After a long absence... here's the next snippet!

Warnings: None.

Dragon Knight Snippets: Rose-tinted Lips

There were a lot of things Lykouleon didn't understand.

Mostly because it hurt to understand, so he refused to. They were things that, try as he might, he couldn't fix.

War, and pain, and why he couldn't have a child with his wife, and why Rath hated him. The way Kaistern and Tetheus went on dangerous journeys and often came back injured, and how the Dragon Knights were so young but had seen far more than they should have… People starving and dying, the pain of loss…

He was supposed to be all-powerful in the land; he was the Lord after all. But what did that mean, when it really mattered? No matter what changes he made to the government, there would always be poverty and struggles, people committing crimes, and lives being lost. No matter how he tried to mollify the youkai, there would always be rebellious ones that would attack villages and strip them of their inhabitants. The people of his castle would always be in danger, because he needed them. He needed Rath, Rune and Thatz to go out and risk their lives to try to attain peace, he needed Tetheus at the top of security, and Kaistern to go into strange lands to battle the underhanded ways of politicians, and Alfeegi and Ruwalk to wear themselves out helping him and keeping things running smoothly. Lykouleon also knew that if something were to happen, they would give up their lives to protect him, and as glad as he was to have friends as loyal as that, it made him feel guilty. He didn't know how he would be able to live with himself if he was the cause of their deaths.

Just… why was life like this, and why he didn't have enough power to stop it?

It would start with a single thought, like a snake that waited for dark to settle to thrive and feed off his insecurities and make them grow into a desperation he was forced to swim through as he lay in bed, watching the ceiling change in color throughout the night from a deep black, to a steady blue, to a light cerulean, and then the sun would break through, and pour a shining ray of light onto the bed. A perfect face was always illuminated in the early glow of dawn, a beautifully pale face with a crown of ebony-dark silken hair, lashes shut over crystal-clear eyes.

Every morning, after all the tormenting thoughts that deaden normally clear eyes dull, Lykouleon would look to his side, and smile lightly, then lean over to kiss those rose-colored lips.

Golden eyes fluttered open, a slow smile crossing those cherry lips, and suddenly, it didn't matter whether he understood life or not.

I finally wrote something with Lykouleon! I just wrote thefirst line, and then tried to figure out how to make a snippet out of it... There's not much with him, isn't that sad? Anyway, have a CesiaRath one and another Alfeegi/Ruwalk, and am typing up the Gillam and a Thatchel and Rune/Tintlet.

Kitty2Satan: If it's in character, I'd be reeeeally curious to read that Nadil/Lykouleon... I actually have ideas for that pairing... that I have to expand to write it... they're still kinda odd...

Blue Film: Yeah, it really helps when you point out those sentences that turn out lame, cause then I can actually focus on them and come up with something (hopefully) better. Thanks!

Eikou: That's what got me interested in writing the snippets in the first place - and i liked that description, photographs... I call them 'slice of life' or whatever, and I just adooooore reading fics like that, so I was inspired to write my own... But yeah, they're fun to come up with, though I haven't gotten the full hang of them yet... if you like Fullmetal Alchemist, check out the drabbles by Fireun and Spades44, they're sooo cool! And sweet!

Capella: I'm glad they amuse you even if you don't really like the pairings... I'll have a couple Gillaams, so don't worry, cause I love them too! Thanks for reading anyway!

BLK Angel: Thank you! Sry for the long wait.

Kage Ohkami: I actually had originally had them notice Kaistern and him ease himself back out, but it was cliche, as you and Blue Film pointed out.

IsisIshtar: Nothing wrong with them... I just can't see them togethetr shudder Nadil creeps me out... not as much as Shydeman, but yes, he does. I do have some ideas for them that I gotta work on to write a snippet out of. :sigh: I don't know what I'm going to do with Comfor in the Snow... I wanna keep writing it, and I still have some ideas, it's just ... a little more difficult that it sounds.

Aquajogger: Alfeegi and Ruwalk... in ... uniforms : purposely omits what kind of uniforms: That is scary. Funny, but scary. Like ... Kaiba in a mermaid outfit :runs away: My little cousin was trying to mentally scar me. And now you... WAAAAAAAAAH!

Thanks for reading and reviewing! Bye!