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Eclipse woke at his usual ungodly hour and went about his morning routine of cleaning, and organizing the castle and was halfway through making breakfast when a small blonde figure stumbled into the kitchen. "Eclipse, you should be sleeping." Raenef stated.
"I feel fine Ma . . . Raenef. Demons heal quickly do not worry." Eclipse replied smiling slightly remembering the night before.
"But are you sure that you should be lifting those full skillets?" Raenef asked timidly. "Couldn't you hurt yourself?" By this time he had made it to the counter and was standing beside Eclipse, who moved nearer and placed his arm around his young lord's shoulders and pulled him nearer still. When Raenef was once again leaning against Eclipse, with his arms around his tutor's waist, he whispered so soft it was almost inaudible, "Does this mean that you don't hate me Eclipse?"
"Gods no. How could you ever think that?" Eclipse asked surprised, but not angry. "I. . . I love you Raenef. I have for quite some time now, but I was afraid that my feelings were unrequited, and that you would send me away if you knew. That was one of the reasons I have always been so formal around you. It helped to remind me of the distance in our stations and the impropriety of my feelings for you."
"I would never have sent you away Eclipse. I love you too. I think I have ever since I first met you. Only I was too young and naive to know that the admiration I felt for you was more than respect," said Raenef, leaning up to kiss Eclipse.
The two stood there locked in a close embrace, till Eclipse broke off the kiss long enough to whisper a quiet "Go." Through all of this neither of them had noticed a red-headed figure standing in the doorway with a look of triumph on her face.
"And just what are you looking so smug about this early in the morning?" growled the monk when he wandered into the dining room about ten minutes later.
"Well I just saw something I have waited a long time to see," replied Erutis evasively
"What have you finally grown breasts like a real girl? OUCH! Why did you hit me, I was asking a legitimate question."
"No you weren't and anyway that is not what I was talking about. I was referring to Eclipse and Rae," she replied indignantly.
"What about them. Didn't get hurt again, did they? Why are you shaking your head, I'm Chris the Supergenius. You are shaking you head like I am stupid. . ."
"That is because you are. Stupid I mean. They finally gave into their emotions and hooked up. Don't look so sick, it is cute."
"But... I mean they're both male. That is just gross. If I was to do something like that, it wouldn't be 'cute'."
"No but you're not Rae, nor a demon for that matter," she said matter-of-factly. "So now to more pressing business, what are we going to eat?"
"How can you think of food at a time like this?"
"I just can. So I suppose you can make us something to eat. Just don't wreck the kitchen or the kitchen wench will fry both of us."
Then a maniacal smile crossed her face and she said, "Ya know, maybe he won't. Getting laid may mellow him a bit."
"That is just wrong. I don't even want to think about it. And even if that was true I am not going to take my chances. We just won't make a mess."
"Eclipse?" Raenef asked as he was lying in Eclipse's arms, playing with a single strand of Eclipse's long silky hair, a while later.
"What, Rae."Eclipse replied softly into Raenef's soft blonde hair
"What about Chris and Erutis."
"What do you mean by 'what about' them?" Eclipse asked puzzled. Honestly he couldn't really care less about those two at the moment. Even if he did owe Chris everything after what he had done the night before.
"Breakfast," Raenef said. "What are they going to eat?"
At this Eclipse had no choice but to smile, Raenef always thought of others no matter what was going on, or had just taken place. "They can find their own meal. But may the gods help them if they have demolished my kitchen." Though Eclipse was serious enough that he had started to have black flames start to surround him, Raenef could not help but laugh. "I fail to see what is so funny about your pets tearing apart our house," Eclipse said grumpily, or as grumpy as he could be at Raenef.
"Well," giggled Raenef, "First you called it your kitchen though you continually deny my friends accusation that you're a kitchen wench. Secondly, they aren't my pets. They're my friends and even were that true, they would now be our pets."
"Of course they would Raenef." And with that he kissed his young charge before adding, "I figure we should probably get up and start your lessons." Eclipse then disentangled himself from Raenef and the sheets and stood to locate and put on his robe.
That day Raenef was more attentive in his lessons than he had ever been, mainly because he knew that he no longer had to gaze longingly at Eclipse when he wasn't looking. He could do it while listening to and absorbing everything Eclipse's melodious voice was saying. He preformed the new spell without a hitch the first time, and better yet he didn't have to try to keep Eclipse's temper in check when it came to Erutis and Chris since they had managed to feed themselves without ruining the kitchen or eating all the food. He and Eclipse were also spared the difficulty of keeping the truth from the humans, not that he would have anyway, since they already knew and commented upon his and Eclipse's entry into the dining room. Allowing him to sit next to his beloved mentor. The only tense moment came when Erutis made the statement, "Since you cook and clean, does that make you the female in this relationship, Eclipse?"
For a moment everyone (Chris and Raenef) was worried that he was going to kill her but he calmly responded with "Even if I'm not, I have a better figure for it than you do." No dark aura. No fire. Nothing. Maybe Erutis was right about the getting laid thing. After that, dinner was a comfortable affair. Eventually, Raenef said that he was tired and wanted to go to bed. Shortly afterwards he and Eclipse disappeared to his room. The others stayed in the dining room for a while discussing the day's events before they too went to their respective bedrooms.
From this night on for all eternity, Eclipse and Raenef shared Raenef's soft bed.