110 drunk punch love (1/2)
Arei forced himself to use care when shutting the front door behind him, instead of slamming it with all the rage that was building up inside him. He stepped out onto lush grass that surrounded both sides of the narrow sidewalk that led to the steep stairs they'd used earlier. He narrowed his eyes against the dark pitch of night. In a stroke of the light provided by the lighthouse set out on the edge of the cliffs, Arei caught site of two figures. Setting his jaw in pissed off determination, he stomped of toward them eating up the distance quickly with his large strides. Anger buzzed loudly in his ears drowning out whatever conversation the kid and Orion was having. He grabbed the boy by the shoulder and forced him to spin around to face him. ”What the fuck was that?!” He stood toe to toe with the boy looking down at him, his rage building more. ”How can you treat someone you 'love' like you are her? I wouldn't talk to my enemy the way you do her!”
Russ pulled away from his grip and glared up at him but didn't say anything.
Arei narrowed his eyes at the boy pushing him for answers, but when he didn't respond Arei gritted his teeth and turned toward Orion. ”Ry, you need to get this prick out of here. If I have to go through one more incident like earlier, Jos wont have to worry about losing control and hurting the little asshole I will!”
Orion let out a heavy sigh, ”We were just discussing that option.”
”No! There is no option to be had. This is abuse. She's covered in scars from his little outbursts not to mention all the mental torment he's inflicting! ” He pointed in Russ's direction as he continued. ”I'll not have it! She's went through enough in her life without a man-child causing more problems.” Arei closed the distance between he and Russ glaring down at him in accusation.
Orion's eyes popped open in shock, ”Scars?” He turned to Russ, but Russ's attention was directed at Arei, a hateful glare boring straight into him.
Russ shoved hard against the giant of a man. ”Get off me! You just want me gone for your own gain! I've heard all about you. You walked out on her after letting her think you were someone else! How's that any better, for fucks sake?!” Russ took a large step forward toward Arei to show he was not backing down so easily. ”Admit it, you only have a problem with us arguing because you still have feeling for her.”
Arei's mouth dropped, ”Arguing? Fucking arguing? Are you joking right now?” He pointed back to the house. ”She's in there crying her eyes out, blaming herself, because of you this very second. She spent half of last night crying her eyes out, BLAMING HERSELF, because of you.” Russ tried to interrupt but Arei stopped him. ”NO! You know what, you're right. I do still love her, and yes I shouldn't have let her go so easily, and was too fucking scared to ask her if she could tell a difference between Orion and I...” He narrowed his eyes staring Russ dead in the eyes. ”But you know what for some unfathonable reason she loves you, she wants you. I can honestly say I love her more because my ultimate desire is to see her happy. To do every thing in my power to keep that beautiful smile on her face, to see that content expression she gets when she's looking out over the ocean, to see the bright turquoise of her eyes brightened by the blush of her cheeks when she's embarrassed.” He slammed a finger hard into Russ's chest. ”I haven't gotten to see any of that over the past two days because her eyes have been so fucking red-rimmed from tears-”
Anger burned Russ's very core. Unwilling to admit the truth of his words, instead, Russ struck out and punched the other man square in the jaw. Much like his fights with Orion, it was like punching a steal wall and seemed to do very little in the way of harm.
Arei rubbed his jaw. Irritation radiated from every pore of his body. ”I hoped you enjoyed that, hope it somehow helped to ease your guilt.” His arm shout out and hooked into the front of Russ's shirt. He Pulled the boy closer until their faces were nearly touching. His words were a hushed growl, ”Because you'll not get a second one for free.” He released the fabric and turned back to Orion. ”I'm serious, the kid has to go. Take him back to his people,” He snarled up a lip as he sent Russ a sideways glare. ”Present their new leader to them, and pray they can make more of a man out of him than you have.
”Russ's eyes bugged when Orion nodded in silent agreement. ”Wait! You can't send me away!”
Arei turned back to the pup, his arms folded tightly across his chest. ”I can and I will.”
Russ took several large angry steps forward, ”Who are you to dictate what goes on in my life!?”
Orion blocked Russ's progress with his arm. He squeezed his eyes shut in irritation. ”Enough.” He nodded to Arei, ”It's been decided. I agree with Arei, this isn't healthy for you or her. If this is what your relationship has been like for the past six months then it's no reason she felt the need to take out her aggressions in the sea.” He held Russ's shocked gaze. ”You are the reason for her murders of those human, aren't you? Do you think the council will let you off if they find out? You'll spend the next hundred years a prisoner of your own castle.”
Russ's brows furrowed. ”What do you mean? How... what... murders?”
Orion narrowed his eyes. ”You can't be that dumb, boy. they've been all over the news. You know good and well she did it.”
Russ sighed. ”I... I suspected, but I didn't think it was because of me... I thought it was just what sirens did from time to time...”
Orion shook his head slowly and Arei clenched his jaws. It was Arei to finally answer though. ”See that's the difference, KID. She's not a siren, is she? When she gets stressed out enough to take that form, there's no Joslyn left only the Kraken.” He shook his head, ”Isn't it obvious enough that the killings started after you started harrassing her?”
Russ feel silent and sent Orion a pleading glance. Orion let out another heavy sigh. ”It would seem these were only the latest of her victims. Our little girl has a knack for luring out and killing scummy males.”
Arei arched a brow in Russ's direction. ”You knew this and yet you press your luck?”
Russ shook his head. ”All the victims, if you look into it, have been accused of sexual abuse around campus, ****, drugging girls, videoing things without the girls knowledge... and all the cases had been swept under the rug by the school because of their parents influence. Some of the girls were even kicked out of the school to help cover it.” Russ shrugged. ”It was justified.” He ran his hand through his long blond hair. ”I admit what we have is... rough... but I love her and I want to stand by her-”
”Be what she needs?” Arei pursed his lips his expression oozing sarcasm. ”And how is marking her against her will any different, leaving huge scars over her thighs, verbally lashing out at her anytime her feelings doesn't match your own any different than those other guys? I bet you wouldn't be above forcing yourself on her because you think she's something you own.”