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Tyki loved the cold wind.

He stretched his long arms and stared at the garden beneath his office. Cold winds always made him rather calm, despite the stressful nature of his work. He looked at his watch and smiled.

It was time for Allen's check-up again.

He stood, his moves were mirroring that of a happy child waiting for his new toy. Happiness couldn't be masked on his aura. If there was one thing he enjoyed at being a doctor, it was the fact that he could use it to get close to the blind young man.

Tyki's eyes were dampened with distinct swirl of sadness.

Blind. Tyki gritted his teeth, halting his movement. He closed his eyes.

Allen was now indeed blind.

Now, if there was one thing he deeply regretted since he decided to become a doctor, was the fact that he didn't take ophthalmology. He was a pulmonologist, not an ophthalmologist.

A picture hanging on his wall suddenly caught his attention. It was an old picture of Allen and the kids at the orphanage two years ago. The boy looked so happy. He was smiling so wide and Tyki could still hear his laughter at that day – he was the one who took the photo after all.

That was the first time the doctor saw the white-haired boy.

He was adamant on knowing the boy, who at first didn't take him so well. Tyki could sense some hesitation and fears on those gray eyes and he couldn't help but be enchanted more.

It was kind of weird, actually.

He never knew he was swinging like that. He had a lot of affairs when he was still on college and girls lined up to him like he was some kind of hot star but never did it crossed to his mind that a day would come that he would disregard all of that for a boy who was six years younger than him.

His phone suddenly rung. Tyki took out his phone from his pocket and checked who was the caller. A knowing smile suddenly lit up on his face.

"Hello?"

"Is this Tyki-sensei?"

Smile again. Really, couldn't he be more adorable?

"Allen..."

A string of amused laughter was heard echoing on the line.

"What give me away?"

Tyki tried to bark a laugh. "Girlish voice?" It was lie. While Allen's voice was not the most manly voice out there, his voice was not girlish – soft, yes, but girlish? No.

Of course, a playful retort was immediately heard.

Tyki sat on his swivel chair and listened to the soft voice.

"Are you even listening to me, Tyki?"

"Yes. Yes."

"We're going shopping! Sister Getrude said it's okay as long as you're with me, so don't you dare say no to me because I'll definitely –"

"What about your check-up, hot head?" He inquired, smirking though the young man couldn't see it.

Allen was being his normal self again. Slowly, but Tyki was sure that somehow, the young man was trying to be as normal as possible. He could feel it and hell, he would be willing to help Allen as much as he could.

"." The voice suddenly became so far away. Hush whisperings were heard on the background.

"Yeah. Checkup."

There was a few seconds of silence before the voice spoke again.

"Er, can't you do that while we're shopping? The kids are all – Hey! Stop jumping on my legs, Sebastian!" Tyki heard another shout and children's laughter invaded his hears.

"Sorry about that." Allen's voice sounded cheerfully happy. Being with the kids back at orphanage really helped him a lot. "The kids are just excited going outside. Anyway, as I was saying, can't you do the checkup thingy while we're shopping? As you probably can hear, the kids are overly excited right now and I don't think delaying them will turn out good. So..."

"You are not seriously suggesting that..." Tyki sighed but a smile was still fervently etched to his face.

"But I am serious! I am! I am! I am!"

A sighed was again escaped from him. "Allen..."

"Please Tyki? Please? Please? Please?"

After that, the children all sung the same thing over the phone – and in chorus, of all things. Tyki was on the verge of saying yes when he heard a deep voice resonated over the phone.

"Allen's checkup fist before the shopping, children."

Tyki sigh a sigh of relief.

Marie Noise.

He was so glad the man came.

"Go tell them, Marie." Tyki said with enough conviction. He could almost see Allen pouting.

Yep. Just like the old times.

"Is that Tyki, Allen?" Tyki heard the man asked Allen. A few seconds more, a deep was suddenly echoing on the doctor's ears.

"Tyki?"

"Yeah, the only one, Marie. What's up?"

"Get your ass over here. Pronto." A deep stern voice echoed. Tyki almost laughed. Almost. A few scuffling was heard over the phone and it was Allen's voice again.

"Isn't he lovely?" Allen, who was undeniably laughing over the line asked. It seemed like the children were laughing their asses too.

"Yeah. He certainly is. I told you, the man loves me." Tyki barked a laugh. "So, checkup first, young master?"

Tyki could almost see his patient scoffing.

"If that's what my doctor said, then alright. You won, you brute."

Tyki just smiled and stared at the faded photograph hanging on his wall. A gush of wind gently rocked the frame and Tyki smiled again – because the lively smile of the boy in the photo seemed like solely directed at him. Like it was made for him. Only for him.

If you could only smile like that, Allen. Always.

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The shopping was a complete chaos.

The children were all running on different directions and it was so hard to keep them still. The two nuns that accompany them didn't really give much help because the two of them seemed like in a daze while staring at him. When he told the issue with the two nuns to Allen, the white-haired young man shrieked at him and at first he thought he was hurting or he did something wrong but then he found out later that it was just Allen's way of stifling an earsplitting snort.

But Allen was laughing and that what's matter most to Tyki.

He wanted the boy to laugh more often. He wanted to be there for him, to let him know that he was there and he wouldn't leave him.

Sometimes, Tyki wasn't sure how he could convey his feelings to him. He wasn't sure how Allen would react if he knew about his feelings or if it would affect their friendship.

A hand was suddenly coiled to his left arm.

"Where are the kids, Tyki? I couldn't hear them..."

He held the hand and brought it to his side. "They're on the chocolate section. Sister Connie told us a while ago, right?" He looked at those lifeless orbs and he couldn't help but longed for their sparkle...

"Oh. That explains it. Mary said she wanted strawberry chocolate a while ago too. Hey, can you bring me to the pasta section? I wanted to see if they have Ziti, the kids asked me yesterday if..." something flashed to Allen's face. He trailed, his cheerful voice faded, "if I could make Ziti pasta this coming Saturday..."

And Tyki knew why.

"Hey..." He nudged the albino and he ruffled that silky white hair.

Allen smiled but it didn't quite reach his inert eyes, "I'm okay, don't worry. It's just that... It feels so weird." He reached for Tyki's arms and he held on to it like he was looking for support. "It's weird not seeing this place, when I was always here before," he squeezed him a little, "It feels so weird... and I feel kind of... sad, you know... of not being able to see the world I'm used seeing before..."

After that, Tyki didn't really know what happened, he was about to give Allen a reply, comfort him even if it was only by words, and make sure he wouldn't feel alone because he was there for him, no matter what happened. But before he could utter the first word out of the hundreds words he could have been said that day, a tall shadow, almost as tall as him, crept past at Tyki and hovered in front of Allen.

There were only snippets of the voices ebbing and ringing on his ears:

"Allen! It's y-you..."

It seemed like time was suddenly frozen on his world.

"I've been looking for y-you, Allen... God... T-thank God..."

The numbing sensation crept on him like the agonizing sobs on the background.

It was painful to hear, and yet he couldn't help but feel like it was his heart that was sobbing at that moment.

"It's me, Allen... A-Allen?"

After that, all that Tyki knew was that he was surrounded by a darkness that couldn't be washed away.

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TBC