Adeena: Ready to continue?

Ruwalk: Yes!

Alfeegi: No!

Adeena: Which is it to be? I don't have all day you know.

Ruwalk: Continue. *glaring at Alfeegi*

Alfeegi: Alright! Continue, though I don't see what good it will do.

Adeena: It will all work out in the end, you'll see. *huggles Alfeegi*

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Knights.

Adeena reached out and took his chin in her hand. Pulling his face around so he had to look in her in the eyes, she said "Don't turn away from me again. You do and I'll have to smack you." She moved her hand from his chin to his cheek and said "Why didn't you ask about the third bedroom?"

"I assumed it would be for children. I didn't think it was my place to ask. You picked a set of rooms on the opposite end of the castle from mine and I thought you didn't want me around" and hung his head, avoiding her eyes once more.

She leaned over and kissed him, startling him into looking at her once more. "I warned you" she said with a smile. "This set of rooms is also at the opposite end of the castle from everyone else, not just you. It was chosen mainly because of that. The third bedroom is for you. Ruwalk and I had already decided that. We just hadn't had a chance to talk to you about it."

"Wha … ?" he asked, thoroughly confused.

At this point Ruwalk left the bathing room through his bedroom knowing he would not be needed for a while. He left the suite, shutting the door behind him and returned to the ballroom where Lykouleon was waiting for him to return.

"Hush" she told Alfeegi. "If children should come along there is a perfectly good nursery in the castle where they will be well taken care of. We love you and want to have you near us as often as possible. Are you agreeable to this?"

Without hesitation he said "Yes" and promptly kissed her with all the passion he'd been hiding for the past month. Her response drove all other thoughts out of his mind and they indulged in telling each other how much they cared for each other, physically, for the next few hours while Ruwalk was at the festivities.


Ballroom, time for cake

"You seem a bit more relaxed" Lykouleon said to Ruwalk as he came up to him carrying a couple of drinks. "I gather everything worked out."

"So it would appear. When I left they were talking things out" replied Ruwalk, handing him a glass.

"I'm surprised you're here and not there. I would think you would want to be involved in the discussion."

"No. They don't need me involved in things right now. I'll go join them in a little while, after I see you blow out all the candles on the cake."

"Adeena should be here to help with that. It's her birthday too" Lykouleon grumped.

"I'm not interfering in what's going on up there. You get to have all the fun by yourself" Ruwalk laughed in return, pushing Lykouleon towards the table where the birthday cake waited, calling for everyone's attention.


Their suite, after the birthday cake

When he finally went back to the suite, Ruwalk went to his own room first, stripped and put on a dressing robe. He then went into the room that now belonged to Alfeegi, found his dressing robe and picked it up. He then went to the door of Adeena's room and hearing voices, quietly opened the door.

"Sorry you missed the festivities tonight?" asked Alfeegi of Adeena.

"No, not at all" she replied with a laugh, having noticed Ruwalk enter the room. "Too bad Ruwalk decided to return to them. He might have had more fun with us."

"Return? What do you mean return?" queried Alfeegi.

"Just what she said" commented Ruwalk from the doorway where he was lounging against the frame, startling Alfeegi who hadn't noticed him standing there. "I was standing in the shadows listening, while you two were talking. You made my heart drop to the floor at one point. I'm glad you came to your senses. Now move over" as he takes his robe off and tosses both robes he's now holding onto the chair where Adeena's robe is and moves to the bed.

"What!?!" cries Alfeegi.

"Move!" replies Adeena while pulling Alfeegi to the middle of the bed so Ruwalk could climb in; which he promptly did.

Any thoughts of vocal conversation flew out the window at that point, as Ruwalk joined in the physical conversation until all three were exhausted. They fell asleep as the first hints of dawn lightened the sky.

Adeena: Should we tell them what happens later in the morning?

Ruwalk: You mean at the council session?

Alfeegi: You've got to be kidding! My heart can't stand the thought of what happened and you want to tell them?

Adeena: Yeah! *huggles Alfeegi some more* Let us know if you want to know or not.