Well, it worked out for the best, so I'll take it, Damien thought as he tried to stop Caius from hugging him in excitement.
"Sorry, Boss," Damien muttered under his breath as he braced himself against Caius. "It's not that I don't like you, but this is kind of awkward in front of Theo."
Theo, meanwhile, was watching them with a wide, amused smile. Damien could only keep blocking Caius's affectionate advances while Theo looked on, clearly enjoying the scene.
...
Afterward, following some lighthearted conversation between Theo, Caius, and Damien, the meeting finally came to an end.
Caius's mother spent the rest of the meeting looking visibly drained and disgruntled. What does she even have against her sons getting along? Damien wondered, perplexed.
Once everything wrapped up, Damien accompanied Caius back to his room.
"It feels like that was the first real conversation I've ever had with my brother," Caius said, collapsing onto the couch with a grin plastered across his face.
