April 29, 2023

Syn

I pulled the dark hoodie over my head and lowered my head as I jogged around the foreign neighborhood. There were a couple of large houses spread apart my big acres of land or people's unnecessarily huge backyards. There was thankfully a large forest surrounding the forests. If I needed to somehow disappear, it would be into there.

"Turn left in three hundred feet," the robotic voice spoke wirelessly into my ear. The destination was set on my phone so all that was needed was for me to stick strictly to the instructions. I jogged past a couple of people on walks or running with their dogs, and they smiled at me as I passed. I must've blended in as a regular jogger with my large hoodie and sweatpants.

"Your destination is on the right in 500 feet." I continued running as instructed and after a few moments, the note I wanted to hear came up: "You have arrived at your destination." A smile made its way onto my face, but instead of stopping, I continued running until I was past the house and I crossed the street into the large forested area.

The forest had a large trailer entrance in the front of it where a couple of joggers were running and I stretched against a bench as they passed me. I eventually sat on the bench and held the top of my hoodie as I kept my head down.

I didn't know when Queen would come out, but I'd wait as long as I had to. I turned on the playlist D had created for me and listened to it as I let my mind drift. I didn't know how long I sat there until I looked at my phone and realized it had been almost two hours.

It was now almost six in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to set, casting a pinkish-orange hue over the sky. Seeing as it was getting dark and Queen was most likely not coming out, I stood up and decided I'd come back tomorrow.

As if the universe had somehow carved another path for us to end up together once again, the door to the mansion opened and she walked out. I hid my face from view and watched as the woman I loved walked down the driveway happily, practically skipping. I could hear the music blasting through her headphones and I smiled to myself as I looked at her.

Over the years I hated seeing how much she changed because I couldn't be there to witness it until she stood as a new person in front of me. I wanted to watch her get older and discover more of who she was. I didn't want to just look at the woman BECAME. I wanted to watch the woman she was BECOMING. Yet here I was, another few years I missed and came back to her somehow being even more beautiful than the last time I saw her.

She opened the front gate and when she stepped out, she bent over and pulled her curly hair into a high ponytail. My eyes drifted lower to see her wearing tight grey shorts with a white sports bra and my jaw clenched. I usually wouldn't have minded her wearing whatever she wanted, but she wasn't with me anymore. Any man could walk up to her and ask her out and she could reply however she wished.

When she stood up straight and stretched, I could still distinctly see my name tattooed to her ribcage and I relaxed. I didn't know if I expected her to have it removed, but just seeing it on her after all this time did unexplainable things to my mind.

She turned back around to the house and my eyes fell onto her ass. Naturally, my body reacted to seeing her body before I logically could so I sat back down and leaned my arms onto my knees. Deep breaths filled and exited my lungs as I tried to call myself down, and I shook my head as I thought about all my experiences with other women over the years. I was stupid to think I could even remotely replace her. My reaction to seeing her alone surpassed every single fuck and meaningless kiss.

"Xoe! Hurry up!" She yelled towards the house as she bounced excitedly in her spot. A few moments later, a girl came out of the gates and Queen crossed her arms as she eyed her. "No way he's that interesting, girl."

"What?" The girl shrugged innocently. "How can you introduce me to him, but be upset that I think he's funny?"

"I'm not upset." Queen laughed. "I just don't get it. I love my brother, but he's boring as fuck."

"You say that because he's your brother." They both crossed the street together and I turned my head away.

"No, I think Cain is fun and he's my brother. Abel is just...different."

"Different is nice."

"Xoe, do you want to fuck my brother?" Queen said dramatically with a gasp and the girl slapped her arm. They walked past me into the forest trail and I waited for a second until I followed behind them silently.

"I'm so shocked that you would even say that," Xoe said. They both exchanged looks that made Queen burst out into that laugh of hers that I adored, and Xoe shook her head. "I don't want anything to do with him...in that way. But I do like the way he thinks and I hope we can be friends."

"Booooo, get the fuck out!" She joked. She gave the girl a thumbs down and she laughed as she swatted it away. "Love youuu!"

"I know." They both laughed as they continued walking and I followed a short distance away. They talked about random things as they obliviously walked around and I listened curiously. I wasn't into most topics that they talked about, but Queen's voice was relaxing enough to make me intrigued if she were talking about anything.

After about an hour, they were still walking and I was still behind them in the dark forest. There were brief lights in the trail so people could see where they were walking, but if u still weren't careful enough, you could fall and bust your ass.

"Ahh, I need to pee," Queen said.

"I think there's a bathroom coming up right now." They locked arms and Xoe led her to the large restroom building as I lingering at a bench a far distance away. I pretended to stretch in front of a bench as I waited for them, but when I heard footsteps nearing me, I turned around.

I looked down to see the friend Queen was walking with facing me with her arms crossed. She was glaring up at me and I smiled down at her. "Good evening, darling. Nice night we're having, yes?"

"Oh sure," she agreed in a mocking tone. "I bet it'd be even nicer if there wasn't some weird-ass dude following my friend."

"How did you—"

"I'm perceptive," she interrupted. "I saw you at the bench in the front and the trail splits off in a million directions before coming here. You started walking when we did, and now you've stopped with us. That's not a coincidence."

"Smart girl," I pointed out.

"Very smart girl. At least smart enough to know that you're big as hell and our odds are probably slim to none if you wanted to kill us."

"That's very true."

"Which is why I've already sent our location to our friends about fifteen minutes ago and they've been notified to call the police in..." She looked at her watch. "One and a half minutes. Just letting you know so that you can skedaddle while you have the chance."

"You know what I think...Xoe?" I asked as I stepped closer to her. I appreciated the fact that she was looking out for herself and Queen, but I wasn't a fan of threats. "I don't think you sent your location, and I could very much kill you tonight...but I won't. Your association with Queen is the only thing keeping me from laying a finger on your pretty little head, but I can't promise you I'll be so kind next time."

"Yeah, boohoo I don't give a fuck. Have a goodnight," she voiced sternly.

I raised my bored in surprise at her attitude, but slowly backed away with my arms up. "See you around."

She looked afraid of my words, but I suppose the concern of a strange man following her and her friend kept her from showing her true fear. I winked at her before turning on my heel and walking away. I wasn't sure I'd be a fan of her when I formally met her, but tonight, she earned points in my book.

Most humans were weak and would've run at the slight breaking of a twig, but she took measures to protect herself AND Queen. So instead of being angry at her for threatening me, a part of me was grateful. There was someone looking over my girl, even if it wasn't me.

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Author's Note
ME following Syn while HE followed THEM🌚

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