A few days after being admitted into the hospital, Lawrence was able to go home and rest at Sauren's place. Sauren prepared a tiny party with the others and celebrated Lawrence's release from the hospital. Knowing that Lawrence really wants everything to be in order, Sauren has dedicated a few days to clean his place while Lawrence is resting up in his room. After a few days were done, he managed to bring out 5 trash bags to be thrown out to the dump.
He went and threw the trash into their nearby trash collection area. After these few days, he managed to tire himself out and he wanted to sleep with Lawrence on his bed. He reaches in front of his door and opens it to be greeted by Lawrence, holding a plate of food.
" I know you're tired cleaning the entire place so I managed to quickly cook some food for you with the ingredients you have in your cupboards." Lawrence shows a plate of some fresh palabok to Sauren. Sauren flashes a big smile and reaches over to Lawrence to give him a hug. Lawrence, knowing what will happen, places down the plate with the food and opens his arms wide-open.
Sauren hugs Lawrence tight and Sauren winces a bit and Sauren notices. "Are you okay?" Sauren stops hugging him and looks at Lawrence.
"I'm fine, don't worry," Lawrence reassures Sauren. Sauren looks at Lawrence one last time and leans in for a kiss. They both kiss each other with such passion that Lawrence manages to push Sauren into the wall. Lawrence pulls up Saurens shirt but Sauren stops him. "Not now. We still have food to eat."
Lawrence looks at Sauren, in defeat. "I was already getting to my main course." Sauren cups Lawrence's face and smiles at him. "Let's eat, shall we?"
Lawrence nods and he prepares their table. Lawrence brings out some plates and utensils for them to use to eat. He also brings out some soft drinks he managed to buy earlier while Sauren was going to throw the trash.
They sit down and eat. "I'm sorry if the food is not that tasty. I may have lost a bit of touch in the kitchen." Lawrence tells Sauren.
Sauren looks at him in shock. " Well, it's still tasty so I don't mind." Sauren takes a bite out of the palabok and tastes the savory flavor Lawrence is well known to cook. Sauren's eyes light and continue eating. "Rence, are your wounds getting better?" Sauren asks Lawrence.
"Yeah, it's getting better. I might be able to go to training sometime soon." Lawrence says to Sauren. Sauren pauses in eating as if he just remembered that training exists.
"You didn't forget that we still have the training, right?" Lawrence asks Sauren. Lawrence knows that face when Sauren forgets something and when he doesn't want to go to training.
"You know, I'm actually tired right now. Thank you for the food!" Sauren exclaims before Lawrence can say a single word. He quickly gets up from the table and goes up to his bedroom to rest. Lawrence just sits in shock by what Sauren did. He was about to chase after Sauren but just shook his head. He rises up from the table and cleans the kitchen.
After a short while, Lawrence is done cleaning the kitchen. He sits down on the couch and turns on the TV. He shuffles through the channels till he lands on a channel where Lamanta's music is currently playing. He lets the channel plays in the background and goes to Sauren's room.
He looks at a sleeping Sauren and smiles. He kisses him on the forehead and grabs the deck of cards with the drone and the world card with him. He closes the door and goes back to the couch. He brings out the deck of cards and turns on the drone. He pets the drone and he lets it scan the deck of cards Baron recently gave to him. This is to let the drone recognize what card is which when the battle will happen.
While the drone scans the cards, he looks at his new card. He lays back on the couch and thinks quietly to himself about what will happen at the end of the finished road. He places down the card on the table and goes back laying down on the couch. He stares at the couch and ponders everything that just happened. Everything has been such an intense time for all of them and this one taste of normality was very calming to him.
In a few days, Lawrence and Sauren will go back to the training grounds and Lawrence will "relearn" most of what has been taught to him. He has been getting rusty on his ability and he should remember how to control several aspects of his ability. This one taste of freedom from the inevitable is intoxicating, he wishes to be every day but he remembers that this could be what happens at the finish line. A happy life with Sauren and the others.
Lawrence closes his eyes at the thought of what might be a possibility in defeating their future counterparts. A better future, a better life, and a life with Sauren.
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Jack of All Trade
FantasyLawrence Bansagi has always grown an affinity for board games and card games that he opened his own cafe highlighting the beautiful games that he has collected over the years. His most prized possession is a dusty silver-colored card given to him by...
