Hiiii! Back! And with backup! Blue Film has offered to beta me, so from now on, all my snipets will have been scrutinized by her-laughs-
Warnings: Fluff, angst...
Enjoy!
Dragon Knight Snippets: Protection
Alfeegi was the one Ruwalk wanted most to protect. It was much too late for Rath, who had lost his innocence tragically, and for both Kaistern and Tetheus, naïveté was a luxury they couldn't afford with their dangerous work.
But Alfeegi still had a certain amount of innocence and naïveté, born from years of living inside protective castle walls, and it was something Ruwalk wanted desperately to keep.
He had failed.
It was raining, and the streets of Draqueen were damp, abandoned and ominous in their darkness.
As he watched the aquamarine-haired officer staring in confusion and sorrow, all he could do was kneel besides him and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Why?" he choked out. Copper eyes looked troubled as they glanced at the familiar face in this unfamiliar setting.
"Why do people do this? She never did anything wrong! She's only seven… not much older than Rath was when we first found him…"
Alfeegi was also the one who had clung the tightest to the memories of Rath's now-distant childhood.
"…I don't know…" the brunet answered honestly after a moment of quiet contemplation, squeezing his fellow officer's shoulder gently. His face softened, watching with a painful twist in his heart as the sea-haired officer let the raindrops mingle with the few diamonds that had escaped their prison in his eyes.
Alfeegi's empathy often made him the most sensitive of them, and that, coupled with his naïveté and his habit of wearing his emotions on his sleeve, had made it an devastating shock when his eyes had been opened to one of humanities numerous sins: Wrath.
Wrath that lead to vengeance, then to murder, and in the act, the murder of an innocent bystander. It was impossible for Alfeegi to comprehend why the body of a little girl lay mangled on the streets in front of him.
As rain fell in a comforting cloak around them, Ruwalk was once again aware that he had failed in shielding Alfeegi from the darker sides of humanity—something he suddenly realized had been overly naïve on his part as well. So he did the only thing he could think of to ease the burden.
He hugged him.
Ne? They're so cuute...
Responses:
Kage Ohkami: yay, you liked! I'm personally very fond of Thatz/Delte... if you wanna check out some more, Bittersweet Sword's chapter 8 (and the last bit of 7) is dedicated practically all to Delte and Thatz, and IMHO, I think it came out really sweet. And i doubt you really have to read the rest of the fic to understand those two chapters.
Blue Film: thank you once again! OH, and I'll see if I can do a Kit/Tetheus pairing snipet! By the way, also, in Bittersweet Sword, chapter 9 is all in Tetheus POV, and is a Kitchel/Tetheus if you wanna read it. It's quite... interesting... since it goes into my imagination of Tetheus' childhood as well O.O ...
Dragoness Fei: Wow, you really liked it... read kage ohkami's response above if you wanna read any more of my Thatz/Delte, cause I adore them.
Puppy-eats cookie- yum! Thank you!
Crazy meowmeow: I'm glad you read it anyway! And here's the reward for that: Your Alfeegi/Ruwalk!
Capella: You know... i'm considering doing that Saabel/Nadil one... it shoudln't be too far out of my range... now I just gotta read the books again to re-see those sections... -begins flipping through books- And thank you, by the way-happy-
Fireun: You read them! yay! My queen of drabbles read these -happpy- And you liked them too, thanks!
Aquajogger: Lol, thank you! Oooh, and you DID read Possessed by a Memory... wow. I'll be updating that one... sometime... gaaaaaaah...
Zircon-flattered- thanks! I'll work on PbaM sometime... -sweatdrop- I have the general plot down, I just gotta actually spend a couple hours writing it... and all my other fics... eeeeeek-runs away-
THANK YOU... next snipet's coming out very very shortly... I just gotta get off the computer now..