Chapter 3

Author Note:

"" Actual speaking. With sounds. O.o; Oh and these will also be in the dream sequence where Raenef talks to himself.

'' Thoughts.

The dream sequence will be in italics. It'll look like this. Okie dokie?

There will only be only part that has italics that won't be part of the dream sequence and you'll know when you see it.

Oh and plus the beginning starts a little bit before the ending of Chapter 2, this is Eclipse's side.

Eclipse felt an unexpected surge of emotions that filled his heart, as Raenef's eyes cracked open. The dilated blue-grayish optics made Eclipse's brain freeze, the only thing working was his shielded heart and it hurts so much with unexpressed emotions. He finally had to let out this long forgotten, yet familiar feeling, before he lost Raenef to unconsciousness.

"I love you…"

Those three words he dreaded saying, yet wanted to for so long. He immediately realized what he was doing and saying. Leaning so close to his master's bare body, while he said those three mystical words, was not a scene he wanted someone to walk into. Especially not Erutis, there would be no way in the world she would let Eclipse get away with that, and not tell Raenef about it.

At this thought a short tap on the door, followed by a female's voice, caused Eclipse to jump away from the bed and act innocent. He cursed himself and went back to Raenef's side, thinking, 'Let the girl make what she wants of it.'

After that thought he noticed that Raenef had already passed out, and there was nothing else Eclipse could really do.

Another small rasp at the door, made Eclipse growl with agitation, but he didn't have enough time to call out for her to leave, before a head popped up from behind the now open door.

"Aww, did I miss something? Oh my, did I interrupt anything," she asked this with a perked brow, her body already in the room.

Eclipse glared at the nosy girl, his thoughts going back to when Raenef wouldn't let him get rid of her.

"Leave," he said firmly, looking back at Raenef's sleeping form, "Master Raenef is sleeping right now, and I don't want your noisy mouth waking him up."

She frowned, her brown locks tumbling and masking her eyes, as her head drooped in disappointment. (Note: Even though on the cover of Book 3 her hair is red, I see her more as a brunette.)

"Raenef was right. You are a Grumpmeister," she said lifting her head and pouting at Eclipse.

Eclipse stared at her confused.

"What? He did call you that, remember?" She pulls out a copy of Book 1, flipping to page 21, and points at the little caption on the southwest corner, "See?"

Eclipse growls, a flame appearing in his hand, "Get out."

Erutis squeaks, then mutters under her breath as she leaves the room, closing the door behind her. Eclipse shakes his head, returning to Raenef's side and pulling the warm blanket over Rae's body, covering him up to his chin.

'Raenef will be out for an hour or two, by then I'll have dinner ready,' Eclipse thought to himself as he turned to leave.

All the sudden Eclipse stopped abruptly, as he breathed in a sharp painful gasp. A tug on his hair is what made him stop, and he wasn't sure he wanted this right now.

'Urgh, you had to include this didn't you, Chelsea. By the end of my life I'll have no hair.' (-looks at him all innocent like, sticking out her lower lip in the form of a pout- I'm sorry…)

This happened once before, and he had been stuck sleeping at Raenef's side. (See Book 1; page112) Right now, sleeping at Raenef's side wasn't something Eclipse could handle, the temptation would be too strong to ignore.

"God, Raenef, you are testing me, aren't you," he said out loud.

He peered down at the clasp of raven black tendrils in his master's hand. With a sigh, Eclipse slid Rae's weak grip off of his hair, and walked out of the room, finally. His thoughts still lingering on Raenef's well-being.

"This is a dream," Raenef said to no one in particular, as he wanders about the grassy field, "But it feels so real."

Raenef had been trying to remember what he had been doing, before the black hole swallowed him the first time.

"I was…" he said this and stopped, straining his brain to think properly, "I fell… Oh no, I fell asleep in the bath."

He smacked himself in the head, regretting it afterwards.

"If word gets out that I almost drowned in a bathtub, I'll surely lose Eclipse. Whoever heard of a Demon Lord dying after he fell asleep in a bathtub! Just great!"

Raenef threw his hands up in the air, with a groan. He felt like a failure, now that he figured out what had happened. His mind kept laughing at him, teasing him with rude taunts, 'Demon Lord Idiot, more like it. How could you even think Eclipse would keep you after this? He should have just let you drown in your stupidity.'

Raenef was on the verge of tears, as he got hooked on these thoughts. His head and shoulders sagged with humiliation, as he continued to wander in the dream world.

"I wonder if I should just die here," he said out loud, "At least I won't have to face Eclipse."

Raenef plopped down dramatically heartbroken, his sandy blonde hair shadowing his self-pitying eyes.

"I'm going away, and this time I'll pack money and food, instead of snacking on tomatoes." (Book 2)

He fell backwards onto his back, with a heavy sigh, his mind now drifting off to the sky, "Eclipse, I'm sorry."

Author Note: I hope you guys are enjoying this fic! On to the next chapter!