After an awkward time settling in, with Ezra fixing their things and avoiding Kaelis at all costs, both Kaelis and Lior seemed preoccupied with each other.
Ezra did force himself to be happy, to be more energetic whenever Lior approached him, to answer properly, even to smile when needed, but the moment Lior turned away, Ezra would go back to keeping himself busy.
He kept moving.
Kept doing something.
Changing things in the room, adjusting small details, moving objects that didn't need moving, anything that could make the space feel…different.
Less familiar.
Less…that.
All because now, he had forgotten about Helios' lies, or at least he pushed them aside for the moment, but stepping inside this room had created a new problem.
A worse one.
Fearing that Kaelis remembered something.
Or worse—
That he might remember everything.
Everything about that night.
Why?
