Author's Note: *points excitedly* Look, it's the fourth chapter! Wai! I'm sorry it took a while but, well, exams are coming up next week and I had a bunch of projects and studying to do. *nods* *is stressed* But hopefully the fifth chapter won't take as long (knowing irony, after saying that, it'll be a month before I update again). Anyway…review! Enjoy!
-Thanks and love and cookies and pet dragons to everyone who reviewed! *feels special now* And small side comments:
-Lina Inverse the Dramatica: Kudos to you for suggesting that Eclipse read about Raenef's confession in the DD chronicles!
-Mink: I've most definitely read DD4 (and waiting really impatiently for DD5…my friends have taken to avoiding the subject of anime altogether) and Krayon…*snicker* Well, he doesn't make an appearance in this chapter (though he's mentioned!) but will in chapter five.
Disclaimer: I don't own Demon Diary. Whoa. Shocker.
Warnings: Yaoi/shonen-ai, DD4 spoilers, fluff, oddness, pending citrus (I promise it'll come! *snicker* I made a funny. Wow…not even on purpose!)
My Master's Desire
by Ryuuza
Part 4
I, demon Eclipse, am greatly honored by the invitation of the third Demon Lord Krayon of Egae. Unfortunately, I feel I cannot acquiesce to his request and serve him as my master. The gods have already granted my humble being a master: Demon Lord Raenef the Fifth. I, Eclipse, shall serve him and him only.
"Eclipse!" Raenef threw his arms around the tall demon, glomping him enthusiastically. "I missed you! Where'd you go?" He lifted his face to pout in reproach. "You left without saying anything!" I thought you'd left me, he thought, his heart twisting. He was feeling more vulnerable than ever, perhaps because now both Chris and Erutis knew about his infatuation…
Eclipse patted his head. "I was speaking with the High Cleric."
"Who?"
"Hejem. Chris's previous…guardian." For a lack of a better word…
"Oh!" Again, the young demon lord hugged his tutor. "Well, next time," he said slightly petulantly, "tell me before you go!" Eclipse saw the faintest sheen of tears in the green eyes and knew instantly he would do anything Raenef wanted. He couldn't bear to hurt his little master. He cupped Raenef's face with a long-fingered hand and smiled down at him.
"I promise," he agreed. Raenef flushed and Eclipse stepped back before he could do anything else un-demon-like. Where had he lost his head? He was supposed to change Raenef into a scowling, fearsome demon lord, not let himself be affected by his master's sunny smile and sparkling eyes. Argh. He shook his head briskly to dismiss his wayward thoughts.
The morning sunlight that surrounded Raenef, who had bounded across the garden to greet his faithful servant, reminded Eclipse of the silvery moonlight he'd so often dreamed of Raenef bathed in. He twitched. Vivid imagery assaulted his mind and he cleared his throat, turning slightly so Raenef wouldn't see his quickly worsening condition. Well. It appeared that almost anything could get Eclipse aroused lately, for he had started relating near everything to his graphic dreams of his lord… This was interesting to know. However, it did nothing to help his current state.
Raenef watched Eclipse shuffle around nervously. That was odd. According to Rules of Proper Demon Behavior, Lesson #31, a demon (and especially a demon lord) was never to show any anxiety of any kind. Especially around mortals, whom demons were to beat with a broom 31 times (it matched the lesson number!) and steal their left eye if they were unlucky enough to witness an uncertain demon. (Raenef had often wondered where he was supposed to conjure up a broom and where he could store all those left eyeballs. They wouldn't do much good without a matching right eye, he thought.)
Anyway, Eclipse was shuffling and Raenef was wondering if the castle had a cabinet in the kitchen full of jars of left eyeballs and the sun was shining and the birds were singing sweetly. Eclipse straightened when he heard that and glared in the general vicinity of the trees, administering the infamous Death Drill. A moment later, there was a loud squawk and feathers exploded into the air like confetti. Eclipse, no longer looking nervous, smirked. Raenef shrieked and grabbed onto Eclipse's robes.
"Feathers!" he cried in wide-eyed terror.
Eclipse moaned to himself. There was no way his lord was afraid of feathers?! He was not moaning because only in his (very, very explicit) dreams was Raenef this close to him with that expression on his face.
Raenef was unaware of Eclipse's wandering thoughts. He was currently directing his pet dragon Cori to burn up the feathers. "There you go!" he exclaimed, releasing Eclipse to clap his hands happily. "Oh, another one, to the left, Cori! Good job! Thanks. Feathers are really bad, you know," he said, nodding somberly. "They tickle a lot." Then he turned his gaze upon Eclipse again. "At least it wasn't a tomato," he said pitifully.
Setting his jaw, Eclipse said through gritted teeth, "We will resume lessons in half an hour. I will be in the library," possibly thinking naughty thoughts, "if you need me," if only you did, "and tell Erutis and Chris that they are to stay out of earshot during our lessons." Never telling what they might hear…
"Um…" said Raenef, blinking sadly.
"Go," said Eclipse, picturing the library.
"Damn," said Erutis, hiding behind the tree. "Why does he always leave right before the good part?" She grinned to herself nonetheless. "But if that idiot cleric managed to leave those Demon Diaries in plain view like I told him to, then that jerky demon and Rae might finally get together…thanks to Super Swords Master-slash-Knight-slash-Matchmaker, Erutis!" She swung her sword merrily as she went of to interrogate Chris. "And her dumb sidekick, Monk Boy!"
-x-
Eclipse appeared in the library and heaved a sigh of relief. He would have thirty minutes to rid himself of his inappropriate thoughts before lessons with Raenef. At least he was away from that tempting skin and silky hair and… Eclipse called a halt to his thoughts right then. The purpose of getting away, he reprimanded himself sternly, was to stop thinking about Raenef.
Right, like that was possible.
And when had he started leaving the "Lord" and "Master" off of Raenef's name? Completely inappropriate.
Eclipse grimaced and stalked across the room, heading toward the desk he used when tutoring Rae—Lord Raenef. He would prepare today's lesson. Compose himself. Stop thinking about Rae—dammit, Lord Raenef. He slammed an irritated palm onto the table. What was wrong with him? He was over five hundred (mortal) years old. (Twenty-three in demon years, if you were wondering. Barely into his prime, really.) He knew how to control himself.
Seating himself in a chair, Eclipse quickly flipped through the thick Rules of Proper Demon Behavior, Book 1 and bookmarked two pages he would go over with Raenef today. Lesson #125: Never be afraid of creatures small, furry, feathery, or cute. Destroy them immediately. Lesson #331: No clinging. To anything whatsoever.
That decided, he set the book aside and a colorful cover caught his eye. Demon Diary…ah, that would be the self-updating chronicle of the fifth Lord Raenef's reign as demon lord. Eclipse was less than pleased with what the previous volumes had recorded so far…the scene with Lord Aureleid, the dream of tomatoes, the incident with Leeche. He had to exert great self-control not to burn a hole in the book at that last thought. Little brat had…had greatly insulted the demon lord by first masquerading as the offered bride then later by imposing some sort of order for Raenef to wait for her. Little blonde monster. Didn't her father ever teach her that one, especially a worthless mortal, did not go about ordering around a demon lord?
Angrily, Eclipse snatched up the third Demon Diary and flipped toward the end. He might as well check up on what his little master had been doing yesterday while Eclipse had paid High Cleric Hejem a visit. In the garden with Erutis and Chris, studying his incantations (he nodded in approval), setting Chris on fire (he continued to nod in approval, accompanied with a slight smirk this time), and…talking about his betrothal with Leeche?
Eclipse scowled. Flipped the page. Stopped. Stared. He flipped back to make sure he was reading correctly; he was.
He stared.
Raenef was in love with him?
More notes: *Evil Grin © stolen from Draco Malfoy (who is my HP bishie by the way)* Ahaha…questions for you to ponder as you review (HINT): What will Eclipse do with this newfound revelation? Will Raenef discover that Eclipse found out? How will lessons go? Will Erutis and Chris concoct more matchmaking schemes? Will Krayon drop by for a visit? Will anything citrusy finally happen between our two favorite demons? Uh, actually, I don't know. *wanders of to come up with random, spur-of-moment, completely unrelated events to put in chapter five*
