Xeria’s P.O.V

"Peanut, where are you?" I call to him; it's been two months since the incident.

Potato's pups are with us now; one is Peanut, and the other is Sugar. Peanut, being the more-lively one, is nowhere to be seen right now; I have my hands full with them.

Khaos's dad left shortly after everything was settled, but he'll be back for the wedding.

I have entered the second trimester now, so we have decided to hold the wedding. Khaos said we should wait, but I'm more than sure now.

I search everywhere for him until I come across the basement; I unlock the door and enter.

Waves of nostalgia wash over me; I'd spent more time here than in my room as a teenager, but there was no work of mine here; everything had been destroyed.

I approach my table, tracing it with my fingers. I enter the code for the lock on the cabinet attached to the table and open it, drawing the box out.

Opening the box, I see what's inside; I pick up the picture of myself Axel and Ivan, all three of us smiling, Axel's arms swung around our shoulders.

The day when the picture was taken

"Ivan, I have something to tell you," I exclaim in excitement as the two of us walk back home.

"Me too. Can I go first?" he asks with a smile.

"Axel kissed me yesterday," he exclaims with a smile, and I stop dead in my tracks.

"What's wrong?" he asks me, turning back.

"He kissed you? Then why did he kiss me today? and asked if I want to be with him?" I ask, my jaw clenching with anger.

"What? He said the same to me. He walks back to me, and we both stare at each other.

"He wants to play us? us?" Ivan bursts out in laughter.

"I want to kill him like now," I clench my fists, and Ivan keeps his hand on my shoulder.

"Then it would be over too soon; we'll have to make it long and exciting," he smiles, and I mirror the reaction.

We planned our next moves; we knew what was about to go down, but we did it anyway, but him shooting us down was quite unexpected, but then again he was our first love, so he has to live up to his name.

"I do not want to be the golden boy. "I hate it." Ivan throws the vase against the wall, shattering it into pieces.

"Well, we both saw this coming; we need to keep it down." I shrug my shoulders and erase our blueprints.

"But they managed to push him away; we won't be able to play with him now," Ivan crushes the shattered pieces even more.

"Well, they're our parents; obviously, they outsmarted us," I begin to redirect the money to secure channels before it is traced as well.

"What now, forget about all this?" he asks, snatching my laptop.

"Let us wait. He'll find us again, and then we can play again, okay? Till then, let's enjoy this normal, boring life; we don't have any other options; we're currently under strict surveillance." I take my laptop back to finish my work.

"Fine, but next time let's have more fun." He sits beside me, resting his head on my shoulder.

A few months back

"He's back, but I don't want him now," Ivan complains as we set up our laptops.

"Let's get rid of him then," I smirk, and Ivan begins to work.

"We can't get our hands dirty directly," he says, tracking him down.

"This time, he'll kill us. We need to be cautious. Let us breach our security first; we can handle the worst." I tell him, and he nods.

"Why is everybody trying to protect us? It's incredibly annoying. I have to hide from their channels as well," he pushes the keys forcefully in irritation.

The day at the hospital

"Like we decided?" Ivan asks, and I nod.

"He is going to be here any moment now," I whisper, and Ivan nods, knowing what's going to happen next.

Present

Everything was going as planned, but something unexpected occurred, and I panicked. I can be crazy, but I cannot endanger my children.

I rub my stomach before picking up the lighter inside the box, which belonged to Axel, a golden dragon who throws flames. I set fire to the picture and then clean up before leaving the basement room.

"Peanut, there you are!" I pick him up from the basement stairs and bring him up; this chapter is finally finished.