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Villain had never seen Hero look so crestfallen before, and if their chest already didn't hurt from running like a mad person and jumping over rooftops to get to Hero, it definitely did hurt now. It hurt like hell.
Villain wanted to say something, anything, and if only Hero looked up at their face instead of staring at the cold stone floor, they would have seen how desperate Villain was to make them believe that they meant it... that they meant every word when they said that they would help Hero.
"Hero... I, I really did mean it when I said that I'd come."
Hero finally looked up at them, just as Villain had wished, but all Villain was shown were soulless eyes and lips in a thin line. Be careful what you wish for ran around in a loop inside Villain's head.
"Then why?" Hero asked and Villain could hear the unsaid words hanging heavily in the air.
Then why didn't you come?
The truth was, Villain was being obstructed by Supervillain's henchmen and fighting all of them off alone proved to be a difficult task. If this was just a normal fight, Villain wouldn't have minded getting themselves hurt, but no, there was nothing normal about this, they had a far more important job to do (to protect the Hero), so they had to be in top shape .
Villain sighed, their mind having figured out whom they had to protect the Hero from. Villain was scared, and maybe more hopeless about this situation than Hero was currently, but no one had to know that.
Protecting hero was much more important than their own fear of the Supervillain.
They offered Hero a hand, eyes soft.
"Come on Hero, get up. I'm here now, and I'm planning to keep my promise."
I'll definitely keep it this time .
“I kept waiting for you, Villain, and you never came,” Hero whispered, head down. “But, it’s too late,” Hero laughed to themselves, feeling their heart begin to race. “I’m as good as dead now,”