Secrets

6

Arthur basically slammed himself onto the door desperate to find out about the wings.

"What do you-oh-salut Arthur!" Francis greeted surprised to see Arthur there.

"Shutup and answer some questions I have." Arthur pushed passed the frenchie.

"Okay?"

"Do you anything about people with wings?" Francis froze at the question.

When he saw Gilbert, he felt nothing but joy. Finally, someone else with wings! It hurt him with the fact that he couldn't tell Gilbert. Still, he played along.

When Gilbert disappeared, he came to the conclusion that Gilbert thought that was a dream. Francis was both grateful and angry. He really wanted to tell Gilbert but he never got the chance.

Maybe this was his chance.

"Well?" Arthur snapped him out of his thoughts. He let a breath he didn't even know he was holding. Slowly, he let out his wings knowing what he was risking.

"Yes. I do know about people with wings."

~

"Oh..."

"What happened?"

"Someone else has wings."

"Who?"

"I don't know."

"I guess we'll find out." Gilbert frowned. "I'm starting to get bored of this."

"I am too."

"Really?"

"Yes, I can only spend so much time without seeing something cute." Gilbert laughed at Yao's response. Yao smirked.

(I'm starting to ship these two tbh)
~

"What the hell!"

"Calm down and let me explain." Francis sighed. "I'm risking a lot of things right now so if you don't shutup it could be disastrous."

"Disastrous?"

"I don't know how many others have wings but I do know that revealing such a thing has me risking everything. Don't tell anyone unless they have wings as well."

"Alright."

"So I guess I should start with why."

~

"I just realized that falling from heaven pick up line works for us."

"This is why people don't like you."

"I know." Silence swept between the two. Moments ticking by like seconds. "Do you ever think about the past?"

"All the time. With how old I am, it's hard not to." Yao sighed. "The world has changed so much I can barely comprehend it all...one moment I was at the top and the next I was at the bottom."

"I understand..."

"How?"

"They thought I was the devil..." That statement made another silence swipe through the two. "...Is it bad that I actually want to disappear?" Those words slipped out. Half intentionally. Yao froze looking at Gil with worry. He relaxed as sorrow grew in him.

"Not at all...in a way, we all want to disappear.."

~

"Why did you want to know all this?"

"I saw Yao fly."

"Really?!"

"Yes."

"Arthur, do you know what this means?" Francis questioned as he stepped closer becoming serious.

"Yes?"

"This means that-I have to go. I need to hide!" He ran to his room beginning to pack with Arthur following.

"Hide? Why?"

"I told you, telling someone could mean risking everything. I have to hide for awhile until I'm sure it's safe." He went out the balcony ready to jump. "Arthur."

"Yes?"

"Promise me you don't tell anyone about this unless they too have wings. Tell them that they need to hide." With that he jumped and was off.