[Warpatober Day 13] Forest

The forests before him looked daunting, but Mizuiro refused to let himself be intimidated by it. After all, why should he be afraid when his beloved, someone who is familiar with the inner forest's in-and-out, is right next to him?

Mizuiro turned to his right, as he allowed himself to stare at his beautiful partner Hyacinthe, who currently held his slowpo, Zuzu, close to his chest while Hyacinthe's own anchor-tail, Azrea, floated around them, ready to protect.

Upon noticing his stare, Hyacinthe met his eyes, concern still laced within his expression.

"Are you truly sure about this?" he asked him for the umpteenth time. "Your dad…"

"Like I said, Hyacinthe," Mizuiro interrupted him, also for the umpteenth time. "Aozora will be fine. He'll figure things out, he always will…"

He let out a small smile before continuing, "It's prime time for me to leave the nest anyway… and when you told me that you wish to return back to where you were born, well, I can't help but take the chance and follow you."

His beloved could only counter back with a frown. He understood why. Something like this…well, it does feel like elopement. Although Mizuiro is a hundred percent sure that Aozora would wholly accept whoever whom he wishes to be with, there was something else that he wishes to avoid.

It is the weight of the many eyes staring right at you due to your connection to fame.

Mizuiro had grown up with all those eyes being laid upon him, and while he'd already become used to such things, he refused to have it inflicted upon his beloved. Seeing a frown on Hyacinthe's face was heart-breaking enough for him, and if he were to see him unhappy no thanks to his relationship with the son of THE Aozora Lune, well…

Mizuiro thinks he won't ever be able to forgive himself.

"Let's just go, alright?" he soon pleaded, as he lovingly held Hyacinthe by the small of his back, tracing gentle circles across it, a trait which he unknowingly inherited from his father.

"Alright," his beloved finally relented with a melancholic yet lovestruck smile. 

The two then shifted to their nightmare forms, with Zuzu sitting on Hyacinthe's back due to him having a larger figure. They casted a look at one another one last time before they finally sped off into the dense forests, heading towards their target destination.