Rise of the Malactric Heir

While staring at him, she grinned.

"You are quite a guy, Alix," she replied, "and yes, I did come out here to relax because I couldn\'t sleep."

"How often do you even get enough sleep?" he asked.

"Once every other day or so, probably," she replied, "I\'m not sure, I don\'t think I care enough to think about it now." He sighed.

"That\'s not the response I was expecting, but I can\'t say I don\'t understand," he said to which she smiled.

"I know, you understand, Alix," she replied and he scoffed.

"But is that a good thing?" To comprehend, and the way in which you have not been sleeping well?" he inquired, and she sighed.

"I\'m not sure, but I don\'t really care," she responded.

"May I ask you a question?" he inquired.

"Sure, what is it?" she asked.

"What did you mean by Vellon not sounding right?" he inquired.

"When he usually speaks, you can hear how his voice is light, yes, it can be very heavy at times, but that\'s beside the point, he didn\'t sound like himself, it was as if someone else was speaking for him, he was saying someone else\'s words and not his own, do you understand?" she asked.

"Yeah, I think I get it," he replied, and she smiled.

"I\'m glad if you do," she said as she looked up at the moon, and he smiled as he looked at her face.

"You seem relaxed now," he replied, as he reached for her face and moved a strand of her hair away from her face and placed it behind her ear.

"Thank you," she said.

"You\'re welcome," he replied.

"Are you going back to sleep now? It\'s getting later," she said.

"I will go just now, to be honest, I don\'t know if I will get to sleep, but I will try, woke up because of a nightmare, the same one just repeating itself, again and again, I don\'t even know what it\'s trying to say," he replied and she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Don\'t worry, I\'m sure you\'ll figure it out soon; they\'re there for a reason, a guide to the past, your past," she said.

"What about yours?" he asked.

"Mine is just a reflection of the past, one that simply will not go away and may follow me around for the rest of my life," she responded as she lowered her head, and the wind blew so hard that her hair blew up, and both of them looked at each other then he held onto her hair and placed it at her side.

"Thank you, and why are you being so nice to me now?" she inquired.

"You\'re welcome, and I think it\'s because I\'m relaxed as well, I\'m not in a bad mood," he replied, and she chuckled.

"I see," she said, exhaling heavily.

"I\'ll try to open the block from your heart gradually; I can\'t do it all at once, so you\'ll have to keep practicing control, got it?" She inquired.

"Yeah, got it," he replied.

"Good," she said as her eyes started closing and he smiled.

"Sleepy now?" he asked and she stretched off.

"Yeah, I think I\'m getting there," she replied, and he lifted her up in his arms, her eyes widening and she clutched his hand as he climbed out of the water.

"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked as he got out of the water.

"You\'re going back to your room now; if you stay out here any longer, you might get sick on us, and we can\'t have that," he replied, and she began shaking her feet.

"Let go of me, Alix," she said as he flung up the robe from the ground with his feet while she protested, and the robe fell on her face, which she moved off as he walked back to the castle.

"I have no intention of letting go, no matter how much you protest," he said, and she sighed, knowing he wouldn\'t listen to her because he was stubborn.

"Give up," he said, and she pouted before bracing her head against his chest and falling asleep, and he took her back to her room without anyone else seeing, or so he thought.

"We\'re here," he said as he led her inside her room and she released her grip on his arms. He then left her room and went to change his clothes, while she changed her clothes, sat down by the couch when she was finished, and began blow drying her wet hair.

Before Alix went back to sleep, he went back to Adora\'s room and saw her drying her hair while closing her eyes because the water made her sleepy enough that she didn\'t have to try sleeping.

"I suppose I should assist you," he said as he entered the room and shut the door.

"Thank you, Alix, I\'m sorry," she muttered as she got up from the couch and fell asleep at the same time and was about to fall, but he grabbed her, sighed, then took the dryer from her grasp, turned it off, and placed it on the couch.

"I guess the water did a great job for you," he said, lifting her up in his arms and gently placing her on the bed, but as he was about to leave, she held onto his hand tightly and her hand glowed green for a split second and the glowed wrapped around his hand, not letting him leave.

"Seriously? You have got to be kidding me, I\'m sleepy as well, so don\'t blame me for invading your space princess, good night and sweet dreams," he said then got into bed with her, covered with the same blanket he had used to cover her, and after a while, he fell asleep and the green glow disappeared.

When Adora awoke the next morning, she felt something by her waist and wiped her eyes before looking and seeing Alix sleeping beside her with his hand on her waist, and she left staring at him.