Chapter 423: You better fix this, now
Kellen found himself benched. Not just by Rhys, or his parents (who didn’t have a say in the Guild, but whatever), but also by Casper and Taylor. Whatever he was going through was strange enough that Kellen was forced to stay in the Medical Bay even when he felt fine.
Rhys started crying when Kellen pushed the issue, and not used to Rhys crying, especially over him, Kellen folded quickly.
Casper told him not to worry about his classes when he’d woken up for the day and learned of what had happened. He knew that Kellen had relatively relaxed lessons on the days that his team came back, and if that was the case, an Esper could step in to monitor the class as they practiced their shooting.
A few Espers were already volunteering. Esper Blake was at the top of the list, eager to help Kellen out.
Kellen had conflicted feelings about the whole thing.
He had managed to convince his parents in the early morning that he was okay and they had decided that they were going to ask around to some of their contacts abroad to see if they had any information about Esper and Guide pairings like his and Rhys’. Rhys was grateful for this, and they also made sure to let Rhys know that they didn’t blame him for this. How the hell was he to know that something like this could happen?
Well, they had joked about the fact that he was a Time Esper and yet he hadn’t seen this. Rhys had then confided in them that Kellen had always been a blind spot to him. Pretty hard to see what his future would be because when Rhys cared about people he had a hard time ’seeing’ them. Rhys could barely see anything that pertained to himself.
His parents, who had been surprised to hear that at first, had slowly melted. His Mom pulled Rhys in for a hug and while it had surprised Rhys, it was something that he had needed. Kellen’s Mom said nothing as the hug had dragged on, and Kellen’s Dad had moved to take her place after Rhys had let her go.
Kellen wouldn’t lie and say that it didn’t feel good to see his parents accept Rhys with open arms after they had been so hesitant about him. He wasn’t sure what changed their opinions of him, but he was glad that they were so willing to accept him. Rhys needed it, and today made it clear.