Ok I'm running out of introductory lines. Oh well, here's the next chapter anyway. Enjoy!
"Oh come on Orochi!" pleaded Sheena to a man, who looked just like Kuchinawa, except he wore blue garbs, instead of red. "Why can't he stay?"
"Two reasons," he replied, one – he's an outsider, and two –" he put a sly smile on his face, "he's a boy your age."
Sheena blushed furiously, "W-What do you mean?" she shouted, knowing full well what he meant.
"Oh come on!" he answered exasperatedly, "You couldn't stop talking about him to me and Kuchinawa, you sneaked out to see him alone, and now you've invited him to stay a while."
"I told you his house burned down," she said defensively, "I couldn't let him sleep on the streets could I?"
"Calm down, I'm only teasing, but you do get worked up for someone who's just a friend."
"I don't have a crush on him!" thanking Lloyd was still in the entrance hall, whilst she was in the kitchen trying to convince Orochi to let him stay.
"Now who said anything about a crush?"
"Uh...well. He's staying! That's that!" she said trying to mask her embarrassment and stuttering.
"That's fine with me." He replied.
"Why didn't you just say that in the first place!"
"I told you, I was teasing you. You should try it, it's fun!"
"Fine." She said irritably, as they left for the entrance hall.
"Oh, hi Kuchinawa." Said Lloyd happily when he saw the two arrive.
"Close, I'm his brother Orochi." He replied, obviously annoyed he'd mixed him and his brother up.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't know."
"Don't worry Lloyd," Sheena said smiling, "He doesn't mind." But whispered to Orochi, "You're right, teasing is fun."
"I'll show you to your room Lloyd." Stated Orochi, rather solemnly.
"Woah, how d'you know my name?" he asked puzzled.
Orochi then thought of the perfect revenge tactic, "Oh, Sheena hasn't been able to stop talking about you ever since she got to know you." He wished he hadn't.
SMACK! "That's enough, Orochi," shouted Sheena angrily, but blushing, "I'm perfectly able to show him there."
Seeing defeat, and in immense amount of pain, Orochi left, leaving Lloyd and Sheena alone again. Sheena was really embarrassed by Orochi, and was trying to find a topic to talk about, when a stench reached her nose.
"Uh, Lloyd?" she asked as if not really wanting to know the answer, "When was the last time you had a bath?"
"Yesterday." He answered, but Sheena looked doubtful, "Well the only luxury I could afford was a cold sponge bath you know."
"That's it, as soon as I get you to your room, you're having a bath, I'll lend you some of Orichi's robes whilst I throw yours in for a wash."
"Thanks Sheena, it's been ages since I had a good bath."
They walked to Lloyd's room, entered, and Sheena showed him to the bathroom. As he closed the door Sheena shouted through, "Just chuck out your clothes through the door!"
"Ok, thanks." Replied the slightly muffled voice of Lloyd. The door opened slightly as a hand passed out some clothes.
Lloyd heard the door to his room shut as he got into the bath tub, "Ahhhhh, warm water." But all he could think of was Sheena, her kindness, her laughter, her body. 'Stop thinking like that you idiot.' But that had no avail.
10 minutes later, Sheena had re-entered the room with some of Orochi's spare robes.
"Damn there's no towel in here." Said Lloyd's muffled voice as the sound of a door opening entered her ears.
Without thinking, she dived under the bed, just as Lloyd came through the door.
"Hey clean clothes, guess Sheena's already been in. At least I don't need to worry about her walking in on me like this. Now where's that towel?"
She couldn't help herself. She inched herself forward so she could see Lloyd. 'Woah...' was the first thing she thought, 'for living in such poor conditions, he sure has a nice body.' Her eyes moved down from his face, to his chest, down to his hips. She pulled her head back instantly, realising it could have been in clear view of his sight if he looked down, 'I can't believe I looked at it! What was I thinking?'
"Ah here it is." He said after a while, completely oblivious to his spy's hiding place. He left back for the bathroom door, just in case Sheena did come in to check on him.
'Cute but. Stop it girl!' she thought after seeing him close the door. She quickly but quietly escaped the room.
Another 10 minutes later, Lloyd entered Sheena's room. "Hey Sheena." He said nervously, she was lying on her bed in her night gown.
"Oh, h-hey Lloyd." She replied blushing, she couldn't get the image of Lloyd's perfect body.
"I just came to say I'm off to bed, if Lucrus' training is anything like my dad's..." he paused at the thought of his father.
Sheena noticed this and went to comfort him, "Don't worry Lloyd." She said lovingly.
"I'm sorry Sheena, I don't really want to break down like this, but after today..." he paused again.
Sheena, however, embraced him in her arms, "It's ok Lloyd. Don't try and hold up your tears, It'll be worse if you do."
"Thanks Sheena." He said, small tear drops were falling from his eyes. After Lloyd had exhausted all his tears, he returned to his room for a good night sleep.
Sheena was having a bad sleep.
"Kuchinawa, Orochi, get the princess out of here!" yelled a woman in pink robes. "But mum!" a younger Kuchinawa pleaded."Listen to your mother, the princess' safety is our first priority." Answered a man in dark blue robes.
"But..." a younger Orochi stuttered.
"Listen, if these traitors kill her, Mizuho will be without a rightful heir and be torn into chaos. Now get her out of here!" Ordered their mother.
"No! Don't fight them! You can escape with us!" yelled Sheena, who was scared out of her wits.
"No, if we try that we'll all be killed." Stated their father, as they both charged at the men attacking them.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Sheena screamed as she woke up and began to sob uncontrollably.
"SHEENA! SHEENA!" Lloyd shouted as he barged through the door closely followed by Orochi, "Sheena are you ok what's wrong, I thought Cruxis was here?"
"Cruxis?" asked Orochi.
"We'll tell you later. So what's wrong Sheena?"
"I-I was dreaming about what happened 10 years ago." She replied through her sobs.
At these words, Orochi lost his concerned look, and was replaced by a depressed one as he left without a word.
"W-Why is he leaving?" then realisation hit him, "What happened 10 years ago Sheena?"
"After my parents passed away, I was the only heir and had to be protected, so Orochi's family was assigned to body guard me. A-And one day, some traitors to the throne tried to kill me and...and..." she burst into tears.
Lloyd sat down on the bed, ad put an arm around her. "I'm sorry Sheena, I didn't know." But she just kept on crying. He had no idea what to say, he'd never had to comfort a friend before, and he couldn't say the exact things she said to comfort him. No-one else comforted him either, so he couldn't use their tactics, the only thing that comforted him was... "Sheena wait here, I'll be back, I just need to get something."
Sheena couldn't believe this, after all she had done to comfort Lloyd, he had just left her when she needed help. But the next minute, he came back holding a very battered violin. "Lloyd... what are you?"
"This always took my mind off things, so I thought it might help you too." He started to play. He played what was in his heart, as usual, but this time it was slightly different, not sad and lonely, but lovingly and happy.
Sheena listened in awe. It was the most beautiful sound she'd ever heard in her life. She'd never heard the piece he was playing before, so it had to be something he created himself. Yet it looked as if he was surprised by what he was playing, so he must be playing from his heart. This made its way into Sheena's heart and warmed it. The only tears left in her eyes were those of happiness, he was playing for her, and only her.
Lloyd had finally stopped playing, opened hi eyes and saw Sheena staring at him, eyes wide and full of tears, yet these tears didn't seem to be made of sorrow, but of joy. Suddenly, she smiled and flung her arms around him, "Uh...S-Sheena?" he asked nervously.
"Thank you Lloyd, that really cheered me up." She answered. She moved back slightly to look lovingly into his eyes.
Their eyes never looked away, hardly blinked. They were lost in each other's gaze for quite some time. Sheena then inched forward slowly, towards his face, a large blush present on her face. Lloyd also blushed as she neared him, but their eyes never parted. The gap separating their lips lessened, lessened, until they touched as they shared their first kiss.
It lasted only a couple seconds, when they separated. They both laughed sheepishly.
"Uh, w-well if you're better now, I'll...I'll go back to my room and try to get some more sleep." Lloyd finally said after a nervous silence.
"Y-Yeah, thanks Lloyd," Sheena said, her face still flushed, "I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight."
30 minutes later, Sheena still had no luck getting back to sleep. She just couldn't get that kiss out of her head, it was just so perfect. The perfect first kiss, from the perfect person. Any doubts of her having true feelings for him were now gone.
Realisation that she wouldn't be able to get to sleep hit her. She left her room, and headed down the corridor, knowing exactly where she was going.
KNOCK. KNOCK. Lloyd, quite quickly opened the door to see Sheena standing there, grinning and blushing like mad.
"H-Hey Lloyd." She said sheepishly.
"Sheena? What are you...?" but before he could finish, Sheena wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him into a deep kiss. Lloyd returned it and they fully entered his room, shutting the door.
Do you realise how long it took me to right this chapter? Every time I started it, something came up, meaning I had to stop. Plus I decided to take a small break to write a Sheloyd one-shot. Oh well the point is it's finally done hope you enjoyed. Please review, they really help me.