"Uhhh..." Caspian stared at Ariuk, trying to comprehend at what he just said earlier.
Zandor leaned in to whisper to Ariuk," I think you broke him.."
Ariuk nervously laughed, he didn't also expecting Caspian to react this way.Not like the ol—
"is it okay for you?" Caspian fidgeted on his seat, his eyes flickering up and down like a lovesick teenager waiting for their response to their confession.
Ariuk smiled, even though Caspian can't see it but he knows the boy can feel it.
"It is definitely fine, come." Ariuk, mentioning his hand laid out for Caspian to take it.
This scene reminded him the way Arthur invited him ti their second date.His hand also inviting him at the location of where the two would spend each time together.
Caspian look at the two, they nodded as Katelyn pat Arthur's head.Reminding him that it's okay to accompany the ruler to his daily stroll at night.
Caspian gently place his hand on top of Ariuk hand, Ariuk gently lift it up and kiss it.
[ I wanna be loyal to my baby Arthur but I can't ( ͡ಥ ͜ʖ ͡ಥ), Ariuk is tempting me! ]
'Arthur would definitely freak out if he saw this. ' Caspian thought.
"Zandor, please leave us the two alone.You take care the party for me." Ariuk said, Zandor is about to protest but Ariuk pulled Caspian and run away like the two is about to elope.
Zandor sighed, massaging his temples.
Ariuk is the one who is suppose to handle the event but now he's gone and probably spend his time with the younger male.
"I would totally brag this to Arthur."
"Honey, please don't."
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Ariuk slowly stop his speed, allowing the boy to breath it as he wanted to escape Zandor.
Caspian can feel his hand is still being held by Ariuk and don't want to say anything that might hurt the 'god'.
"Sorry about that, If I didn't do that.Zandor will probably drag my butt to the throne."
Ariuk said, Caspina nodded.
Ariuk notice their link hands and even held it tighter, tighter than Arthur always do. Caspian look up and saw that they are in the garden, not the typical garden but this look..
"Amazing right?" Ariuk said, just by seeing Caspian expression, the younger boy may not express his feeling very well, so he did the first move.
"Indeed...Is this what garden here look like every night?" Caspian asked, his eyes wandeding around, taking every detail.
Fireflies roaming around to light up the dark, but the one who really brighten up the whole garden is the glowing bright flowers.
A huge tree at the middle with lights wrapping around the tree and behind the tree is a huge waterfall going down endlessly.
Caspian dash towards where the huge waterfall is and saw that it is indeed endless drop of the water.
"Is this even a garden?!" Caspian asked, his expectation aboit the garden is way too much for him to handle.
This even look like a different planet!But it's only Ariuk garden?! Such things like this even exist?
"It is indeed a garden, well for me."
Ariuk slowly came beside Caspian, who almost look like he could fall over from the balcony of some sort while trying to see if the waterfall is indeed endless.
"That's...This is crazy."
Who wouldn't be crazy looking at this?
Never in his entire life he could see one like this who only exist in books, or maybe it also exist outside but it wasn't discover still.
Caspian turned to look at the man beside him, his hair fluttering with the wind as his face is still blur from every angle he tried to look at.Of course, Ariuk notice this and shake his head with a smile.
"You also see my face as a blur right?"
Caspian nodded slowly, should he lie that he actually saw his face for this man not to feel sad?It must be hard that people don't see your face or even recognize you.
"Did you get sad whenever they can't see your face?" Caspian asked out of nowhere, he suddenly realized and apologize to Ariuk.
"No, it's okay and don't apologize.You can't help but got curious why my face is blur.Well..." Ariuk licked his dry lips, leaning in to place both of his arms, staring at the waterfall.
"I don't actually have a face, I did have a face but I can't remember how do I look like.
That's why my parents abandoned me, knowing that I have 'illness' which it was not at all."
Didn't have any face? That's impossible for someone to have no face when given birth.
Caspian didnt bother asking for more, it must be painful for the man to have been abandoned just because he was faceless.
"You must be shocked huh?You suddenly got quiet."
Indeed he is shocked from what he heard, he clicked his tounge.Letting out such a soft laugh that sound heaven for Ariuk.
"I am indeed shocked, but I'm much more angry to your parents.Who the hell abandoned their child just because he was born faceless? Heck, probably they will crawl here begging you to let them here when they found out about you being a god." Caspian said.
Ariuk laughed, he can't believe this boy.
Who is th—
"I have a question Ariuk."
Ariuk slightly turned his body to face the boy.Who is lost in thought, staring at the emptiness of the waterfall.
His pink locks dangles from his forehead, his pale complexion clashing to his shining violet eyes. Indeed, Caspian is the definition of beautiful.
What does Caspian wanna asked him?
"Zandor said you can answer all my question."
He wanted to curse Zandor for saying that.
"And?What'd the question?"
"You already know that I don't belong in this world. Heck, I am not even Caspian Smythe to begin with, you know that and that's why you invited me here." Caspian snap his eyes to meet the blur face of Ariuk.
Ariuk lips parted, a single sweat drip down to his forehead even though it's windy here at the garden with his hair flying everywhere.
The sound of his heartbeat increasing, Caspian didn't say anything as he is too noticed the man beating heart.
"That's not actually my question but this.
Why didn't you take action when a god came to informed that an individual suddenly possess another body which didn't belong to him in the first place?"
Again, Ariuk didn't have any courage to answer that.He didn't expect the boy to rush his question like that, and how did he even knew that a god informed him about this?
No, he didn't know that this was the boy that the god mentioned.
"That's what happened to Dearil right?The person who came back to the past and fix his mistakes and even save those who died.
But, knowing that you can't change the history, the god killed him because it's the law, and he broke the law even though it was not his fault that he went back in time."
The sound of the thunder boomed, echoing at the garden as the wind started to get stronger. The fallen leaves was swept away by the sudden force of wind, though it does not look like that the people notice it at the inside.
Caspian laughed started to get even more creepier as the minutes pass, as he was so amused by the sudden change of atmosphere.
The name he mentioned;Dearil.The one who is the protagonist of the book he read
at the library, the one with the red leather that seems so acient and the title of the book was called Time Warp.
Dearil died, even though it was not his fault that he went back to the past.He was only a victim but a god decided to punished him and killed him without any mercy.
Caspian swept his hair backward, his violet eyes snapping towards Ariuk— who is being quiet for the few minutes.
Caspian didn't care the weather, the wind pushing him away with their strength, but he didn't budge. He continued to walk and stop once he is infront of Ariuk.
"Why did you go silent Ariuk?Did the name ring a bell for you?Of course it is, after all, You are Daeril."