Pinky Eyes - Part. III

"Reading?!" I lifted the cover of the book so she could see, looking at her with an obvious and natural look.

"Oh, so you're lazy like a turtle?"

"What do you mean?"

"If you were reading it, it would mean that you would have spent almost an hour on a single page. Reading like a fucking turtle," is she spying on me or something? "First, you were looking at the book as if you were seeing a ghost, you froze. And then you started acting like a total idiot, making faces for the book."

"I was lost in my thoughts."

"So, you weren't reading," oh gods she's pissing me off.

"Are you spying on me, Samantha?"

"Yes!" okay, at least she admitted.

"What do you wanna talk about, Samantha? What do you wanna ask me? Just go straight to the point," I spoke directly.

"Why didn't you go to any other kingdom, Avain?" I knew she wanted to ask me something. "I understand why you run away from Albtraum. And I also understand why you didn't want to go to any of the two human realms. Or to Shinda Chikyuu, the Witches Forest, and the Peak of Death. But there are still six places you could have gone to. So, why here?"

"Rumors said that the kingdom of Albtraum was the enemy of this kingdom, so it was more unlikely that anyone would come after me here than elsewhere."

"Good answer, but I still think it's more than that," you are smart, Samantha, too smart.

"You're free to think everything you want to, Samantha, but that won't change the truth."

"You are indeed right. Now, there's something I want to ask you," another question?

"I'm listening."

"Winter told you that I was in love with your father," she isn't asking. "There are almost two hundred and fifteen years since anyone heard of him. And almost two hundred and twenty-three years since anyone heard anything about your mother. Just for your concern, we heard of them even when they were in the Albtraum Kingdom. With we, I mean, me. Could you please, tell me how old you truly are?"

What the heck she wants with me, by the gods. Just go away.

"I already told you!"

"Oh, come on, Avain. I think I've already told you, I hate lies and I can sense when someone is lying by the smell," shit, get away from me.

We stared at each other for a long time, until Kai arrived, finally breaking the silence. "Are you guys okay?" he asked with a curious gaze.

"Yes! We're fine, we were just talking about the book she's reading, and in the end, we had different points of view of the story," why she didn't tell him the truth?

"Both of you are too dense, damn. So, let's go sweetheart? You still have to change your clothes," he said with a childish smile.

"Yeah," I follow him and when I turned to look at her, she was smiling at me. A sweet and fake smile.

"You can call me, Sam or Samie, Ava. No need for formality," way too dangerous.

"I will. Thanks for the good time here, Sam," I said with an innocence I don't have anymore.

When we cross the portal and entered my room he said. "I think you and Samantha will be great friends in the future," you couldn't be more wrong, little king.