I do not own Fire Emblem: Awakening, the Fire Emblem franchise belongs to Nintendo, I only own my character Cirrus.

Henry to Cirrus: Devoted

Cirrus to Henry: Heart Aflutter

"Henry."

"Yes'sir?"

"What exactly are you doing?"

Henry gave a harsh giggle and a smile to the tactician. Unlike the other Plegian dark mage, he didn't mind Henry. He didn't dog his every footstep like Tharja did, though he liked to help the tactician sometimes with his scheduled chores around camp. He sat cross-legged on the cot next to the tactician who was studying herbs that lay on the table, in his newest conquest to help some of the healers, and to be better equipped on the battlefield.

"Well, the weapons are sorted, the foods being cooked, camp's been cleared, your books are sorted… There's not much else for me to do, considering you said no more playing with dead Arisen limbs. Oh yeah, Cirrus,"

Henry leaned over the table. "That is hemlock, and thaaat…" He pointed at the plant in the far corner before sitting back and pointing at another that looked similar. "Is called Queen Anne's Lace. Oooh! And that," He pointed." Is deadly nightshade, while that…" Another point." Is black nightshade. You can actually eat that."

Cirrus wrote the information down while Henry bounced on the brunet's cot, clearly pleased with himself. Cirrus gave the dark mage a small smile, which Henry returned tenfold. Cirrus' chest tightened as he watched Henry smile at him. Most people find his smile creepy, but it seemed to light up his tent. He was broken out of his reverie when loud cawing came from outside his tent, and a large black crow flew in through the tent flap and onto Henry's lap. It startled Cirrus a bit. Henry sat unfazed and pet the crow that warbled and crowed at him. Henry giggled which caused Cirrus to raise a brow. Henry turned his head to Cirrus.

"He says that he likes you, that you smell nice… Oh, and that you seem a lot nicer than most people." Cirrus chuckled at Henry and the bird before reaching out and petting the crow, which leaned into his touch. He pulled away and the bird cawed loudly before hopping onto the tactician's desk and sat in front of the herbs, making clicking noises. Cirrus grinned before going back to petting the black creature, his herb work long forgotten. They sat in a comfortable silence for what seemed like forever until Henry spoke up.

"His name is Milo."

Cirrus stopped and looked at the silver-haired mage next to him.

"Oh, really? You can understand him?"

"Yeah, he told me. I've been able to understand animals since I was small."

"Interesting…"

Henry shrugged. Milo jumped up and cawed loudly before taking off from the desk, scattering the herbs and papers. Cirrus put up his arm reflexively before looking to Henry who scowled after the crow.

"That wasn't very nice now was it."

Cirrus nodded at Henry's comment before sighing and standing up, his chair scraping along the ground. Henry turned his head to him and gav him a quizzical look. Cirrus look to him before answering the unasked question.

"I have to go for a meeting with Chrom. And no, you can't come… Sorry."

Henry gave a slight pout to the tactician before falling back onto the cot.

"That's alright… I'll just wait here then!" He said happily before picking up the book that sat on the left side of him. Cirrus smiled at the dark mage before walking over and pressing a light kiss to his forehead. The tactician stood up straight before walking to the flap. Just before exiting he turned back to Henry who was wide-eyed, and Cirrus gulped. He had never seen Henry's eyes, which were a shade darker than lilac. Cirrus grinned like a fool.

"Hey Henry?"

"Y-yeah Cirrus?"

"You have really pretty eyes."

Cirrus laughed as Henry blushed and curled into the cot in embarrassment. Henry, who his entire life has been called anything but pretty, or handsome, or nice, found that the compliments from Cirrus pleasant. And the kiss was nice, though he wished it was just a little further down.

Well, it's late but I finally managed to finish Henry's! This is the first one to have double best outcome. (Is that how you'd say it?) Well, I'm exhausted and still a little sick so I best get to bed.

-Erin