[AGUST]
The silence that befell the king and his Erasthai was loud. Way too loud that it didn't even mask the set of feet at the door of Jiminie's room. They both knew who was on the other side, but they didn't care.
Not this time.
Not when they were trying to understand each other and the price they had both been forced to pay because they had shared a fate so cruel.
It wasn't easy.
It wasn't fair, but it was what they had been forced to live through.
And for years, they had stayed apart, desperate for answers for each other, when it was never even their fault to begin with. Perhaps this was their lesson on what was precious and what wasn't right?
"I don't know what the future holds for us, Xiao Xiao, but I know I want to walk that path with you. There is so much that we never got the chance to explore. A life that we never had the courage to live.
