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Pugsley’s POV
”You must be Pugsley?” Eugene’s mother, Sue, said while smiling at me and she held out her hand. “Eugene talks a lot about you.”
”Mom!” Eugene says, his face turning red. “Don’t tell him that.”
I chuckle.
”I’m flattered that you talk about me.” I said as I shook her hand.
I was expecting to shock her with my ability but it never happened. My ability has never been the same after what Slurp did to me, at first everything was normal but then a few days later I wasn’t able to use my ability. It suddenly disappeared and I knew that I was never going to have it back. It looks like I suffered the same fate as my father.
”Is everything okay?” She asks, snapping me out of my thoughts.
”Everything is fine.” I pulled my hand away and I walked up to Eugene.
”Hi.” He says.
”Hey, thanks for letting me stay the night.”
”You’re welcome. I got you a snack for after dinner.” He hands me a box. I opened it and saw that there was a few beetles.
I smile.
”Thank you.”
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Eugene’s POV
I haven’t been able to sleep ever since I was attacked by the Hyde. Every time I tried to sleep I remember my own screams as I almost died. I never forgot that night and I really wished I did.
Pugsley mutters something in his sleep as he toss and turns. His face was set in fear as his muttering turns into loud “No! No! No!”
I gently touches his shoulder and he opens his eyes and flinches at the touch.
”What’s going on?” I asked. He sat up, his fingers gripping at the blankets.
”I lost my ability a few days after I was kidnapped and tortured.” He admits, a tear streaming down his cheek and I can feel my heart sinking.
Pugsley might be reckless but he doesn’t deserve what happened to him and he definitely doesn’t deserve to lose his ability.
“I’m so sorry.”
”I’m such an idiot! I should’ve never brought Slurp back to life.”
I let out a sigh and I touched Pugsley’s hand.
“You can be an idiot sometimes but it’s not your fault, you were just looking for a friend. I’m sorry that I made you feel alone.”
”When I thought that I was going to die I thought about you.”
“You did? Why?”
”Because I have feelings for you and I wanted to have a happy memory before I died.”
My eyes widen in surprise at what he just said.
He likes me?
I raised my hand and I touched his cheek.
”I’m so sorry that you went through that, you didn’t deserve what happened to you.”
He softly kisses my fingers.
”And you didn’t deserve what happened to you.”
I don’t know what came over me but I pulled him into a kiss. He gasped at the surprise but he didn’t pull away. He wraps his arms around my waist as we kept kissing.
I didn’t want this to stop but we eventually had to when we needed to breathe.
My face turns red and Pugsley laughs as he pokes my cheek.
”You’re so cute when you’re red caro mio.”
My face turns even more red.
”Shut up!”