I'll write! ^^
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Due to to Nero's forced slavery of Brise and Chaos, with their authority, a full-out pillow fight between the two rooms had begun. Nero was the heart of it all- feathers flying out of his pillow, a huge grin plastered on his face as he charged valiantly into the fray.
They were on teams- girls minus Aria versus boys, Aria choosing to sir out and watch the battle instead. Jun managed to fwomp Nero in the head with her pillow, causing him to retaliate with a poke in the side. "That tickles!" complained Jun, laughing as Nero poked her again. "Stop! You're cheating!"
"All is far in love and pillow wars!" crowed Nero, moving onto Brise, who reacted quickly and dodged, smacking Nero's abdomen with her fluffy pillow. "There's no such thing as cheating, Jun!"
"Gotcha!" cried Nyx, hitting an unsuspecting Chaos as he was about to get Rin in the back. "Girls are winning!"
"Yeah, you two have to do something!" taunted Rin playfully, teasing Chaos and Krev, the former picking soft white feathers out of his honey-blond hair and the latter merely leaning against the wall, ignoring any attackers as they smacked him. "You can't let Nero do everything!"
Krev looked down at his pillow with an uninterested gaze. "I was never one for pillow fights- Aria, wanna take my place? You look like you could use the fun."
It was true- Aria sat bored on the bed, occasionally looking up at a squeal from Nero or a particularly noisy tumbling. "I'm good, it's okay." She started humming, and Chaos froze once he heard the melody, standing stock still as his body tensed, words playing in his head to the gentle hums.
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now, I'm found-
Krev noticed the oncoming danger before Nero and Brise, quickly restraining Chaos as he became wild. "Don't hum that song!" he snarled, blue eyes darkening as he struggled against Krev's strong arms. "Stop it!"
"Is it bothering you?" whispered Aria softly so only Chaos could catch the words. "The song that your dear Laela loved, the one you sang with her as she died?"
"Shut up!" growled Chaos, shaking his head in torment, others wondering what Aria had said.
"I think it's time we all went to bed," commanded a somber Brise. "Aria, I believe you were assigned different quarters?"
"Two rooms over- I thought I'd like it better alone."
"We'll just leave Chaos alone," whispered Brise to Nyx, Jun, and Rin. "He was like this a lot before. It's just all of you new people accidentally saying things or humming things trigger bad memories for him, and as you can see it's not pretty. I don't blame any if you of course," she added hastily as she caught the guilty looks on their faces. "I just wanted to give you my reasoning for this."
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Chaos's Dream/Flashback...
The mission was going badly. It was pouring so hard that Chaos could hardly see a foot in front of him, the wind so strong it's howls drowning out his cries, his clothes sopping wet as he tried to find his separated team mates. He saw two silhouettes close together, recognizing them through his familiarity to both.
Mark, Laela! he thought joyfully, running faster with a smile on his face. Now Mark can tell me what to do so we can get out of here... Chaos stopped about five feet away, freezing as he saw Mark hold a gun up to Laela's forehead.
"There is no room for traitors," said Mark maliciously, his words floating with the wind towards Chaos as the boy realized a second too late what was about to happen.
Laela fell to the ground after a sickening bang, Chaos running up to her and picking her up in horror, forgetting Mark as he stared at his dying girlfriend.
"Chaos," she murmured weakly, eyes fluttering. "I love you. Never forget that."
"Don't die on me, Laela," he begged, clasping her cool hand in his warm one. "Don't die!"
"Chaos, can you sing our song for me? I want to hear you sing one last time." She gave a weak chuckle, blood rolling down her face with the rain.
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me," he sang, voice husky with his own tears, feeling his love slip away right before his eyes. Her breathing stopped before he could continue. "Laela..."
"She deserved it," cut in Mark harshly, eyeing the boy with contempt. "Traitors deserve death."
"Laela," said Chaos vapidly, chokingon his sorrow. "Laela..."
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So basically, what happened next was Mark explained to the group that Laela was killed on the mission, and Chaos, too buried in grief to notice, doesn't deny it. Chaos and Laela have such a sad story... I'd love to write a story for them... ... .... Can I?