Together

On their last day in the woods, Eloy woke up first. He felt the two set of firm arms around him. Eloy always wondered these days as they got physically close if the emperors would like it if he initiated touches. He would like to. Emperor Adharva's hair was strewn all over his face. He wanted to move it away. But the man intimidated him on some level. And Mithraos had always been indifferent after they grew up. Earlier he used to play with Eloy's hair a lot.

They were kids then. Mithraos would comb his hair and plate them for him.

When Mithraos stopped doing it, asking for it, Eloy tied up his hair. In childish anger he has never let his hair down before the emperor after that.

He wanted to touch Emperor Mithraos's cheek sometimes but he worried if he would like it. Eloy was wary of stepping over the line.

He got up and went looking for Hawa. He was curled up in the front room. He gathered Hawa and was saying farewell.

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Hawa followed them to the palace grounds much to bot