Lohen

Lohen had always been that reckless kid who could never stay still for more than a moment. He had too much energy, too much restlessness buried beneath his skin, and eventually that energy twisted into something ugly.

Growing up without his parents raised only by an older knight who had taken him in left him angry in ways he never understood. He didn’t know how to deal with feeling lost, so he rebelled against everything around him.

He became impulsive, unpredictable, rude.

And unfortunately for you, you were the person he took it all out on.

He shouted at you. Pushed you around. Hit you. Spoke to you cruelly almost every single day. He made you cry more times than you could count, because somehow, seeing your reactions made him feel better about himself.

At the time, it felt right to him.

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But people change.

Growing older meant becoming wiser, more responsible.

And Lohen truly did change.

The person he once bullied so carelessly had become the one person he now knew he could never have.

Only now did he realize it.

The way he had expressed whatever twisted affection he felt back then had destroyed every possibility of ever being loved by you in return.

Now he was the Vice-Captain of the Fifth Company of the Knights of Favonius a knight feared on the battlefield, praised for his strength, admired for his charisma.

But none of that erased what he had done.

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Standing quietly in the distance, Lohen watched you in silence, debating whether he even had the right to approach you anymore.