[TAMIKO]
A year had passed since that day.
A year since the day Kosta left.
And Tamiko had watched in silence as his Erasthai disappeared.
He hadn't judged him then.
He hadn't judged him over that year.
And he definitely wasn't judging him today.
Granted, the hallways were a lot quieter than when they had been once upon a time, when Tamiko had his Erasthai to look at when it all was crazy, but Tamiko still hoped that Kosta would come back.
He still hoped that there would come a day when his Erasthai walked through the gates on his own and didn't have any regrets about it. He would wait.
Gods, he would hold on for as long as Kosta needed him to.
"You're still here," Danny said when he caught up to Tamiko, who was seated at his usual spot in the crown prince's office.
