Serge sat by the table, playing with the pen in his hand. The sea was calm, and the S.S. Invinsible was swaying only lightly. He looked out from the window. The two moons' silvery light glowed, barely giving light to the ROOM.
He tried to think. What should he write? Maybe... He turned back to the letter and wrote a few words. Then he looked at the paper, shook his head, tore the paper in two and tossed the pieces into the corner, where a growing pile of paper was lying already.
Karsh, who was lying in his bed on the other end of the ROOM, opened his eyes. He sighed.
"Hey junior, when will you get that thing done? Some of us would really like to sleep tonight y'know."
Serge, who was just picking up another piece of paper, turned around surprised. He didn't know Karsh was awake.
"Uh, well, it's... almost ready. Right. I'll just have to write few more lines..."
Karsh lifted his head a little. "Well okay then. Just finish it and turn off the light, will ya?"
He grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his head.
Serge turned back to his letter. His face was getting red. If he'd known he was disturbing Karsh.... Damn. At least Zoah wasn't here tonight. Then again, hardly nothing could disturb Zoah. But he'd better finish the letter soon, so Karsh could sleep. The boy's head fell to the desk.
How about just forgetting the whole thing, he thought. Few more lines. As if he'd had anything ready.
Suddenly someone touched his shoulder gently. He raised and turned his head to see Karsh standing behind him.
"What is it, junior?"
"Nothing. I just... can't sleep and... so, I was trying to..."
Karsh nodded at the corner. "What's all that? Is it really that hard to write a letter?" He smiled slightly and picked up one of the sheets.
"Hmm? 'Hi mom?' You're writing to your mother?"
Serge grabbed the paper from his hand. "So what if I am? I'm.... I...."
"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. It's okay, junior. Really."
The dark-haired boy sighed. "Yeah... It's just... I'm never home nowadays. She must be worried. And now all this FATE stuff... What if something happens to me? I just want her to know that I'm okay..."
Karsh stroke his hair. "Hey, that's fine. And actually, it makes pretty much sense. Maybe I should write my mom, too. I'm never around anyway. And when I am, she keeps nagging me about not visiting home often enough."
Serge lifted his head and looked at him, looking a bit surprised.
"But... before these things happened, you must have been in Termina almost every day..."
"Yeah. See? That's what I meant. I was in Termina a lot because of my responsibilities as a Deva, but I rarely went home. Hell, Glenn visits my parents more often than I do." Karsh sat down on the other bed, the one Serge was supposed to be using.
"Ah, but then I guess my mom is right..." He lowered his face and looked at the floor. "Forget it. I didn't mean to bother you with my problems, you seem to have enough of your own."
The boy shook his head. "No, you're not bothering me. Not at all. It's actually nice to hear that someone else has problems too, so I'm not the only one." He turned around in his chair and leaned forward. "So why don't you go there?"
"You have the rest of the night to listen? Ha. Didn't think so." Karsh lay down on the bed and pulled the blanket over him.
Serge grinned. "But what if I do?"
"Oh, junior... you don't. You should sleep. Well. It's not my parents, I think I get along with them. Then I guess it's... well... the... house... or..."
"What?"
"Nothing. Forget it. Good night." Karsh turned his back to the younger man and closed his eyes.
"Karsh?"
"I said forget it."
"I can forget it if you want, but..."
"Just forget it! Go to sleep!"
Serge sat down on the rim of the bed. "Uh, I was planning to, but you're lying in my bed."
Karsh rolled over and looked at the boy. "Oh, sorry... I'll just..."
Serge crawled into the bed next to him and wrapped his arms around him. "I don't mind. Now, wouldn't you tell me what's wrong with your parent's house?"
The white-haired man sighed. "Maybe not."
"Please? You'll feel better."
"Uh... alright. Well. It's not the house... it's the cabin. And the yard."
"What wrong with those?"
Karsh closed his eyes. "Um, I... Well, every damn time I see those, I can't stop myself thinking about Dario!"
"Dario? So this is about Dario, huh?"
Karsh tried to move away from Serge, but the boy was holding him tightly.
"I... junior... Well alright. I might as well tell you the rest. Whenever I see that yard, I think about how we used to practice there every day. And when I see that cabin where he lived with Glenn, I..."
"You're blaming yourself for his death?"
"You could say that. You see, I... no, forget it."
"Were you two... lovers?"
Karsh pulled himself away from the boy and got up.
"What? Why the hell would you think of something like that! I'd never... I mean..." Seeing how shocked Serge looked, he walked to the small window and looked out for a while.
"Karsh...?"
The Deva sighed. He returned to the bed and sat down.
"I... I'm sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He touched the boy's face gently. "And besides... You're right."
"Huh? I... thought you were..."
"Well, best friends since childhood, training partners, rivals, especially when it came to Riddel... and yes, lovers."
The boy got up and sat beside the older man. "So you really miss him then."
"Yeah..."
Serge leaned his head on Karsh's shoulder. "Hey, it's alright..."
"Yeah, I know. Doesn't matter. Dario is dead, partly because of me, and stuff. End of discussion. I only wish I could stop thinking about it."
Serge smiled. "Hey... why? I mean, if you two were... If I were you..."
"What?"
"Well, I would miss him, like you do. But I'd keep those beautiful memories in my heart, and stop thinking about why he's dead and all that."
Karsh shook his head. "Ya make it sound so damn easy..."
"But it is easy. Well, I think it should be... I don't understand why people think life is complicated."
"Look's who's talkin'. You can't even write a letter to your mom."
Serge looked away, a bit embarrassed. Karsh smiled.
"Ya know junior? You talk like a poet. 'Life is complicated' and all that. It's weird. Most of the time you're so quiet, and then... Guess you have a lot of time to think."
"Eh? I... have never thought of that."
"Ah, really?"
"Nope. I wish I was a poet though. Then I would know what to write..." Serge got up and picked up one of the pieces of paper.
Karsh smirked. "Hey junior, try to get some sleep. You've spent too much time on that letter already."
"Maybe. But I really should write this... I owe my mom at least a short message about what's going on in my life..."
"Hey, I have a better idea. Let's go pay her a little visit tomorrow. She'd be happy to see you."
"But... Hmm... Okay. We need to go to the other dimension for that, but..."
Karsh smiled, grabbed Serge and lifted him to the bed. "Who cares about that anymore, Dimensional traveller?"
Serge giggled. "Hey. Well, okay. But only on one condition."
"Sure. What's that?"
"After that we go to Termina. In this dimension. And you go see your parents."
"Well... alright. But only if you come with me. A deal?"
The dark-haired boy smiled. "Okay."
"Ha. Why bother. My father won't even notice that I am there anyway."
"Yeah, but your mom will."
"Okay... we'll see." Karsh wrapped his arms around the boy. "Sleep now, will ya?
Serge sat by the table, playing with the pen in his hand. The sea was calm, and the S.S. Invinsible was swaying only lightly. He looked out from the window. The two moons' silvery light glowed, barely giving light to the ROOM.He tried to think. What should he write? Maybe... He turned back to the letter and wrote a few words. Then he looked at the paper, shook his head, tore the paper in two and tossed the pieces into the corner, where a growing pile of paper was lying already.Karsh, who was lying in his bed on the other end of the ROOM, opened his eyes. He sighed."Hey junior, when will you get that thing done? Some of us would really like to sleep tonight y'know."Serge, who was just picking up another piece of paper, turned around surprised. He didn't know Karsh was awake."Uh, well, it's... almost ready. Right. I'll just have to write few more lines..."Karsh lifted his head a little. "Well okay then. Just finish it and turn off the light, will ya?"He grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his head.Serge turned back to his letter. His face was getting red. If he'd known he was disturbing Karsh.... Damn. At least Zoah wasn't here tonight. Then again, hardly nothing could disturb Zoah. But he'd better finish the letter soon, so Karsh could sleep. The boy's head fell to the desk.How about just forgetting the whole thing, he thought. Few more lines. As if he'd had anything ready.Suddenly someone touched his shoulder gently. He raised and turned his head to see Karsh standing behind him."What is it, junior?""Nothing. I just... can't sleep and... so, I was trying to..."Karsh nodded at the corner. "What's all that? Is it really that hard to write a letter?" He smiled slightly and picked up one of the sheets."Hmm? 'Hi mom?' You're writing to your mother?"Serge grabbed the paper from his hand. "So what if I am? I'm.... I....""Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. It's okay, junior. Really."The dark-haired boy sighed. "Yeah... It's just... I'm never home nowadays. She must be worried. And now all this FATE stuff... What if something happens to me? I just want her to know that I'm okay..."Karsh stroke his hair. "Hey, that's fine. And actually, it makes pretty much sense. Maybe I should write my mom, too. I'm never around anyway. And when I am, she keeps nagging me about not visiting home often enough."Serge lifted his head and looked at him, looking a bit surprised."But... before these things happened, you must have been in Termina almost every day...""Yeah. See? That's what I meant. I was in Termina a lot because of my responsibilities as a Deva, but I rarely went home. Hell, Glenn visits my parents more often than I do." Karsh sat down on the other bed, the one Serge was supposed to be using."Ah, but then I guess my mom is right..." He lowered his face and looked at the floor. "Forget it. I didn't mean to bother you with my problems, you seem to have enough of your own."The boy shook his head. "No, you're not bothering me. Not at all. It's actually nice to hear that someone else has problems too, so I'm not the only one." He turned around in his chair and leaned forward. "So why don't you go there?""You have the rest of the night to listen? Ha. Didn't think so." Karsh lay down on the bed and pulled the blanket over him.Serge grinned. "But what if I do?""Oh, junior... you don't. You should sleep. Well. It's not my parents, I think I get along with them. Then I guess it's... well... the... house... or...""What?""Nothing. Forget it. Good night." Karsh turned his back to the younger man and closed his eyes."Karsh?""I said forget it.""I can forget it if you want, but...""Just forget it! Go to sleep!"Serge sat down on the rim of the bed. "Uh, I was planning to, but you're lying in my bed."Karsh rolled over and looked at the boy. "Oh, sorry... I'll just..."Serge crawled into the bed next to him and wrapped his arms around him. "I don't mind. Now, wouldn't you tell me what's wrong with your parent's house?"The white-haired man sighed. "Maybe not.""Please? You'll feel better.""Uh... alright. Well. It's not the house... it's the cabin. And the yard.""What wrong with those?"Karsh closed his eyes. "Um, I... Well, every damn time I see those, I can't stop myself thinking about Dario!""Dario? So this is about Dario, huh?"Karsh tried to move away from Serge, but the boy was holding him tightly."I... junior... Well alright. I might as well tell you the rest. Whenever I see that yard, I think about how we used to practice there every day. And when I see that cabin where he lived with Glenn, I...""You're blaming yourself for his death?""You could say that. You see, I... no, forget it.""Were you two... lovers?"Karsh pulled himself away from the boy and got up."What? Why the hell would you think of something like that! I'd never... I mean..." Seeing how shocked Serge looked, he walked to the small window and looked out for a while."Karsh...?"The Deva sighed. He returned to the bed and sat down."I... I'm sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He touched the boy's face gently. "And besides... You're right.""Huh? I... thought you were...""Well, best friends since childhood, training partners, rivals, especially when it came to Riddel... and yes, lovers."The boy got up and sat beside the older man. "So you really miss him then.""Yeah..."Serge leaned his head on Karsh's shoulder. "Hey, it's alright...""Yeah, I know. Doesn't matter. Dario is dead, partly because of me, and stuff. End of discussion. I only wish I could stop thinking about it."Serge smiled. "Hey... why? I mean, if you two were... If I were you...""What?""Well, I would miss him, like you do. But I'd keep those beautiful memories in my heart, and stop thinking about why he's dead and all that."Karsh shook his head. "Ya make it sound so damn easy...""But it is easy. Well, I think it should be... I don't understand why people think life is complicated.""Look's who's talkin'. You can't even write a letter to your mom."Serge looked away, a bit embarrassed. Karsh smiled."Ya know junior? You talk like a poet. 'Life is complicated' and all that. It's weird. Most of the time you're so quiet, and then... Guess you have a lot of time to think.""Eh? I... have never thought of that.""Ah, really?""Nope. I wish I was a poet though. Then I would know what to write..." Serge got up and picked up one of the pieces of paper.Karsh smirked. "Hey junior, try to get some sleep. You've spent too much time on that letter already.""Maybe. But I really should write this... I owe my mom at least a short message about what's going on in my life...""Hey, I have a better idea. Let's go pay her a little visit tomorrow. She'd be happy to see you.""But... Hmm... Okay. We need to go to the other dimension for that, but..."Karsh smiled, grabbed Serge and lifted him to the bed. "Who cares about that anymore, Dimensional traveller?"Serge giggled. "Hey. Well, okay. But only on one condition.""Sure. What's that?""After that we go to Termina. In this dimension. And you go see your parents.""Well... alright. But only if you come with me. A deal?"The dark-haired boy smiled. "Okay.""Ha. Why bother. My father won't even notice that I am there anyway.""Yeah, but your mom will."
"Okay... we'll see." Karsh wrapped his arms around the boy. "Sleep now, will ya?
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Serge sat by the table, playing with the pen in his hand. The sea was calm, and the S.S. Invinsible was swaying only lightly. He looked out from the window. The two moons' silvery light glowed, barely giving light to the ROOM.
He tried to think. What should he write? Maybe... He turned back to the letter and wrote a few words. Then he looked at the paper, shook his head, tore the paper in two and tossed the pieces into the corner, where a growing pile of paper was lying already.
Karsh, who was lying in his bed on the other end of the ROOM, opened his eyes. He sighed.
"Hey junior, when will you get that thing done? Some of us would really like to sleep tonight y'know."
Serge, who was just picking up another piece of paper, turned around surprised. He didn't know Karsh was awake.
"Uh, well, it's... almost ready. Right. I'll just have to write few more lines..."
Karsh lifted his head a little. "Well okay then. Just finish it and turn off the light, will ya?"
He grabbed the blanket and pulled it over his head.
Serge turned back to his letter. His face was getting red. If he'd known he was disturbing Karsh.... Damn. At least Zoah wasn't here tonight. Then again, hardly nothing could disturb Zoah. But he'd better finish the letter soon, so Karsh could sleep. The boy's head fell to the desk.
How about just forgetting the whole thing, he thought. Few more lines. As if he'd had anything ready.
Suddenly someone touched his shoulder gently. He raised and turned his head to see Karsh standing behind him.
"What is it, junior?"
"Nothing. I just... can't sleep and... so, I was trying to..."
Karsh nodded at the corner. "What's all that? Is it really that hard to write a letter?" He smiled slightly and picked up one of the sheets.
"Hmm? 'Hi mom?' You're writing to your mother?"
Serge grabbed the paper from his hand. "So what if I am? I'm.... I...."
"Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. It's okay, junior. Really."
The dark-haired boy sighed. "Yeah... It's just... I'm never home nowadays. She must be worried. And now all this FATE stuff... What if something happens to me? I just want her to know that I'm okay..."
Karsh stroke his hair. "Hey, that's fine. And actually, it makes pretty much sense. Maybe I should write my mom, too. I'm never around anyway. And when I am, she keeps nagging me about not visiting home often enough."
Serge lifted his head and looked at him, looking a bit surprised.
"But... before these things happened, you must have been in Termina almost every day..."
"Yeah. See? That's what I meant. I was in Termina a lot because of my responsibilities as a Deva, but I rarely went home. Hell, Glenn visits my parents more often than I do." Karsh sat down on the other bed, the one Serge was supposed to be using.
"Ah, but then I guess my mom is right..." He lowered his face and looked at the floor. "Forget it. I didn't mean to bother you with my problems, you seem to have enough of your own."
The boy shook his head. "No, you're not bothering me. Not at all. It's actually nice to hear that someone else has problems too, so I'm not the only one." He turned around in his chair and leaned forward. "So why don't you go there?"
"You have the rest of the night to listen? Ha. Didn't think so." Karsh lay down on the bed and pulled the blanket over him.
Serge grinned. "But what if I do?"
"Oh, junior... you don't. You should sleep. Well. It's not my parents, I think I get along with them. Then I guess it's... well... the... house... or..."
"What?"
"Nothing. Forget it. Good night." Karsh turned his back to the younger man and closed his eyes.
"Karsh?"
"I said forget it."
"I can forget it if you want, but..."
"Just forget it! Go to sleep!"
Serge sat down on the rim of the bed. "Uh, I was planning to, but you're lying in my bed."
Karsh rolled over and looked at the boy. "Oh, sorry... I'll just..."
Serge crawled into the bed next to him and wrapped his arms around him. "I don't mind. Now, wouldn't you tell me what's wrong with your parent's house?"
The white-haired man sighed. "Maybe not."
"Please? You'll feel better."
"Uh... alright. Well. It's not the house... it's the cabin. And the yard."
"What wrong with those?"
Karsh closed his eyes. "Um, I... Well, every damn time I see those, I can't stop myself thinking about Dario!"
"Dario? So this is about Dario, huh?"
Karsh tried to move away from Serge, but the boy was holding him tightly.
"I... junior... Well alright. I might as well tell you the rest. Whenever I see that yard, I think about how we used to practice there every day. And when I see that cabin where he lived with Glenn, I..."
"You're blaming yourself for his death?"
"You could say that. You see, I... no, forget it."
"Were you two... lovers?"
Karsh pulled himself away from the boy and got up.
"What? Why the hell would you think of something like that! I'd never... I mean..." Seeing how shocked Serge looked, he walked to the small window and looked out for a while.
"Karsh...?"
The Deva sighed. He returned to the bed and sat down.
"I... I'm sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He touched the boy's face gently. "And besides... You're right."
"Huh? I... thought you were..."
"Well, best friends since childhood, training partners, rivals, especially when it came to Riddel... and yes, lovers."
The boy got up and sat beside the older man. "So you really miss him then."
"Yeah..."
Serge leaned his head on Karsh's shoulder. "Hey, it's alright..."
"Yeah, I know. Doesn't matter. Dario is dead, partly because of me, and stuff. End of discussion. I only wish I could stop thinking about it."
Serge smiled. "Hey... why? I mean, if you two were... If I were you..."
"What?"
"Well, I would miss him, like you do. But I'd keep those beautiful memories in my heart, and stop thinking about why he's dead and all that."
Karsh shook his head. "Ya make it sound so damn easy..."
"But it is easy. Well, I think it should be... I don't understand why people think life is complicated."
"Look's who's talkin'. You can't even write a letter to your mom."
Serge looked away, a bit embarrassed. Karsh smiled.
"Ya know junior? You talk like a poet. 'Life is complicated' and all that. It's weird. Most of the time you're so quiet, and then... Guess you have a lot of time to think."
"Eh? I... have never thought of that."
"Ah, really?"
"Nope. I wish I was a poet though. Then I would know what to write..." Serge got up and picked up one of the pieces of paper.
Karsh smirked. "Hey junior, try to get some sleep. You've spent too much time on that letter already."
"Maybe. But I really should write this... I owe my mom at least a short message about what's going on in my life..."
"Hey, I have a better idea. Let's go pay her a little visit tomorrow. She'd be happy to see you."
"But... Hmm... Okay. We need to go to the other dimension for that, but..."
Karsh smiled, grabbed Serge and lifted him to the bed. "Who cares about that anymore, Dimensional traveller?"
Serge giggled. "Hey. Well, okay. But only on one condition."
"Sure. What's that?"
"After that we go to Termina. In this dimension. And you go see your parents."
"Well... alright. But only if you come with me. A deal?"
The dark-haired boy smiled. "Okay."
"Ha. Why bother. My father won't even notice that I am there anyway."
"Yeah, but your mom will."
"Okay... we'll see." Karsh wrapped his arms around the boy. "Sleep now, will ya?
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