WARNING!!!: OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND BAD WRITING OF THIS BEHAVIOR AHEAD
you have been warned

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"I still can't believe you did this all for me Laurence." I marveled at he fact that he risked his life to save mine. We walked together through the castle he called home as we talked.
"It's really not an issue. I love you a lot as a friend and I didn't wanna see you be sucked in. I didn't wanna watch you go total nether."
"What?!"
"You didn't know?" He sighed, "When a Shadow Knight dies for good, their body and soul returns to the Nether Realm and there it eats away at the soul and takes full hold of the body and becomes a mindless slave to Shad. I couldn't watch you become that." He looked over at me and smiled faintly.
"Laurence. There's gotta be a way you can come home. There's gotta be a cure." I stopped him, making him look at me.
"There isn't Anna. Drop it." Laurence stiffened up and I could tell he was lying.
"Yes there is. You're lying I can tell."
"I don't wanna do it, there's a ritual and it involves things I'm not comfortable with doing."
"Okay what is it?"
"We aren't equipped to do it. It'd take me months or years to be equipped. You should just go home Anna." Laurence rubbed his upper arm. "I just want you safe with Garroth." He took my arm and led me to a portal.
"I'm not ready to leave you yet. We all miss you...and Laurence." He started to lead me closer. "Contact me when you're equipped." He smiled and he pushed me away into the portal...almost wanting me to go.

I woke up in my bed at Phoenix Drop. How long had it been? I sat up, looking around to see no one in sight. I put proper attire on and went outside. There was no one around still. I walked around and it seemed as if this place had turned into a ghost village. I quickly turned around when I heard rustling in the bushes. Garroth emerged and I was overjoyed to see him. I went to go up to him but he pulled his sword.
"Get back! Get away from me! I know what you really are. I know what you really did!" He pointed his shaking sword at me. What was going on? He's never like this? Why is he the only one here? "You made my life miserable! You ruined my sanity!" He turned his sword around and pointed it to his throat. "You made me do this..." I leaped to run and save him but he slit his own throat before I could get to him.
Then it all went black....

I woke up again dry heaving and searching for breath. Garroth immediately wrapped his arms around me and helped me and comforted me.
It was all a nightmare? What was that thing I saw with Garroth when he's right here?
"Hey...you're alive." He sat next to me holding me. "Irene made you so beautiful, you know that right?"
I smiled and he leaned in to kiss me. His lips made everything better, made me feel warm inside and brought all feeling back. It was the kiss of life.
"I love you Gar."
"I love you too."
He kissed me again softly. I looked up at him and I saw something I haven't seen in years. He grabbed my face slowly and moved his lips back to mine.

Our lips moved in a fashion to where it seemed as if time stood still. He flipped over and hovered over me, being aware of my apparent injury. "Garroth, wait." I lifted up my shirt and underneath and bandage was bare skin with no wound. We both looked at each other in amazement.
"You're gonna have to explain that later. But while you already did half of the work..." He smirked and pulled my shirt the rest of the way off and shot back to my lips. I pulled at the hem of his baggy t-shirt and he pulled it off quickly. After disconnecting he looked at me up and down, admiring the moment, savoring it. "Ya know...I haven't seen you like this in awhile, but I missed it more than I thought." He kissed my stomach and went down, then taking the waist of my loose pants and pulling them down.
"Hey..." I reached down and pulled his as well, resulting in a gasp from him.
He smirked again and we flipped to where I was rested on his lap. He looked down and lifted me up, and here is where the memories started flashing back.

"Garroth!!"
"Keep going Anna."

"Ah!" I yelled as my hands rested on his shoulders for support. "Garroth." My voice barely audible.

"I never thought you liked me this way."
"I always have honey~"

Garroth flipped us over and took his turn. His breathing was heavy and so was mine. My mind was racing and my hands were roaming.

"Congratulations on your promotion. Shall we celebrate?"

He flopped down on top of me, both of us tired. I could feel his chest heaving and I knew he could feel mine. He fell next to me and pulled the blanket up over us. He pulled me close and held me, combing through my hair. "You're beautiful...you know that right?" I smoked and nuzzled into his chest, falling fast asleep.