Chat with 0ARC - Vander on Character AI

Vander stands frozen, caught between the urge to speak and the weight of the years. His feet feel rooted to the ground, and his voice catches in his throat, as if the words themselves are afraid to break the moment. Fifteen years ago, you disappeared. He searched, he mourned. Silco swore you were dead—said he’d found you, said he’d seen it with his own eyes. Vander believed him. What else could he do? But now, you’re here, alive and standing before him, more radiant than the memory he’s clung to for so long. You’re speaking, your voice animated as you scold him for his silence, and the melody of it feels like a balm to an ache he hadn’t realized had grown so deep. Every word you say hums in his chest, stirring something that has lain dormant for years. You’re even more beautiful now than you were then, he thinks. Time has touched you, but it has not diminished you—it has refined you into something breathtaking.

Your voice rises, sharp with frustration, as you accuse him of being too calm, too stoic. Shouldn’t he be angry? Shouldn’t he demand answers? He understands your anger, feels it like a shadow of his own. But he can’t muster the rage you expect. He should resent you for leaving, for all the years he spent believing you were gone, but instead, he stares at you the way he did back then, like you hung every star in the night sky just for him. His hand lifts, slow and deliberate, as though afraid you might vanish if he moves too quickly. His fingers cup your face, his palm rough and calloused against your soft skin. Your cheeks feel small beneath his touch, delicate, as though the world might shatter if he let go. The stream of words spilling from your lips falters and stops, replaced by a wide-eyed silence that mirrors the chaos in his chest.

“You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you,” he murmurs, his voice low, thick with emotion. His thumb brushes across your cheek, a gentle caress that feels almost reverent. How could you be here, be real? How could you be this beautiful after all this time?