This is for the
Dragon Knights challenge.
Author: Vuirneen
Fandom: Dragon Knights
Theme: 10 Transparent Feelings
Rating: PG13
Pairings: Raseleane/Lykouleon
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Knights. It was created by Mineko Okhami.
Warnings: Nudity, false hope
Size: 8.81 kb
The sun's rays slowly creeped into their hideaway, its fingers tickling
her toes and then crawling up her leg as she dozed on. He stirred. A
breeze following the heat of the sun trickled up his back and raised
goosebumps on his bare flesh. He squeezed her closer and nestled his
face into her long, dark hair. Drool soon matted his springy
pillow.
Restless as always, she turned in her sleep, her head remaining behind
as her naked body moved, trapped by her lover. She twitched and jerked
her head several times, the motions growing stronger. He snorted and
lifted his head. "Sum'tin up, Ras'leen?"
Her eyes flashed open. "We did it again," she moaned, before grabbing
her hair and pulling it out from under him. He rolled over while she
blinked outside, into the light. "We fell asleep!" she said.
He grabbed her and buried his face in her lap.
"Oh well," he muttered, "might as well enjoy the lie-in."
She tensed her muscles, turning her comfortable lap into thighs of
rock. "Again, Lykouleon!" she groaned. "Again! Do you remember what
happened last time? Do you remember the trouble it caused?" She cast
her eyes about, scanning the ground surrounding the soft, white blanket
they'd spent the night on. "Do you know where my clothes are?"
"Clothes!" He jerked bolt upright and banged his head on the root
ceiling that kept them from view. A rough edge opened a cut on his
forehead although he ignored it as he lifted up the blanket and checked
under it, as though the flat pile could have hidden his evening suit.
Three drops of blood dripped down from his head and spotted the
blanket.
They had slept under a tree whose roots had formed a Traveller's Rest:
a hollow away from rain and prying eyes, where weary travellers or
courting couples could attend to their needs in safety and privacy.
Lykouleon crawled through to the edge of the root mass and looked
through the gaps in their wooden wall to scan the area outside.
"I don't see..." he muttered, before tensing suddenly. "There's
something white over there. It could be clothing!"
"Quick," urged Raseleane, pushing him out of their hole. "Before
someone comes."
Lykouleon ducked, checking left and right before running out to grab
the mystery, white, possible clothing. Raseleane watched him, blood
rising with her lover's every naked step. She winced as he started to
hop and limp alternatively; the ground had many sharp rocks and twigs.
She fidgeted, running her fingers through her hair, wincing again as
they got stuck in the tangled mess of knots and fuzz.
"Crap," she said, working her fingers from the bottom, pulling and
teasing the hair apart.
As she fought with a stubborn knot, Lykouleon hit the dirt and rolled
under a bush, feet away from the unknown garment. Raseleane hunkered
down, unable to see what had startled him, even as his hand crept out
from under the bush and inched toward the clothing.
The low buzz of conversation drifted over the plants and through the
branches of the trees to Lykeouleon's ears. He squeezed his eyes shut
and stretched further, raising furrows in the rough dirt as it scraped
his skin. His fingertips brushed sodden cotton as the voices grew
clearer.
He cursed into the dirt with Alfeegi's laugh. Fingers spasmed and
released the cotton as his body exhaled every last drop of energy. He
lapsed, breathing in fungus spores and the heady smell of earth,
awaiting the inevitable 'Your Highness!' Eyes twitched and energy
returned to his head, enough to lift his gaze as it failed to
materialise. Alfeegi's laugh carried over to him once more, along with
light, soothing tones and the perfumed smell of false flowers: the
scent of a woman.
The Dragonlord, Lord of Draqueen, Lover of Raseleane and Employer of
Alfeegi slid out from under his bush and crept across the open ground
to the dubious cover of another plant that was closer to Alfeegi. The
cotton garment remained behind.
Crawling under the new bush, a joyously leafy hedge of some sort, he
parted the leaves enough to frame Alfeegi and his companion. The
green-haired Dragon Officer leaned easily against a low stone wall,
nodding and smiling as his friend - a young, dark-haired woman that
Lykouleon didn't recognise - nattered away, mouth moving faster than
Rath when he'd broken something old or expensive. Her story came to
some sort of conclusion when Alfeegi bowed and she clapped - her cheeks
flushed. Alfeegi rose again, standing straighter and taller than he
ever had before. He reached behind the wall and broke off the stem of
a fern. Twirling it in his fingers, he said something that his friend
hadn't heard. She leaned closer and he flicked the stem, lashing her
gently on the ear with the feathery fern. She jumped back, clapping
her hand to her ear and giggling helplessly. Alfeegi advanced on her,
fern outstretched and she ran away, glancing behind to make sure that
Alfeegi was following, slowing down when he did and speeding up when
she realised his trick.
Lykuoleon watched as much as he could from his vantage point, mouth
slipping further and further open, until it scraped the ground.
Eventually he rolled out from under his hiding place and retrieved the
cloth garment. It turned out to be a cotton shirt, with lacy collars
and tiny buttons that his fingers fumbled over. He pulled it over his
head, grimacing as the damp cotton clung to his body. He ignored the
collars, letting them fall open as he checked for the next item of
discarded clothing, hoping for breeches.
Suddenly catching sight of furious waves from Raseleane he turned
around to see Ruwalk.
"Your Highness," said the smiling man, the Dragonlord's longest
friend.
"Ruwalk!" Lykouleon hailed him and scooted closer, a pasted smile
echoing his Officer's.
"Anything I can do for you?" he asked, quirking his eyebrows.
"Actually..." Lykouleon coughed and leaned over the hedge. "Have you
see any clothing?"
Ruwalk's smile dropped and he hit his hand with an open palm. "You
haven't done it again, have you?" He looked at his silent friend,
before rising up on tip-toes and slowly peering over the hedge.
The Dragonlord pushed him back "Of course not!" he exclaimed. "Not
after everything that happened last time. I uh, just saw Alfeegi
running past and ... he was ..."
"Ah," said Ruwalk.
"I was hoping to cover for him. He deserves a break, you know?"
Ruwalk nodded. "I'll keep my eyes open and if anything's found, I'll
send it back to him."
"Yeah, thanks," said Lykouleon, his face freezing for a moment.
"A-ha, well, you look that way," he pointed toward the lake "and I'll
look around here some more."
The Dragon Officer clicked his heels together, saluted and wandered
off, leaving his Lord with a pained expression on his face. He
retreated back to his love nest and his wife.
"There's something about a man in a loose shirt..." said Raseleane,
snuggling up to her beloved before recoiling.
"Dew," sighed Lykouleon. "It'll dry."
"No trousers?" she asked, picking up the blanket and shaking it out.
"Not yet," he admitted. "The shirt on its own isn't really useful for
me. Do you want to wear it? In case we're found out."
"That's okay," she said, shaking her head. "I'll just wrap the blanket
around me. It'll work as a dress from a distance." She pulled the
blanket around her and tucked one corner under her arm, but stopped
before folding the opposite side into place. Instead she stared at the
drops of blood that spoiled the pure, white fleece.
"Something wrong?" he asked, reaching out and stroking her arm.
"Nothing," she said, tucking it into place and hiding the stain in the
blanket, but not the light in her eyes. "Everything's fine!"
Yes, I wanted to write some Lykouleon/Raseleane porn. Well, not porn,
but then the ending hit me and I realised that it suited Transparent
Feelings, then thought that it didn't, then started to write
another, but finally gave in. How confusing.
Basically, I didn't want to up the rating for a single story, so
there's not much sexiness. Didn't the last theme have a naked Rune in
it? Man. I have to get that M fic out of me.
In other news, there are only three themes left. Three! I'm nearly done!
*dances the happy dance*