The things I haven't said
Ephraim and Kyle were sitting near the still burning fire, in front of each other; Forde was sleeping and Orson was in patrol somewhere.
If only they weren't in Grado's territories it could have seemed a peaceful scene, but the knight and the prince were very tense: everything could have happened, they had to be always vigilant. Kyle also knew that even if Forde seemed asleep, he would have been ready to quickly face an ambush.
The green-haired knight was passing time carving a tree branch with a small knife; it helped him relaxing and, if someone attacked them, he would immediately have a handy weapon.
He glanced at the prince, the way his hands intertwined, the tapping of his foot, the continuous biting of his lips. He wanted to speak but he was being stopped by something.
Kyle decided to put him out of that misery and he asked directly:
- Is there something wrong?-.
At first Ephraim shook his head but, after a moment of silence, he spoke asking a question:
- Are you angry with me?-
- Why should I be?-, the other replied a bit confused.
The prince took his time to answer; he really didn't know how to put it in words but since he had left Renais for that crazy mission Kyle had silently scolded him – or at least he had given that impression- and, as the time went by, that sensation hadn't diminished. He wanted to know clearly what the knight was thinking about him.
- Well...-, he started, -... I'm certain you still don't approve this-.
- In fact I still don't-, the green-haired man stated, - It's too reckless; we can't afford to lose you-.
- Then why hadn't you tried to stop me?-, the prince pressed.
- Because I know I couldn't-, the other bluntly replied.
- And you still decided to follow me-, Ephraim continued.
- You are my prince. I will follow you even in hell, if you command so-, Kyle concluded as if it was the most natural thing to say.
Even if he had never said it so clearly Ephraim had already realised it – that was the reason he had asked the knight to be on his side during that risky operation- however that blunt affirmation had caught him off guard.
Kyle's devotion to him was very similar to Seth's one to Eirika, the prince knew it, however it never bothered him; it was even reassuring knowing that no matter what, he could always count on his faithful knight.
- Was that a declaration of love?-, he teased to light the mood: he still didn't know how he felt about the whole affair. Was just a sense of comradeship what united them?
-... Forde is having a bad influence on you- Kyle retorted, but the hesitation he had before speaking hadn't gone unnoticed.
- Perhaps...- Ephraim said, smiling.
They couldn't say anything more because Orson had returned from the patrol and none of them wanted to make him part of something so intimate; however the prince had caught Kyle staring at him a few times.
Both of them were aware that it wouldn't have been the last time they would have talked about it and that one day they would have to clarify their feelings for each other.
When more peaceful time would have come, they would have thought about it.
Author's note: hello! Thanks for reading this, I hope you've enjoyed it!
When I saw this post on the tumblr page otpprompts "Imagine Person A of your OTP telling Person B that they would follow them into hell if they asked them to.", I immediately thought about Kyle and Ephraim. Come on, Kyle would say something like that, he would do everything Ephraim says.
Let me know what you think about this, see you next time! -Feeldespair