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lucathiaTitle: A Slice of Wedding Cake - Slice 7
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 3,541
Summary: Sun and Judgment are getting married. The "why" and "how" really aren't that important right now. For this is not a story about their romance; this is the story of us observers. Yes, we, the underappreciated observers of this whole spectacle who did 99% of the work, and only received a slice of wedding cake in return. Grisia/Lesus, Ceo/Roland
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kiyutsuna! Odd chapters are hers. Even chapters are mine. Enjoy. :D
Slice 6: Farewell, Our SM Days
Blaze
I hummed to myself as I walked down the corridor that led to the Twelve Holy Knights' rooms. Sun's party preparations were going great. The best thing was, all the boring tasks were taken right out of my hands! Sun had taken care of the location by providing his cellar, which conveniently took care of the booze as well. Meanwhile Leaf had offered to prepare all the food, and that was something none of us would ever object to. Leaf's cooking was to die for, especially now that he had a full stock of seasonings again.
With all that out of the way, all I had to do was decorate the cellar and plan an awesome main event! I already had the perfect idea too!
I looked fondly down at the bundle I was carrying. This was pure genius, I tell you. Our party will definitely blow away anything Metal could put together. Literally. After all, the key to a good party is to create a festive mood packed with exploding fun, right?
"...Blaze."
I paused. Did someone call my name? I looked around and saw nothing. Shrugging it off to my imagination, I kept on walking.
"Knight-Captain Blaze."
I paused again. I was sure that my name was called this time. I glanced around wildly and shouted, "Who's there!"
Still nothing. I frowned. As far as I could tell, the only person in the corridor was myself. Then, I suddenly realized something.
"...Cloud?" I called out. "Where are you?"
"Here."
A weak voice replied, and I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. Aha! I knew it! I turned around. Lo and behold, there stood Cloud. I grinned.
"There you are! I found you this time!" Without setting you on fire too! I added to myself.
Cloud smiled back timidly. Then, he pointed a pale finger at the bundle in my arms.
"What is that for?" he asked curiously.
"I'm glad you asked!" I beamed and proudly held up the items from the bundle. "These are for Sun's party! These will make the most kick ass main event ever!!"
Cloud stared at me with his mouth hanging open. I smiled wider. See, my idea was so awesome it made Cloud speechless!
"...Blaze." Finally, Cloud found his voice. To my surprise, instead of being in awe, he sounded more like he was horrified. Why is that?
"Sun will never let you set those off in his cellar."
Huh?
"Why wouldn’t he?" I was hurt. "Don't you think fireworks are great for a party?"
Cloud gave a small sigh.
"You're bringing explosives into an enclosed space full of alcohol." He spoke slowly. "You could potentially set the whole place and everyone in it on fire."
"WHAT?!"
I... I didn't think this through...!
Dejectedly, I stowed the fireworks into my room. Dejectedly, I went down to Sun’s cellar. Dejectedly, I plopped myself down next to the pile of paper streamers I had prepared for decoration. Now that my grand plan was botched, even the brightly colored streamers looked dull and uninteresting.
Cloud sat down beside me and patted my hand softly.
“It’ll be alright.” He comforted. “Even without fireworks, there are still the decorations to make the party festive. I can help you hang them up, and then we can figure something else out for the main event.”
I looked at him gratefully. Cloud is such a nice guy! Not only did he save me from certain doom by Sun’s wrath, he’s even offering to help me as well!
“Cloud, you’re a life saver!” I exclaimed, tossing my earlier dejection out the window. Now’s not the time to mope! The party is tonight and there are still lots to prepare! Sun had promised to stay out of his room for the day so I could set up the party. I couldn't just sit here and waste precious time!
“Alright!” I jumped up and clutched my fist. “Let’s get started!”
Cloud smiled and nodded obediently. Together, we set off to work.
Sun’s cellar was really too boring. There was nothing but barrels and bottles stacked along the walls and shelves. I began by hanging streamers along the walls, alternating between bright colors.
Hmm… Red, orange, yellow…. Was it green or blue that came after yellow in the rainbow? I stared at the two colors in confusion for a moment. Then, I decided to not worry over the details too much. As long as the colors didn't repeat, it should be fine. On that happy thought, I kept going.
While I was working on the walls, Cloud was busy decorating the big wine barrels. Since this was a party for Sun, booze will definitely be the star of the night. So of course they needed to look bright and cheery as well! Cloud was a really good helper. A bit too quiet, but he sure was efficient. In no time, we had the once drabby cellar transformed into a colorful party room.
To avoid any fire hazards. Cloud even suggested that we use holy light instead of candles to light up the place. He was really good at making little orbs of holy light too. Must be from all the practice he had while holed up in cupboards. It took some time for me to get the hang of making the light orbs. But once we were done, the place looked freaking amazing. The little balls of light floated around the ceiling like fireflies, casting a warm glow on everything. This totally beats fireworks!
As we surveyed our handiwork, I gave Cloud a big pat on the back. Without his help, I couldn’t have pulled of anything nearly as good.
After that, I followed Cloud to the library. We flipped through the party planning books Cloud had found, looking for something we could use.
“Ah! This could work…”
Soon enough, the evening rolled around and all six of us piled into the newly decorated cellar. As the others beheld the transformed room in awe, I grinned proudly. Especially when Sun’s face lit up with a smile as he entered the cellar too! Considering that he was technically colorblind, it felt twice as great to have Sun’s approval.
It wasn’t long before we all sat around in eager anticipation as Leaf set the table with tasty looking food. There was seasoned bread, roasted meat sprinkled with lots of seasoning, a hearty looking stew that was also topped with seasoning… The list went on.
“Ah, the God of Light’s generosity had blessed brother Leaf with such an abundance of seasoning. Sun is gratefu-”
“Will you cut it out with the God of Light speech?!” Earth cut Sun off before he could confuse us any further. “This is a party! A party! Speak plainly!!”
As Sun and Earth began to squabble, I wasted no time on digging into the food in front of me.
“This is so delicious!” I shouted after biting into a chunk of meat. Leaf really was a master with seasoning.
Around the table, similar reactions came from everyone else as well. Leaf was absolutely beaming with happiness.
“Eat as much as you’d like!” He said as he replaced the now-empty plate of roasted meat with another one. “I made plenty!”
Everyone cheered at that.
“It’s been so long since I’ve eaten such a good meal.” Earth lamented. “Leaf, how did you manage to win the betting pool anyways?!”
Leaf laughed, somewhat stiffly. “I was just really desperate. I had to bet on a something with a high return!”
“What?” Sun cried out, sounding betrayed. “And I thought you were the only one here with faith in me, Strawberry!”
“O-of course I had faith in you as well, Sun.” Leaf sounded pretty nervous now. “Have more food! I made your favorite fish porridge.”
When it didn’t seem like food was enough to distract Sun from the topic completely, Leaf glanced around for something else. His gaze settled on Storm, who was, for once, not nodding off.
“Wow Storm, your complexion looks much better today. Did you get a good night’s sleep?”
Leaf’s comment brought everyone’s attention to Storm’s face. True enough, even the permanent bags under his eyes were barely noticeable today!
“I actually got over five hours of sleep last night.” Storm looked up from the soup he was sipping and sighed blissfully. How overworked must you get to be this happy about only five hours of sleep?! I was really glad that I wasn't the Storm Knight. I can’t even imagine being stuck doing paperwork day in and day out.
“Roland finished the day’s pile of paperwork for me so I could finally have a good night’s rest.” Storm continued, somewhat dreamily. “What would I ever do without him...”
Ewww! I made a face at the lovestruck expression Storm had on. This was so sappy it gave me goosebumps! Though I was apparently the only one who felt that way. Earth was snickering while Leaf fawned over Storm’s words. Cloud was invisible as usual, but judging from the randomly disappearing food, I’d say he was busy eating. Sun had a knowing smile on his face as he ate his porridge. I suppose he was immune to the sap since he was just as in love as Storm was. And people who are in love were generally kind of crazy. Don’t get me wrong now, even with all the crazy, Sun is still and will always be the brother I respect the most. Nothing will ever change that!
Anyhow, back on topic. It was no secret that Storm and Hell had something going on. In fact, I had even witnessed it myself! I shuddered a bit as I recalled that particular event.
It was a regular old day, and I was itching to kick down some doors. As I made my way down the hall, I settled for Storm’s door. Though my interest level in his door had gone down over the years, his was still one of the safest doors to kick down. So BAM! Down it went. I had expected an ordinary scene with Storm slaving over his paperwork as usual. But what greeted me was anything but that.
For one, Storm was fast asleep. Which would have been normal enough if not for the fact that he was sleeping in Hell’s arms. There wasn’t enough time for me to process all the details, but they totally had their arms wrapped around each other all mushy and stuff. When the door hit the wall with a loud bang, Hell jolted and Storm snapped awake. As I stood there trying to process the scene, Hell scrambled to coax Storm back to sleep. It only took a few moments before Storm dozed off again, and then Hell turned his gaze to me and glared.
I wasn’t quite sure how I managed to quietly fix Storm’s door back in place and escape with my life intact. But that experience had put Storm’s door on the “never again” list. I could only comfort myself with the thought that at least it hadn’t been as bad as when I kicked down Judgment’s door a few weeks earlier. Uggggh. The image of Judgment and Sun locking lips was not something I needed to see. And I could really have done without Sun’s revenge in the days that followed. That really sucked.
When all the food had been devoured and dishes put away. It was time to drink! Sun eagerly poured us all glasses of wine, while settling for the entire bottle himself. Taking that as my cue, I lept up and declared:
“Alright! Since this is Sun’s bachelor party, we need to make some toasts!”
Murmurs of agreement went around the table. I beamed and raised my glass.
“I’ll start!” I turned to Sun. “To our irreplaceable brother, Sun! Don’t let Judgment mistreat you in any way, or he’ll have us to answer to!”
Sun laughed and took a swig from his bottle. “Thank you Blaze. I’ll… remember that.”
As I chugged down my glass of wine, Storm lifted his glass with a lazy grin.
“To Sun, I wish you an everlasting marriage.” Then he murmured to himself. “I don’t ever want to see how much paperwork a divorce would cause.”
Sun’s mouth twitched, but considering how much Storm did for his wedding, I guess Sun couldn’t really retort in any way. So he just drank some more.
Next up was Leaf. His eyes were shining with tears as he spoke. “I’m so happy for you Sun. I wish you and Judgment the very best with your marriage.”
Sun drank gratefully to that. “Don’t start crying on us now, Leaf-mommy!”
“Congrats on actually getting married, Sun.” Earth raised his glass with a smirk. “May you bear plenty of children!”
“Earth, you bastard!” Sun had nearly choked on his drink. “I’m a guy, damn you!!”
He made the point of not drinking to that particular toast and turned his attention to Cloud, who had stood up with his glass raised.
“To our leader, Sun.” He said, quiet as always. “I hope you will find your happily ever after with Judgment.”
Sun smiled and then reached over to pat Cloud on the head. “Thanks, Didi.”
After that, Sun turned to all of us and raised a newly opened bottle (he had finished the last one already). “To my dear brothers, Sun will surely keep your words to heart!”
Cheering, we all drank some more.
“So.” Earth put his glass down impatiently and glanced at me. “Did you plan anything fun, Blaze? Please tell me you prepared strippers at least.”
“Strippers? Are they edible?” I asked. What’s a stripper?
“You idiot! Strippers ar-”
“Strippers are not edible!” Leaf interrupted in a hurry. He then smiled all mother-like. “We don’t want them anyways, right Blaze? I’m sure whatever you’ve prepared is much better!”
Right! Cloud and I had found something that’s much more fun!
“Drinking games!” I shouted. Since Sun liked drinking so much, what better way to celebrate than to make it a game we could all play?
Sun did look very interested. Earth seemed kind of disappointed, but Leaf and Storm looked quite curious, so Earth was outnumbered. From beside me, Cloud appeared to explain the game. “It’s called ‘I've Never...’. The players take turns saying one thing that they’ve never done. And whoever has done it will have to drink. Whoever passes out first loses.”
“Sounds likes fun.” Sun smiled. “I’ll start then. I’ve never gotten flat out drunk in public.”
I gulped. I’ve done that a few times… Oh well! It’s only the first round. Good thing I wasn’t the only one. Across the table, Storm had taken a drink as well. I wasn’t surprised. Storm always had to drink a lot in public events after all.
“I’ve never made others do my paperwork.” Storm smirked.
All of us shared uneasy glances, Sun looked especially guilty as he chugged back his drink. I think Storm had got to be the only one who always did his own paperwork- along with the rest of the temple’s.
Crap, I’m getting kind of woozy. If this keeps up, I might lose! Thinking fast, I blurted, “I’ve never kissed a girl!”
“That, I will gladly drink to.” Earth declared proudly. Leaf happily drank to that as well.
“Ooo, but I’ve never kissed a guy!” Leaf mentioned while looking quite red in the face.
Sun of course drank to that. And that was it.
“Whaaaat?” Leaf looked shocked. “Storm, you and Hell haven’t kissed yet?”
His disbelief was mirrored by everyone around the table. Storm shrank back, while blushing like crazy and protesting.
“O-of course not! It’s not a big deal!”
“How can it not be? It’s been more than enough time for you to make a move!” Sun declared. “Lesus kissed me right after he confessed!”
“Don’t compare me to your relationship!”
“But Hell’s been staying overnight at your room for weeks now!” Earth accused.
“We were doing paperwork. Thanks to a certain somebody’s wedding.”
The certain somebody looked to be deep in thought. Slowly, Sun raised his head and asked very seriously, “Come to think of it… Does Roland even know how to kiss?”
Silence.
Earth patted Storm on the shoulder. “My sincere condolences, dear brother.”
Cloud then poofed back into existence out of the blue and handed Storm a book titled “Beginner’s Guide to Kissing and Other Related Activities.” As Storm stared at him in horror and confusion, Cloud giggled and poofed back out of existence. Was he drunk?
By now, Storm was tomato red and looked like he very much wanted to kill someone. With a grudge-filled look at Leaf, he gritted out, “I’ve never married a princess.”
Leaf must be drunk as well. For he only laughed happily and held out his left hand. “I have~!”
Looking at Leaf’s ring, I was reminded of something.
“By the way, what kind of wedding ring did you pick, Sun?” I asked eagerly. “Can we see?”
“... Actually…” Sun shifted uncomfortably, then admitted with a sigh. “I haven’t found one yet.”
A chorus of “ehhh?!”s went up. The wedding was just around the corner! How could Sun not have picked out the rings yet? He was usually so prepared for these kinds of things!
“I just couldn’t find the right one!” Sun took a gulp of wine and went on to explain, “I want to get something special, and nothing in the shops seems right… I’m hoping to make something myself with magic, but I’ll need help from Aldrizzt when he gets here with Teacher.”
Sun looked really frustrated, but there wasn’t anything any of us could do. The only magic I knew was fire-based. I frowned, then looked down at the glass of wine in my hands. That’s right, wine! Sun needs to drink more! We should go back to the game!
“I’ve never cast an Ultimate Heal!”
Everyone stared at me dumbly. Then Sun laughed and drank, so back to the game we merrily went. Except now, it seemed that we’d all come to the silent agreement of ganging up on Sun.
“I’ve never learned necromancy,” Cloud muttered.
Sun drank without a complaint.
“I’ve never been put in confinement,” Storm said.
Sun winced and drank.
“I’ve never been called despicable by a princess.” Leaf smiled.
Sun sighed but drank anyways.
“I’ve never been topped by a guy.” Earth grinned.
Sun’s face was red as he drank.
“I’ve never-
BANG!!
We all jumped and turned to the source of the crash. The cellar door was kicked right off its hinges. From above the door came a smooth voice.
“Looks like I’ve made it back in time for my beloved student’s bachelor party. Thank the God of Light for His benevolent guidance.”
Then the owner of the voice jumped down to where we were. The only thing we could do was stare in fear as he straightened up and smiled at us.
I-it’s the former Knight-Captain Sun!!!
“Teacher! I’m so happy to see you!” Sun rushed to where his teacher stood while we all blinked in confusion. Wasn’t Sun usually the one who dreaded his teacher the most?
Former Knight-Captain Sun looked just as confused, but that passed quickly as Sun kept on talking.
“Where is Aldrizzt? Is he with you? I desperately need him!!”
“Child!” Sun’s teacher gasped. “I did not raise you to be this way!”
“Huh?” Now it was Sun’s turn to look confused.
“You’re already marrying Lesus! How dare you want Aldrizzt now as well!”
Our eyes widened. What is going on here? Then Storm spoke up, “Come to think of it… There had been rumors a long time ago about Sun having a foursome! The dark elf Aldrizzt was apparently involved too!”
Earth joined in, “It’s true! It was during our fight with that lich Scarlet a few years back!”
“That can’t be true!” I was angry. How could they believe such stupid rumors about Sun? “Sun would never do such a thing! I trust him!!”
“I agree with… Blaze. Sun woul-wouldn’t cheat on Judgment like that.” Leaf nodded drunkenly, holding his wine glass tightly.
In the end, it was Cloud who put an end to our argument. He was blearily flickering between visibility and invisibility as he mumbled, “I… was with Sun that day. Earth was too. Nothing happened hic, people just misunderstood.”
See? I was right! Of course Sun is innocent here!
Meanwhile, Sun had also explained to former Sun Knight Neo that he needed Aldrizzt for help with magic. And the two had settled down at the table with Sun pouring his teacher some wine.
“Hahahaha!” Sun’s teacher laughed as he clasped his student on the shoulder. “I misunderstood your words, child. Aldrizzt is with Chasel at his house. You can go find him tomorrow. For now, let us drink!”
As Sun agreed with a pained smile, no doubt lamenting his fate of drinking until dawn tonight, the former Knight-Captain Sun turned to us.
“What about you guys? You can either drink with us, or spar with me!”
We froze in terror. Then, after sharing looks with each other, we followed our survival instincts.
We ran for it.
to be continued
Kiyutsuna: Annnnd that is how the warm faction ended up at Metal's party. Neo's back, run for your lives!
Lucathia: Kiyu has reduced my vocabulary to a single word -- CUTE. (What is this cuteness ahhhhh. Blaze, Cloud, you are both so cute. Come on, "cruel, cold-hearted" faction. This is how you have fun at a normal...ish... party!)
Slice 8: What Could Have Been
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 3,541
Summary: Sun and Judgment are getting married. The "why" and "how" really aren't that important right now. For this is not a story about their romance; this is the story of us observers. Yes, we, the underappreciated observers of this whole spectacle who did 99% of the work, and only received a slice of wedding cake in return. Grisia/Lesus, Ceo/Roland
Notes: Co-written with
kiyutsuna! Odd chapters are hers. Even chapters are mine. Enjoy. :DSlice 6: Farewell, Our SM Days
Slice 7: Explosive Fun! ...Not
Blaze
I hummed to myself as I walked down the corridor that led to the Twelve Holy Knights' rooms. Sun's party preparations were going great. The best thing was, all the boring tasks were taken right out of my hands! Sun had taken care of the location by providing his cellar, which conveniently took care of the booze as well. Meanwhile Leaf had offered to prepare all the food, and that was something none of us would ever object to. Leaf's cooking was to die for, especially now that he had a full stock of seasonings again.
With all that out of the way, all I had to do was decorate the cellar and plan an awesome main event! I already had the perfect idea too!
I looked fondly down at the bundle I was carrying. This was pure genius, I tell you. Our party will definitely blow away anything Metal could put together. Literally. After all, the key to a good party is to create a festive mood packed with exploding fun, right?
"...Blaze."
I paused. Did someone call my name? I looked around and saw nothing. Shrugging it off to my imagination, I kept on walking.
"Knight-Captain Blaze."
I paused again. I was sure that my name was called this time. I glanced around wildly and shouted, "Who's there!"
Still nothing. I frowned. As far as I could tell, the only person in the corridor was myself. Then, I suddenly realized something.
"...Cloud?" I called out. "Where are you?"
"Here."
A weak voice replied, and I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. Aha! I knew it! I turned around. Lo and behold, there stood Cloud. I grinned.
"There you are! I found you this time!" Without setting you on fire too! I added to myself.
Cloud smiled back timidly. Then, he pointed a pale finger at the bundle in my arms.
"What is that for?" he asked curiously.
"I'm glad you asked!" I beamed and proudly held up the items from the bundle. "These are for Sun's party! These will make the most kick ass main event ever!!"
Cloud stared at me with his mouth hanging open. I smiled wider. See, my idea was so awesome it made Cloud speechless!
"...Blaze." Finally, Cloud found his voice. To my surprise, instead of being in awe, he sounded more like he was horrified. Why is that?
"Sun will never let you set those off in his cellar."
Huh?
"Why wouldn’t he?" I was hurt. "Don't you think fireworks are great for a party?"
Cloud gave a small sigh.
"You're bringing explosives into an enclosed space full of alcohol." He spoke slowly. "You could potentially set the whole place and everyone in it on fire."
"WHAT?!"
I... I didn't think this through...!
Dejectedly, I stowed the fireworks into my room. Dejectedly, I went down to Sun’s cellar. Dejectedly, I plopped myself down next to the pile of paper streamers I had prepared for decoration. Now that my grand plan was botched, even the brightly colored streamers looked dull and uninteresting.
Cloud sat down beside me and patted my hand softly.
“It’ll be alright.” He comforted. “Even without fireworks, there are still the decorations to make the party festive. I can help you hang them up, and then we can figure something else out for the main event.”
I looked at him gratefully. Cloud is such a nice guy! Not only did he save me from certain doom by Sun’s wrath, he’s even offering to help me as well!
“Cloud, you’re a life saver!” I exclaimed, tossing my earlier dejection out the window. Now’s not the time to mope! The party is tonight and there are still lots to prepare! Sun had promised to stay out of his room for the day so I could set up the party. I couldn't just sit here and waste precious time!
“Alright!” I jumped up and clutched my fist. “Let’s get started!”
Cloud smiled and nodded obediently. Together, we set off to work.
Sun’s cellar was really too boring. There was nothing but barrels and bottles stacked along the walls and shelves. I began by hanging streamers along the walls, alternating between bright colors.
Hmm… Red, orange, yellow…. Was it green or blue that came after yellow in the rainbow? I stared at the two colors in confusion for a moment. Then, I decided to not worry over the details too much. As long as the colors didn't repeat, it should be fine. On that happy thought, I kept going.
While I was working on the walls, Cloud was busy decorating the big wine barrels. Since this was a party for Sun, booze will definitely be the star of the night. So of course they needed to look bright and cheery as well! Cloud was a really good helper. A bit too quiet, but he sure was efficient. In no time, we had the once drabby cellar transformed into a colorful party room.
To avoid any fire hazards. Cloud even suggested that we use holy light instead of candles to light up the place. He was really good at making little orbs of holy light too. Must be from all the practice he had while holed up in cupboards. It took some time for me to get the hang of making the light orbs. But once we were done, the place looked freaking amazing. The little balls of light floated around the ceiling like fireflies, casting a warm glow on everything. This totally beats fireworks!
As we surveyed our handiwork, I gave Cloud a big pat on the back. Without his help, I couldn’t have pulled of anything nearly as good.
After that, I followed Cloud to the library. We flipped through the party planning books Cloud had found, looking for something we could use.
“Ah! This could work…”
Soon enough, the evening rolled around and all six of us piled into the newly decorated cellar. As the others beheld the transformed room in awe, I grinned proudly. Especially when Sun’s face lit up with a smile as he entered the cellar too! Considering that he was technically colorblind, it felt twice as great to have Sun’s approval.
It wasn’t long before we all sat around in eager anticipation as Leaf set the table with tasty looking food. There was seasoned bread, roasted meat sprinkled with lots of seasoning, a hearty looking stew that was also topped with seasoning… The list went on.
“Ah, the God of Light’s generosity had blessed brother Leaf with such an abundance of seasoning. Sun is gratefu-”
“Will you cut it out with the God of Light speech?!” Earth cut Sun off before he could confuse us any further. “This is a party! A party! Speak plainly!!”
As Sun and Earth began to squabble, I wasted no time on digging into the food in front of me.
“This is so delicious!” I shouted after biting into a chunk of meat. Leaf really was a master with seasoning.
Around the table, similar reactions came from everyone else as well. Leaf was absolutely beaming with happiness.
“Eat as much as you’d like!” He said as he replaced the now-empty plate of roasted meat with another one. “I made plenty!”
Everyone cheered at that.
“It’s been so long since I’ve eaten such a good meal.” Earth lamented. “Leaf, how did you manage to win the betting pool anyways?!”
Leaf laughed, somewhat stiffly. “I was just really desperate. I had to bet on a something with a high return!”
“What?” Sun cried out, sounding betrayed. “And I thought you were the only one here with faith in me, Strawberry!”
“O-of course I had faith in you as well, Sun.” Leaf sounded pretty nervous now. “Have more food! I made your favorite fish porridge.”
When it didn’t seem like food was enough to distract Sun from the topic completely, Leaf glanced around for something else. His gaze settled on Storm, who was, for once, not nodding off.
“Wow Storm, your complexion looks much better today. Did you get a good night’s sleep?”
Leaf’s comment brought everyone’s attention to Storm’s face. True enough, even the permanent bags under his eyes were barely noticeable today!
“I actually got over five hours of sleep last night.” Storm looked up from the soup he was sipping and sighed blissfully. How overworked must you get to be this happy about only five hours of sleep?! I was really glad that I wasn't the Storm Knight. I can’t even imagine being stuck doing paperwork day in and day out.
“Roland finished the day’s pile of paperwork for me so I could finally have a good night’s rest.” Storm continued, somewhat dreamily. “What would I ever do without him...”
Ewww! I made a face at the lovestruck expression Storm had on. This was so sappy it gave me goosebumps! Though I was apparently the only one who felt that way. Earth was snickering while Leaf fawned over Storm’s words. Cloud was invisible as usual, but judging from the randomly disappearing food, I’d say he was busy eating. Sun had a knowing smile on his face as he ate his porridge. I suppose he was immune to the sap since he was just as in love as Storm was. And people who are in love were generally kind of crazy. Don’t get me wrong now, even with all the crazy, Sun is still and will always be the brother I respect the most. Nothing will ever change that!
Anyhow, back on topic. It was no secret that Storm and Hell had something going on. In fact, I had even witnessed it myself! I shuddered a bit as I recalled that particular event.
It was a regular old day, and I was itching to kick down some doors. As I made my way down the hall, I settled for Storm’s door. Though my interest level in his door had gone down over the years, his was still one of the safest doors to kick down. So BAM! Down it went. I had expected an ordinary scene with Storm slaving over his paperwork as usual. But what greeted me was anything but that.
For one, Storm was fast asleep. Which would have been normal enough if not for the fact that he was sleeping in Hell’s arms. There wasn’t enough time for me to process all the details, but they totally had their arms wrapped around each other all mushy and stuff. When the door hit the wall with a loud bang, Hell jolted and Storm snapped awake. As I stood there trying to process the scene, Hell scrambled to coax Storm back to sleep. It only took a few moments before Storm dozed off again, and then Hell turned his gaze to me and glared.
I wasn’t quite sure how I managed to quietly fix Storm’s door back in place and escape with my life intact. But that experience had put Storm’s door on the “never again” list. I could only comfort myself with the thought that at least it hadn’t been as bad as when I kicked down Judgment’s door a few weeks earlier. Uggggh. The image of Judgment and Sun locking lips was not something I needed to see. And I could really have done without Sun’s revenge in the days that followed. That really sucked.
When all the food had been devoured and dishes put away. It was time to drink! Sun eagerly poured us all glasses of wine, while settling for the entire bottle himself. Taking that as my cue, I lept up and declared:
“Alright! Since this is Sun’s bachelor party, we need to make some toasts!”
Murmurs of agreement went around the table. I beamed and raised my glass.
“I’ll start!” I turned to Sun. “To our irreplaceable brother, Sun! Don’t let Judgment mistreat you in any way, or he’ll have us to answer to!”
Sun laughed and took a swig from his bottle. “Thank you Blaze. I’ll… remember that.”
As I chugged down my glass of wine, Storm lifted his glass with a lazy grin.
“To Sun, I wish you an everlasting marriage.” Then he murmured to himself. “I don’t ever want to see how much paperwork a divorce would cause.”
Sun’s mouth twitched, but considering how much Storm did for his wedding, I guess Sun couldn’t really retort in any way. So he just drank some more.
Next up was Leaf. His eyes were shining with tears as he spoke. “I’m so happy for you Sun. I wish you and Judgment the very best with your marriage.”
Sun drank gratefully to that. “Don’t start crying on us now, Leaf-mommy!”
“Congrats on actually getting married, Sun.” Earth raised his glass with a smirk. “May you bear plenty of children!”
“Earth, you bastard!” Sun had nearly choked on his drink. “I’m a guy, damn you!!”
He made the point of not drinking to that particular toast and turned his attention to Cloud, who had stood up with his glass raised.
“To our leader, Sun.” He said, quiet as always. “I hope you will find your happily ever after with Judgment.”
Sun smiled and then reached over to pat Cloud on the head. “Thanks, Didi.”
After that, Sun turned to all of us and raised a newly opened bottle (he had finished the last one already). “To my dear brothers, Sun will surely keep your words to heart!”
Cheering, we all drank some more.
“So.” Earth put his glass down impatiently and glanced at me. “Did you plan anything fun, Blaze? Please tell me you prepared strippers at least.”
“Strippers? Are they edible?” I asked. What’s a stripper?
“You idiot! Strippers ar-”
“Strippers are not edible!” Leaf interrupted in a hurry. He then smiled all mother-like. “We don’t want them anyways, right Blaze? I’m sure whatever you’ve prepared is much better!”
Right! Cloud and I had found something that’s much more fun!
“Drinking games!” I shouted. Since Sun liked drinking so much, what better way to celebrate than to make it a game we could all play?
Sun did look very interested. Earth seemed kind of disappointed, but Leaf and Storm looked quite curious, so Earth was outnumbered. From beside me, Cloud appeared to explain the game. “It’s called ‘I've Never...’. The players take turns saying one thing that they’ve never done. And whoever has done it will have to drink. Whoever passes out first loses.”
“Sounds likes fun.” Sun smiled. “I’ll start then. I’ve never gotten flat out drunk in public.”
I gulped. I’ve done that a few times… Oh well! It’s only the first round. Good thing I wasn’t the only one. Across the table, Storm had taken a drink as well. I wasn’t surprised. Storm always had to drink a lot in public events after all.
“I’ve never made others do my paperwork.” Storm smirked.
All of us shared uneasy glances, Sun looked especially guilty as he chugged back his drink. I think Storm had got to be the only one who always did his own paperwork- along with the rest of the temple’s.
Crap, I’m getting kind of woozy. If this keeps up, I might lose! Thinking fast, I blurted, “I’ve never kissed a girl!”
“That, I will gladly drink to.” Earth declared proudly. Leaf happily drank to that as well.
“Ooo, but I’ve never kissed a guy!” Leaf mentioned while looking quite red in the face.
Sun of course drank to that. And that was it.
“Whaaaat?” Leaf looked shocked. “Storm, you and Hell haven’t kissed yet?”
His disbelief was mirrored by everyone around the table. Storm shrank back, while blushing like crazy and protesting.
“O-of course not! It’s not a big deal!”
“How can it not be? It’s been more than enough time for you to make a move!” Sun declared. “Lesus kissed me right after he confessed!”
“Don’t compare me to your relationship!”
“But Hell’s been staying overnight at your room for weeks now!” Earth accused.
“We were doing paperwork. Thanks to a certain somebody’s wedding.”
The certain somebody looked to be deep in thought. Slowly, Sun raised his head and asked very seriously, “Come to think of it… Does Roland even know how to kiss?”
Silence.
Earth patted Storm on the shoulder. “My sincere condolences, dear brother.”
Cloud then poofed back into existence out of the blue and handed Storm a book titled “Beginner’s Guide to Kissing and Other Related Activities.” As Storm stared at him in horror and confusion, Cloud giggled and poofed back out of existence. Was he drunk?
By now, Storm was tomato red and looked like he very much wanted to kill someone. With a grudge-filled look at Leaf, he gritted out, “I’ve never married a princess.”
Leaf must be drunk as well. For he only laughed happily and held out his left hand. “I have~!”
Looking at Leaf’s ring, I was reminded of something.
“By the way, what kind of wedding ring did you pick, Sun?” I asked eagerly. “Can we see?”
“... Actually…” Sun shifted uncomfortably, then admitted with a sigh. “I haven’t found one yet.”
A chorus of “ehhh?!”s went up. The wedding was just around the corner! How could Sun not have picked out the rings yet? He was usually so prepared for these kinds of things!
“I just couldn’t find the right one!” Sun took a gulp of wine and went on to explain, “I want to get something special, and nothing in the shops seems right… I’m hoping to make something myself with magic, but I’ll need help from Aldrizzt when he gets here with Teacher.”
Sun looked really frustrated, but there wasn’t anything any of us could do. The only magic I knew was fire-based. I frowned, then looked down at the glass of wine in my hands. That’s right, wine! Sun needs to drink more! We should go back to the game!
“I’ve never cast an Ultimate Heal!”
Everyone stared at me dumbly. Then Sun laughed and drank, so back to the game we merrily went. Except now, it seemed that we’d all come to the silent agreement of ganging up on Sun.
“I’ve never learned necromancy,” Cloud muttered.
Sun drank without a complaint.
“I’ve never been put in confinement,” Storm said.
Sun winced and drank.
“I’ve never been called despicable by a princess.” Leaf smiled.
Sun sighed but drank anyways.
“I’ve never been topped by a guy.” Earth grinned.
Sun’s face was red as he drank.
“I’ve never-
BANG!!
We all jumped and turned to the source of the crash. The cellar door was kicked right off its hinges. From above the door came a smooth voice.
“Looks like I’ve made it back in time for my beloved student’s bachelor party. Thank the God of Light for His benevolent guidance.”
Then the owner of the voice jumped down to where we were. The only thing we could do was stare in fear as he straightened up and smiled at us.
I-it’s the former Knight-Captain Sun!!!
“Teacher! I’m so happy to see you!” Sun rushed to where his teacher stood while we all blinked in confusion. Wasn’t Sun usually the one who dreaded his teacher the most?
Former Knight-Captain Sun looked just as confused, but that passed quickly as Sun kept on talking.
“Where is Aldrizzt? Is he with you? I desperately need him!!”
“Child!” Sun’s teacher gasped. “I did not raise you to be this way!”
“Huh?” Now it was Sun’s turn to look confused.
“You’re already marrying Lesus! How dare you want Aldrizzt now as well!”
Our eyes widened. What is going on here? Then Storm spoke up, “Come to think of it… There had been rumors a long time ago about Sun having a foursome! The dark elf Aldrizzt was apparently involved too!”
Earth joined in, “It’s true! It was during our fight with that lich Scarlet a few years back!”
“That can’t be true!” I was angry. How could they believe such stupid rumors about Sun? “Sun would never do such a thing! I trust him!!”
“I agree with… Blaze. Sun woul-wouldn’t cheat on Judgment like that.” Leaf nodded drunkenly, holding his wine glass tightly.
In the end, it was Cloud who put an end to our argument. He was blearily flickering between visibility and invisibility as he mumbled, “I… was with Sun that day. Earth was too. Nothing happened hic, people just misunderstood.”
See? I was right! Of course Sun is innocent here!
Meanwhile, Sun had also explained to former Sun Knight Neo that he needed Aldrizzt for help with magic. And the two had settled down at the table with Sun pouring his teacher some wine.
“Hahahaha!” Sun’s teacher laughed as he clasped his student on the shoulder. “I misunderstood your words, child. Aldrizzt is with Chasel at his house. You can go find him tomorrow. For now, let us drink!”
As Sun agreed with a pained smile, no doubt lamenting his fate of drinking until dawn tonight, the former Knight-Captain Sun turned to us.
“What about you guys? You can either drink with us, or spar with me!”
We froze in terror. Then, after sharing looks with each other, we followed our survival instincts.
We ran for it.
to be continued
Kiyutsuna: Annnnd that is how the warm faction ended up at Metal's party. Neo's back, run for your lives!
Lucathia: Kiyu has reduced my vocabulary to a single word -- CUTE. (What is this cuteness ahhhhh. Blaze, Cloud, you are both so cute. Come on, "cruel, cold-hearted" faction. This is how you have fun at a normal...ish... party!)
Slice 8: What Could Have Been
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Re: okay so after spending all day rushing to finally finish reading 1/2 Prince
Date: 2014-06-10 01:13 am (UTC)I just root for my babies to be happy in general, no matter if their ship happens in canon or not uvu Gui's a lucky case. so it wasn't "Gui's the better partner!" but rather "derpy bards are so lovely!" for me |D
Kenshin and Cold Fox are great <3