Alenax nervously fiddled with the round pendent that hung constantly from his neck. The motion caught Sera's eye and for just a moment, she pitied her unlikely best friend. "You miss him, yeah?" Alenax responded with a look that could only be interpreted as 'no duh.'
"I haven't heard from him in two weeks now. It's unusual. I'm getting a little worried."
"Well… You wanna go get some cookies? It'll be fun, yeah?"
"Yeah Sera, that would be nice," his tone was one of appreciation but the worry remained in his eyes and his hand didn't leave his necklace.
Well this is unusual… Varric thought to himself as he stepped into the Hanged Man and noticed the lone elf sitting by the fire in the corner. Realizing something must be wrong, he strolled over to meet him. "Never thought I'd catch you drinking the swill here, Inquisitor."
Alenax looked up from his drink and the pink tinge to his cheeks gave away just how much he'd had to drink. "I'm not the *hic* inquisitor anymore. *Hic* I'm not even Dorian's…" he paused to choke on a sob, "…boyfriend anymore. I'm nothing."
"What? What happened, Sprite?" Varric asked, full of concern as he slowly eased the mug out of Alenax's hand.
"Nothing *hic* happened exactly but it's been *hic* three weeks with no word! He must have found someone… 'closer to home.'"
"Aw come on now, little Sprite! I'm sure he could never find anyone better than you! Come on, let's get you laying down, shall we?" Varric gently pulled Alenax up and, with slight difficulty, guided him up the stairs and into one of the rooms. He didn't notice the round pendent left, forgotten, on the table.
"Come on!" Sera shouted, pulling on Alenax's arm. "One of my 'friends' tipped me off but we've gotta be there now!"
"Sera. I'm sorry but I don't really feel like being a Jenny today. Please, I just want to be left alone."
"Too bad! We're going! …Now!" and with that, Sera managed to pull Alenax up and drag him to the door.
They quickly reached the docks where Alenax angrily sat down on the stairs. "What are we here for again?"
"Shove it, Naxy! Have some patience!" Alenax just rolled his eyes and then bowed his head to examine his only hand, lost in thought.
"I do love what the South has done with the place. I see they left our statues though, charming."
Alenax's head shot up so fast he got whiplash. The surprise at seeing his love quickly turned to anger however. "Bellanaris Din'an Heem! Garas quenathra? Masal din'an! I swear I will kill you myself!"
"…Well then. I missed you too, Amatus."
Sera quickly backed up, hands held high when Alenax shot up and stormed towards Dorian. "Ar tu na'din. Fenedhis lasa! I don't hear from you for a Bellanaris. Dirth ma, where have you been? Do you know how much I've missed you? How worried I've been? Ar lath ma, but a month?"
"Fasta vass, Amatus! I'm sorry and I'll make it up to you, I promise. But I'm here now. Isn't that a start?"
Alenax's expression slowly turned from anger and hurt to embarrassment, "…Ir abelas. Ma serannas. I'm glad you're here, ma vhenan." Finally, Alenax wrapped his arm around Dorian and nuzzled into his neck as usual. "I missed you so much…"
"And I, you, Amatus."