It wasn’t fair. Watching them, day after day, and each time there was a little less space between them. You’d known him so much longer and yet, he chose your baby sister over you. You’d been trying so hard to get him to like you, for years now. And she did it effortlessly.
You saw Aphmau conversing with Lucinda, meaning this was your chance to spend time with Aaron. You walked over to him and sat beside him on a bench. “I guess Travis messed up,” you said with a sigh.
Aaron just nodded silently. He kept his eyes forward, paying no attention to you at all.
“I don’t know what’s gonna happen now,” you whispered. You looked all around, and said, “Where are we?”
He didn’t respond to you, instead he turned his head towards the sound of a splash, and chuckled lightly when he saw Aphmau keeping herself afloat in the water, yelling something to Lucinda.
Your heart began to hurt, and you stood up. If that was what it took to get his attention, so be it. You ran over to the part of the ship where your sister had just jumped off, and you did a flip in the air as you jumped off the side of the ship.
“Aw yeah!” Aphmau said, laughing and swimming to be right beside you. “See Lucinda, even y/n is coming for a swim!”
You looked over to Aaron, but he was looking away. You sighed and looked over at Aphmau. “What are we doing, anyway?”
She smiles at you. “Exploring! Come on, we’ll meet up with everyone on shore.” She led you over to the shore, and you dried off on the sand before stepping onto the dirt.
Soon Laurence, Chad, Katelyn, Vylad, and Aaron had joined you. You were splitting up into two teams, one of three and one of four. It was Katelyn, Vylad, and Chad as team one, and yourself, Aphmau, Aaron, and Laurence as team two.
Laurence and Aphmau went ahead, and you took the opportunity to talk to Aaron. You had no idea what to say, though, so you walked in silence for a while.
“Why did you jump in?” Aaron finally asked you.
Your heart jumped. You couldn’t tell him it was to get his attention. “I-I thought Aph got pushed,” you said. Yeah, yeah that’s a good excuse. “I was going to save her.”
He nodded. He opened his mouth to say something else, but stopped when a loud scream rang out.
“Laurence!” you said, running towards the source of the sound. You saw Aphmau looking down in a hole, and saw Laurence at the bottom of it.
“I’m going down,” Aphmau said.
“Nope,” Aaron said. “No way.”
“I’ll do it,” you said, preparing yourself for the jump.
He put his arm out in front of you. “Nope. Not having either of you get hurt.”
You sighed heavily, though the little gesture did mean a lot. “We can’t just leave him.”
“There’s an exit,” he said.
Aphmau looked down into the hole. “It’s not a long fall.”
You looked at her, then down at Laurence. “I’m going.” You weren’t going to leave your friend down there alone. “There’s four of us, we can go two and two.” Before anyone could object, you made the jump. As you tried to regain your balance, Laurence pulled you aside, and you heard two thumps behind you. You turned around to see Aaron and Aphmau had come too.
“I’m gonna explore a bit,” you said. You walked in the uphill direction of the cave, and Laurence followed right behind you as Aaron and Aphmau went the other way. You noticed a light coming from a cavern, and stepped towards it with your eyes wide. “Guys!” you yelled.
Aaron and Aphmau were shortly right beside you, and soon enough you were all looking into the wyvern nest. Aphmau gasped as one flew in.
“Raven!” she called out, and ran over to embrace the wyvern.
You looked at Aaron. “She can communicate with them?”
He nodded slightly, and you returned your attention to your sister.
“Aphmau, know I am not fond of these wyverns for exiling Ungurth,” Laurence said. “Speak with them at your will. He turned and walked away.
You knew you should go after him. You really did, but something told you to stay put. The wyvern moved and Aphmau followed, you and Aaron right behind. Your heart nearly stopped when you saw a human baby laying in the hay.
You jumped down and picked up the baby, ripping off your jacket and bundling her in it. “She must be freezing,” you said, and you held the baby to your chest. “Irene, she’s freezing.”
“y/n!” Laurence yelled, running over to you. “Is that a...baby?”
“Yes,” Aaron replied for you. “And she needs to eat. There’s a cow over there.”
“Raven says they brought that cow for the baby,” Aphmau said. “But it’s scared.”
Laurence nodded. “I got this.” He went over to the cow.
You leaned against a rock, cradling the baby in your arms. Aaron stood beside you, and a smile graced his face.
“I always wondered what you’d look like as a mother,” he said with a chuckle. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a (your favorite color) rose. “I was gonna give this to you later...I found it on the island. I remember you said this is your favorite color.” You blushed as he brushed your hair out of your face, gently placing the flower behind your ear. “I’m sorry I’ve been quiet.”
You smiled at him. “Don’t worry about it.”
“Seeing you right now, I just...I couldn’t help myself. y/n, I’m in love with you.”
Your heart began beating out of your chest. It was actually happening. You smiled at him and quietly whispered, “I love you too.”
He smiled. “When you aren’t holding a baby...I’m going to give you a very passionate kiss.”
You laughed lightly. “I’ll be waiting for that, then.”
