A Happy tale of Symphonia: chapter.9
Although Richter and Emil had been traveling, Emil didn't actually know where they were going, he was just following Richter without any question.
"Emil." Richter voiced, breaking the silence.
"What is it?" Emil replied.
"...Where did you want to go?"
"W-What!? W-Why are you asking me?" Emil blushed nervously.
"Because...i'v been dragging you around everywhere...and i thought it would be nice to stop someplace you might like to visit…" He explained...although he left out the part where he wanted to say " because i feel like a jackass for sleeping with your other self behind your back"
"W-Well...we could go to Altamira?" Emil suggested.
"Why that place…?" Richter asked, almost sounding as though he would rather avoid that place.
"Well...why not? I never really had a chance to enjoy the beach over there" Emil fiddled his fingers a bit, lowering his head.
"I see…..Sigh" Richter remembered fighting Emil their once before. "Alright" He sighed. "But not far too long...i don't much care for that place"
"Really? You're the best Richter-san!" Emil smiled brightly, cheeks rosy pink.
At first Richter was annoyed...But Emil's smile warmed his heart and smiled back at the boy. However once Emil noticed Richter smiling at him, his face lit up and quickly ran ahead of the older man.
"C-Come on, i can't wait to see the beach!" Emil continued to smile as he walked.
Luckily with their blind walking before, they were actually pretty close to Altamira. When they finally reached the beautiful town, Emil quickly realized that Richter would be there with him….at the beach….in his swim trunks….Emil was now over heating as the thought continued in his mind.
"Emil." Richter called.
"H-Huh?" Emil turned his head to the older man.
"You go on ahead, i'll get us a room for the night before joining you"
"O-Oh, alright!" Emil smiled, taking off to the beach.
"Aqua." He called.
"Yes Richter-sama?" Aqua appeared before his eyes from thin air.
"Stay with Emil." He said before walking off.
"Yes sir!" She smiled and swam through the air to catch up with Emil.
Emil greeted Aqua, and they both made their way to the beach. Once the two made it to the beach, Emil set up some towels and a very large umbrella to shade them. Although all of Emil's monster's stay well put in his pocket, Jord was always the one to jump out, such as now.
"Jord no!" Emil chased the Fenrir who snatched the towel from the ground, running away with Emil chasing after him, finding it to be a fun game of chase.
"Ahaha! Jord you naughty monster" Aqua scolded with a smile.
"Ruff!" Jord stopped and sat in front of Aqua, dropping the towel.
"Huff….Huff...Thanks Aqua" Emil huff with a smile.
"Don't mention it, now come on Jord!" Aqua floated off, Jord chasing after her as the they began to play and splash in the water.
"At least most of the other people don't seem to worry about them" Emil smiled, slowly removing his clothing, only leaving on his boxers, and with the asking of Ratatosk for his powers, turned them into black swim trunks with a blue stripe at the bottom of them.
"Thanks Ratatosk" Emil smiled.
"Yeah-Yeah, now get into the water before i do it for you" Ratatosk grinned.
"Right" Emil smiled and ran into the water, joining Aqua and Jord. They were all playing together as they smiled, laughed, giggled, and barked...well, Jord was the only one who barked.
As they were playing Emil noticed two friendly faces headed towards the beach.
"Lloyd-san! Zelos-san!" Emil called out as he waved. Surprising the two.
"Emil-chan!" Zelos called as he waved back.
"Yo, Emil!" Lloyd smiled, also waving back.
Aqua stayed with Jord to keep him out of trouble while Emil went to go join up with Lloyd and Zelos. Lloyd had on his new black swim trunks, and Zelos in his newly forced white swim trunks with red hearts on them, because Lloyd wouldn't let Zelos wear his thong ever again, because their could be kids around!
"So what are you doing here Emil" Lloyd asked.
"Yeah, i can't see that Richter guy coming here for anything" Zelos complained.
"Y-Yeah...B-But we're actually here because Richter wanted me to choose where to go" Emil blushed, smiling a bit nervously.
"Really? That's nice of him" Lloyd smiled back.
"Wow, and here i thought he had a leash on you" Zelos teased.
"W-What!?" He blushed.
"Zelos!" Lloyd growled slightly.
"What?" Zelos chuckled.
"S-So anyway" Emil cooled the heat in his face. "Why are you two here?" Emil asked.
"Well...Zelos wanted to come here, and we um...we ended up talking to Regal about something" Lloyd explained, and every so often glanced at Zelos while explaining.
"Like what?-"
"You know, adult stuff!" Zelos cut in and swung his arm around the small boy.
"Ack! I can't b-breath…." Emil's hole face turning blue.
"Hahahaha! That's Emil for'ya" Zelos released and continued onward to the beach.
"U-Uh….Emil?" Lloyd kneeled down to the dead Emil and poked him.
"Mom...is that you…? Haha...i'm coming to…" Rest in peace Emil...
"Uh….at least he died with a smile on his face" Lloyd scratched the back of his head.
Lloyd helped Emil backup to his feet. But his attention wasn't really focused on Emil anymore, it was focused on the flirting red head.
"Lloyd?" Emil called out, hoping to regain the heroes attention.
"Huh?" Lloyd turned back at the blond.
"You were looking at Zelos a little funny" Emil stated.
"I was? I guess i didn't notice" He scratched the back of his head.
"Lloyd! Come on! You too Emil-chan!" Zelos called.
"We're coming! Come on Emil" Lloyd smiled and ran over to the red headed chosen. Emil had now only just realized the beautiful necklace around Lloyd's neck, but shook his head as he had to quickly catch up to the two.
Once the three were reunited once more, they all started playing in the water with a beach ball, tossing it from one person to the other. Emil however noticed would notice the the heart warming look that Zelos would give the necklace around Lloyd's neck
"Emil! Catch!" Lloyd smacked the ball hard, sending it to Emil, who was caught by surprise.
"I-I got it!" Emil stood ready for the ball.
"Emil." Richter scoffed, suddenly catching Emil's full attention.
"R-Richter-san?" Emil turned his head, flushed at the sight of the half elf wearing black swim trunks, and completely forgot about the incoming ball, which soon shot the back of his head, sent him into the sand.
"I was going to say move more to the left. But…" He sighed.
"Hahaha!" Lloyd laughed along side Zelos.
"Ugh…" Emil got up, and dusted himself off, once again flushed by the sight of Richter.
"Come on bud, let's let them be for a while" Zelos teased giving a wink to the boy, throwing his arm around Lloyd and trailing off to the other side of the beach.
"B-But Zelos-" Lloyd tried to voice, But there was no getting away from Zelos.
"Huh?" Emil's heart didn't quite understand what Zelos meant. But for some reason, found his heart beating faster.
"Sigh…." Richter rubbed his forehead.
The sun was warm and the water was cold. It was a beautiful day. Aqua continued to play with Jord and Zelos with Lloyd on the other side of the beach, leaving Emil and Richter to sit under the umbrella together. Richter glanced at the star shaped birthmark on the boy, remembering how Aster has one just like it...But quickly looked away to gaze at the ocean view that shimmered under the sunlight, dismissing the thought of Aster, as to not worry the other boy.
"S-So what did you want to do?" Emil asked, trying not to focus on the man's great build.
"We came here for your sake, not mine" He stated.
"I-I know...But i want you to enjoy yourself too" Emil smiled.
"Well...to be honest, i'd like to go through some paper...work…." Richter noticed the face Emil was giving him, and knew Emil was fed up with his reading all the time.
"Why don't we go look for seashells?" Emil asked.
"..." Richter glanced at the water, then back at Emil. "I'll pass."
"But why?" Emil asked.
"Because…" He said.
"Because why…?" He asked.
"..."
"..." He continued to stare at the older man.
"...Fine, but not for too long" He sighed in defeat.
"Yay! Come on!" Emil got up and headed for the water. Richter got up and followed, however. Everyone's attention was caught by the sudden screaming that went on in the distance of the beach.
"Lloyd, No! Stop it!" Zelos begged.
"Zelos! Come on, it'll be fine!" Lloyd could be seen chasing after Zelos along the beach off into the background, holding a bottle in his hand.
"...?" Richter had noticed the bottle that was in the hands of the hero, and was almost sickened with the thought that had appeared in his mind.
"R-Richter-san? Are you okay? You look sick" Emil asked worriedly.
"It's fine...just, thought of something."
"O-Oh…" Emil still a little worried.
"Let's just forget them for now." Richter said, continuing to walk toward the ocean.
"A-Alright…" Emil followed, not really sure.
The two walked along the beach with their foot under water. Emil looked for different seashells, hoping to find enough to make a good luck charm the Marta showed him one time, and wondered if he would be able to find enough to make one for Lloyd and Zelos...But mostly one for Richter.
"Stay back!" Zelos screamed in the background.
"No luck here" Emil smiled anyway.
"..." Richter although had no book, was going over some notes that he had memorized in his head, as he stared blankly into the ocean.
"Hey, i think i found-" Suddenly a rock was thrown at the back of Emil's head.
"E-Emil!?" Richter suddenly surprised by the plashing sound of water, noticing the dead boy floating in the water.
"Emil!" Richter quickly picked the boy up, and set him down on land. Gently lifting the boy's head, casting first aid to heal the head injury.
"Emil, are you alright?" He asked as the boy began coughing up water, sitting up. He turned his gaze to the half elf after rubbing the back of his head.
"Richter-san, what happened?" He asked.
"I don't know, i can only assume with the injury that you had. That something hard like a rock was thrown at you, which caused you to collapse" He explained.
"Sigh...Why do i feel like something is trying to kill me?" The boy sighed in despair, dropping head head.
"..." Richter knew Emil was being jokingly dramatic...But he thought about it seriously for a moment, and realized just how alone and broken he would be if he lost Emil...Remembering that Emil left Marta for him. But what if Emil hadn't done so? Would that mean he would be traveling alone with Aqua once more? He knew he would never want to go on without Emil beside him...But, what if Emil became tired of traveling?
"Richter-san?"
"...Emil" Only now did he realize just how cruel it was that he and Ratatosk had been doing things behind Emil's back...only cursing himself for it all.
"Hmm?" Emil Gave him a questioning look with a slight tilt to his head.
"If i...if i decided settle down in some place….." He fixed his gaze to match the boy's.
"R-Richter….san…?" The boy felt his heart race
"Would you...come live with me?" He asked, catching the boy by surprise.
"W-What are you saying all of a sudden?"
"Me and Aster had planned to do that….but…"
"...Richter-san…" Emil could only blame himself for taking Aster away from him...
"Emil, i've come to really like having you by my side...and i know i said using a word too many times loses it's meaning...but...i never tell you enough how much you mean to me"
"R-Richter-san" Emil felt his face heat up, as well as being on the verge of tears.
"So...i want to know if you would travel by my side...and live by my side...for as long as i remain close to your heart….as you do in mine"
"Richter-san….of….of course!" The boy suddenly surprised the older man as rammed into him with a big hug, tears streaming down his face. Richter was a bit flushed from the sudden hug, feeling the boy against him...But he could only return the hug with a smile of relief on his face.
"Richter-san...i would do anything to stay by your side" He sniffled.
"E-Emil…" He looked down at the boy.
"Richter-san...i...i love you so much" Slightly afraid of what Richter will think of him...But he stayed hopeful.
"E-Emil...you…" Slightly surprised by the boy's confession. But linking back on Emil's action's before made sense now, and it's not like he didn't like him either, so…
"Emil...i love you too" Catching the boy by complete surprise, and lifted the his head gently, pressed their lips together in a sweet and passionate kiss.
The boy took a moment to realize what was happening before he clung to the older man, who in return held the boy close in his arms...and this time, this time for sure was no dream, it was real.
Without thinking about it, while in the kiss, Richter pushed Emil over and pinned him to the ground out of habit. Emil was taken by surprise by Richter's action's and was more nervous about it then Raine being afraid of water.
"R-R-Richter-san?" Emil tried to think of words to say. But is mind couldn't process any words, as he was too focused on the lustful energy Richter was giving out. The innocent, scared face that Emil revealed to Richter only gave power to his lustful intentions.
"R-Richter-san..." Emil found being pinned down by the other man was a bit scary, and yet...he found himself really liking it.
