Tears Of the Lynx

Chapter 7

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(ASH POV)
I hear the words spilling straight out of Eijis heart through his mouth. I cant handle seeing him like this, but I cant even start to fathom the pain he is going through because of me. He is pouring his whole heart out to me. I don't feel like I deserve him truly. As he is screaming through his sobs about how much he has missed me these past years I start to feel my tears resurface. I know how much hurt and trauma this put on My Eiji. It would've been better if i never came back i'm hurting him, and I hate myself for it. If I could take away all his pain right now I would in a heartbeat. I know it's selfish of me, but I am happy I lived to see Eiji again. As I get lost in thought I regain focus and see the boy in front of me blankly staring at me with his tearful eyes. As soon as we make strong eye contact Eiji embraces me into the biggest hug I have ever received. Even when I was on the island with Blanca I still refused to let him or anyone else get close to me enough to embrace me like this. I have been touch starved for so long. I needed this. I needed him.

(EIJI POV) (EIJI POV)
He is finally in my arms again. It is hard for me to recollect myself and realize that after all this time i'm here right now embracing him. I know Ash' personality and he is a generally closed off person so I don't even know when was the last time he got embraced like this. I needed this and i'm sure so did he. We stayed like this in a warm embrace for what felt like forever.

~30 MIN TIME SKIP AFTER HUG~

(EIJI POV)
To break the ice after our breakdown I ask a couple unimportant questions about how his life has been so far. He responds with the most "Ash"answer I have heard in a while. I was making us just simple sandwiches to regain energy after all the crying. I walk over to where he is sitting and place down the plate with his part of the sandwich. He takes the first bite and I look over to see his reaction. I haven't particularly gotten better at cooking but I hope i'm not as bad as he claimed I was all those years ago. He looks at me after a couple bites with the most endearing smile. I was wondering what the mischievous grin on his face was for as I chuckle to myself. He states "This tastes like home" this statement in particular was so good to hear. Ash has never had a home growing up and the fact that I can bring a familiar feeling of home to him I am satisfied. We chuckle together after this statement, but he genuinely doesn't know how much this meant to me. I have grown deeply in love with Ash over the years of yearning. Almost everyone around me has noticed, but I haven't really verbalized it because being in love with a presumably dead person is out of the ordinary. It has been so long and I don't even know his situation. What if he is dating someone or likes someone ? I need to ask or do I just keep my feelings to myself ? Before I knew it I said out loud "So do you have a girlfriend now ?"

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