Ficlet - Challenge - Heat
Weekly challenge by jun_yumemakura
Title: Heat in the heart
Part: 1/1
Fandom: Alexander/Hephaistion
Rating/Warnings: Sneaky!Bagoas lol
Words: Too long...
Cast: Hephaistion, Alexander, Bagoas, Deldar, Roxanne *Gasp*
Summary: “Just tell him that Bagoas fell down some stairs and his leg broke, he will understand...”
Disclaimer: "Not true never happened. You'd think with all that's going on in the world people wouldn't be so concerned with buying or selling lies. Sad." Jared Leto xD
Beta: I has none, so all mistakes are sadly mine x.x If someone wants to be my beta, I will appreciate it *-*
Bagoas' leg was broken, that much was evident... But what worried the eunuchs the most was that Bagoas was the ONLY dancer in court, which meant that the King's birthday party wouldn't have a dancer to entertain the King... Bagoas couldn't dance, so that left the eunuchs biting their nails, wondering how they could explain the accident to the king.
“Just tell him that Bagoas fell down some stairs and his leg broke, he will understand...” Hephaistion sat across the bed, putting a cushion on the injured leg, Bagoas was pouting, he wanted to be OUT of the bed.
“But I wanted to dance...” Bagoas pouted some more, crossing his arms on his chest and looking miserable. If it weren't such a comical scene, Hephaistion would have felt sorry for him. “I do not think Alskander will be happy with my absence, he told me to be very careful, and I am very sorry for using your bed, master Hephaistion, and for ruining your sweets...”
“Pay no mind to that, I will tell Alexander that he will just have to live during his birthday without his dancer...”
“No! He will be furious with me!” Bagoas still feared that Alexander would chastise him for his clumsiness like Darius would have done. “We will just... Find another dancer...”
“And where will you find another dancer? None of this boys know the first thing about dancing...” The eunuchs looked down in shame and left the room.
“Yes, well... We will just have to find someone... We still have a few moons for the birthday party and we can find someone by then, we need someone who is gracious and beautiful and...” Bagoas narrowed his eyes, looking at Hephaistion with a devilish grin, then, noticing the other eunuchs were gone, he decided to use the sweetening techniques he had seen the King use so many times. “Phai... Phai, Phai...” He said, in a sweet tone, smiling with the gentleness of a mother, Hephaistion looked at him and shook his head.
“No...”
“What? I have not even said anything yet!”
“Just, no, I know what you are going to ask of me!” Hephaistion got up from the bed. “I know nothing about dancing and there is no way in Hades I will learn in such a short time!”
“It is very easy! It is like... Like... Like fighting!”
“Are you playing games with me? Of course not!”
“Yes! We should ask the Queen to help you!”
“Have you gone mad?!” Hephaistion sat on the bed, lowering his voice, he knew some walls had ears. “The queen would rip my head off before helping me with anything...”
“You do not know the queen as much as you think you do.” Bagoas smiled sweetly, he already had a plan.
Alexander was excited. Of course he was excited, it was his birthday! Hephaistion said there would be a big surprise for him, so when the day came, he was bouncing around in joy, eager to get his surprise, however, Hephaistion had not showed up all day, he did not see him during breakfast and his pages had told him Hephaistion had left very early, this worried Alexander, but everyone was telling him to dismiss it, Hephaistion was fine, he was still in Babylon.
During the evening banquet, Hephaistion was STILL absent, which disturbed Alexander. As night went on, Hephaistion was nowhere to be seen. A eunuch stood in the entrance of the dining hall and announced that the dancer who would perform to honor the King was ready. The big torches were turned off, leaving only small candles that made it hard for anyone to see who was in the center of the room.
Two torches were lit suddenly, and before them stood a beautiful creature in a light blue Persian robe, he had long brunette hair tied in an elaborate braid, big, beautiful blue eyes and dark skin. He stood there, looking at Alexander with his big intense eyes, holding two red paper fans. Bagoas sat on the end of the room, he sat with Deldar by his side, Bagoas had a tanbur, and Deldar a small Ney, but no one was looking at Bagoas or at Deldar, their eyes were focused on the graceful beauty in the center of the room, who covered his face with one of the fans and held the other one close to his chest.
As the music began, the beautiful dancer lowered his head, extending his arms with the fans, and slowly stood, swaying his hips, suddenly, the beat became faster and despite the heavy appearance of the robe, the dancer began moving graciously to the music, playing with the fans, his intense eyes never leaving Alexander's, there was a fire in this dancer's eyes, a fire that Alexander knew too well...
That fire, along with the elegant movements of his body and the game he played with the fans, sent an all too familiar heat to Alexander's body, a heat only one person sent to him. The song was starting to end, fading slowly, as well as the dancer, who seemed to wither inside his robe like a small flower in the winter, to return to the position he had in the beginning, fans covering his features, head down, he remained there until the song ended completely.
Some servants lit the torches and the room was illuminated again, everyone in the room was still staring, open mouthed, at the dancer who stood graciously from his spot and left the room, not looking at anyone, as soon as he was out of sight, everyone seemed to be free from their spell. Bagoas was helped by Deldar to get up and leave the room as well, and another eunuch took the instruments.
The Queen was already there when Hephaistion ran into his room, sitting in front of the mirror and taking off all the make up that had disguised his real skin tone, Roxanne seemed satisfied.
“You did well...” She said.
“I did not... I stumbled three times... I was terribly nervous...” Deldar entered the room with Bagoas held firmly and they both sat next to Roxanne, they were grinning madly.
“I am so proud of you!” Bagoas squealed, clapping his hands like a small child.
“How you manage to do that without dying of a panic attack is beyond me... My legs felt like mush and I felt like I was going to faint...” Hephaistion was taking off the multiple pins that had secured his hair and had finally removed all the make up. “If you did this to make me respect you, well... You have achieved your goal, I shall never belittle dancers... Ever...” Hephaistion sighed and threw himself in the bed, with the queen and the two eunuchs looking at him with big cheeky grins.
“But you did well...” Deldar patted his head gently. “I could never do the fan dance even if I tried... And you mastered it in a few nights...”
“It is not so different from holding a sword...” Hephaistion muttered against his pillow.
“See? I told you it was like fighting, you just did not wish to believe me!” Bagoas smiled proudly, but Hephaistion was not looking at him.
“We will leave you be, as it seems you are still very distressed. But it was a very good performance.” Roxanne stood, followed by Deldar who helped Bagoas up and the three of them left the room. Hephaistion sighed and tried to fall asleep.
Alexander looked suspiciously at the retreating figures of his wife, Deldar and Bagoas leaving Hephaistion's room... What had they been doing there? Had they helped his beloved to do what he had just done? If so... Why? He was sure Roxanne would never do anything for Hephaistion except rip his head off, and Bagoas... Well, Bagoas was nice to everyone, just like Hephaistion was, so it was only natural for them to get along nicely, specially since Bagoas was no longer taking part in any sexual activities with Alexander. The King was curious now, he wanted to see Hephaistion and reward him for his beautiful gift. Silent, like a cat, he walked into the room and noticed his beloved was sleeping calmly, his hair sprawled all over the bed, his eyes closed, breathing softly. Alexander crawled on the bed, next to him and removed a strand of hair from his face, admiring the sleeping features of his beloved.
He did not need any birthday parties, now all he wanted for his next birthday was for Hephaistion to send that familiar heat to his heart with his dance... For him and only him...
The dance is similar to this one: Fan Dance FusionAnd the song would be: Sakura by RevenG
A tanbur is the ancestor of the guitar, and a Ney is a small flute with five holes, they are both iranian (persian) instruments, information about them can be found here
The original instruments for Sakura by RevenG would be shamisen and japanese traditional flutes, but this instruments can reproduce such sounds perfectly.
Title: Heat in the heart
Part: 1/1
Fandom: Alexander/Hephaistion
Rating/Warnings: Sneaky!Bagoas lol
Words: Too long...
Cast: Hephaistion, Alexander, Bagoas, Deldar, Roxanne *Gasp*
Summary: “Just tell him that Bagoas fell down some stairs and his leg broke, he will understand...”
Disclaimer: "Not true never happened. You'd think with all that's going on in the world people wouldn't be so concerned with buying or selling lies. Sad." Jared Leto xD
Beta: I has none, so all mistakes are sadly mine x.x If someone wants to be my beta, I will appreciate it *-*
Bagoas' leg was broken, that much was evident... But what worried the eunuchs the most was that Bagoas was the ONLY dancer in court, which meant that the King's birthday party wouldn't have a dancer to entertain the King... Bagoas couldn't dance, so that left the eunuchs biting their nails, wondering how they could explain the accident to the king.
“Just tell him that Bagoas fell down some stairs and his leg broke, he will understand...” Hephaistion sat across the bed, putting a cushion on the injured leg, Bagoas was pouting, he wanted to be OUT of the bed.
“But I wanted to dance...” Bagoas pouted some more, crossing his arms on his chest and looking miserable. If it weren't such a comical scene, Hephaistion would have felt sorry for him. “I do not think Alskander will be happy with my absence, he told me to be very careful, and I am very sorry for using your bed, master Hephaistion, and for ruining your sweets...”
“Pay no mind to that, I will tell Alexander that he will just have to live during his birthday without his dancer...”
“No! He will be furious with me!” Bagoas still feared that Alexander would chastise him for his clumsiness like Darius would have done. “We will just... Find another dancer...”
“And where will you find another dancer? None of this boys know the first thing about dancing...” The eunuchs looked down in shame and left the room.
“Yes, well... We will just have to find someone... We still have a few moons for the birthday party and we can find someone by then, we need someone who is gracious and beautiful and...” Bagoas narrowed his eyes, looking at Hephaistion with a devilish grin, then, noticing the other eunuchs were gone, he decided to use the sweetening techniques he had seen the King use so many times. “Phai... Phai, Phai...” He said, in a sweet tone, smiling with the gentleness of a mother, Hephaistion looked at him and shook his head.
“No...”
“What? I have not even said anything yet!”
“Just, no, I know what you are going to ask of me!” Hephaistion got up from the bed. “I know nothing about dancing and there is no way in Hades I will learn in such a short time!”
“It is very easy! It is like... Like... Like fighting!”
“Are you playing games with me? Of course not!”
“Yes! We should ask the Queen to help you!”
“Have you gone mad?!” Hephaistion sat on the bed, lowering his voice, he knew some walls had ears. “The queen would rip my head off before helping me with anything...”
“You do not know the queen as much as you think you do.” Bagoas smiled sweetly, he already had a plan.
Alexander was excited. Of course he was excited, it was his birthday! Hephaistion said there would be a big surprise for him, so when the day came, he was bouncing around in joy, eager to get his surprise, however, Hephaistion had not showed up all day, he did not see him during breakfast and his pages had told him Hephaistion had left very early, this worried Alexander, but everyone was telling him to dismiss it, Hephaistion was fine, he was still in Babylon.
During the evening banquet, Hephaistion was STILL absent, which disturbed Alexander. As night went on, Hephaistion was nowhere to be seen. A eunuch stood in the entrance of the dining hall and announced that the dancer who would perform to honor the King was ready. The big torches were turned off, leaving only small candles that made it hard for anyone to see who was in the center of the room.
Two torches were lit suddenly, and before them stood a beautiful creature in a light blue Persian robe, he had long brunette hair tied in an elaborate braid, big, beautiful blue eyes and dark skin. He stood there, looking at Alexander with his big intense eyes, holding two red paper fans. Bagoas sat on the end of the room, he sat with Deldar by his side, Bagoas had a tanbur, and Deldar a small Ney, but no one was looking at Bagoas or at Deldar, their eyes were focused on the graceful beauty in the center of the room, who covered his face with one of the fans and held the other one close to his chest.
As the music began, the beautiful dancer lowered his head, extending his arms with the fans, and slowly stood, swaying his hips, suddenly, the beat became faster and despite the heavy appearance of the robe, the dancer began moving graciously to the music, playing with the fans, his intense eyes never leaving Alexander's, there was a fire in this dancer's eyes, a fire that Alexander knew too well...
That fire, along with the elegant movements of his body and the game he played with the fans, sent an all too familiar heat to Alexander's body, a heat only one person sent to him. The song was starting to end, fading slowly, as well as the dancer, who seemed to wither inside his robe like a small flower in the winter, to return to the position he had in the beginning, fans covering his features, head down, he remained there until the song ended completely.
Some servants lit the torches and the room was illuminated again, everyone in the room was still staring, open mouthed, at the dancer who stood graciously from his spot and left the room, not looking at anyone, as soon as he was out of sight, everyone seemed to be free from their spell. Bagoas was helped by Deldar to get up and leave the room as well, and another eunuch took the instruments.
The Queen was already there when Hephaistion ran into his room, sitting in front of the mirror and taking off all the make up that had disguised his real skin tone, Roxanne seemed satisfied.
“You did well...” She said.
“I did not... I stumbled three times... I was terribly nervous...” Deldar entered the room with Bagoas held firmly and they both sat next to Roxanne, they were grinning madly.
“I am so proud of you!” Bagoas squealed, clapping his hands like a small child.
“How you manage to do that without dying of a panic attack is beyond me... My legs felt like mush and I felt like I was going to faint...” Hephaistion was taking off the multiple pins that had secured his hair and had finally removed all the make up. “If you did this to make me respect you, well... You have achieved your goal, I shall never belittle dancers... Ever...” Hephaistion sighed and threw himself in the bed, with the queen and the two eunuchs looking at him with big cheeky grins.
“But you did well...” Deldar patted his head gently. “I could never do the fan dance even if I tried... And you mastered it in a few nights...”
“It is not so different from holding a sword...” Hephaistion muttered against his pillow.
“See? I told you it was like fighting, you just did not wish to believe me!” Bagoas smiled proudly, but Hephaistion was not looking at him.
“We will leave you be, as it seems you are still very distressed. But it was a very good performance.” Roxanne stood, followed by Deldar who helped Bagoas up and the three of them left the room. Hephaistion sighed and tried to fall asleep.
Alexander looked suspiciously at the retreating figures of his wife, Deldar and Bagoas leaving Hephaistion's room... What had they been doing there? Had they helped his beloved to do what he had just done? If so... Why? He was sure Roxanne would never do anything for Hephaistion except rip his head off, and Bagoas... Well, Bagoas was nice to everyone, just like Hephaistion was, so it was only natural for them to get along nicely, specially since Bagoas was no longer taking part in any sexual activities with Alexander. The King was curious now, he wanted to see Hephaistion and reward him for his beautiful gift. Silent, like a cat, he walked into the room and noticed his beloved was sleeping calmly, his hair sprawled all over the bed, his eyes closed, breathing softly. Alexander crawled on the bed, next to him and removed a strand of hair from his face, admiring the sleeping features of his beloved.
He did not need any birthday parties, now all he wanted for his next birthday was for Hephaistion to send that familiar heat to his heart with his dance... For him and only him...
The dance is similar to this one: Fan Dance FusionAnd the song would be: Sakura by RevenG
A tanbur is the ancestor of the guitar, and a Ney is a small flute with five holes, they are both iranian (persian) instruments, information about them can be found here
The original instruments for Sakura by RevenG would be shamisen and japanese traditional flutes, but this instruments can reproduce such sounds perfectly.