Wow! Who would have thought we could have ended up like that...

In Midst of Stray- Side Story 2: In This Life to the Next

~"Pfffft!" Cale laughs as he looks at how ??? looks after he fell down from their tree

"This is not funny!" ??? says but he doesn't look mad, he looks like he is proud to have made Cale smile but that could be connected to how red Cale's eyes looked

"Yes, it is" Cale says but goes towards ??? to offer him a hand to help him up but ??? grabs his hand and pulls him towards him instead "??? Nisim!" Cale shouts but is ignored as ??? takes that moment to start tickling Cale

In a distance, it could be seen a young adult with green hair looking at them fondly while a young kid of red hair looked towards where the Henituse mansion and cursed at it for some unknown reason~

~"NO!" Cale says as he looks at a brown haired woman who can only look sadly at Cale

"I'm sorry young master Cale but...Prince ??? Nisim died last night from unknown reasons" the womans says

"You...tell me you are lying Amelia!" Cale pleads but Amelia can only look at the ground as she does not to wish to see how broken Cale looked "No...???...he can't have died...he promised that he would never leave me...w-why would he break his promise, Amelia?" he says with a broken voice as tears fall down his face

"Death...is something no one can control" Amelia says softly as she walks towards Cale and hugs him

And Cale...he bawls, cries, shouts, rages and more as he had never done when his mother died but felt like he wanted to so he does it now that he lost his anchor and the only reason he smiled as much as he did since Jour Henituse left this world.

A week later Cale left the Henituse mansion at night to visit ??? grave and say his last goodbye since the Nisim would close their borders so Cale would be unable to visit him.

Since that day, Cale had became a shell of the person he had been but continued to live as he knew that would be want ??? would want him to do~

~"What is your dream?" Cale asks as he looks at the older teen curiously

"Hmmm, living a peaceful life" is ??? answer and Cale looks amused at that

"Really? Not be your brother's advisor or a knight like your second brother?"  Cale asks

"No...I just want a fulfilled and peaceful life beside those I love" ??? smiles at Cale "And you?" he adds curiously

"If you asked me before mama died I would say to become Count Henituse and make her proud but now...I wish to find someone who will love me as much as I love them and have a bog family" Cale answers truthfully

"And would I be part of that family?" ??? asks

"What do you mean?" Cale says confused and ??? laughs before he brings Cale into his lap making the younger teen blush

"Would I be your husband? Or simply a brother?" ??? asks and Cale blushes even more and hides his face in ??? neck making the other teen laugh even more

"You are the worst" Cale mumbles into ???'s neck

"Maybe but I am yours so you will have to deal with me forever" ??? says with a smile in his face

"...Promise?" Cale whispers as he looks into ???'s eyes

"Promise what?" ??? asks

"...Do you promise to stay with me forever?" Cale asks and ??? smiles softly at that

"Forever and even beyond it" ??? promises and Cale smiles at that before he cuddles into ??? arms who starts humming a random song as they stay like that until they have to go in their separated ways~