Kage: Oooh! I am so eeevviilll!! I left you in such suspense last time! -dances around- But now I feel mean, so I'm updating this instead of my Furuba fic, lol. Surprisingly, the story I get the most reviews for is the one I like the least... -sweat drop- But you guys seem to be liking this, so here's a chappie for you loyal fans!! And... -drum roll- Ruwalk plushie! ((Goes with the 'Feegi one I gave you last time, teehee)) I heard someone call Ruwalk 'Ru' and thought it was sooo adorable! -fan girl squeal- So 'Feegi is gonna call him Ru a few times, XD
-DIES- I made a mistake!! There was no light source in the dumb vault! At first it might've been the light from the library windows, but when the vault shut, there would've been no light source!! x.X Ugh, Gomen nasai... ;.; -sniff-
WARNINGS: shonen-ai, slight YAOI, ((Someone mentioned that the last chapter was slightly lemony... I apologize if it was....)) A PLOT!!!! Omg yes, the plot rears its ugly head in this chappie!! -sniffs- Tell me how proud you are of me in a review, ne?
YAOI!!! Don't like, don't read, k? K. ((It's old news, I know. But just in case... I don't want any flames for such a stupid reason. Though... you think they would've noticed by now... lol?))
Chapter 4- Injuries....
Alfeegi sat up suddenly in bed, panting heavily, his breath coming out in loud gasps. He looked around his white room slowly, uncomprehendingly.......... W-what.....? I... I don't... Suddenly the door opened to his room, and his Lord Lykouleon walked in.
"My Lord?!" he asked, flustered that he was still in bed and in his nightclothes.
The blond haired Dragon Lord looked up in surprise, breaking his concentration on the silver tray he had been carrying. His face brightened, and he moved over quickly, setting the tray of food on Alfeegi's bedside table and sitting down on the small wooden chair that was next to said bed. ((AN: Rhymes... -twitch-))
"Oh good, your awake! Everyone... well, was beginning to worry, heh," he smiled, but it was small and meaningless, and it made the White Secretary worry.
"Have I... been asleep long?" he thought that was the best question to ask.
His Lord nodded, "Yes... about a week."
"A week?!"
"Calm down, Alfeegi!" Lykouleon yelped, trying to make the other stay in bed.
"I've been asleep for a whole week?! What the-?!" The Dragon Lord had grabbed his hand, sending a sharp jolt of pain running through him.
"S-sorry!" the Lord quickly snatched his hand away, but Alfeegi sat there, looking blankly at his left hand, which was wrapped tightly in a white bandage.
"....I was in the office with Ruwalk... No wait, I was telling him about the Luwa report, and we had breakfast..." he suddenly looked up fearfully, "W-what happened?! Why can't I remember what happened after we ate?!"
"I'll... tell you... but you have to promise to stay and just let me talk, alright?" he asked slowly. Alfeegi chewed his bottom lip nervously and nodded, "Alright. There was a serious earthquake... about a week ago. The castle took in the tremors of it, then radiated them stronger than they would have usually been because it reacted to the yokai barrier I put around the castle," he took a deep, slightly shaky, breath, "The vault was hit the worse, because there's spells to protect it against fire, water, or anything like that. You... you and Ruwalk were in the vault at the time. The vault door closed on you two, locking you in there," he took another deep breath and paused a moment before continuing, "I'm... not sure what happened, but apparently you two were buried underneath all the cardboard files, and... almost... d-died."
Alfeegi stared at his Lord with wide, fear- ridden, crystalline copper eyes, but the other kept going.
"The... the doctor said... well, the vault was always so stuffy, and with the door closed you two almost died of the heat or f-from suffocation. Or you... could've been crushed by all the boxes. It... took us all awhile to find you... then, the- the vault was locked and," he suddenly shook his head, "The vault was completely torn apart, and- and we found you and Ruwalk after a few hours... The doctor said that you might've lost some of your memory from all the pressure of death-"
"But what about Ruwalk?!" the aquamarine haired officer cut in, feeling apprehensive, "Is he alright?!"
Lykouleon ran a shaky hand roughly through his blond hair, "It seems... he shielded you during the falling of the boxes, and took a lot of... damage I guess..."
Alfeegi's eyes widened in fear; Ruwalk couldn't be....
"He's not dead," the Lord clarified, "But he's hurt rather badly."
Alfeegi looked down at his own body, noticing a white bandage around his chest, probably for broken ribs. Then his left hand was hurt... How badly was Ruwalk hurt?! He was on top of Alfeegi during the earthquake!
"Where is he? Is he awake?" he asked his Lord.
"Ruwalk? No... he hasn't woken up yet..."
"Please let me see him my Lord!"
"But the doctor said...."
"I'm fine!" he insisted, "Please, please let me see him!"
Lykouleon looked torn, but finally nodded, knowing the doctor would chew him out later for this, "Alright, come one."
Lykouleon ended up having to support Alfeegi by his uninjured hand the whole way there, since the other was still pretty weak. Fortunately, Ruwalk's room was just down the hall.
The Dragon Lord led a numb Alfeegi to sit in the chair by the bed, before leaving them in peace. At first, all Alfeegi could do was sit there and stare in shock and pain at his battered love.
The bandages around his chest suggested several broken ribs, along with two broken arms and a broken right leg. His other ankle looked sprained, and white bandages covered the left half of his beautiful face. He was bruised painfully, and had several large scratches or scars all over, that Alfeegi could see. Only his bottom half was covered with blankets, from when the doctor had checked him, and the top half only donning a comfortable shirt.
Alfeegi's bottom lip quivered slightly, then more so as he tried to hold in hot tears. But they sprang forth, flowing sadly down his thin cheeks to splash on his shirt or clenched fists. He let out a sort of strangled sob, before burying his head in his hands and bending over so the back of his hands touched his knee's.
The long part of his aquamarine hair flowed like a small river as it fell over his shoulder slowly, strand by silky strand. His back rose as he took large, gulps of air, trying to get himself back under control.
But sorrowful tears wouldn't stop, because he knew that it was all his fault. Ruwalk had never wanted to go in the vault in the first place, but Alfeegi had guilted him into it, and now he was...
Alfeegi sniffed repeatedly and chewed on his bottom lip. The palms of his hands were wet with pain- filled tears that flowed out of clenched copper eyes. His chest hurt from his broken ribs, but from his heart as well, which was throbbing painfully as his emotions flowed and cried sadly inside of him.
He just wanted Ruwalk to be happy, smiling at him again. Distracting him from work and trying to make him do intimate things with him. He had always been like that. Alfeegi remembered one time...
Memory
Alfeegi scowled in frustration as he looked over the sloppy report from Kai-Stern. It was random, didn't make sense, and had doodle's on for crying out loud! The White Dragon Officer glared ineffectively at the paper, as if trying to fix it just by staring evilly at it.
It wasn't working...
A long hand tugged at the short ends of his hair out of irritation as he looked the report over the umpteenth time, trying to makes heads or tails, or both preferably, of the paper. Finally he growled, balled it up, and threw it at the door.
However, a certain brown-haired officer poked his head through the door at just the right moment for the paper ball to make contact with his head.
"Hey!" he yelled good- naturedly, a smile playing on his lips. Alfeegi just glared at him a moment before turning back to his work.
The glare went unnoticed, of course, by Ruwalk, who continued to talk, "This is neat, 'Feegi. You're always in the office, but now you're in your room! .....Why?"
Glaring again at the childish officer, Alfeegi snorted, "So I can have some peace and quiet!"
Ruwalk blinked at him a moment, looked up at the ceiling, then back at him, "Well I was looking for you," he stated out of the blue.
"Well here I am," Alfeegi replied sourly.
"So I see," the other giggled, still leaning against the oak door and playing with the door handle. "I think Rune's looking for you..."
"Why?"
"He said... well, something about Rath not being here."
A loud bang sounded as Alfeegi's head met the desk, making several object on the desk lift up, momentarily free of gravity, before falling again with a clatter.
"WELL WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EARLIER?!" he yelled, standing up with several anger marks decorating his head.
Ruwalk cowered behind the door, so only his face and the fingers that clutched the door were showing, "Because you looked busy!"
"I AM busy, but Rath just HAS to run off anyways, DOESN'T HE?!"
"Calm down!" Ruwalk squeaked, throughly scared with how angry the other was becoming.
"Did he even leave a damn note this time?!"
"I don't think so..."
"AUGH!! FOR THE LOVE OF-!!" he growled loudly, stepping to the side of the desk to get out, only to have his legs collapse under him. He grunted and caught himself on the edge of the desk, making everything on it shake again.
"'Feegi?" Ruwalk asked in concern, moving to kneel in front of the still- glaring officer. He put a hand to the scowling officer's forehead, only to draw it back quickly, "You're burning up!" he said accusingly.
Alfeegi frowned and forced his arms to pull himself up right. Leaning heavily on the desk, he scowled darkly, "Am not!"
"Are to! You're running a really high fever! You've probably worked yourself sick!"
"I am NOT sick!!"
"Yes you are!"
"DAMMIT Ruwalk!!!!" Alfeegi yelled angrily, trying to shove past Ruwalk, but fainting in the process. The Yellow Dragon Officer gasped and caught the other quickly, but ended up dropping to the ground under the sudden weight, sitting on his butt heavily.
Ruwalk sighed, looking at the flushed face of his love, who was resting on his lap at the moment. His aquamarine hair was disheveled across his face, which was warm from the fever he had come under. Ruwalk stroked random strands out of his face lovingly, thinking that he was under so much stress, it was amazing that he hadn't fallen sick earlier. Rath disappearing was just the final straw.
His long hand stroked the side of the relaxed face slowly, trailing to dance fleetingly along his jaw. "I can't believe this innocent face is the same that was yelling and glaring at me a few moments ago," he said aloud to no one in particular.
Ruwalk wondered how long it had been since Alfeegi had slept... There was a flash flood in Luwa a couple of days ago, so the castle was busy handling all the residents and damage there, and all the paperwork that came with it. Rath kept disappearing constantly, and there was news of a faerie that could carry Water. Then, Kai-Stern had come back and Alfeegi found out how much Ruwalk had given him this time. Alfeegi was furious, and had to go through and rewrite all the reports that had the wrong money amount on them.
Ruwalk smiled sadly as he continued to stroke the thin face, feeling guilty for making Alfeegi's job harder and more stressful. 'The workaholic must not've slept for over a week...' he thought to himself. Sighing, he scooped the sleeping form in his arms and carried him to his bed, where he took off his shoes and extra clothing, so he was only in loose pants and a shirt, and tucked him under the fluffy covers. He smiled softly as Alfeegi subconsciously snuggled under the covers, then left the room to make his love some tea before he awoke.
Sleep-filled crystalline copper eyes slid open slowly, blinking a few times to stir his mind up from its peaceful slumber. As they regained focus, Alfeegi was greeted with the sight of a sleeping Ruwalk, who was leaning back precariously in the chair with a book on his chest and his feet propped up on the edge of the bed.
Alfeegi blinked again and smiled warmly, lazily, at the heart-warming sight, before sitting up slowly. He yawned widely and stretched his arms high above his head, feeling extremely good, but slightly feverish.
With a start, Alfeegi realized that he had fainted after... yelling at Ruwalk. He flinched guiltily as he remembered yelling quite a few awful things at him, but he had been under so much stress...
He shook his head; it was no excuse. He had yelled at Ruwalk, and now he had to fix it. He looked out at the window, discovering it was well into the night by how high the moon was. He didn't really want to disturb his love, but he didn't want him to spend the whole night in the wooden chair.
Finding his own body really heavy, Alfeegi opted to just sit there and tug on Ruwalk's socked foot to try to wake him. After a few moments, Ruwalk groaned slightly and blinked, before trying to jump up, but succeeded only in tipping the chair over backwards.
"Auugh!" he shouted as the chair tipped, making Alfeegi wince visibly as the chair crashed to the ground. Silence followed for a moment before Ruwalk jumped back up, grinning at Alfeegi.
"Good! You're awake! Lookit!" he gestured to the bedside table, where a crock pot full of a light brown liquid sat steaming, "Cernozura told me to use that so you could drink it warm, and I wouldn't have to go all the way down to the kitchens."
He looked so proud, Alfeegi couldn't help but smile kindly at him, "What're you doing here, Ruwalk?"
"Hm..." he scratched his cheek a moment, looking up as if he forgot, "Well, you fainted, so I put you in bed and went to get you some tea, then Cernozua gave me the crock pot, then I tried to-" he suddenly bent over and plucked the brown book off the floor where it had fallen, "...Read! But this thing is soo boring," he rolled his eyes and tossed it behind him carelessly.
Alfeegi chuckled and smiled helplessly at him, "I meant why are you here? I... yelled at you."
Ruwalk's brown eyes curved into a smile, "Hm... yeah I guess, but I forgive you. Besides, you were under a lot of stress, which was my fault for the most part anyways, heh. Sorry about that, by the way."
Alfeegi smiled warmly and held his arms out childishly for a hug, which Ruwalk grinned in return and gave it to him. The White Officer hugged the other tightly, "I love you... so much, Ru," he whispered in his pointed ear.
Ruwalk squeezed him back, "I love you too, 'Feegi."
"I really am sorry though. I shouldn't have let myself stress so much."
Ruwalk released him and looked into copper eyes lovingly, "Yeah, but you wouldn't be the Alfeegi I love if you didn't!" Alfeegi blushed, but Ruwalk kept going, "You take care of everyone and everything in the castle. If you left... Lord, this place would probably be ruined within the month," he chuckled, and brought his hand to stroke Alfeegi's face lovingly, "You make sure everything is in place and in order so people can live easier, and you care about everyone in the castle, even Rath, whether you like to admit it or not, heh. And when you get under that much stress, it just reminds me of how hard you work for everyone, even if you do tend to yell a lot."
Alfeegi smiled warmly and leaned into the touch, "You're important too," he muttered, "You make sure I don't go over the edge and you're always there to make me happy. You're always cheering everyone in the castle up, and making sure none of us kill each other when we're really angry, heh," Alfeegi looked directly into warm brown eyes, "You're always so forgiving, and willing to give someone a second chance. Like me, when I swore at you, and even Rath..."
Ruwalk grinned with half his mouth and shrugged, "It's hard not to forgive someone so adorable. I'm talking about the both of you," he winked, "But Rath is adorable in a kid way. You... I just want to gobble you up," he murmured, leaning in closer to the blushing secretary.
Alfeegi let Ruwalk kiss him. How could he not? Ruwalk's lips were always warm and soft, and seemed to radiate with contagious joy. Alfeegi kissed back eagerly, wanting to make sure that the other knew how sorry he was. Crystalline copper eyes slid shut as warm brown ones did, savoring the loving moment between the two. The aquamarine haired officer brought his arms up and rested them lightly on the larger officer's shoulders, fingering the red tipped tresses lovingly. Ruwalk cupped his chin with a thin hand, stroking the others warm cheek with his thumb slowly as he deepened the kiss, savoring the cool flavor Alfeegi always tasted like.
Tentavley, he slid his tongue out and licked the others lips softly, not wanted to startle him too much. Alfeegi gasped anyway, and Ruwalk took advantage of the opportunity and shoved the red muscle in the others warm mouth. The White Officer moaned deeply as Ruwalk's tongue coaxed his to come play. And play it did.
Battling for dominance was easy, because Alfeegi was often willing enough to let Ruwalk kiss him to his hearts content. Today was no different.
After awhile, they both pulled away, flushed and panting. Alfeegi grinned lazily and leaned forward, resting his head in the crook of Ruwalk's neck. The other ran his fingers through short, aquamarine strands lovingly, trying to regain his breath and licking his lips occasionally, trying to get all the taste of Alfeegi as he could.
"Y'know.." he said slowly, "I was going to give you a massage to relax you, but you seem pretty loose to me know," he grinned as Alfeegi's shoulders slumped in disappointment, "But I'll treat you anyways."
Crystalline copper looked up at him, "You're so wonderful to me, Ru," he smiled, hugging the other again.
"It's the least I can do, since you love me so much, ne?"
End memory
Blank copper eyes stared unblinking at his twin, long hands dully. The bandaged one was throbbing slightly in pain, but it went unnoticed as he continued to stare, lost in the sweet words and loving gestures that his memory served. Flashes of past experiences, mistakes and gains, danced on the cold, icy pavement that was his mind, not all of them orderly or coherent. They came as if to console him while his love lay injured because of him. Yet they were bittersweet; tanged sour with guilt over the incident that he believed had been his fault.
It's natural human instinct to either deny or heavily take blame when its bestowed on them, and Alfeegi did the latter. It was the only thing he could do while the only one who offered him comfort and made him smile lay in his unconscious, battered state.
At least he's alive... At least he's alive... Alfeegi's mind chanted repeatedly, mechanically, at him, willing him not to cry again. It was hard though... All the White Dragon Officer wanted more than the world at this moment was to see Ruwalk's happy, smiling face again; Telling him that it would be alright instead of some voice in the back of his deadened mind...
Over a week later, Alfeegi was still sitting in the chair. The doctor had told him it was alright for him to move around, but all he wanted to do was stay by Ruwalk's side until the other awoke. The moon often beamed down at his sleeping form as it rested against the Yellow Officer's bed, as if promising a better day tomorrow. Then the sun would rise and warm the earth lovingly, caressing it with its radiant beams of light that gave life, but would not wake the sleeping officer from his slumber.
Alfeegi hardly ever left the room, only doing so to walk around a little or go to the bathroom. He ate all his meals beside Ruwalk, and made sure the other officer would be comfortable when he awoke.
Then, on the tenth day, the sun rose and stirred Alfeegi from his sleep. He checked Ruwalk a moment, before getting up and heading out the door to clear his head as the dawn graced the land with light pinks and purple's.
The morning air was crisp and clear, a slight breeze presenting itself as it moved through the gardens of the Dragon Castle. Early morning rays bounced and played light off the morning dew, perched on grass blades and tree leaves. The sky was a beautifully colored collage of purple, pink, and the lightest blue as the sun chased away the night, and presented warmth and light instead of darkness.
Alfeegi sighed as he stared at the horizon, watching the citrus kissed sun peek its head shyly over the edge of the earth. Crystalline copper eyes saddened as he wished Ruwalk was standing by his side, watching the beautiful sunrise with him.
At that thought, he turned back around and headed inside. Cool stone corridors, decorated with torches or works of art, contrasted the clear dawn as he moved through them. The bottom of his boots click clacked against the ground as he moved past familiar rooms and halls, but ignoring them and going straight for the Yellow Dragon Officer's room.
Alfeegi turned the cool, metal handle of the door and peeked his head in out of habit, only to see Ruwalk stirring!
Sudden excitement had him running over the others bed, watching anxiously as the brown-haired officer continued to awake. Finally, warm brown eyes slid open, blinked a few times, then faced Alfeegi.
The aquamarine haired officer felt tears prick his eyes as happiness captured and wrapped him in her warm embrace. He bent over and hugged Ruwalk's shoulders lightly, mindful of his injuries, as the other sat up.
"I'm so glad you're awake, Ru!" he said, using his affection nickname for the other. Ruwalk didn't return the gesture, but continued to fully awaken his mind. He looked about the room, then at the smaller officer was hugging him.
"Uh, who are you?"
Kage: -cackle- I'm soo evil!! XD!!! -dodges random things that are being thrown at her- Review and I'll give you another chapter!! XP Thanks to all those that DID review!!
Ake Bunny- Lol, DRAMA!! That's fun, lol.
Minea- I can and I will! Or.. I did... . Whatever... I'm confused....
Suzumi- Will do, will do!
Naz- -cackles- You get he did! Lmao! Sorry if it was to intense for you, teehee. There's nothing like that for quite a bit, so you're safe, lol. And your cliffies ARE evil!!! -twitch- Enjoy this one, -cackle-
