A Happy tale of Symphonia: chapter.10
Emil was slightly scared of where Richter was going with this, and being that they were at a public beach only made things worse for him.
However there was something else that was bothering Emil just a bit...It was that the moment Richter had pinned him down, Ratatosk had a strange excitement gleaming in his eyes...
It took the half elf a moment to realize his hasty actions, pulling away from the small blond. He quickly stood up and offered a hand to the smaller boy a hand up.
"Sorry." He simply said, feeling like a fool.
"D-Don't worry about it Richter-san, you didn't mean to, right?" Emil smiled a bit.
"...Let's head back to the inn" He said, walking on ahead.
"A-Alright" Emil looked around for his friends from before, and when he couldn't spot them, he quickly rejoined the half elf.
"Aqua." Richter called, and as always she came to his side….except she had jord with her.
"Yes Richter-sama?" She asked.
"We're leaving"
"Oh, okay" She smiled and floated on ahead of them. Jord returned to Emil's monster pocket.
"Good boy" Emil smiled.
As the two continued to head towards the inn, none of them spoke, not even once they got into their room.
What was Richter to explain to Emil? "I pinned you down because i do that to Ratatosk all the time behind your back" He could never say it like that, or even begin on how to tell Emil about it without possibly hurting the boy.
Emil didn't know what say...Richter pinning him down made him really nervous...it was scary. He had never been treated like that by Richter before...being completely pinned down and powerless under the older man's leash, just as Zelos had said before...although he thought it was only a just a joke up until now….But what was really bothering Emil, was Ratatosk's reaction.
The way his eyes gleamed with excitement, almost seeming like he had been grinning…
The two finally settled down in their room, locking the door, changing back into their original clothing. Emil was just happy to be clean from all that sand.
"...Emil" Richter called, breaking the silence.
"..."
"Emil." He called once more.
"..."
"Emil!" He scoffed a bit loudly.
"Huh!?" Emil suddenly pulled from his thoughts, and back to reality.
"Emil...pay attention when someone is trying to talk to you." He scolded.
"S-Sorry" He smiled, scratching the back of his head.
"Sigh... I need to ask you something…"
"W-What is it…?" Feeling nervous from Richter's sudden serious expression.
"Have...Have you spoken to Ratatosk today?" He hesitated a bit.
"N-Not really...Why?" He asked.
"...Forget i asked." He sat on the bed and began reading through his notes.
"..." Emil was now more annoyed than ever. Not only did Richter not even explain himself. But now he was once more, deep into reading those stupid papers…..He didn't mean it though, He actually liked watching the older man read, he was just confused and it was making his temper rise just a little.
"Sigh…" Emil decided to just sit next to the half elf and just enjoy being by his side, and think about everything else later.
Richter blushed a pink color, as he could feel the warmth of the small boy lean against him. Emil just rested against the half elf, feeling himself fall asleep.
"Richter...san…." He mumbled something else just before falling asleep.
"Emil...i love you too" He smiled a bit, planting a gentle kiss on the small boys lips before he returned to reading his papers once more...enjoying the boy beside him.
After an hour of reading, Richter put his thing' away, and tucked the boy into bed. Setting his glasses on the desk next to their bed before snuggling up with Emil under the sheets, lightly taking in the scent of the boys hair, drifting to sleep.
Richter who normally woke up much earlier, was still asleep in bed, sleeping soundly with the smaller boy sleeping in his arm, head rested on his beautiful tan chest.
Emil could sleep forever with the sound of the man's breathing, his heartbeat, his warmth.
Once Emil had finally woken up, his cheeks were flushed as he had actually woken up beside the older man for once when usually he has already take off and left without him.
"Richter-san…" Emil stared at the older man's face…
"Hey"
"Huh?" Emil, surprised by Ratatosk's sudden call.
"We need to talk" He said plainly.
"What is it?" Emil asked.
"Me and Richter have been doing IT without you knowing" He explained.
"Doing...what? And what's IT?" Emil questioned.
"Man you're dense!" Ratatosk grumbled. "Okay, how about this?"
"Hmm?"
"Richter pinned you down out of habit from doing what a boy and a girl monster do together!"
Emil flushed brightly.
"W-What!? Y-You and Richter-san were….and...and...that means...R-Richter-san...touched me" Emil was over heating, about to faint.
"Snap out of it you dummy!" Ratatosk growled.
"S-Sorry"
"Geez…"
"Wow...i-i'm a little hurt that Richter-san didn't tell me...But, knowing he found love for you….makes me really happy, because now he loves both parts of us" He smiled.
"Tch….!" Ratatosk flushed.
"Hehe, how cute, you like him too" Emil chuckled.
"Of course you baka! Just like deep down you like it rough the way i do" He grinned.
"W-Wha!?" Emil flushed red. "J-Just how r-rough?" He asked.
"Very." He stated. Emil gulped...however, he was slightly feeling a bit excited about thinking how Richter must have treated Ratatosk, being that he had be the one pinned down.
"Emil?"
"R-Richter-san!?" Emil slightly panicked, hiding his face in his scarf.
"What are you doing?" The older man asked, grabbing his glasses and putting them on.
"S-Sorry...did i wake you?"
"Just a little...were you talking to Ratatosk?" He asked.
"Y-Yeah...he told me what you two have been doing" He hid his face back in his scarf.
"I….I see...and?" Although he didn't ask, Emil knew Richter was asking how he felt about it.
"Richter-san, i'm just happy you can love all of who i-...we are" He smiled looking at him.
"Emil….i'm sorry for not saying anything sooner…"
"It's okay...i know you must have been worried about not hurting me" He blushed.
"Emil….i really am in love with you" He almost snickered.
"Richter-san…" He whispered before the older man had planted a kiss on his lips, returning the kiss, he clung to the man's dark coat.
"Emil, we should get going now." He said, composing himself.
"Hehe, okay" Emil replied, feeling really giddy after the kiss.
After the two finally got dressed, and packed their things. They made their way down to the inn's front desk when they suddenly bumped into Lloyd and Zelos...and although Richter wanted to turn around and walk away, Emil had already ran ahead to join the two.
"Emil-chan!" Zelos grinned.
"Emil" Lloyd smiled.
"Zelos, Lloyd" Emil smiled, Joining them at the front desk.
"...Just my luck" Richter sighed, following Emil.
The three friends+Richter stood outside the Altamira inn. Emil had asked what had happened to the two after they had left him and Richter alone, however this confused Emil when Zelos replied with a very odd laughter with rosy cheeks, saying something about about a key in a keyhole, while Lloyd was flushed red also, saying something about sword fighting...Both going on about something completely different left Emil very, very confused…Richter could only shake his head.
"What about you? What happened to you guys after me and Zelos left?" Lloyd asked.
"Well…" Emil thought for a moment. "First we went seashell hunting. But then something really hard hit my head" He scratched the back of his head.
"It was a rock." Richter corrected.
"A-" Lloyd started.
"-Rock?" Zelos finished, shared a look with Lloyd.
"?" Emil and Richter also shared a look.
"T-That rock might have been my fault" Zelos said, scratching the back of his head.
"Did that rock also have something to do with your screaming in the background?" Richter asked, slightly raising a brow in question, his arms crossed.
"W-Well...you could say that" Zelos slightly flushed.
"Hehe, sorry. It's my fault he was screaming" Lloyd said.
"I was running for my life ya'know!" Zelos explained, flushed red.
"Hahaha. But aren't you glad with the way it ended?" Lloyd grinned, cheeks also a flushed red.
"Huh?" Emil's cheeks turned a pink color, oddly feeling a bit nervous.
"I was really happy actually~" Zelos wrapped his arms around Lloyd's shoulders, leaning his head against his partner's, whispering into Lloyd's ear before pulling away.
Lloyd's face steamed with how red it got, stiff, opening his mouth...but no words came out. Emil couldn't understand at all...however, he did understand that something….something between Lloyd and Zelos had changed...But he knew that maybe...it was like him and Richter.
Richter noticed the way Emil had been staring at them, finding the answer to his question.
"Emil…" He whispered under his breath.
"Are...Are you two in love?" Emil asked. Zelos silenced his chuckling at Lloyd, and Lloyd with Zelos, both stared at Emil…
"Well...Are you?" He asked once more.
"Y...Yeah, we've been together for a weak or so" Lloyd explained, taking Zelos' hand into his own.
"R-Really?" Emil wasn't sure what to think...Zelos and Lloyd had always been his friend...and, isn't Zelos and Lloyd into women? Though...the same could be said for him.
"..." Richter always knew they liked each other. But that didn't mean he wanted to hear or see it….it might kill him if he did.
"Yeah...it's true, me and Lloyd are head over heals for each other" Zelos grinned.
"But…" Just as friends….they had always just been friend's hadn't they?
"What? You don't believe us?" Lloyd asked with a questioning smile.
"Well...i don't know, all this time i thought you guy's were only friend's, so i guess...i guess i'm having a hard time taking it all in" Emil explained slowly taking everything in.
"Yeah, i would feel the same way if one of my friend's had done the same thing" Lloyd said sympathetically to the small boy.
"..." Zelos smiled...but his thoughts were on wether or not Emil had admitted his feelings or not to the jackass for a half elf…
Richter gave a slight glare at the chosen, warning the redhead not to become too curious with the blond boy. Zelos shot a slight glare back.
"Can...Can you prove it?" Emil asked.
"W-What?" Zelos looked back at the boy, caught off guard by the question.
"Hmm?" Lloyd cocked his head a bit.
"Can you prove it? Prove that you two are...a…c-couple" Emil asked once more, cheeks a pink color as he was beginning to realize his own question.
"Oi, oi, oi! W-What kind of question is that?" Zelos complained, cheeks bright red.
"I-I'm sorry! F-Forget i asked, that was very-"
"-Okay" Lloyd voiced in.
"Rude….of…...me….Wha!?" Emil's cheeks burned a bright red. Lloyd had just then, held Zelos's face gently in his hands, pulling him into a kiss, and Zelos couldn't help but return the kiss as he wrapped his arms around his lover's waist.
"Emil." Richter who know felt like he was about to gag to death, covered Emil's eyes with his hands as he stood behind the boy, keeping the two lovers out of the boy's vision.
The two finally finished their kiss, and Zelos was now 100% sure he didn't care what other people around them thought. Richter released his hands.
"W-Wow...i guess you guys are….together" Emil now oddly felt inspired by the two's passionate love, feeling his own heart beat faster.
"Well, now you're the third person to know" Zelos stated.
"Third?" Emil questioned.
"Colette and Regal were told fisrt" Lloyd explained. "We're telling all of our friend's one at a time"
"Wow...i could never do that" Emil smiled, feeling his face heat up as he thought about how he and Richter confessed their feelings yesterday.
"Yeah, it's a little weird telling our friend's...but it really makes me feel good when they tell us how happy they are for us" Lloyd said, smiling.
"So, is there anyone you like Emil?" Zelos asked teasingly, receiving a glare from the half elf, who received a slight glare from the chosen's lover.
"U-Um…" Emil could see the three sending glares at each other...not really sure what to do.
"Well! From what i heard" Zelos started, ending the glares between all of them "You like the professor?" Zelos asked the boy teasingly.
"W-What!?" Emil couldn't remembering anything like that….or, no wait. He remembered Marta saying something like that. Richter almost laughed at the hearing of those words.
"W-Well...i mean, she is really smart, pretty and really amazing" Emil smiled. The two lovers now noticing a sudden hatred aura burning around Richter.
"H-Hehehe...yeah, she is isn't she?" Lloyd smiled, trying not to warn Emil of the danger behind him...While Zelos was now standing behind Lloyd in fear of the half elf….
"What's wrong guy's?" Emil asked.
"N-Nothing!" Zelos smiled a bit.
"I know! Let's all go see Genis and Raine together!" Lloyd suggested.
"..." Richter wanted no part in the trip.
"Yeah, that's a great idea!" Emil smiled.
"You get to see Raine and the twerp , while me and Lloyd tell them about us" Zelos explained.
"Oh wait...is that okay with you, Richter-san?" Emil asked the taller man behind him.
"I suppose...i don't mind" Richter replied...Only now did he wish he had gotten up earlier today like normal and not sleeping in a bit longer...
"Alright! Then i guess we're all going" Emil said, super excited to be with his friends and Richter all together at once.
Although Lloyd had been the one with the idea to go see Genis and Raine, he was starting to feel slightly nervous about telling his best friend about him and Zelos being together.
"Alright...so, how are we doing this?" Zelos asked.
"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.
"Well, we have a Rheaird that we share together. But what about Emil and Richter?" Zelos explained, looking at the two.
"Oh yeah...i forgot about that" Lloyd scratched the back of his head.
"..." Richter almost want to say. "Then maybe we should part ways"
"I know!" Emil stated. "Me and Richter-san can ride on Jord's back" Emil suggested.
"...I'd rather not." Richter raised his glasses.
"W-Why not?" Emil asked. "Jord loves you" Emil smiled.
"Because, walking on foot is just fine thank you." Richter explained a bit coldly.
"Geez, what a stick in the mud" Zelos complained.
"Leave him be" Lloyd said, slightly chuckling at Zelos's remark.
"D-Don't say that about Richter-san" Emil blushed, trying to defend his new the half elf.
"Ah, sorry Emil" Lloyd smiled. "I guess me and Zelos will be in the sky" Lloyd said.
"Very well, and we will be here on the ground." Richter said.
"S-So where would they be exactly?" Emil asked.
"Hmm...good question" Zelos said.
"...I think they might be in Iselia" Lloyd said, following his heart's instincts.
"Alright, i guess that's where we're going" Emil smiled.
Lloyd unpacked his Rheaird, leaping on, leaving Zelos to sit behind him, feeling the chosen's arms wrapped around his waist...he couldn't help but feel manly every time.
"Let us know if something happens down here, we'll fly down and help" Lloyd said.
"Yeah, and you two have fun" Zelos teased, sending Emil a wink before Lloyd flew them high into the sky. But not too high of course.
Emil blushed at Zelos' comment, eyeing the older man from the corner of his eye.
"O-Okay Jord, come on out" Emil trying to ignore what Zelos said. Jord leaped out.
"GRooooo!" He he howled.
"Okay boy, i need a ride" Emil smiled, and Jord happily lied down, letting Emil up onto his back before standing back up and walking on.
"Haha! Your so big and furry, i could ride you all day" Emil smiled, as Jord wagged his tail happily.
"..." Richter glaring a bit. "Big? Furry? Ride him ALL day?" Richter thought, stupidly feeling jealous of the fenrir again.
He tried to dismiss the thought...however he began walking faster and matched the same paste as the fenrir was going.
"Richter-san, you sure you don't want a ride?" Emil asked.
"...I'm fine" Richter said, continuing to watch the road.
"If you say so" Emil somehow got the feeling Richter was mad about something. Just then, green eyes closed and opened to reveal red eyes.
"Come on, it's pretty fun up here" Ratatosk said, almost teasingly.
"..." Richter ignored the summon spirit's words.
"You could ride behind me, and maybe the road will get a little bumpy~" He teased with a grin.
"...You're perverted comments wont work." He scoffed.
"Grr...You know, i told Emil about us for you, saving you the explanation." He explained.
"..." Richter twitched a brow. He turned around and leaped onto the fenrir's back, sitting behind the boy, holding on to some of the fenrir's main as to not fall off, which cause him to lean in a bit, pressing the boy's back up against his chest.
"Heh, was that so hard?" Ratatosk teased once more.
"...Please stop talking" He sighed, hating the idea of losing to the red eyes summon spirit.
"Hehehe" He chuckled a bit before red eyes returned to green.
"S-Sorry Richter-san"
"Don't apologize, it's fine" Richter sighed. Emil chuckled slightly at the defeated Richter.
Just as The two were finally silently enjoying the ride, Jord made a slight leap over a log, and when he landed, Richter's waist rammed into Emil's butt.
"Ah!" Emil blushed, surprised by the slight heated spot of Richter's pant's hitting him.
"Ah...Emil" Richter's cheeks turned pink as he adjusted his glasses.
"R-Richter-san…" Emil could not only feel his own body become excited. But he was also starting to become flooded with Ratatosk's memories of him and Richter.
"Emil…" Richter had already seen and touched Emil's body technically. But because Emil was Emil and not Ratatosk this time, he hadn't actually been with emil when doing it.
Richter scooted closer, pulling his hands away from the fenrir's main and onto the small boy's figure, rubbing the sides of his waist.
"A-Aah...Richter-san…" Emil shuttered, Cheeks burning red.
"Sorry...i can't seem to help it…"
"Hnn…" Emil nodded, feeling Ratatosk's excitement as well as his own.