Woohoo! 209::ecstatic: The 200 mark has been breached::in awe: Wow. Thank you everyone! Can you believe that since they put the hit counter up, this fic's been visited almost 600 times::complete utter awe:

Warnings: shounen-ai, Tetheus/Kaistern.

Dragon Knight Snippets

Kaistern whistled cheerfully as he opened the large wooden door to the castle's library, sauntering to the shelves to find the book Thatz has asked him to find. It was some book about a place Kaistern had visited before, and was widely known for its hidden riches.

His gaze strayed off, and he blinked as he noticed a black-clad figure sitting in one of the comfy chairs.

Tetheus, eyes closed in quiet slumber.

It was very rare to catch Tetheus off guard, especially asleep as he was, head resting against an arm propped on the armrest, and Kaistern smiled warmly. Then, as he looked back to the book in his hands, his gaze crossed a black marker, and a mischievous grin pulled at his mouth.

Kaistern had to fight to keep his laughter under control as he surveyed his artwork. Curly eyebrows, a fuzzy moustache, a goatee and various other doodles- a misshapen heart, flowers, the traditional tic-tac-toe marks, and something that if you looked to the side a bit kinda looked like Crewger- that now graced the Black Officer's sleeping face, and Kaistern couldn't have been prouder had he been Rath after killing a horde of demons, or Lykouleon after escaping the castle.

He was about to turn and make a sly and sneaky escape but was stopped by a leaden grip on his wrist, and he was whirled back to meet icy red eyes.

"Very funny," Tetheus spoke in a soft, dangerous voice. Lemon eyes widened as Kaistern laughed nervously, but the black officer continued.

"I'm going to have to punish you."

Kaistern gasped, but it was muffled by the demanding pull of lips on his. There was something ridiculously funny about Tetheus kissing him ardently with scribbles all over his face, but Kaistern was a bit too occupied to imagine the visual not to mention that his mind had practically abandoned him. Both his wrists were now firmly pinned above him, and he was pushed back onto another chair, yielding completely under Tetheus' strength. Heat trailed into his mouth and along the inside of his cheeks, and he moaned softly before it was suddenly snatched away.

Kaistern registered in his hazy mind that Tetheus had gotten up, a slight smirk on his face, leaving Kaistern laying there, limp and breathless.

"What… what kind of a punishment is that?" he managed to say in between breaths, still flushed and slightly dizzy from excitement. The Black Officer's smirk grew wider, and then he was gone.

The next morning, as Kaistern walked into the bathroom, catching a glance of his face on the mirror, he realized that the kiss hadn't been the punishment after all.

:whistles: Man, I love Kaistern... he is so much fun to play with.

I think... I'll do a Kaistern/Alfeegi one next, but I'm putting the angst/scary warning up now. Might do something fluff at the end::hasn't finished yet:

Kage Ohkami: Yeah... when I first got the request for the pairing I was like... O.o. But they're interesting, and the only way i can see them together is while Nadil was a Dragon Knight, and... still evil.

Puppy: ... :laughs: MAJOR relationship counseling. 'So, what's the problem?' 'He stole my wife and tried to kill me!' 'He cut off my head!' :cracks up: ... :stares: Rune/Nadil? oh my...

Angstluver: Nice!Nadil scares me... it's not right, ppl!And yeah, it was actually a pretty quick response.

Lost and Far Away: Yaaaay::claps: I actually can't get anythign done with free time .

Lady Eos: Yeah, interestingly enough, they somehow work out... I wanna write more, but I gotta come up with a scene... ideas, anyone?

Vera-chan: Well, I was afraid I'd screwed it up myself. I love Kaistern too::huggles baby: I hope you liked this one::Points sword: Do not mention the D word and kaistern in the same sentence :is hoping for a resurrection:...

Misty: Well, i don't really like holding chapters hostages, I guess I was just a bit disappointed at the steady drop in reviews, while the hits were going up.

Isis-Ishtar: I think you were the one who requested the pairing in the first place. Sorry it took so long :sweatdrop::sigh: i don't know if I'm updating Comfort in the Snow. I've kinda moved on to all my other fics, and though I had more of the plot... it's a fairly good ending place there. I might update it in the future though... :hopes she'll get inspiration:

Aquajogger: Yeah... I have to come up with more stuff with the Knights... Plots are a total hassle. About the Nadil/Lyk... Yeah, i was kinda going for that more reflective feeling, but wasn't sure how to skip forward to the future without kinda screwing something up. But yeap- that's actually a perfect analyzis of what this ficlet whas supposed to be! You hit the nail on the head completely. :happy: Feel the Nadilian lips. :laughs:

Thank you everyone! Hope you liked this chapter, and as usual... review! Pretty please! Review so I don't hold chapters hostage! (I have this goal of keeping the reviews per chapter at 9)