<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Bet</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/ZtvrH1t.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 12th , 2021, 5.15 PM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>SOPHE, Training grounds<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Albion<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Black and pink sportswear (https://i.imgur.com/zoYCQnw.png)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>“Someday, when you are ready, I will be here. I will listen it all, if you want to tell it to me. And I will tell it all to you, if you wish to hear it. There is no hurry. We all move at our own pace. You are moving forward, at your own pace.” Her voice was full of kindness and warmth. There wasn’t a hint left of her beastly side who was responsible of many of Albion’s fresh bruises.<br/><br/>“Why should it be hard for me to tell what is true? I’m telling you what I think. Maybe you aren’t used on hearing kind words. I will shower you with them until you understand that that’s how the things are supposed to be, until you understand that it’s what you deserve. I’m not lying to you. You are blind to everything good in you, so allow me to be the mirror who will show you all the wonderful things that make you you.”<br/><br/>The fox demon looked at him, little worried, when he said that his mind was a dark and terrible place. She took his hand into her, placing her fingertips against his. “Albion, my dear friend, there is darkness in everyone’s mind. Sure some have more darkness than others, but we all have our own share. If it’s a dark and terrible place, then follow me. I will lead you away from there. I will keep you in light. All you need to do is follow me.” The fox meant well. Was she saying that in rhetorical way or did she mean it in practise, it was impossible to know. Either way the girl interlaced their fingers and brushed his knuckles with her soft lips. She knew that there was something really dark inside Albion, and it was slowly eating him away. No matter how much she wanted to help him, she couldn’t when he didn’t let her to do that. So she wait, and be there if he ever needed her.<br/><br/>When he rested his head on her shoulder Nerissa raised her free hand to stroke slowly his hair. The man could feel how she gently leaned her head against his before blowing into his hair. Her tenderness knew no boundaries. “Someday, someday you are ready to move on Albion. Our way of thinking is different. I know that you are afraid. Afraid of being hurt again, losing it all again, afraid that it’s too much to endure…” She didn’t know the details. It was mostly just guesses, but Nerissa doubted it was something minor what got Albion in such a bad condition. Something devastating had happened in his past, and he was still carrying wounds from it. “Maybe you have had your share of the real demon world. I know how it’s Albion. I lived there and it’s not easy for someone as weak as me. Those who are strong make the rules and others have to live by them. Only thing we can decide ourselves is that do we want to keep on struggling, fighting and living or do we want to give up. It was… a nightmare, but I didn’t give up.<br/><br/>It’s all part of me forever, but I don’t have to let it control me. I want to leave all that behind and move forward. I want to live in this day, in this moment. There is only pain and sorrow in that dark past. In this day I have so many things to be happy about. If I was stuck in my past I couldn’t enjoy from these moments. I could never be free. No. Albion, I want to make as many happy memories as possible. So, when my time comes I will have no regrets. The day I die I don’t want to look back and regret that I didn’t do something I wanted to.” Nerissa smiled against his hair and kissed the white hair like she was kissing a child’s head.<br/><br/>“Ooh… I remember that day. You looked so miserable, and smelled awful” Nerissa chuckled. “I didn’t even know you that well. Having you here now makes it feel like a distant dream, to think that you once avoided me so much. I like to think that you would have done the exact same thing for me, without hesitation. Maybe because you didn’t enough your own life to second guess, but anyway, you would have done it. Having you here, like this, makes me think it was all worth it. You are a good man. Better than you want to believe. It was scary, quite awkward… and kind of exciting. Thank you for looking after me. Mmh… Is that why you are kind to me? I always thought you are so kind to me for the same reason I’m to you. Because you are my important friend and I care deeply of you.”<br/><br/>Nerissa lowered her voice into a whisper. She couldn’t hide a mischievous tone from her voice. “And because you are my special friend, after making me do all<em>those</em>things for you… The way you look when… mmmh” The fox demon hummed. There was no need to finish that sentence. He would get it. “I wonder do you look different when you are trying so hard to control it, to hold back…” Nerissa added, just to confuse him. “You are the only friend I have seen like that” The girl whispered in his ear.<br/><br/>“Oh, I do. Please, pay no mind to it. It’s just harmless fun that harms no one. Let it be like that.” Nerissa nodded at Albion about her knowing there was a lot he would do for her. She was aware of that. “It’s okay. You do what you can and if I ask more it’s my mistake. Not yours. I will find someone special. Someday. Someday. It seems to take longer than I thought, but someday there will be someone standing by my side and making me one happy fox. Until then my nights are going to be long and lonely. I can’t find comfort from arms of strangers like you do. That… it would make me feel used and cheap.” She didn’t sound like she was judging his way of life. The girl simply noted that it wasn’t for her.<br/><br/>With a genuine, soft smile she met Albion’s gaze. “No Albion. You are my precious, dear friend. You might be my favorite human in the whole world.” Nerissa stated festively and placed a small kiss in the middle of Albion’s forehead.<br/><br/>The fox demon had too much love inside her, and no one to give it to, so she shared eagerly that overflowing love to her friends. Often making them feel confused or awkward, but her intentions were good.<br/><br/>When Albion didn’t understand that this was a perfect opportunity to pet her ears the fox demon raised his hand up, between her ears so he had the freedom to choose which ear he wanted to caress. “How do you feel now Albion? Are you feeling uncomfortable now? I hope you aren’t… I feel like I’m at home. I feel safe and calm near you. You are warm and I like feeling your strong body against mine.” It was said in such an innocent fashion. No matter how many times he told her that there were things she shouldn’t say, she kept telling them. In her opinion there was no shame in saying aloud positive things. Especially when they were true.<br/><br/>Sometimes Nerissa felt like there was sexual tension between them. Maybe there was, or then she was just imagining it. Oh dear, maybe that was the reason why Albion hoped she would soon find someone? Hopefully he had that wish only because he wanted to see her happy. As a man Albion couldn’t hide his arousal completely, so Nerissa had noticed it sometimes, but she didn’t take it personally. They were both adults. She didn’t ask about the services Albion bought, and he didn’t talk about them. But the fact that he did buy sex told its own story about that he was a virile man. If he got sometimes a little excited because of something she did it was just a natural reaction which had nothing to do with her. It could have been caused by any woman. Such moments seemed to embarrass the poor guy greatly, so Nerissa didn’t make a fuss of them. Except when she felt like teasing him on purpose.<br/>