Chapter 124: A Taste Of Home
"Ha!" spat Chang Xuefeng. "How is that a reward? I gave up my dinner tonight to get you this fight, and then I have to sacrifice something else in order to have my wish granted? No, thank you. You can keep your wish. Just make sure that you take your time with this one... make it look good."
"You gave up your dinner for me?" I asked, cocking my head to the side. I don’t remember the last time anyone had given up something for me... made a sacrifice for me. Hell, I don’t think it has ever happened.
Chang Xuefeng rolled his eyes like I was being ridiculous, but he really didn’t understand. "It’s not that big of a deal," he sighed. "It’s not like the food here is all that good. The human’s handler is more than welcome to it."
"No," I replied, all emotion gone from my face. "You will not ever give up your food for me again. Do you understand?"
When you had gone hungry long enough, you understood just what a sacrifice it was to give up your food for someone else. I was sure that the man in front of me had never gone hungry in his life, but that was beside the point. Right now, none of us knew where our next meal would come from.
"What do you want to eat?" I asked, really staring at him for the first time. I had brushed him aside in my head with every interaction, understanding that where I was going next, he would not be able to follow.
But now?
Fuck my life. There was no way in Hell I was leaving him here.
The gaping wounds in his cheek and left eye were slowly knitting together. However, there was a long scar going up and down his left eye. It was clear that that had been there long before his change, and that was why it would be there long after.