-Faire stands outside and looks at the moonlit and star filled sky... then hurrries back in a house, in heavy tiredness-
The next day, he started what he did daily: go on patrol and helped people randomly..though this wasn't what he wanted...at least not right then, he had his own dreams he wanted to fulfill.And it seemed he couldn't do it as he felt like he was selfish for wanting this. Yet helping others felt empty as simple 'thank yous' or nothing at all gave him a sense of emptiness and coldness that couldn't be filled or fixed with hollow smiles and conversations. Faire hated himself in some way, but also couldn't believe that he was completely wrong for feeling bad...did this make him worse? Or was he right in feeling this way? Faire had no one to tell him: his parents did not care about his personal feelings, he knew no one older than him that went through this, and he couldn't ask his friends as it would be awkward....
Faire walks to a lit alley: the sun shined down into it and made it very simple to see inside the dark. The man stops for a moment and looks at one of his tablets; he didn't have time to learn a programming language and it felt insanely difficult to do it as he excelled in game art and direction instead of actual code.....but he didn't have a team to help with that: everybody wanted to be a indie.... Faire started to design here until he heard a call from his suit, then saw the text message in his visor; so he continued on his patrol... he couldn't relax too long...if specific people noticed he'd be in trouble and he wanted to at very least keep his job... even though he wanted to fully pursue his passion projects...
He continued his patrol up the street, passing by random people: they seemed very upset and sad. A few are happy but they ooze lies, he spoke to these people before, and what they say is completely different from the warm smile and sparkling eyes they have. The city...felt like a giant sepulchre, and Faire knew that the rest of the world probably was too... but a 'ray of light' shown through upon him passing another alley, Faire notices her immediately "Eliza!?" he asks...he thought he wouldn't see her ever again "Hey!" she giggles "I was gonna surprise you at your parents' house, but I didn't know you were already here!". "I had to patrol today, mostly I do just to keep up with appearances...but they ...'hinted' that I NEED to today!" Faire replies with a smile, "What's wrong?" Eliza asks "You're face looks so sad... your eyes aren't happy too....", Faire gives a sad smile as he replies "My mother says that alot too...it's just that... after you left, I realized there's nothing else ...that..." he kinda drifts off "...I really did or do that I can or should be proud of....". "What... what do you mean? " Eliza asks as she came closer..
"You're a hero, how aren't you proud of yourself?" she then smiles smugly as she adds "Heheheh, I must be pretty damn hot if you're only really happy when I'm with you!". "Hahahaha, well..." Faire agrees, but his lover then asks again seriously "My being awesome aside; you SHOULD feel better about yourself! Why aren't you proud of being a hero?". "I.......I.... can tell you, I was uncomfortable to say anything, but....you're the most open person I know..." Faire says with assurance ..."I..before I became a hero, had helped family with different things and it felt OK... but that feeling stopped coming up a couple of months after granddad left... and no matter who I helped, family, stranger, anybody.... I feel empty.. and I found out it was because I never truthfully went into game design like I wanted... it feels wrong because I heard I SHOULD feel good serving others, but..." . "That's why.... It's not just your granddaddy, but you never fulfilled your dreams? You shouldn't feel bad that you don't feel good helping those people, people forget you quickly unless they feel you owe them something." Eliza explains "And look at WHY you want to make games? I know you were before, but it wasn't enough, right?". "No...I couldn't sell them, nor make everything I wanted to make... I really wanted to entertain people with what I made, I want to make them happy, like I am when I play..." Faire explains, "Then you didn't fulfill your dreams... you've sacrificed your time for them, but it's divided into doing a buncha other junk too. People work on those for MONTHS! And you do one every month, but never anything big like you'd want.... You're not selfish, you just want to do what comes naturally to you..." Eliza tells her lover. Faire looks deep into her eyes and replies "Yeah... I.. was abnegating myself....". "Yeah, you're not supposed to CONSTANTLY do something for someone else, neither are you supposed to ignore your own wants..unless you're a killer or something .." Eliza explains while joking.. they both laugh until she kneels to his eye level "You're still entertaining people ......or helping them alot, so you're fulfilling it in some way... Now you just need to have time to do it full-time!". "Yeah....I, I could use all my FreeTime at working on one, I usually don't to stay alert for hero missions.. " Faire revealed, "Then spend all your time when you can, hey, I could get you time off if you need it!" Eliza suggests. "I..I can't!" Faire replies in surprise "I SHOULD stay available for w...". " No my beloved: You WILL stay within m.. WITH me until you at least get a chance to do what you want and see if this IS what you want!" Eliza replies and snicker, "Something tells me I HAVE to stay?" Faire laughs. "Yeah❤" Eliza replies and kisses him, then stands erect...
-the couple walks away together as she helps Faire pursue his dreams, and he inspires Eliza to start her dream job!-
