Happy Valentine
"Ugh. You know what tomorrow is?" Kaistern grumbled to Tetheus, who raised an eyebrow. "Valentine's Day."
The Blue Dragon Officer sighed. "I used to have a girlfriend....... Four, actually. But......." Tetheus nodded, not quite understanding what was so horrible still. He shrugged and left Kaistern talking to himself as he looked out a window.
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"What the......." Ruwalk sighed, holding up a three-inch thick stack of paperwork. "I have to do all of this?!"
Alfeegi glared pointedly at the other man. "Yes," he said. "Now stop acting like a grade schooler and," he said through gritted teeth, "get to work." He turned and walked to his desk and began on his own papers.
"Weeell," Ruwalk sighed. "I was hoping maybe I could go somewhere......." He plunked the stack on Alfeegi's desk. "Hey, will you help me?"
A vein popped. "Ruwalk, I have enough work as it is," Alfeegi said. A large stack of papers stood nearby.
"But isn't it all the same?"
"DO YOUR OWN WORK!!"
"OK, OK," Ruwalk said, putting on a hurt expression. He sat down in a chair, put his head back, closed his eyes, sighed. "You know," he said, and could hear Alfeegi's exasperated sigh. "Now what?"
"I was meeting a girl," Ruwalk said, opening one eye to look at the other officer. "A preeety girl, with preeeety eyes and long preeety hair......." He closed the eye. "But oh well, guess I gotta do these papers."
"Yes, you do," Alfeegi said shortly. "You're probably lying anyway."
"Ouch."
Alfeegi rolled his eyes. He was getting sick of how Ruwalk always gave someone the "puppy dog eye treatment" when he wanted his way, always acting hurt and always begging like a poor person. He needed to be snapped at. Sometimes he acted like a spoiled little brat.
Ruwalk, however, was thinking different thoughts.
Actually he was staring at Alfeegi's back, watching the secretary read, his head propped up with his hand, before putting the paper down and writing quickly. Ruwalk chewed on his pen absent-mindedly. He suddenly realized his face was warm; he was blushing. Now he was thinking how smoothly the other officer did his work, how easily he moved from reading to putting something down on paper.
Ruwalk quickly looked away and down at his own work. Dammit, he thought to himself. Not like I can even—
"HOLY SHIT!"
The yellow officer fell backwards in his chair at the sudden thought, causing papers to fly and for him to fall with a loud crash. Alfeegi jumped about a foot, then swivled around to see a flustered Ruwalk lying on the floor, blinking dazedly.
It was so sudden, so funny, that the white dragon officer began to giggle, almost hysterically.
"What?" Ruwalk muttered. "It wasn't that funny........" He frowned.
"I—I'm sorry," Alfeegi sputtered as the giggles grew into laughs. "It was just so sudden........ and you're blinking stupidly........." He finally burst into somewhat hysterical laughter, which brought him down to the floor and his legs met and to Ruwalk he was sitting like a girl, covering his mouth with his hands and his eyes closed as he laughed.
Ruwalk was shocked. Alfeegi was actually laughing. He grinned. "Was I that ridiculous looking?" he asked.
The other man nodded. "Yes!" he managed, then, "No, I mean, no....... sorry........"
"No, no, no sorry," Ruwalk waved his hands around. "It's ok. I mean, no offense........." he paused, wondering if he was risking his life. "But you never really laugh, much less smile. So it's perfectly ok."
Alfeegi calmed a bit; his eyes went soft. "Really?" he said in a low voice that made Ruwalk's heart beat a bit harder. Then the copper eyes closed upwards in a smile. "Thank you, Ruwalk."
The officer's heart beat harder. Is this really happening? Agh, dammit!
"Are you ok?"
Ruwalk started. "O—ok? Of course I'm ok. Was only a little fall."
"No, not just that. Your face is all red." Alfeegi moved a little closer to Ruwalk to feel his forehead, which caused the yellow officer to blush even more. He watched the other man's face as his eyes widened. "Ruwalk! You have a fever! Your face is red and you're hot to the touch!" He stood up. "I'll go get a doctor. Just stay there."
"No, no, I'm ok," Ruwalk claimed, getting up, though he did feel reasonably dizzy. The room refused to stop twirling, and he stumbled. Alfeegi came to his side.
"I told you," he said, "to stay put." Though inwardly he was thinking: nobody gets sick that suddenly. "What's wrong?"
"I dunno. Tell the room to stop moving."
Alfeegi smiled smally. "Room, stop moving," he said.
"Didn't work."
Alfeegi rolled his eyes. "Silly," he mumbled, then pulled the other man to his feet. "Come on," he said. "Let's get you a doctor."
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Ruwalk was feeling better by lunchtime, but Cernozura wasn't. Thus, Ruwalk took it upon himself to rid himself of hunger. The only thing was he was never good at cooking or making food period. And he knew this. Eventually he chose the safest route—"fake" ramen that took about three minutes to make.
Not his food of choice usually, but he was starving.
While he was waiting for the water to boil, Alfeegi walked into the kitchen. "You're feeling better," he said, back to a more business-like tone than earlier. Ruwalk nodded, feeling a slight blush. "What're you doing?"
"Making food........."
"Oh." Alfeegi sat down at the table and flipped through some papers. "I did your paperwork for you."
That surprised Ruwalk. Normally Alfeegi made people do their paperwork, no matter what. But he had done the work for him? "You didn't have to," he finally managed. "Um....... Are you hungry?"
The white dragon officer didn't look up from his papers, but he nodded. "I'll have whatever you're having."
"Fakie ramen," Ruwalk half muttered.
"What?"
"Fake ramen. Not the real kind."
"Oh. Well that's ok."
Ruwalk soon realized: he wasn't good at making any type of food, not even like this. He didn't put enough water in, so the noodles clumped together. Of course, this is how he was used to it turning out, but he worried what Alfeegi would think. "It didn't come out really good," he apologized, setting the bowl down. "I'm not good at cooking."
"Oh, no, that's okay," Alfeegi smiled. Ruwalk felt a little shiver go up his spine. "Um........ ok........." he muttered. The white dragon officer was being amazingly kind towards him as of late. It was almost eerie.
Almost? It was eerie..........
They ate in silence for a while, until Alfeegi made a noise and Ruwalk looked over. "He filled the form out wrong!" the other officer exclaimed. The funny thing was, it wasn't in the loud, sharp exclamation Ruwalk was used to, and he didn't storm off looking for Kaistern—since who else usually royally pissed Alfeegi off when it came to filling out forms?
"Are you ok?" The yellow officer asked the other, who gave him a quizzical look. "Of course I am. Why?"
Well, let's see. You're acting like someone put you on sedatives, for one thing. Ruwalk bit his tongue. No, shouldn't say that. "Well," he started slowly. "You're just......... not yourself."
"How so?"
"No offense, but......... you're being quieter."
Alfeegi blinked, cocked his head to the side. Ruwalk wished he hadn't done that, because now he was looking even more damn cute. It was driving the other Officer insane. "And......... you keep........ acting more.......... Toned......... down..........?"
"Really?" Alfeegi closed his eyes and smiled. "That's funny, I feel normal."
Ruwalk's heart was skipping beats. Well, he certainly wasn't acting normal to him......... "Well, um........ yeah." He blushed deeply now, feeling more and more like he should say something. Something he had always, really, kind of wanted to tell the other dragon officer.......... Though it had always been in his subconscious. And, unexpectedly, it decided to make an appearance today of all days.
While thoughts were randomly flying through Ruwalk's head, Alfeegi noticed the dark red blush on his fellow officer's face and took it that he was suddenly sick again. "Did you really get better?" he asked, feeling Ruwalk's forehead. "Are you still sick? Besides, how do you get sick and then suddenly get better........?"
"Well, I'm not sick. Just nervous." Ruwalk smiled. "I get really bad when I get nervous. I got panic attacks a lot when I was little."
"When you were little?!" The shock in Alfeegi's voice was evident, and he sweatdropped.
"Um........ yeah......"
"Do you get them any more?"
"Nah, not really. I just get overly nervous now."
"So why are you nervous?"
Ruwalk's mouth twisted. "A—ano........" CRAP! He just had to ask that question of all questions, didn't he?! Well, let's see....... I'm falling in love with you? And I don't know how the hell you'll react? The yellow officer avoided Alfeegi's eyes, which the white officer was using to give Ruwalk a level stare. "What's wrong?"
Normally Ruwalk would've just said nothing. But instead, he leaned forward and kissed Alfeegi, lightly, next to his mouth. The other officer's eyes widened, and his lips parted slightly. He stared, shocked, at Ruwalk, whose eyes were dark.
"I'm in love with you and I don't know what you'll say. That's what's wrong."
(end of chapter one........)
"Ugh. You know what tomorrow is?" Kaistern grumbled to Tetheus, who raised an eyebrow. "Valentine's Day."
The Blue Dragon Officer sighed. "I used to have a girlfriend....... Four, actually. But......." Tetheus nodded, not quite understanding what was so horrible still. He shrugged and left Kaistern talking to himself as he looked out a window.
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"What the......." Ruwalk sighed, holding up a three-inch thick stack of paperwork. "I have to do all of this?!"
Alfeegi glared pointedly at the other man. "Yes," he said. "Now stop acting like a grade schooler and," he said through gritted teeth, "get to work." He turned and walked to his desk and began on his own papers.
"Weeell," Ruwalk sighed. "I was hoping maybe I could go somewhere......." He plunked the stack on Alfeegi's desk. "Hey, will you help me?"
A vein popped. "Ruwalk, I have enough work as it is," Alfeegi said. A large stack of papers stood nearby.
"But isn't it all the same?"
"DO YOUR OWN WORK!!"
"OK, OK," Ruwalk said, putting on a hurt expression. He sat down in a chair, put his head back, closed his eyes, sighed. "You know," he said, and could hear Alfeegi's exasperated sigh. "Now what?"
"I was meeting a girl," Ruwalk said, opening one eye to look at the other officer. "A preeety girl, with preeeety eyes and long preeety hair......." He closed the eye. "But oh well, guess I gotta do these papers."
"Yes, you do," Alfeegi said shortly. "You're probably lying anyway."
"Ouch."
Alfeegi rolled his eyes. He was getting sick of how Ruwalk always gave someone the "puppy dog eye treatment" when he wanted his way, always acting hurt and always begging like a poor person. He needed to be snapped at. Sometimes he acted like a spoiled little brat.
Ruwalk, however, was thinking different thoughts.
Actually he was staring at Alfeegi's back, watching the secretary read, his head propped up with his hand, before putting the paper down and writing quickly. Ruwalk chewed on his pen absent-mindedly. He suddenly realized his face was warm; he was blushing. Now he was thinking how smoothly the other officer did his work, how easily he moved from reading to putting something down on paper.
Ruwalk quickly looked away and down at his own work. Dammit, he thought to himself. Not like I can even—
"HOLY SHIT!"
The yellow officer fell backwards in his chair at the sudden thought, causing papers to fly and for him to fall with a loud crash. Alfeegi jumped about a foot, then swivled around to see a flustered Ruwalk lying on the floor, blinking dazedly.
It was so sudden, so funny, that the white dragon officer began to giggle, almost hysterically.
"What?" Ruwalk muttered. "It wasn't that funny........" He frowned.
"I—I'm sorry," Alfeegi sputtered as the giggles grew into laughs. "It was just so sudden........ and you're blinking stupidly........." He finally burst into somewhat hysterical laughter, which brought him down to the floor and his legs met and to Ruwalk he was sitting like a girl, covering his mouth with his hands and his eyes closed as he laughed.
Ruwalk was shocked. Alfeegi was actually laughing. He grinned. "Was I that ridiculous looking?" he asked.
The other man nodded. "Yes!" he managed, then, "No, I mean, no....... sorry........"
"No, no, no sorry," Ruwalk waved his hands around. "It's ok. I mean, no offense........." he paused, wondering if he was risking his life. "But you never really laugh, much less smile. So it's perfectly ok."
Alfeegi calmed a bit; his eyes went soft. "Really?" he said in a low voice that made Ruwalk's heart beat a bit harder. Then the copper eyes closed upwards in a smile. "Thank you, Ruwalk."
The officer's heart beat harder. Is this really happening? Agh, dammit!
"Are you ok?"
Ruwalk started. "O—ok? Of course I'm ok. Was only a little fall."
"No, not just that. Your face is all red." Alfeegi moved a little closer to Ruwalk to feel his forehead, which caused the yellow officer to blush even more. He watched the other man's face as his eyes widened. "Ruwalk! You have a fever! Your face is red and you're hot to the touch!" He stood up. "I'll go get a doctor. Just stay there."
"No, no, I'm ok," Ruwalk claimed, getting up, though he did feel reasonably dizzy. The room refused to stop twirling, and he stumbled. Alfeegi came to his side.
"I told you," he said, "to stay put." Though inwardly he was thinking: nobody gets sick that suddenly. "What's wrong?"
"I dunno. Tell the room to stop moving."
Alfeegi smiled smally. "Room, stop moving," he said.
"Didn't work."
Alfeegi rolled his eyes. "Silly," he mumbled, then pulled the other man to his feet. "Come on," he said. "Let's get you a doctor."
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Ruwalk was feeling better by lunchtime, but Cernozura wasn't. Thus, Ruwalk took it upon himself to rid himself of hunger. The only thing was he was never good at cooking or making food period. And he knew this. Eventually he chose the safest route—"fake" ramen that took about three minutes to make.
Not his food of choice usually, but he was starving.
While he was waiting for the water to boil, Alfeegi walked into the kitchen. "You're feeling better," he said, back to a more business-like tone than earlier. Ruwalk nodded, feeling a slight blush. "What're you doing?"
"Making food........."
"Oh." Alfeegi sat down at the table and flipped through some papers. "I did your paperwork for you."
That surprised Ruwalk. Normally Alfeegi made people do their paperwork, no matter what. But he had done the work for him? "You didn't have to," he finally managed. "Um....... Are you hungry?"
The white dragon officer didn't look up from his papers, but he nodded. "I'll have whatever you're having."
"Fakie ramen," Ruwalk half muttered.
"What?"
"Fake ramen. Not the real kind."
"Oh. Well that's ok."
Ruwalk soon realized: he wasn't good at making any type of food, not even like this. He didn't put enough water in, so the noodles clumped together. Of course, this is how he was used to it turning out, but he worried what Alfeegi would think. "It didn't come out really good," he apologized, setting the bowl down. "I'm not good at cooking."
"Oh, no, that's okay," Alfeegi smiled. Ruwalk felt a little shiver go up his spine. "Um........ ok........." he muttered. The white dragon officer was being amazingly kind towards him as of late. It was almost eerie.
Almost? It was eerie..........
They ate in silence for a while, until Alfeegi made a noise and Ruwalk looked over. "He filled the form out wrong!" the other officer exclaimed. The funny thing was, it wasn't in the loud, sharp exclamation Ruwalk was used to, and he didn't storm off looking for Kaistern—since who else usually royally pissed Alfeegi off when it came to filling out forms?
"Are you ok?" The yellow officer asked the other, who gave him a quizzical look. "Of course I am. Why?"
Well, let's see. You're acting like someone put you on sedatives, for one thing. Ruwalk bit his tongue. No, shouldn't say that. "Well," he started slowly. "You're just......... not yourself."
"How so?"
"No offense, but......... you're being quieter."
Alfeegi blinked, cocked his head to the side. Ruwalk wished he hadn't done that, because now he was looking even more damn cute. It was driving the other Officer insane. "And......... you keep........ acting more.......... Toned......... down..........?"
"Really?" Alfeegi closed his eyes and smiled. "That's funny, I feel normal."
Ruwalk's heart was skipping beats. Well, he certainly wasn't acting normal to him......... "Well, um........ yeah." He blushed deeply now, feeling more and more like he should say something. Something he had always, really, kind of wanted to tell the other dragon officer.......... Though it had always been in his subconscious. And, unexpectedly, it decided to make an appearance today of all days.
While thoughts were randomly flying through Ruwalk's head, Alfeegi noticed the dark red blush on his fellow officer's face and took it that he was suddenly sick again. "Did you really get better?" he asked, feeling Ruwalk's forehead. "Are you still sick? Besides, how do you get sick and then suddenly get better........?"
"Well, I'm not sick. Just nervous." Ruwalk smiled. "I get really bad when I get nervous. I got panic attacks a lot when I was little."
"When you were little?!" The shock in Alfeegi's voice was evident, and he sweatdropped.
"Um........ yeah......"
"Do you get them any more?"
"Nah, not really. I just get overly nervous now."
"So why are you nervous?"
Ruwalk's mouth twisted. "A—ano........" CRAP! He just had to ask that question of all questions, didn't he?! Well, let's see....... I'm falling in love with you? And I don't know how the hell you'll react? The yellow officer avoided Alfeegi's eyes, which the white officer was using to give Ruwalk a level stare. "What's wrong?"
Normally Ruwalk would've just said nothing. But instead, he leaned forward and kissed Alfeegi, lightly, next to his mouth. The other officer's eyes widened, and his lips parted slightly. He stared, shocked, at Ruwalk, whose eyes were dark.
"I'm in love with you and I don't know what you'll say. That's what's wrong."
(end of chapter one........)