(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 352

Chapter 352: You’re going to be late

When they got back to the Guild, Gunther disappeared. He’d been nervous and fidgety the whole time Kellen had been driving back to the Guild, and he could understand why.

Casper was still in the Guild tower, but he hadn’t left the rooms given to him by Rhys and Pamela. He wasn’t even in his normal rooms for...reasons. Gunther, who knew he didn’t have impulse control, had asked Rhys to make sure that Casper was in different rooms, at least until he left for his mission. Gunther had regained some of his senses, and after speaking to Rhys, had decided that was for the best.

Gunther reaffirmed that he didn’t want to hurt Casper, never had, but also realised slowly that his image of a happy relationship for others was different from what he had assumed a happy relationship for himself. He spoke to Hill a lot, as well as Brent and a few of the other A Class Espers. He was allowed visitors, and that seemed to be a smart thing to do as over the few days since his talk with Rhys, he had become more stable.

He wasn’t the same Gunther he had been before all of this, but he was getting back some parts of himself. He realised that Casper should be kept away from him for the time being, until both of them had sorted out their feelings. Gunther said that he didn’t think his would ever change, and that he didn’t want Casper’s to change either, but he understood that it wasn’t his choice.

Due to this, and the fact that Casper wasn’t stable either right now, Casper was being kept in the dark that Gunther was leaving until after he left. He was being told that Gunther and Rhys were going to have a public falling out, but not when it was happening so that he didn’t go searching for Gunther, or vice versa.

Gunther was trying to speed run this, since he knew he was unstable. Kellen felt that since he’d been given something to do, he was now trying to get that done. Maybe Gunther thought that if he got in good with the terrorists as soon as possible, the faster he could prove to himself, and everyone else that he was good.

He wasn’t a monster.

Or maybe he just wanted to prove that to Casper, Kellen didn’t know.

Kellen was just glad that they were able to go speak to Carlos before everything took off. Pamela was working her little heart out trying to get this set up, and Rhys was doing the same.

Rhys had been leaving the Guild, making it look like something was wrong. He made sure he was getting caught by the media muttering and complaining. Not about Kellen of course, but about things going on internally. Pamela had also leaked some footage of when Rhys and Hill chased after Gunther across the city. It was working, and that alone was somehow scary to Kellen. How easy it was to change the public’s perspective with a few well placed words.

Gunther was going to have to do the same thing that Rhys was doing right now, in fact he was scheduled to do it tomorrow. Then, they were going to have a few confrontations in public as well. Kellen didn’t think either of them would be acting. No one was going to admit it, but Rhys and Gunther had to make it look like it was real.

Kellen didn’t think that it was real, but he was sure that there was...something like that between them. Or Rhys was convinced that this was the only way that Gunther could come out of this alive, so he was doing his best to make it feel real. Kellen didn’t think that Gunther was of the same mind, and was sure that some of any of the animosity he had came from this current situation. He just hoped that this didn’t damage their relationship in the long run. Kellen would feel incredibly guilty if that was the case.

Kellen didn’t ask questions. He parked the car and watched as Gunther tore the seatbelt off of him, slammed the door open, and shot off. Gunther practically raced towards the elevators, tearing off the wig as he moved far faster than Kellen could go. He didn’t even glance back, or offer a goodbye.

He let him do it. Now that some of his regular personality had come back, admittedly a little harsher around the edges than normal, Kellen was sure that they had a little less to worry about in regards to his...Gunther wasn’t going to run away.

Kellen locked up the car, a little pleased that he was driving the same one that Rhys had given him, before he headed towards the elevator. He felt someone behind him and spun, hand out, aiming for the throat, and his other hand going to where he normally carried his gun.

Rhys’ chuckle filled his ears, and he relaxed almost immediately.

"Kellen, babe, it’s me." Rhys said, hands up as Kellen’s hand rested against his throat. Rhys’ yellow gaze was narrow, a smile on his lips. Kellen realised that he was wearing his full uniform, hat and all, and Kellen took a moment to examine him. Taking him in like a tall glass of water on a hot day, Kelle scanned him fully and Rhys’ grin widened. "Do you like what you see?" Rhys teased and Kellen swallowed, before he dropped his head.

"You should know better than to sneak up on me." Kellen told him instead of responding to his words. Rhys dropped his hands, taking a step closer.

"Maybe I like it when you threaten me, hmm? I think it’s sexy." Rhys whispered, and Kellen narrowed his gaze.