Luminous stared blankly at the wall, hoping for some sort of being, creature, monster- anything at all by now- to come and distract him from the obnoxious bickering going on around him.
"Evan should go! He needs the experience." Phantom exclaimed, raising his gloved finger in the air decidedly.
"No, Mercedes should go because of her experience." Aran protested.
"How about you go, Aran?" Mercedes said, crossing her arms defiantly.
Luminous sighed, staring at them through the corner of his eye. He could feel eclipse bubbling up inside of him, threatening to burst. I need to leave soon.
"Luminous!" Mercedes called, making him jump at the volume of her voice. "You decide. Who should take the mission?"
He gazed around thoughtfully, before concluding that no one here wanted to take the job. Luminous sighed deeply, and stood from his chair then headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Aran asked, watching him go but doing nothing to stop him.
"I'm taking the mission myself." He replied, pulling open the door and feeling a chilly gust of wind flow through.
"You don't have to…" Mercedes said, though he could hear her relief that she wasn't the one going. Luminous rolled his eyes.
"I'm going anyway." He said, and closed the door behind him.
He arrived back at their meeting place a day later, and covered from head to toe in snow.
"What happened!?" Mercedes said, watching him slump down into his seat ruffly.
"I bet you're glad you didn't take the mission…" Luminous replied angrily, his teeth chattering. He had been out for an entire day, clearing out yetis for an old woman that couldn't even lift a finger. Though she had a husband that could have mopped the floor with all those yetis.
Mercedes had the grace to look slightly ashamed while Aran and Evan exchanged uneasy glances.
While Luminous was brushing snow onto the floor, Evan approached him cautiously.
"What is it?" Luminous asked, before the dragon master could open his mouth.
"Well, um… I already invited everyone else, you're the last one… I was wondering if you wanted to go to a friend's wedding that's coming up in about a week?" Evan asked nervously. Even Luminous himself couldn't picture himself at a wedding, though before he received his dark power he attended wedding frequently enough.
"You don't have to invite me if you don't want to…" Luminous said, suddenly wanting to attend but assuming that Evan only asked him out of politeness. There, a perfect opportunity to take back the invitation.
"N-no! That's not what I meant. I want you to come. As a thank you for taking on the mission all by yourself." Evan said, the sternness in his voice surprising the once-light-mage.
"You're sure?" Luminous asked, though he already knew the answer from Evan's tone.
The dragon master nodded, his jaw set. Luminous was secretly touched that a boy so full of energy as him would want to invite someone that was… twisted? Stubborn? Something about him wasn't good. He knew from the way people avoided him.
"Then… I suppose I'll attend." He said with a small grin. "Who's getting married?"
"I am. To Mercedes." Evan said, blushing madly. Luminous gaped for a few empty seconds, looked to the girl in question to find her blushing as well, while Phantom laughed out loud in the background.
"You said a friend!" Luminous cried out.
"I did! I did! It was a lie! You're still going though right?"