This is a set of 30 short stories/drabbles for the LiveJournal community 30kisses. There are thirty themes, and each short story/drabble must contain the theme and a kiss, metaphorical, imagined, or otherwise. At the beginning of each chapter, I'll mention which theme is in the particular short story or drabble. I will not be going in order. Some chapters will be AU, and all will be more or less unrelated, unless I mention otherwise. So here's Theme One: Look Over Here!
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He was so beautiful.
It was torturous, yet euphoric. Every single day, waking up and seeing him standing there, stoically glaring while they ate at the same table as the Demon Lord. It was hard to tell if the behemoth was happy or not, but Erutis didn't care. Because he was there, and that was all that mattered. All she had to do was look over, and he would be there.
Like now. As the knight attempted - attempted being the key word - to teach the cleric how to use a sword, her mind was clearly elsewhere, though his mediocre talents made spacing out easier. To his credit, Chris was really trying; a rare occasion, really. But Erutis didn't notice, nor did she care. Countering his assaults were like second nature, with or without his skill - or lack there of.
She saw a pair of figures - short and tall, blue and black, respectively - and expertly maneuvered around so she could see them, giving the impression of weaving circles around Chris. Raenef was smiling, hopping up and down and cheering, Eclipse - stone-faced as ever - only a step or two behind him, watching his lord with bland interest.
Look this way, she urged mentally, pulling a flashy move that caused her blade to reflect the sunlight, making Chris stumble. The knight had decided to stop playing and show Chris was a real battle was like. But was she really showing Chris? As she jumped into the air, blade raised and ready to swoop down, Erutis willed, Look over here!
She hit the ground, knocking Chris's blade out of his hand and snaking in her blade to kiss his throat. "You lose. Again."
"Yay, Erutis!" Raenef cried, jumping up and down and clapping his hands. Erutis smiled, walking over and letting Chris pick himself up.
"What did you think, Rae?" she asked, striking an 'I'm a winner' pose. "Didja like that last move?"
"Yes!" he exclaimed. "I liked it a lot! It was-"
"Master Raenef." He was inturrupted by a pale hand on his shoulder as Eclipse bore down on him. "You've seen the match; now you have work to do."
The demon lord's face dropped. "Yeah...right...Ah well, I'll see you later Erutis!" With that, they turned and left, leaving Erutis all alone.
He didn't even look at me...
