The Year of the Revolution VIII. The Return to Innocence

8. Decisions

During the return to the castle Sev continued reminding Hippolyta, in chronological order, of each of the situations they had experienced together and explaining to her in detail what he liked about her. Of course, he didn't get to tell her everything. When they left the Forest they checked their Patronus, Sev's happiest memory had not changed either. This time, the birds of prey, instead of fighting, flew very high and very quickly, as they did on a broomstick.

They did not separate to enter the castle, they went through the passage behind the greenhouses and arrived home together. They both went to their bedrooms to change their clothes, since their underwear was wet, and they arrived late for lunch. Sev felt emotionally exhausted, not hungry despite the walk, the fighting, the bath, and the late lunchtime.

Ugh... now I'm going to fall too, I don't know how I'm going to get out of this. At the moment I need a lot of peace to eat, I'm not going to bond with anyone. In the last few days I have done just enough, with the excuse that I had many issues to discuss with the old man, and in fact we have already solved many things that were pending for us.

My whole family has already noticed the change I have made since Monday. Valerie no longer kisses me or links me when we leave the Great Hall, she realizes that I don't feel like it at all and leaves me alone. Lily and Lauren have also noticed that I'm not so affectionate with them anymore, but they don't reproach me at all, they chat among themselves and that's it. And Lily must have also felt it in the feeling of the Bond, that I still love her but I don't desire her.

I'm going to have lunch quietly, trying not to think, just about eating, and on the way home I will ask Deborah to chat with me for a while about Hippolyta's problem, it is very serious and I need help. He did so, he ate his two dishes relaxed, concentrating on eating, and managed to finish them.

As soon as he did, Deborah bonded with him. "How was your morning, Prince?"

"Are we in private?"

"Of course."

"Too intense," he replied.

"Not just the morning, the whole week, right?"

"How well you know me, Deborah."

"As they say, as if I had given birth to you." She smiled at him.

"Oh..."

"And you also forget that you have a Couple Bond with me and Valerie. We already noticed the change on Monday at noon."

"Of course..." Sev realized. "Then why haven't you brought up the subject until today?"

"Because today is when you need to talk about it. You know one of my mottos, wait until the right time."

"Sure..."

"Shall we go home now?" Deborah asked. "This way we get into the hidden space of your bedroom and we are calmer."

"We are not going to be comfortable there unless we lie down on the bed and I don't even feel like that."

"Well, there are two beds, one in each one. And if you prefer to chat face to face, we'll both sit on the same one or we'll Summon some chairs."

"Okay, let's go," he agreed.

They got up and left without saying anything to anyone else.

"Do you have an exam in the afternoon?" Sev asked her.

"No, we had it this morning."

"Great, then we have more than two hours."

"It won't take us that long, don't worry," Deborah said.