Distance (Pursued Hot Duda)
102 Monk Witnesses
This is where they are now, on Arby's private jet.
They're going to Japan first, according to Arby's plan, then to Greece. Arby does not release Freya in his arms, upsetting Chiro.
Not long after they arrive in Japan, and Arby goes straight to the apartment he used to live in with Chiro and the others.
Not without reason Arby invited Freya to Japan. And not because he did not have money, then he could not sleep in a luxurious hotel room with complete facilities.
He just wanted to, fill the void that he used to be, for so many years, he felt alone with Chiro.
Arby asked them to sleep in one room. Not without reason either. In the past, he only slept with Chiro, his little baby, until Chiro got bigger. Leave one side that should be filled by Freya.
Arby never let any woman, other than their family, into the apartment, let alone into his room.
Whether it was the woman who approached Ikmal, Marcell, or Vian, as well as herself.
Never, never, and never will.
Arby, never allowed the slightest gap, for another woman to be present in his life. He has learned quite a lot from his past, his closeness to Nuna, which has actually been established since childhood, because of Freya herself. She had already learned from it, there would be no more female companions, other than Nuna and Freya.
Not that Arby hates Nuna. Arby knew Freya loved Nuna very much, like her own brother. If the fateful accident when Freya SD used to not happen, maybe the story will be different? Arby doesn't know, and doesn't want to.
Arby hugged her loved one. This was what, back in this apartment, Arby wanted. Back in Japan, this was what he dreamed of. Hugging Freya and Chiro.
She wants Freya to know, where she and Chiro used to spend the days together. Sleeping in the same bed. Arby wiped her tears out, and held back her sobs, so as not to wake Freya and Chiro.
He was not ashamed to cry. Men do not mean they cannot cry. Even leaders in every country must have cried, religious leaders must have cried, whatever the work of a man, whoever he is, must have cried.
During this time in Japan, he will invite Freya to do things that he used to do alone with Chiro, going to places that he used to go with Chiro.
He wanted to replace those lonely and languishing moments first, with Freya now. Showing the monk's witnesses that he can go there again with his loved ones. Showing those places that he is no longer a lonely man to be pitied.
Arby's already listed all the places he's gotta go. He'll also cook here, for Freya. Cooking the food she used to make for her children.
Just imagining that alone makes Arby very happy. This was his dream long ago, in a room filled with memories of a father alone with a baby boy who was getting bigger.
Now the room has become warm, with Freya's presence by her and Chiro's side.