linkingup | FOR THOSE WE HAVE LOST

[Good man, because Fray absolutely wants to return that kiss. Despite how tired he is, he leans into it eagerly, arms coming up to wrap around Argenti's neck so he can still lean on him. Problem solved!

He's perfectly content to stay like this even when they break for air, and though he's still red, he's grinning.]

I love you. I wish I could have expressed that earlier. I'm sorry for hurting you.

[Though he knows Argenti won't hold it against him, because he doesn't hold any of Argenti's palace against his boyfriend either.]

[ Problem solved indeed! Argenti allows the other man to do so, of course, feeling his lips briefly even smile into the kiss.

He'll return that grin with a gentle, but vibrant smile of his own. ]

There is nothing to forgive, my dear.

And your words spoken now, professing your enduring love...I am happy to hear them now. As I shall ever be, to ever listen to you say them in the future.

[ Argenti's eyes soften in the face of this, though. Both the expression of apology, and the love all the same, his own gentle, but affectionate feelings reflected in his eyes. ]

You know my own feelings as well, but I cannot ever stop saying the same - that I love you too, forever and always.

[He knows. Of course he knows - how could he not? After all they've been through, of course he knows. And yet it makes him flush hearing it again and he leans into Argenti to nuzzle against his chin.]

Forever and always. I like the sound of that.

[It's hardly a new promise, and yet it feels so much more real now. A future with Argenti in it is one he wants so badly, and it may come to pass sooner than later. They've got to be close to confronting the God of Conflict, right?]

Thank you, then. For all you've done for me today - and for agreeing to come with me back home.

[ Argenti will never grow unaccustomed to liking the feel of this softness against him. Gentle as it is, it is nothing less then welcoming... ]

Of course, my dearest one.

It felt with such ease that I've made the decision at all. Both in rescuing you, and accompanying you back to your world.

[ ...It's going to be really funny when he discovers chocobo in that world, for explicitly riding purposes. Well, at least they're all going to be harmless, so it will be a fun time (please teach him how to ride one-)

But, yes, they will have one last challenge on the horizon. The God of Conflict being the last true obstacle - though, right now, Argenti feels as if he is nothing in the face of the love that they share. ]

I can never thank you enough for both of them.

[Fray glances up as the palace begins to crack and crumble around them, the environment slowly fading to white and the cold receding.]

Come, let us leave this place. I'd like nothing more than to get away from it.

Yes, let us depart now.

[ Argenti will pull away at the start of the Palace crumbling - no need to stick around in the face of all this. Then, finally, he will extend an arm if the other man is still tired and needs it. ]

You have much needed rest to catch up on, my dear.

[ And, they can talk after that, lovingly as always in the wake of it. ]

[It gets a soft laugh from him, and Fray retrieves his helmet as he accepts Argenti's arm to lean on.]

Yes, I do. I'm looking forward to it.

FOR THOSE WE HAVE LOST | FRAY'S PALACE

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