Yellow Roses (Joseph x Aesop)

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A/N: PLEASE READ!!
Hello lovely people. I am the author to this story. I am currently writing this note on October 23rd 2022 however this draft was written back in 2021 sometime in August I believe... I am afraid this story will be left unfinished. I am no longer able to write the ending despite having a key idea in mind of how it would end. This is due to many reasons that I won't disclose purely because they aren't very interesting and don't give me a good enough excuse anyway. This is the last draft I've written but if you'd like me to give a brief summary of how it would end do comment and I'll just add one more chapter. Once again I'm very sorry. Some of you have waited years for this to even get an update. I'm very sorry.
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Aesop (AntiqueTea)

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Aesop's POV: 

It's been about 3 days since Joseph had told me about Claude- i still don't fully understand it and I'm still not completely sure how to feel... but Joseph seems to be getting worse, mentally, each day and so i have focussed myself on helping him over anything else. I try my very hardest to help him feel better however it's very difficult to help someone when you don't know what problems they are facing... you see he never really talks about things anymore, its always just how have i been or what I've been up to and whenever i ask him how he is it's just "Same as always!" with the same half frown, half smile he plasters on his face as if it were a mask. I did ask my friends what i should do once but seeing as they don't know much about him they could only give very limited advice, mainly being "You should give him some time to sort it out by himself." However i don't want to leave him- I'll fear that he thinks i don't want to see him and he'll get worse or we end up being completely separated again...

At this point i really don't know what to do...

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Michiko's POV:

"Good Morning Joseph! Are you awake yet?" I called out and knocked on josephs door however i received no reply.

"Matches start in an hour surely he is up by now- did he wake up before me and go outside?" I mumbled under my breath "Well there is no harm in checking i suppose." 

As i made my way to the garden, I noticed most of the hunters where already eating breakfast in the kitchen, however there was still no sign of Joseph...

"Good morning my love!" Mary smiled at me and signalled to my plate of food on the table.

smiling, i shook my head at her, "Sorry I cant eat just yet-"

"Oh? Is everything alright darling?" 

"Yes yes everything is quite alright it's just Joseph didn't answer when i tried to wake him up so I'm going to see if he's in the garden!" 

"hm- how strange, he's normally one of the first to wake up... Shall i go and see if he's awake now while you check the garden?" Mary strolled over to me and took hold of my hands,

"Well i did just check but if you want to have another try then go ahead!" I smiled at her and brushed my thumb over her palm.

"I'll take a look anyway. Don't worry about it too much though he has probably just stayed with Aesop." 

"You're probably right- i never thought of that..."

"Alright see you in a moment then, Love you!" Mary kissed me on the cheek, before taking a plate of food from the side and heading to Joseph's room.