Maybe (COMPLETED)

EXTRA: ISAAK

Isaak's p.o.v

I couldn't believe it had almost been two years since I left my home. It should have been such a long time, but it passed in an unrecognizable blur and I struggled to pick out what was what.

I was in a tree. Which, of course, reminded my of Saga. I wondered how he was; I hadn't seen him since the day we separated all that time ago. I used to rely on him as a friend, but now he rarely crossed my mind. I was too busy thinking about my life to consider other things like that.

I gripped the bow in my hands, the strength in my arm still odd to me. I had turned into a more fit and almost wiry figure. The muscles that had formed all over my body, from hard training and a more land-sustained lifestyle, were at first uncomfortable. But as I sat in the tree and waited, it calmed me somewhat to know I was much less pathetic than I had been.

My mother's sword hung at my waist, though I very rarely called it that now. It belonged to me.

With the sword I was so much stronger; since I learnt to use it myself, and how to use magic-less weapons, the sword could truly reveal its power. It did more than just defend me and was more than just a vessel of my own magic. I learnt that the power it had was different to mine; I learnt how to use them together, how to use them separately.

A distant crunch of leaves brought me from my thoughts, but they were still far enough away. I let the smile tickle my lips as I waited for him to wander beneath me. He was looking around the forest, obviously distressed. He was looking for me. I had disappeared two hours ago, but, of course, he came looking for me. Exactly as I had planned.

It had been two years, and Ash and I hadn't spent as much time together as we, or at least I, had expected. Yes, we had definitely grown closer, and I had been constantly asking him to be in a relationship in the first year, yet he had consistently refused. He had needed more time, apparently. Each time he said this I had sighed and sunk back into my hole of loneliness. Then the next year he had walked up to me and blurted out that we should date. It had been such a shock to my system I stared at him for a full minute.

We hadn't told anyone yet. I'm not sure why; the occasion just hadn't happened. The 'right time' never came. So our relationship was still a 'secret', even though we would happily tell anyone who asked. We weren't naturally affectionate in public, so everyone just thought we were good friends. I had suspicions it was because I was an onama, and no one could believe that Ash, such a powerful pureblood, would want to date me.

Last year, not too long after Ash and I started officially dating, the Sahaan had announced Ash to be something of a son to him, since he didn't have any of his own. This meant Ash was in line for the throne when the Sahaan retired from his position. Last month, the Sahaan said that was going to occur sooner then Ash had expected; some time this year. The Sahaan had had enough of ruling.

Two hours ago the Sahaan had blatantly asked Ash when on earth he was going to find a partner to rule with. "You can't rule without a partner. If you don't have one by the time I retire, I will find you one myself."

I had disappeared. Firstly, because I knew Ash would come to me anyway. Secondly, after all these years of people who assumed we were friends giving us strange looks even at what they thought was a platonic relationship, and myself pondering over how people would react to knowing we were so much more than that, to suddenly have everyone know was confronting and terrifying.

It didn't matter to me; who cared, really? If I thought about it, calling each other boyfriend and telling others we were dating was just a way to show off that we weren't single. It didn't bother me; as long as I had Ash, I was happy. No matter how many people knew about it. But, unfortunately, the Sahaan needed Ash to have a definite (and outed to the public) partner. And I suppose that had to be me.