Kiefer X Aurus: Please come back
“Kiefer, wait!” Aurus took a step forward and grabbed Kiefer’s hand before he was fully enveloped by the blinding light from the teleport. The older man looked back in surprise, “what’s wrong? Already missed me?” A small smirk was all he could muster before Aurus pulled him into a tight hug.
“Do you really have to go? You know it’s a final good bye if you really go back to the past, don’t you?” Being struck with this question, Kiefer fell silent.
He knew it all too well. Though he did say he didn’t regret his decision to stay with the Roamers, the good ol memory with the party still haunts him in the middle of the night.
What if he didn’t foolishly mistake his gravity towards Lala as love at first sight but just temporary attraction? Or maybe it was truly love at first sight but 20 long odd years was long enough to make him realise that he didn’t truly love Lala the way he thought he would which was probably why they weren’t married.
It was duty and responsibility that made Kiefer stayed in the past.
To build a brighter and safer future for Aurus, the friend that he left behind in the very distant future.
Was he just a friend? Kiefer don’t remember when the lines were blurred but there was a time when their lips almost touched but all of this were long gone when he decided to remain in the past.
All that remains was a 38 year old Kiefer, the guardian of the roamers yet he can’t help but reach out to the young man’s hand.
“I couldn’t stop you back then,” Aurus’s voice was soft but rang loudly in Kiefer’s ear, “ I saw the way you looked at her but why didn’t you marry her?”
There was a flat silence.
“I…” Kiefer looked down and scratched his head, “ things got abit complicated, I realised we don’t click that way but it’s not like I could rewind time and just abandon my duty as the guardian of the roamers.”
“You said that you passed down your role, can’t you just come back to me? To us?” Aurus tightened his grip, the young man’s pained expression hurt Kiefer deeply in a way that he couldn’t quite grasp.
“You know I can’t say no when you look at me like that.”