Zelloyd- Romeo And Juliet: chapter.1 New actions

Lloyd Was on his way looking for Kratos, when suddenly arms wrapped around his neck, almost choking him from the sudden tug of weight pulling on him. Lloyd turned his head to see the smiling redhead behind him, who released his arms soon after being spotted.

"Zelos!? What are you doing here?" The hero asked.

"Collette-chan told me you were looking for Kratos, so here I am. She was worried about you" He explained, but Lloyd couldn't help but think *If she was worried about me, then why are YOU here, and not her?* and he would have said it, but he didn't really feel like hearing why.

"Which, you looking for Kratos reminds me of how you reminded me of him when you were going off on your own," Zelos said, putting a hand to his hip and the other to his chin.

"R-Really? I guess I'm his son in that way" Lloyd smiled, scratching his head. Not really sure if that's a good thing or not. Zelos looked away with a serious look on his face for a moment and muttered to himself "I don't ever want to be anything like mine…"

"Zelos?"

"It's nothing" He smiled, turning back to face the hero. "Now, where are we going?" He asked.

"Kratos said he had some business in Triet, so I was going to head there first" Lloyd explained, leaping onto his Rheaird, but without any time to see him coming. Zelos pulled Lloyd off by the collar and jumped onto the Rheaird himself.

"Zelos, what do you think you're doing?" Lloyd at this point just wanted to eat some food, take a bath, and go to bed before he chocked Zelos. He Scowled, demanding a answer from the redhead.

"Now honey, don't give me that look" Zelos poked Lloyd's forehead playfully with a grin.

"Don't honey me! Get off, I need to-" Before Lloyd could finish, Zelos took to the skies, while taking Lloyd's arm and letting him hang down below, watching the hero kick his legs as if it would save him.

"Z-Zelos! Put me down!" Only now did he wish had had just walked instead…

"Well sure, if you want to become an ugly stain on the earth" Zelos reminded Lloyd of how high they were and grinned.

"Zelos!"

"Well, I could let you on, if you say Please come with me Zelos, then I would be more then happy to not drop you"

"What!? You're kidding me!"

"Come on, say it. Or I might get tired and drop you" Zelos slightly loosened his grip.

"O-Okay! Zelos, p-please come with me!" Zelos grinned in delight from the pink coloring Lloyd's face, and pulled him up, setting Lloyd behind him to sit. Lloyd sighed, relieved to be alive. Zelos chuckled in delight at his victory. Not too long after, Lloyd's attention was oddly caught by the smell of soft red hair that brushed against his face while they flew.

"I don't have anything to hold on to, and I don't want to fall off while we fly," Lloyd said, sounding oddly calm. His expression was in a daze, drugged by that sweet scent that fried his brain.

"Just hold on to anything honey, honestly" Just then, he felt strong warm arms around his waist. His body stiffened with cheeks burning red, as he tried to let his body adjust to the new feeling. His heart was racing, as he could feel the weight of Lloyd's head rest on his back, just behind his neck. Lloyd pressed his chest up against Zelo's back, causing Zelos to shut his eyes tightly, trying not to focus on butterflies in his stomach...or the growing heat in his pants.

It didn't take long before they arrived in the Triet desert, but during the whole ride, the two didn't say a word to each other...But finally, Lloyd broke the silence when they finally landed.

"I can't believe you were going to drop me" Lloyd crossed his arms looking at Zelos as he complained.

"I wasn't really going to drop you" He pouted playfully.

"Yeah, like you said you wouldn't eat my leftovers Collette saved for me?" Lloyd argued.

"Uh...well, you're the one who didn't eat them" Zelos shot back.

"Oh right, cause I was SLEEPING"

The two began to argue over stupid stuff, going on and on about the smallest things that made them mad. But why were they so on edge? Zelos was mostly arguing because Lloyd started it, but Lloyd was usually only like this when something was bothering him and didn't know or understand the feeling, which caused him to end up grumpy and on edge with irritation.

"Let's just get to Triet" Lloyd looked away, just wanting some time to sort through his thoughts.

"Lloyd, we should talk about this." Zelos's face was serious as he knew something was on Lloyd's mind...he just didn't know what.

"Zelos, I said!-Richter?" Walking away, Lloyd's attention was caught by the sudden presence of the redheaded half-elf who seemed very displeased with them. The two stared at each other. Lloyd kept his hands on his swords, clutching them tightly just incase Ritcher tried to pull something. Both staring each other down.

"Uh, Lloyd. I'm still here, don't ignore me" Zelos complained.

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"Ugh! Lloyd, I can't take this silence crap anymore!" Richter was annoyed with Zelos's attitude, especially because he hated being younger than him by four years. If Zelos were to know that, he would rub it in for sure.

"Zelos, I don't even know why you came with me" Lloyd gave Zelos a look of annoyance, deciding to let Richter be.

"I told you Lloyd, Collette didn't want you to go alone, so she asked me to follow you, my number one favorite honey" Zelos grinned, and wrapped his arms around Lloyd's neck.

"Ack, Z-Zelos, don't give this guy the wrong idea!" Lloyd glared at Zelos, but his cheeks were slowly turning a pink color. Richter couldn't take much more and began to walk away without a second to lose. He didn't give a shit about Zelos and Lloyd's relationship.

"It's like you're trying to make me look weird!" Lloyd pulled away from Zelos. He then rested his hands on his swords like he used to and looked to the nearby town.

"Now, let's head to Triet and see if anyone has seen Kratos" Lloyd never really said why he was looking for Kratos, but Zelos continued to follow him anyway, even if Collette hadn't asked him to.

They reached the town of Triet after only a few minutes and started to ask around. Lloyd and Zelos ended up talking to one of the men around town. Even though the merchants tend to have more info, they always want you to buy something and Lloyd would rather not spend the Gald.

While Lloyd was talking to the middle-aged man, Zelos could hardly hear them while looking around for some cute girls to chat up. But rather than spotting a cute girl, he spotted Emil who was smiling at him. He gave Emil a very playful grin as he signaled Emil to stay put, then put his hands behind his head looking away from Emil right as Lloyd turned his head to Zelos. When Lloyd looked away, Zelos waved at Emil once more, putting his hands back on his head, which only caused Lloyd to look back at him with a very annoyed look on his face. Emil and Zelos silently chuckled to each other, before Lloyd finally looked at Zelos, it was only then that Zelos pointed at Emil and Lloyd sighed at the two who were laughing at him for before, and smiled. All three gathered in the middle of Triet together.

"So what are you doing out here Emil? Is Marta with you?" Lloyd asked, looking around to kind the young girl anywhere nearby or not.

"U-Um…well, you see…I decided to part ways with Marta for a while" Emil smiled, feeling guilty for what he had told Marta before leaving.

"You tossed away a beautiful lady like Marta-chan!? Have you no sense of loyalty?" Zelos playfully gave Emil a look of disappointment while rubbing his knuckles on both sides of the boys head, much like an older brother would do.

"Zelos, quit it" The boy whined, pulling away before fixing his hair.

"So that's why we saw Richter before. He was with you wasn't he?" Lloyd said, looking at Emil for an answer.

"You saw Richter-san?" Emil's reaction suggests that Lloyd had been right.

"Oh yeah, we ran into him while we were on our way over here" Zelos explained.

"Which way was he going?" Emil eagerly asked, hoping to catch up to the older man.

"U-Um, that way" Zelos pointed, and Emil gave his thanks before running off.

"Why did he leave Emil behind? That jerk" Lloyd clenched his fists. To Lloyd, friends were just as precious as the will to live.

"Gee, I don't know...Why did my best bud leave me behind when he needed me?" Zelos stated with a slight hurt in his tone, looking away as he reminded the hero of his previous actions before in search of Centurion cores.

"Zelos….I'm sorry" Lloyd lowered his head, feeling like such an idiot...

"Hey, don't feel too bad, I forgive you" Zelos smiled, putting his arms around Lloyd's neck. "It just means you owe me now" Zelos winked.

"Yeah I know, so for starters. Thanks for coming with me…I was getting tired of being alone." Lloyd smiled at the other, regretting getting so mad before.

"Don't mention it" Zelos returned the smile as his hands on Lloyd's shoulder's started to roam downwards but Lloyd pulled away before he even noticed Zelos's action's.

"Alright, so that man from before did mention seeing someone strange...he even said my eyes reminded him of the guy" Lloyd was kind of proud to be like his dad...but, the worst part that he did resemble of his dad, was going off on his own and keeping quiet about it.

"Well, where did he say he was going?" Zelos asked, a hand on his hip.

"He said that he saw him heading west of here, so he said. But Kratos can just fly, so he could have ended up walking west and flying north...or something" Lloyd scratched at his head, annoyed with Kratos not staying in one place…

"Well, I guess we just head west, though it would be nice if he would wait for us or something" Zelos complained, following behind Lloyd….keeping his thoughts to himself, pondering his earlier actions when his arms were around Lloyd, and why...why Lloyd had suddenly wrapped his arms around him the way he did when they were on the Rheaird before. Just thinking about it made Zelos's face light up, hearing his own heartbeat quicken, wondering what exactly was going on...