154 Going Back (2/2)

Vixen's eyes narrowed as he peered out the window and he turned around to face Ace, making eye contact with her. He saw her flinch momentarily but didn't move his eye contact. It was a way of reassurance, reminding her that he was him.

”I feel like she did it on purpose…” Vixen muttered, ”almost like she was stockpiling events just for this attack at me. Like she was planning to use her biggest attacks on me and catch me off-guard.”

Ace's eyebrow relaxed when she noticed the hint of worry in his eyes.

”I just… feel like she had her chances,” Vixen muttered, his eyes reducing to the floor. ”There were events before these… multiple that she could have talked to me about… why is she choosing now to do that?”

Ace stared at him, her heart growing softer by the moment.

Vixen's eyes shot up the ground and locked with hers. She immediately flinched. ”I hope you're not over there pitying me, right?” he asked, violet eyes staring straight into hers with such superiority that she trembled.

Ace blushed, looking away. ”Yes, yes, not doing any of that,” she muttered. Her eyes turned back to him when he looked away. ”I swear you say you don't want any unwanted emotions but then you give me a stare like that… you're cruel you know?”

Vixen chuckled lightly, his lips barely spreading into a smile. ”I'll be even crueler when I tell Adri what you said just now.”

Ace pouted, rolling her eyes, ”Beast.”

Vixen grinned, taking no offense to her words. ”I know I am,” he replied proudly. ”But are you really going to sit here and not help me the one time I reach out to you? Then you wonder why I don't like having conversations with you.”

Ace shrugged. ”It's not my fault that your life is riddled with issues. It makes it hard to talk to you because of them. Every time we talk, you already found a new load to put on your shoulders and then I have to sit here and receive it,” Ace smiled, ”maybe that's the reason why you don't talk to me often, is it because you're giving my time in between our talks to heal?”

Vixen stared straight into her eyes and replied, ”Think what you want,” to which Ace smiled.

They sat in silence for a moment, both having things on their minds. Ace was the first to break the silence. ”I think you know what to do,” she remarked, taking a gulp of her beer. She was down to a quarter of her beer left.

Vixen locked eyes with her. ”Yeah… I'm going back to serving,” Vixen sighed, pushing himself off the wall, ”this all started with that afterall. Going back to work should put an end to it.”

Ace grinned, her eyes closing happy as she stretched. ”I thought so,” she nodded, shooting Vixen a mischievous smile, ”I never knew you as one to want to escape their work.”

”Be glad you knew me at all,” Vixen shrugged. ”It's not like I'm the only one who wants to run away too,” he muttered, his eyes gleaming when they locked eyes with her once again. ”I know you do too.”

Ace flinched, her hands lowering. A slight smile passed on her face. It was a sad one. ”So you knew?” she asked

”You're not that good at hiding your emotions,” Vixen replied blankly.

Ace chuckled, sipping whatever was left of her beer. ”Never been good at it.”

Vixen's lips barely stretched into a smile as he stared at Ace. His eyes looked away from her and dropped to the ground, his eyes dimming. ”Are you going to run away with Adri?” he asked, ”tell the system you quit and take whatever is left with you when you leave?”