FireChibi- Hey, I live. Sorry this took so long. My computer sucks, and we just got through switching online services. Anyways I hope you enjoy the next chapter of death of a loved one. I do have the story finished and I may be planning a sequal. I'm not entirely sure. It depend on my reviews at the end.
It was late and the stars were shining high above, in the night sky. The Stellar church was quiet, most of its occupants already asleep. Marron sat on the edge of his bed, he couldn't sleep. The room was too large, to empty. He missed the soft sounds of another persons' breathing. Sighing he rose from the bed, walking over to the large picture window. 'I wander what the others are doing?' he thought. 'Probably sleeping like most normal people, not like I'll ever be normal again.' A soft knock at the door interrupted his thoughts, snapping him back into reality.
"Marron, are you alright? I could sense your restlessness." Milphy said pushing open the door and entering to room, he approached the young mage.
"I am fine." The younger boy answered after a moment of silence. "I'm just not used to it, I guess. Being alone in a room, I mean." He sighed heavily brushing a peace of long dark hair from his eyes. He laid a hand against the cool glass of the window.
"Would you like me to stay with you?" Marron turned to smile at the Haz Knight, his hair falling around his face so perfectly that for a moment Milphy found himself unable to pull his eyes away from the younger man.
"I would like that, Milphy, as long as you don't mind?" Mille walked forward laying his arms around the boy. He had known Marron since he was born and he had always found himself slightly attached to the younger boy.
"Of course I don't mind Marron; you are my protégé after all." Leading Marron over the bed he pushed the younger boy down on the bed, drawing him close to himself. He was taken a back when Marron curled up along side him.
The next month of Marron's life was spent in hard training, mastering his new strengths, and realizing he had to keep as from the lake as he possibly could.
"All right Marron, that's enough for tonight" Marron lifted his hand to wiped the sweat from his brow, taking a place beneath a near by willow tree. Milphy sat beside him not at all surprised when the younger man laid his head against his shoulder. "I know how hard this has to be on you, Marron. It was hard for me as well." Marron smiled softly, he liked knowing that there was someone who understood what he was going through.
They others came and went as their job a Hunters summoned them. Carrot and Marron had made their peace with what had happened but they others had yet come around. They look at him as if he were a zombie about to suck their brains through a bendy straw. Marron had begun to loose hope that they would ever see him the same way again.
"Milphy?" Marron asked lowly, looking up the older man.
"Do not fret Marron." Milphy whispered as if reading the younger boys thoughts. "They will come around; it is just strange for them." Marron sighed, at Milphy's answer. He had was starting to believe that his friends would never understand.
Laying a hand on the younger boys shouted, the purple haired Haz Knight pulled his close.
A presence entered the garden; both figures froze looking up at the new comer. They relaxed when they saw the blond Sorcerer hunter coming towards them.
"I'll leave you two alone for a while." Milphy rose from his place slowly, walking passed the taller boy, he smiled.
Marron regarded the blond as approached; he remembered clearly what the older man had whispered to him the day he died. "The beauty of your skin and hair nothing compared to the beauty of your soul." His heart constricted painfully as he remembered.
Shifting his weight slowly to allow the larger man to sit beside him, Gateau cassed a sidelong look at the younger boy, he could see the hurt in those deep black eyes. A part of him hated himself for treating the boy he claimed to love, so badly. "Marron, listen to me. I'm sorry for the way I treated you. But gods Marron! You were dead! I carried your lifeless body in my arms." Tears formed slowly in the blond's eyes.
"Do you think I don't know that! I was dead for two days; I lingered in pitch-black darkness. There was nothing. All I could hear where people screaming!" Marron's voice rose slightly, barely. It was enough to make Gateau realise what the boy had been through. "When I came back, I thought. I don't know what I though, but it certainly wasn't what I got!"
Gateau was stunned by the almost violent tone of his friend's voice. He had never heard Marron express fear in the way his tone had in the last couple of minutes. Fear, bitterness and maybe a little hatred as well. "Marron I am so sorry. I hadn't thought of what you had gone through." Marron sighed pushing his hair back away from his face.
"It's alright. Its not like I even tried to tell you." The dark haired mage smiled slightly and Gateau knew just then that he had been forgiven. Returning the smile he placed a hand beneath Marron's chin, tilting his head.
"I love you." Placing his lips against Marron's, he was surprised at how warm the younger boy as he drew him closer. "You are so warm" Gateau mumbled breaking the kiss for an instant.
"I burn with fire, not blood." Gateau reached out brushing the dark strands of ebony silk out of Marron's eyes, kissing him gently once more.
The two sat for a long time in silence. Marron's head resting against Gateau's broad chest, the blond ran his fingers through dark strands of hair. He loved the feel of Marron against him. The warmth seeped through Marron's blue training robes.
Milphy watched the two from the shadows' A twinge of pain racing through his heart. He hated Gateau for being able to touch Marron, after he had hurt the young mage so badly. Milphy hated it. Marron was meant to be his. He was his protégé. Marron was his! Violet eyes hardened, the war was on and he would be the one to win. Marron was his!
