This chapter was requested by the_best_pleb love their username 😂
I don't know why I took this request even though I'm not supposed to be doing these right now, but something just felt right, I don't know how to describe the feeling but I couldn't ignore it that's for sure.

Ritchie's pov
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I was walking around the guild aimlessly, trying to wrap my head around what Flurry and Yamitsu had said earlier.

"If they make you happy go for it!", The words echoed in my mind.

I groaned in frustration, how was I supposed to balance my personal feelings and guild duties, there was too much going on between Oakley, Devils tongue, and the impending danger. That's not even bringing up the fact that one of our guildmates have gone completely missing, half of the guild has been in emotional distress since the year started, and then there's Abraham that needs to be worried about.

I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding in and looked around, normally whenever I need to talk to someone about stuff like this the first person I'd go to would be him. But I couldn't do that right now, not after that, I know what I said that night had hurt him at least a little bit, and that the small wound on his heart wouldn't have healed by now. It would take some time for things to even begin to go back to normal between us, but that doesn't mean I didn't trust him or care about him any less, there's just been too much going on for me to consider going into a relationship.

I sat down in the grass and groaned at myself, I knew I was just making excuses at this point but I was just too much of an actual coward to face this at the moment, I needed time to think about everything.

"Why can't my brain and my heart want the same thing for once?"

Devin's Pov
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I was moving around my kitchen working on making myself lunch, I didn't really wish to leave my house today but I knew I shouldn't coup myself up in here all day so I finished putting the little quiche in the oven and went upstairs to read a book for a while. I grabbed the little fairytale known as Alice in Wonderland. I sat there in silence reading the tale, just as I got to the part where Alice meets with the Cheshire Cat I smelt something burning only to remember the quiche I'd put in the oven not even thirty minutes ago.

"Crap, crap, crap!" I rushed down the stairs in a panic, hoping that it hadn't been burned too badly.

I quickly ran to the oven and opened it, luckily nothing was smoking so the quiche seemed salvageable. I grabbed the oven mitts and pulled them out of the oven to not only cool but to check the damage done to it by my carelessness.

"Why can't life ever go my way? I mean first, it was practically abandoning Michael, then it was the plot to destroy the city, the rejection, and now this crap." I sighed in frustration as I set my head down on the counter, it was like the universe was against me in every possible way. Though I suppose it was karma for the things I did.

"I probably do deserve this, don't I?" I let out a quiet chuckle.

"Doesn't mean it hurts any less." I rubbed my temples and looked around, I needed to put some lights up it was Christmas time after all.

'My heart hurts...'

To be continued.....

Sorry that this is short I want to make a part two so I will... When I have the time of course. UwU"

I hope you guys enjoyed this extremely short chapter