We're in the 'throne room', discussing the problem that is Ava. Well not really problem, just... Confusion.

It's mainly the guys discussing it since they are the ones who want to court her so I'm just in the background, sitting on a chair, listening to them jabber on.

"Okay, this new idea opens up a whole new bottle of questions. First of all the kingdom won't allow that, a Daemos courting a human has-" "Never been done." Asch says finishing Leif's sentence... Well cutting him off. He's sitting on his stupid little throne, acting like we would bow down to his every command. I know Rhys would, not the rest of us.

I won't. I want to rise in the ranks, I really do. But something about Earth has made me change my mind. I like it here, it's docile and nice. No murder no unnecessary bloodshed...

...I want to stay. I want to pretend I'm human.

This thought may have seemed to spout out of now where but it really hasn't, I've changed. We all have. I especially want to leave my past behind. With the way Ava reacts about murder she... I don't want to think about it. I just want to stay.

But how do you tell the Prince of Daemos who already wants to rip your head off that you want to 'betray' him and leave the plan entirely?

Humans are way more evolved than us Daemos and from my observations, they truly value education, peace and doing things in a way that magic isn't necessary.

Could you imagine if Daemos were that smart? We'd never have a magic crisis because we'd only use magic where necessary.

But we're all f'ed because they're all tyrant, brutes that think with their blood-lust and not their head. No matter the gender or who you are, if you're a Daemos you're either a brute or an educated person in disguise as a brute.

Only few Daemos are logical and they're usually killed for speaking up about wanting to solve problems.

I hate it there. I want to be here. But could I honestly leave everyone? As much as I'd hate to admit it... I'd miss them. All of them, even Asch.

Ugh, why is this so difficult!

I snap from my thoughts when I hear Asch speak like the arrogant a-hole he is, "There's so much potential for magic here. I've been thinking, what if I just made Ava mine."

I step up from my chair and push past the guys so I'm facing Asch, "You're not forcing her into anything." I growl and Asch stands up to face me.

He's always been taller than me and he uses that to try and scare me. It never works, so now he's using the advantage of us being on steps and him being on a higher step to look taller still.

And it's still not working.

"And what makes you think you can tell me what to do?" He asks angry and stern, I merely scoff.

"You can do whatever you want Asch, only know there will always be consequences. The consequence of forcing Ava to do what you want? Me slicing your throat." I growl my hands by my daggers.

Asch steps closer but Rhys steps between us before we can kill each other. "You two need to stop! You're getting way to close to actually killing each other and we can't afford that right now!" Rhys says sternly.

"Whatever! All of this is absolute garbage anyway! I mean seriously think about the plan. It's nuts! All for what? To go back home, only to use up the magic again in a few years! Living that way will get us NOWHERE! We could learn from these humans. I mean look at them! Do you realise how smart they are?! Instead of... Look my point is we could learn from them!" I start ranting. My anger is beyond imaginable and I don't know how to handle it.

"Y/n please, calm down. You're becoming hysterical." Rhys states calmly, but I'm having a full boil over. This has never happened before...

I just want to yell, scream, hit something but I know that won't help me right now. I breathe in and out, trying to calm down, then I felt something.

"Uh, guys. Someone is here." I say looking around, my ears open listening for a sound. I hear something... It sounds like... water splashing?

"This way," I say leading the way, the others just absentmindedly follow. I make my way to the spell pool only to see Ava, sitting in it?

"Ava. What are you doing?" I ask looking at her curiously. She turns to me and smiles. To my amazement... I don't feel angry anymore...

"Hiii!" She exclaims happily and I walk over to her so that I'm next to her but not in the water. Sitting down, I look at her with my head tilted slightly.

"What are you doing and why are you here?" I ask, extremely confused, yet amused by her behaviour.

"Well originally, I wanted to yell and stab you guys with my giant novelty pencil because I was mad at myself for kinda letting you guys into my life without question. Buutt, I then stumbled upon your hot tub and forgave myself for not asking questions. But then I got mad at you guys for not telling me you had an amazing hot tub!" Ava rumbled and honestly, I'm more confused.

"Hot tub?" I ask hoping she would start to explain more about Earth. The sooner I know as much as I can the better. Maybe she would even want me to stay if I showed her how hard I'm willing to work for it.

"Mmhhmm! It's something humans use to relax. You know what, if you guys let me use this hot tub whenever I want I'll tell you guys more about the human world. 'kay?" Ava states and I nod at her smiling.

"Sure!" I say happily and she giggles, "Well don't just sit there. Come on in with me!" She exclaims and I look at her wide-eyed.

"I-in the water?" I stutter. I never stutter! "Yeesss! Come on!" She exclaims, I just sit cross-legged and look at her uncomfortably.

"I, uh... Don't like water." I say sheepishly in a tone only she can hear.

"Trust me, girl, it's safe. Just take off your clothes so you're dressed like me and hop in." She says smiling and I look at what she's wearing.

To be frank it's not a lot.

"Uh, I don't know Ava," I say looking at her and then the water. "Well if you won't, come on guys! Come into the water with me! Y/n won't..." She says the last part sadly.

Pierce, without hesitation, just walks in. The others hesitantly follow. All of them fully clothed might I add which is not good for the metal of their armour but whatever.

"Come ooonnn y/n!" Ava whines. I groan and take off anything metal before sitting, uncomfortably, into the water.

"Aww does y/n not like the water?" Leif asks and a baby voice and I growl at him which only makes him laugh.

Ava starts asking about Daemos and why we came to Earth. Rhys and Asch manage to lie surprisingly well. But I still tune out of the conversations and drown in my own thoughts for a bit. I tend to do this a lot lately. Once again, never used to do this on Daemos. I was always aware of every conversation and the goings-on.

"Why are humans so docile? I haven't seen any of them try to kill each other. Or us." Asch says and I roll my eyes. He must have noticed as he glares daggers at me, "What?" He growls and I groan. I can't be bothered right now.

"Have you ever thought that humans are docile because they don't feel the need to be an asshole and kill people unnecessarily? Have you ever even once considered that these humans are extremely evolved compared to us and don't need to kill each other?" I ask look at him with a 'you're an idiot' expression.

"So you're saying they're superior?" Rhys asks and I smirk, "Weelll..." I say suggesting that Rhys is correct but I'm not dumb enough to say yes.

"Well?!" Asch exclaims and I roll my eyes at him again, "What do you think Asch?" I snap at him and he growls. No surprise there though.

"Grr! Whatever! What are we doing anyway!? What use is talking like this?! It's just nonsense and rumble!" Asch complains and Ava chuckles.

"Because it's what friends do I-" She stops what she's saying goes wide-eyed. I look at her surprised, she called all of us... Her friends.

"Uhh, Noi. How did you like pizza?" Ava asks trying to ignore what she just stated.

"It's amazing!" Noi exclaims happily and Rhys's eyes light up. "Pizza? Is that like ice-cream?" He asks and Ava looks over to him.

"It's better than ice-cream!" Ava chirps and Rhys's face turns cold. "Don't speak such lies!" He demands and I look at him in shock, does he seriously like ice-cream that much?

Ava goes to walk over to Rhys and tell him why what she's saying isn't lies and she falls over.

I go to laugh until I hear someone else laughing, I look up and see Asch is laughing. I've never seen Asch laugh before...

It's so... I don't know... but I... I feel my face heat up and I can't stop looking at him, what's going on right now?! Why can't I get over the fact he's laughing?! And why do I love it so much?!

GAH! STOP THINKING!!

While I'm having a mental breakdown everyone else looks at Asch. No one has ever seen him laugh before and honestly, everyone is pretty gobsmacked.

Ava splashes him with water and he stops laughing, this makes everyone else laugh. Expect me. I just keep looking at him, I've never been more confused in my life.

"Y/n are you okay?" I hear Ava ask. I snap out of it and turn away before anyone can notice... Well, at least I hoped.

"Your face is all red! Are you sure you're okay?!" Noi asks and I just sort of sit there not knowing what to do or say.

"I uh..." Mumble uncertainly, "Wait... Are you blushing?" Ava asks and I look at her confused, "Blushing. It's the red thing my face does when something embarrassing happens or I have a cru-" Ava stops talking and looks over to Asch and then back at me.

"Nevermind. Don't want to get into that." Ava says before sitting back down. Everyone looks at me confused and I've become extremely uncomfortable.

"I'm gonna go. Bye." Was all I managed to say before getting up and just going. I can't believe what just happened!! What the actual fu-