Agaphe Philia

By his lover, he was betrayed. By the world he saved, he was forsaken. A new life has been placed in his hands. This time, he swears to forsake the mantle of the hero and turn a blind eye to the coming apocalypse. However, that cold resolve begins to melt upon meeting a girl who harbors a pain identical to his own. Is it not said that only a human heart can mend the wounds left by another? *** Gazing upon Rohen, now a ruin of his former self, Ashilipe cries out, asking why he wouldn’t flee, why he would remain in such a place. At her words, a smile touches Rohen’s lips for the very first time. “I stand here now,” he tells her, “only because you were there.”