Disclaimer: If I owned Tales of Vesperia there'd be at least SOME mention of romance that doesn't include 12 year olds. Also Yeager, Gauche, and Droite would be good guys…well maybe not total good guys…;D
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"Y-Yuri!" I turned, from where my name had been called, was my friend, the princess and vice-emperor of the Empire, Estellise Sidos Heurassen, Estelle as I called here. Her cheeks were flaring, her hair slightly ajar of where it usually is placed, the quaint blue fabric of her clothing ruffled a bit. Though through the ordeal of saving the world from the hands of a semi-psychotic man hell bent on snuffing every human soul out of this world to eliminate the threat that was against it. I wasn't surprised.
However what did surprise me was said princess, rushing up to me, wrapping her arms around me, and my lips being tangled by her own. My eyes were wide and my body clentched. Over the pink hair I could see my comrade Judith smirking at us. Raven hid Karol from sight, Rita smiling softly, and Repede emotionless. For he knew, as did Judith, that what Estelle was doing to me right now…was wrong.
"Yuri…I-I love you." My eyes opened wider, and my body froze, for my friend was standing here, pouring her feelings to me. I couldn't speak, my throat closed up…all I could do, was run. Run as far from her as possible. My ears burned as I heard the my other friends gasping, and Estelle silently crying.
Two weeks ago. That is how long ago that this happened. My mind was still numb. My lips burned with the feel of hers…I hated myself. No one had spoken to me since then, Repede was the only one to be seen near me.
I couldn't blame them, I had left Estelle hung out to dry with her feelings exposed, vulnerable. But the only thing I knew I had to do, was speak with Flynn Scifo. Commandant extraordinaire of the Imperial knights. A respectable, commendable man of justice and law, also…my lover.
Only Judith and Repede knew. Repede, from the amount of time he's been with the two of us. Judith, because nothing gets past those Krityan eyes. She'd confronted me about our relationship when we had gone to retrieve her, but apparently she suspected us since we fought in Nordopolica, she had told me we 'took too long in our battle stances'.
The party had split up since Tarqaron, with Judith, Repede, Raven and I headed to Dahngrest to meet with Karol, who was there on guild business. Rita and Estelle had headed to the capital of Zaphias to deal with the problem the Council had posed. Deceit was oh so apparent in that town, especially among the members of the nobility.
I had spent the majority of my time while traveling to Dahngrest in my bunk, shuttering out the world. That was shattered when Judith had pointed her spear at the back of my neck and told me to "Get up, Yuri, Raven and I would like to have a little chat." The smile in her voice, while usually would only make me crave a fight, with Brionac's head at my neck however, it made me smirk.
"About what Judy?" I asked nonchalantly, turning so that Brionac touched my chest. She smirked lowering it even further to my hips.
"My, aren't you frisky, how unlike you to show this side to anyone other than our beloved Commandant." She chimed, tracing my thigh with the tip of her beloved spear. "Oh and the topic?" She withdrew her spear, "Is Estelle, Flynn, and You." I froze, my eyes snapping to the blue-haired woman, but my body staying stationary. She smiled at me, sensing my discomfort, "Don't worry, that old knight figured it out all by himself."
Suddenly I missed Brionac's tip, were the two of us truly that easy to figure out? We'd always been discreet whenever we had sex, and we never went to the same place twice. I sighed and got up out of my bunk, though reluctant.
"Okay Old Man, how'd you find out about us?" That was the first thing I, or anyone, for that matter, had said when we gathered on the Fiertia's deck. Raven smiked, and ran a hand through his hair, which he let fall loose today.
"What? An Old Man can't have his sources?" He asked playfully, though I was hardly in the mood to play. He could see this in my face I hoped, because the next second he told me. "Known longer than Judy, worked in Imperial knights remember, I knew everything there was ta know bout that guy. Including you. I was a good lapdog. " I looked at him warily, but sighed, I knew he told the truth.
"So onto the topic of discussion, I've never seen you act like you did on top of Tarqaron, not only did it surprise us, it shocked Estelle. She was heartbroken." I felt my stomach turn. I hated the emotion that ensued, one that even after I murdered men, I felt none of. Guilt.
"True…I understand why ya did that. But couldn't ya have at least let her down gently?" I knew he was right, and that I should have done it gently, but it was…so sudden, I didn't even know I did it until afterwards.
"Are we done with the guilt trip here? I'm gonna apologize for it next time I see her, is it done?" My voice cracked as I said this. I was fed up; I should have handled it better. Judith and Raven both knew I was agitated more than I should have been. So why did they persist? I sat down, head in my hands. My eyes burned, like someone dug a knife through them, or threw sand at my face. Then I felt wet.
Everyone fell silent; no one dared to talk as they watched me cry my eyes out against the Fiertia's deck. Not even Judy with her nerves of steel, as Raven once called them, dared not to make a sound. I just sat there and wept. I hated myself more and more for each tear that fell…but I couldn't stop, there was no stopping this conflicting emotion. Finally, after what seemed like weeks, someone sat next to me, I knew from the smell it was Repede. Comforting and nostalgic.
I leaned on the dog's side, still crying. "Re-Repede…I don't know what to do." I told my old friend, oblivious to the others there. "I love Flynn…I do…but I also love Estelle…but as a sister!...I-I can't hurt either! But I-I don't know what to do…" His fur was wet in my tears, if I knew Repede hated anything…it was wet fur, but instead of growling or moving away like usual, he just sat their and let me cry.
Judith swallowed, her discomfort at seeing me, her best friend cry his heart out to a dog showed. "Yuri…" She said softly, but that soft voice snapped me into reality, I had cried in front of them, something only Flynn had ever seen.
"You tell nobody!" I ordered, standing from Repede and unsheathing my sword, "I mean nobody or so help me the last thing you see it the edge of my blade!" They nodded, knowing from the savage look I undoubtedly had plastered on my face, that I had meant it.
Raven swallowed nervously hands up defensively, I don't blame him, I just threatened his life after all. "Okay Yuri…do ya mind putting the sharp thing down now?...Please?"
I wiped my eyes with the back of my sleeve and quickly sheathed my blade, then turned on my heel and went back below deck.
We arrived at Dahngrest twelve minutes after my outburst. Judy and the Old Man were quiet as we walked through its busy streets to the Union HQ, where Karol was waiting. He was had gone to Dahngrest to place Brave Vesperia's symbol in the catalogue of guilds, then no guilds would ever have the same guild symbol as another. Karol had planned to do it ever since we planted Brave Vesperia's base of operations in Aurnion. Right next to where Flynn now lives.
The memory of where Flynn now lives cause my cheeks to flare at the thought of what we did in there. And I squirmed slightly as I felt my arousal catch up with me. Judy nudged me, noticing I was fidgeting and smirked, knowingly, damn that Krityan.
Karol was still at the Union, so we left a note with the guard to hand it to him when he came out. It said that we would wait at the Inn for him. Which we would.
"You want to go for a walk Yuri?" I looked at the Krityan who sat on the bed across from me. Then nodded quickly.
We hadn't gone very far, and the majority of it was in silence, even if we did talk it was just of random specks of information, but nonetheless, it was fun.
I sighed when we got back to bed, Raven was already asleep, his snoring would get on my nerves…but I didn't care…all I cared about was getting to bed to. The sooner we were done here, the better.
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Well there's the first chapter, review okay, let me know if you like it! Flames are fien as long as you don't mention OOC…there's a method to my madness!
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