The Demon Inside.
Chapter 2
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Chant with me now;
- Angsty Rath, Angsty Rath, Ra, Ra, Rath! Yeah! -
Warning; Slight RathxThatz innuendo coming soon! I promise!
Now onward to your regularly scheduled reading:
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Dinner, that night, went on as usual. The Dragon Lord, being the kind dinner host that he was, entertained Cesia with tales from his childhood. He was occasionally interrupted by Ruwalk however, who quickly commented, ' Really? I don't remember it happening quite like that . . .', thus ending Lykouleon's tale and the beginning of the real version of it.
Thatz, who normally would have stuffed his face as fast a he could and asked for seconds, sat at the stone dining table and picked at his food while watching everyone carry on as normal. Except for Rath.
The young Knight sat quietly at the table eating his food, which was unusual Thatz noted. Since Kai-stern had returned Rath should have been carrying on about how a demon, of all things, managed to get into the castle, and how he was going to finally get a good fight without the Lord objecting for once.
'Something is very wrong . . .'
Feeling eyes on him Rath glanced up and scanned the table with an efficient ruby gaze. Thatz quickly averted his attention to Rune who was carrying on pleasant conversation with Alfeegi.
'Probably about how annoying Rath and I are,' Thatz grinned, 'those two must be distantly related or somethin'.'
Thatz sighed inwardly and chanced another look at Rath, only to find the young knight staring strait at him.
"What?" The Earth Knight asked innocently.
"Why do you keep staring at me?" Rath hissed, "I can feel your eyes on me just about every twenty seconds."
Thatz, caught off guard for once, let out a nervous chuckle, "It's just . . . you're not talking, that's all."
"Your not eating." He spat," Let's call it even."
The ex-thief drew back slightly and looked back down at his plate. Rath had been avoiding him since that demon had shown up at the castle, and only when there was food present would Rath show up. Now he was being spiteful. 'Can't shake the feeling that something's . . . not right . . .'
There was no sense in starting a fight with Rath over him just looking at the knight. Thatz shrugged mentally and shoved food in his mouth. No sense in letting good food go to waist either.
"Rath? Is something wrong?" Kai-stern asked quietly from across the table, where he and the fire Knight sat.
"No . . . just don't feel like eating right now. That's all." Came the reply.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Kai-stern pushed the subject and Thatz saw Rath's eyebrow twitch irritably. "I'm fine, Kai," Rath faked a slight smile, "I just pushed myself too hard in training the other day." He paused for a moment and put his fork down on his plate, "I think I'm going to go to bed early . . . goodnight, Kai."
Thatz glanced up again and saw Rath getting up from the table and walking away from the white haired Dragon Officer. Kai-stern watched him leave with worry in his eyes before turning back to the main conversation.
'He must have noticed it too. Or he wouldn't have said anything before.'
Thatz set his fork down and scooted his chair back as he stood. Curiosity killed the cat, not the Dragon Knight, and curiosity had finally gotten the better of him. Something was wrong with Rath, and if no one was going to find out what it was, he was going to.
'And if it's just depression, I'm going to kill him for making me worry.' The Dragon Knight slipped out the door and into the hallway after the problematic Fire Knight.
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Thatz is getting curious. Hmm. May influence evil things in the future.
Ahhhh! Please don't flog me! *ducks in terror*
I know it's short, but it gives me time to contemplate what to have Rath do to Thatz . . . oooh, naughty!
Thanks to all those who review, you're whom I love deep, deep, deep, down . . . in my twisted black heart . . .
Chapter 2
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Chant with me now;
- Angsty Rath, Angsty Rath, Ra, Ra, Rath! Yeah! -
Warning; Slight RathxThatz innuendo coming soon! I promise!
Now onward to your regularly scheduled reading:
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Dinner, that night, went on as usual. The Dragon Lord, being the kind dinner host that he was, entertained Cesia with tales from his childhood. He was occasionally interrupted by Ruwalk however, who quickly commented, ' Really? I don't remember it happening quite like that . . .', thus ending Lykouleon's tale and the beginning of the real version of it.
Thatz, who normally would have stuffed his face as fast a he could and asked for seconds, sat at the stone dining table and picked at his food while watching everyone carry on as normal. Except for Rath.
The young Knight sat quietly at the table eating his food, which was unusual Thatz noted. Since Kai-stern had returned Rath should have been carrying on about how a demon, of all things, managed to get into the castle, and how he was going to finally get a good fight without the Lord objecting for once.
'Something is very wrong . . .'
Feeling eyes on him Rath glanced up and scanned the table with an efficient ruby gaze. Thatz quickly averted his attention to Rune who was carrying on pleasant conversation with Alfeegi.
'Probably about how annoying Rath and I are,' Thatz grinned, 'those two must be distantly related or somethin'.'
Thatz sighed inwardly and chanced another look at Rath, only to find the young knight staring strait at him.
"What?" The Earth Knight asked innocently.
"Why do you keep staring at me?" Rath hissed, "I can feel your eyes on me just about every twenty seconds."
Thatz, caught off guard for once, let out a nervous chuckle, "It's just . . . you're not talking, that's all."
"Your not eating." He spat," Let's call it even."
The ex-thief drew back slightly and looked back down at his plate. Rath had been avoiding him since that demon had shown up at the castle, and only when there was food present would Rath show up. Now he was being spiteful. 'Can't shake the feeling that something's . . . not right . . .'
There was no sense in starting a fight with Rath over him just looking at the knight. Thatz shrugged mentally and shoved food in his mouth. No sense in letting good food go to waist either.
"Rath? Is something wrong?" Kai-stern asked quietly from across the table, where he and the fire Knight sat.
"No . . . just don't feel like eating right now. That's all." Came the reply.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Kai-stern pushed the subject and Thatz saw Rath's eyebrow twitch irritably. "I'm fine, Kai," Rath faked a slight smile, "I just pushed myself too hard in training the other day." He paused for a moment and put his fork down on his plate, "I think I'm going to go to bed early . . . goodnight, Kai."
Thatz glanced up again and saw Rath getting up from the table and walking away from the white haired Dragon Officer. Kai-stern watched him leave with worry in his eyes before turning back to the main conversation.
'He must have noticed it too. Or he wouldn't have said anything before.'
Thatz set his fork down and scooted his chair back as he stood. Curiosity killed the cat, not the Dragon Knight, and curiosity had finally gotten the better of him. Something was wrong with Rath, and if no one was going to find out what it was, he was going to.
'And if it's just depression, I'm going to kill him for making me worry.' The Dragon Knight slipped out the door and into the hallway after the problematic Fire Knight.
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Thatz is getting curious. Hmm. May influence evil things in the future.
Ahhhh! Please don't flog me! *ducks in terror*
I know it's short, but it gives me time to contemplate what to have Rath do to Thatz . . . oooh, naughty!
Thanks to all those who review, you're whom I love deep, deep, deep, down . . . in my twisted black heart . . .
