Note: Oh god! I'm sorry for being such a bad writer! I'm sorry for keeping you all waiting! I really am behind aren't I? It's almost been a month since I last updated! I didn't mean to leave it that long honest! I'm so sorry! And Bo Jang – it's ok – thanks for always looking out for updates! You're a really good reviewer-) ¦smiles greatly and gives you a big hug¦ Arigatou!

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Um… this story's going to be kind of different from the others… it's going to be done from a neutral(ish) point of view, neither Raenef's or Eclipse's. I just thought that a break might be well… interesting! You can see both points of views… hopefully ¦smile¦

Disclaimer: I own nothing ¦sob¦ lol

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Normal POV

As the Lord of Nemo Manor hastily tried to dress, tripping over his own feet as he pulled on his jeans and crashing to the floor unceremoniously with such a clang that was loud enough to wake the dead, Raenef groaned. So far for him… today had been – out of the ordinary in every sense – and he'd only just woken up!

Never had he expected for Leeche to come right out of the blue and try to impose her 'post' as his bride (sorry for the tongue twister!), even after only having met three months prior in the town square when the child had thrown a tantrum and Raenef, with his antics, had been the only thing able to calm her down.

She'd sworn then to be the woman he'd marry. He just never really considered the ramblings of an eight-year-old serious – but obviously, it was – and something that Leeche wouldn't forget for a very long time.

Great, Eclipse is going to kill me! He thought haplessly as he heard footfalls stampede towards his bedroom where the sheets were 'trying' to suffocate him from where he had stumbled. Why do I have to be such a klutz!

"Oh Rae! Are you ok!" the high-pitched voice was enough to send multiple shivers down his spine, while on the other hand, a certain tutor had daggers s eyes penetrating the back of a happy-go-lucky child before him as she happily went about setting her 'would-be' husband free of the 'evil' sheets. "Tee hee… silly Rae-Rae! You should be more careful! We don't' want anything to happen to our ball host before anything's even begun, do we Eclipse?" she giggled, heedless of the large vein bulging from said Eclipse's temple at this point, which Raenef couldn't help but notice as he gulped.

"Eh heh… Leeche… maybe you should um…?" he spoke slowly. "I think Eclipse has a headache – no offence or anything!" he hastily added when it looked like Leeche was about to cry.

"You want me to shut up!" she begun to bawl.

Oh gods… can my day get anymore twisted? Raenef asked the unseen deities as he once more begun to make a fool of himself just to make Leeche smile again. Dammit – I can't stand people crying! He panted after having fake fallen three times, and impersonate a gold fish for the past five minutes while acting a general clan for almost fifteen.

"Tee hee – you're so funny Rae-Rae! I'll help you to throw the greatest ball this crummy town has ever seen!" and with that she bounded for the door when an icy Eclipse abruptly stopped her.

"You should show more respect to your elders young lady," his voice was as cold as frozen water. He had had enough of how she treated Raenef, his Raenef, even if he wouldn't admit that part – just yet.

"Ooh – what you gonna do scary man?" she taunted as she stuck her tongue out, before darting under his arm and speeding away as another vein popped perceptibly from Eclipse's temple.

"Uh Eclipse?" Raenef squeaked from behind him, afraid to go close, for if Eclipse was fire – Raenef knew that he'd definitely been burnt.

"Yes master?"

"Please don't call me that."

"Ok – my liege?"

"You can just call me Raenef, y'know Eclipse," he smiled softly as he quietly padded over to his instructor's side. "She's only a child – don't be so hard on her, please?" puppy-dog eyes were once more on show for all the world to see and Eclipse wanted to kick himself for he sighed in defeat, uttering the words that he knew he would later regret.

"As you wish my Lord."

"Eclipse!"

"Raenef."

¦Thirty minutes later¦

"Whee! Sliding down banisters is so fun!" Leeche squealed as she came speeding down the stairway via the railing, easily passing the ever stoic Eclipse, and Raenef, who, if he didn't know any better in his tutor's presence, would have gladly done the same thing.

"A Lord's house is NOT a playground!" the older man growled after the child.

"Aw Eclipse, she's not doing any harm – please?" Raenef pleaded, once more donning his adorable puppy-eye 'attack'.

Grr… Eclipse thought, wanting to slap himself. Why can't I ever say 'no' to those eyes? Just a simple word – and I can't even say it. Why can I never deny him anything? Ch. A lot of people revere me for my strength and talent… but after these few months with Raenef – I've been reduced to this. Where's a wall when I need one? I think I need to knock some sense into myself, but despite all that, he just ended up saying the same words that had sealed his fate half an hour ago.

"Um Eclipse?" a long silence fell. The tutor knew what was coming. "Do – you um… mind if I – um – slide down the banisters too?" he knew he would need that wall sometime soon.

"No Raenef!" there he'd said it. Boy was he proud.

Puppy-dog eyes.

¦Five minutes later¦

"Whee!" Raenef cried happily as he came sliding past the now very irritable Eclipse, who had been frozen to the spot where Raenef's puppy-dog eyes had defeated him just a mere few minutes ago.

A very large vein had now made a sudden appearance from the tutor's temple, and it already had a large mass of spawn as Leeche ran up the spiral stairs back up to the top to follow Raenef.

When did I sign up to be a babysitter instead of a tutor? There was nothing in my contract that warned me about this! If I had known… I don't think that I would have ever accepted the job!

But just then, a small smile curved upon Eclipse's lips, but I don't think I'd have it any other way. A smile from Eclipse was so rare that on Raenef's second turn, he happened to glimpse it and couldn't take his eyes off his tutor that he missed the point where he was meant to jump off – and crashed straight into the statue waiting for him at the bottom.

"Ow…" the young Lord could see nothing but stars.

"Ah!" and to make matters worse, Leeche came speeding down, aware of Raenef's previous collision, but not enough to be able to jump off before she too crashed straight into the Lord.

"Oof!" all the wind was knocked out of Raenef for the second time, just when he had been regaining it!

Eclipse just shook his head. Typical, but still – he was smiling. Typical Raenef – but those words were thought with fondness, not contempt.

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Lol – sorry the characters are pretty OOC – well, maybe not Raenef that much:p Lol – I thought that since Valentine's Day's tomorrow, I should write something well – fluffy in a sense and cute(ish) as well as funny -) ¦smile¦ I hope XD

Sorry the ball's preparation has been pretty drawn out! I'll try to cut down what I write and get to the point more quickly! Honest!

I hope this chapter's ok! My writing's pretty rusty, so I'm sorry in advance!

Thanks again for reading and reviewing all!

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Dragonfly

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Happy Valentine's all!