Fly | jaywon

4

It was Sunday when Clarien decided to bother him. Seikenzo doesn't have any idea how Clarien found his house and well yes, he was kind of embarrassed and worried that the latter might not like his house.

One step inside Seikenzo's house was something special and nostalgic for Clarien, he was happy and amazed by how clean the house is, by no matter how small it is—it still feels so lovely and peaceful unlike his house.

"Hi!" Clarien greeted, making Seikenzo sighed. He's not used to someone visiting his house and greeting him.

"morning." He greeted back, gesturing the latter to sit on the chair before going to the kitchen to make some coffee for the both of them. "have you eaten your breakfast already?" he asked, glancing at Clarien who's busy roaming his eyes and admiring the house.

"yes."

That made Seikenzo shrugged—not convinced but he didn't want to butt in in Clarien's business so he just continued making coffee, making sure that the other will like it. When he finished making coffee, he cooked egg for the bread and served it to Clarien who's very amazed.

"eat."

Clarien was shocked and looked at Seikenzo with an eyebrow raised up. "huh? I already ate— "

"eat." Seikenzo commanded, putting the egg in between the bread and gave it to Clarien who's contemplating whether he should eat it or not but in the end, he ate it. "here, coffee."

"t-thank you..."

Amused was the word to describe what Seikenzo is feeling as he watched the latter eating happily, he's even humming which made Seikenzo smiled. He shook his head, sipping on the coffee before checking the time—it's still early? What brought Clarien here this early?

Seikenzo then cleared his throat earning a glance from Clarien who's smiling widely as he sips on the coffee. "what brought you here this early?" no response from the latter, he was shy to tell.

"you seem so hyper, what's the occasion?" he asked again, staring at Clarien.

"let's attend a mass." It wasn't a question, it wasn't even an invitation and Seikenzo knows well that he had no choice because there were no choices to choose from anyway. "let's go to the church!"

Seikenzo was taken back, he's not quite sure what to respond as he was afraid to say 'no'. he can't even understand why he's scared to turn Clarien down. He doesn't even know why Clarien's asking him again to accompany him to the church.

"I rarely go to church— "

"you don't have work today right?" Clarien asked with hopeful eyes, his innocent feline eyes was not even helping rather, it made Seikenzo guilty to turn him down.

Seikenzo shook his head which made Clarien giggled merrily and swear to god, it made his heart beats faster as that sound that came from the latter's mouth was so new to him that it was that endearing. Shit, he looks cute giggling.

"let's go?"

He clicked his tongue. "do I have a choice?"

"you don't." Clarien laughed, shaking his head and even sticking his tongue out to tease him.

"that's what I thought." Seikenzo sighed, defeated.

Those giggles and feline eyes defeated him as he stared at the latter and nodded. "are you sure you want me to accompany you?"

Clarien nodded, excited as he clapped his hands. "yes!!" he giggled again before eating the remaining bread which he sliced in half for them to share but he was shocked when Seikenzo gave the other half back to him and chuckled.

"why me?"

That made Clarien frowned as he thought that the other was busy and has something to do. "is it okay with you? If you can't come, then it's totally fine— "

Seikenzo was fast to shook his head, lifting Clarien's mood as he smiled at him to ensure the latter that he's totally free. "no, it's completely fine with me. It's just that, why me?"

He had never felt this flustered before as he is as he stared back at Clarien who's staring at him, smiling genuinely and excited. "I want to go to church with you." Clarien replied to ease the curiosity from him.

Seikenzo swears that his heart had never beat this fast even before. "okay then, I'll just take a bath and prepare." He excused himself before grabbing the album to keep Clarien busy. "here, you can take a look at my pictures and you're free to criticize it while waiting for me."

Clarien laughed at that before nodding. He opened the album and instantly smiled after seeing Seikenzo playing in the mud, building some sort of mud castle—what? It made him laughed with adoration. He's handsome even when he was young huh?

The next picture showed how he was crying, staring at the other kids eating ice cream. It made his heart clenched, almost tearing up just by staring at the picture. He glanced at what's written behind the picture and swear to god, he had never felt his breath hitched until he read it.

"I'm so sorry, son. I'm so sorry that I can't even buy you an ice cream..."

He closed the album, refraining himself to cry as he stared at the food which Seikenzo prepared for the both of them. It made him somehow proud and interested in Sei's life.

It didn't take much of a time for Seikenzo to get ready so when he was ready, looking presentable, he left his room only to see the latter's wiping its tears which made him confused. What made him cry?

But instead of asking, he just let him be and approached the latter when he saw that it's already fine. "let's go?" he asked which made Clarien looked up to him and flashed a smile.

"we'll ride the car."

"the church is like only minutes' walk from here—"

Clarien stopped him from talking, putting its finger in his lips. "shh, we have somewhere to go after the mass, so let's go?"

He just nodded and left the house, they rode the car after he locked his house and drove towards the church. They entered the church without talking and prayed, sitting beside each other as they listen attentively to the priest. The mass went on until it was finished, they were even awkward with the peace sign and the one part where they both held hands.

"no, wait. Let's light the candles and pray.." Clarien stopped Seikenzo from leaving and dragged him towards the vendors who sells candles and bought 4.

To be honest, Seikenzo didn't know what to do. He was in awe, confused and lost. He even looks like a lost kid who needs care from parents but he just shrugged it off and followed what Clarien did.

They lit the candle together and placed it beside each other before praying. Seikenzo had never thought that he would actually do this again and now he's with someone so genuine. Honestly speaking, he would pray for something like for him to be rich, for him to have a freedom, for him to find his parents or whatsoever but that exact day was different because he didn't wish for himself, instead—he prayed for Clarien Kei.

"Clarien who had been so genuine and true, may you grant him freedom and peace, may you guide him and keep him safe and make him happy and healthy. He who had been going through so much, tiredness evident in his feline eyes, may you grant his wish and a lifetime."