Chapter 70: He Was Still In Over His Head, Wasn't He?

Harmony continued to gape at Castian for several moments before saying anything. "Why? From the start this was always supposed to end. We both knew that. It's how things always go." 

"I don't care about how things always go," he told her seriously. "I care about what you want. What do you want, Harmony?"

"I…I don't want this to end. But you have no reason to stay so why would you?"

No reason to stay? He had the most compelling reason in the world. He didn't want to lose her. He stupidly wanted to stay with her forever though he knew he had no right to hope for that. Forever wasn't something the fae took lightly. 

Gathering all of his courage, he reached out to caress her face. "Because I love you. I was dreading this too, thinking that you would want to stick to the original plan. Since neither of us want it to end there's no reason for it to. I don't care what anyone else thinks. I just want to be with you."

Harmony blinked at him. "You love me? Really?"

Castian let out a helpless sigh. Was it truly so shocking? He was fairly certain Brennan already had him pegged based on the sympathetic looks he had been getting from the water fairy for quite some time.

"How could I not? You turned my life upside down in the best possible way. You're irresistible."

Harmony let out a disbelieving laugh before grinning dazedly at him. "Is that so?"

"Yes. Everyone thinks I'm crazy but I'll gladly embrace the craziness if it means I get to stay by your side. Can I?" he asked more nervously than he meant to. 

Her smile dropped. "I don't know about this, Castian. I don't think anything like this has ever happened before. What about after the baby comes? Witches always raise their daughters alone."

"I won't interfere with any witch things! I'll do whatever you tell me to in that regard; you can take the lead on that. All I want is to be there. With both of you. I'm sure we can figure it out. Just do what you would have done with me." 

Castian had never once considered having a family before all of this. He hadn't been interested in anyone before Harmony shook things up over a year and a half ago. 

Elf families were different than most fae families. They only lasted as long as the parents' relationship did. He hadn't seen either of his parents in centuries. Most of his kin were the same way. 

It was simply how things were. Families weren't important to elves. Communities were. 

Even now, he had no idea what he would do with a daughter. But he would have to do something since he wanted to be with Harmony and she had to raise her. 

Witches weren't very family-oriented either since they were often restless souls who moved from coven to coven every so often. But they were responsible for raising the next generation before letting them go off to conduct their own research wherever they wanted. 

Castian knew very well that by choosing to stay with her that both of their communities would think they were insane. As far as he was aware, nothing like this had ever happened before. An elf staying with his witch and the child he fathered. 

"We'll be outcasts," Harmony protested, thinking along the same lines as him. 

"No more than we already are for spending more time with each other than expected," he pointed out. "Come on, Harmony! There's no point in both of us being unhappy without each other simply to follow social convention."

She sighed and slumped forward to her head was against the front of his shoulder. "Why do you have to be so persuasive?"

Did that mean she was going to go along with it? Did he truly not have to lose her after all?

"…does that mean yes?" Castian dared to ask. 

"I must be completely out of my mind but yes. We'll just have to take things as they come. Are you okay with that? Because either one of us could come to our senses at any time."

He highly doubted that on his part. He was already in too deep. If he was going to come to his senses, that would have happened quite a while ago. 

Normal fae relationships didn't have set expiration dates and took things as they came. Most didn't last more than a few decades before going stale. Forever was an awfully long time so wanting to commit to it was rare. 

Rare but not unheard of. He had seen the telltale infinity marks of marriage before on werewolves and a handful of fairies over the centuries. It did happen. He had never heard of an interracial marriage happening before though. Or even inter-elemental among fairies. 

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Castian was getting ahead of himself. He wasn't asking her for forever, even if he didn't see his feelings ever ending. He was asking for now and she had said yes. How could he not be okay with that? 

He nodded. "Thank you for giving us a chance." 

Harmony looked up and kissed him. "Guess I can do this whenever I want now, huh? This could be fun. We should really go to bed now though."

"Right."

They laid back down and he gathered her up in his arms. His girlfriend. For real this time.

Castian had never expected this to happen but he was so glad it did. He fervently hoped he wouldn't wake up tomorrow morning and find it had all been a dream. That would be terrible beyond words. 

But it wasn't. When he woke up in the morning Harmony kissed him again and patted his cheek on her way into the kitchen to get breakfast. She didn't normally do that. Their conversation last night had actually happened. 

She seemed more cheerful than she had in months and he was relieved. Clearing the air had made her stop being stressed at least. 

"Will I see you at lunch today?" Castian asked. 

Harmony smiled at him. "Yep! I'll bring us something good, don't worry."

He wasn't worried about that. Right now he wasn't worried about anything because he had gotten what he thought was impossible. Nothing could worry him at the moment. 

Castian made it through the morning in a daze. He couldn't believe that actually happened. Was it possible for him to be this happy? He was on top of the world and nothing could bring him down. Not even finicky clients.

He had given into the worst sort of insanity and it had paid off. Who would have known?

Lunch was a pleasant affair and it got him through the rest of the workday and his classes. He looked forward to when his master's degree was complete so he could take a break from academia for a while and focus on that business he, Filverel, and Theodred were planning on starting. 

It would take up a good chunk of their time but no more than schoolwork already had. He was used to being busy. 

Harmony was used to being busy too but now that they lived together at least they were able to see each other more than they would have otherwise with their schedules. And he didn't have to worry about getting kicked out in the immediate future anymore either. Ah, life was good!

Castian went to her office when he finished with class for the day and found that Brennan was already there. He had been hanging around much more often now that Talori was gone. 

The water fairy immediately noticed he was in an unusually good mood but didn't comment on it. He wasn't the nosy type despite how observant he seemed to be. For that Castian was grateful. 

He didn't even know how he was going to explain this to his kin. Theodred and Filverel were aware he had feelings for Harmony and they thought he was crazy enough for that alone. If they knew that she was pregnant and he had chosen to stay with her…

That wouldn't be an issue for quite some time. Harmony wouldn't look pregnant for months to come and once she did there was no guarantee that it would get out to the elves immediately. Wearing baggy clothes could hide it for a while. Then she would simply have to avoid the bank. 

That wouldn't help at the coven though. The witches would all know, especially if he continued visiting her in her office. 

Word would get out eventually but they could cross that bridge when they came to it. Everyone already thought their relationship was strange. It likely wouldn't be much more shocking. He hoped.

Harmony didn't love him—she hadn't used those words—but she at least liked him enough that she didn't want their arrangement to change. That was enough for him. He had thought even that much was outside of his reach. 

She didn't need to love him. She simply needed to carry on as she had been for him to be happy. 

Castian hadn't wanted to lose her and now he didn't have to. He had bought himself more time. Now all he had to do was prove that he was worth keeping around indefinitely. That might prove to be a challenge because witches were notorious for getting bored and changing things up. 

He was still in over his head, wasn't he? He supposed there was no way around that considering who he fell in love with.

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