(Joseph's POV)
"I'll take you to Glacion."
I stared down at Asurah, the man no longer shaking as Issak had taken the deal. It was no surprise to hear the villain agree immediately to Asurah's proposal, and at the time, I couldn't believe why Asurah would risk his planet like that. But, as his white eyes met mine, I could see that he was doing it for me. For my Ma. I had already knew what Issak would ask. I knew he wanted my Ma's life, the woman who gave birth to me, in exchange that he saved Asurah. It was inevitable. When my Ma talked to me, I realized that she had been right, no matter if I wanted to believe it or not. She was getting older, and sooner or later, she was going to go into Death's arms. No child wanted to know that their mother was right, that she didn't have much time left. Our parents were our idols, our teachers. We looked up to them. Well, I only looked up to my mother, considering my father left us. So he was dead to me anyway. It was much more serious when it was my Ma's life on the line. Unlike my father, she was there for me. She taught me everything she could and shaped me into the man I was today. She was amazing...and I knew she was nearing her end. She was eighty, didn't have much time to begin with. She told me to be Asurah's knight in shining armor, and I was about to make the biggest decision of my life when Asurah stepped in.
He was risking his entire planet to ensure my Ma didn't die just yet. He was giving me more time to spend with my Ma, with him by letting Issak poke around his home. And that very sacrifice made me realize that my feelings ran deeper than lust, or infatuation. I was in love with him. In love with the Ice King himself. I knew I should have been shocked at the realization, but I mean, look at him. He was utterly gorgeous, with unmarred porcelain skin that were slightly pink at his cheeks. His hair was the silkiest and purest of whites, long, and down to his waist in tangless locks. His white eyes let me see into his carefree persona and his lips, so full and pouty, were like velvet against my own.
It wasn't just his looks, either.
Asurah was witty, and caring. He was a delight to be around with his carefree attitude and his horrible...but cute, jokes. Even when he lost control and attacked Jack, I didn't hold it against him. He had been scared, terrified of losing me. Though, I wished he was worried because he felt the same way for me as I did him. Instead, he was scared of losing a friend.
And now he's sacrificing his home planet for you, I thought to myself, gently brushing a lock of snow colored hair away from his face. I turned to Issak, who was typing something into his laptop, glasses perched up onto his nose. "How much longer will he be unconscious?"
"Until I get the data I need. Shouldn't be too long now." He answered briefly, turning to write something down before he went back to his laptop. "Ah, now this is interesting."
"What? What's interesting? He better not be dying you prick."
Issak glared at me, pointing a pen in my direction. "Now why would I give the alien the antidote if I wanted it dead? Quite counterproductive, if you ask me."
"Asurah."
"Huh?"
"Asurah is his name! Not alien, or thing, or whatever else you want to call him. And he's not an it either."
Issak smirked, casting me a sly glance. "Well, I know the alien is male. I seen it for myself. He's quite impressive, for someone so feminine. Sucks that he's infertile. I would have loved to create more of his species to study."
"Why you-!" I paused, my brow furrowing at the last thing he said. "Infertile? What do you mean by that? And you're not going near him if you're wanting to make a child with him."
Issak rolled his eyes, his nose scrunched up in disgust. "I am not into men. That's disgusting. I was meaning collecting his dna in order to create another of his kind in a tube. Besides, he doesn't have a womb, I checked. Not that he would be any help to me now, considering he's sterile. He doesn't have any baby-making juice in him. If you still don't understand with that microscopic brain of yours, it means he can't have children. Even if he consummated with a woman. I guess I will have to collect samples from his people once we reach his planet. I would have preferred his royal blood, but it seems like something else must do."
"You're sick, you know that?" I sneered, making Issak only grin as he set his laptop aside. How dare he think he could collect...that in order to torture more innocent creatures. He was a vile man, one that shouldn't have so much power in the government. If he didn't have the antidote that cured Asurah, I probably would have strangled him back at the second lobby, where we were gassed out. Not to mention I would be killed on site by his lackies, and where would that leave Asurah then? In the clutches of another demented group of humans, no doubt.
Although...on Glacion he wouldn't have as many guards as he would here on Earth. If we could stage an...accident, we could finally be free from his demented reign. Of course that wouldn't stop the experiments, since humans were vile and curious creatures. Hopefully it would delay them, by loosing their main source of income. It would hopefully give the subjects some breathing room, if only for a short time.
"J-Jo?"
My head whipped around to see Asurah's eyes fluttering open, his lips parting as he breathed. I rushed over to his side, placing a hand on his cheek as his brows furrowed together, confusion on his face before the events before dawned on him, making his eyes widen as he shot up into a sitting position.
He then groaned, hands holding his head as he swayed slightly. "Crap, I probably shouldn't have moved that fast."
I rubbed at his back, which earned me a curious glance from the albino. Though, I didn't miss the color that dashed across his pale skin, his eyes averting as he cleared his throat. "Can I get out of here now? I promise you will come with us when we make our way back to...to Glacion."
Issak nodded, standing up before he took out his phone. "I'm going to call a few researchers to come with us. Well, more like bodyguards, but you know, same thing."
"That's so not the same thing," Asurah muttered, rolling his eyes. "Researchers well...research things, bodyguards guard bodies."
I resisted the urge to grab his cheeks and kiss him all over for his adorableness. That thought made me pause as I wrinkled my nose. A month ago I wouldn't have thought that. It was too gushy and well...girly to want to squish someone's cheeks because they're cute. I apparently had changed more than I thought, during my time with Asurah. Though, I found that I didn't really mind. I liked this change. It was much better than my bitter "boo-hoo-me" persona I had going on before I met Asurah.
Before I could change my mind, I grabbed Asurah's hand, his hand smaller than mine. His skin was velvety soft against my own, and it took all my willpower to not squeeze his hand. Asurah blushed darkly, staring down at our hands in wonder as his other hand went to his chest, rubbing the spot there as if it hurt. Wait. Could it be? Could he feel the same way about me, as I do him? No. It was wishful thinking on my part. He already told me his aversion to love. Besides, he only saw me as a friend, anyway. Nothing more.
I sighed at that, glancing up at Issak once he finished with his call, the older man tucking his phone away as his eyes met ours. "Well? What are we waiting for? We have an ice planet to research."