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The morning after the party stolas couldn’t remember much.
Little glimpses of the party came back in mind, even though the whole ordeal seemed rather petty to him, he can’t deny he had seemed to enjoy what he remembered.
Of course the slight joy he might have had that day was blacked out but the pain he experienced in the garden this morning was still crystal clear in his mind.
He kept his eyes closed and rolled over on his bed. Only to feel another presents.
His eyes snapped open as he saw familiar white feathers beside him. His heart stopped.
Before he could even think he scrambled out of bed. Blinking once and looking back at the spot. Blinking again.
But it was no trick. No doubt it was Stella.
He wanted to scream at her, why the hell would she come back! And sleep here?! Like nothing ever happened?!
“Stolas I can hear you making a scene” she practically growled at him.
“What are you still doing here” this was the last thing he needed, he tried to sound stern but all the fight was drained from him from the night before, could he get ONE break!
“I live here!” She raise and faces him.
“We’re divorced are we not?!”
“So you expect me to just leave?!”
Wasn’t she already? “Yes!”
“And what will everyone think, when they found out the stupid fucking shit you did, the stupid shit you always do?!” She gets off the bed, stolas scrambles to stand up “You’ll be an outcast. You know how rumors have already spread” she walks to him “if you want to retain any of the dignity you have left, you will not kick me out”
Stolas couldn’t stop shaking, he had already done this, why did he have to do it again, she was already gone why did she come back? Why did blitz come back to him? Did they all just want to make his life worse? Is that it?!
He is broken from his thoughts as he hears glass shatter, from his potted plant then a shout “DO YOU HEAR ME?!”. Stella glares at him. Moves away from his precious plant she just killed and closer to stolas.
“You will leave. Now”
She pauses “FINE!” She smiles “good actually! Then EVERYONE will see how much of a FUCKING disgrace you are! You Imp sucking asshole!” She turns “you’re doing everyone a favor.” You could hear her smirk.
Stolas felt worse than he did before. The last thing he needed was Stella, and now he has to clean up his dear plant, like everytime this happens.
He moves over the picks the glass away from the crushed green stem. For a second it didn’t look so bad, he pulled it out as carefully as he could away from the dirt and tinier shards, but the that didn’t stop it from easily tearing the plant in half.
Stolas couldn’t help but let out a small cry. Was it false hope or was he the one who unwillingly killed it.
He stared at the green leaf in his hand for a soild minute.
He realized how much déjà vu that conversation had given him. He handled it better last time. He knew she didn’t care about him. Never had, the only reason they were arranged was to give birth to Octavia. So it made little sense she would just come back.
Of course she threatened to kill him once before, but it didn’t seem like that was her goal in this.
Stolas phone buzzed.
He didn’t want to pick it up. It might have been another ‘funny’ photo from blitz. And even if not it’s probably some royal news he didn’t care to hear. Perhaps he had met someone at the party, but thinking about that party made him think of blitz and he didn’t want to think about it at the moment.
He didn’t want to leave his room, he didn’t want to take his morning bath. He didn’t want to do anything…
But he needed to. So he’ll start with cleaning the broken pot, then he’ll look on his calendar and try to get work done.
The broom was in a closet down the hall. His steps were loud, the house was silent, it was quiet early, and even if it was later Octavia most likely wouldn’t get up til noon, he liked to let her sleep in, something Stella would never allow. Not like Stella bothered to ever wake her up.
He tried not to think as he swept up the glass and dirt. And if he couldn’t help but cry again at least no one needed to see it.
He didn’t want to see anyone. To do anything, his mind was foggy but still he made his way to the calendar in hopes to have SOMETHING to take his mind off… and tomorrow not the full moon?
He had to do a double take. Had he or someone else forgotten to change the date. It haven’t mattered, he took the marker to try to move it until he realized it was the wrong month too. He had definitely changed his calader sense then.
He shakes his head, and goes back to the side table of his bed to pick up his phone.
His heart skips a beat when the first notification was from blitz. He has to close his eyes and take a deep breath in, he looks at the date to see what he should change it too but it’s the same as the calendar.
That… that’s clearly wrong?
With the little courage he could muster he hits the notification and see the text
‘Today 1:34AM
Stolas: hello my dear, the full moon is tomorrow and I know the night we spend together will be splendid, see you soon blitzy!
READ 7:56AM
today 8:01AM
Blitz: k
READ 8:24AM’
Stolas blinks.
That’s… again that CANT be right. It’s not the full moon tomorrow, it’s just not, and it’s not two months ago?! Obviously?! So why is everything telling him otherwise.
It wasn’t a dream, he would know if it was all a dream. Did something happen with time? How is that even possible.
He doesn’t text blitz back.
After a few minutes of repeated thoughts of ‘I’m back in time’ and ‘I can’t be back in time?!’ He finally goes out to the kitchen.
There he sees Octavia, on her phone. She looks back up at him, and practically glares then she looks back down.
“Do you want me to make you something?” Stolas asked. He was never good at making food but she used to love when he made her pancakes, because he ‘made them with love’.
After a second she sights loudly, taking on headphone out “what.”
“I said do you want me to make breakfast?”
She stars blankly.
“Fine. If you want to I guess.” She sits at the table.
They had gotten better after lulu land…. But if this is the day the calendar and phone says it is then it’s before lulu land.
So he should probably talk with her.
Is he in the best state to do so… probably not, but he’s going to try! Anything for his little starfire.
The pancakes turned out slightly crispy, still he plated them and set them on the table. He didn’t feel like eating, yet still put one pancake on his plate. He knew he should and he was better not worrying Octavia.
He placed the plate in front of her and sat down close.
She then took off her headphones and looked around. “Mom stormed out this morning.” She then says, a slight frown on her face.
Stolas nods “I know…”
“I heard glass break” she pokes at her pancake without her fork, she hasn’t taken a bite yet.
“It’s all cleaned up now” stolas says.
She doesn’t respond for a minute.
“I’m okay” he then says.
She looks up at him. “So did she leave on her own.”
Stolas shook his head slightly “no… I… I told her to leave”
For some reason Octavia body seemed to loosened up, words becoming less forced as she said “oh okay”
It was quiet and all stolas couldn’t stand it. “I love you” he then says, because he fears she might not believe it “I love you so much… and I’m sorry, that this whole thing had to happen… it’s a lot but I don’t think I can say I regret it, and I will never stop loving you.”
She just looks at him. “If…. If she didn’t leave” she looks down at the table cloth “if she didn’t what would you do?” She asks.
Stolas didn’t know how to answer “I would do what I have been doing… just more stressful I suppose?”
“But you wouldn’t leave.”
“No…”
“Why not, I always hear her shouting at you and you’ve got-“ he voice went quiet. “Why not.” She just says again.
“Octavia I will never leave you, I mean it when I say I love you I promise” he knew it was going to go there. And something about that felt off.
He knew the perfect thing to say but didn’t know how to bring about it naturally.
It was exactly what she needed to hear and the words felt a little sour because of it.
But as she leaned in for a hug, stolas couldn’t help but smile. He meant every single word he said. He wasn’t just saying it to cheer her up. He was saying it because it was true. He had said them before he’ll say them now.
He hugged her back.
After a moment she pulled away, and started to eat their pancakes. They were cold at this point but she didn’t complain once.
…….
They had spend the whole day doing what Octavia had wanted. A concert was coming in in festival today and she admitted she was going to sneak out to see it, but he went with her and tried his best to have a good time.
It was loud, and not exactly his style, but every time he looked over and saw his starfire jumping around singing along with the lyrics with a big smile he couldn’t help but smile back.
They had gone to a stand with shirts for the band and stolas even bought her one. Much to her surprise. Even though their rich Stella would never allow Octavia to wear stuff like that out, so before he had always denied buying that sorts or stuff (expect for sometimes when she would promise to never try to wear it out, but Stella never needed to know that).
………
Soon it was night and stolas laid down in his bed.
Getting an asmodeus crystal was next. It was quite easy.
He had texted Ozzie in the dark, asking to speak with him.
He knew he’d get it tomorrow before the full moon, he knew exactly what to say to make sure blitz would get one. He knew all the perfect words.
He also knows how blitz will react.
He going to change what to say! Of course he is, maybe he had said it all wrong! Maybe their was something else.
But that’s just a maybe. He’s sure giving this to blitz sooner will not change the outcome. But still he needs to give this to blitz.
……….
He shouldn’t be scared. He knows what will happen, and maybe he’ll get a less aggressive response now that he knows what hadn’t worked. His expectations are in the dirt right now, and he knows blitz answer so he has no reason for his hands to shake as he looks at the yellow crystal.
Maybe blitz needed more time. He definitely will now! This will be so out of the blue!… maybe it was to him before.
Stolas can do that. He knows blitz will say no, so he already had the answer. Before he had been so desperate to get and answer but wasn’t blitz mad about that.
He knows it won’t change anything but he’ll let blitz sleep on it maybe… maybe blitz will feel better about it as well… and he won’t get yelled at. Or have to experience whatever happened in the garden.
His heart sinks in when he sees blitz figure
Blitz approaches him with a flirty smirk“hey stolas, what we doing tonight?”
Stolas stands up, and blitz tries to come closer before he says “wait, just.. I wish to talk, is… that alright?” Why is he asking?!
He worries he’s going to somehow make this worse than last time.
Blitz gives him a confused look, and crosses his arms “alright”
“I like you. A lot” was that too strong of a start? Whatever he already said it. Just try to make it as clear as possible. “I am going to give you a- uh” he looks around and turns messily trying to get the box he had left on his shelf, why was he so nervous, he knew how this will end. “An asmodeus crystal, so you can travel without my book… legally”
“What…?”
“I care for you so much, I- I don’t want you to have to owe me anything, I just wish for you to do your work” he brings the crystal to blitz hands. “I want you to be with me… stay with me, but I would hate for you to do so without wanting to yourself…. Please just think about it.”
Blitz takes the crystal in his hand and looks at it, and up at stolas.
“You may leave if you’d like. If you want to think more about it” stolas stands up.
“W-what? Why-? are you?? Serious?” Blitz walks closer to him.
“I am. I promise, I care for you so much.” It hurts to say, it’s still true, it just leaves his mouth even though he knows he should move on he hates that he still has hope to clear this up.
Blitz just looks up at him.
Stolas hated that he wants him to leave “I know this is out of the blue…. Again you may think on it. Could I…. Have my book back”
“Not before I make sure this thing fucking works” blitz rolls his eyes, he smiles, like he had just put together something. And taps the crystal. His smile fades when a portal appears. “I-… oh… your not… it works.”
“I’d hope so…” stolas sighs. Of course blitz would think it’s some sort of prank, or trick. “Again you can-“
“Yeah yeah I hear you the last two times ‘think about it’… fine! Might as well, that’s all right.” He crosses his arms, making a small huff.
“…yes”
And with that he leaves
The next day blitz didn’t respond.
But it’s okay maybe he needs more time.