"What do you mean?"

She spoke softly, bringing her closer as he drew a breathe. Tears poured from his face and his nose scrunched up, expressions disgruntled.

"I can't!" He recoiled from her touch, throwing his bag on the ground. He wanted to run. He wanted to cry. He wanted to escape and yell and scream and bawl. But every single nerve in his being froze and his body wad glued to his stance.

"Leo, you're being ridiculous." Ravenwood said and grabbed his wrist, trying to get him to go. He wouldn't, though. He refused. "We have to go now. Irene is waiting for you."

He didn't speak. He stood still. His mind was filling up with doubt and shame of all kind. Was he really that pathetic?

"Leo." Ravenwood said and keeled, looking up at his snotty face. "What's scaring you?"

He turned his head over at her. "I..."

"You have me. You're around the most elite knights in this country, hell, the most elite on this side of Friska. You're gonna be fine-"

"What if something goes wrong! What if.." He spoke and shook further, looking down. "We end up like Mommy and Daddy? We end up like my parents?"

Ravenwood sighed and looked down. "We won't, darling. I promise you." She held him to her chest, her lips pursed. "Don't be a fucking idiot."

Leo laid limp in her arms. "But-"

"Leo, you have to go." She said and stood up, picking up his bag and throwing it over her arm. "I wish you didn't have to, but this is too important. We will be back in at least three days at most. Don't worry."

Leo slowly moved further, his body shaking as he accepted Ravenwood's hand, clutching her waist like a small child. He felt like a son holding onto a his mother; a small boy weak and fragile. He wished he wasn't this weak.

He had nothing against Irene. She was pretty, goergous even. She was beyond flawless. He had nothing against the knights either (and Coal). He had nothing against any of them. It was this sickening, twisting feeling he just wants to avoid. But at this point he couldn't do anything else.

He went outside, the bitter winds blowing in his pale skin. His eyes darted back to Ravenwood. Her midnight black flesh wasn't at all effected by the severe air that bumbled in her face nor exposed skin. She didn't even blink.

Leo looked up to see the others; LT, the extremely tall, heavyset wolfman that sat at the far right, his vision fixtated on the wolfboy next to him. A lot of people get the two confused as brothers (and the main public shows them as such;) but they are rather lovers. They didn't even look any alike aswell. LT had brown hair and tanned skin while Rin was pale in comparison and his hair was a strange black that faded into scarlet.

Web and Coal sat next to the two; Web being a water Lucian and eldest of the three, his blue skin popping out like a sore thumb and his curly hair bouncing behind his elf like ears. Coal was much taller than him but was skinnier. He had hair like Leo's--brown and wavy, but he was much louder and much more falsely confident.

Ravenwood whistled. "Get you're asses together, we're leaving in five!"

She looked back down at Leo. "You can always hold onto me, if that helps."

"Thank you, Raven."