(Short one, sorry)
Elentir sighed; the dreaded moment had finally come. Legolas dropped the few bags he had brought at his feet and looked over his belongings. Neither could believe that the visit was already over; it seemed as if it had just begun. The two friends were silent until finally Legolas cleared his slender throat. Elentir gulped softly and glanced to the window. "Your bow," he choked, "You've forgotten it."
"I want you to keep it," Legolas replied. Elentir began to smile as tears slid down the prince's fair cheek. The two embraced heartily, a quiet sob escaping one as the other tried to contain his own aching heart.
"My soul weeps at the thought of you taking the joy you have brought me," Elentir whispered as Legolas collected himself. "You are my greatest treasure."
"I cannot stay here," he replied, sweet voice cracking. "I…I will think of you always…" Gavin slowly entered from the kitchen, overwhelmed at the emotions present.
"Legolas," he called, "I've brought you some coffee." He tried to smile as the prince nodded and took the cup through his own tears. "It was an honor to meet you, and I know Anne would say the same."
"Please give her my regards," Legolas muttered between sips. "She is most pleasant for her race." Gavin half-smiled, now understanding the superior's strange compliments.
"We have to go," Elentir interrupted. Legolas turned, setting the cup on a table by the couch. "Your ship leaves soon." Gavin stepped forward, reaching up to pat the Elf's broad shoulder.
"Travel well, Prince Legolas."
"Thank you, Gavin." There was no further delay possible. The two Elves reached the door with the prince's things, he pausing to look about the room one last time. "I don't understand, Aier," Legolas confessed with a narrowed eye in the purest of Elven. "You choose this over the beauty of our home." Elentir glanced to the ground, Legolas's fine Elven boots next to his oversized Birkenstocks. Had he changed so far? He found his prince's pale eyes again. "Has the wonder of our forest disappointed you so?"
"Never!" Elentir cried, reaching for his companion's arm. Gavin blinked, unsure of the reason for the outburst. "I love my home, my family, my friends…" He slowly looked back to Gavin and his new home. "But I have found another place here." Gavin smiled as Elentir's eyes settled on him. "I cannot leave now." Legolas gently took the youth's soft cheek to his own, closing his eyes in a silent smile of blessing for his closest friend.
"My heart is with thee, ten'oio." Elentir blinked away another few tears. "Whatever you wish, may you have."