Don't Go Away (Leif x Reader)

~Chapter 1~

     A small, circular orb glows in the night, soaring in the sky passing violently through trees and the thick forest. As it stops in a small opening in the forest, a blast of ice shoots right at it. It hits the glowing orb and it falls to the ground.

     A Daemos with light blue horns, Pierce, the strongest and tallest of the group, picks it up. He raises it in the air, showing it to the forest. Another man, smaller in appearance, emerges from the tree with daggers in his hand. He has cream hair and small orange horns, Noi.

     "Drop it!" He shouts at the one rising the orb in the air. Another man, white-haired and with piercing blue eyes, evolves from the forest as well. Leif, the newest member, but deadlier than all of the Daemos combined. He's holding a pair of sickles in his hand.

     "You heard the man, now drop it this way!"

     "It's mine! I've roughly cornered him first!" Noi yells.

     "You wanna try me?" Leif questions in a menacing tone. He rubs the sickles together, creating the sound of two iron tools clashing with one another.

     "Face me! I'm delivering it to their highnesses first!" Noi shouts.

     "Petty, the both of you. Truly, it doesn't matter who delivers it to them first... as long as it's me," A dark-skinned man appears, shaking his head, then pointing to himself. Rhys, who is obviously the smarter one in the group.

     "Hmph," Peirce remarks, holding the orb and scoffing at their remarks, looking at the circular object in his hand. "Catch."

     He throws the orb behind him. Leif's eyes widen, trying to catch it with his weapons. He does, smirking to himself.

     "It's mine!" Noi runs after him, striking Leif with his daggers. Leif, aware of the impact, lifts his sickle to block the attack. The two have a small duel for the orb.

     "Freeze!" a small ice orb is suddenly created between Rhys' hands and he hurls it toward them. Leif and Noi look at the ice ball about to hit them and knock back from the impact. Noi shouts as he falls to the ground.

     The mysterious orb falls safely to the ground, floating in its place. Noi runs toward it, not giving up, but is pushed harshly back by Peirce. Noi falls on top of Rhys during the process. Peirce walks to the orb, picks it up, and clutches it tightly in his hands.

     Suddenly, a fireball is shot at Peirce and a ring of fire surrounds him. The ground from underneath rises up to make a wall between Leif and Noi, who is fighting once again, separating the two.

     All of their eyes widen as they realize the presence of who's there. Everyone bows, taking a knee.

     "Your majesties, I can explain. We had obtained the soul when it slipped through our grasps and-" The dark-skinned man starts.

     "We had a delay," Peirce interrupts, his deep voice echoing to the two Daemos standing in front of them. A black-haired, white-horned Daemos appears in front of them, an angry look on his face. A ring is on his left horn, associating him with royalty.

     A smaller woman, shorter than the man, is also next to him. She has h/c hair, white horns, and the same ring on her left horn. She's wearing mainly armor on her left forearm, shoulder, and knees. A crown rests on her head, a dark green vine with 6 stones attached to it.

     Y/N, the Princess of Daemos, and not the heir to the throne. Females in Daemos aren't considered equals to men and have been looked down upon for many centuries. Once Y/N was born, it brought a possibility that women could be higher than men.

     "Don't worry about it as long as you have the orb unharmed, we'll be fine," Y/N smiles.

     She glances at all of them, but once she meets eyes with the white-haired Daemos, he winks at her, smirking. She smiles, looking away quickly.

     "Well, is it hot in here? Or is it just me~?" An old lady appears at the girl's side, elbowing her.

     "Lady Grandma!?" Rhys stands up, and so does everyone else.

     "Not now Grandmother-" Asch, the Prince of Daemos, Y/N's older brother, and the tall male standing next to the two women.

     "Silence! Hmph! When I was Queen in the land of Daemos I could've had your tongue for speaking back at me!" The older woman spits at him.

     "Why are you here?" Leif questions her.

     "That soul you boys obtained, you need to take it, unharmed to the altar now or we won't be able to use it!" Lady Grandma answers. Peirce quickly hides it away somewhere in his robes.

     "I mean the person killed to get it was harmed but uh-" Noi begins. Lady Grandma quickly teleports from Y/N's side to in front of Noi and smacks him with her cane.

"OW!" Noi yells out in pain.

     "Don't speak ill of the dead!" Lady Grandma shouts at him. "Ahem, now, follow me. You'll be in the new world soon enough."

     Lady Grandma turns around, past the boys, past the Prince and Princess, and out into the forest. Lady Grandma leads the way while Asch and Y/N walk behind her, followed by Rhys, Noi, Leif, and Peirce.

     Seeing this as an opportunity, Leif quickly teleports to Y/N's side, hoping to talk to her before they arrived at the palace.

     "Hey!" Leif smirks as he appears next to her.

     "Hey, what are you doing up here with me?" Y/N asks him.

     "Wanting to be near you," Leif states.

     "Uh-huh, whatever you say, Leif." The two walk awkwardly side by side.

     "What do you think the new world will be like?" Leif wonders.

     "I don't know, but hopefully you'll tell me when you get back," Y/N smiles sadly.

     "What do you mean when I get back?" Leif looks at her, seriously this time.

     "'Mr. Overprotective Brother' says I have to stay here and watch his back from our father and brother," Y/N does air quotes when saying the nickname she gave her older brother. Leif scoffs at what she says but quickly corrects himself into coughing when Asch turns his head around to quiet the two behind him. Asch looks at his sister with an 'are you serious?' face and glares at Leif. He turns back around leaving the two to try not to die from laughing.

     "Come on," Leif grabs Y/N's hand and teleports them to the back of the line behind Peirce.

     "What did you do that for?" Y/N questions him.

     "So Asch doesn't hear us talking," Leif smirks once again. Y/N rolls her eyes and continues following the line.

     "Y/N?" Leif asks after a minute or two.

     "Yeah?" Y/N looks at him and then back to the front.

     "How come you won't let me court you?" Leif smirks, bringing the topic up once again.

     "We've been over this already, Leif. What Asch and my family expect me to do is to marry a prince, not an assassin," Y/N tells him. She's getting tired of Leif asking the same question because it always ends in the same argument.

     "Screw royal oaths what about how you actually feel inside?" Leif looks down into her eyes and she looks back at him.

     "Because, Mr. Killer, that's not how stuff works here in Daemos," Y/N tells him.

     "Well, we're going into a new world. Maybe we can have a chance then?" Leif smiles hopefully. Y/N shakes her head once again, leaving him in defeat.

     "I'm sorry Leif, maybe it could work out, but I'm positive it won't," Y/N hugs him quickly and teleports to the front behind her brother once again. She left Leif in a giddy but sad mood.

     "We promised, and I'm sure one day we will be together," Leif whispers to himself and continues walking behind Peirce.