3rd POV

Why..? Why? Why? It made no sense. How could she move on with her days? Was she just supposed to walk around with this information for the rest of her life? What was her introductory line going to be?

'Hi! My name is Y/n and I am a secret Daemos princess from another dimension but I had no idea until recently! ' ?

Y/n just continued to sit there, head in her lap, not knowing what to do. Or if she should do anything. Everything was rushing at her way too quickly. What would Ava do if she found out?

Wait...

"AVA!" Y/n yelled, her head snapping up sharply. "Shit! Oh my Irene! I forgot she had a terrible sickness! Shit, shit, shit!" She slipped out of her apartment and made a mad-dash to Ava's apartment, sliding down the staircase-railing to save time. As she approached the door, she reared her leg up ready to kick it open.

BANG!

And the door was opened. "Where's Ava?! Is she alright?!" Y/n asked, making her way to the main living space that was conjoined to the kitchen. "I was out on some errands and-" Y/n's words seemed to escape her as she scanned the space, stopping as her eyes landed on a particular Daemos.

It was Rhys. But... did he get more handsome? His dark brown hair was somewhat disarranged, as if he had been in a panicked state recently, but it framed his face so well. His white dress shirt hugged his body underneath his navy vest which was untucked at a part of his waist, hiding away a part of his pearly-white belt with a gold buckle.

But what drew Y/n's attention was on his face. Atop his nose was a pair of glasses. They were almost squared, kind of like trapeziums really, and had a black rim. Sure, they were definitely old-lady glasses but he seemed to suit them so well. Y/n stepped closer to Rhys, who was oblivious to her presence as he was mixing away at something. Peering around Rhys, she saw he was mixing something. Unsure what it was and feeling the need to disregard it, she returned her focus to Rhys' newly adorned accessories.

His sapphire eyes shimmered with a joy that only a child on Halloween would have when receiving a large chocolate bar or when receiving their dream present on Christmas day. His youthful joy reflected through to Y/n's eyes as she felt the corners of her mouth turn up at the Daemos' joy at something that was so simple. She admired that about Rhys: his will, desire and optimism to try and learn something new. It's what drew her to him... That and his vast intellect.

"She's getting better, dear!" Y/n and Rhys jumped, turning to the source of the voice. It was Mrs. Oats. And she was smirking, while eyeing the girl. Y/n felt her face heat up as she could feel two pairs of eyes piercing her very being: one teasing her, the other curious as to her absence and her wellbeing.

Clearing her throat, Y/n began to speak, hoping to divert the attention to something else. "T-that's good! Have the boys been helping?" Y/n looked through the corner of her eye to see Rhys smiling at her.

"Yes, yes! They have been very helpful," Mrs. Oats reassured, reducing her smirk to a comforting smile.

Y/n let out a sigh of relief. "I guess, Ava and I should reward them with something at some point..." Y/n though out loud, causing Rhys to smile even brighter at the thought of getting ice cream as a reward for working hard. Rhys returned to his task, determined to impress Y/n with his skills.

"I'm sure you and Ava will give the boys a reward they will enjoy~" Mrs. Oats teased, winking and hinting at an extremely... sensual reward. Y/n's face bloomed a raging red colour as she whined into her hands, her hands futilely hiding her flushed face. "She's awake, you know? You can go see her if you'd like?"

Y/n's head shot up, a smile erupting across her lips. She eagerly thanked Mrs. Oats before speeding off into Ava's room, not caring if she's interrupted anything. When she entered, she saw that the Daemos were around Ava's bed, but most were looking at Asch with a strange look. But all her attention was on her best friend - no, sister - Ava, whose face was as red as a tomato and it certainly wasn't because of the boys... at least that's what Y/n hoped.

Shoving Asch and Noi to the side, Y/n quickly made her way to Ava and gave her a massive squeeze. The Daemos gasped at the sudden appearance of the older woman. They had almost forgotten about her in the chaos about Ava. "Y/n!"

"Y/n, you're here..." Ava said weakly, her arms slowly wrapping around the older girl's body.

"Yeah, I am." Y/n reassured before sitting back. She took her place next to Ava, her legs almost hanging off the edge, her side leaning against the headboard as her arms rested along it.

"Princess Y/n, are you alright?!" Leif asked worriedly.

"Yes, are you alright? You had been in the spel- I mean pool for a while too!" Noi asked speedily, correcting himself when Asch knocked his head.

"I'm alright," Y/n responded.

'No, I'm not. '

"Just had a few errands to run and my Y/n senses were tingling, so I knew something was wrong." The Daemos gasped in awe at the special abilities of the woman while Ava chuckled, knowing that Y/n had always had a knack for predictions.

"You know, you really should be so close to me, Y/n. You could catch a cold too," Ava tried to reason, causing Y/n to just shake her head and laugh.

"Ava, it doesn't matter what you try. I've been away from you for long enough. You've been suffering for a while without me," Y/n lectures but breaks from the main topic seeing that Ava is going to interject, "I can tell, so don't say you haven't." Ava shut her mouth quickly, looking down.

Lifting Ava's chin, Y/n was able to look into Ava's eyes as she finished, "I am not going to leave your side until you get better. We made a promise, right? A promise not to leave each other? I intend to keep that promise."

Leif, Noi, Rhys and Pierce all looked up. They looked at each other. The same promise. The same promise they made with her. They looked at the two girls, almost envying the bond between them.

"You are too good to me, Y/n. I'm glad that we have each other and that we share everything with each other," Ava stated, snuggling up to Y/n, not noticing the guilty look flashing across her face. Y/n agreed with Ava, not wanting to panic the ill girl.

"And thank you, boys," Y/n said, turning to the boys, gaining their attention. "Thank you for helping take care of Ava. It means a lot to us, especially me." The boys all had different reactions. Noi was bashful, Leif had too much pride in himself, Asch, as the tsundere he is, turned away and clicked his tongue, failing to hide his small smile, and Pierce just nodded with a miniscule smile on his face.

"Yes, I am feeling much better now that I've had some rest." Ava thanked, cosying up to the older girl next to her. "It'll take me a day or two, but I'll be back to normal if you guys keep taking care of me. I still need rest." Ava closed her eyes as she started getting comfortable. Y/n knew better than to let Ava sleep on her hard shoulder, so she carefully moved Ava's head to a pillow, her favourite purple pillow.

"Ava!" Noi shrieked in concern.

"What happened?" Asch asked, seeming extremely worried for the sick girl. Y/n just shook her head, smiling as she explained that she just fell asleep. However, her words didn't seem to reach the Daemos as they began to worry more.

"NOT AGAIN!" Asch screamed.

This is going to be a long day.

~~~~~~~End of Chapter 21~~~~~~

(A.n: Hey everyone, Cassie here!! I wanted to produce another chapter for you guys. I just felt really bad because you guys are so passionate about my book and I just don't have as much time as I used to so I could update. But I made this chapter.

Sadly, the next two months, I have GCSE exams. So I won't be updating. I hope you all understand. As soon as I finish, on the 19th of June, I will release a chapter (or two) that weekend. Deal? Deal! (You don't really have a choice...)

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Thank you all for being so understanding; it means so so much to me.

Cassie, Out!)