Fly Until You See The Light

Eden (3) - Chapter 13

«Promise me you won't ever leave me again...».

Ojtaro's voice seems broken and tired, and he decided to let go his tears even thought he looks like he already cried enough. They're holding each other in a warm and strong hug, something that they feel like new.

She won't ever leave him again. That's what she whispers while she lets Oj' stroke her head as he's now used to do. Just like when it all started... Oh, it's so adorable! She remembers the day she started her journey and met Ojtaro as it was yesterday, she feels like that day never really passed.

They both smile at each other and, suddenly, the boy sighs and looks at the many people that are staring at them with smiles and moved faces. Sentinekka imitates him and, then, looks at him with a comprehensive smile.

It's normal to be scared, he must find his courage to tell her what he feels. She already knows thought... But why should she make such a big surprise, when they all had too many of them...?

Maybe she can help him.

So, Sentinekka takes his hands and holds them tightly, while waiting for him to bring up the courage to speak.

She walked across the ruins of the Eden, brought the peace back to its place, saved a friend from being a Spirit and she did all of this with her determination. Now, it's time for Ojtaro to do the same.

«Please, listen» he finally begins. His eyes are looking straight at hers and are asking for attention. «I know you thought you knew every secret of mine. Our frienship was amazing and long-lasting, and I'm proud to have someone like you by my side. You have been that friend I've never had, more than a best friend or else...».

She chuckles. «I could say... The same thing about you, Oj'» she tells him with a small smirk under her wooden mask of the Various Greenland.

After hearing those words, the boy starts to get more confidence in his speech and face, and he continues with a softened look:«I never knew how to behave like a deity with you; it was so weird for someone like me, someone that was supposed to be feelingless, to be so joyful with you near... When you went away, I swore that I would have told you a thing after your return... But, when you "died", I felt hopeless without your presence».

Sentinekka doesn't say anything, but her smile turns into a saddened face. She looks at Ojtaro and lets him go on with his harmonious voice that guided her when she didn't know what the world that hosts her and everyone else in every realm was. In the meanwhile, she even wonders what happened to Ojtaro's grey mask. It totally disappeared. Maybe he left it somewhere? Maybe he even lost it? Despite that, without his mask, he looks gorgeous as always.

«I know you can remember what I told you before you began your journey in the Eye of Eden, Sen'. But you never discovered its real meaning». He's getting to the point. Sentinekka can feel the emotions of everyone else in that realm: happiness, excitement, impatience and pride. «You know... When my siblings understood that I didn't tell you the truth, that day, they almost hit me with a tea table... Mostly my "beloved" sister...» and he looks at Leilah with an amused stare. «But let's ignore that event. They were right. I don't know why I was so afraid of accepting my real self. That Sky person you created with your wonderful, inspiring... And kind behavior. That person who is not made of simple Pure Light like every other descendant of the Light...».

So he knows that too, he knows that there are other people like him in the Sky Kingdom.

She lowers her gaze for a second, to let her thought distract her. Sentinekka always believed that Ojtaro was the only one, that he was the most special Child of Light that ever existed... But he said the truth. There are other people, other creatures or human beings that live in the role of their ancestors, people like Children related to Spirits, or with magic in their bones...

She wonders how he could have reacted when he discovered that fact.

«Sen'» Ojtaro's voice makes her look back at him instantly. «I'm not made just of Light. Every Child, no one excluded, has Light, Darkness and Love, hidden somewhere. To make these elements reach the surface and the outside of their refuge, people like me only need people like you. That day, when I said those words in that forgotten language... Their meaning wasn't that easy as it sounded like».

«You... Think so...?» she speaks after some time, with her well known and typical smile on her face, hidden by her mask. Her eyes can show well her benevolent smile.

During that wait, she almost forgot how her voice sounded like. She was only able to listen to his enchanting words.

He breathes in and out. «Sentinekka, from the lovely and hidden realm of the "Starting Point"...» he starts with a convinced tone and with a hopeful smile on his face. He holds her hands even tighter and looks at her for a while, as he can't stop to do that. «You always showed me how to take care of myself, and I have been a fool trying to avoid my inside. I'd do anything for you, I'm in love with you since you came back to me that time in the Vault, since you promised to keep my biggest secret in your soul... Do you feel the same, as the person I loved the most in my life and as the past new comer that I helped...?».

Sentinekka rests her forehead against his and exclaims:«I do!».

They both can't believe it, and the others too. Leilah even makes a bug jump and shouts:«Oh, yes! Finally! Honk!», but she instantly gets hit on the head by the Passage Guide, who scolds her:«Leilah, the language! I never teached to any of y'all to talk like this!».

Sentinekka and Ojtaro chuckle, amused. They can't believe everything is fixed. They can stay together. 

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So it's true...

There can be two ways in life: following the road that someone built for you, or following your own road with your dream, happiness and Love.

The Prince Alef chose the first way, but he changed idea too late.

Ojtaro chose the second way and changed the life he was supposed to have. But he didn't do it alone. He did it with the help of the love of his life.