chloe knew silas was in town and did want to visit him. but it was complicated. well in her own mind it was. thanks to amber, she had visited the conroy house quite often, leading her to become close friends with silas. but she had also always felt something more for the boy, never wanting to ruin the friendship, she kept that to herself. when he had gone to war, she wanted to tell him, but she couldnât do that to him. that wouldâve just complicated everything. now here he was, back in town. only to leave again in a couple of days. she really didnât think she could handle him leaving again.Â
she decided not seeing him at all would probably be something she regretted. so she pushed her feelings aside and went to meet him. she greeted him with a small smile, âhey, silas.â, was all she could let out.Â
Before Silas had joined the military, he had never left Granier. His parents--while fearful for his safety--wanted him to see the world and have the chance to see things he never would with them. What they had never actually planned on was him actually going into battle. Silas wanted nothing more than to save the world, and he saw this as his chance. He had left a carefree, spunky boy, but came home much quieter and distant. Way more in his head than he had been before and now he had night terrors when he would actually sleep.Â
Silas had been keeping to himself and his family for the most part on his return home; he was afraid to see other people as he wasnât very much up to company, but there was one person he had mixed feelings about seeing: Chloe. On the one hand, she had always been the one person outside of his family that he dared to call his best friend. He had other friends throughout his life, but they had come and gone. Even before he went away, she made him feel more himself. But on the other hand, he feared seeing her because he wasnât who he used to be. He didnât want her to see how broken he now was, and he didnât want to say âgoodbyeâ again.Â
Fate decided for him, when he looked up from the book he was reading and saw the young girl approaching him. He placed the book to the side and smiled at her, though it wasnât a large smile, it was genuine. âHi, Chlo,â he replied. âI was meaning to see come see you, but I didnât want to get in the way if you were busy, or anything.â Okay, only a sorta lie, thatâs not that bad, right?Â