Chapter 90: A bad boy’s past
Casper left the two Field Guides at the elevators when he was called away by a young Guide who seemed to be panicking. Brent and Kellen didn’t take it personally, and Kellen was happy to see that Casper was trusted by the Guides.
The two, who had forgotten some things at the conference room, headed back up to grab their things. When they arrived, they found that most of the important players that they had expected to see, were either busy (Hill), or weren’t there. Traces remained of them, like Kellen’s parent’s laptop, or the Captain’s jacket, but they were gone.
Thinking nothing of it, Kellen made sure they had all of their things, before heading back to their office. Confusingly, Kellen noticed that Brent was quite quiet as they moved around the tower. For a man who usually, like Hill, kept a constant, semi-nonsense filled stream of words, it was a little alarming. Kellen found out as soon as they were behind closed doors, without prying eyes or ears.
Kellen was resetting up the laptop on his desk, just settling in while Brent made his home on the couch again. He was in his own head, thinking about how much time he had before he needed to head down to the medical bay when Brent spoke up.
"Why the hell do you never ask me questions, Kellen?" Brent’s voice was angry, but quiet and Kellen for the life of him couldn’t figure out why he was angry. Kellen met his gaze, which was peeking out over the edge of the papers he held on the couch. Kellen scanned the other man, taking in his tied up sleeve, his Guide uniform, his mused hair and slightly tired green eyes, and sighed.
"It doesn’t matter to me where you come from or what you are running from, Brent. I know your true nature, so-" Brent cut him off.
"There is no way that’s true." He protested, and Kellen frowned. He pushed the laptop aside so he could lean on the desk, staring at the other Guide.
"Brent, how many times have we gone into gates together?" He asked, and Brent shrugged. For some reason, Brent broke eye contact with Kellen, but Kellen kept his gaze on him.
"...A few." Kellen smirked.