You came back to me

He still felt weak and drowsy, and unsettled from the sickness that was leaving him, but as he looked up to Mortis he swept it all away. It was still hard to accept that Mort would give up the rank he had been born int. Hika knew him well enough to know about his own doubts about becoming a leader, the leader. The koi would have followed him to the ends of the earth, alpha or not. Mortis was his best friend, the one who was always there for him, the only one that truly and deeply cared about him. His soul mate. "I love you Mortis,” he finished softly with a blush as the winged man looked down on him shyly and started a question.

Hikaru tilted his head slightly as Mort paused and finally followed up with a question about that bath that he had offered. "I do!” He spoke confidently, but didn’t move as confidently. He was weak on his paws though and as he was trying to stand he was pitched forward into Mort’s chest. The dark and blue man held him and helped Hika to his paws. Kohl tipped ears lowered to his head and he smiled shyly back up at Mort. "Let’s get out of here.” For the first time in weeks, Hika would finally leave the den. He was free of the illness, now he just had to recover his strength.

"Speech"