Candle in the window
Shounen Ai! Wai wai!
Chapter 9
"*Yawn* Nothing." Rune looked over his pile of teetering books and papers. "I've read through all of these and not one mention of dragons or of the elements related to them. Well, I guess water if you count all the shipping and port activity. And there's one receipt for a really fruity drink."
"*Yawn* I didn't find anything either." Ruwalk put a book onto the fifth knee-high stack he looked through. "I could use a drink though," the yellow dragon officer looked over his shoulder. "How about you Alfeegi?" Papers rustled behind the large desk and the two came to peer over it.
"I don't understand it." The white dragon officer shuffled stacks and flipped papers over and over furiously. "That's the last one?"
"You didn't find anything either huh?" Ruwalk asked.
"Did you really look through all of those?" Blue eyes stared in amazement at the twenty two waist high stacks of documentation.
"Perhaps I was mistaken." Alfeegi straightened himself. "If he didn't encounter the phenomina in Luwa..." the secretary looked over his personal library that decorated almost every wall.
"Rune." Ruwalk smiled at the water dragon knight.
"Yes?" the former elf blinked in mid-yawn.
"Maybe you should get some rest. It will be morning soon."
"Well I...*Yawn*" tired tears pooled when he closed his eyes. "Maybe."
"Don't worry. I'll see that Alfeegi gets to bed." A brown eye winked at the dragon knight. "He just gets a little obsessed some times." the yellow dragon officer assured Rune. "Thanks for all your help."
"You're welcome." the blue eyed dragon smiled. "Good night." The door shut and Ruwalk sighed.
"I said that but..."
"It's got to be here somewhere." the white dragon officer climbed a latter. "I'm sure I..." He mumbled, fingering over some book covers. "That's not it."
"What are you looking for?" the red and brown haired officer folded his arms.
"I just remembered..." The strawberry blond answered more out of reaction than anything else, "No, that's not..." he seemed frustrated now. "Where did I..." His crystaline copper eyes searched the wall of scrolls and papers.
"What?" the yellow dragon officer wanted to help if he could just know what to look for.
"That old map of the continent." Alfeegi's brow wrinkled.
"How old?" Ruwalk looked on a lower level.
"The oldest I have." the white dragon officer pulled the rolling latter over to the next column.
"Didn't I burn that one?" Brown eyes blinked. He had to step back quickly to avoid being run over.
"Only the corners." he told Ruwalk absently. "It should still have...What's this?" the white dragon officer pulled on a paper only to frown and push it back.
"Maybe it's in the vault." Alfeegi sat on the latter now, his free hand touching his chin. "There's a lot of old documentation and things I thought wouldn't be necessary, since it was burnt maybe I..." The white dragon officer noticed his fellow officer was staring at him. "What?"
"Working all night and you still have so much energy," Ruwalk shrugged. "I tell you it's not fair."
"What time is it?" Crystaline copper eyes looked out the window to see the creamy colors of the approching dawn.
"It's either really late or really early, depending on how you look at it." Ruwalk leaned against the bookshelf.
"When did Rune leave?" The strawberry blond blinked.
"A few minutes ago. I said 'thank you' and he said 'good night.'"
"I guess, now that you mention it, I am feeling tired." Alfeegi let a smile touch the corner of his mouth. Brown eyes looked suspicious.
"What are you up to?" Ruwalk asked the strawberry blond. "You never agree this easily."
"After an eighteen hour day," Alfeegi jumped off the high latter. The yellow dragon officer frantically repelled off the book shelf and held out his arms. He just barely managed to catch the strawberry blond secretary in time.
"Alfeegi," the red and brown haired man panted, once his friend was safe in his arms. "Don't do that."
"Did I worry you?" His lithe arms wrapped around the other's neck and shoulder. Those crystaline copper eyes looked innocent. Ruwalk couldn't stay mad at him when he did that.
"What if I couldn't catch you in time, what then?" he pouted.
"You've caught me every time." The strawberry blond kissed his cheek.
"You know about the boy who cried demon right?"
"He got saved by Rath?" acting innocent again.
"Good one," had to admit, "but you know what I mean. Don't scare me like that." Ruwalk carried him across the room. "How am I going to know when you're in real trouble?"
"I'm sorry." The white dragon officer buried his face into the Ruwalk's neck. "But I love it when you worry for me." He admitted in soft tones. The strawberry blond took in the other's scent and held on tight.
"I'm always worried about you." The yellow dragon officer opened the door with the hand under Alfeegi's knees. "You work so hard and you forget to eat, you hardly sleep." The white dragon officer's room wasn't far. Once there, Ruwalk opened his bedroom door with the same hand. "I get so worried, I don't know what to do sometimes."
The red and brown haired dragon set the strawberry blond down in the dark room. The light from the hall cut siluettes and covered Alfeegi's face and shoulder. Crystaline copper eyes glinted flecks of gold, but only in this kind of half light.
"My duty..." he looked guilty.
"I know." Brown eyes told him. "I understand." His hand touched that soft strawberry blond hair and gently trailed over his ear, brushing his cheek. "Please get some rest." The yellow dragon officer turned to leave but Alfeegi intercepted him, gently pressing the door closed.
"You said," the white dragon officer reached out a hand, lacing his fingers with Ruwalk's. "Sometimes you don't know what to do?"
"Yes." He admitted in a heavy breath. Brown eyes closed as he let his forehead touch Alfeegi's.
"I'll tell you...No matter what I'm feeling," the strawberry blond told him in the dark creams of morning hues, peeking in the windows. "Angry or sad...I love you."
"I love you-" the red and brown haired dragon felt a delicate finger touch his lips to silence him. Crystal copper met brown once again.
"When you feel worried about me," Alfeegi's hair looked even more blond in the rays of dawn, "just," he barely shook his head. Crystaline copper eyes now focused on the petal soft skin just under his finger tip. "Kiss me."
The yellow dragon officer waited for that warm diget to move before he gently crushed the strawberry blond dragon in his arms, capturing the other's mouth with his own. Alfeegi's arms came around his neck, fingers lingering in his dark hair. Ruwalk pulled back the other's collar, trailing kisses down his neck.
"I thought," the white dragon officer breathed. "You told me to rest?" he teased.
"Maybe tomorrow." The brown eyed dragon threw his strawberry blond on the soft bed.
"Eee!" Alfeegi squeeled with excitement as Ruwalk kicked off his boots and dove in.
Shounen Ai! Wai wai!
Chapter 9
"*Yawn* Nothing." Rune looked over his pile of teetering books and papers. "I've read through all of these and not one mention of dragons or of the elements related to them. Well, I guess water if you count all the shipping and port activity. And there's one receipt for a really fruity drink."
"*Yawn* I didn't find anything either." Ruwalk put a book onto the fifth knee-high stack he looked through. "I could use a drink though," the yellow dragon officer looked over his shoulder. "How about you Alfeegi?" Papers rustled behind the large desk and the two came to peer over it.
"I don't understand it." The white dragon officer shuffled stacks and flipped papers over and over furiously. "That's the last one?"
"You didn't find anything either huh?" Ruwalk asked.
"Did you really look through all of those?" Blue eyes stared in amazement at the twenty two waist high stacks of documentation.
"Perhaps I was mistaken." Alfeegi straightened himself. "If he didn't encounter the phenomina in Luwa..." the secretary looked over his personal library that decorated almost every wall.
"Rune." Ruwalk smiled at the water dragon knight.
"Yes?" the former elf blinked in mid-yawn.
"Maybe you should get some rest. It will be morning soon."
"Well I...*Yawn*" tired tears pooled when he closed his eyes. "Maybe."
"Don't worry. I'll see that Alfeegi gets to bed." A brown eye winked at the dragon knight. "He just gets a little obsessed some times." the yellow dragon officer assured Rune. "Thanks for all your help."
"You're welcome." the blue eyed dragon smiled. "Good night." The door shut and Ruwalk sighed.
"I said that but..."
"It's got to be here somewhere." the white dragon officer climbed a latter. "I'm sure I..." He mumbled, fingering over some book covers. "That's not it."
"What are you looking for?" the red and brown haired officer folded his arms.
"I just remembered..." The strawberry blond answered more out of reaction than anything else, "No, that's not..." he seemed frustrated now. "Where did I..." His crystaline copper eyes searched the wall of scrolls and papers.
"What?" the yellow dragon officer wanted to help if he could just know what to look for.
"That old map of the continent." Alfeegi's brow wrinkled.
"How old?" Ruwalk looked on a lower level.
"The oldest I have." the white dragon officer pulled the rolling latter over to the next column.
"Didn't I burn that one?" Brown eyes blinked. He had to step back quickly to avoid being run over.
"Only the corners." he told Ruwalk absently. "It should still have...What's this?" the white dragon officer pulled on a paper only to frown and push it back.
"Maybe it's in the vault." Alfeegi sat on the latter now, his free hand touching his chin. "There's a lot of old documentation and things I thought wouldn't be necessary, since it was burnt maybe I..." The white dragon officer noticed his fellow officer was staring at him. "What?"
"Working all night and you still have so much energy," Ruwalk shrugged. "I tell you it's not fair."
"What time is it?" Crystaline copper eyes looked out the window to see the creamy colors of the approching dawn.
"It's either really late or really early, depending on how you look at it." Ruwalk leaned against the bookshelf.
"When did Rune leave?" The strawberry blond blinked.
"A few minutes ago. I said 'thank you' and he said 'good night.'"
"I guess, now that you mention it, I am feeling tired." Alfeegi let a smile touch the corner of his mouth. Brown eyes looked suspicious.
"What are you up to?" Ruwalk asked the strawberry blond. "You never agree this easily."
"After an eighteen hour day," Alfeegi jumped off the high latter. The yellow dragon officer frantically repelled off the book shelf and held out his arms. He just barely managed to catch the strawberry blond secretary in time.
"Alfeegi," the red and brown haired man panted, once his friend was safe in his arms. "Don't do that."
"Did I worry you?" His lithe arms wrapped around the other's neck and shoulder. Those crystaline copper eyes looked innocent. Ruwalk couldn't stay mad at him when he did that.
"What if I couldn't catch you in time, what then?" he pouted.
"You've caught me every time." The strawberry blond kissed his cheek.
"You know about the boy who cried demon right?"
"He got saved by Rath?" acting innocent again.
"Good one," had to admit, "but you know what I mean. Don't scare me like that." Ruwalk carried him across the room. "How am I going to know when you're in real trouble?"
"I'm sorry." The white dragon officer buried his face into the Ruwalk's neck. "But I love it when you worry for me." He admitted in soft tones. The strawberry blond took in the other's scent and held on tight.
"I'm always worried about you." The yellow dragon officer opened the door with the hand under Alfeegi's knees. "You work so hard and you forget to eat, you hardly sleep." The white dragon officer's room wasn't far. Once there, Ruwalk opened his bedroom door with the same hand. "I get so worried, I don't know what to do sometimes."
The red and brown haired dragon set the strawberry blond down in the dark room. The light from the hall cut siluettes and covered Alfeegi's face and shoulder. Crystaline copper eyes glinted flecks of gold, but only in this kind of half light.
"My duty..." he looked guilty.
"I know." Brown eyes told him. "I understand." His hand touched that soft strawberry blond hair and gently trailed over his ear, brushing his cheek. "Please get some rest." The yellow dragon officer turned to leave but Alfeegi intercepted him, gently pressing the door closed.
"You said," the white dragon officer reached out a hand, lacing his fingers with Ruwalk's. "Sometimes you don't know what to do?"
"Yes." He admitted in a heavy breath. Brown eyes closed as he let his forehead touch Alfeegi's.
"I'll tell you...No matter what I'm feeling," the strawberry blond told him in the dark creams of morning hues, peeking in the windows. "Angry or sad...I love you."
"I love you-" the red and brown haired dragon felt a delicate finger touch his lips to silence him. Crystal copper met brown once again.
"When you feel worried about me," Alfeegi's hair looked even more blond in the rays of dawn, "just," he barely shook his head. Crystaline copper eyes now focused on the petal soft skin just under his finger tip. "Kiss me."
The yellow dragon officer waited for that warm diget to move before he gently crushed the strawberry blond dragon in his arms, capturing the other's mouth with his own. Alfeegi's arms came around his neck, fingers lingering in his dark hair. Ruwalk pulled back the other's collar, trailing kisses down his neck.
"I thought," the white dragon officer breathed. "You told me to rest?" he teased.
"Maybe tomorrow." The brown eyed dragon threw his strawberry blond on the soft bed.
"Eee!" Alfeegi squeeled with excitement as Ruwalk kicked off his boots and dove in.
