Healing magic doesn't work on emotions

"Sheldon. You have to agree with me that Mitus needs to express his feelings for Amaya before the fight." Pearl brings up this topic again for the, I lost count, time. 

I take a breath before replying. The smell of the damp peat and mossy ground is pungent. 

"Pearl. If it means that much to you then you tell her." I reply flatly. I keep walking beside Mitus and Pearl towards camp. Sap clings to pine branches as I do my best to avoid their touch down the now narrow path.

"No! I will be too embarrassed!" Mitus covers his red face.

"Besides it will ruin the mood if I tell her. It has to come from him." Pearl explains.

"Then it's not going to happen." I rudely tell them. "Besides 'love' has no space on the battlefield. That made up feeling only clouds judgement and then injuries and death follow."

"Why are you always so doom and gloom?" Pearl looks at me almost disgusted.

"Unlike you I want to stay alive." I reply.

"Well stay alive all you want, I choose to live." Pearl holds her white snout high and mighty before turning her attention back to Mitus. "Well if you're refusing to tell her before the impending battle then you have to tell her afterwards. I will help you set it up. Even though I want you to tell her beforehand."

"My feelings for her don't show that bad do they?" Mitus asks peeking through his fingers.

Pearl and I circle infront of Mitus stopping him in his tracks. We look at this boy dumbfounded. Pearl grabs my snout shut as I tried to open it. Preventing me from telling him that he becomes a bumbling moron around Amaya. Or the fact he can't get a sentence out of his mouth around her. Not to mention he goes out of his way to make make potpourri for her clothes, baths and bracelet. How can he not be any more obvious?

"Mitus, I think she might know you have some feelings for her already." Pearl says gently.

"Oh no." Mitus says melting into an emotional puddle on the forest floor.

I push Pearl so I can have my snout back.

"You know what. Maybe if he gets rejected he can move on and have a clear mind when fighting. She pays attention to you but she drools over Ragon." I state looking down at him.

With that comment I pushed Mitus over his emotional edge. Tears formed in his eyes, and if I could, I probably would have heard a snap similar to glass as his soul was slightly crushed.

"Sheldon!" Pearl snarls at me.

"Pearl, she's right." Mitus says weakly.

"What do you mean? She is just being mean to be mean." Pearl leans in to comfort the large snotty teen.

"If I tell her I can get closure. Loving her from a distance all this time has been slowly crushing me." Mitus pours out his heart. "I did do research. There is no magic to heal a broken heart. Only a curse that renders emotions mute. But then I would have to curse her too and I would never be able to do that to her."

Pearl comforts Mitus as he gains his composure.

"Well my work here is done." I say turning to leave for camp.

"Thank you Sheldon." Mitus murmurs.

"Yea what ever." I reply leaving the two behind.

Some time has passed while I rest at camp. We all see Arata and puffy eye Mitus off as they use a magic square to go to town for supplies. Amaya had a long list for Mitus again. Everyone went off to do their own things after the portal closed.

Elbereth and Amaya went in the cabin with Kem. Maddie is off somewhere again. Olive and Dre took off to forage. Leaf is curled up with me along with Pearl for what ever reason. They are both snoozing away while I struggle to get comfortable between them.

"You alright Sheldon?" Ragon asks walking up to us.

"Yea just fine." I reply flatly. 

"Here." He says climbing into the mix. 

"What?" I try asking as he plops down.

"Lay your head here." He says patting his chest.

I circum to his request and lay my head down. He brings his arm up and strokes my neck. Ragon's breathing helps me slow mine down. The heat rolling off of him helps soothe where he touches. Before I know it I'm nodding off. How does he do this to me everytime?

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The squeaking of a cart wheel wakes me. Arata is back with Mitus pulling a full cart of supplies. Food filled bags, crates of minerals and books for Kem's research, another crate of fabric for Amaya, and a few other random things fill the wooden cart. Looks like Mitus got a hair cut in town because his blue hair is a bit shorter now.

"Welcome back." Ragon says pulling himself out from under Pearl's tail.

I yawn and stretch, waking up Leaf and Pearl in the process. They get up and help their humans unload the cart.

"I can take Amaya her fabric." Mitus tells Arata and Ragon.

"I figured since you usually do." Ragon comments looking at the squirming Mitus.

"What's-" Ragon gets cut off by Pearl.

"You're going to do it? Am I right? Tell me you are!" Pearl is extra excited.

"Do wha-" Ragon is cut off again.

"Ahhhh! Thank you Sheldon! You gave him the right nudge!" Pearl tackles me.

"Off!" I demand pushing against her.

"I, well." Mitus fumbles his words.

"It'll be fine! I will call Elbereth out and Sheldon will get Kem out." Pearl is nudging Mitus for the cabin door.

"Who says I'm helping with this self-sabotage?" I inquire.

Pearl is all gitty while she pushes Mitus to the cabin. She about pushes him through the closed door but Arata gets it open before Mitus is squished.

"Can someone fill me in?" Ragon asks just to not get a response.

"Elbereth can I talk to you about something?" Pearl beams into the cabin.

"Yea?" The shy girl looks up from a table her and Amaya are reading at.

"Like out here. Its a pretty personal one." Pearl beckons the girl outside. 

"Okay?" Elbereth walks outside.

Then Pearl death glares me down. I sigh.

"Kem, I saw that fire breathing beetle you were looking for." I lie lacklusterly to the poor kid while looking at my claws on my right arm.

Kem bolts from the book he was reading to outside the cabin scaning the forest. Pearl gives Mitus a claw up before slamming the door shut.

Pearl shushes Kem and Elbereth while peering into one of the cabins windows. I explain to Arata, Kem, Elbereth, Leaf and Ragon about Pearl's grand scheme of making Mitus and Amaya a couple. In the time I explained the scheme we missed the whole Mitus stumbling over all his words and get to see him blurt out his feelings.

"Amaya! I'm in love with you!" Mitus thrusts flowers out infront of him with his eyes closed.

Amaya stands there in silence looking at the flowers in shock. Her hands are no longer moving over the crate of fabric. Lots of time goes by before Mitus opens one eye to peek at the black haired girl.

"Ragon rejected me. I don't think getting into a relationship right now is best for me. I do really care for you. Just like Olive said we have history. Can I be selfish? Can you wait for an answer from me til after the fight? Unless." Amaya laughs nervously. "You got a spell to stop a heart from hurting."

"The spell to stop your heart from hurting is not a spell but a curse. I will never place a curse on you." Mitus says bringing his flowers down.

"Figures." Amaya sighs. "Can I still be selfish?"

"You can be. That's a part of you that I love. So take your time. I will leave these flowers here for you though." Mitus says leaving the flowers on the table and walks out.

Pearl and Leaf are a sobbing mess outside the door Mitus walks out of. Pearl tackles Mitus telling him it'll be fine while Leaf paces back and forth waiting for them to let him into the blubbering mess.

"You all watched?" Amaya shouts from the cabin.

Elbereth runs inside to comfort Amaya. Arata, Kem, Ragon and I scatter into the forest to avoid Amaya's wrath. Leaf decided he wasn't going to stay for the yelling and followed closely behind Arata.