Overwhelming Pain

Chapter 16

"I'll go with him," Regan said as cross his arms, leaning on the door frame of the room where Felix is preparing for his task to bring Pain back in the headquarters.

Felix turn his head at Regan, giving him an perplexed look. Obviously he was not expecting Regan to volunteer on going with him since they're not in good terms— making Felix twitch his upper lip.

"You'll do?" Shangbei asked, turning her head and body to face Regan. He stared at the woman for a moment before doing a firm nod. A soft scoff came out from Felix's mouth.

"I'm fine alone," Felix said as he buckled his belt. "What is that?" Shangbei asked as she watched Felix wearing humans' clothing which they describe as bizarre— since they don't wear such thing.

"Clothes," Felix said as he grabs a leather jacket from the box where they put all of different kinds of clothes then wears it. "Humans wear these since they have fragments that we don't have." Felix explained while Shangbei still looking at the clothes weirdly.

Regan starts to walk towards them from leaning on the door frame. As he stopped his tracks beside Felix, he stretches his arms downward to reach out to the clothes in the box. He was about to grab a pants but Felix held his wrist, making him look at him in a swift move.

"What are you doing?" raising one of his eyebrows, Felix asked. Regan inhales roughly through his nose, making it obvious that he didn't like the sudden contact of their skin— he swats his hand away.

"I told you that I'll go with you." Regan said in a stern voice.

"And I told you that I'm fine alone." Felix flicks the hanging hem of his leather jacket then puts his hand on his waist, looking at Regan with an unpleasant look.

Felix spots Regan's lips curved into a small smirk, making him clench his jaw— he knows what's coming.

"Why, Felix? Why would you like to go alone yourself?" and Felix wasn't wrong. With a devious smirk formed on his lips, Regan asked those words.

Shangbei looked up to the tall men, specifically focusing on Felix as she also waits for his answer.

"Is there anything you want to prove?" Regan added, still wearing the smirk on his face. Felix just stared at him with a grieve look.

"Prove?" Shangbei confusingly asked with a soft and low voice.

"Why are you hogging this task on your own, Felix?" Regan slighty squinted his eyes. "We can work as a team," flashing one of his eyebrows as he said that phrase. "In fact, we can all go and spread to find Pain—"

"I will not risk the other emotions—"

"You don't wanna risk the other emotions or you don't wanna risk something that you have right now—"

"Regan!"

"Stop!" Shangbei exclaimed, raising her voice. Both of the men stopped their mouths from talking as they looked at Shangbei.

"You've both started it again," she said, glaring at the men. Silence grew in between the two as Shangbei turn her head to face Felix.

"Maybe we can talk about this," she said. "If you'll bring Regan with you, he will be helpful for you to spend less time on looking for Pain because of his help." Shangbei continued as she turn her head to look at Regan then back at Felix.

Felix presses his tongue on his teeth from the inside as he tsk'ed. "Helpful, huh?"

Regan crosses his arms with a proud aura emitting from him. "Of course, that's why I wanna go with you to help you."

"I can do this myself."

"Do what exactly?"

"Looking for Pain."

"Do you really wanna look—"

"Yes. Now shut it."

"You two done?" crossing her arms, Shangbei asked. Still glaring at the two.

"Not yet," Regan said, still with the devious smirk on his face.

Regan knows how a mind like Felix would think.

"What did you say again?" Regan tilted his head while looking at Felix. "I've heard you both a while ago since Shangbei here," he glances at the lady that is standing just right next to Felix. "Was whining with her loud ass mouth." Shangbei pursed her lips together in a thin line.

Felix slightly rolled his eyes with his remark. "Tsk."

"You said that you disagreed on their suggestions on making an irrelevant emotion to step out from that portal and find Pain because they have the possibility that they might cease to exist?" Regan asked, summarizing what he heard a while ago from Shangbei and Felix's argument through the halls.

"Yes," with a cold tone, Felix answered.

"Well I'm not an irrelevant emotion." A playful grin has plastered on Regan's face after he said those words. "I am one of the emotions that is quite common to humans because most of them have anger issues. Therefore, I can go with you." He added again.

"You sound so proud with the anger issues when it's not good for the humans." Shangbei mumbled to herself before heaving a sigh then looks at Felix with a somewhat hope written on her face. "He's right! Go with him!" she said. He glances at the lady then shifted his gaze at Regan who is still wearing the playful grin on his face. Every seconds that's passed and his eyes are still staring at that playful expression, sends an extreme annoyance in his nerves.

He heaves a sigh. "Yeah, whatever." Felix dusts off the fabric on his shoulder. "Get the things you need and follow me." He said before he walks away, stepping out from the room, leaving the two emotions alone.

"Mhm, he's always determined." Shangbei softly mumbled while Regan went over to grab clothes from the box.

"Determined? Pft. More like selfish." Regan commented as he slides his legs in the pants, zipping, buttoning it then he buckled his belt.

"He's not selfish," Shangbei defended.

"You literally just called him that a while ago." Regan shots back then he slides his in the biggest hole of the shirt, then next his arms before sliding the hem down to his torso.

"Yeah," Shangbei sighed. "Because he was... for taking too much responsibility."

"He is." Regan runs his palms on the fabric of his shirt right on his torso. "Selfish." He repeated. "Not just in responsibilities though." Regan said as he faced Shangbei that is now looking at him with a confused expression.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked.

His lips curved into a smirk before he shrugged his shoulder then slides his hands in the pockets of his pants. He walks passed by Shangbei after flashing his eyebrows at her, leaving the lady alone in the room— confused.

"I thought you're going to bring me back home—" Trinette stopped her steps when Freya, who's just infront of her, stopped walking then she turns to look at Trinette.

They're currently inside the mall and before they got there— Trinette told her that she wants to go home to avoid trouble with her aunt, but Freya took her to the mall instead and can't say no since Freya is quite stubborn.

"Are you serious?" Freya raises one of her eyebrows as she cross her arms. "Why would I bring you home to that abusive household?" she straightforwardly blabbered. Normally, people would be moved with that but Trinette seems to agree with it.

Well, she's right... but still..

"They're might be looking for me.." Trinette excused. She have experienced more than just a smack on the head in that home. She knows that she'll be in bigger trouble if she won't go home yet. Her aunt might do something worse than what she normally does.

"No." Freya firmly answered. "I'm not taking you back to that horrible household," Freya grabs Trinette's hand then squeezes it gently.

"You're staying here with me." She said with a smile. "Close to me." She said, with her eyes smiling as well. Trinette suddenly felt warmth in her chest as she look at Freya smiling, right before her eyes, looking so genuine and pure.

"Don't worry about anything. For now, worry about on what you'll buy because we're going shopping spree!" Freya squealed excitedly.

"Ya!" Freya shouted at the back as she looks at Pain and Chris walking feet away behind them. "Hurry up! We'll buy things for the four of us, I'll pay for all of it!" Freya squealed once again. Trinette can't help but have her eyes widened upon realizing it again that she's very wealthy. She lets Freya pull her towards the shop of variety and expensive clothings.

Chris blinked his eyes due to his little boss' remark. "Four—" He mentally counted them.

Freya, Trinette, this weird dude. Three... but she said four..

"Including me?" he mumbled to himself. "Jesus, I told her to stop spending money for people—" He annoyingly scratches the back of his head before shifting his gaze at Pain that is now cluelessly staring at him.

"And you, geez," Chris stared at Pain for a minute then he mumbled. "Weird ass," he commented, he then moves his eyes up and down as if examining Pain once again.

"Handsome weird ass."

He commented then he chuckled to himself afterwards before grabbing Pain's wrist then pulls him with him, following Freya and Trinette.

"Let's go, buddy. You gotta behave when we reach there, okay?" he playfully said as if telling it to a child. Chris glances at Pain behind him, still have the clueless and innocent expression on his face.

"Well, you look behaved anyways." Chris can't help but chuckle in amusement.