Celebration

"Kai?" Vincent asked, shocked and confused. "Are you ok?"

My laughter finally subsided, I replied with a nod. "Oh, I'm just fine." I could hardly believe it – Lucius was here. "We won, remember?" I asked with a grin.

"We did!" Joshua shouted. "We actually did!" He hugged Vincent, then Erik. He motioned to hug me too but decided otherwise for some reason. I didn't mind, so I just grinned and took a deep breath.

"Let's go back." Erik said after a short moment of silence.

While I did notice his lack of enthusiasm and happiness, I didn't remark on it. There was no need to spoil everyone's happiness right now. In a world where smiles were much harder to come by, I valued theirs greatly.