The beorc were having a party. Lethe wrinkled her nose in disgust. She watched as Ike sent Mist and Rolf to bed before the party got rolling. She watched as the beorc started pouring drinks. She growled slightly as she noticed that a beorc in blue armor whose name she had never bothered with began to hit on all the other females and was making his way towards her. Finally, she noticed the litle mage leave the room.
"Oh." Came Ranulf's pleasantly surprised voice, "So we are allowed to leave." He gave Lethe a smile and the tawny laguz followed her captain outside.
They wandered a little ways from the fort and found a little clearing of trees. Ranulf plopped right down, lying flat on his back and watching the heavens roll above him. Lethe sighed and sat down beside him. The other cat's scent was pleasant, a welcome change from the smelly beorc inside. For the first time in quite a long while, the woman permitted herself to relax.
"Hmmm." Ranulf let out a content sigh.
"Tired already Captain?" Lethe teased a little. Ranulf smiled, eyes still closed. This was the Lethe he knew. The one who was slightly less angry, the laguz woman who was as strong as any he'd met.
"Not in the least." he purred, grabbing her arm and pulling her on the grass beside him. She went to scold him, but before she even caught her breath, the other laguz had rolled over, pulling her into an embrace.
"Captain Ranulf..." She began. But he silenced her with a simple look from his mutil-colored eyes.
"Just Ranulf tonight Lethe." he smiled, snuggling against her. Lethe purred and rubbed against him. Ranulf pulled her closer, until she was almost on top of him. She smiled cooly and kissed him. Ranulf kissed back, readjusting her so he could sit up, Lethe in his lap. She purred and arched into him, pulling his shirt open and laying it flat behind him. Ranulf lowered himself down, pulling her with him so they were lying together. The noises from the party were quickly drowned out by the purrs and low growls.
"Smell that?" Ranulf asked, pausing. Lethe sniffed at the air.
"Its the Beorc commander." The girl said, pushing the the half-naked Ranulf into the shadows and readjusting her tunic quickly.
"You're not very good at sneaking." Lethe said, causing the beorc to jump.
"Lethe...would you try to be more polite to the beorc." Ranulf said with a smile. He was a foot away from her, his tail brushing against her legs, causing a shiver to run up her spine.
"Uh...hello Lethe, hello Ranulf. You're not at the party..." Ike said, clearly unnerved.
"Clearly." Lethe said, she was becoming more and more annoyed with the interruption, "Are you Beorc blind? Or merely oblivious?" Ranulf's tail was soft against her legs and terribly distracting.
"Lethe..." Ranulf said, she knew he was smiling, despite the warning in his honey-sweet voice, "What she means is that we Laguz aren't terribly fond of Beorc festivities, particularly the drinking." Lethe rolled her eyes.
"Hey...um...Ranulf, you can see well in the dark right?" Ike asked, he smelt nervous and at the same time relieved.
"Yep." Ranulf laughed
"Is that light Soren?"
"Yep." the Gallian captain said. Ike nearly jumped,
"Thanks!" the Beorc hurried off towards the light, once again attempting to be sneaky. Ranulf's tail curled itself around Lethe's, she let her tension relief and turned around to face him.
"Good thing beorc can't see well in the dark." The blue cat smiled. He pulled her back into his arms with a kiss, gently running his hands along her spine. Lethe purred and arched into him, pulling off his hat and nuzzling into him as the captain pulled her tunic off her gently sloping shoulders.
"Yeah...that would have been beyond embarrassing." she consented, kissing him. Ranulf started purring, and it was contagious.
