TW: Very Angst, MCD

Title: ~Their Last Day~

It was just another ordinary day at Blackrock castle, Rythian woke up staring up at the black rock of the roof, he looked over at the window and could see under the curtain that it was still early. He slowly sat up, put his ring and mask on, before Zoeya woke up. He slowly walked over to the window and pulled open the curtains. He looked out at the big FARM sign and he saw Daisy, Steven and Nilsey JR still asleep lying together.

He came away from the window and walked around to Zoeya’s side of the bed so they could lie together like the mooshrooms but when he pulled the covers off to get into bed there was nobody there so he went around to his side and picked up his watch. It was still early, 6 am.

“Zoeya!” There was a loud clang of metal from downstairs and then he could hear the loud tap of his slippers which are too big for Zoeya on the blinding marble floor. This put a small grin on Rythian’s face hidden by the dark mask. As her steps got louder and louder Rythian walked closer to the door to greet her there, but when she appeared in the doorway her bright ruby hair looked dirty. She also had dirt on her face, but her smile was still so white and looked so out of place on her face, but her smiling made him smile.

“Morning sleepy,” Rythian’s eyes opened wide. “Sleepy? Do you know what time it is?” She always smiled when he spoke because she loved his goofy accent. “What are you doing, anyway?”

“It’s a surprise,” she said with a look of worry and now with what was a fake smile, “Give me err. . .five minutes, unless I say otherwise.”

“Fair enough,” And then she was gone. Almost for good. She ran down the marble stairs and everything went quiet for what felt like an eternity. After checking his watch for the thousandth time Rythian got up and ran down to see what his surprise was. He ran into the kitchen where he thought the clang came from before but  but there was nobody there. He went to all the other rooms and found no one.

“Zoeya, it’s been five minutes, where’s my surprise?”

“Rythian we should go, quick!” There was a sense of urgency in her voice but Rythian didn’t know why, he wanted to know why. “Rythian, come on! Now!” He knew. He knew what was coming and just froze there. He couldn’t move. He was petrified but he couldn’t show it, not in front of her. He took a deep breath.

“It’s too late isn’t it?” He pulled her in close, he could feel her heart beat getting faster and faster.

“I’m sorry, Rythian. I tried, I really di-” He stopped her, they were both crying at this point. They were wrapped in each others arms, like Daisy and  were just five minutes ago.

“I know Zoeya. I’ll miss you, I’ll need you, I love-” Then it happened. The nuke Lalna had put under Blackrock, under their home went off, at that point it all went Black.

When he came to his arms were empty, no one was there. No Zoeya. He looked at his hands, they were covered in blood. Everything was quiet, he heard nothing, saw no one. He got up and screamed her name at the top of his lungs.

“ZOEYA!!!” He tried to run into the Blackrock crater, still screaming her name and tears pouring down his face. He got grabbed from behind by Ravs, Teep, and Nilsey. His eyes started glowing purple and his mask torn revealing his scars and monstrous teeth. He turned to them and they let go, scared of what he could do. He searched the crater for at least a half hour, ripping bits of debris away from the sides but he had no luck finding her. His arms still bloody and eyes still glowing he went over to where she landed after she fell from the sky to wash away the blood on his arms and face. All he could think about was her, and that is was all his fault Lalna put the nuke there that was his fault for even setting it off, that he didn’t do anything to stop it, that he just stood there and didn’t get her to safety. He started hitting the water, screaming.

“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! It’s all my fucking fault! What the fuck was I thinking?!” Then she did it again, she fell, a shot of ruby fell in front of Rythian. He ran up to her and pulled her up and out of the water. She was very badly injured. She looked at Rythian’s eyes and mouth, reaching up and touching his cheek with her good hand.

“Your face, why haven’t you shown me it before?” She said, smiling but clearly in a lot of pain.

“Because I was afraid it’d scare you off, and I couldn’t live without you there. I thought that was going to happen now.”

“It’s beautiful.” She pulled his head closer to her and their lips touched, wincing at first from the pain, but then stayed there kissing Zoeya who was in his arms, in the river where they first met each other, telling each other that everything was going to be okay.