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Third drabble, the battlefields and the day Heath gets fed up.
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#3#Questions Are Safe Answers (...And It Works, Too)
Heath let out a breath as he pulled his lance back, watching the enemy shaman fall to the ground. Hearing some noise, he spun Hyperion around, ready to attack, and relaxed when he saw it was Rath, Wil sitting behind him on his horse.
"Yo Heath! Orders are to regroup, the fort is practically seized!" The sniper informed him with a bright smile from his spot behind the taciturn Sacaen. "Mounted units should rescue those on foot for a quicker progress. We've already warned most of the others, so could you see if you find anyone else?"
Heath smiled back - you couldn't not smile back at Wil, it was just physically impossible, he noted - and nodded at them. "No problem. I'll be there shortly!" He said as he pulled on Hyperion's reigns, indicating he should take off.
As he flew over a hill he saw Kent helping on his horse a very gumpy-looking Erk - he'd probably finished a tome or something...
Looking around, his gaze shifted down as he heard Hyperion shriek slightly, motionning towards a lone figure crouching next to some ennemies a bit further from them. "Legault..." He pulled on the reigns once more and the wyvern obeyed, landing a few feet away from the thief. "Legault! Stop your pilfering, orders are to regroup!" He told him as he looked aound cautiously in case there were more ennemies remaining. "Are you on your own?" He asked with a frown.
Legault shook his head as he pocketed a stolen elixir while getting up. "Matthew and Guy were over there with Karel minutes ago." He said as he pointed behind the other. "By the way..." He started as he picked up a lance and held it out to him. "Not much use to me." He explained simply at the other's look.
Heath picked it curiously and his eyes widened slightly as he saw what it was. "An Axereaver...thanks, my last one just broke..." He said as he fixed it to Hyperion's saddle along with his other weapons.
"No problem; as I said, no use to me." Legault replied amiably. He then raised an eyebrow as he saw that the other wasn't taking off. "Are you expecting me to...?"
The wyvern rider nodded curtly and shifted slightly in his saddle - even though it was designed to carry an extra-person should the need to ever arrise.
The thief nodded back and climbed behind him, easily securing himself as the wyvern took off - this wasn't the first time the other had 'rescued' him after all... "Look, there they are." He said as he leaned close enough for the other to hear him.
Heath nodded, still tightly holding on his mount's reigns as he manoeuvered closer to them. "Matthew! Guy! Karel! The fort's taken, regroup!" He called out once they were within earshot.
"Got that!" Matthew called back as he waved at them.
The wyvern rider nodded back as he took off once more, and it then ocurred to him that Legault was doing his best to hold on to his waist the least possible. All this so he wouldn't tense up...
Legault really did...care for him, in a way...
Sighing in frustration, he pulled Hyperion to a hovering position, effectively surprising his passenger.
"Something the matter?" Legault asked with a slight frown as he looked around them, in case flying ennemy units were roaming the skies nearby.
"Why, yes. We need to talk." Heath said abruptly. As he felt - and knew - the other was about to question him, he hastily spoke first. "Well, more like I'll talk and you'll wait your turn." As he heard no protest, he continued. "I don't get you. I don't get you, and that frustrates me." He started as he manoeuvered Hyperion to land on a mountanous path so he could turn slightly and somewhat face the other. "You...you said that you liked my honesty because it was something that you yourself lacked...But then what am I supposed to believe?" He asked with a frown as he looked at him. "Am I supposed to question every word you say? Am I supposed to pretend that everything you say means nothing?...And then you talk about love..." At this his voice became softer and he looked sideways, suddenly finding it hard to voice his frustrations. "...Moments later you say you were joking...I don't know what to think anymore." He said honestly with a sigh. "What am I supposed to believe in, Legault?" He asked once more as he locked gazes with the other, the desire - no, the need - to know the truth making him forget everything about being shy.
Legault was quiet for a few seconds, studying him searchingly before speaking just as quietly. "What do you want to believe in, Heath?" He asked seriously as he cautiously rested a hand on his waist in a light hold.
Heath let out a sigh as he was ever-so-slightly miffed by the not-answer. "Why is it you always have to answer questions with questions? That's not the point, you know?" He asked slightly annoyed, momentarily forgetting the situation and position they were in.
Legault chuckled as - for all the seriosity and importance of the moment - he could never pass on an opportunity to tease the other. "I'm not so sure...Making you answer the questions leaves you in control of the situation, wouldn't you say?" He asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. As he saw Heath wasn't about to be won over by his tricks, he shook his head softly as he turned serious once more. "If you're in control, you decide where it goes, and how fast so. You know what I want, don't you? So this is about what you want."
The wyvern rider closed his eyes and shook his head. "You're missing the point here! The point is I don't know what you want, since I don't know when I'm supposed to believe you or not!" He explained in a quiet voice, though he was growing quite restless. "What do you want?--and a full, complete, truthful answer this time, please," he warned as the other had opened his mouth to reply.
The thief smiled softly and replied with a simple word. "You."
Heath allowed the simple yet oh-so-complicated answer to run around his mind for a few seconds before he fully realized the consequences that this conversation would have on their relationship and in their lives. He held the other's look as he felt his heartbeat increase; Legault's had, too, he could feel it through his armor - though he had no idea when the other had shuffled so close. He leaned back against him and slightly difficultly placed his lips on his, pulling back rather soon in the other's opinion. "Does that answer your question?" He asked as he raised a hand to trail his fingers over the other's cheek, the other hand still securely holding Hyperion's reigns - he made a mental note to reward the wyvern later on for having remained so calm during the entire conversation.
Legault raised his own hand to cover the other's, moving his other arm so it'd circle his waist. "You bring out the honesty in me...I meant what I said...But I didn't want to risk losing these feelings..." He whispered against his lips. "Risk scaring you away..." He added as an after-thought.
The green-haired boy leaned back into him and moved his hand from the other's cheek to the arm around his waist. "Well I guess I'm just not as easy to scare as you thought..." He commented as he kissed him once more as best as he could given his lack of movement range.
Legault chuckled as he gladly kissed back. "My, my...what has ever gotten into my favourite wyvern rider?" He teased gently as his lips hovered above the other's.
Heath smiled and shook his head at himself as he let thief embrace him. "...Must be this thing called 'love', you know?" He said as he sighed contently.
Legault grinned slightly as he held him as close as possible in their current position. "Yeah, I know..."
And he did. He really did.
And if some people wondered why he was smiling coyly in self-satisfaction through the rest of the day, they soon understood, rolled their eyes and dismissed it when they saw that Heath was even more flustered than usual around the thief.
End#3
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