Chapter three: Fiery confession.
Hikaru and Lantis were sitting together on the edge of the garden fountain he was looking up into the sunlight and smiling.
Hikaru was looking at Lantis with her eyes wide, he looked so handsome like this. Eventually Lanits looked over at her and his smile grew. "So what did you bring me out here to discuss?"
Hikarus took a deep breath and was just about to speak, when Primera came flying over to them now a fully grown woman and very beautiful. "What are you doing with my Lantis?" She asked Hikaru very accusingly.
Lantis mouth opened in shock, he had told Primera time and time again that he didn't love her however she seamed ready to wait for him to grow to love her and whilst Lantis was doing this she was determined to keep any other woman away from what she considered to be hers, despite the fact that her doing this might heart Lantis. He was determined not to let her frighten away the only woman he had ever truly loved.
However before he could speak, Hikaru spoke. "I had no idea Lantis was taken."
Primera looked at her gloatingly. "You had better believe it little lady so if you wouldn't mind?" Lantis eyes now opened wide with shock this was going to far, even for Primera.
Hikaru rose from her seat on the fountain she bowed politely to them both. "I am sorry if I have coursed any trouble between the two of you."
Lantis quickly rose to his feet, sending his cloak billowing into the air, his eyes were full of disbelief and shock as he stood there, he court hold of Hikarus hand and she looked at him surprised. "I don't love Primera I've told her so many time but she wont believe me there is only one woman I love, now and always."
Hikaru looked at him to stunned to speak and he continued on by saying. "I'm not lying you know me better than that by now I hope at least."
Hikaru nodded dumbly to his question wondering just were he was going with this conversation. Lantis took her shoulders in his long hands and then in one swift motion like a hawk catching pray, he swooped in and kissed her. After a moment he pulled back, Hikaru couldn't believe how fast her heart was going at that moment.
Lantis swallowed hard. "How was that for my first kiss?"
Hikarus eyes went wide, that was his first kiss, for a first try he was fantastic or so she felt. She smiled teasingly and replied, "Well it wasn't bad but I think you could do with a bit more practice."
Lantis laughed in his typical deep way that always made her shudder in pleasure. He set his ocean blue eyes on Primera they went cold. "If you wouldn't mind excusing us."
Primera didn't need to be told twice, she turned her back on the pair and ran back into the palace her hands covering her face. Lantis turned back to Hikaru and light filled his eyes again, but before he took her advice of more practice he wanted to know something. "Now what was it you brought me out here to discus I never did find out?"
Hikaru laughed both nervously and in genuine delight at his jest with her. "Well I was wondering.No that's not the place to start, do you remember when I said to you that I loved every one here?"
Lantis nodded his eyes seeming to darken at the memory, Hikaru looked at him, his pain was so obvious just as if she had said that to him yesterday not years ago. "Yes I remember, why lady?"
"Well I now have a correction to make to that statement if I may."
Lantis looked at her a little confused, Hikaru noticed a little hope in his eyes however he was doing his best to conceal it. "You may make any correction you desire."
"Well I still love every one here." That hope faded, Hikaru gulped and held his hand tightly, forcing him to look into her eyes, which he did reluctantly. "But I wish to say that I love you most of all."
Lantis' eyes widened with shock and then filled with softness. "You love me?"
Hikaru nodded, Lantis drew her close to him and hugged her tightly after some time in this tight embrace they parted Hikaru looked up at Lantis and gulped. He looked down at her eyes were so wide so vulnerable. "Yes Lantis I love you with all of my heart and soul and if the offer of marriage that you made me is still open then I would like to except it, I ready to do so now."
Lantis' eyes grew even wider than they had been before. "Are you being serious Hikaru?"
Hikaru smiled at him. "Yes Lantis deadly serious. Well is the offer still open."
He shook his head it was his turn to pull out all of the stops now. "No I was young then and the proposal I made then was inappropriate." Hikarus face fell, but he still held her tightly. "I am in love with you, I always have been and I always will be, so now I have fully told you the depth of my emotion I will ask you a question I asked you before only in a more formal way. Hikaru will you marry me?"
Hikaru looked at him, she smiled, Lantis put a hand in his trouser pocket and drew out from it a gold band toped with a ruby heart, as he did he took one of her hands and got down on one knee.
Hikaru blushed, poppy red she had dreamt of his proposal being like this but she had never believed he would actually go the whole nine yards for her. She felt that such a formal and honest request deserved a formal and honest answer. "Yes, Lantis knight of my heart, my one love I will marry you."
He rose openly beaming and gently slipped the ring on her finger. He then decided to follow her advice and get in some more practice at kissing. He smiled at Hikaru a little deviously, she just about had time to wonder what was happening, before he slipped one arm round her waist and the other to the back of her head and tenderly brought his lips to hers. After a moment in shock Hikaru erupted with passion pulling him closer to her in the kiss and deepening it, filling her kiss with all the love she had ever had from him and had to hide from him, no more did she have to hide it for now they were engaged. Lantis followed her deepening the kiss with all of his heart and strength both she and he knew that, for he too wanted to exhaust all of the love he had been containing for her over these past years he had known her.
Hikaru and Lantis were sitting together on the edge of the garden fountain he was looking up into the sunlight and smiling.
Hikaru was looking at Lantis with her eyes wide, he looked so handsome like this. Eventually Lanits looked over at her and his smile grew. "So what did you bring me out here to discuss?"
Hikarus took a deep breath and was just about to speak, when Primera came flying over to them now a fully grown woman and very beautiful. "What are you doing with my Lantis?" She asked Hikaru very accusingly.
Lantis mouth opened in shock, he had told Primera time and time again that he didn't love her however she seamed ready to wait for him to grow to love her and whilst Lantis was doing this she was determined to keep any other woman away from what she considered to be hers, despite the fact that her doing this might heart Lantis. He was determined not to let her frighten away the only woman he had ever truly loved.
However before he could speak, Hikaru spoke. "I had no idea Lantis was taken."
Primera looked at her gloatingly. "You had better believe it little lady so if you wouldn't mind?" Lantis eyes now opened wide with shock this was going to far, even for Primera.
Hikaru rose from her seat on the fountain she bowed politely to them both. "I am sorry if I have coursed any trouble between the two of you."
Lantis quickly rose to his feet, sending his cloak billowing into the air, his eyes were full of disbelief and shock as he stood there, he court hold of Hikarus hand and she looked at him surprised. "I don't love Primera I've told her so many time but she wont believe me there is only one woman I love, now and always."
Hikaru looked at him to stunned to speak and he continued on by saying. "I'm not lying you know me better than that by now I hope at least."
Hikaru nodded dumbly to his question wondering just were he was going with this conversation. Lantis took her shoulders in his long hands and then in one swift motion like a hawk catching pray, he swooped in and kissed her. After a moment he pulled back, Hikaru couldn't believe how fast her heart was going at that moment.
Lantis swallowed hard. "How was that for my first kiss?"
Hikarus eyes went wide, that was his first kiss, for a first try he was fantastic or so she felt. She smiled teasingly and replied, "Well it wasn't bad but I think you could do with a bit more practice."
Lantis laughed in his typical deep way that always made her shudder in pleasure. He set his ocean blue eyes on Primera they went cold. "If you wouldn't mind excusing us."
Primera didn't need to be told twice, she turned her back on the pair and ran back into the palace her hands covering her face. Lantis turned back to Hikaru and light filled his eyes again, but before he took her advice of more practice he wanted to know something. "Now what was it you brought me out here to discus I never did find out?"
Hikaru laughed both nervously and in genuine delight at his jest with her. "Well I was wondering.No that's not the place to start, do you remember when I said to you that I loved every one here?"
Lantis nodded his eyes seeming to darken at the memory, Hikaru looked at him, his pain was so obvious just as if she had said that to him yesterday not years ago. "Yes I remember, why lady?"
"Well I now have a correction to make to that statement if I may."
Lantis looked at her a little confused, Hikaru noticed a little hope in his eyes however he was doing his best to conceal it. "You may make any correction you desire."
"Well I still love every one here." That hope faded, Hikaru gulped and held his hand tightly, forcing him to look into her eyes, which he did reluctantly. "But I wish to say that I love you most of all."
Lantis' eyes widened with shock and then filled with softness. "You love me?"
Hikaru nodded, Lantis drew her close to him and hugged her tightly after some time in this tight embrace they parted Hikaru looked up at Lantis and gulped. He looked down at her eyes were so wide so vulnerable. "Yes Lantis I love you with all of my heart and soul and if the offer of marriage that you made me is still open then I would like to except it, I ready to do so now."
Lantis' eyes grew even wider than they had been before. "Are you being serious Hikaru?"
Hikaru smiled at him. "Yes Lantis deadly serious. Well is the offer still open."
He shook his head it was his turn to pull out all of the stops now. "No I was young then and the proposal I made then was inappropriate." Hikarus face fell, but he still held her tightly. "I am in love with you, I always have been and I always will be, so now I have fully told you the depth of my emotion I will ask you a question I asked you before only in a more formal way. Hikaru will you marry me?"
Hikaru looked at him, she smiled, Lantis put a hand in his trouser pocket and drew out from it a gold band toped with a ruby heart, as he did he took one of her hands and got down on one knee.
Hikaru blushed, poppy red she had dreamt of his proposal being like this but she had never believed he would actually go the whole nine yards for her. She felt that such a formal and honest request deserved a formal and honest answer. "Yes, Lantis knight of my heart, my one love I will marry you."
He rose openly beaming and gently slipped the ring on her finger. He then decided to follow her advice and get in some more practice at kissing. He smiled at Hikaru a little deviously, she just about had time to wonder what was happening, before he slipped one arm round her waist and the other to the back of her head and tenderly brought his lips to hers. After a moment in shock Hikaru erupted with passion pulling him closer to her in the kiss and deepening it, filling her kiss with all the love she had ever had from him and had to hide from him, no more did she have to hide it for now they were engaged. Lantis followed her deepening the kiss with all of his heart and strength both she and he knew that, for he too wanted to exhaust all of the love he had been containing for her over these past years he had known her.