Help! My Fictional Knight Is Real?!
Chapter 3
[Seren’s Bedroom – Now Featuring a Confused Medieval Knight]
Kieran Valtor (ml)
What do you mean, I do not exist?
Seren wagner (fl)
(panicking) Uh… okay, first of all, deep breaths! Second—
Kieran Valtor (ml)
I am breathing perfectly fine. Explain.
Seren wagner (fl)
Right. So. Um. You’re a character.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(flatly) A what?
Seren wagner (fl)
A character. You’re from a book. A book that I wrote
Kieran blinks, his expression unreadable. Seren watches as his brain short-circuits in real-time
Kieran Valtor (ml)
A book…?
Seren wagner (fl)
Yes. A book. My book.
Kieran glances around her room—the glowing laptop screen, the half-empty coffee cup, the pile of crumpled notes with his name scribbled all over them
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(slowly) You are saying… you wrote my life?
Seren wagner (fl)
(whispers) Oh, he’s gonna kill me.
Kieran doesn’t kill her. Instead, he crosses his arms and gives her a long, piercing look.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
Then you must be a god.
Seren wagner (fl)
WHAT. NO.
Kieran gestures at her laptop, which still has his latest battle scene open
Kieran Valtor (ml)
You created my world. My fate. My story. That would make you a deity, no?
Seren wagner (fl)
That would make me a VERY TIRED COLLEGE STUDENT.
Kieran looks unconvinced.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(thoughtfully) Do you take offerings?
Seren wagner (fl)
OH MY GOD, STOP.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
Should I kneel?
Seren wagner (fl)
DON’T YOU DARE.
Kieran, completely serious, starts lowering himself to one knee.
Seren wagner (fl)
(shrieking) KEIRAN, I SWEAR TO GOD—
Kieran Valtor (ml)
You swear to… yourself?
Seren wagner (fl)
I HATE EVERYTHING.
Seren wagner (fl)
Okay, okay, let’s get one thing straight. You are NOT in a kingdom anymore. You are in my world. This is Earth.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(frowns) Sounds unimpressive
Kieran looks at the glowing laptop screen again, then back at Seren
Seren wagner (fl)
Of course I do. I made you.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
Then you also know…
Kieran takes a step closer. Seren’s breath catches. Oh god. She wrote this man to be dangerously attractive.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(quietly) …what ‘crush’ means?
Seren wagner (fl)
(brain melting) …Huh?
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(smirks) You said I was your crush.
Seren wagner (fl)
I SAID NO SUCH THING.
Kieran raises an eyebrow. Seren throws a pillow at him. He catches it effortlessly.
Kieran Valtor (ml)
(amused) I think I’m going to like it here
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