"I have to commend you on your strength and endurance against me. For such small beorc arms, your sword moves quick." The red-haired lion said with a bit of amazement.

"Well, never underestimate your opponent" he young warrior responded with a small grin on his face.

"Sometimes it's hard not to!" the red laguz laughed.

"Well, see ya tomorrow Skrimir."

'See ya Ike."

Walking up to his room, the red-haired lion noticed a rose and card on his bed. He picked up the card and blushed as he read its contents:

"You're my definition of love,

my one and only. . . . forever more.

Let time never break our precious bond

as we hold it together with

our hearts united."

On the floor there was a playing card. He picked up the card and noticed on it was the King of Hearts.

"Hm. Where did this come from?" asking himself out loud with a face filled with curiosity. "Meh, whatever." throwing the card back onto the floor.

He then took off all of his dirty clothes, revealing his tanned, muscular skin and wrapped himself in a towel. Walking up to the bathroom, he opened the door, showing a bathtub filled with sparkling, hot water glazed with numerous red lotus' floating in various directions. Again, there had been another card placed down by this mysterious person, who'd soon be found out quickly. He grabbed he card on the site, and once again what it said:

"Sometimes I wonder if it takes two

kings to reign one kingdom, but

I prefer one king for me

and no one else but."

"Ha ha! Only Ranulf would set up something like this." Skrimir thinking and laughing out loud.

Another playing card had slipped out, but he hadn't noticed this time. Quietly it feel to the ground revealing a Jack of Hearts. He placed the card back in its original place and soon took off his towel, slowly submerging his body into the sizzling water and sat back to relax.

"Ranulf, I don't know what you do nor how you get these ideas, but you sure do know how to please a man." he lion thinking to himself.

Just then, he heard a knock at the door.

"What is it?" Skrimir said annoyed.

Ranulf slowly opened the door and stepped in.

"Heh heh, its just me." The multi-eye colored laguz chuckled with a grin.

"You know I appreciate all of this, but you also know I'm not the lovey-dovey type, so don't expect anything all that great." putting a strong emphasis on the word 'not'.

"I never said you were nor have I implied it. I just thought that you would like an evening to relax, that's all. And I don't ever expect anything great, just. . . . perhaps a little acknowledgment though." the cat laguz making a witty joke like always.

Walking over behind the tub, he sat down comfortably on a stool and began massaging Skrimir's neck and shoulders. The red-haired laguz started moaning at he rough touches. Ranulf moved his hands up his lover's shoulders and down onto the creases of his spine, releasing the tension away. The lion had begun to moan slightly louder as the blue feline's hands pressed in certain spots.

"Oh Ranulf. . . ." he cried out. "right there. . . . . . Mmmmmm yes. . . . that feels so good."

"Feel better?"

"Yeah. . . . . thanks."

Skrimir then pulled himself to his feet to dry off and put on his robe as he walked back to his room while Ranulf stayed to drain the leftover water.