Chapter 63: Deadly Glance

As he looked at Pruno, he was stunned to see his eyes glowing in the dark. His pink eyes had this weird pink glow that gave Enychta this sense of dread for a second accompanied by a stinging pain on his head before Pruno blinked and the pain was gone, Enychta looked confused at Pruno whose eyes stopped glowing and he quickly ran towards his Eny with tears on his eyes... Why was he crying? Did he see something bad? He felt like he was floating and looking down, he saw his corpse on the ground, he had died. "Huh." He commented as both Persephone and Hades looked at him curiously, suddenly a hole appeared below him and his spirit was dragged down to Tartarus so he can wait till his body regenerates so he cam goes back to his body.

He just hopes Pruno thinks he just knocked him out and did not straight out kill him!

He opened his eyes and found himself in the middle of the fields of Tartarus, the ground had sharp rocks pointed upwards and he was forced to walk on these sharp rocks, his body was see-through and had a light golden color to it because that was his soul that was waiting for his body to regenerate so he can go back. The air felt like acid, burning his lungs, he could feel the heat coming from the river of lava he was standing close to. He slowly began to walk in a random direction, not bothering to look around much because he was going to go back soon to his body... He turned around just as he heard metal breaking, he saw a gigantic, rusted chain slowly falling from the sky and it was going to land on top of him.

He didn't fear it, because even though it would hurt a lot, it wouldn't kill him, he would reform in another place... right? Isn't that what happens to monsters? And he is a half-monster so it may also apply to him, or maybe not, so he quickly ran to the right in hopes to dodge the gigantic chain that was, like a whip, going down to the ground faster than before. He was about to be hit when he blinked and he saw the dark ceiling of Pruno's room in the castle of Hades, his head hurt like hell too... Like a rollercoaster pressed his head into paste but he still lived and was conscious through the whole process, feeling the pain and despair, but in this case, he only felt pain. And what did not help was the crying of the pink-haired boy that was hugging him tightly, Enychta groaned because the sharp inhale he took made his head and lungs hurt, he felt his whole body regenerating missing tissue and muscle, like...

Like his whole body decayed and became a skeleton and now his body was reforming from the bottom.

That's impossible, his healing is not that strong is it? Maybe Hades or Persephone helped him with his corpse? He looked down at the sobbing boy who was constantly apologizing and while his body grew heavy he saw his skin, it was pale white and some part of it was missing, his skin had cracks and had chunks fallen off and parts of it were very dry... But it was also visibly recovering, his skin getting a healthier color, his whole body getting better and better at each second that passed.

"Why are you crying baby?" Enychta whispered in Pruno's ear, making the sobbing boy look up in surprise and fear that turned instantly into happiness and guilt as he hugged Enychta's neck, which surprisingly was the first thing that regenerated first. "Eny... I'm so s-sorry..." The sad sobs of Pruno broke Enychta's heart, it brought up a memory he thought he had forgotten... The inside of a younger Pruno who could only have nightmares where he was tortured again. and again, waking up crying and sweating, so fragile.

He wanted to protect the boy from these feelings and those memories, yet here he was, just lying on a bed while his lover kneels on the ground... Enychta extended his finger towards Pruno and touched his forehead, getting the boy's attention. "Hey, hey, look at me." Recognizing the symptoms, Eny knew Pruno was having a mental breakdown right now and needed his help, so he decided to help him. "Look at me, yes, look at me in the eyes. I'm fine when you looked at me I fainted and have a huge headache, I did not die, I fainted, I am still alive, I am fine... Okay?" At each word, he would press his lips on top of Pruno's lips and forehead, giving him reassuring kisses to show him that he was still there and was not going to leave.

It had a great effect as Pruno closed his eyes and took deep breaths, just like Eny had taught him, it took about 20 minutes but he calmed down. They were lying beside Luke, who was still asleep and It seemed deep, Enychta pulled his sleeping body closer and placed Pruno between him and Luke to make the boy feel safer, so he may go to sleep. It was tiring enough for him to use his new ability, and seeing its effects and being mentally exhausted, Pruno did not resist and hugged Luke while Enychta hugged both using his long arms.

He smiled seeing the boy sleeping, his hair hiding his face as he went to sleep peacefully, knowing his lover would never leave him. Even if he wanted him to.

-Scene Ends

Author Note:

So Pruno has a new ability to apply decay and death on targets by looking at them in the eye and activating it, just like a Gorgon can purify people that look at them.

The target will die instantly if they look at the eyes for more than 5 seconds.

Quite an op right? It just leaves him very tired after using it, and if the target only looks at him for a glimpse they still take "damage", necrotic damage if this was DnD