After an awkward walk with Soren, Elias chose to stay behind for a while, letting the distance grow between them as Soren walked home ahead to the villa.
Even though they had spoken a lot during the past few days, those conversations never felt as easy or natural as Elias had imagined they would be.
In fact, ever since that disturbing thought crossed his mind, the thought of wanting to do something so shameful and disgusting with Soren, everything had changed for him.
From that moment on, nothing about being around Soren felt the same.
The days that followed were strangely suffocating.
Sometimes Soren would approach him out of nowhere while casually starting a conversation the way he always did, completely unaware of the storm brewing inside Elias. And every single time it happened, Elias felt the same reaction he couldn't control.
