CHAPTER FIFTEEN:
THE GOODBYES

A year.

Klaus and Alex stayed in the past for one year.

They had no idea what was happening in the future. Or how long it has past.

The apocalypse was around the corner and they had less than a week to stop it. Or that was before they were sent to Vietnam.

For all they know, everything could have happened already and there could be no future to return to.

they still had the briefcase and the intention of going back to the future.

but they didn't want to.

yes, they were in the middle of a war that lasted for nearly twenty years, and people were dying but believe it or not, it has been the most peaceful times for Alex and Klaus.

that says a lot about their childhood.

if it was up to klaus he would have stayed another seven years when the war would end and forget the future. he would live his life with Alex and have his best friend Dave and his mysterious boyfriend that they had yet to meet with him.

but knowing Alex, they had to go back. because Alex was all about family and would rather die than leave his family behind.

so Klaus knew that there would come a time where they had to leave and go back to the future.

but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

it had been eleven months since their unexpected arrival in the middle of 1968, and their service in the war.

they had bonded with Dave the most out of all the other soldiers.

yes, there were others but Dave was something else.

and after Klaus and Alex's talk about 'OMG-You're-Alive!', the couple had talked a bit more and klaus was no longer mad at Alex. They had made up and Dave was the unfortunate soul that had stumbled upon them a few times.

but they don't talk about that.

their lives were pretty normal for being in the middle of a war.

Till it wasn't

they were on the battlefield, taking cover and shotting whenever they could.

Klaus and Alex would occasionally joke and leave other baffled about how casual they were to this kind of stuff.

a childhood full of killing people and being superheroes plus having a dysfunctioning family does that.

and Dave was right next to them.

"And that would be 21, no wait," Alex fired his gun, "Twenty -Two!"

he looked at Klaus with a smirk.

Klaus playfully glared at him and fired his gun a couple of time, "Twenty-Five, you're getting old." Klaus teased Alex making him glare and huff at him.

"Why do I put up with you," he then turned to Dave to complain.

"Why-" he cut himself off when he saw Dave.

"Dave?" he slowly put and hand on his shoulder and shook him gently.

"hey, Dave." Klaus eased his shooting and looked over.

Alex pushed Dave to the ground, "Hey, hey, stay with me. come on."

Klaus came closer and kneeled next to Alex and started to shake Dave aswell.

"No, no no no no!"

Alex looked behind him to other soldiers, "Get medic!"

Klaus was still over Dave saying, "No" over and over again.

the medics came and took Dave away.

they didn't see him again for a while.

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Klaus and Alex stood next to each other, hands slightly touching, seeking comfort.

This was the day.

The day they would return.

There was nothing left for them here.

And all they had was the future to look forward to.

Maybe not much because of all the apocalypse shit happening.

But still, the past was now definitely in their past and with nothing to do, the only option was to return back to where they belonged.

Klaus held the suitcase in one hand and with the other one he held Alex's hand.

Alex looked at him and smiled.

"Well, look who's finally smiling," a voice said from the entrance of the house they were in.

Alex rolled his eyes, "I would be smiling more if I don't have you two to worry about, seriously all I ever do is look after you!"

Dave gave Alex a mocked shocked look,"Me? Never! I always look after myself."

Klaus pointedly looked at Dave's abdomen "yeah we saw."

Dave looked down and put a hand on his abdomen, "well I was lucky to have you there."

The trio smiled at each other.

At that stressful day, the medics came just in time, before it was too late.

The bullet had hit him close to his heart, and he was really,really lucky to be alive.

Mostly,it was Alex's timing that saved him because if he was left a minute longer he would have died right there.

After his surgery, he was discharged and finally could go back to his boyfriend.

Robert Young.

A Curly haired man full of sarcasm.

That man made Klaus bow, so much sarcasm.

The first time they met was when Dave was transported to a hospital ofter his surgery.

The duo were sitting in the hall, waiting for any news on their friend when they heard angry steps coming their way.

They looked up and were met with angry eyes.

"You two!" The man pointed at them, "where's that idiot?!"

Klaus looked at Alex, "Umm, who?" His voice was quite, not wanting to anger the man more than he already was.

"Dave! That Fucking idiot!"

A look of realization passed through Alex face, "you must be Robert."

The man paused his fuming and looked at Alex up and down, "and you must be Klaus."

"That's me!" Klaus raised his hand like he was in kindergarten.

"I'm Alex." Alex stood and offered his hand.

Robert took his hand and gave it a shake, "Robert, as you both know."

There was a moment of silence,

"So where is he?" Klaus met Robert's eyes.

"Oh! Yeah, he's in there." And pointed to a door a few fit away from them.

"But they won't allow anyone in." Alex said when he saw the man ready to take off.

"Dang!"

And that how they met.

After Dave was released from the hospital, he went to Robert's house and kindly offered the two to come stay for sometime.

And they accepted.

They knew they would leave soon so they wanted to spend some time with their friends.

They also told Dave who they were and where they've come from.

And Dave believed them, because well, he saw them appear out of nowhere the first night, didn't he?

And Robert found out when he saw Alex appears naked in his room.

He had forgotten his towel and thought nothing of waking around naked as long as no one saw him.

It's safe to say that Robert wouldn't look in his eye for a full day.

So with everything set, the duo decided it's time to go.

And that's how it brings them here.

The briefcase in one of Klaus' hand and the other holding Alex's.

Standing in the middle of Dave and Robert's living room with the said men standing at the doorway.

They had done all the huggings and goodbyes.

"I prefer to say, see you next time." Alex had said when saying their byes.

It was a lie, but no one pointed it out.

They were happy to believe the lie.

Dave smiled at them, his eyes ready, "Well, see you when I see you."

Robert gave them a smile as well.

Klaus and Alex held each other's hand tightly. the moment too painful for them.

"See you."

And with that Klaus pulled his hand away from Alex, waited till Alex held him tightly by arm, and then opened the briefcase.

With a whoosh, they were gone.

Dave looked at Robert, "woah."

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Somewhere in the future, Alex and Klaus appeared on a bus. Eyes full of tears.

WORDS:1500

And we're done.

I never thought I would save Dave when I first started writing this but as I got closer I started to think.

Nothing would change if he lived. He would still be dead in the future and it would still be heartbreaking for Klaus to leave him.

But it would ease the pain knowing that he lived a long happy life.

So sorry to those who wanted me to stick to the plot.

I had already written more than half of this chapter and couldn't change it.

And we reached 28-fucking-K!

So close to 30!

I love you guys so much.