~~Sooooo.... I am terribly sorry for not updating. I have been insanely busy everyday and when I get home after work, all I want to do is stare at the walls and decompress. Work is just too much, but hopefully it'll become a little easier as time goes by. Thank you all for being so patient with me. I am going to try my hardest to keep writing. I've kind of lost some motivation to continue this story... Let me know if I should keep going. ~~

~~Nova’s POV~~

The sleepover was fun. Blaze made me feel safe. School was back and I hated it. Everyone would whisper as I passed them. Whispering about me being Blaze’s holder. A freshman being a senior’s holder. It was terrible. I felt terrible, but I wouldn’t take it back. I liked being his holder. Occasionally, Blaze would have us train in the room. Simple spells and mainly connecting and disconnecting the bond, just so it becomes quicker and easier. The training was fun, but Blaze has been a little distant lately.

Speaking of which, Blaze wasn’t here. I couldn’t help the huff of annoyance that left my lips as I set down my books on top the counter. Blaze was not in our room. He normally isn’t anyways. He tells me he has been training or studying. I tried asking Victoria or Quinn, but they just shrugged and denied any knowledge of what Blaze was doing while he was out late at night. There were times he would come back into his room after midnight. I could tell he was trying to be quiet, but I was always awake, waiting for him.

The front door squeaked opened, slowly, as if the person opening it was trying to be silent but the door failed them. Blaze was home. A quick glance at my phone told me it was a little after midnight. I couldn’t handle this distance. I felt Blaze was only communicating with me when we had to train and I was growing very annoyed that we weren’t being friends anymore. The annoyance was high and I was frustrated so I got out of bed. My door opened immediately, stopping the older male in his tracks with its noise.

Blaze, frozen yet exhausted, turned and faced me. “Sorry. Did I wake you?” His voice was heavy with sleep and guilt.

I couldn’t help the tears threatening to fall down my cheeks as I marched towards Blaze and slapped him, hard in my standards but definitely not hard for any normal person. Despite that, Blaze was still shocked. Awareness and awakeness brightened across his face as he lightly touched his cheek, staring down at me.

“You have been avoiding me.” I stated, my voice cracking as my volume was louder than normal.

Blaze’s face fell, filling with guilt again. “No… I haven’t. I just-”

“Been avoiding me.” The tears fell and I didn’t stop it. “You have. We only train. Train! What happened? Am I too clingy? Do you hate me now? Resent me because I agreed to be your holder? I can take it back.” My voice fell as I spoke more, falling into sadness.

Blaze’s eyes widened immediately before he engulfed my body into his. “No.” His voice rumbled through his chest as I silently cried. “Please don’t take it back. I don’t mean to avoid you. I just…”

I pulled back and looked up at him. “Why have you been so busy? What are you doing?”

He took a deep sigh before letting go of me. “Those men we saw at the cafe. They were after you. I don’t know why, so I have been trying to study your family lineage. I’m trying to find why they were after you.”

“Why my lineage? As far as I know, I don’t have one. Not well defined as yours would be.” My head titled in confusion.

Blaze nodded as he sat down on the couch. “Yeah, you’re right. It’s not at all defined. If anything, it doesn’t exist at all. Which has raised questions inside me. You don’t exist, Nova. And I am trying to find out why, without drawing attention from the Librarians.”

I sat down beside him, curious and confused. “Librarians? And I do exist. I am here.”

Blaze couldn’t help but chuckle. “Yes, you exist physically, but not on paper. And everyone at this school, or has been at this school, exist in the lineage books. You don’t. And the Librarians are the ones who watch over the library and they can be very strict. If they see you looking at something you shouldn’t be, they will stop you. If you see something you shouldn’t see at all, they will erase your memory. So, I have been trying very hard to avoid them.”

It was strange to think my family history doesn’t exist.

“Would it help if I went with you? Maybe, I can help. My mother would speak of my father, my actual father and some other family members I don’t know. I don’t exactly remember their full names, but maybe if I see them, I could probably recognize them.”

Blaze smiled and nodded. “Yeah, maybe. I need to sleep, Nova.”

I smiled and helped him up. “Together?”

The man blushed but nodded and led me into his room.

Blaze’s room was sort of dark. His bed was unmade and dirty clothes littered the floor. The exhaustion of Blaze showed the second he face-planted on the bed.

“I’m sorry my room is a mess.” Blaze mumbled as he turned his head and looked at me.

I shrugged and sat beside him. “It’s okay. We can clean tomorrow before going to the library.”

The man nodded before shifting to make room for me. Blaze’s hand lightly pulled my arm to make me lay on his chest. “I’m sorry I avoided you.”

I couldn’t help cuddling into his side. “Please, you’ve explained yourself, just don’t do it again.”

I could feel Blaze nod before feeling his chest rise and fall slower. He had fallen asleep.

Soon, I fell asleep, blanketed by warmth and safety.