Filia stared up at Xelloss, the blue of her eyes shimmering from recent tears and current confusion.
"If you have no heart, Xelloss-san," she began, pulling out of his arms and turning away from him, her voice soft, "Than someone such as I could never give you one."
Her pulse raced, the calm of a few moments before replaced by dread and anxiety, /I have to forgive him... or I'm no better than he is... but... do I have to believe him?/ She bit her lip, as Xelloss sighed and shimmered away.
What was the use of arguing with her, when there wasn't a doubt that she was right? Xelloss fought the thing within his body that he wasn't used to. In a moment, he teleported away again, this time to his master.
"Xelloss-chan," she started, one hand curled around a cup of wine, "Why is that you've abandoned your ryuzoku friend?" Her tone wasn't exactly accusatory, but he sucked in his breath anyway, bowed down.
"Because... Xelas-sama, I.. am confused," Xelloss choked on his words, eyes opening just a tad, his eyebrows slanted upward.
"Don't be, pet," the Beastmaster chuckled, rising from her seat, and wrapped her arms around Xelloss, "Even if she is a ryuzoku... you can love her, Xelloss-chan... Just because we are mazoku does not mean we have no emotions. We just thrive on the darker ones. Love can be a very dark and cruel emotion, even if you are.. happy," She chuckled again, kissing Xelloss's still bowed head.
"I will give you three days, Xelloss-chan. If the ryuzoku does not confess her love to you before midnight on the third day, then I will remove the feeling from you forever. However-" Xelloss looked up at his master when she paused, "if she confesses afterwards, she will end up hurt... ryuzoku live a very long time, Xelloss-chan. Do you love her enough to hurt her?"
Xelloss didn't reply, for the question seemed rather odd to him. Then, he rose out of his master's embrace, and nodded.
"Yes, Xelas-sama...I somehow understand...I do... I love her, and I want to have her... but, can you do /me/ a favor, Xelas-sama?"
She responded with a grin, "Yes, Xelloss-chan. If she confesses, I will give you her lifespan... to the moment."
The priest/general weighed this in his mind and nodded again, "I am willing."
"If you have no heart, Xelloss-san," she began, pulling out of his arms and turning away from him, her voice soft, "Than someone such as I could never give you one."
Her pulse raced, the calm of a few moments before replaced by dread and anxiety, /I have to forgive him... or I'm no better than he is... but... do I have to believe him?/ She bit her lip, as Xelloss sighed and shimmered away.
What was the use of arguing with her, when there wasn't a doubt that she was right? Xelloss fought the thing within his body that he wasn't used to. In a moment, he teleported away again, this time to his master.
"Xelloss-chan," she started, one hand curled around a cup of wine, "Why is that you've abandoned your ryuzoku friend?" Her tone wasn't exactly accusatory, but he sucked in his breath anyway, bowed down.
"Because... Xelas-sama, I.. am confused," Xelloss choked on his words, eyes opening just a tad, his eyebrows slanted upward.
"Don't be, pet," the Beastmaster chuckled, rising from her seat, and wrapped her arms around Xelloss, "Even if she is a ryuzoku... you can love her, Xelloss-chan... Just because we are mazoku does not mean we have no emotions. We just thrive on the darker ones. Love can be a very dark and cruel emotion, even if you are.. happy," She chuckled again, kissing Xelloss's still bowed head.
"I will give you three days, Xelloss-chan. If the ryuzoku does not confess her love to you before midnight on the third day, then I will remove the feeling from you forever. However-" Xelloss looked up at his master when she paused, "if she confesses afterwards, she will end up hurt... ryuzoku live a very long time, Xelloss-chan. Do you love her enough to hurt her?"
Xelloss didn't reply, for the question seemed rather odd to him. Then, he rose out of his master's embrace, and nodded.
"Yes, Xelas-sama...I somehow understand...I do... I love her, and I want to have her... but, can you do /me/ a favor, Xelas-sama?"
She responded with a grin, "Yes, Xelloss-chan. If she confesses, I will give you her lifespan... to the moment."
The priest/general weighed this in his mind and nodded again, "I am willing."