She isn’t

I walked towards Amalia's house, wondering if I should ask her about what Mia told me. Or maybe even tell her about what I’ve done with Mia. I think it if told Amelia, she would be hurt. But wouldn’t she be more hurt if she has to find out from someone else? But what if Mia is right and Amelia is …

I could not reach a conclusion. All I know for now is I just want to confirm Mia is wrong about Amelia. Once in front of her house, I knocked on the door, and her mother greeted me.

"Good night! I know it's a bit late, but could I come in and see Amelia?" I ask.

"Amelia? I thought she was with you. She hasn't been home since she left with you in the morning."

The truth, I was not expecting that answer. The things Mia told me go through my mind again, and I can feel my heart race. It is a feeling that I had never felt before as if I had a knot in my chest.

"Is everything okay, Darx? Don't you know where Amelia is?" Amelia’s mom asks.

"Possibly, she is with Alice.” I say, not wanting to make her feel worried about her daughter. “I'll go find her and bring her home."

It is true! It is possible that she returned to Alice's house after all, now more than ever, Amelia is trying to learn more about magic. I said goodbye to Amelia's mother and headed to Alice's house. But if she's not there, what will I do? It didn't take me long to get there and knock on the door.

"It's open, come in." A voice from inside yells.

Inside I just saw James sitting in a chair in front of the table and his daughter sitting next to him.

"Oh, Darx, what brings you here? I thought it was Alice for a moment." James says.

"Alice!? Isn't she here?" I ask him.

"She left a few hours ago but has not returned since. It's weird for her to be out so late, and I'm already starting to worry. By any chance, you haven't seen her?"

"Sorry I haven't seen her. In fact, I came to see if Amelia was here because I can't find her either." I say.

I can see how worried James and his daughter are. It must be stressful not to be able to go out looking for her because of his legs' condition.

"Amelia was here recently.” James says. “She came to look for Alice, but after I told her that Alice had not returned, she offered to look for her."

I see so that's why Amelia had not returned... I was a fool to think badly of her. I should also look for Alice; strangely, she is not back at this time, and I may find Amelia.

"Don't worry, James, I'll also go find Alice."

"I appreciate it, Darx."

At this time, there is hardly anyone outside. The only place where people gather at this time is the restaurant where Oliver lives, since it serves ****. I went to the restaurant, and once inside, I saw several people happily drinking, but there was no sign of Alice or Amelia; neither was Oliver, since, at this time, he is usually no longer working. I can't think of any other place where they could be, so I walked around the village hoping to see them.

I went through the entire village but still not seeing any of them. I was starting to worry, what if they went to the forest and something happened... Before thinking about going into the forest first, I would go to Alice's house one more time in case she returned.

I was about to get to Alice's house when in the distance I saw Amelia running. I didn't want to call her raising my voice at this time of night, so I ran after her. Amelia was running with all her might, which rarely happens. Why is she running? From the direction she is going, she seems to be heading home. Since she was far away and running in the opposite direction from where I was, it took me a little time to get closer, but I finally reached her.

"Amelia!! Hey, Amelia!!"

I called her a couple of times, but she wouldn't stop. I had to get closer to her and grab her wrist to stop her. When I finally managed to see her face, she was crying... now that she has stayed still, I can feel that she is shaking too.

"Amelia, what happened? Why are you crying?" I asked.

"Darx... I..."

Amelia was in shock; the only thing I could do was hold her to calm her down. She hugged me back, and we stayed that way for a few minutes until finally, she calmed down enough to talk.

"What happened Amelia, did something happen with Kase?" I asked.

"N-no, I was not with him..." Amelia replies.

Amelia was slow to answer me, and she avoided meeting my eyes when answering. Is she lying to me!? I do not know anymore. Mia’s accusation start coming back into my mind and gnaw at my trust.

"Are you telling me the truth, Amelia?” I ask. “I feel like you are hiding something from me or at least tell me why you are like this."

"I already told you I was not with Kase." Amelia snaps.

Amelia's spontaneous anger took me by surprise.

"I-I'm sorry, Darx.” Amelia immediately apologizes. “It was not my intention to talk to you that way."

Amelia's tears began to appear again. She was really sorry for talking to me like that, but I didn't care. I was more worried about her. But I don't think I can make her talk right now.

"Everything is fine, Amelia, don't worry, I just want you to know that you can count on me no matter what happens." I tell Amelia. Hopefully she will think on these words and tell me tomorrow.

"I'm sorry, Darx. It's just that I had a bad day and I'm exhausted." Amelia says.

I know that is not the whole truth, but I will not press more for today. Amelia obviously doesn't want to talk about it. Still, I feel like everything is somehow tied to Kase.

"Let's go home, Amelia, the best thing will be for you to rest." I say.

Amelia nods and says, "Yes..."

Amelia began to walk slowly, without looking back. She seems really down, but I don't know how to help her.

"Oh, I forgot, did you find Alice, Amelia?"

Amelia stopped and without turning to look at me to answer. I could only notice that her shoulders lifted a little, and her fists closed tightly. Again, she was silent for a moment.

"She must already be at home." Amelia says coldly.

Amelia just said that and continued walking. Did they have a fight? And is that why she is behaving like that!? I don't know what to think anymore, but I will trust Amelia's words that Alice is already back, and I will also return to my house.

Amelia didn't speak much on the way, and with a slight goodbye, she entered her house.

The next day I went to see Amelia, but her mother told me that she was not feeling well and was sleeping. If she does not recover, we will have to suspend the trip to the mine. I told her mother to pass on the message not to worry if she couldn't go tomorrow. After that I headed out to Alice's house just to make sure everything was okay, and just like Amelia said, Alice went back home. It seems that she just lost track of time eating with a friend.

I had nothing else to do for the day, so I just locked myself in my room reading books. Even so, it was difficult to concentrate. Rather than focus on the texts, my mind keeps wondering. First to Mia seducing me in the cave. The memory of her nude and bouncing on my dick is still fresh enough that I quickly get an erection just thinking about it. But then my mind drifts to what Mia said about Amelia and Kase. About them ‘doint it’. All of a sudden, my mind switches to a nude Amelia being fucked by Kase and immediately my erection dies and my dick deflates. I put the book down and sigh deeply with my face buried in my hands. I don’t want to think about Amelia this way.

All of a sudden, I am interrupted by my mother calling out to me.

“Darx! Can you come over here!”

I get out of my room and head over to the living room, where my mom was calling from.