Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 15 May 2011
Summary: 01 July 2000 edition.
Rating: K+
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Rosa
Author Notes: concomitant, adjective;
1. Accompanying; attendant; occurring or existing concurrently.
noun;
1. Something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else; an accompaniment.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.

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There was a lot of commotion, the first time the royalty of Damcyan came for a visit. The king and queen and their young son had come to Baron, and the castle was properly spruced up for that, including all of the illegitimate heirs and all of the nobles. Cecil wore some impressive silks, Rosa was in her finest dress, and Kain had been lectured up one side and down the other that he was to stay clean for when the foreign royalty would arrive, so his best outfit would hopefully last the full day. The blonde was a little put off by that, because it meant that he had to stay in the castle, but he'd just make up for it the following day. Adventure waited for no man, after all.

Cecil, in his weird, girly way, had decided that Kain was "not looking halfway near his best" and had immediately moved on to "fix" the issue when the two blondes had collected him for the day. Rosa agreed to help, and Kain scowled but didn't argue, because sooner or later the argument would get one or more of them messy and then the eldest of the trio would get a lecture. Again. So, instead of being forced to listen to some rant, he sucked it up and told himself that there really wasn't anything better to do while he was stuck within the confines of the castle anyway. There really wasn't, since everything he wanted to do would make a mess and then he'd get into trouble. Hopefully, the royals would just hurry up and appear so that he could take off with Cecil and Rosa and they could have some fun.

It wasn't so bad, being subjected to the princess aspects of his friends. Rosa had decided to take care of his hands, because they were a bit rough and his nails were chipped from yesterday's venture. The manicure wasn't so bad, even if it would get ruined tomorrow. But it felt nice to get pampered today. Even if this was girly and stupid. And even though Kain would never admit to the fact that Cecil's neurosis about his "pretty long hair" was one of the reasons that the blonde didn't really put up a struggle. In the bloodless prince's obsession with the older boy's locks, he never failed to give the most incredible head massages while carefully smoothing out and detangling the strands, and this time was no different. Those nimble little fingers were magic, as far as Kain was concerned, and he simply ignored the inane chatter to relax and while away the day. He was half asleep with Rosa at his side while lying face down in Cecil's lap when he was roused, far too soon for his liking at that point; the royals had arrived and the little prince needed to go greet them, and both blondes intended to be with him when that happened. After that, they'd be off to go ruin their clothes with any luck at all.