Drabble 15: Loyalty.

He was giving him that look. Determined eyes. Set jaw. Arms at the ready.

NF hated the forest. He hated the vines. He hated the darkness. He hated it, all of it. And yet, here he was, leading a group of his own into the unknown for closer look at this wild magic. They'd been at it all day and they were going to be at it all night.

Their orders: "Explore the forest. Find magic source." Because that was possible. Really possible.

And for some reason that look was driving NF insane. He did not want that look. He never wanted that look! "Stop it!"

Soldier was startled. "Stop what?"

"Looking at me like that!" NF was exasperated.

"Looking at you like what?"

"Like... Like... You'd follow me to the ends of the earth or something!"

"I am not following you to the ends of the earth." Soldier scuffed. [He seems to do that a lot...]

"That's not what I meant. I just mean... I just..." Lead yourself. He wanted to say. "I don't want to lead people into places I know aren't good for them, and you're not helping!"

"What are you talking about?" Soldier's voice had taken on a distinctly teenager tone.

"You with your loyalty and the yes, I will follow you even if this seems like a horrible plan. I just... The other guys in the group trust me so much because you keep being all NF, he's the best! Yeah! I don't want them to think I'm awesome. I don't want them to agree." NF pulled at the ends of his jacket. "It would be better for them if they ran away screaming about how stupid their leader was."

"You didn't ask for these orders."

"No," he shook his head, "but neither did they."

"Well," Soldier said, "we all asked to come here. We all asked to become soldiers. So let's just do our job, yeah?"

"Yeah."


Notes: People are so going to ship them. THEY ARE JUST BEST FRIENDS, OKAY?

Ugh, I'm not bleeding very well tonight. I'm just tired. I'm sorry xD

Ingrid and Liam really need a last name. What do to do with the documents...? How to fix plot hole? I just need them to exist without existing... #things writers say that make people think they need the looney bin...