Kiro sat there, with both his hands on his face. He couldn't believe the fear this incident instilled in him. He was shaking, but only slightly. Relief flooded his entire body.
"Thanks for coming, both of you." He told his friends.
"Of course."
"Not a problem."
Both of them decided to stay, he may have received good news but they could tell that he was still not okay.
"I'll get us something to eat." Philip said walking out, Hiro went with him.
"You know, it's okay to show that you're hurt or sad, when you are?" Isla could tell that he was ashamed to have showed them a vulnerable side of him.
"Of course I know that." He said annoyed with himself, "I just, don't like showing it. I'll work on that."
"Saanvi couldn't come, she sends her concerns though. You two are always at odds but I think that's just weird, friendly banter."
"Yeah." He smiled for the first time.
He didn't like her at first, but she grew on him. They occasionally took jabs at each other but he'd be lying if he said he didn't care for her one bit.
"Hate to bring this up now, but the thing of meeting my father, you don't have to, really." She'd calm down since then and realised she was putting too much pressure on Kiro.
"No, I want to. You can't back out now Bel. Invite me for dinner some time. Though I have to say, I'm a bit scared of your sister."
"T? She's harmless." She gigged, remembering the time at his birthday party when she messed with him.
"I'm okay baby, come here." She gave him the biggest kiss.
Kiro wanted her to stop calling him baby, but he didn't think this was the right time to bring it up. He wondered if there will ever be a right time to bring that up.
"What's their names anyway?" Kiro asked, looking at his siblings. They all seemed to be resembling their father and him.
But he didn't think that would last long, kids tended to change appearances as they got older. Their tiny hairs seemed to be curly though.
"The girls are Liyana and Gaia, the boys are Caspien and Rian." Freya answered lovingly.
"What, no second names?" Kiro enquired.
"We ran out."
They all bursted out laughing. It was a good moment, it made them all feel light considering Freya almost died a couple of hours ago.
Kiro realised just how easy it was to lose someone he loved. He didn't know if it were possible, but he wanted to remain as anonymous as possible when it came to uncovering the secrets that lay hidden in their society.
He didn't know how he'd do it yet, but his first priority was to protect those close to him. Cleaning up their society was second, if he could do that anonymously, that would ensure their safety.
He held one from those his mother held, Philip held another. They were so small, he'd never held a child as small before, they even had their eyes shut. He wanted to see whether they shared his eye colour or not. He was overwhelmed with a sense to protect them, with every fibre in his body.
He never had them in his past life, they weren't supposed to be alive as per how things went in his previous life, he didn't know how they'd turn out to be. He wanted to protect them nonetheless.
Seeing them so tiny and fragile only served to strengthen his resolve. He wanted them to know a world where the Sanctum existed no longer.
"Hello there Rian, I'm your big brother Ki, say hi to your big brother."
Of course the kid didn't say anything back but he cooed and Kiro took that as him greeting his older brother. A broad smile could be seen on his face.