"Miss I'm actually on a tight schedule I can't help-"
"Please! If you don't our home will be gone!" She cried out as her closed her eyes looked at him, tears could clearly be seen as Rhoa sighed.
He set a hand on her shoulder and held the flier in his hand. "Alright, I will help. Just tell me what you need." He smiled as the angelic woman smiled back before she grabbed Rhoa's arm and began dragging him away from the movie theatre and near to what seems to be largely run down apartment. A man with long silvery hair and golden eyes was looking around a bit worry until his eyes settled on the pair where his eyes soften.
"Aurelia, you suddenly ran out and nearly scared Andaria when you left suddenly." The man spoke worryingly as the female smiled at him before she walked over to hold his hand. "You had me worried when she came over to tell me that you disappeared. Don't run off like that again, okay? Just tell me or anyone that you're going to leave understand?"
"Zedus, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine, I… Well I felt that I had to run towards the movie theatre and my intuition wasn't wrong. This man here is willing to help and listen to us!"
The man known as Zedus gently held Aurelia's hand as his thumb rub on the top of her hand as he stared at Rhoa, his golden eyes searching for any bad intentions in the red head's face.
Zedus looks down at Aurelia before he speaks softly towards her. "Aurelia, head back inside and finish your chat with Andaria. I'll explain and guide our guest." The woman smiles as she leans up to kiss his cheek as she waved farewell towards Rhoa before heading inside the apartment complex. "I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Zedus. That woman you met is my fiancee, Aurelia and you are?"
Rhoa blinked as he smiled. "My name is Rhoa and I work for Belfura."
"Well, you must be wondering why Aurelia brought you here right?" Rhoa nodded his head as he took out a notepad while Zedus smiled a bit before frowning. "That's because our home is going to be torn down by Gaiza who's been bribing people and hiding the truth that the new movie theatre they're gonna make will destroy our home place."
Gold eyes stared intently at the long white hair man who glared at the movie theatre. "The few of us here has been struggling as the owner of the building raised the bill, hoping to kick us out. We have been scraping by with fundraising and working hard but if this continues on. We're done for." Rhoa's eyes narrowed as the grip on his pen tighten as he remembers an asshole landlord he had but he closed his eyes as he calmed himself.
"Then I will help you!" The determination swirled in his eyes as Zedus blinks for a moment before he smiled as he gestured to the door.
"Come inside if you please, there are other people who are willing to give their word about this situation. I will lead you to the one that would matter the most if you kindly follow me."
The two gold eyes males enter the apartment complex as Zedus led him inside before leading him to the door that was far off from the middle door, Rhoa stared at Zedus in questioned as he gestured for the redhead to follow which he complied.
"Sorry, the middle door is where Aurelia and my complex is but at the current moment, she and her friend Andaria are having tea or girl time whichever you think. At the moment I'm taking you to my friend Ultor, do mind his… Brash behavior."
Rhoa didn't realize it and wasn't fully prepared as Zedus knocked on the door before it was open to reveal a very muscular man came into the view, he wore a gray tank top that had orange giant cyclops in the middle of his top. He wore a red cap that hid his hair and dark aviator shades that hide his eyes and if Rhoa knew any better, he could've sworn that this guy known as Ultor was glaring down at him which sent a shiver down his spine.
"Who's this Zedus, where's Andaria?"
Zedus looked over to Rhoa who was sweating bullets at the huge man that was glaring down at him but he steered his nerves and stared up into the dark shades of this frightening man. His fist clenching the pen in his hand tightly waiting for this guy to sucker punch him into a coma but to his happiness, the fist never met his fist as Zedus intervene causing Ultor to look at him.
"Andaria is with Aurelia, this man over here is Rhoa who's working with a newspaper company under Beflura and he is here to gain information to stop Gai-"
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Zedus and Rhoa's eyes widen as their hands flew up to cover their ears as Ultor yelled from the top of his lungs as what seem to be fire bursting behind him and if Rhoa didn't know any better he thought that flames emitting from this buff man could burn his clothes right then and there.
"Ultor! Be quiet!" A feminine voice snapped as Rhoa turned to see a woman with long brown hair that was tied and held up by a white flower and bright green tank top paired with blue jeans, her pink eyes glaring at Ultor as while the buff man looked back at her angrily. Rhoa wasn't paying attention to the pair arguing or Zedus trying to stop the two as his attention was focused on the white flower that rested in the woman's hair.
Gold eyes blinked rapidly, Rhoa trying to bring himself back to reality but as he rubbed his eyes. He saw nothing but his apartment but it was well cared and the smell of cherry blossom entered through his nose. He looked around confused until his head stopped towards an end table that held a familiar vase with flowers that he once adored, "Rhoa!" He turns his head and he saw Angel standing there in front of him with a small watering can in her hand.
"Hey Angel, how's your day." His hand reached out to caress Angel's cheek who let out a giggle as she leaned up to kiss his nose and he couldn't help but smile by the affection that Angel was displaying to him until she grabbed him by the hand and took him closer to the vase filled with white flowers that seemed to glow beautifully. Angel looked at Rhoa before she held his tight hand before speaking quietly to him, "Rhoa look at the white lilies I'm growing. Aren't they beautiful?"
Rhoa looks back at the white lilies that Angel started growing before he tilted Angel's head up and placed a kiss on her head. "The lilies reminds me of the purity and innocence you have." He smiled at the blush that graced his girlfriend's face as she shakes her head.
"Rhoa, I'm not innocence or pure."
"Why not?"
"We are humans clearly… Humans no matter how much good we try to be… We will always be filled with sin and evil. We are monsters the moment we were created and so purity and innocence for us are hard to achieve." Angel smiles as she placed a hand on Rhoa's cheek. "But it doesn't mean that we can't try to be good and do the right thing."
The redhead looks down before he leaned towards her, his eyes closing slowly. "I don't care if I'm a sinful monster or not, as long I can be with you and have you in my arms is enough for me."
"You're too cheesy."
Reality struck back quicker as his memory took over, he stares at the furious Ultor and Zedus scolding the bigger man before he jumped in fright by an angry door being slammed shut not too far off. His gold eyes searched the area before landing back to Ultor who kept his gaze low as Zedus turned his attention to Rhoa. "I'm sorry about that, Andaria and him fight a lot over the smallest things but somehow seem to still have the ability to love each other." Zedus glance up to the man who refuses to meet anyone's gaze.
"That's the power of love, loving each other perfection and faults. Even if you both argue to the point where you spoke of hatred, as long you two are willing to work it out together. As long you are willing a and forgive each other than no matter how angry you get at each other." Rhoa's eyes were glazed as his memories of Angel surfaced, his hand clenching tightly to the pen. "No matter how many tears or pains are shed, your love for each other will conquer everything that tries to get in your path. That is love… Love will be the very thing that keeps you from sinking."
He stared at the ground, feeling the intense gaze from Ultor and Zedus. He felt embarrassed by his speech but yet it felt like some of the burden he been carrying in his heart had been lifted only for a short while before his eyes moved up to meet stunning bright blue eyes that gaze down at him. The eyes filled with respect and kindness made him flinch when Ultor had pocketed his glasses away and glance over at Zedus who continue to stare at Rhoa in thought.
"Gaiza was once a good friend of ours that lived in this apartment building with us, he suddenly moved out and began pressuring the landlord to bring our bill up more so he could build that God has forsaken movie theatre without a care or remorse for us for being homeless." Ultor closed his door to his apartment as he stepped out a bit. "His brother lives here as well and that man doesn't care if his own flesh and blood start living on the streets."
The bigger man moved past the two smaller man and began walking towards the door in the middle. "Where are you going?" Rhoa called out confused as he watched the older man stopped and turned, the bright blue eyes staring back at him before looking over to the door as he spoke softly, "To do something that I should've done for every fight I always had with Andaira."
The two watched Ultor open the door to Zedus and Aurelia's complex before disappearing inside as the door shut quietly, the long silvered haired male turned to Rhoa who caught the thoughtful look on the man's face. "Is something wrong Zedus?"
"Why didn't you take your own advice?"
He could only blink for a moment before he looks down to the ground, a pitiful laughed escape him as he forced himself to smile but yet the pain in his golden eyes could clearly be seen as the memories continued to haunt him wherever he goes and Zedus could clearly see the broken heart of a man.
"I wonder that myself as well… Why was I foolish enough to let her go."
"Do you still love her." Rhoa looks down to the ground as his teeth clenched, his fist tightening on the pen once more as if it could break any second. While Zedus continued to stare at him, waiting for the broken man to speak.
The golden eyes clashed as Rhoa finally looked back up at him. "I do, I still love her even after a year has passed. No matter what has happened, my heart belongs to her and I swear that I would do anything, anything to get her back into my arms even if I have to become a monster to get her back."
"Is that why you're working for Belfura in this job? What are you hoping to get from all of this."
"She's getting married, I want to go there to see if somewhere in her heart that she still loves me. If she doesn't… Then… I will be happy for her but for now, I have to see her." Zedus slowly nods his head before with a gesture of his arm, he guided Rhoa to the next apartment door.
"She must be truly special to you."
"She is the reason why I haven't let myself become insane."