Oh my god look at the time, I am really exhausted, I should really go to sleep now "
….
surprisingly it didn't take long before he fell asleep for real
" Sigh….what an idiot…."
After making sure he was asleep Nephthys tried to pull her hand out of his hand and leave but the moment she tried pulling, Avners hold got tighter not letting go of her hand
Nephthys could easily escape his grip but for some reason she sat back down on the chair, still holding his hand
" Just….why am I doing this….? "
Nephthys just couldn't understand her own actions anymore, why was she even holding his hand in the first place when she could just use her energy
Nephthys looked at his sleeping face for a while
" Looks like I have a soft spot for you…."
her memories took her back to the incident with the fire how he just ran to protect her
" Why would you do that ? "
she remembered how he had hugged her and it made her realize something she hadn't before
"....I have never hugged someone before "
Nephthys looked some more at him then looked at their hand intertwined
she pulled his hand slowly the look in her eyes getting sinister
" I could kill you right now…."
it was true, Avner was at his most vulnerable right now….
Nephthys put his hand back down on the mattress with her hand still in his and that sinister look in her eyes disappeared
" Sigh…."
She looked at his face again and asked
" Why do you trust me so much ? "
she tilted her head
***
" Stop smiling "
It was time for class again but for some reason Avner couldn't stop acting foolish
" I said stop it "
Nephthys repeated once again
" I can't control it "
but Avner still wasn't obeying
" Looks like I have been too soft on you recently…."
Avner didn't like where this was going
" Catch ! "
Nephthys threw her sword at him for him to catch, witch he did
" I hope you know how to fight "
" Of course I know how to fight "
Avner proudly said
" Very well….let's go "
" Go where ? "
" We are going to the cursed forest "
Nephthys replied
" Go where !? "
Avner sure did not expect that
" Yes "
" Don't you know what there is ?! "
" Of course I do, that´s why I´m taking you there "
" Are you trying to feed me to the demons !? "
Avner asked since that's exactly what was roaming in that forest
" You said you knew how to fight, are you saying you don't know how to ? "
" Of course I do ! but that does not change the fact that that place is dangerous "
" Fine then I'll be your opponent "
"....."
Avner had to choose, fight Nephthys or go into a forest full of demons….the answer was obvious
" Then forest it is "
Avner replied with a cheerful smile on his face
" You sound a little too enthusiastic "
the way he said he'll choose the forest just didn't sit well with Nephthys, he just made her sound worse than demons
" Do I ? No I don't "
Avner replied nonchalantly then put his arm around her shoulder and started walking giving her no choice but to walk with him
Nephthys knew exactly what he was trying to do, so she decided to say nothing any longer and just walk with him. She was going to get her revenge soon anyway
******
" Woah this forest is a lot more scarier than I had anticipated "
Avner commented
" Demon senses are a lot more amplified than humans are. This means they can see better, smell better and…. "
she did not finish her sentence so Avner had to ask
" And….? "
but the moment he looked at her and saw the mischievous smile on her lips he regretted he ever asked
" Hear better "
right after saying that, a blue light appeared in her hand creating some sort of sphere witch she then threw at a tree, the tree exploded and the explosion made a loud noise
" You…..you…..why would you do that ? "
Avner asked frustrated in whisper as to not call more demons
" Have fun "
Nephthys used her wind and flew on the branch of a tree
" What are you doing ?! aren't you going to help me ? "
Avner looked up and asked her
" Nope I´m just going to watch "
she said looking down at him
" You…."
" Pay attention, they are coming "
Nephthys warned
Avner took a deep breath and prepared himself, soon enough, they came. The fight has begun. All you could hear was the roars of the bloodthirsty demons and their claws hitting the sword
" He really does know how to fight….impressive "
Nephthys was studying his fighting style, Avner was incredible with the sword much to her surprise but no matter how good he was he was still human, the longer the fight was going to last the more tired he'd become while the sounds of the fight would call more demons. Time was not on his side but Nephthys never planned on killing him so she finally made a move. With a simple move of her hand all the demons fell lifeless to the ground
" Wha….what just happened ? "
Avner looked up at the tree where Nephthys was and asked out of breath
" I burned them "
she replied and got down from the tree the same way she climbed it
" But I see no fire "
Avner asked getting closer to her
" I burned them from the inside "
Nephthys then took her sword back from Avner and cut one of the demons and there it was. Fire
" Woah, that's incredible, how did you do that ? "
he asked, fascinated walking to her side once again. It was like he couldn't keep his distance from her
" Do you want to know ? "
" Yes "
Nephthys then put the sword back into his hand getting a curious gaze from Avner
" You are first going to clean this "
" Can't you use your water to clean it, you know the same water you used to drown me "
" No "
"....."
Avner was speechless, was this her way of taking revenge for how he made her look worse than the demons
" You did a good job "