they do, and humans are more of a commodity.” Ryder tilted his head, a bit unsure about the word.
“Other families only keep humans they think are useful… The other humans they find get eaten for real.” Rhys sounded scared as he spoke. Ryder looked up at Felix almost hoping the older giant would complain like usual. Things stayed quiet for too long.
“I kind of thought the eating thing was a bad joke since none of you did it… I guess I was lucky he gave me to you guys…”
Ryder tried to laugh it off. The giant eyes on him felt ominous. He couldn’t keep looking at them, turning his gaze to the palm he sat on. A gasp escaped him when drops of tears landed on the skin beneath him. Now the doctor’s fear made sense. He still hadn’t seen her again. She could have been…
“Ryder?” one of them whispered. He couldn’t make out the voice, he kept thinking about the sharp teeth. He had no way to know if he could trust his judgement on these giants. The hand around him started to lower. “Are… you scared of us now?”
Ryder thought back to the time he’d spent here. Trying to view it knowing what he just learned. They always made sure he had what he needed, they trusted him. The other humans were comfortable enough to walk around on the ground blindly. The one thing that stuck out was the horror on the faces when he expected doll furniture. The care as he recovered. The ways they let him climb up and encouraged his adventures. They way they listened as he spoke.
“I’m not scared,” he muttered. He managed to look up at the two giants again. Swinging his head back and forth. They both had tears in their eyes as they stared at him. Felix was the one to act first, pulling him quickly to his chest. The thumping beneath him was erratic. He never expected this from Felix of all people. The giant was always stoic, even the genuine smiles were rare.
“You can be,” Felix said. The hand holding him was pulled back. He looked up, finding Rhys staring back at him. Just like that first night the whites of his eyes were red.
“You two suck at being scary.” He hadn’t been wrong until now. He wasn’t going to doubt himself yet. He did have an idea of how to stay here though. If humans had to be useful, he had a use. There was a reason he pissed off that shop owner creep so much. “Can you take me to talk to your dad?”
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Vitus sighed as he finished drafting the explanation about the recent fires they were asked to look into. It helped that was often a Kamia task when they were the one’s setting them after getting humans out. Ryder’s decision to help was doing more than he expected. The idea of having someone so young and small involved still sat wrong with him. He couldn’t ignore it when the young human had faced him with so much determination. At least it made their struggle easier. Ryder felt like part of their family, but even suggesting he stay with them had seemed too selfish.
“Vitus, sir?” Ryder called. Vitus turned to the small human sitting next to his hands. Even a year later the human seemed too small compared to the others. The ease Ryder had in talking to him now made him smile.
“Yes?” he asked. A part of him wanted to just send his human son off to rest or play like the others. He always wound up next to him. Of course he was at least doing the homework his tutor assigned.
“You haven’t eaten all day, you should get something.” Vitus reached over and ruffled Ryder’s head. The human was more responsible than himself. He pushed himself up from his desk. He cupped his hand around Ryder, waiting to see if the little human wanted to come with him to the kitchen.
“Can I stay here? I’m almost done with my homework.”
“Of course, anything you want me to bring you?” Ryder focused on his work, bowing down.
“Can you get one of the pastries Rhys likes?” Vitus chuckled at the request. This whole time things had seemed too risky. It was consistently a relief that their worries about Ryder’s safety were disproven.
“Sure.”
Vitus started on his way out, leaving the office door open. It shouldn’t be a problem today, he had no meetings. He would just grab two of the pastries, one he’d cut open for Ryder and another for himself. He saw one of the others that seemed anxious, a small detour would be fine.
Ryder smiled to himself. He liked the life he had now. Helping get humans out of bad places. All that time finding ways to sneak around those two giants he was stuck with was worth it. Plus Vitus and Dabria were nice. Dabria always brought things she saw for humans saying it reminded her of her youngest son. Vitus never minded that Ryder preferred to do his homework in the office. It was fun. He felt like family.
Footsteps sounded near the door. He started to shuffle his homework to the side so he wouldn’t get any of the sweet cream on it. He stood with a smile that fell faster than his heart was racing. Standing at the door wasn’t Vitus, but that jerk of an assistant that sold him out. The one who wanted him to die. Ryder could barely breathe as the giant took in the room.
“Ruthless head huh,” the familiar voice muttered.
Ryder’s blood ran cold. He needed to run, but there wasn’t a safe place. The giant kept looking around until finally those beady eyes found him. There was a heavy silence as the giant stared at him. He watched the huge face go from annoyance, to shock, to confusion, straight to anger.
“You trash,” the man seethed. “You sold us out to save yourself didn’t you? Found a little use so they’d keep you alive. I’ll make sure that doesn’t last.”
Ryder’s legs were shaking as the man stomped forward. He had to run. He had to make his legs move. If he didn’t run he’d die. He didn’t want to die. Rhys said he was going to teach him a new game. Felix wanted him to help with his sewing. Alessia would even talk to him now. He had a family he actually liked, he didn’t want to die.
“V-Vitus,” he tried to shout. His voice came out hoarse. He stumbled back, falling off his feet. “M-Mr Kamia!” Better he thought it could work. He just had to be a bit louder. They paid more attention, they’d hear him. “Sir! I need help!”
No one responded. There were no world shattering footsteps. No mountain of a giant towering over the one closing in. His heart was racing. Dabria wasn’t home. The others were at school. He could have been at school, he just hadn’t gone for too long. He needed to catch up. He was starting next year. He wanted to go to school. The giant’s shadow was reaching him.
“Dad! He’s gonna kill me!” Ryder shouted as loud as he could.
The jerk hesitated for a second, but it didn’t change anything. He had tears rolling down his face. No one would save him. No one could hear him. He was in a world of giants and no one would care when he’s gone. He was a useful human to the mafia. Just like those other humans whispered, the kids shouldn’t have gotten attached. He was re-
“Don’t touch my son!” Vitus roared. Ryder had never heard the man’s voice as loud as he did then. He thought it would shatter his ear drums. He swore the entire house shook before the words finished echoing. The giant approaching him finally stopped. He turned just enough Ryder could see the massive giant holding a gun pointed at his would-be killer's head. “Ryder, cover your ears and close your eyes.”
Ryder did as he was instructed. Curling up along with it. He just wanted this over. Despite listening, there was a cracked boom that felt deafening. A heavy thud followed, right after there were steps he thought he recognized. He started shaking on the chance it wasn’t him. It wasn’t the giant he begged to help him. The one he finally called dad.
A large hand surrounded him. He curled up smaller and felt the hesitation. The hand disappeared, replaced by two fingers lifting him in the air. It felt familiar. He was placed on a palm and held over a racing heart. It was faster than his own. He felt and heard the thunderous steps as the winner walked off with his prize.
“You,” Vitus snapped. Ryder shook more at the tone.
“Y-yes sir?” a giant answered. He only knew because of how close the voice was to him.
“Get the body out of here. Find anyone who worked with him and take care of them. We’re sending a message. Make sure they know touching one of my children gets them a lot more than dead. No names, just that my youngest was in danger.”
“R-right away sir.” He felt the hand press against him a bit harder.
“Wait, call the human doctor we added last year. Laura. Tell her what happened and report to me anything she says… Tell her he was near a silenced giant's gun firing.” Ryder was kind of shocked to hear Laura’s name. They said they didn’t hurt humans, but she’d been gone since she took off his cast.
There was silence as the giant must have run off. Vitus kept walking, but Ryder was terrified. The rhythmic steps continued. The heartbeat barely stopped racing as the giant moved. Ryder was held tightly enough he couldn’t even tell if they were on the stairs or not. All he could make out were muffled voices followed by the slam of a door. The first sign anything changed was when the hand softened and huge fingers wrapped around him.
He was brought up to the stern eyes he’d stopped fearing. It was the first time he’d seen the face anything besides intimidating or oddly soft. Vitus had an expression of fear. Ryder just stared at him while the giant set him down on his palm. Two fingers gently pulled at one his arms, he didn’t realize he was still covering his ears.
“You’re safe now Ryder, were you hurt?” Vitus whispered. It was the first time the man had spoken softly to him. Ryder knew the giant just never considered his presence and wasn’t intending to be loud and frightening. This was something new, something he actually feared. All he did was shake his head. The relief that painted over the fearful look was overwhelming. “That’s good. That’s good… I didn’t know anyone was coming today. I never would have left you alone. I’m so glad I heard you.”
“Y-you called me your son,” he choked out. Vitus actually offered a smile. One he hadn’t seen very often. He only saw it a few times, each of them directed at one of the others. The giant nodded his head.
“It’s what you are,” Vitus brought his hand down and held Ryder firmly over his heart, “I just wish I was the one you shouted for.”
Ryder grabbed the cloth around him, “It was you.”
Vitus started to purr almost immediately. The stress and fear fled Ryder’s body in an instant. He felt tired, more tired than he had in a long time. He squirmed a little to curl up comfortably under the firm hold. He almost died. He thought no one could hear him. Vitus answered for him, hearing him as his son. It was too much.
He doubted this would last. A part of him knew the fights they had. That Dabria wanted him gone. He’d take advantage of this. Enjoy his life with a family that seemed to want him. A family that heard him when he needed it. The purring picked up in volume as the heart beat settled. He could feel Vitus moving around, almost shocked when he heard the sound of a mattress shifting.
“Just rest, I’ll keep you safe,” Vitus promised. After all this time Ryder did believe it. He was safe in the giant’s hand. He was a member of the Kamia family. No matter how long it lasted he’d be kept safe by them.
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Blissful Dreams
More Kaiju Ash stuff!! They had a really nice dream.
Blissful Dreams
I sat up with a start. Falling asleep hunched over was unlike me. It was dangerous for them. At least I thought that until I looked around me. I was in a kitchen, a normal human sized kitchen. With a table that was bought from a low cost furniture website. There were three chairs around it, mine wobbled as I shifted in it. I’d taken that one so the others wouldn’t be distracted.
I took in the room slowly. Cabinets, a few with handles that didn’t match. A mess of dishes leftover, Delphia wouldn’t let us clean them when it was her turn even when her health was bad. I climbed to my feet, expecting the vision to fall apart. It didn’t, I was standing in the kitchen I hadn’t seen in so long, that I barely remembered.
I rushed to the toaster, grabbing it in my shaky hands. I was me, I was human. My eyes weren’t glowing, my skin was just skin. I took my hand off the toaster, no claws and no weird coating to my skin on them. I looked over my shoulder, the tail I frequently forgot existed was gone too. I nearly fell to my knees, I was human. I prayed that this was the reality, not that nightmare.
“Ash, what are you doing?” Alessia said. I turned around, I couldn’t believe my eyes. She was there, she was there and I wasn’t staring down at my feet to see her. She was rubbing her eyes, she must have just woken up. “It’s early, Del’s still asleep. If you’re cleaning up we better share the blame. I’ll help.”
I walked over to her, admiring the woman I could see. The woman who was looking up at me with a smile I never thought I’d see this clearly again. She looked at me with a kindness I had always adored. She met my eyes and it felt amazing to know she could see me without an issue. I took her face in my hands. I saw the brief confusion on her face, but I didn’t care. I leaned forward slowly until I was only a twitch from contact. I felt her breath on my skin, a normal feeling I never thought I’d miss.
“Ash, is everything-” she started. I lost myself hearing her voice and knowing the whispers were for me. I captured her lips and kissed her deeply. She made a noise, but quickly returned it. The taste was different, nothing like the hints left when I kissed them in that dream. I didn’t stop until she started to pull away. I looked at her panting for breath, I loved her so much. “Well that’s a way to wake up. I know you’re leaving soon, but we’re going to wait for you.”
I had things to say. It must be just before I leave, the dream was maybe warning me. Telling me not to go. I wouldn’t, I’d stay right here. Before I could tell her we heard faint coughing down the hall. I looked in her eyes, the worry clearer than I’d seen in so long. I put a hand on her head before walking off. Delphia was sick right now. I pushed the slightly open door to see her sitting up in bed recovering from a coughing fit.
“Ash, did I wake you up with my cough? I’m fine it was just from swallowing wrong I swear,” she smiled. I knew she was lying. She always lied about her cough. I walked in and kneeled in front of her. I was looking up at her, my neck was craned. I never thought this feeling would be quite so wonderful. She smiled at me, a smile I could see with clarity I adored. “Maybe I’ll let you help me, but only because you’re going to leave soon.”
I didn’t say a word. I put my hands on her cheeks, felt them heat up under my touch. She leaned forward without me having to try and force it. I started the kiss, soft at first. The feeling of her lips on mine, meeting with mine not a small spot of them, made me lose myself. I deepened the kiss, taking in her taste as I selfishly sought what I’d missed. A cough started to break through that made me let her go. Once she’d stopped I captured her lips again.
I felt arms wrap around me. It was enough to make me cry as Alessia pressed her cheek against mine. I wanted this. I needed this. I wanted to have these feelings, tastes, places back. She sighed in my ear, Delphia giggled.
“No fair, I only got one kiss this morning,” Alessia pouted. Delphia tapped my shoulders and I relented. She slid off the bed to kneel on the ground with me. I pulled her into a tight hug.. I placed a hand on Alessia’s other cheek as I leaned into her. The women I loved, a size I could show how I feel and not hurt them.
“You’re crying Ash, what’s wrong?” Delphia whispered. I shook my head, I couldn’t tell them. I couldn’t risk this being the dream. I wanted that world where I’d hurt so many to be a nightmare. I felt the arms around me tighten.
“I know you’re supposed to leave today, but you don’t have to. We’re fine like this, there’s plenty of things to do. We don’t need anything else.” Alessia nuzzled me as she spoke.
“I won’t go,” I whispered. Both of them made a noise like they didn’t hear. I felt the tears on my face as I realized they didn’t hear me. I can speak normally. “I’m not going, I’m staying here.”
Delphia slid her arms around me and leaned into my chest. Alessia pulled me tighter against her. I cried more, I missed this. The feeling of holding and being held. I loved them so much, they were safe with me like this. We were safe and human together. I didn’t want this to end, I needed this not to end.
“Ash, you’ve been weird this morning. Was it a dream?” Delphia asked. I nodded, the words to describe it didn’t exist. The way my mind worked in that dream didn’t even feel real.
“Tell us about it. I bet I can scare off whatever bothered you in it,” Alessia promised. She leaned into me more. I rested my head on top of Delphia’s. I shook my head, I couldn’t tell them. “Well if you change your mind we’re always here.”
Her arms loosened and started to leave me. I grabbed her hands in a panic. “Don’t go.”
“Ash…” They said it together. The arms that started to leave me came back tighter. Slowly Alessia guided us to lay on the floor together. I wanted this for longer than I realized. The feeling of them with me, holding me. The feeling of holding them in my arms.
“If…” They both made a noise, they were listening. “The dream… In it I was something awful, I’d done awful things. I… It only happened because I went… because I left today.”
“Maybe it was protecting you, reminding you it’s ok to stay. Besides I bet none of those awful things were on purpose.” Delphia moved to look up at me. She freed one of her hands to reach up to my face. I felt her wipe away tears. “If dream us were mad at you or hated you then it was just a nightmare.”
“She’s right.” Alessia’s arms tightened again. I let a sob escape me. “Nothing would make us stop loving each other. Forever and after, right?”
I laughed, I laughed loudly. I had forgotten all about that in the dream. That monster version of me didn’t remember so much. The day I moved in, we said vows just to each other. We’ll be together, we’ll love and accept each other, forever and after. Both women joined in my laugh. I couldn’t remember a time as that monster that I was this happy.
Ash!
I jumped, neither said my name. I swore I heard it.
“Oh right, Rhys gave me some strawberry syrup, I can make pancakes today,” Delphia laughed.
Ash wake up!
“He’ll be jealous, you’re teaching Vincent the recipe right?”
You need to wake up!
“He hates the idea, but he’s doing it. Swears it’s not because he wants to make Rhys something special on his birthday.”
Ash! Ash!
I was awake, I was at home. I was where I belonged. I tightened my arms around Delphia, she responded in kind. I loved them both so much.
“Maybe we could ask Vitus and Dabria to water the plants and go on a trip since you’re staying home Ash.”
Ash, we need you to wake up! You need to-
I snapped my eyes open as Alessia’s scream started. I watched her small body falling, my vines responded before I could think. She was caught on a cushioned platform just within my sight. I felt my heart race as I realized the reality was the monster. Alessia fell from the small… the high cliff. It was a massive drop to them, I had to remember that. I felt my eyes widen as Delphia jumped off to join her. My vines created a safe slide down for her.
I watched as they helped each other stay standing as they looked at me. I never had dreams quite so real. I didn’t know why they were struggling to stand. I heard the thumping over my own pounding heart. My tail… the only part of my change I could forget about. I took a deep breath to calm myself down. The thumping slowed until it finally stopped. I frowned as I looked over the two miniscule women.
“Well now we know you’ll wake up if we call out to you,” Alessia laughed. I grimaced. Delphia came closer and held an arm out to me.
“You’re crying… Your tears have a faint glow too. It’s the color of your other eye though. Green cries blue, blue cries green. Was it a nightmare?” Delphia said. I swallowed the lump in my throat to try and talk. I could still feel them around me. I wanted to hold them again, to see them nearly my height, not like ants. I shook my head.
“I…” I started. They didn’t flinch, they didn’t panic. I knew my voice was louder than usual. They accepted it. “It was a good dream, a very good dream.”
I closed my eyes, that was enough. They didn’t need to know the pain I felt waking up. I moved one of my arms, a shadow had already covered them from just that. I brought it close, they didn’t react to it. I pressed my finger against them. They leaned against me, that feeling from my dream felt so real. I missed it so much.
“Ash, what aren’t you telling us?” Alessia asked. She knew I wouldn’t say it easily. She stepped closer to the edge, looking at me with a face I wished was even clearer. I wished it wasn’t something about being this monster that made me able to see her and Delphia clearly. That I hadn’t almost forgotten what humans were… that I was one.
“Ash, please just tell us. You know we’re here for you-” Delphia tried.
“Forever and after,” I mumbled. I saw the smiles I loved when I said that. I curled my finger slightly and pressed into them more. “I miss holding you… being held. Our lives. You should go home, forget me.”
I watched as they whispered to each other. They should go back to their lives, the ones they can build without me. I was this monster, not them. I didn’t even know if anyone else knew about this trip. If someone else might come after them. I’d honestly forgotten all of the others, the lives that interlocked with our own.
I pulled my hand away from them. I felt their hands try to grab me, but I knew it would be better to pull away. I could send them to the entrance to the forest, I could block it off. Stop humans from ever coming here again. I froze when their hands grabbed my claw and let me drag them along.
“Nope, we’re not leaving. We do need to do something so you can have those dreams while we try to fix this,” Alessia smirked. I shook my head a bit, that wasn’t an option.
“Ash, can’t you reinforce the lab with your vines? Then we’ll have a safe spot while you have those dreams. We can’t make them real, but you should be able to have them without worrying,” Delphia smiled. I could, but there was no promise they’d stay. We didn’t know if it reached other areas too. “Then again, we should probably test cutting your vines. It wouldn’t be worth it if it hurts you, we don’t even know how they react when cut.”
I decided to sit up. Slowly I pushed myself up off the ground. The two women held tightly to my finger as I moved. It was a bit weird to sit hunched over so they could keep my finger with them. I told the vines to bring them higher, it didn’t stop until they were at my chest. I decided I’d run my own test, slipping two fingers below the vines they sat on. I lifted my finger up and gently tugged to free their grip.
Once I was sure they had let go I pulled my hand away completely. There they were, ant sized humans on my fingers. The platforms the vines made were always large enough to sit on one of my own fingertips. I knew it was my own selfishness. I wanted to hold them even when it was hard. Usually the vines connected to me when I held the platforms I made. This time I grabbed the strand instead. I slowly dug my claws into the thick vegetation until it had ripped apart. I didn’t even feel it.
Carefully I moved to set them down. I pushed their platform off of my finger. It was free from my control, I could feel the loss. It was minor, it didn’t change anything. I knew it was gone though. I tried to call for it, to remove it from them, but it couldn’t be reached. I shifted my gaze to the small broken building. It was still hard to believe I ever fit in there, despite the women staring at me.
I called vines to surround it and lift it from the ground. I closed my eyes, asking for it to reinforce the building. Once I felt sure they listened I opened my eyes again. The small building had spots filled with my vines. The spots I’d destroyed as I grew. I grabbed the vine linking it to me and slowly tore it free once more. This one I felt more, not enough for it to matter. I carefully set the building down before releasing a sigh.
“Ash!” Delphia and Alessia called to me. I leaned closer, dreading that all encompassing shadow of mine. The glow of my eyes seemed stronger lately and worked as spotlights for the two.
“Did that hurt?” Delphia asked.
“Don’t just do things! Talk to us. Forever and after, right?” Alessia whined. I knew they wanted to know my thoughts. I knew I should tell them, but it hurt. It hurt to know how unsafe I was. All the things I couldn’t do again. I closed my eyes again, picturing that home I would never see again. Two gasps pulled me from my mind.
I stared in awe at the small home that formed in front of them. I leaned forward, the house already moving to be high enough I could see. The memories I had mimicked with vines right in front of me. I couldn’t see as much detail as I would have liked, but it was enough. I repeated the process of separating the vines from me one last time. This time, I felt pain. A pain of acceptance that my life wouldn’t ever reach a place like this again. I slid the home off my fingers, in front of the two women I knew should leave. The two I selfishly wanted to stay with me.
I watched them walk in, I could hear their awe. I just watched where I knew they were. I wished I could be there with them. I wished I could hold them. That image in my mind hurt my heart. Slowly I shifted to lay on my side once more. I wouldn’t be able to do much either way. Suddenly a feeling spread over me, one I never thought I’d feel again. I felt fresh tears spill from my eyes.
“Ash!” Alessia was breathless as she called me. “Did you feel that?!”
I gave a look that said all she needed. She ran back to the home. Next thing I knew I felt a light kiss on my cheek, something I knew was impossible. I raised a hand to my face, touching the spot looking for some understanding. I heard excited shouts from the house my vines made. Finally Delphia and Alessia were out in the open again. They stared at me with smiles.
“I don’t know what you were thinking, but in the house vines that looked like you appeared. I hugged it, then Alessia kissed its cheek. You… you could feel it,” Delphia explained. I gasped. “You may not be able to feel us the same, but we have a way to hold you now. I miss it too, Ash.”
“We both do. I’m going to find some way to fix this in that lab. A lot more was still fine in there than we thought. We’ll figure this out, even if we don’t we’re here for good Ash. Forever and after.”
I smiled, “...forever and after…”
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