Ender Pearl PT 2

TW:BLOOD?, SA?, SWEARING?

Jet made me follow him up to his room, which was small but spacious. “There’s a bed out there from when Malum caught Ethan hoarding eggs, and here’s a blanket.” He handed me a white wool blanket. “If it gets too cold, come to my room, I've got a mattress under the bed so…yeah, sorry Malum is being an ass, he’s like that to new people and traders, he likes being in control.” He smiled, turning to me. “Get comfortable this is your new life.” I nodded my head towards the door. “Oh hey we have a bathhouse around back, the groups goes on Fridays and any other time at night so just a heads up if you want to use it, and I’ll remind them. I’ll install locks so Ethan doesn’t try to sneak in.” I chuckled before leaving for the greenhouse. When I got in the temperature was perfect it felt like 60° even though the thermometer said it was 15° I went into the back room laying on the hard bed, putting the blanket over me halfway. I slept like a baby until I felt the temp go from 60° to 20° in the middle of the night. 

I woke up in the morning covered in blankets on the world’s softest bed. I sat up quickly looking around the room, noticing the shirtless man sleeping on the ground on a mattress. He fancies me, doesn’t he? I threw the blanket off of me, getting up from the bed. I stood for a moment sensing a feel of dread as Jet slowly woke up. “You alright?” Was the first thing that slipped through his lips. I wobbled for a moment, my eyes getting blurry. “No,” I muttered. The flashes of purple and black covered the surroundings and Jet was nowhere to be seen. “Jet!?” I called out starting to tip over.  I fell backward into a force and when I opened my eyes everything was normal and Jet looked down at me. “I’m fine,” I said. “You pass out for 10 minutes, what do you mean?” He said with deep concern. 10 minutes!? It felt like 2! “It happens… I have pots.” I said as an excuse, I remember reading about it a couple of weeks ago. “Oh, thought you were sick, came to check on you and it said 15 I thought you died when I saw you laying without the blanket fully on, guess those clothes kept you warm enough.” He said reaching down and putting his black hoodie back on. “Yeah, they did,” I said, brushing my black hair into my hood. 

“Why do you hide yourself?” He asked, freezing my entire body. “I’m insecure, and I lived in cold environments a lot,” I lied. He shrugged his shoulders walked to his closet pulled an iron garden hoe from a chest handing it to me. “Malum will be up for his normal yellings in 10 minutes if you want to get some respect you better start harvesting girl.” He laughed, handing me some bread as well. “Here, If you’re hungry go outside the village and eat this, if Malum asks what you caught just say you got a pig.” I nodded, heading outside to the greenhouse, grabbing some seeds before going out the plow dirt that people have jumped on, and planting the seeds back in. I went into the greenhouse and wiped the sweat off my face. I wish I could take off these layers of clothes. I watered the flowers and picked the dead ones, turning them into black dye. If I get the chance I’ll dye my blanket for if it's too hot outside it’ll keep me warm at night. Malum walked into the greenhouse, his sword clanging against the metal plate of his back. “You’re up and working already?” He asked walking over to me, brushing his hand up against the dew flowers. “You’ve already watered them? That’s not even your job,” He sounded a bit annoyed. “Sorry, I fixed up through crop fields, and the flowers looked a little dry so I watered them and picked the dead ones,” I said. He then looked impressed. “Well, I guess Henry has one less job now.” He oddly patted my back. “Good job,” He leaned close to my ear. “Though I’m still keeping an eye on you girl.” He said before leaving the green house. Before he left he turned to me. “Work till 2, the rest of the day is yours, just don’t get into anything… That’s how things work around here,” He left. 

And that’s what I did I harvested, planted, and watered till 2pm. It’s still day. I again wiped the sweat from my face and ran my hand through my hair. “Ew, i’m so greasy.” I remember what Jet said. “I hope he put that lock on.” I started to walk to the bathhouse when Ethan ran up to me. “Where you heading, pretty lady?” “To the bathhouse.” I replied, picking up the pace away from him. “I’ll come with, guard the door from the inside,” He smiled. “No thank you.” I said opening the door of the bathhouse. “Outside?” He pleaded, I don’t think he knows that Jet put a lock. “Sure,” I replied. I stood the the bathhouse and locked the door behind me. I untied my scarf and took off my goggles and hat. I unbuttoned my jacket and slipped off my black shirt. I felt a wave of relief as I took off the rest of my heavy clothes, stepping into the shower. I turned on the shower, keeping a distance from it. I took a deep breath quickly stepping in and out of the shower because of the stinging. I rushed to wash my hair and quickly stepped out. I wrapped a towel around me and started to dry off the water on my skin, the door started to open. I thought I locked it!? I rushed back into the shower and closed the curtain. I peered through the curtain to see Jet getting ready to take a shower when he turned around and stopped. “Cyrus? Is that you?” I say his eyes drift to the bottom of the curtain seeing my black skinned feet. “What’s wrong with your feet?” He asked, I was to stunned to speak. “Why are you in here.” His eyes widens moist. “Wouldn’t want you to get hurt~ Little Bird-” “Hey, Malum! Hands off!” I heard someone shout from behind me. I turned to see Jet standing by the bathhouse door a mean expression on his face. It took me a second to see he only had a towel on. Malum released his grip on me and stormed off, disappearing into the house. Jet walked up to me placing his hand on my shoulder. “Hey, are you alright?” Don’t look down, don’t look down, don’t look down. “I’m alright,” I said, adjusting my goggles. “Are you sure, you looked really shaken up.” I could feel sweat collecting on my face. I looked down!!!!! “Yes, I just want some time to myself now,” I said shoving him off of me. He turned and walked away. Wow, I’m surprised he didn’t push it. I walked back into the greenhouse. Fully putting my clothes on, and securing them tightly. I picked some more dead flowers I missed and threw them into my chest before laying on my bed, covering myself with a blanket. I closed my eyes, but it was too uncomfortable with my goggles so I took them off, hopefully, Jet wouldn’t take me to his room again in the night. I eventually drifted off to sleep only to be abruptly awake a few hours later. I jolted awake and looked to my side in the darkness.