Monster! II

On the top floor of the Overseer's Observatory.

Rose didn't let go.

Even when Achilles sat up. Even when he told her he was "okay."

She didn't believe it. Not fully.

Not when his skin had been burning hot just minutes ago, and certainly not when his body had convulsed terribly.

Not when he said he just had a bad dream!

She knew bad dreams. She had bad dreams before when nothing in her life felt worth it. And that…was no dream.

It felt like something much more as in his sleep, he had said a name.

Kaisar!

And the look in his eyes when he woke up… It wasn't fear, but rage. It was the kind of rage that she had never seen on Achilles before.

So she stayed with him. 

She let him lean on her. Kept her arms around him like a shield made of soft feathers.

And when he finally leaned back against her chest, her voice softened.

"I'll just hold you a little bit longer, Little Fatty."

She told him.