"It was my selfish wish to not give you the answers that you deserved to know and keep you by my side."
Ian smiled as he spoke those words, traces of sadness that no one knew the source of visible in his smile. Ash wondered what made Ian look at him with such expression but couldn't figure out.
"Anyways! You're not mad at me for hiding your identity, right?"
Ian snapped out of the gloomy atmosphere that he had surrounding him for a second and asked back, cheerful once again.
Ash looked shocked by the speed of his transformation and shook his head impulsively.
"So you're not mad? You sure?"
Ian asked once again, this time, giving Ash the chance to answer properly. Even Ian found it funny how Ash was panicking and answering on whims.
"I'm not mad. I also hid it from you so I don't even have the right to be mad."
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