Raenef's First Christmas
Author: Haiiro Tasogare (for ya'll who don't speak it's 'Grey Twilight')
Ratings/Warnings: PG-13. Rated for shonen-ai/angst sort of stuff just in case a wayward 8-year old happens across this story. Not sure yet but definitely some shonen-ai (EclipsexRae) scenes and themes. Otherwise it's pretty clean! (as of now anyways.) ^_^;;
A/N: Hello everybody! Okay, I know this is hokey, but I'm trying, okay? I got inspired to do this by the little spirity muse-like thing that lives inside the ring I always wear. He usually just hangs out there, but sometimes he decides to drag his lazy butt out and get me inspired to write a story or draw a picture or something. I think his name is Dyrim. He told me it once, but he talks to me so rarely nowadays that I've forgotten! Well, I guess signing up for this site woke him up, so now I'm going to try to do something to make him talk to me more often. Anyways, don't mind my senseless rant. Enjoy the story and please review, since this is my first fanfic and I need to know if I suck or not, (and if so, how badly.) All shout-outs in the world to Koneko Shido, because reading her stories inspired me to sign up and start writing again! If you haven't read anything by her stop reading this now and go read something of hers! And review, because she really deserves it! Now, on with the story.
"Wow, this looks incredibly absorbing." Erutis had just wandered up to a desk in the castle's library covered with books behind which Raenef sat, a particularly large, old-looking volume open in front of him. He looked up at her quickly, startled by her quiet entrance.
"Oh, this is Famous Demon Lords of the 12th Century. Eclipse told me to read the first five chapters by dinner-time." Raenef smiled his wide, open smile as Erutis leaned over the desk to get a better look at the book. Suddenly, she noticed a sheet of white paper covering the page that Raenef was supposedly reading.
"What's that?" Erutis snatched up the paper, avoiding Raenef's attempts to grab it back. The page was covered in little doodles of stick figures with labels like "Erutis laughing at Chris" and "Eclipse yelling at me" with arrows pointing to the appropriate stick figure. "Hey, that does kind of look like Chris. Is that supposed to be me?!" Raenef quailed at the glare Erutis gave him, only to be saved by Eclipse's entrance through the large wooden library door. Raenef quickly snatched back the paper and stuffed it in his pocket as Eclipse walked over to where they were standing.
"Lord Raenef, how goes the studying?" Eclipse completely ignored Erutis' presence there as he looked at the little demon lord, smiling sweetly from behind the piles of books.
"Oh, uh." Raenef smiled even bigger, closing the book and placing it back on the desk. "I think I'll take a break for a little while, if you don't mind. Oh, hello Chris!" Chris walked in through the same entrance Eclipse had come through and went to where the group was standing, not giving Eclipse the chance to tell Raenef that he really should read those books or he will never become a proper demon lord. 'Who am I kidding?' Eclipse thought to himself. 'He probably hasn't even started reading yet. And besides, you know you couldn't have said no to that smile.' Eclipse thoughts went on to more interesting places, staring out into the open space and making the side of his mouth twitch up slightly into a small smile. Raenef was one of the strangest people he had ever come across, and yet.
"Eclipse?" Raenef stared at him questioningly.
"Oh, um, my apologies Lord Raenef. My mind was.elsewhere." Eclipse caught Erutis looking at him with one eyebrow raised, questioning exactly where his mind had been. He considered the most painful way to kill annoying knights and glared back at her.
"Well, Erutis was just asking you if you were going to do anything for Christmas here around the castle." Raenef shoved some of the old books out of the way and hopped up onto the desk, sitting to where his long legs could swing freely. 'Mental note,' Eclipse thought again, 'Tell Lord Raenef that Demon Lords do not swing their feet.'
"Why would I do that?" He said out loud. Christmas had not been celebrated in the castle ever, to his memory. "Demon Lords do not celebrate such holidays."
"Aw, you're no fun!" said Erutis, joining in on the conversation again. "Christmas is wonderful. Raenef, have you ever celebrated Christmas?"
"I don't think so," Raenef said thoughtfully. "Isn't that where you give gifts to each other?"
"It's not just about giving gifts," Chris said, "but about showing people that you care. It's the spirit of Christmas."
"Not just that," said Erutis, "but you put up a Christmas tree and cover it with decorations, and there's eggnog and stockings and.mistletoe, even. It's so much fun!"
"Really?" Raenef got an excited gleam in his eye, though he didn't understand half of what Erutis had just said. "Oh, can we have a Christmas here Eclipse, please?" His eyes got big and watery and he clasp his hands under his chin, begging Eclipse to let them have a holiday.
Eclipse was in a quandary. Celebrating Christmas had never happened in the castle, and the whole thing seemed quite unorthodox for a demon lord. then again, he thought, the prospect of making Raenef so happy and having mistletoe hanging about.Eclipse knew of the human customs when it came to such things.
"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt, my Lord." Against his better judgment, Eclipse decided to let them have a Christmas celebration. After all, what harm could it do?
"Oh, thank you, Eclipse!" Raenef beamed at him and Eclipse wondered how much cuter Raenef could actually get. Raenef turned back to Erutis and Chris and started asking them about everything they would need to get ready for Christmas.
"Well," Erutis said matter-of-factly, "We will have to decorate the castle, and get some big evergreen trees to decorate as well. We should put up garlands and string popcorn! Oh, and we have to get everyone presents. That's the best part really, figuring out what to get people and then sneaking around so that they don't find out." Erutis laughed and looked around sneakily. "I'll have to be extra careful around you guys."
"We should also cook a Christmas dinner," said Chris, giving Eclipse a sideways kind of look and smirking. "That's always really good, with a lot of yummy deserts." Eclipse inwardly groaned at the thought of cooking a full-out Christmas feast but showed no sign of it on his face.
"Wow, this is going to be so cool!" Raenef was still beaming. "We should go out and get some things for Christmas right now!" He jumped off the desk and walked out of the doors with Erutis and Chris, chatting happily at the prospect of the oncoming holiday.
"But Lord Raenef." Eclipse's words went unheeded. 'He still didn't finish his studying, did he?' Eclipse looked at the books and shook his head, his mouth twitching up into the small half-smile again. As un-demon-like as Lord Raenef was, he could never seem to get angry with him anymore. 'I sound as though I've grown fond of him,' Eclipse thought to himself. He shook his head and stopped smiling, looking down at the floor. Though he couldn't get upset with Raenef anymore, he could certainly get mad at himself, and he scolded himself for having such thoughts about his Lord and master. Eclipse had been having a lot of thoughts about Raenef lately, letting him slip into his daydreams even when he had more important things to do, and, possibly worse, Raenef had been paying visits to his dreams at night that made Eclipse wake up bathed in sweat, breathing heavily. "No," Eclipse murmured, 'I can't do that.' It took a lot of effort to tell his self no, but he made himself promise to stay away from Raenef during this whole Christmas ordeal. Above all, he wanted Lord Raenef to be happy, and he wouldn't want to ruin Raenef's first Christmas with his own personal feelings.
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Ha! First chapter done! Wow, that was hard. I really hope you liked it! Please review and tell me what you think. I know most people are slightly OOC (because these people are hard to write) and that it takes a long time for this chapter to go anywhere, but now that I have the groundwork laid it can start getting a lot more interesting. I know that later on in the story there's going to be a fun mistletoe moment and some gift-giving mayhem, but otherwise I don't quite know now it's going to unfold. I welcome ideas and comments so please review, but if you're going to flame remember that it's almost Christmas time and you're supposed to be good if you want presents! All nice reviewers get stocking stuffers! *hands out candy canes* I'll update as soon as it's written! Ja ne!
Author: Haiiro Tasogare (for ya'll who don't speak it's 'Grey Twilight')
Ratings/Warnings: PG-13. Rated for shonen-ai/angst sort of stuff just in case a wayward 8-year old happens across this story. Not sure yet but definitely some shonen-ai (EclipsexRae) scenes and themes. Otherwise it's pretty clean! (as of now anyways.) ^_^;;
A/N: Hello everybody! Okay, I know this is hokey, but I'm trying, okay? I got inspired to do this by the little spirity muse-like thing that lives inside the ring I always wear. He usually just hangs out there, but sometimes he decides to drag his lazy butt out and get me inspired to write a story or draw a picture or something. I think his name is Dyrim. He told me it once, but he talks to me so rarely nowadays that I've forgotten! Well, I guess signing up for this site woke him up, so now I'm going to try to do something to make him talk to me more often. Anyways, don't mind my senseless rant. Enjoy the story and please review, since this is my first fanfic and I need to know if I suck or not, (and if so, how badly.) All shout-outs in the world to Koneko Shido, because reading her stories inspired me to sign up and start writing again! If you haven't read anything by her stop reading this now and go read something of hers! And review, because she really deserves it! Now, on with the story.
"Wow, this looks incredibly absorbing." Erutis had just wandered up to a desk in the castle's library covered with books behind which Raenef sat, a particularly large, old-looking volume open in front of him. He looked up at her quickly, startled by her quiet entrance.
"Oh, this is Famous Demon Lords of the 12th Century. Eclipse told me to read the first five chapters by dinner-time." Raenef smiled his wide, open smile as Erutis leaned over the desk to get a better look at the book. Suddenly, she noticed a sheet of white paper covering the page that Raenef was supposedly reading.
"What's that?" Erutis snatched up the paper, avoiding Raenef's attempts to grab it back. The page was covered in little doodles of stick figures with labels like "Erutis laughing at Chris" and "Eclipse yelling at me" with arrows pointing to the appropriate stick figure. "Hey, that does kind of look like Chris. Is that supposed to be me?!" Raenef quailed at the glare Erutis gave him, only to be saved by Eclipse's entrance through the large wooden library door. Raenef quickly snatched back the paper and stuffed it in his pocket as Eclipse walked over to where they were standing.
"Lord Raenef, how goes the studying?" Eclipse completely ignored Erutis' presence there as he looked at the little demon lord, smiling sweetly from behind the piles of books.
"Oh, uh." Raenef smiled even bigger, closing the book and placing it back on the desk. "I think I'll take a break for a little while, if you don't mind. Oh, hello Chris!" Chris walked in through the same entrance Eclipse had come through and went to where the group was standing, not giving Eclipse the chance to tell Raenef that he really should read those books or he will never become a proper demon lord. 'Who am I kidding?' Eclipse thought to himself. 'He probably hasn't even started reading yet. And besides, you know you couldn't have said no to that smile.' Eclipse thoughts went on to more interesting places, staring out into the open space and making the side of his mouth twitch up slightly into a small smile. Raenef was one of the strangest people he had ever come across, and yet.
"Eclipse?" Raenef stared at him questioningly.
"Oh, um, my apologies Lord Raenef. My mind was.elsewhere." Eclipse caught Erutis looking at him with one eyebrow raised, questioning exactly where his mind had been. He considered the most painful way to kill annoying knights and glared back at her.
"Well, Erutis was just asking you if you were going to do anything for Christmas here around the castle." Raenef shoved some of the old books out of the way and hopped up onto the desk, sitting to where his long legs could swing freely. 'Mental note,' Eclipse thought again, 'Tell Lord Raenef that Demon Lords do not swing their feet.'
"Why would I do that?" He said out loud. Christmas had not been celebrated in the castle ever, to his memory. "Demon Lords do not celebrate such holidays."
"Aw, you're no fun!" said Erutis, joining in on the conversation again. "Christmas is wonderful. Raenef, have you ever celebrated Christmas?"
"I don't think so," Raenef said thoughtfully. "Isn't that where you give gifts to each other?"
"It's not just about giving gifts," Chris said, "but about showing people that you care. It's the spirit of Christmas."
"Not just that," said Erutis, "but you put up a Christmas tree and cover it with decorations, and there's eggnog and stockings and.mistletoe, even. It's so much fun!"
"Really?" Raenef got an excited gleam in his eye, though he didn't understand half of what Erutis had just said. "Oh, can we have a Christmas here Eclipse, please?" His eyes got big and watery and he clasp his hands under his chin, begging Eclipse to let them have a holiday.
Eclipse was in a quandary. Celebrating Christmas had never happened in the castle, and the whole thing seemed quite unorthodox for a demon lord. then again, he thought, the prospect of making Raenef so happy and having mistletoe hanging about.Eclipse knew of the human customs when it came to such things.
"Well, I guess it couldn't hurt, my Lord." Against his better judgment, Eclipse decided to let them have a Christmas celebration. After all, what harm could it do?
"Oh, thank you, Eclipse!" Raenef beamed at him and Eclipse wondered how much cuter Raenef could actually get. Raenef turned back to Erutis and Chris and started asking them about everything they would need to get ready for Christmas.
"Well," Erutis said matter-of-factly, "We will have to decorate the castle, and get some big evergreen trees to decorate as well. We should put up garlands and string popcorn! Oh, and we have to get everyone presents. That's the best part really, figuring out what to get people and then sneaking around so that they don't find out." Erutis laughed and looked around sneakily. "I'll have to be extra careful around you guys."
"We should also cook a Christmas dinner," said Chris, giving Eclipse a sideways kind of look and smirking. "That's always really good, with a lot of yummy deserts." Eclipse inwardly groaned at the thought of cooking a full-out Christmas feast but showed no sign of it on his face.
"Wow, this is going to be so cool!" Raenef was still beaming. "We should go out and get some things for Christmas right now!" He jumped off the desk and walked out of the doors with Erutis and Chris, chatting happily at the prospect of the oncoming holiday.
"But Lord Raenef." Eclipse's words went unheeded. 'He still didn't finish his studying, did he?' Eclipse looked at the books and shook his head, his mouth twitching up into the small half-smile again. As un-demon-like as Lord Raenef was, he could never seem to get angry with him anymore. 'I sound as though I've grown fond of him,' Eclipse thought to himself. He shook his head and stopped smiling, looking down at the floor. Though he couldn't get upset with Raenef anymore, he could certainly get mad at himself, and he scolded himself for having such thoughts about his Lord and master. Eclipse had been having a lot of thoughts about Raenef lately, letting him slip into his daydreams even when he had more important things to do, and, possibly worse, Raenef had been paying visits to his dreams at night that made Eclipse wake up bathed in sweat, breathing heavily. "No," Eclipse murmured, 'I can't do that.' It took a lot of effort to tell his self no, but he made himself promise to stay away from Raenef during this whole Christmas ordeal. Above all, he wanted Lord Raenef to be happy, and he wouldn't want to ruin Raenef's first Christmas with his own personal feelings.
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Ha! First chapter done! Wow, that was hard. I really hope you liked it! Please review and tell me what you think. I know most people are slightly OOC (because these people are hard to write) and that it takes a long time for this chapter to go anywhere, but now that I have the groundwork laid it can start getting a lot more interesting. I know that later on in the story there's going to be a fun mistletoe moment and some gift-giving mayhem, but otherwise I don't quite know now it's going to unfold. I welcome ideas and comments so please review, but if you're going to flame remember that it's almost Christmas time and you're supposed to be good if you want presents! All nice reviewers get stocking stuffers! *hands out candy canes* I'll update as soon as it's written! Ja ne!