𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 & 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 23: ʜɪꜱ ᴛʀᴜᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀꜱ

*Artwork by: @060satt on Twitter. Please ask this artist for permission before reposting their work.*

(Sorry this took so long to get published. I was seriously doubting myself and this dialog. Really sorry for the uneven paragraphs. I hope this makes sense, and is not cringy. Enjoy!!!)

*Huge thank you for those who responded to my question a few days ago. It really helped me out.*

*SETTING: PARKING LOT OF ASLYUM.*

   I led König by his hand, and out of that cell with a big smile on my face. Horangi was there on the other side waiting for us. "Well aren't I glad to see you again." He said to König as he strode up to him with his arms sprawled out wide, simulating a hug. I chuckled as König seemed visibly disgusted at Horangi's request. They were so silly together, it was honestly adorable. We made our way back through the increasingly challenging, and claustrophobic tunnels with König occasionally getting himself stuck in certain tight areas along the way. He had to semi-crouch the entire time, so when we made it back to ground level it was an honest relief.

   "I'm going to go and sign you out König, you guys can go find the car, and catch up a bit." I said, waving before parting ways with the two men. Surprisingly, König didn't put up a fuss about me leaving him behind, when just a while ago he was clinging onto me like an asthmatic person does with their inhaler during pollen season. 'Maybe his clinginess was just a temporary thing? Maybe him being alone with people he didn't know really put him through a scare; therefore he attached himself to me as a way to cope? Eh, it's whatever.' I told myself as I continued on to the front desk.

3rd person pov:

   "You should be on your hands and knees thanking me right now, not showing me attitude. I brought her back to you after all." Horangi said, crossing his arms, and leaning on the hood of his jeep. "Oh yeah? I should, shouldn't I? I guess I should also thank you for wrapping your arms around her right in front of me, too. Heh, if that's the case, Danke Horangi! Danke!" König spat, dramatically throwing his hands up in the air. "What? What are you talking about?" Horangi asked, seeming genuinely confused. König, however, stayed silent; not even bothering to answer him. "Are you talking about when she was crying?" Horangi asked, after a considerable amount of time had passed; faint traces of sarcasm lacing his tone. "Don't play dumb with me." König growled, raising a finger, and pointing it at Horangi.

    "König she was crying, literally sobbing.-" Horangi started before being cut off. "I don't CARE. You keep your hands off of her, Horangi." König warned. "Ok, seriously dude what the fuck? If I didn't do anything you would be all like; 'Oh Horangi you're such a bad friend~ why didn't you comfort my wife, she was sad, why didn't you do something?' Now you're getting mad, because I just barely hugged the woman? You're losing your damn mind dude." Horangi said.

   Seemingly unprovoked, König launched himself at Horangi, slamming him down onto the hood of his car. "You calling me crazy now?" He asked, gripping the collar of Horangi's uniform with one hand, and semi-choking him with the other. "What? No! What I'm trying to say here is you're fucking delusional. Your obsession with this woman....it's getting out of hand." Horangi said, pausing for a brief second to catch his breath. "When the hell did it get this bad, man? I got you all worked up over a tiny hug that I gave her-" Horangi started before getting cut off again. "WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?" König screamed, tightening his grip on Horangi's neck, choking him. "MINE. SHE'S MINE HORANGI. YOU DON'T GET TO FUCKING TOUCH HER." He said, repeatedly slamming Horangi into the hood of his own car. Shocked wasn't the correct word to describe how Horangi was feeling.

   As König was yelling at him, all Horangi could see were the pin-drawn dots of König's pupils, and as much as he hated to admit it, this was one of the times that König was actually scaring him. Over the years, he'd seen both sides of König; his obsessive side, and his dormant, quiet side. But this, this was new. Though, no matter how modish König's behavior was right now, it wasn't all that much of a surprise to Horangi. Occasionally, König would explode in unwarranted anger whenever he was overwhelmed, but.....there wasn't anything around to trigger him. 'Could this all truly be just him being posessive?' Horangi asked himself. Sighing, he took in a deep breath. "I won't touch her ever again. I- I- promise." He said, raising both of his hands in a surrendering type manner. "Good." König said, immediately stopping his aggressive behavior towards his bestfriend; the corners of his eyes crinkling, suggesting he was smiling.