Ein is Accepted

Aphmau's POV:

After I took Aaron's hoodie, I had a good nights rest with no further interruptions. I woke up at my normal time, and I grabbed my cane. I'm so glad I've been using my cane a lot more than my wheelchair lately. My next appointment is in a few days, and I'm sure that I won't have to use the wheelchair anymore soon enough. I carefully walked down the stairs and was surprised to see Alina up with Aaron on the couch, watching some TV together. Croissant was laying by Aaron's feet, taking a nap. I finished walking down the stairs and saw Melissa in the kitchen cleaning some dishes. I decided to help a little, and I dried them for her. We both finished much faster and Melissa got to relax while I hung out with Aaron.

"Oh, hey Aph. How'd you sleep?" He asked.

"Well, it was okay."

"You took my sweater in the middle of the night, didn't you?" He questioned.

"Well, uhm, I-"

"It's fine, I don't mind. I was just laughing because you thought I was asleep." He chuckled. Red was shaded onto my cheeks. He was awake?!! I didn't know! Aaron chuckled a little when he noticed my red cheeks.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it. You can keep it. I'll find another way to help you." He smiled. I smiled back and sat with him on the couch. Melissa went upstairs, saying she was gonna get some reading done. I watched some cartoons with Alina and Aaron until an unexpected knock banged on the door. Me and Aaron looked to each other, asking each other if we invited anyone over. I. Mean, we didn't really say anything, we kinda just said it with our eyes, or something. This time, now feeling much more comfortable walking, I got up with my cane and answered the mysterious knock. To my surprise, again, it was Ein. This was probably the first time since Ein came back that I looked at him in the eyes, and instinctively smiled. That made me feel good.

"Hey Ein! Wasn't expecting to see you today." I said.

"Yeah, sorry for the unexpected visit. I was just stopping by, maybe hoping we can go out again, like the other day." Ein explained.

"Well, maybe we could. We'll just have to tell Melissa. I'll ask Aaron and Melissa. Be right back." I let him inside and slowly walked up the stairs. As I did so, I thought of a great idea. If my friends could accept me, surely they could accept Ein. I mean, he did a lot more wrongs than I did, but once I explain what happened, they'd have to forgive him. Many of them know too well how horrible that potion is. I know they'd understand. Before going to Melissa's room, I went to my own to grab my phone. I sat on my bed to rest my weak legs and went to messages on my phone. I texted all my friends to meet me and Aaron at the park. I made sure not to mention Ein, even though some of my friends didn't ever really hear of Ein.

After that, I went to ask Melissa about leaving. I found her sitting on the floor, leaning her back on her bed, reading a book. She looked up to me at the sound of the door.

"Hey, Melissa. Ein's back, and he wanted to know if we could go out again. Is that okay with you?" I asked.

"Sure, I don't mind. I'll go down to take care of Alina in a minute, after you leave." Melissa answered. I smiled and left her be. I closed the door and walked back down the stairs.

"Hey Ein! Melissa said we can go. Wanna come, Aaron?" I asked him, still walking up to the two. He nodded his head saying yes, and we were on our way. I grabbed my bag, Aaron brought Alina upstairs to Melissa, and we left. After we did, I realized that we had left my wheelchair. Thinking further, I thought I should try to not use it anymore. I'm doing pretty well anyways. I told Ein I as thinking of going to the park, and he agreed. Now it's time to put my new plan into action.

All of us took a short walk to the park, and waited on a bench. After we got there I told Ein about what I was doing. I didn't want this to be a surprise to him. He was uneasy about this idea, but I assured him that they'd understand once I explained what happened. Then after a little while of waiting, I saw my friends all bundled up together, making some talk. There was Katelyn, KC, Zane, Garroth, Dottie, Daniel, and Rylan. Dante and Travis told us he couldn't make it, because they had plans. I noticed that Katelyn was in the back, offaly quiet. They hadn't noticed us yet, so I decided to get up and greet them. Ein and Aaron remained seated while I went up to them.

"Hey guys! What's up?" I said, and they all looked to me cheerfully.

"Aphmau! Good to see you again!" Garroth came over and gave me a big hug. I hugged him back.

"So, what did you call us over for, Aph?" Zane asked. I let go of Garroth and grabbed my attention onto all my friends.

"Well, I thought that maybe you guys could meet someone. I know it'll be hard, but please try not to overreact. He's a little nervous." I said. They all looked to each other confused. Even Katelyn looked up after what I said. It almost seemed as if she wasn't paying attention. I brought over Ein, and most of my friends made a big in sync gasp. Specifically, Zane, Garroth, The woof pups, and Katelyn. Kawaii~Chan was the only one who seemed confused. I don't believe KC has ever met Ein in person, or at least after he changed.

"YOU!" Katelyn growled. I'm surprised Katelyn was the first to speak. She's already seen Ein on the streets, and she didn't seem as mad then from now. Zane and Daniel had to be the second maddest of the bunch. Katelyn stepped up from my small crowd of friends and got up close to Ein's face.

"I dare you to come after me and my friends again. See what happens." She whispered into his ear. Ein only got more nervous.

"You're supposed to be dead." Zane said, dead serious.

"Yeah!" Daniel agreed. I gently pushed Katelyn from Ein and defended him.

"Guys, it's okay. Ein's changed, and he-"

"Save it, Aphmau. Don't bother defending him. Someone like him can't change. He's just trying to get close to you, so he can back stab you again, and I mean that quite literally." Zane said.

"Guys, please, you have to understand and listen. Ein never wanted to do those things! He was under the effects of a forever potion!" I defended. After that, I got a few looks that changed their point of view.

"And why should I believe you? He's done too many wrongs than rights, if any. He was even like this back in high school!" Katelyn yelled. I thought she would've reacted differently as well, such as Zane and Dottie for example, but I was wrong. She wasn't going to let go that easily.

"That was when I got the forever potion!" Ein stated.

"So you took it willingly?" Katelyn yelled back, in more of a form of a question. Ein hesitated.

"Well, yes, but I was lied to!" He defended his wrong doings. Katelyn was just about to blow.

"Ein, maybe try not yell-" I wasn't allowed to finish my sentence, because Katelyn just about had it. She took heavy steps up to Ein and punched him hard in the face, causing him to fall to the ground. This gave us a few concerned looks from people close to us.

"Katelyn! Why would you do that!" I shouted.

"Because he deserves it!" Katelyn responded. Zane and Garroth both noticed she was going a little too far, and by the looks of their reactions from earlier, they probably think Ein ins't as bad as they had previously thought. KC was kinda just standing there shocked, so the wolf pups just stood by her. Garroth and Zane walked up to Katelyn and restrained her lightly, just so she wouldn't do anything else.

"Katelyn, I think that's enough." Zane said. She looked at them angrily, but when she looked back to me, she looked defeated.

"Guys, I know it's hard to change how you see him, but what he did was unintentional. Please, just try to forgive him, even though he never meant to do those things." I begged, hoping nothing else would happen. They all looked to each other, and then back to me. Kawaii~Chan was a speaker on their behalf, so she stepped up closer to me.

"Aphmau, we for give Ein. It will take time to warm up to him, but we'll try!" KC said. I gave her a warm smile, and so did I to the rest of them.

"Thank you guys." I looked back to Ein, who Aaron was helping up. Luckily he wasn't bleeding at all, he was just a little bruised. I looked back to Katelyn, who was no longer being restrained by Garroth and Zane. I decided to walk up to her.

"Hey, you okay?" I asked her. She gave me a scoffed look, but she changed after a second.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I know how bad it is to be under one of those spells, but it's still hard to believe him. I don't want to believe him. But...I can try, even if I don't like it at all." Katelyn concluded.

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