A Sight For Sore Eyes

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==Summary==
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The Arbiter had exhausted a lot of energy in his fights, protecting Haligan and taking on rhenco had dealt a massive blow to his abilities. He took himself back to his human form to recuperate. Though he was in his demon form at the time, he had bruises around his body from fighting the furies, and even a scab from where one hit him hard enough to re-open his scar. Through the pain he was helping the residents re-build their homes, collecting materials and carrying hevy loads using what little he could summon of his powers. 
Through all of this his mind wondered. Though his demon form showed nearly no emotion, it was obvious in this form that his thoughts were elsewhere. He looked out to the horizon, wandering as he did so. He felt a rough thud and found having just clashed with another man. “Oh gods, My apologies, My thoughts were not with myself.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Whoop, not a problem,” the blond man bent down to pick his pencil up from where it fell, before glancing at the Arbiter with an easy grin. He raised his brows when he saw who it was. 
“Hello,” he said in a tone that felt like he recognized the demon despite never meeting, “What’s on your mind?”
hookedhookless
Fiendal looked at the man with an almost confused look. “Hello?” He gave the same familiarity, though his voice a questioning of how they may know eachother. He shook off the odd familiarity of the word and focused instead on the question. 
His facial features softened and a small smile drew itself on his face. “An old friend of mine, Whom I hold Dear” He looked down for a second and sighed before his gaze rested on the distance. “She’s very far away now, though i would give anything to see her.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
The man paused in his writing, following the demon’s line of sight, towards where Yrus was. He smiled a little wider, Aha.
“Would this friend be a certain rabbit-nix mixed breed?” he asked cheerfully, twirling the pencil between fingers casually.
hookedhookless
Fiendal was taken aback. Not knowing weather to be happy or scared. “How did you…”
A small dusting of pink began to cover his face “Yes. How did you know?” He was left little more than confused
akkeyagentofhelheim
“I pay close attention to things. Especially to my co worker and her friends,” the man hummed lightheartedly, giving the pencil another twirl before pointing it towards the demon, “You’d give anything to see her?”
hookedhookless
Upon hearing that he worked with Akkey, he began to trust the man. His eyes caught more interest, as well as a small glint when the question was asked. “Anything.” he stated, looking back to the direction of Yrus.
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Wonderful,” there was a shuffle of parchment as the man flipped his notebook to a fresh page, eyes glinting towards the demon in some excitement, “Then if you tell me a story, I can get you there in a flash.”
hookedhookless
“A story. Huh?”
He brought his hand to his chin, thinking about the many things that had happened in his life. He gave a smile as something interesting came to mind. “How about the story of how I became a demon?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
The blond perked up at that and leaned forward, graphite ready on paper, “Yes please.”
hookedhookless
He let his memories flood him as he went back to ragnarok. “It was a dark time, the gods were fighting eachother, the people were falling, we were being attacked by hideous bastards of nature, dolls that moved like men. Lead by the same things, but with seemingly more power. I was caught alone, by one of their monstrosities. I got a good hit on it, but not before it pierced my chest, taking my soul from me.
He paused for a moment, gritting his teeth at the thought of what happened. “I was taken to the astral plane, where I met some old friends. But I couldn’t stay there, not knowing what was happening on earth. So I called out to Hel and we made a deal, she put me back on this realm, I gave her my human soul and got turned into a demon.” he looked at the man. A solemness betrayed on his face.
akkeyagentofhelheim
If the man had a reaction to his story, he never showed it. Instead, he kept writing, keeping up with the words that spilled out and transcribing every single piece of information until he was finished. He glanced up at the end, eyes roving across some of his injuries, “Do you regret coming back?”
hookedhookless
Fiendal thought for a moment. “Do I regret coming back?”
His mind wondered through the possibilities of what could have been had he stayed in Hel “No, So far I think coming back has been much better than the alternative.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Hmm,” the man hummed to himself, seemingly lost in his own world for a moment as he scribbled into his book, before closing it with a loud snap and stuffing it into his bag. He grinned at the demon, “Alright. That’s good enough.” 
“Virion,” he spoke to no one, but the space beside him bent and rippled before opening into an empty space that felt the same as Akkey’s portals but also different in a way. Perhaps it was the lack of water. Or merely the presence of another that allowed the portal to exist.
The man gestured slightly towards the tear in space in invitation.
hookedhookless
Fiendals eyes lit up as he looked at the portal, taking a few steps towards it and admiring the hole in space. He paused before entering and turned to the man, a wide smile on his face. “What is your name, kind stranger?” 
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Juro,” he replied simply, the easy grin never leaving his face, then waved a hand and letting the portal pass around Fiendal before he could reply, and his surroundings immediately shifted. It zipped to a close behind him, leaving him at the beginning of a path up to a very familiar house that he had visited only a few months prior.
hookedhookless
He gazed at the house, suddenly his heart was pounding. He took a step but blundered slightly, tapping his leg and realising that there was a stain from a fury biting his leg in the battle. He limped towards the door, taking a deep and shaky breath he squeared himself up and stood tall. He gently knocked on the door, keeping his head down as he used what little time he had to think about what to say. 
akkeyagentofhelheim
There was a long moment where nothing happened, before Akkey’s unmistakable light-footed steps approached the door and opened quickly.
“Did you forget something, Hun…ter…?” she trailed off as she realized who was before her, eyes widening when she caught sight of bruising and injury and all around battered exhaustion, but also to the fact that he was in rare human form again. She rushed forward to meet him, arms out as if to catch him, “Fir–Fiendal?! What happened?!”
He sat gently, watching her as she Worried and fussed. This is going to be a tough thing for me to ask, but don’t freak out about what I tell you.” He slowly took off his cloak, wincing as even his own powers began to fade from him.He motioned for Akkey to join him in being seated “come, sit” 
Her hands hovered in panic as she caught sight of more injuries and almost protested, but upon his tone she forced herself to sit beside him. Still, she couldn’t help but give him a worried look, “I’m already freaking out at the state you’re in. What is it?”
He slowly reached out and placed his hands round hers, gently rubbing his thumbs over the back of her hands. He looked up at her face “There was an attack on Haligan, a big group of night furies. I did ny best to fend them off, but I had to mirror the damage I took onto this body.” he paused for a moment and looked down at their hands again.
“and with no rest after that, we went to the warden, and we took rhenco out for good.” he winced again and grit his teeth as his wound bled into his trousers.
There was a second where Akkey froze in her spot, gripping his hands in return, a million things running through her mind as she absorbed the information. A night fury attack and finally taking down Rhenco. The worrying thought of how everyone was. How she could have helped and instead left at crucial time. How uncomfortably close it felt to running away again.
But she pushed that down as Fiendal flinched from his wound, and she gasped a little but shook her head, a steely look in her eye and hastily got back to her feet, almost pulling at him, “Okay. I still have a lot of questions and maybe I’m still freaking out, but we need to get you to Aria now so she can heal you up,” she said firmly.
He nodded and slowly rose to his feet, following after her as she gently pulled him along. “Hey hey hey, it’s okay, just breathe. I’ll explain everything, I promise.” he said as he gently squeezed her hand. But can I tell her why I’m really here? He thought as a small, nervous shake waved through his body.
“Yeah,” she replied, but she was almost distracted as she focused on getting him to town where she knew the Lindholm family were catching up on their duties. She had a hand out ready to open a portal when the front door slammed open.
“Aunt Akkey! Daddy forgot one of his supplies and I just came to grab it.” Aria strolled in, glancing around the living room, spotting it on the mantle. Aha. “Can you teleport me to the Willows’?” 
“Aria!” Akkey immediately switched directions in her hand and brought up her niece to the guest room instead, “Yeah, sure, but first I need you to take care of Fiendal!”
“O-okay…” the younger half breed blinked in surprise, but she was used to her Aunt’s portals coming out of nowhere. She immediately rolled up her sleeves and casting her arms in a soft green glow of her magic.
Fiendal let out a deep breath as the healing magic started to fix his wounds. He smiled at Akkey, the wound on his leg started to close up and his bruises “Thank you, Akkey.” He looked down to the girl and gently ruffled her hair. “And thank you to you, Aria? was it?”
As he healed more and more, he wondered if the power put any wear on the girl, his mind wondered again to what he should and could say.
“Yeah!” she grinned up at him, before closing up the final wound and getting to her feet, “That should do it. Is there anything you want me to tell Daddy” She gathered the package she came to pick up and turned to her aunt.
Akkey shook her head, waving a new portal open, “No. Thanks, kiddo.” Aria gave a cheery farewell to Fiendal before hopping into the floor and disappearing from sight. Akkey sighed and shook her head, giving a look, brows still knotted in worry but a little less now, “Feeling better?”
Fiendal gave a farewell to Aria, smilng and waving politely. “Lots, thank you!” he brought up a hand and scratched his neck. “If I hadknown your family had healing powers, I’d have come a lot sooner!” He joked, trying to set a better mood for the unnanounced meeting. 
He smiled gently before looking at akkey, his disposition grew concerned as he looked at Akkey, her face a painting of beauty through her concern. He felt his heart jump to his throat again “So… uh, How have you been?”
She blinked, “I’m– uh, good. Been a couple days since we came back, everyone’s doing their usual routine.” Akkey leaned a little forward, “Are you sure you’re alright? Could’ve sworn you knew the Lindholms were healers. They haven’t exactly kept that a secret on Haligan…”
His nerves flared again, he couldn’t stop a light dusting of pink crossing his cheeks as he watched her lean close. “I’m fine! i’m fine! I might just be a bit behind on information. You know how things can get.” He attempted to shrug off the awkwardness and embarassment. 
She tilted her head, then nodded thoughtfully, “Right. Yeah, of course. Things must have been really stressful.” She pressed her lips in a thin line, “I’m sorry I wasn’t there… I should’ve been, I could’ve helped everyone…”
Fiendal quickly brought his arms up to gently pull Akkey into a hug. “Hey, you had other things to focus on, haligan is safe and sound. We’re rebuilding what little damage there was.” He let go of her and looked into her eyes. “Besides, i’m glad that you couldn’t have gotten hurt.” Quickly he realised what he’d just done and grew shy again, He tried to joke it off again. “Means that you didn’t become a Night Fury’s meal.”
“I can handle myself with a couple of dragons,” she shook her head with a rueful laugh. The hug was unexpected but not unwelcome, and she returned the embrace before they separated, “What about Rhenco? You said you guys took him down… is he finally gone?”
“The Warden destroyed his arms and Hel took him.” He smiled gently and couldn’t help himself to gaze at her. “He won’t bother anyone anymore.” He thought back to what had happened and what he saw. His mind remembering two individuals from those times. 
He took a deep breath and finally made up his mind on what to say “Akkey, while we were confronting Rhenco, the goat half-breed we met, Milae, was there and he brought along another person, a deer half-breed.”
He thought back to the battle about how they interacted with eachother. And his face began to change to a shade of pink. “I could tell that from how they acted, they cared for eachother, loved eachother, wanted to protect eachother. As I looked at that and what they had, I thought of you. I thought of-” he paused, he was speaking faster than his brain was giving him information on what to say.
“I thought about how great it would be if I could have what they have with you.”
She had been nodding her head and smiling to herself when she recognized Dario and Milae as she followed his story, but when she realized what he was trying to say, her words were caught in her throat. Her face blushed in the reddest it had ever been.
It wasn’t like she didn’t know his feelings for her. She wasn’t that oblivious; he had brought it up before, and she had promised to be his anchour, for Hel’s sake! But it was like a question that was technically never voiced, and never answered. Until now, that is.
“Fiendal, I–” she began, but hesitated, not knowing the right words to say The dream where she met herself popped up in her mind, and she flushed even more, and shook her head violently as if to erase the intrusive thoughts immediately. Gods damn it, why… She hunched over and pulled at her dark hair, a nervous childhood habit that was never broken but always provided comfort. She took a deep breath, then forced herself to meet his gaze, “Fiendal, You know you can. I want to protect you as well, and I deeply, deeply care about you too, but I don’t know if I also lo–” Her mouth became dry, and she turned her head away so quickly she almost gave herself whiplash. Her chest ached, “I don’t know…”
A small coating of tears slowly started to cover his eyes. He was upset, but he smiled through the ache in his chest as his tears began to run down his cheeks.
“It’s okay. I understand.” he gently placed his hand on her head and ran his thumb over her cheek. “I just- I saw them and realised that time is limited. We don’t have much of it but we need to make what we do have good.” His body shook with nervousness and upset. He looked towards the ground and brought his hands back to himself. He paused and kept his hands out in offering for her.
“It’s up to you. Do you think you could love a demon?”
His hand was warm to her face, and it left a tingling on her skin when he pulled it away, and yet it also felt lonely and regretful.
Twenty five years. He had saved her many times when they were young, from the witches, and the assassin. He was shy, and soft spoken, but Akkey was extremely fond of him, and their friendship had only blossomed. When he died at Ragnarok, she wept so much with sorrow,  
When they finally met again this year, it was like a second chance. If she lost him again, she wouldn’t be able to forgive herself. And now he was here, right before her, alive and pouring his heart out to her. 
A hand reached out so slowly that it barely moved, until one pale finger touched the palm of his hand so gently. She had always seen Fiendal as a friend, and she was still doubtful. Certain words echoed in her mind. We are what we are to one another.
She took a quivering breath, “Maybe… given time… maybe…”
He breathed a sigh of almost-relief. His hand slowly curled and intertwined with hers. He leant down and gently bumped his forehead to hers. “We have time. You’ll know where to find me if you need me. For any reason, friend or not.” he looked down at their hands and gave a small squeeze “let’s not let this ruin our friendship though, eh?”
She squeezed her eyes shut the same time as she gripped his hand, hoping to stop the tears that spilled over but to no avail. She nodded mutely before wrapping her arms around his neck in a tight embrace, “Never. Not in any time or universe, you will always be my precious friend.”
He wrapped his arms around her and held her close, her tears dampened his shoulder as he held her close. “and you will always be mine” he kept holding her, breathing her in and keeping close contact. Not willing to let go until they’ve both calmed their hearts.
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