• I walked alone as sunset aproached. I heard Titan and Ikuto's voices say "She will be mine!" Titan almost yelled "How can you still say that?! She's going to marry me!" I looked to my left through the trees and saw Ikuto and Titan. I hid behind a tree and sort of eaves...dropped. Ikuto was wearing a black hoodie with the hood covering his face and hands, you could barely see any of his skin until night came and he took the hood off. He looked mad, Titan just looked annoyed. "Haven't you ever heard of divorce?" he asked. "I don't think that's gunna happen, Darkness will be mine and only mine, even if I have to force her!" Titan said. "Don't be so sure! I'll always be ready to take Darkness away!" Ikuto yelled, grabbing Titan by his shirt. "Okay, this has gone far enough!" Nala yelled, coming out of nowhere. "Stay out of this!" Ikuto yelled. For the first time scince I've known her, Nala looked hurt. She shook the look away and yelled back "Well, did you know that Darkness has been listening to you two fight?!" "No she hasn't! Where is she IF she is here anyway?!" Ikuto yelled back. Nala turned to the tree I was hiding behind "I know she's here becouse witches can sense their own kind a mile away" she said. I sighed and stepped out from behind the tree. Titan's eyes went wide. "Darkness- I- This is just-" he tried to explain. I stepped up to be face to face with Ikuto. "Ikuto you're my best friend, but I don't like you like that. I love you, but I'm not in love with you. And Titan, I have nothing to say to you." I said and left. Titan followed me while Nala stayed with the dumbfounded Ikuto. "Pheonix, please listen to me." Titan said. "Why should I?" I asked. Titan grabbed my hand "Becouse I need you to understand" he said. I turned on him as soon as he got my wrist "Let go of me!" I yelled at him. He looked hurt but kept a tight grip "No!" he yelled back. Our feet got entangled together and we fell, Titan landed on top of me, but I continued to kick and punch him away. "Let me go! Let me go!" I yelled at him. "NO!" he yelled at me. I felt my leg kick his leg making him lose his balance and kiss me. "Please listen to me" he said against my lips. I was trembling, but I nodded my head. "He told me he would take you away from me before I could ask you to marry me. I didn't want you to be taken away from me, I was impulsive" he said. "I didn't mean it. I was angry, please forgive me!" "Get off me" I said a bit quietly, my voice half way between gentle and harsh. I leaned upward but was pushed back down by Titan "No! Not until you say you forgive me!" he yelled at me. "Okay, okay, I forgive you" I said. "You don't sound like you do." Titan said matter-of-factly. "I do, now get off me" I said. "Say it like you mean it!" he nearly yelled. I pushed him down on the ground and sat on his stomach my legs on either side of me, my face inches away from him "It doesn't sound like it becouse I'm still pissed." I told him. His face was the deep red of a ripe cherry. "I can feel your butt on my stomach." he said, his face getting even more red, if that was even possible. "Are you even listening to me?" I asked him. "Trying" he said. I bared my teeth "You're such a- a-" "Impulsive dog?" he finished for me. "Exactly, a hot, royal, kind, impulsive dog." I felt my anger wash away for some reason, even though I was kinda mad about his bleeding nose. "I do forgive you" I told him. "That's good" he said, and smiled a bit. "Um, could you get off me now, I can feel, um, stuff" he sounded embarresed. I sat up "What's the hurry?" I asked. I began to unbutton his black button down shirt. His hands went a little above my butt as he sat up. Our lips almost touching "Um, sorry to interrupt, but we need to go now" Nala came out of nowhere holding Ikuto's hand. "This is getting old" Titan lieing back down on the grassy floor. I sighed " Let's go" "Mmmm, 5 more minutes?" he asked. "Maybe next time" I said and got off him. "Lets go" I said to him after he got up and held his hand. His shirt still open, we followed Ikuto and Nala to the President's house.

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