The Drabble Diaries
by Tomoyo-chan
Disclaimer: I do not own.
This is part of a larger story that I have yet to write. Basically, Riku is a were-cat and heir to his tribe, and as such is required to marry another supernatural in order to carry on his line. He and Sora are secretly fiends/seeing each other and Sora has no clue about his 'best friend'. In this scene we are introduced to our antagonist - Malificent.
Warning: Mentions of pre-mpreg and stalker-ish boy's love.
A Potion Called Desire - June 9 2012
Sora's room wasn't ever what one could call clean, but there wasn't so much that could easily lend itself to hiding. So Riku resorted to watching from within the shadows of his desk. The boy was going about his end of the day routine, throwing off his shirt, finding a pair of flannel pants, and finally turning the light off of his fish globe lamp. He watched the boy settle down into a light sleep, bathed only in moonlight.
When a second presence appeared beside him, his first thought was to the sleeping boy. He turned to see a tall, dark-haired woman beside him in the shadow. She gazed with dispassion into the room as she spoke.
"If you continue to just watch, one would wonder if you are becoming a stalker."
Riku bristled at the words. His canines itched, wanting to sharpen. "It is hard, watching and knowing I can never have him."
Her next words though, erased his annoyance. "What if I made it so you could."
He almost started, eyes flashing with brilliance. "Keep talking."
She turned out of the shadow, and he followed her. They ended up in a circular brick room, almost like a castle turret save the stairs labeled it a basement.
"What are your biggest obstacles? He's human, obviously."
Riku nodded as she moved around a large pot in the center of the room. "And I'm required to have a heir."
"Well, I can't solve the human part, unless you're willing to let him become undead." Riku shook his head vehemently. "But I can solve the other part." She opened a hanging cupboard and began pulling out a few bottles and looking at the labels before putting them back.
Riku stared, completely shocked for the first time since meeting her.
She continued without looking, pretending she couldn't sense his reaction. "With the right ingredients I can make it so he will be able to bear your child and only yours."
"What's the catch?"
"Catch?" She pretended shock and affrontment. "No catch, just simple payment. And you have to get me some of the ingredients. Some of that boy's blood, the hair of a girl you trust, and some of your own seed."
"And I will need your assistance with the creation of the potion itself."
"And what is your payment," he replied.
"One day in the future, I will ask of you a single service and I expect you to carry it out without complaint."
The look on his face must have given away his thoughts for she added on "I would not ask anything of you that is against the Laws. Or would effect that boy of yours. That is all the guarantee you will get of me. Do you accept?"
The Laws weren't very strict, so she could still ask almost anything of him, but for the chance to be with, stay with, Sora he was willing to take that risk.
"You have a deal."