candle in the window
I was reveiwing some of my earlier chapters when I realized, I've been making boo-boos between Rune's and Lord Lykouleon's eye color. Let's set the record straight. I beleive that Lykouleon has green eyes and that Rune has blue. Okay? Okay.
Btw, later on in this chapter, Kai-Stern makes reference to his past. This is not a spoiler. I don't know anything about Kai-Stern's past. He's making reference to the past that I created for him. You'll hear more about it in later chapters. I repeat, not a spoiler. (Any coincidences there may be between the past that I make for Kai-Stern and the past Minako Okami sensei makes for him, are just that.)
Chapter 25
"There you are." Green eyes targetted the castle restricted, but some how, ever elusive Kai-Stern.
He was sitting on the wall of a parapet, half wrapped in a blanket. He was staring out at the rest of the world that he hadn't touched for weeks. The dragon lord stepped onto the stoney terrace. The wind was stronger here, lapping at his clothes. The cloud cover made it dismal, but...it seemed to serve as the perfect back drop for his melancholy friend. It was hard seeing him like this, Lykouleon wanted to cheer him up.
"I've got to admit, when Ruwalk asked me to find you. I wasn't sure I would." the dragon lord said, "I told him, 'Ruwalk,' and I crossed my arms like this." the blond demonstrated, "Oh, and I pointed to the celing." he corrected his pose. "Then I said, 'Kai-Stern can only be found when he wants to be found,' Then I nodded." He bobbed his head.
"Then he kicked my back side and told me to find you on the double." Lykouleon didn't seem to be getting his attention. "Can you imagine? He's my subordiate, but I'm the one taking orders. I don't know what this kingdom is coming to." He laughed at his own sarcasm. Tossing back some wind blown bangs, he pursed his lips. No response. Okay then, on a more serious note. "...I think Tetheus may want to talk to you too. I'm sure it's about the accident."
"How is he?" Kai-Stern asked suddenly. "Alfeegi, I mean." He specified, making no effort to face the green eyed dragon. Lykouleon was surprised. Up until now, the lord wasn't sure if his secretary of foreign affairs had even heard of the startling accident that happened only last night.
"It will take a few days for him to recover." Lykouleon sighed. "Those boxes were very heavy and the sudden impact put him into a mild shock, also, he might have a concussion. I heard he spit up some blood, but the doctor assured us all that there was no internal bleeding."
"He'll be alright then." The blue dragon officer put it in simpler terms. He pulled he blanket a bit closer to him. The dragon lord noticed the albino was wearing hightly informal clothes, probably night clothes.
"In a few days." The lord added. "Kai-Stern, how long have you been up here?"
"What do you..." the secretary of foreign affairs seemed to ignore the question, "think about...what happened? About what will happen?"
"Tough to say." He scratched his blond head. "Right now they're conspiring on ways to keep him from working, once he wakes." the Lord couldn't help but smile, knowing the Cheif Secretary wouldn't stand for it. "He has to take some time out to recover after all."
"That's not what I...never mind." Kai-Stern looked down at the court yard. "Looks like Alfeegi will have to let go for a little while. I doubt he'll relax though." Upon the albino's mention of it, Lykouleon smirked. That's right, Alfeegi will be so distracted, I might just make it out of the castle and back again without anyone noticing. The blond lord thought of all the ways he might make his escape.
"Lykouleon."
"Huh?" Green eyes blinked at the sudden proximity of his secretary of foreign affairs. The blue dragon officer stood mere inches before his lord, his warm eyes looking so intense. The blanket fluttered around the traveler like a cloak and his cool hair flicked about like a collection of ivory spikes. "Wha, what is it?" Althought his first reaction was to step back, to do so would imply insecurity and so the blond stayed his ground.
"I need to talk with you, privately." There was no urgency, no worry in those words. He was actually speaking in such neutral tones, the lord couldn't read any underlying emotions.
"Oh yes, we were interrupted last time weren't we." the blond dragon had been curious as to what his friend wanted to discuss. The heir, the kiss they shared, or was it...something else.
"..." Those light yellow eyes were steady and unexpressive. Lykouleon honestly couldn't tell what the albino was thinking.
"It's a bit cold out here." The blond reasoned. "Why don't we go inside?"
"That's fine." The blue dragon officer waited for his lord to lead the way. Which was probably the best, because of the narrow path that led to the only doorway to this height.
"Are you hungry? Even if it's a late breakfast, it'll..."
"I'm fine." The albino replied, bluntly.
"Oh." the Lord couldn't figure it out. What's with this cold attitude? It's like talking to Tetheus. Maybe they're spending too much time together in those meetings they have. That guy is a bad social influence.
The green eyed lord didn't mean that of course, he was just nervous. How is it that, even though his blue dragon officer has been in the capital for weeks now and yet...some how, it feels like he's still waiting for his traveler to come home.
Lykouleon had been well aware of Kai-Stern's avoiding him. The dragon lord didn't confront the issue, because of the albino's intraverted nature. Normally the blue dragon officer could just take a walk to another city and come back with the solution to his problem...but not this time. It was a matter of security that he stay in the castle. So the green eyed dragon endured it, hoping for the best. Sometimes though, it was too hard to bare.
"What's wrong?" Kai-Stern asked suddenly.
"Uh." The blond dragon blinked, snapping back from his thoughts. "Nothing." the lord waved his hand and directed them both to the private library, just a few yards from the parapet gate. There was a key for this door, because of some of it's contents. Lykouleon frowned, when he searched his pockets and didn't find anything. "That's funny, I thought I..."
"Let me." The blue dragon officer tossed his blanket down in front of the door and knelt on it. He took something from the sash, wrapped tightly around his middle and knotted at the hip.
"What are you...?" The blond watched his friend insert a short, thin wire into the key hole. He could hear the light scratch of metal against metal.
"There." A sharp *click* sounded as the door creaked open.
"I didn't know you could pick locks." Green eyes blinked.
"There are lots of things you don't know about me." The albino mummbled entering the chamber.
"I suppose." The green eyed lord followed, being careful not to step on the blanket. "I wonder sometimes though, if it's possible to know someone completely."
"Could you, shut the door?" The first thing the frosty haired dragon did when he came in, was open the small window above the writing desk on the opposite end of the room, and let in the cool air. Lykouleon closed the door and then green eyes met light yellow. "It's stuffy in here." The albino excused his behavior.
"It's acctually much more clean than I imagined." the dragon lord mentioned, sliding a finger over a book. He didn't intend to stray far from the door. "I haven't been up here in so long. I mean there's barely any dust at all."
"Lykouleon." That sudden blunt tone again.
"Kai-Stern, don't you think you've been acting strange? You haven't called me lord once today."
"You weren't a lord when I met you." the blue dragon officer justified himself.
"Yes I was." Lykouleon defended.
"Not to me." those warm, light yellow eyes were so intense. Green looked in, wondering how far he could fall. Even though the Lord would like nothing more than to be consumed by such open and honest feelings, Kai-Stern's eyes were not inviting. It's like, there's a wall there.
"Right, we're still friends." The blond pulled his gaze away. "That's what you're trying to say, isn't it?" Tell me what you want, Kai-Stern. The Lord's mind whispered as though he was speaking to his companion.
"Friends..." There was an odd tone in the blue dragon officer's voice that didn't sound so sure. Light yellow eyes wandered to a book on one of the small reading tables.
"What is it? You said you wanted to talk. About what?" If we're going to do this, let's get it over with. Tell me what you're thinking, what you're feeling. Even if it hurts me, even if it hurts you.
"About everything, about nothing." The secretary of foreign affairs was facing his lord squarely now. "Mostly about us."
"Us?" Lykouleon felt his heart beat, nervously. Is it childish that I don't want to hear anything bad? Is it foolish to hope that you'll tell me everything I want to hear? But at the same time, want you to share your honest feelings with me.
"I've been thinking about the heir, how important it is to the kingdom. But I confess, I've been mostly thinking about when we kissed." Light yellow eyes kept secrets behind pale eyelids.
"...So have I." Lykouleon admitted quietly.
"I...First, I need to apologize to you."
I was reveiwing some of my earlier chapters when I realized, I've been making boo-boos between Rune's and Lord Lykouleon's eye color. Let's set the record straight. I beleive that Lykouleon has green eyes and that Rune has blue. Okay? Okay.
Btw, later on in this chapter, Kai-Stern makes reference to his past. This is not a spoiler. I don't know anything about Kai-Stern's past. He's making reference to the past that I created for him. You'll hear more about it in later chapters. I repeat, not a spoiler. (Any coincidences there may be between the past that I make for Kai-Stern and the past Minako Okami sensei makes for him, are just that.)
Chapter 25
"There you are." Green eyes targetted the castle restricted, but some how, ever elusive Kai-Stern.
He was sitting on the wall of a parapet, half wrapped in a blanket. He was staring out at the rest of the world that he hadn't touched for weeks. The dragon lord stepped onto the stoney terrace. The wind was stronger here, lapping at his clothes. The cloud cover made it dismal, but...it seemed to serve as the perfect back drop for his melancholy friend. It was hard seeing him like this, Lykouleon wanted to cheer him up.
"I've got to admit, when Ruwalk asked me to find you. I wasn't sure I would." the dragon lord said, "I told him, 'Ruwalk,' and I crossed my arms like this." the blond demonstrated, "Oh, and I pointed to the celing." he corrected his pose. "Then I said, 'Kai-Stern can only be found when he wants to be found,' Then I nodded." He bobbed his head.
"Then he kicked my back side and told me to find you on the double." Lykouleon didn't seem to be getting his attention. "Can you imagine? He's my subordiate, but I'm the one taking orders. I don't know what this kingdom is coming to." He laughed at his own sarcasm. Tossing back some wind blown bangs, he pursed his lips. No response. Okay then, on a more serious note. "...I think Tetheus may want to talk to you too. I'm sure it's about the accident."
"How is he?" Kai-Stern asked suddenly. "Alfeegi, I mean." He specified, making no effort to face the green eyed dragon. Lykouleon was surprised. Up until now, the lord wasn't sure if his secretary of foreign affairs had even heard of the startling accident that happened only last night.
"It will take a few days for him to recover." Lykouleon sighed. "Those boxes were very heavy and the sudden impact put him into a mild shock, also, he might have a concussion. I heard he spit up some blood, but the doctor assured us all that there was no internal bleeding."
"He'll be alright then." The blue dragon officer put it in simpler terms. He pulled he blanket a bit closer to him. The dragon lord noticed the albino was wearing hightly informal clothes, probably night clothes.
"In a few days." The lord added. "Kai-Stern, how long have you been up here?"
"What do you..." the secretary of foreign affairs seemed to ignore the question, "think about...what happened? About what will happen?"
"Tough to say." He scratched his blond head. "Right now they're conspiring on ways to keep him from working, once he wakes." the Lord couldn't help but smile, knowing the Cheif Secretary wouldn't stand for it. "He has to take some time out to recover after all."
"That's not what I...never mind." Kai-Stern looked down at the court yard. "Looks like Alfeegi will have to let go for a little while. I doubt he'll relax though." Upon the albino's mention of it, Lykouleon smirked. That's right, Alfeegi will be so distracted, I might just make it out of the castle and back again without anyone noticing. The blond lord thought of all the ways he might make his escape.
"Lykouleon."
"Huh?" Green eyes blinked at the sudden proximity of his secretary of foreign affairs. The blue dragon officer stood mere inches before his lord, his warm eyes looking so intense. The blanket fluttered around the traveler like a cloak and his cool hair flicked about like a collection of ivory spikes. "Wha, what is it?" Althought his first reaction was to step back, to do so would imply insecurity and so the blond stayed his ground.
"I need to talk with you, privately." There was no urgency, no worry in those words. He was actually speaking in such neutral tones, the lord couldn't read any underlying emotions.
"Oh yes, we were interrupted last time weren't we." the blond dragon had been curious as to what his friend wanted to discuss. The heir, the kiss they shared, or was it...something else.
"..." Those light yellow eyes were steady and unexpressive. Lykouleon honestly couldn't tell what the albino was thinking.
"It's a bit cold out here." The blond reasoned. "Why don't we go inside?"
"That's fine." The blue dragon officer waited for his lord to lead the way. Which was probably the best, because of the narrow path that led to the only doorway to this height.
"Are you hungry? Even if it's a late breakfast, it'll..."
"I'm fine." The albino replied, bluntly.
"Oh." the Lord couldn't figure it out. What's with this cold attitude? It's like talking to Tetheus. Maybe they're spending too much time together in those meetings they have. That guy is a bad social influence.
The green eyed lord didn't mean that of course, he was just nervous. How is it that, even though his blue dragon officer has been in the capital for weeks now and yet...some how, it feels like he's still waiting for his traveler to come home.
Lykouleon had been well aware of Kai-Stern's avoiding him. The dragon lord didn't confront the issue, because of the albino's intraverted nature. Normally the blue dragon officer could just take a walk to another city and come back with the solution to his problem...but not this time. It was a matter of security that he stay in the castle. So the green eyed dragon endured it, hoping for the best. Sometimes though, it was too hard to bare.
"What's wrong?" Kai-Stern asked suddenly.
"Uh." The blond dragon blinked, snapping back from his thoughts. "Nothing." the lord waved his hand and directed them both to the private library, just a few yards from the parapet gate. There was a key for this door, because of some of it's contents. Lykouleon frowned, when he searched his pockets and didn't find anything. "That's funny, I thought I..."
"Let me." The blue dragon officer tossed his blanket down in front of the door and knelt on it. He took something from the sash, wrapped tightly around his middle and knotted at the hip.
"What are you...?" The blond watched his friend insert a short, thin wire into the key hole. He could hear the light scratch of metal against metal.
"There." A sharp *click* sounded as the door creaked open.
"I didn't know you could pick locks." Green eyes blinked.
"There are lots of things you don't know about me." The albino mummbled entering the chamber.
"I suppose." The green eyed lord followed, being careful not to step on the blanket. "I wonder sometimes though, if it's possible to know someone completely."
"Could you, shut the door?" The first thing the frosty haired dragon did when he came in, was open the small window above the writing desk on the opposite end of the room, and let in the cool air. Lykouleon closed the door and then green eyes met light yellow. "It's stuffy in here." The albino excused his behavior.
"It's acctually much more clean than I imagined." the dragon lord mentioned, sliding a finger over a book. He didn't intend to stray far from the door. "I haven't been up here in so long. I mean there's barely any dust at all."
"Lykouleon." That sudden blunt tone again.
"Kai-Stern, don't you think you've been acting strange? You haven't called me lord once today."
"You weren't a lord when I met you." the blue dragon officer justified himself.
"Yes I was." Lykouleon defended.
"Not to me." those warm, light yellow eyes were so intense. Green looked in, wondering how far he could fall. Even though the Lord would like nothing more than to be consumed by such open and honest feelings, Kai-Stern's eyes were not inviting. It's like, there's a wall there.
"Right, we're still friends." The blond pulled his gaze away. "That's what you're trying to say, isn't it?" Tell me what you want, Kai-Stern. The Lord's mind whispered as though he was speaking to his companion.
"Friends..." There was an odd tone in the blue dragon officer's voice that didn't sound so sure. Light yellow eyes wandered to a book on one of the small reading tables.
"What is it? You said you wanted to talk. About what?" If we're going to do this, let's get it over with. Tell me what you're thinking, what you're feeling. Even if it hurts me, even if it hurts you.
"About everything, about nothing." The secretary of foreign affairs was facing his lord squarely now. "Mostly about us."
"Us?" Lykouleon felt his heart beat, nervously. Is it childish that I don't want to hear anything bad? Is it foolish to hope that you'll tell me everything I want to hear? But at the same time, want you to share your honest feelings with me.
"I've been thinking about the heir, how important it is to the kingdom. But I confess, I've been mostly thinking about when we kissed." Light yellow eyes kept secrets behind pale eyelids.
"...So have I." Lykouleon admitted quietly.
"I...First, I need to apologize to you."
