prologue

Ater's laughter echoed through the desolate landscape, chilling Lucian.

"What kind is my love? You asked me. HAHAHAHA!"

Ater's voice rang out, dripping with madness.

"My love is a love so fierce, so consuming, that it eclipses all reason and sanity, driving me to the brink of obsession. They consume every thought, every moment spent longing for the ethereal beauty of their presence, their essence a radiant beacon in the shadows of my existence."

" I would not hesitate to set the world ablaze if it meant holding them in my arms once more, for they are the epitome of all that is exquisite and divine."

Lucian, overwhelmed by Ater's words, looked up to the starry sky, tears streaming down his face.

Ater, taken aback by this unexpected display of emotion, asked, "Wait, why are you crying, kiddo?"

"Hah~"

Lucian sighed heavily.

"Why can't you love me like that too? "

"Why do you see me as a child? Just why? I want to be loved by you. Am I selfish to wish for that?"

Ater fell into a stunned silence, unable to find the words to respond.

As Lucian's tears continued falling, Ater pondered the twisted fate that had bound them together.

"When did the twisted fate of us start?"

Ater wondering, his heart was heavy with the weight of their tangled destinies.