Chapter 5. Three Long Days.

  Kael was panting, this wasn't an ordinary dream, he had a similar dream earlier. It couldn't be a coincidence. A warning? Vision? Memory? Whatever it was Kael knew it had something to do with him, he wished he could summon the voice on his own to question it, but it acted like a stray cat. When Kael got up he quickly unwrapped his bandaged hand. When he did so he noticed something strange, unwrapping the bandages and taking the gauzes off, he saw there were no stitches, no wound, only a scar in the shape of the knife that he used to stab his hand to free himself. He couldn't comprehend what had happened, why his hand suddenly regenerated. Then he remembered what the voice said, if Kael dies, the voice perishes too. So it probably used some technique to heal his hand, he was thankful from one side and furious from the other since it used his body against his will again. Suddenly he heard a noise from the kitchen, he thought it was another nightmare, that he was still sleeping. He slowly got up from the couch and made his way quietly to the kitchen. When he finally entered the kitchen he saw something different, it was Katrine. She was making breakfast for herself, but something didn't add up, the portion was too big for her own. Was she cooking for him too? Why would she? Maybe she wanted to show her gratitude for Kael comforting her during her emotional breakdown and letting her sleep in his bed? Whatever the reason was it was evident that the bigger portion was meant to be eaten by both of them, when Katrine was laying the food out on the plates she turned to Kael, it was clear she was still tired, her eyes weren't fully open and she had eye bags under her eyes. It was clear she forced herself to wake up early to prepare breakfast. Kael wanted to ask her something but Katrine walked up to him and hugged him tightly, he didn't understand why she did so. Suddenly she said.

  -"Dad... It's still early... Let's go back to sleep..."

  She thought Kael was her dad due to her being sleep deprived, Kael not wanting to break her little trance and patted her head gently.

  -"Go back to sleep Kat, okay?"

  His voice was gentle and soft, he tried his best to replicate Mark's voice, Katrine hearing him nodd her head and retreated once again to Kael's room. He knew she was extremely tired from yesterday's emotional breakdown and he let her sleep as much as she needed, then he turned his attention to the breakfast Katrine made. It was simple scrambled eggs with some chives on top of it. He took his portion and went to the living room to eat, they were still warm. The eggs were also extremely fluffy and light, it was clear Katrine had lots of practice in cooking and natural talent to it. Kael thought she probably taught herself to cook after her mother's passing to take her spot in their house. After all, for as long as Kael can remember, Katrine's father, Mark, couldn't cook at all and the only thing he was good at that was related to cooking was BBQ. Suddenly his memories flashed before his eyes, it was a family BBQ he had years ago when both his mother and younger sister were alive, it was a beautiful image.

  Him, his younger sister was running around while his mother and father talked with Mark and Katrine's mother. He felt something warm run down his cheek, it was a tear, he was crying. The sheer nostalgia he felt caused him to cry, however suddenly the fork fell out of his hand. He started trembling, the tears flew out on their own, he couldn't stop crying. The memories, the warmth, the laughter, it all caused him to cry, he wished he could go back in time to when his mother and sister were alive. Back when they were a happy family, when everyone was alive and they had BBQ every now and then. Suddenly he felt the voice appear again, he quickly reached down for the fork ready to potentially stab himself again if he had to. But this time the voice was more livelier, the teasing evident in his voice.

  -'Ohhhh I see you found yourself a woman that can cook huh? That's nice Kael, even though I am jealous of her cooking skills, I couldn't cook anything for my husband back then... So, you must treat that girl nicely, you understand...?'

  Kael was frustrated with the teasing and rant from the voice whenever Katrine was around, it annoyed him. He didn't have any feelings towards Katrine nor did she towards him to ever consider them even a slight functional pair. But Kael had a different thing to say to the voice, a question rather.

  -"The warrior that keeps appearing, you probably know who. Since you have access to my memories... Who is it? And what did he mean by saying 'You and I aren't that different'... I mean it doesn't make any sense to me..."

  The voice hearing Kael's question went quiet for a while as he considered his words and thought about an answer. The silence stretched for an uncomfortable amount of time, seconds passed and after what seemed like eternity. He finally heard an answer.

  -'You'll see soon, Kael...'

  The answer he heard was extremely vague, cryptic even. He knew that the voice wasn't lying, he would find out soon. It could be tomorrow, the day after, maybe even weeks or months, or god knows if even years from now. But he will find out someday either way. He wanted to ask more questions, about the voices possible past life, her husband and when she lived. But before he could do so, the voice intruded.

  -'For now? Focus on the things in the present, you'll find out sooner than you can expect.'

  After these words it disappeared again, and having the knowledge from the previous encounter he knew what to expect, as he was about to get up the voice said it's last words before going off for good.

  -'And if you wanna see something pleasant, go to the bathroom, little Heir...'

  Hearing that Kael's face went scarlet, that pervert wanted him to spy on Katrine while she was taking care of herself. But Kael didn't give in, instead he went to his room where Katerine slept before to change his clothes. He decided to put on a pair of shorts along with some loose shirt and a hoodie. It was the weekend now so he had no reason to wear his school uniform. Although he picked up the uniform to check the sleeve, the faint spots of blood from yesterday were still there. He decided that it wasn't noticeable enough for him to concern himself with property cleaning them so he put the uniform back inside the drawer where it was. When he came out of his room he saw Katrine had come out of the bathroom, but instead of the clothes she was wearing yesterday she had his loose shirt on her and a pair of shorts she borrowed from Kael as well. Kael, seeing this, got mildly annoyed and asked her.

  -"Katrine... What the hell are you wearing? You know those are my clothes right? You could've just asked..."

  Katrine, seeing him, got annoyed herself. She knew those were Kael's clothes she borrowed but her own were covered in sweat and tears from yesterday. She decided to retaliate towards Kael, with her usual venom in her voice towards him returning.

  -"Oh i know those are your clothes very well, Riggs. But, your dad, Xavier, said I can live here for as long as my dad doesn't come back so get used to this."

  As she finished speaking she huffed under her nose, letting him know how much she cared about Kael's opinion. Him seeing Katrine returning to her usual self started chuckling, it was some time since he last saw her in her usual spirit. And it was slightly refreshing for Kael. All that sweet and innocent acting from Katrine was nice as well, but he preferred her with this attitude, since he was so used to it. He decided to let her do as she pleased for now since he had no intention of possibly having her emotional breakdown again, he knew that if she did the comforting he'd have to do would increase which he didn't want, because it could lead to extremely awkward moments. As they stood there Katrine finally stepped forward slightly shoving Kael to the side and going forward to the couch turning on the TV. On it there wasn't anything usual, a typical morning programme that wasn't either interesting or boring to Kael, he decided to retreat to his room to study for school, even though it was the weekend he still has his duties as a student. Hours passed and it was approaching noon, suddenly Katrine barged into his room looking annoyed and slightly tired.

  -"Oi Kael, what do we have for dinner? I ate the leftovers already so we either cook something or order something... And no I won't go out to eat something because shit might get very awkward when anyone spots us."

  The tone that Katrine spoke with wasn't entirely convincing to Kael, he knew that Katrine probably remembered everything that she had done during her mental breakdown and had conflicted feelings towards him. Kael turned around on his chair and faced Katrine.

  -"My old man left some money for me to order take out if I'm hungry, so we can order a pizza or something else... What do you say?"

  His voice towards her was still gentle and calm. He didn't want to trigger any potential negative reaction from her, because she was still very fragile even though she didn't look like that. Katrine hearing Kael's proposition about ordering pizza shook her head, showing that she had something else in mind.

  -"I want some sushi, preferably from that place on 5th street, I think someone like you will know where it is, so c'mon take out your phone and order it."

  Kael hearing this took a deep breath to calm down, he knew that place didn't sell out take outs and you had to visit in person to eat there. Kael stood up and started changing clothes. Katrine seeing him doing this put on a confused expression, in her mind why would someone dress to order take out? But then she remembered, that the sushi restaurant she wanted to order at doesn't sell take out and you have to be there in person to eat. Catching on what Kael was doing she quickly rushed to the bathroom to change as well, she wanted to eat there no matter what. As Kael emerged from his room, Katrine was already standing in front of his door ready. Her seeing Kael has finally dressed up went to the main door opening it and going outside, Kael having no choice went after her, as he got outside he closed the door to the house. When they walked to the sushi restaurant they both prayed none of their friends would see them together, but since nobody knew what happened between them, they could play along whether they liked it or not. As they entered the sushi restaurant they sat down at the table and started ordering. Suddenly in the corner of his eye, Kael saw his friend entering the restaurant with his girlfriend, their school's "princess", Yuki. Kael quickly hid himself behind the menu but it was already too late, Yuuto saw him and approached the table with Yuki, as he was by the table he asked Kael.

  -"Damn Kael... I thought you were being closed in and all that you wouldn't find a girlfriend... But colour me impressed... Hey there, what's your name?"

  Kael, hearing this choked on saliva and got slightly red, but when he looked over at Katrine she showed no reaction on the outside. However on the inside the word "girlfriend" lingered on. Kael suddenly found the courage to say something.

  -"Uhhh Yuuto we're actually no-"

  Before he could finish Katrine interjected him, saying in a fake sweet tone to Yuuto.

  -"Hi my name's Katrine, and yes I'm Kael's... 'Girlfriend'..."

  That word was said with so much venom that Kael got startled a little but Yuuto seemed to not see the obvious sarcasm in her words. Yuuto decided to sit down next to Kael while Yuki sat down next to Katrine. Both Kael and Katrine felt extremely uncomfortable, the only thing they didn't wish for happened just now. As Kael tried to calm down Yuuto suddenly wrapped an arm around his shoulder and whispered to him.

  -"Hey Kael... My uncle owns this restaurant... So how about we ask for something 'stronger' heh...?"

  Kael, hearing this immediately wanted to protest but it was already too late, Yuuto already called in the waiter and ordered seemingly the strongest sake the restaurant had to offer. Kael knew he could tolerate alcohol somewhat well since Mark often sneaked a beer or two for him to drink on occasions. But he didn't know about Katrine, Yuki or Yuuto. He knew if at least one of them gets drunk the situation can spiral out of control extremely quickly which would be catastrophic. When the waiter brought the drinks, Kael quickly looked Katrine in the eyes and shook his head slightly letting her know to not drink it. Katrine getting his message nodded immediately, she didn't want to have any weird situation happening while she or Kael was drunk as well. He wanted to ask Yuuto something, as he turned his head to him he saw that Yuuto had already finished his drink in a span of seconds and ordered a second one. Kael seeing, this facepalmed knowing that it couldn't end well. Yuki suddenly spoke up, her voice slightly annoyed.

  -"Yuuto when he gets his hands on alcohol never knows when to stop, so please ignore him if he asks or says something strange... Ehhh it's just I can't get through to him to tell him to stop."

  As she finished speaking she took a small sip of her drink. Kael, not wanting to seem out of the ordinary, took a sip from him as well. Katrine when she reached for the glass, she suddenly stopped by Kael who had placed his hand on hers and shook his head letting her know the alcohol was strong. Katrine seeing this grew slightly annoyed, but backed her hand away from the glass nevertheless. She wanted to not stand out from the rest too, but she didn't know how she'd tolerate alcohol. Suddenly Yuuto turned to Katrine and asked her.

  -"Soooo Kat... Can I call you Kat? Nevermind, ekhm, how did you and Kael meet? I mean he never gets out of his own world or shell so I thought he wouldn't find a girlfriend, not especially someone like you..."

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  Katrine, seeing this, looked over to Kael for advice, but instead of what she wanted, Kael shrugged his shoulders letting her know that she couldn't rely on him for an answer. Seeing this Katrine kicked Kael under the table, and turned to Yuuto to answer his question, but in the stroke of luck the food arrived at the same time giving her an excuse to not answer his question. In her mind it was a small victory, not having to lie and answer uncomfortable questions was the thing she wanted to not do today. As they ate in silence Kael didn't notice that every time he looked at Katrine something was slightly changing, in reality she was drinking the alcohol when he wasn't looking to pass off as ordinary and not stand out from the group. When Kael finally catches on to what she was doing he choked on his food, he wanted to scold her and question her. But suddenly Yuuto started patting him on the back, helping him ease with the choked food. As he finished, Yuuto asked Kael.

  -"Yo Kael mate, you good? Is something wrong with the food or what? I mean it's not hard to choke if you eat something you don't like."

  His voice was full of concern, Kael quickly took a couple of breaths and drank down the rest of his drink to help the food pass through. As he did, he finally answered Yuuto.

  -"Nah the food's good, I just swallowed badly you know? Fuck, this sake is strong as hell..."

  He suddenly felt the burning sensation in his throat letting him know the alcohol was at least 30% strong, when he looked over onto Katrine she had closed eyes and was smiling dreamily. It was out of the question, she was drunk, after just one glass of sake. He prayed she didn't do a scene or god knows what would come to her drunken mind. Katrine suddenly looked at Kael, a mischievous smirk on her face. Kael, seeing this, knows nothing good is about to happen. Then she turned to Yuuto.

  -"Yaaaa know... Me and Kaew stawted dating recently heheheh... He was soooooooo scared of asking me out ya know? Hehehe, oh and also I live with him currently and sleep in his bed..."

  Kael hearing this suddenly felt his face go scarlet, Katrine wasn't lying, she was indeed living with him until her father came back, and was sleeping in his bed while Kael slept on the couch. But Yuuto and Yuki already being tipsy would crush all logical thinking from both of them, Yuuto hearing this suddenly turned to Kael with a mischievous smile. Kael already knew what was going to happen, he'd try to clear up everything so there would be no misunderstandings.

  -"KAEL MATE I KNEW YOU'D DO IT SOMEDAY HAHAHAH! SO, DID YOU HAVE THE FIRST TIME ALREADY!?"

  As he was saying this he grabbed Kael's shoulders and started shaking him, Kael sighed deeply knowing there was no backtracking now and he could only clear up every confusion that Katrine unconsciously put in her words. Kael gently grabbed Yuuto's hands and pried them off his shoulders, he took a deep breath to calm down and finally answered Yuuto.

  -"Yes she lives with me right now until her dad comes back, and she sleeps in my bed as well... And I slept on the couch, and no we didn't do it... Fucking pervert..."

  Yuuto seeing this had his smile falter slightly, he thought his friend already did something like that. But his hopes were shattered as soon as they were raised. He had hoped his friend that was always close to himself would do something finally, but instead he was disappointed with the reality. Kael sighed deeply, only things that could go wrong went wrong. He wanted to stand up and smack Katrine over the head so hard she'd sober up, but he decided to sit and withstand whatever's gonna happen whether he liked it or not. As the time went by and the sushi was eaten Yuuto constantly ordered drinks for himself and Katrine, Kael gave up on stopping her from drinking since it proved useless. After a couple of hours the restaurant was closing down and everyone had to go separate ways, Yuki helped Yuuto stand up and lead him out of the restaurant leaving Kael alone with a drunk Katrine. He tried to wake her up which proved useless so he decided to carry her on her back. When he finally managed to ragdoll Katrine onto his back he said to himself.

  -"For fucks sake... You're so slim and all... But you're so fucking heavy when drunk, the hell?"

  He cussed himself as he carried her while she was passed out. As he was walking down the street Katrine stirred in her sleep, Kael thought that she might finally wake up and she'd walk herself instead of him having to carry her. Instead she started mumbling incoherently, her words were a mix of English and Ukrainian, after all her mother was Ukrainian as well. As he carried her she mumbles in Ukrainian slurred with English which Kael didn't understand at all. As he was approaching his house Katrine said something in Ukrainian he didn't understand.

  -"Mmmmm... я люблю тебе..."

  Kael didn't understand whatever it meant, but assumed she probably swore under her breath or cussed him in her sleep, he couldn't care less about it. As he opened the door and pushed aside and walked in, he made his way to his room dropping the drunk Katrine on his bed before making his way out of the room and sitting down on the couch. He decided to scroll through his phone as he wasn't tired enough to sleep, nor did the alcohol took such a toll to make him tired. Suddenly he felt that nasty feeling, the voice was back again. Kael decided to ignore it for the time being.

  -'You know kiddo... That young lady said something interesting right before you came into the house, want me to translate?'

  Kael hearing this got his curiosity peaked, but he decided to brush it off, since it probably was meaningless. The voice sensing Kael didn't care about the translation and decided to say something different.

  -'Don't you feel it too, Kael? Like something major is gonna happen, I mean you still have to bre-'

  Before the voice could finish Kael interrupted it with an annoyed and frustrated voice. He was tired of being constantly reminded to break into the mag-tech structure by the voice, he was just so frustrated he snapped at the voice.

  -"Can't you shut the hell up about breaking into Mag-Tech? I have better stuff to do, besides it can wait, can't it?"

  Voice sensing his frustration clicked its tongue, it knew that constantly telling Kael to break in was having a different outcome to what it had planned. So it decided to take a different approach, since it knew constant ordering would do only more harm than good. The voice decided to propose Kael a deal.

  -'When I possess a part of your body it gets stronger since I'm lending it my original strength, if you break in there eventually not only will I cooperate but I will also let you use my possessing to strengthen yourself and I'll tell everything you want to know, within limits of reason or course...'

  Hearing this Kael suddenly froze, it was too good to be true, just breaking in for such stuff in return? It was more than he could ask for, but he didn't understand why the voice wanted to lend him its strength. It probably had an ulterior motive to do so. But Kael didn't care about it, the other stuff interested him more, he'd finally be able to live with this "parasite" as he saw the voice in his eyes. It would cooperate and answer his questions, but the part of "within reason" annoyed him since what he wanted to ask was probably the reason according to voice. He decided to accept the voice's proposition, it'd probably get him killed but if got to find out the truth he was searching he was ready to risk it. He got up and walked over to the bathroom to take a shower, when he got in there he took off his shirt and noticed something strange. His muscles were more defined, while still slim they were clearly distinguishable from his body. Kael was shocked upon seeing this, he wasn't working out at all, he was just doing everything to stay fit. The voice upon seeing Kael's confusion decided to clear things up while chuckling.

  -'I've tuned your body a bit, so you'd be more suited for fighting as well for you to handle any possible task or situation at hand heheheheh...'

  Kael, hearing this slammed his fist on the sink, the constant teasing about Katrine supposedly being his bride was slowly but surely frustrating him even more every time. But he decided to focus on taking a shower first, he reeked slightly of alcohol because of carrying Katrine on his back. When he stepped in the shower he turned on the water and started cleaning his body, the voice didn't disappear but it was quiet for now. But suddenly it spoke up.

  -'I also gotta admit, your body is very strong... Such dense muscles underneath, you're quite slim but you have the strength of a grown man Kael. Women like that y'know?'

  Kael hearing this had his face go scarlet, he slammed his head against the tiles in the shower. This perverted voice, if it wasn't ordering him around, then it was saying strange stuff, if it wasn't saying strange stuff, it was teasing him, if it wasn't teasing him, it was perverted... Kael was getting frustrated with the voice's antics towards him, he wanted to get rid of the "parasite", even if it was possible. For now he wanted to focus on taking a shower as much as possible, but he swore, if the voice had eyes it'd be staring at "it". Which made Kael even annoyed, that perverted woman was being more and more of a nuisance to him. So Kael decided to ask her.

  -"Oi voice, what's your name anyways? And besides if you grow stronger with time passing, i suppose in the not so distant future you'll be permanently talking to me right?"

  The voice hearing Kael's question seemed to think for a while, after a couple of minutes of stretched silence it finally answered him.

  -'Yes, soon enough I'll be practically permanently here, and you can call me "Tenebrae" for now. Someday I'll reveal my true name to you, but you have to earn such a privilege...'

  "Tenebrae", it worked for Kael. He didn't pay attention to the meaning of the word in the language unknown to him, he finally had a name for that annoying parasite in his head. As he finished showering he turned off the water and dried himself off with a towel and changed into his sleeping shirt along with a pair of loose shorts. He was tired as well, so he made his way to the couch where he was sleeping for the time since Katrine was occupying his bed. He also sensed that Tenebrae went away, she probably was tired as well. She had a tendency to go away for a longer while to rest when she talked to Kael for a longer period of time. For now he laid down and prayed he didn't have the nightmare about the warrior again, he just didn't want to suffer again. As he finally drifted off into slumber he felt sudden warmth next to him, but he didn't pay attention to it. He was too tired to even open his eyes for now. Today was too eventful even for Kael who tried to keep his life "normal" and "ordinary". The warmth from an unknown source, his fatigue and events of today quickly made him pass out into the warm embrace of sleep. Kael suddenly woke up with a breeze to his face. He found himself laying on a plain of green grass. He didn't understand why, it was probably a dream. But to add to the strange factor, something smelled nicely behind him. When he looked there he saw a small hill, the smell was coming from behind the hill. When he looked at his clothes he was still wearing the shirt he slept in and that pair of loose shorts. Nevertheless he made his way up the hill to the nice smell. When he climbed the hill the smell got stronger and stronger, there was no doubt it was behind the hill. When he finally reached the top he found the source of the pleasant smell... There were thousands of dead bodies, every single one of them was fresh and everyone was killed by a cut in some way. Some were cut in half, some had their heads chopped off.

  Kael, seeing this, covered his mouth and puked under himself. The smell of blood and fresh bodies was for some reason so pleasant to him, as he fell to his knees hyperventilating he continued to choke on his vomit. Such a gruesome sight, he thought he saw some sort of fresh battle before his eyes. But why did it smell so nice to him...? When he made his way down the hill it was no doubt the blood and bodies were causing the pleasant smell for some reason. Kael was still covering his mouth, he stepped his way over the dead bodies, tens, hundreds, even thousands of fallen warriors all being killed in the same way, by a cut in different places. But something wasn't adding up, all the warriors had similar attire in similar colours. They were from the same army, but where's the army that killed them? Suddenly Kael froze in fear, he couldn't move... When he turned around, the same warrior that's been haunting him was standing there, drenched in blood, his swords in his hands slowly dripping crimson red blood onto the ground. When the warrior turned his head to look at Kael, he raised one of his swords to point at Kael. Suddenly he said to Kael in a low tone full of disgust.

  -"How about you fight me for the ownership, little Heir... I think you're quite capable as of now..."

  Ownership? Of what? Of who? Kael didn't think twice and quickly searched through the corpses finding a sword and pulling it out pointing it at the warrior. The warrior seeing this lowered his sword and took one step. He disappeared, he was gone, he took a step and disappeared. Kael didn't comprehend what was happening. Suddenly he felt strangely lighter as the sword in his hands was gone, when he looked down... Both of his arms were cut clean off. Kael, seeing this, dropped onto his knees and screamed in agony, even though this was a dream the pain he felt was real. The agonizing pain of losing both of his arms, blood pooled underneath him from the stumps where his arms were. Kael laid down on the ground pulling himself into a fetal position, hugging his stumps where his arms once were. When he looked around he saw the warrior was standing behind him, fresh blood on his swords. Kael realised the warrior didn't disappear, he moved so fast his eyes couldn't follow him. The warrior slowly turned around and walked to Kael. When he was finally next to him, he raised his swords ready to bring the killing blow.

  -"I see... You're not ready..."

  As he said these words he struck the sword down at Kael. After this, he suddenly woke up, the pain in his arms and chest was still there, it was a dream.... Then Kael turned his head around, he remembered the sudden warmth that was next to him when he was falling asleep. He saw it was Katrine, she probably made her way over there when drunk. She rested her head on his arm and had a hand over his chest. Kael seeing this had his face go scarlet, he knew she was drunk and probably thought of something else when doing it. He carefully slipped his hand from underneath her head and carefully took her hand off of his chest. He quietly got up from the couch and made his way to the bathroom. He needed a cold shower to sober up. As he took off his clothes and stepped in the shower, he felt Tenebrae had appeared again.

  -'Another nightmare kiddo? That warrior, it wielded the swords I once wielded back in the past... "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness"... But who the hell does he think he is? "Ownership", "not ready"...? I think I may have an idea about him... What do you think about this Kael?'

  Tenebrae was strangely concerned, Kael knew the voice grew stronger every time it appeared, and probably it could access his dreams by now. In answer to the Tenebrae, Kael shook his head. He didn't know what the warrior meant by all those words. He needed to find out, he needed to know what he meant by calling Kael as not ready and what he meant of the ownership. As Kael was thinking, Tenebrae decided to tease him again in her usual tone.

  -'By the way how was the little date with your woman? I gotta say when I saw you two sleeping together I was so proud of you... Ehhhhhh...'

  Kael, hearing this, smacked his head onto the shower tiles so hard it shook the wall slightly. He didn't understand what the fixation of Tenebrae was about Katrine being his supposed bride. He turned his back to the shower tiles and slid down them sitting down onto the ground. He went back with his thoughts to the warrior, then he got a sudden idea. Tenebrae said that she once wielded "The Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness", and then it ticked to his mind that when he saw that painting she said "it brings back memories".

  -"Oy, Tenebrae, you were that woman in the painting weren't you? Who forged these swords, you know or no? Please answer me, I need answers..."

  His tone was unusually low and full of thought, he tried to piece everything that has happened so far together. Tenebrae hearing his question went silent for a while, Kael thought she'd disappear again, after all she was acting like a stray cat. Came and went how she wished, but she'd be permanent soon anyways so she'd have no option but to answer Kael's questions. As the silence stretched on she finally answered Kael.

  -'Yes it was me in fact... But I don't know who forged these swords, at least officially... Maybe you'll find out someday kiddo...'

  That was not the answer he wanted or expected. She answered his question without avoiding it and being sneaky about it. Instead she answered him immediately which shocked Kael. But he calmed down nearly immediately. He went back with his mind to the warrior, he looked extremely similar to his father but the missing eye and other features suggested to him that it definitely wasn't his father, he still has the theory it was his ancestor from ancient times. For now he got up from the ground and dried himself off with a towel, Tenebrae was still around in Kael's mind, probably wondering who the warrior might be as well. After all he was using the thing that was most sacred to any warrior, their weapon, and he was using Tenebrae's "Dual Cursed Swords of Darkness", which was her signature weapon. That probably frustrated her even more than Kael. As he finished drying himself off he put on some clothes and went out the bathroom, when he made his way to the living room Katrine was still sound asleep. When he remembered what had happened to her moments ago, his face went scarlet. But he quickly shook those thoughts away, he decided to return the favour to Katrine from yesterday and decided to cook something for breakfast.

  Even though his skills were mediocre at best, he'd try his hardest to satisfy both of their needs for breakfast. He decided to do something simple that even him wouldn't fuck up, he decided to make toast with some add-ons like cheese, ham, lettuce and similar. He brought out the toaster from the drawer and sliced some bread, he put it in and started preparing breakfast for himself and Katrine. He then saw the knife on the counter which brought some nasty memories, he subconsciously rubbed his right hand where a nasty huge scar was from that same knife. As he was finishing up making some breakfast he heard some footsteps behind him, Katrine probably woke up. When he was about to turn around he received a sharp kick to his back. The pain shot through his whole body, when he turned around it was In fact Katrine, her face was red with anger and embarrassment. She said through gritted teeth.

  -"What the hell was I doing sleeping with you...? And why can't I remember anything...?"

  Her voice left no space for arguing or making excuses. Kael took a deep breath to calm down before fully turning to Katrine leaning against the counter. He said with a calm, almost teasing voice.

  -"You got drunk yesterday and I carried you back home, you were mumbling in Ukrainian and slurred in English. As we got back home I put you back in my bed and I went to the couch to sleep, but your drunken mind decided it'd be a good idea to come and lay with me... Happy?"

  Hearing this Katrine choked on her breath, and her face was even redder. It was clear she started having flashbacks from what had happened yesterday on their pretend date that was pretty much forced due to Kael's friend Yuuto and his girlfriend coming to the same restaurant. Kael, seeing the expression Katrine was having started chuckling, in his eyes it was somewhat cute that Katrine was flustered like that. Suddenly Tenebrae spoke up.

  -'Oi kiddo, it's not nice to tease your woman like that, if i were here I'd twi-'

  Before she could finish Kael cleared his throat to signal her to shut up. He was starting to get annoyed and the knowledge that soon she'll be permanently inside his head was frustrating him even further, a perverted and teasing old dumb woman that was just a voice was going to be in his head permanently. Suddenly Kael heard someone click their tongue, but it wasn't Katrine since she was currently eating. It was Tenebrae.

  -'Oi watch it Kael, i can vaguely see your thoughts. "Perverted, old, dumb woman"? IF I HAD A PHYSICAL BODY I'D KICK YOUR DISRESPECTFUL ASS, DISRESPECTING YOUR BRIDE ISN'T ENOUGH FOR YOU HUH!?'

  Kael, getting annoyed with her antics, picked up a piece of toast and started eating himself. That woman was getting on his nerves.