A Tale of Deadly Love

Chapter 20: Misery Makes You Crazy

Reaper's POV a few days later

I spent a few days giving Geno the space he needs. He clearly was unsettled by me and looking back I was a major creep. Not to mention the weight of the fact that I nearly killed him. I went home and saw in a mirror why he wouldn't look at me. My eyes look as freaky as hell, not showing any sense of sanity or security. No wonder he didn't trust me. But now I've fixed myself, thinking about what he said and I'm now strolling through the forest back to where he was staying to talk it through with him. I want to make it up to him and move forward.

But while I was walking through the forest, I heard running footsteps coming toward me. I turn around and dodge a fist, seeing that dumb Hunter guy as the culprit. Some annoyance came from within me, glaring at me. If his name weren't on my list or he didn't get involved with Geno, keeping him as his pet Shadow, I wouldn't have come so close to hurting my beloved Geno.

"It's a stupid thing to do, attempting to hit a god of death."I comment

"What did you do to Geno? Where is he?"He snaps at me

"I dunno, I haven't seen him. Maybe he realized how much trouble you are."I say

"Me? Trouble? Says the one who nearly killed him and stalked him who wants me to believe that he suddenly decided to leave him alone and didn't touch him! How much of an idiot are you?"He asks

"If it weren't for you keeping Geno as your stupid pet I would've never come close to hurting him! You were on my list! You were meant to die! I was supposed to collect your soul! He wasn't supposed to be your pet or involved! You got him involved and nearly costed him his life for yours!"I growl, taking out my scythe

I spun it and he backs up.

"Face it, you don't understand or know our relationship. You are in no place to say a word about it. I love him more than you can fathom and I will slice off my own hand before I hurt him. I saw that I was upsetting him, so I left him alone to improve myself for him. Now what did you do to Geno? I'm not dumb enough to believe that the guy keeping him in his house as his pet didn't realize that he was gone and looks for a scapegoat."I say

"I didn't know he was that owl! I thought he was just like any other critter in need of help! And don't tell me that I put him in danger when I took care of him while you were on your killing spree! I bet you weren't even looking for him! You should be thanking me for what I did! Or you would've found him crushed under a tree with wounds, if you found him at all! He chose to stay with me and it's not like he could talk to tell me that he was a person in an owl's body! And don't talk to me all high and mighty when you clearly lack self control! I have my own lover and I wouldn't do half of what you put him through! Period! End of story!"He argues back at me

"Oh, ladies, ladies! You're both beautiful! Now settle down, both of you are lost and don't have answers."I hear a voice say

I look over to see a goddess arrive, a bright ray of sunlight shining down on her. I tighten my grip on my scythe. I am getting so sick of others coming between me and Geno to have their fun or put in their nonsense for whatever reason they may have.

"Hello Reaper.~"She says

"Hi, Pearl. What the heck are you doing here?"I ask

"To keep you boys from bickering like kids with a proper explanation. You know my brother, right?"She says

"God of Misery, yep."I say

"Well he was bragging about the latest souls he caught under his power or the things their minds show to him. He was especially bragging about one soul's stories very proudly. Because what's greater than catching the God of Death's lover in his cages? He learned a lot from it and seemed to take extra pleasure out of twisting his mind. You know very well that I don't like my brother one-upping me in one way or another. So, I took him from my brother's trance and put him into his own Utopia, you could say. His world of paradise and pleasure, hence my title."She explains with a smirk