Lost souls episode two: Izana the king

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Rue was sitting comfortable on Emma's bed with a children's book in his hand, an amused glint shined through his eyes. "Sleeping beauty, huh? You love a prince charming?" Rue confessed with a light-hearted chuckle. "They always marry the princesses! I want a prince to sweep me off my feet!" Emma exclaimed dreamily. "That fantasy is bittersweet. Even though there were actually Princes and Princesses in my time, it was chaotic..." Rue confessed with nervous chuckle. "Let's indulge in this story so that you can fall asleep?" Rue asked with a small smile. "Yay!" Emma exclaimed excitedly. As Rue begun reading the story for Emma, a pair of orchard eyes were glued on Rue, a soft expression plastered on his face taking away the anger he dealt with earlier. The sound of the book closing distracted his thoughts as he saw Rue kiss Emma goodnight.

"That fairy tale made me feel sleepy. Though I felt a pair of eyes on me from outside... I'm going to investigate who that person was." Rue murmured to himself with suspicion as he looked outside the window. "Dark, I'm going out for a bit. Bye!" Rue exclaimed as he made a beeline to the door and exiting. "It's very clear tonight. Although, wannabe delinquents come out to cause a stir. Perhaps the person spying on me was a delinquent. I'm going to have so much fun tonight!" Rue exclaimed excitedly with the mischievous thoughts running through his head.

The annoying sound of bikes caught Rue's attention with a scowl plastered on his face, like seriously? Are they trying to perform who's the loudest? "Hey little pups! You suck!" Rue exclaimed with glee and mischief laced in his voice. The teens looked at Rue with shock and curiosity, Is he wearing a cosplay outfit? "Can I help you? We're roaming the streets as a sign of showing what's ours. Our leader will be here soon... Maybe he could sort you out." The odd looking boy confessed with cockiness laced in voice. Rue looked at the teen up and down almost as though he was sizing him up, and smirked with amusement. "It's hilarious that a teen like you thinks he can intimidate me, you should be in bed sleeping other than hanging out with a bunch of gang wannabes. Go home kid." Rue confessed sternly as he glared at the teenager in front of him. "Interesting... Who's winning this battle?" A silky voice asked with amusement and danger. Rue turned his gaze to the dual haired man who was looking deeply at him without blinking. "Where did you come from to make these teenagers into delinquents?" Rue asked with a raised brow. "They were orphans who didn't get adopted. Just like me, so my plan was to be king and for them to be my servants." Izana confessed proudly. "There's something wrong with you. I know orphanages are horrible, but why create a delinquent gang? Do you get anything out of this?" Rue asked with frustration and curiosity. Izana smirked at Rue with a knowing gaze telling him that this isn't the place to share secrets.

"I know a quiet bar along the way, why don't we go there and chat? I'm curious to know your secrets." Izana confessed cockily and began walking away. Rue stared at Izana's figure silently and caught up to him with a huff. "So are you single?" Izana asked with mischief laced in his voice. "No, I'm married to myself." Rue confessed sarcastically causing Izana to blush. "That's a good one... But I'm serious, dead serious." Izana confessed darkly with obsession shining through his eyes. Rue stopped in his tracks and stared at the small building that radiated booze and drunks. "Let's go inside and indulge with each other. Deal?" Rue asked with a brow raised causing Izana to give in. The duo walked in the bar and the smell of cigarettes lingered in the air and the disgusting smell of booze made Rue look around in disgust. "I'm not judging. I'm definitely not judging." Rue murmured to himself as Izana stared at him with interest. "So now that I have you all to myself, tell me all about you." Izana asked with mischief in which Rue rolled his eyes with annoyance. "Hmm, okay so where do I begin? Oh, I was born a very long time ago in a village and had a horrible dad who abused me every day physically and mentally, I had a wonderful relationship with my mom who loved me more than my evil dad. He killed me at nighttime when I was still fast asleep. And the disgusting part of it is that he sold my body parts to very bad people. Sorry! I don't want to say more stuff!" Rue exclaimed anxiously as Izana stared deeply into Rue's eyes with love and sadness. "You didn't deserve to go through all that pain and suffering. And I'm also reincarnated to say the least. I felt a connection to you almost as if we're kindred spirits. Those teens want to build a better future for themselves... It breaks my heart knowing that something bad could happen to them at any given moment." Izana confessed with sadness and despair laced in his voice.

*Ping! "Sorry, that must be Darkness. He's a friend." Rue confessed sarcastically as he looked at the texts.

*Text message from Darkness*

Rue, Where are you? You've been gone for awhile! Are you safe??

I'm losing my patience...

"I'm fine, Darkness. And did my talk with you the other day mean nothing to you? I'm on my way, I can sense some tension forming between us. Bye.

*End of text*

Rue sighed with annoyance and with a pissed off expression plastered on his face. "Are you okay?" Izana asked alarmed. "I'm fine, but I have to go now. Bye dove." Rue confessed truthfully and blew a kiss at a Izana who blushed intensely.

There's tension going on with Rue and Darkness. And Izana was delighted to be with someone similar to him, but will things get better? Or worse? Episode three will take some time to be released. Thank you all for your love and support, and kindness. I love you all very much and I hope you all stay safe and blessed! Take care💙

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