45 SPECIAL CHAPTER 4: KILL LIKE A GENTLEMAN

CYRUS WAS HOLDING HIS lover's hand tightly, almost as if he's afraid that he'll disappear if he lets go of him. Elliot knew that the man sitting beside him was anxious, so he lifts their hands up and kisses the back of Cyrus's hand to ease him.

"You nervous?" Elliot asks.

Cyrus's parks the car on the side of the road, and then he looks back at Elliot and says, "You said your mother's here."

Elliot stares at Cyrus for a second before laughing, "Of course she's here. Didn't I already tell you before? I grew up here."

"When you said you'll take me away, I thought you just said it at the spur of the moment. I didn't know you'd take it seriously." Cyrus says, and Elliot heads out of the car and opens the door for Cyrus before asking back, "When did I ever lie?"

Cyrus smirks from the question and steps out of the car before flicking Elliot's nose, "Let's not go there, honey."

Elliot sticks out his tongue and starts walking away from Cyrus who immediately followed beside him.

Rockhill Valley. This was the place that Elliot promised he'd take Cyrus. And after everything that they went through in the mansion, that day has finally come. Of course, the two aren't staying for long. Elliot just plans to take Cyrus to every place that he could take him.

"Sorry, it took so long to get here. I was planning to bring you here sooner but you were all too busy with the adjustments." Elliot tells him.

"Don't worry about it." Cyrus simply answers before looking around the valley. They were surrounded by mountains, and there were only a few houses that were meters away from each other. It was peaceful just like what Elliot said.

"It's beautiful," Cyrus says under his breath before looking back at another beautiful view that's right beside him.

"You know we should get to know each other better." Elliot suddenly blurts out, surprising Cyrus.

Cyrus stares at Elliot for a few seconds before scratching the back of his head in confusion, "But we've been together for 2 months now. I think we know each other enough compared to the time we were back at the mansion."

"But I feel like I still don't know much about you." Elliot answers truthfully, and Cyrus smiles and drapes his arm around his lover's shoulders, "Alright, then ask away."

Elliot thought about it seriously before asking, "If you were to be stranded on an island, who would you bring among your siblings?"

Cyrus chuckles upon hearing the ridiculous question, but he answers it anyway, "Let's see, Tobias would only order me around so I don't think he's the perfect person to bring. Chance would probably help me for a few days, but after that, he'd do the same thing as Tobias, so the obvious answer would be Catalina."

"Alright, next question. Sky diving or rock climbing?" Elliot asks.

"Sky diving."

"Have a million dollars for only 30 seconds, or have a million dollars that you can only spend after thirty years?" Elliot asks right after, and Cyrus couldn't help but laugh at how the questions were escalating.

"What are these questions even for?" Cyrus asks, and Elliot just smiles and shrugs his shoulder. It was obvious he was only messing with Cyrus.

"Okay, on a serious note, after we meet my mom let's go back as soon as possible. You still have a meeting to attend to right?" Elliot reminds him.

Cyrus and Catalina planned to join a company right after their trial since they know how to work in the corporate world, and they believed that that's the environment that best suits them. Of course, Chance didn't agree with them and chose a different job, but the two did just that.

Like Chance, Elliot wanted to disagree on their decision, but he knew that this was what they wanted. That was also the first time that they could make a proper decision on their own so who was Elliot to stop them? And besides, Cyrus assured him that they wouldn't be applying to a company that was connected to them in the past, which is why they're currently working on a small company that he and Catalina both adore.

"I can reschedule if you want," Cyrus tells him.

"Don't worry, I also have patrol work with Russ tonight too so it's okay." Elliot answers and the two of them make a turn and start walking towards a small house that was beside a river.

"Oh yeah, I have an idea. When we get back we should cook dinner for the family. Let's give Catalina a little break. She's been working at that company as a head manager while managing around your house at the same time." Elliot suggests, and Cyrus thought about it first before agreeing to it.

"I guess we could do that. But should I also invite Chance's friend too?" Cyrus asks.

"You mean Nathan? I guess you should ask Chance about that first."

"And Tobias's girlfriend?" Cyrus asks next, and Elliot immediately shakes his hand to disagree with it, "You definitely have to ask Tobias about that first. Remember when we invited her last week? Chance kept on teasing Tobias until he lost his cool. It was seriously a disaster. Heard she and Tobias fought after the dinner was over."

Cyrus chuckles after remembering the exact scene, "Young love. It's always so exciting."

"Are you saying ours isn't?" Elliot suddenly asks, and Cyrus smirks and leans his face close to him, "Should I do something to change that then?"

Elliot was about to move closer to give Cyrus a kiss when someone suddenly clears their throat to stop them.

Cyrus pulls away and immediately pulls his arm off of Elliot's shoulder when they saw a woman who just came out of the house that they were approaching.

"Mother!" Elliot shouts, surprising Cyrus even more.

"I haven't seen you in forever and you decide to barge in here without any warning?" Elliot's mother asks, and Cyrus got even more nervous than he initially was.

Elliot rolls his eyes and approaches his mother, "I called you the other day. Stop acting like that." He tells her.

Cyrus was confused for a moment as Elliot's mother starts laughing.

"Why ruin the fun? I was trying to seem like an intimidating mother." She says before looking back at Cyrus who was stiff in his place. At least now he knows where Elliot got his personality.

"So aren't you going to introduce me to that fine gentleman behind you?" She asks, startling Cyrus.

Elliot smiles and gestures at his lover, "Well mom, this is Cyrus Delton, my boyfriend. Boyfriend, this is Anastasia Huxley, my mom."

Cyrus composes himself and immediately takes Anastasia's hand, kissing the back of it before saying, "I apologize for only introducing myself just now, but it is a pleasure to meet you."

Elliot chuckles at Cyrus's action. He knew about Cyrus's past role as a gentleman, but he also knew that this was already what Cyrus is. Regardless of his role, he was a true gentleman, and he enjoyed being depicted as one.

"The pleasure is mine," Anastasia answers as Cyrus lets go of his hand.

"It seems like your mother taught you well." She suddenly adds, and Elliot immediately looks at her and shushes her, but Cyrus didn't mind. He smiles from what she said and answers, "She did...both of my mothers actually."

Anastasia was confused about what Cyrus said, but before she could ask any further, Elliot links his arm around hers and says, "Mom, did you make breakfast? We're seriously starving since we left really early."

Cyrus watches Elliot and his mother from behind, but then the two turns around to face him with a warm smile.

Anastasia shows her hand to him and says, "Well what are you waiting for son? Come join us."

Cyrus was surprised by the sweet gesture that he almost felt teary. But he kept them in and grabbed Anastasia's hand as they entered the house.

"I apologize if the house is small, but please, make yourselves at home while I reheat the soup," Anastasia tells him before letting go of Cyrus's hand so she could head to the kitchen.

Cyrus looks around the house. It was a simple house that was filled with pictures of Elliot's family. Elliot once shared that his father died when he was twelve, and he didn't have any siblings. But he still has dozen of pictures with his family when he was younger. He also has a picture during the time he first joined the police academy, his first day as a soldier, and a picture of him with Kris.

Cyrus stares at the pictures in silence. Elliot approaches Cyrus and intertwines his fingers with his before leaning his head on Cyrus's shoulder. As Cyrus continues to stare at the pictures in front of them, a tear finally fell from his eyes when he saw a picture of him with Catalina, Chance Tobias, and Elliot. It was a picture that they took during Tobias's birthday.

"You sent this picture here?" Cyrus asks, squeezing on Elliot's hand even tighter.

"Why wouldn't I? Memories of me with my family are all placed here." He tells him, and Cyrus finally lets his emotions out. He kisses Elliot's head before draping his arm around his shoulder. The two were crying, their past experiences flashing before their eyes like a bullet train. But the train stops, and both of them stared at their family picture together.

Family...

Cyrus did everything he could for his family.

And now, after trying to escape a mansion that caused him nothing but pain...

He finally found his home.