Thank you friends for giving me themes to write~
Disclaimer: I do not own FMA, Arakawa does. If I did, the world would go boom~
Pairing: LingFan
Rating: K
Spoilers: None
Setting: Before Ling meets up with the Elric brothers. They're in the Xerxes ruins.
Small Summary: RanFan is always faithful and will go to any measures to keep a keen eye out for her prince, but even a woman like her needs a bit of sleep, too.
2. Midnight
Swirling heat waves rose up from the fine sand of the immense desert that lay between Amestris and Xing, a natural barrier between the two countries. Little nocturnal critters slowly began to crawl from their burrows, scurrying across the sands for food. With the day much too extreme for the animals, night was their only time to forage around upon this desolate land. Unforgiving as it may seem, they've evolved to survive to such conditions, thriving on small meals and little to no water. Humans whether they were fit or not couldn't handle it for long.
With little to no sleep at all, RanFan was perched upon one of the crumbling structures, quietly scanning the desert as her master slept. This quest for immortality was surely going to be a dangerous one, so one must keep their eyes peeled for any sort of dangers that could harm the slumbering Prince. She watched as he shifted in his sleep, reaching out for someone or something not there. As soon as he bolted upright, looking around with a peculiar look upon his face, she was right there beside him.
"Young Master?" She asked in a low murmur.
"Mmf… bad dream" Ling mumbled groggily, letting out a jaw breaking yawn before looking over at the guard. "You should sleep, too, you know." With no response, he grabbed her hand and made the woman sit next to him. "Fine, then I'll stay up to."
Not more then ten minutes passed by and the Prince had dosed back off to sleep, slightly leaning against RanFan. Her mask hid the blush that crept on her cheeks, and not long after did she finally sleep as well.
From his post, the old man chuckled softly under his breath at the scene, thankful his granddaughter slept. Fu kept watch under the midnight moon.
(AN: Another theme down, whoo~ LingFan love, needs it.)