So…I'm just going to do some one-shots in random orders…Because writer's block is a terrible thing to have. This one's going to be based off the day after Lon'qu proposed to Pavia. I APOLOGIZE!
(I need to remember to put the disclaimers in...)
Title: Secrets Cannot be Kept
Pavia woke up in the arms of Lon'qu. She yawned heavily and slowly released herself from his grip. She crawled out of the tent and wearily rubbed her eyes. The sun had barely come up and just about everyone was still asleep. Just. Pavia immediately turned her head when she heard armor clanking about.
Frederick. Of course. Frederick would be the only person that would get up at this time of day. Pavia shifted her body behind the tent and waited until Frederick passed. Sighing, Pavia stood up and walked over to the armory, before she was stopped by none other than Frederick. "Hmm? Pavia, what are you doing on this side of camp? Isn't your tent on the other side?"
Pavia darted her eyes back and forth in anxiety and quickly blurted out, "I…I couldn't get back to sleep so I decided to take a walk…"
"Hmm…An acceptable excuse." Frederick walked away, leaving Pavia helplessly stunned that her excuse worked. Shaking her head, she continued her way to the armory. Pavia looked around, just in case, to see if anyone else was out and about. She made her way into the armory and started to look around for her favorite weapon.
After a few minutes, Pavia finally found what she was looking for; a fire tome she often used for practicing. On her way out, she bumped into someone, who let out a high, shrill squeak. Pavia rubbed her forehead and looked up, realizing she was on her behind. She had bumped into Lissa. Great, of all the people, it just had to be her.
"Oh! Pavia! I'm so sorry! I just-heeeyy wait a sec… is that…a ring on your hand?" Lissa questioned. Pavia blushed heavily and snapped her hand away from sight.
"N-No…I take no fancy to anyone here…"
"Liar! You're as red as the sun!"
"…Which is not red at all…" Pavia attempted to cover up her footprints.
"Aww…come on little sis, tell me who it is!" Pavia face palmed. Lissa had taken to calling her 'little sis' just because she was barely over a year older than Pavia. Giving up, Pavia held out her hand and showed Lissa the ring she had on. "Oh! It's so…pretty…So? Who's it from? Come on… Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!"
Sighing, Pavia said, "Alright, but… you must promise to never tell anyone this. Anyone Lissa. Do you understand that?" Lissa nodded, "Alright…it's…it's… from Lon'qu." Pavia mumbled the name and blushed. Lissa, seemingly understood what Pavia said, widened her sparkling eyes and jumped about.
"Ah! So Lo-!" Pavia slapped her hand over Lissa's mouth to shut her up.
"Shush! Someone could hear you!" Pavia scolded and removed her hand. Not bothered by this, Lissa smiled and nodded, skipping away happily. "…I regret my decision already…" Pavia walked out of the armory tent and went back to her tent.
When morning came, Lon'qu woke up to see that Pavia was gone. He grumbled, got up and yawned. As he got out of his tent, Lon'qu immediately flinched when Lissa skipped by. "Heeeeyyyy Lon'qu!"
"W-What do you want?"
"I know your secret! ~" Lon'qu furrowed his eyebrows, obviously confused and just watched Lissa skip away. Shaking his head, Lon'qu walked away, attempting to find Pavia.
Pavia flipped the pages in her book and turned her head around to see Robin behind her. "Ah! Hi Robin!"
"Yes, hello…Pavia…" Robin looked at Pavia with a dejected look on his face. Pavia tilted her head in confusion.
"Um… Robin…? Are you feeling okay?" Pavia brought her left hand, the one without the ring, and felt his forehead. Robin took her hand away and sighed.
"I suppose I'm feeling sick with something else today…" Robin said as he crawled out of Pavia's tent. "Oh…Good morning Lon'qu…" Robin said in his dejected, monotone voice. Pavia tilted her head once again in worry, but soon was elated yet again when Lon'qu crawled in her tent. She made this noticeable by pouncing on him.
"Haai Lon'qu!" Pavia hugged him tightly and planted a kiss on his cheek, causing him to blush. Lon'qu eventually unhooked Pavia's arms from around his neck and placed her on the opposite side of the tent.
"G-Good morning Pavia…" He stuttered out. Pavia simply giggled and made her way to Lon'qu and sat in the gap the Lon'qu made when he sat criss-crossed. Lon'qu rested his chin on her and closed his eyes and smiled. He brought Pavia closer to him by snaking his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to his chest. Pavia giggled and raised her arms and snaked them around his neck. Lon'qu showed a rare smile and turned Pavia around to face him.
"Lon'qu! Let's train together again! I feel so much better today!" Pavia exclaimed childishly. She jumped out of his arms, grabbed her fire tome, and jumped back into his arms. Lon'qu, at first, furrowed his eyebrows in worry, but was soon relieved of his serious expression when Pavia smiled gleefully.
"Hmm… alright then Pavia, let's go." Lon'qu got out of the tent while being followed by Pavia. Unbeknownst to them, Lissa was watching them from afar.
"Hehe… Aren't they just adorable together? I wonder why Pavia wanted me to keep it a secret…" Lissa put her finger to her chin. "I mean… lots of people took it well… well, maybe except Robin…poor guy was crying his eyes out… *sigh* well, I guess heartbreaks rough, isn't it…"
*Later*
"Wow! Lon'qu! You're so strong!" Pavia complemented as she hugged him. Lon'qu blushed heavily and pushed her away.
"S-Stop! Someone could see us…and I'm not that strong… yet." Lon'qu muttered. Pavia just gleefully smiled and jumped up and down. Suddenly, Pavia stopped jumping, she looked behind her and stomped her feet.
"C-Cyrus! Stop it!" Pavia yelled out before seeing Cyrus move out from behind a tree.
"What? I'm just trying to keep you safe." Cyrus glared at Lon'qu, but immediately smiled again at his little sister. "Well, anyways, breakfast is starting in about ten minutes. Might as well get there early before Stahl crams everything down that bottomless pit of his…" Cyrus grumbled the last part before walking off to who knows where. Pavia bent down and blew a raspberry at his back.
"Hmph! I can very well keep myself safe! And if I can't, I have Lon-!" Cyrus was out of range. Pavia huffed out and fell back on her behind and pouted. Lon'qu kneeled down on one knee and patted Pavia's head.
"Your brother… doesn't really like me…does he…?"
"Hmph… Who told you? I don't care what he says! I think you're absolutely perfect!" Pavia changed her mood and hugged Lon'qu around the neck tightly. Lon'qu smiled and wrapped his hand around her wrist. Lon'qu picked Pavia up and placed her on her feet. Pavia stared at Lon'qu with a childish, dumbfounded expression and poked him in the ribs.
"Tag! You're it!" Pavia squealed out childishly before running off. Lon'qu just grinned and ran after her. Pavia ran into the thicker part of the woods around the camp and hid in a bush. She prayed that Lon'qu wouldn't find her. She detested losing at anything. Especially tag or hide-and-seek.
Pavia suddenly heard footsteps and held her breath. The sound grew louder and louder, but faded away after awhile. She waited a few minutes and jumped out of the bush, with a few leaves and twigs stuck in her hair.
"Whew! That was so close! Now where should I-KYA!" Pavia squealed out in surprise as she was lifted into the air. Lon'qu nuzzled his head into the crook of her neck and smiled.
"I found you." Pavia's eyebrows furrowed and she huffed out.
"Well duh! I'm her aren't I?! Here…in your...warm arms… and…" Pavia shook her head at her weakness and continued to rant. "I-I mean how did you find me so easily!?" Lon'qu chuckled and edged close to her ear.
"Your purple hair is beautiful..." Pavia widened her eyes and blushed heavily. She gripped a few locks of her hair and blushed.
"That's…That's just flattery…" Pavia was self conscious about her hair color. Cyrus was orange haired, and her deceased sister was black haired. Cyrus had told Pavia that their mother had orange hair and their father, black hair. She felt like an outcast. Lon'qu knew this as well and leaned closer to her face until their foreheads touched.
"No…you truly are…beautiful Pavia…" Lon'qu smiled and put Pavia down while taking the greenery out of her hair. She blushed and stared at Lon'qu. Once again, she poked him in the ribs and giggled slightly.
"…Tag. You're it… again…" Pavia smiled shyly and ran off, presumably to the mess tent. Lon'qu sighed out heavily and followed her.
*In the mess tent*
Pavia sat down in between Lissa and Cordelia. Lissa giggled and elbowed Pavia. "So...! How's it going on with 'you know who'?" Lissa purposely said loudly. Cordelia turned her head to Pavia and tilted her head in a questioning manner.
"Hmm? Have you found a special someone Pavia?" Cordelia asked. Pavia blushed heavily and turned her head away.
"I…I have no idea what you're talking about…" Lissa scoffed and then giggled.
"Aw come on Pavia! Tell Cordelia!"
"N-No!" Pavia glared at Lissa and sighed out. "I… I don't want anyone to know…" Pavia whispered in Lissa's ear.
"Why?"
"Because…people will know that I have a weakness…" Pavia sighed. She didn't enjoy people knowing that she had a soft spot. When she had first joined the Shepherds, she had been cold to most, but she was a little more… open to few. Lon'qu was part of the few. She didn't know why, but when she had first seen Lon'qu, she felt this overwhelming desire to make herself stronger and more worthy. What to be more worthy of, she didn't know. But now, she did now. She wanted to make herself worthy enough to be Lon'qu's wife. But when she heard about his… disorder… it went all downhill.
"Hmm…" Lissa sighed out heavily, right before elbowing Pavia again. "Well, I doubt people are gonna use it against you!" Pavia just rolled her eyes and ate her eggs and what she thought was chicken. Pavia hated chicken.
*After Breakfast*
Pavia was still undoubtedly hungry after breakfast due to the fact most of it consisted of chicken. She just simply gave her leftovers to a more than happy green cavalier. Sighing, she went into her tent in hopes of finding something to snack on. Shuffling through miscellaneous material, she found a box of some cookies shaped like sticks and proceeded to eat the treat.
She was on her last cookie when Lon'qu crawled in her tent. Pavia turned her gaze to him and smiled. Lon'qu looked at Pavia with a questioning look and shook his head, "Pavia...I thought your brother didn't approve of eating treats in the morning..."
Pavia widened her eyes, "Uh...I...uh...D-Don't tell! Please!"
Lon'qu chuckled and nodded his head. "Hmph...On one condition..." Lon'qu took the end of the treat in his mouth and ate the treat until Pavia and Lon'qu's lips met. Pavia let out a muffled gasp and blushed. Lon'qu keep his lips on hers for a moment and retreated.
"Uh..." Pavia was to dumbstruck to say anything. Lon'qu just smirked and crawled out the tent. Pavia just stared at the entrance, blushing heavily while she did. Pavia shook her head and took out a book and read it.
*A few hours later*
Lon'qu awaited around the edges of the camp, waiting Pavia. She had promised to go to a meadow with him and she was late. Naturally, Lon'qu worried about her and walked over to her tent. When he lifted the flap, he was greeted with Pavia sleeping with a book half open in her hand. Lon'qu smiled slightly and kneeled down beside Pavia. He brushed a lock of her hair out of her face. Smirking, he picked her up and got out of her tent, making sure no one noticed and brought her to the meadow.
"Mmn...Hm? What...? Where...?" Pavia sat up and shook her head. She had woken up on a log and was now turning her head for evidence.
"...? Oh...You've woken up Pavia..." Lon'qu walked over to Pavia and brushed her face with his hand. Pavia sloppily moved his hand away from her face and yawned.
"How did I get here...? All I remember is falling asleep in my tent..."
"I carried you here." That woke Pavia up. She immediately blushed and snapped her head away. "Well...It was your fault for promising and not showing up..."
"W-Well you didn't have to carry me!" Pavia snapped. Lon'qu stared at her menacingly. "I...uh... I mean... why did you want me to come here with you?"
Lon'qu closed his eyes. "I wanted you to come here to ask you something. It seems that everyone has-" Lon'qu stopped in the middle of his sentence. Pavia had left and ran to a tree that seemed to have a beautiful flower growing on it.
"I...can't...reach!" Pavia jumped up and down, attempting to reach the floral display. Lon'qu sighed out and went over to Pavia. Pavia squeaked out in surprise as she was suddenly elevated up into the air, high enough to reach the flower.
"Ah! I have it! Now...Oh! Woah!" Pavia and Lon'qu collapsed at the same time, but Lon'qu managed to catch Pavia by the middle of her back and brought her closer to him. His left hand was on her back and the right was intertwined with her left hand, the one that had the flower in it.
Pavia's right hand was on the back of Lon'qu's head and it looked as if they had just stopped dancing. "I...uh...sorry...?" Pavia blushed and smiled oddly. "N-Now what was it you wanted to tell me...?"
Lon'qu sighed. "Everyone seems to have found out the we..." He looked at her ring finger.
Pavia blinked a few times before she got what he meant. "...Oh! Oh...so everyone knows...is that...bad?" Lon'qu shook his head no and trailed his hand down Pavia's face. Pavia sighed out heavily in her frustration and immediately cursed Lissa in her mind.
*Meanwhile at camp*
"Eh? Where'd Pavia go?" Vaike scratched his head. Lissa giggled slightly and tapped her fingers together in a scheming sort of way.
"Oh...I know where they are..." Lissa thought back to when she saw Lon'qu carry Pavia out of her tent. He thought no one was looking. Boy was he wrong. "...But I think Pavia wouldn't be happy if I told you..."
"Aww Come on! You can tell old Vaike!"
"Naw."
"What?! Why?!"
*A few hours later in the meadow*
Lon'qu saw some drowsiness on Pavia's face and picked her up and carried her to a tree stump. Pavia yawned as she slumped in Lon'qu's arms as she fell asleep again. The meadow was so beautiful, they decided to stay through the afternoon as well. Lon'qu smiled as he stroked Pavia's hair and watched her chest rise and lower as she breathed even breaths. Lon'qu suddenly remembered what Lissa had said to him before and groaned. "Pavia should have known...secrets cannot be kept."
Author's Notes:
I'm quite a bit sleepy after this chapter too XD
I hope this chapter is up to my usual standards. I decided to add in a bit more character interaction. I'll try to add more next chapter. Also, sorry for those who wanted more Felicity. And yes Pavia was eating pocky. Maybe...someone can request what they want in the next chapter? Just say so in the reviews. Speaking of which, reviews are greatly appreciated/needed.