Twisted Fates | DanCae - Caelus x Dan Heng |

Chapter 1

Caelus
Dan Heng

•Caelus sat on the seat in the parlor car, taking in a huff of breath as he finally got to sit down. The mission, or trailblazing mission, on Jarilo-VI was definitely a difficult one. He was glad to be able to rest for a while whilst Pom-Pom readied the Astral Express to jump to their next destination. Though he'd been told there was supposed to be a meeting about where the said location was supposed to be, he really didn't want to go. His legs were killing him and he was honestly just wanting to rest.

•Himeko and Welt walked over, Himeko giving him a friendly smile. "Things going ok, Caelus? You seem tuckered out." She laughed a bit and put a hand on her side. Caelus let out a sigh and nodded. He shifted a bit on the couch. "I'm fine, Himeko. Just a little tired from our trailblazing." He smiled a little as Welt took a seat on the other couch. "Dan Heng and March should be joining us soon for the meeting." He closed his eyes, looking at the ground. Caelus and Himeko looked at each other as Dan Heng and March walked up.

•Dan Heng looked over at Caelus before joining him on the couch, sitting right next to him. March stayed standing as Himeko did. "Alright. So about our next destination..we had a little bit of change of plans.." She sighed and looked at the rest of them. "We're heading to Xianzhou Luofu." She glanced over at Dan Heng, who looked almost indifferent to the name, but was clenching his hand into a fist. Caelus noticed his shift in body language and put a hand on his arm. "Do you have some kind of connection to the Xianzhou Luofu?" He asked the question quietly, not wanting to over step or upset him at all. All he got was a nod in response. "Then you can stay here. You don't seem to be in a great mood to even go at the moment anyway. Me and March can just go."

•"I don't want to leave you guys by yourselves simply for that reason..I'll still be going with you." Dan Heng unclenched his hand and looked over at Caelus. "We all go together." Caelus could see in his eyes that he didn't want to, but he also knew how stubborn he could be if pushed and he genuinely didn't have the energy to argue about it anyway, so he just nodded. Himeko looked in between them and seemed to notice now what the issue was. "Whether it's the past or not, Dan Heng, we are right here with you. Are you sure you don't wanna stay here?" Dan Heng shook his head. "I'm going. Although I'm not supposed to go into their territory again, I'm not abandoning my friends."

•'I wouldn't call it abandoning', Caelus thought as he gave a small yawn. "I'm gonna rest up before we get going and jump. I need the rest from right after Jarilo-VI." He stood up and starting heading to the rooms in a different part of the Express. "Come wake me up when we're there or what not." Welt stood up as well to say something but didn't, watching as Dan Heng stood as well, following after Caelus, with March in tow. "I suppose those three do have the same mind, hm?" Himeko turned to look at Welt.

•"Leave them be, Himeko." Welt chuckled a bit and shook his head slightly. "They do seem to be more in a sort of 'sync' after the last trailblaze mission. It was a while that they were there. I was starting to worry for a while until they confronted Cocolia." He crossed his arms and headed off as well. "Pom-Pom will let us all know when we go to jump to our destination. We all need our rest, no?" He waved a bit then walked after the three to go make sure they were all fine.

~Meanwhile, in Caelus's room~

•Caelus settled down on his bed, still clearly feeling exhausted. Even the thought of another trailblazing mission right now was making his body ache. Or maybe that was just the hits he kept taking from the fight..eh. Oh well. He didn't dwell on it too much and soon just relaxed just enough to finally fall asleep.

~Around 2:30am~

•He woke up to the sound of soft knocking on his door. "Come in.." He said groggily, sitting up a little to see who was there when the door opened. "It's just me." Dan Heng walked in, now standing next to his bed. "What's up?" Caelus tried to refrain himself from yawning, but it slipped out anyway. "I apologize for coming to bother you at such an hour..but I um.." He cleared his throat. "I just feel a bit bothered right now. So I wandering if I could just sit in here and maybe talk or something for a while."

•The Trailblazer fully sat up and slid his feet over the side of the bed. "Uh sure.." He yawned again and tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes. He was still very much exhausted but it was slightly unusual for Dan Heng to come to him when he was bothered about something, so he didn't entirely mind being woken up. "What's exactly got you so bothered? Your usually very..I don't know, put together?" Dan Heng moved from where he was standing and sat next to Caelus on the bed. "I'm not entirely sure.." He started to try and explain that he didn't know, but Caelus cut him off. "That's a lie, Dan Heng. What's the real reason?"

•Dan Heng sighed and smiled a bit, which was also an unusual thing. But welcomed. "You know me more than I do myself sometimes." He looked towards the door, trying to put his uncertainty into words. "About going to the Xianzhou Luofu. I don't want you going."