I Scored Myself A Mate

"It is peculiar though." The doctor mumbled as he looked at Allias, lying unconscious on the bed. It had been a full week and the man had been visiting him every day a few times to check up on him by Theseus' request. The general hadn't moved from his side. He would eat there and sleep, his head falling on the bed and his hand holding Allias'. Sometimes the king would flinch or frown and Theseus would gasp and begin talking to him hoping that he would answer, come back to him but unfortunately there was no response, never. 

"What is?" Theseus asked. 

"He is having a two-part awakening. I wonder how his psychological state was, to not be able to fulfill it at the first time."

"It's because the first time his transition was forced." Theseus explained and the man nodded placing his glasses further up his nose. 

"Well, that explains a lot." He said and slowly began putting his tools back into a small leather bag he used to hold every time he came here. He closed it carefully the sound of clicking echoing in the big room and once more was on his way. "I will come back tomorrow. Let's hope he wakes up soon. You general, it would be best if you got some rest in your own room. He is not with you right now but if he returns you would want to be well rested." 

"I can't leave his side." Theseus said and rubbed his temples. His neck also heard from all the uncomfortable positions he had adopted to be able to sleep. He caressed the top of Allias' palm and kissed it gently. He would wait, right here to make sure that when he opened his eyes someone would be next to him, he didn't want him to feel alone once he fully returned. 

"I will look after him." He heard mark say and noticed that the red haired boy had been standing by the doorframe. "If he shows signs of waking up I will run to you. You really need to rest those under eye bags are definitely not attracting." He walked into the room and stood next to Theseus waiting for him to get up and give him his seat. At first he was reluctant, looking at his sleeping lover with doubtful eyes and then his best friend. It would be fine if he just slept normally for one-night, right? He wondered and slowly stood up. 

"Just for a little while and I will be back." He stated and mark nodded, waving at him to just go.

"Yeah, yeah go we will be fine" he said and was left alone with his best friend. He looked at him with furrowed eyebrows examining his sleeping form. "Hey, can you hear me?" He asked him obviously not getting an answer. "Can you please wake up? I am lonely all by myself and it's so freaking cold here. We have so many things to talk about. Come on" he slightly whined and he allowed his face to fall on the mattress. It smelled like lavender and it was a deep purple color, finely tailored his eyelids were beginning to get heavy, as he smelled the relaxing smell. He had been anxious for all of these days. Wondering how things will go with him. So now that he had finally some time to sit with him, watch out for himself he felt a bit better. He had questioned many times if he should tell Theseus that he wanted to be here too but every time he saw his sorrowful expression he felt like he would intrude. 

Slowly though his eyes closed, now finally getting some relaxation. He didn't notice Allias flinching or opening his eyes. How his eyelids flattered revealing his green eyes. The King slowly woke from his slumber and sat up, blinking and looking around. 

"So, I am finally back" he mumbled and removed the covers from his body. He noticed mark sleeping soundly next to him and patted gently his head before he stepped with his bare feet on the cold marbles. "Yeah, you are right it's too cold. Maybe I should change that." He said and almost as if he was hypnotized he began walking. He strolled through the empty hallways deep into the night and his gaze travelled outside the wide windows. To the snow, that slowly layered on the ground. The trees were still, stalagmites hanging from their branches as the water outside never seemed to have a liquid form. The nature around him had been silenced as if the living creatures of the night could only wearily observe how the king dressed in pale white, matching everything around him, stepped with his bare feet on the soft snow. He was standing outside, magnetized by the scenery he had seen so many times. 

The snowflakes fell slowly, as if they were in slow motion. Each of them unique melting instantly as they came into contact with his warm body. Soon there would be none left. 

Theseus jumped in his sleep, his heart racing crazily as an enormous worry embraced him. Huge beads of sweat were forming at the sides of his forehead and with a ragged breath he stood up and headed back to Allias' room. He didn't know where this anxiety came from. He hadn't dreamed of a rigid nightmare or heard a suspicious noise. All he knew was that a sudden pinch on his chest like the prick of a sharp needle woke him up, a need inside him to find his lover. 

He was proven right. He stared stunned the empty room and Mark's ginger sleeping head. He had woken up; he had finally returned but now he had disappeared. The covers were tossed to the side and his human friend was breathing steadily lost in his sleep.

"Mark!" Theseus shouted upset and the boy flinched. He opened his eyes and wiped some drool of the corner of his mouth, disoriented staring at the elf general.

"What? Why are you shouting?" He asked him confused and the man in front of his sighed loudly. 

"Look at the bed you big idiot. Where is Allias?" 

"He is right…oh, he is not. He woke up. He woke up! Oh, my god where is he?" he asked surprised and stood up.

"That's what I want to know" Theseus said and both off them stormed outside. Theseus was calling out his name loudly, his deep voice echoing in the halls. Soon servants and guards started to appear the general spitting out commands, desperately wanting to find the King. 

Soon all of the staff was running, the ladies still in their nightgowns calling out with sweet voices his highness. But he was nowhere to be found until, a young soldier saw something. He stopped, frozen on the spot as his eyes suddenly focused on a very rare sight. A sight he had never witness in his life. He was young, so young that the King was long dead when he was born, he and many of them were raised only with the stories. Enormous power and undeniable grace. Honestly when he had first seen him he had questioned that. He seemed immature and plain. Undeniably beautiful but only that, befitting to be the king that's what their old stories said but the young guard was not so sure about that.

Only when his eyes saw what he had never imagined he felt it. The glory of this rare moment. He opened his lips to speak, to call the others and show them what he was witnessing but soon enough all of them, the Disee elves that had been born, raised and lived in an endless winter had stopped moving frantically and running. They were stuck the same way he was, looking outside hypnotized at the scene. 

The general appeared, outside the castle approaching the king and suddenly all of them got worried, that he would ruin the moment but he too stopped, unable to move any further than just a few meters. How could he after all? He wasn't worthy of approaching such a creature, the immense power almost made everyone want to bow, fall on their knees. It was the first time the guard believed that a story character would come to life. He was the story, he was the shining hero and finally he had returned. 

"Is that really him?" a woman mumbled her palms resting on top of her heart. Everyone was feeling it. The importance of the moment. 

"Unbelievable"

"Yes, that is him. The king. Our King." Another man said without taking his eyes off of him. A King, yes and much more than that as for the first time a golden light erupted in their dark and gloom kingdom. For the first time their bodies felt actual warmth, like a gentle caress and for the first time a burden felt like it had been lifted off their chest. 

Slowly the same way the snow began to melt. 

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