Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 14:36:28 GMT -5
Zeph and Aramis sat talking softly, probably almost looking like they were together except the entire SCHOOL knew Zeph was ridiculously attached to Jason. In fact, some people probably thought he was unhealthily attached.
Cutting that train of thought off as fast as it came up, Zeph forced himself to focus on the essay about the book he'd actually made himself read while Jason was painting. Which made the essay easier, though Aramis had all the background stuff and the outside research that Zeph had tried desperately to do and just been unable to focus on.
In fact, Aramis was full of random information that was fascinating and that the mage could usually provide full references for, or at least find it again. It was kinda cool, and the fact that Aramis was actually like, talking to him about random stuff and not just the school work was pretty cool too. As far as Zeph knew, the only person Aramis actually talked to, was his roommate and Carmen. And Aramis seemed to put Carmen in his own unique but platonic category.
Finally Zephyros' hand cramped up from writing and he paused, massaging it to ease the strain without letting Aramis so much as tap his hand. No backlash for the Aramis, at least not from Zeph. He could still remember how weak Aramis had been when Ellie had come back. He wasn't even going to come CLOSE to starting that cycle again.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 14:50:46 GMT -5
Jason stepped softly through the library, the sound of his high heels muffled by the carpet. There was a certain someone he was searching for, for a specific purpose. He grinned at the thought of the conspiracy he and Aritha had hatched earlier... this was going to be too much fun. But where was the object of his affection?
Aha... there was that familiar head of golden curls. Jason came slowly closer, now not really wanting to disturb his boyfriend, as Zeph was obviously busy. He stood and watched for a while, until Zeph stopped writing to massage his hand. Then Jason grinned again and squeezed his boyfriend's shoulder, leaning down to kiss his ear.
"Hello, beautiful. I've been looking for you."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 14:59:51 GMT -5
Zeph made a soft squeak of surprise. Unexpected hand on his shoulder, lips on his ear... GAH that tickled! He twitched away from the breath tickling his ear instinctively, then leaned his head carefully on Jason's hand. "Looking for me huh? Must have been looking hard, to find me here."
He looked at Aramis, who seemed to be deliberately ignoring both of them, then stood and wrapped his arms around Jason. "Come to save me from the evil that is homework? It's not due for another three days, and we mostly just need to type up the essay and make sure I can give the presentation."
Since Aramis was completely incapable of giving speeches unless they were pre-recorded, and that option had been vetoed for reason of being unable to answer questions that way.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 15:09:42 GMT -5
Jason laughed as Zeph leaned his head on his hand, then smiled and played with his boyfriend's hair a bit. He quite liked the idea of being a hero. "Fear not, my prince, your knight has come to free you from the iron shackles of educational obligation." He took Zeph's hands and pulled him gently up out of his chair. "For a while, anyway."
He gave an acknowledging nod to Aramis as he led Zeph away to the nearest reading nook, settling them both down on a soft leather couch. Jason smoothed his skirt over his legs and leaned gently on Zeph's shoulder, smiling at him. "What now, Prince Zephyros? Shall I have your hand in marriage and live happily ever after with you, in true fairy-tale fashion? Or must I slay a dragon or something else first?"
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 15:17:08 GMT -5
Zeph just immediately sat as close to Jason as humanly possible without actually sitting on him, his head on the other boy's shoulder. "Marriage... hmm... you know that's not exactly legal in Greece? Or most of the USA, so... we'd have to sneak away or something. What would the dragon have ever done to us? Unless they're evil mind-controlling depression-dragons, in which case slay away."
He sighed slightly in contentment, trying not to think of the last time he'd been surprised during homework in the library. Snuggling a little closer, he let his eyes close.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 15:23:32 GMT -5
Jason grinned. "Gay marriage is perfectly legal in Germany," he noted. "Though of course, my highly Christian family might have some objection, especially my father."
He quickly pushed the thought away, slaying the 'evil mind-controlling depression-dragon' and its young, and just cuddling against Zeph in contentment. "We'll both have to finish school first anyway. But until that time, at least we know we're perfectly committed."
He frowned, nuzzling Zeph's cheek lightly. "Hey. Stay awake, please. I'm talking to you."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 15:31:21 GMT -5
"I am completely awake," Zeph objected, looking up at him with clear green eyes. "See? No sleepiness here. Just um... relief to not be doing homework?"
He nuzzled closer, keeping his eyes open just to prove his point. "Talk away then, oh fair knight."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 16:04:45 GMT -5
"As you wish," Jason smiled, kissing Zeph's cheek.
"I had a really interesting dream about you last night... well, about both of us. We were both princes of some fantasy world. There was an evil witch named Alaheidra who wanted to be Queen, but my father refused to let us marry, so she kidnapped me to a forest in your kingdom and put curses on me. One turned me into a wolf by day and back into a man by night, and the other bound me to a certain willow in a certain glade in the forest.
"A year went by, and one day you came hunting in the woods while I was in wolf form. You chased me all around the forest until sunset. I escaped when your horse threw you and you hit your head. I went to the glade and turned human, then got dressed and went back to you. I brought you to the glade, where you woke up ad wondered who I was. I said that I was Prince Jason of Elsamane. You thought I was insane.
"We spoke for a while, and then you gave me your name and started to leave, just as Alaheidra came into the glade. She asked me to marry her, and I said I'd rather die, as we'd done hundreds of times before; then we started speaking about my curses. You eavesdropped on us from the trees. Then the hounds you'd been hunting with started fighting, and Alaheidra noticed you. You left, and then she left. I tried to follow your tracks out of the forest, but the curses wouldn't let me escape. The path just went right back to the glen.
"You came back to me the next night to apologize for your behavior, and you brought me a basket with bread and other things. Then Alaheidra came, and you hid. As I spoke with her, I indirectly told you what little I knew of my curses, and I got Alaheidra to speak of them too. After she left we spoke some more, and I told you more about my curses aand what I knew of how to break them, which wasn't much.
"From then on you came back almost every night, and we started thinking of ways to free me from my curses. You brought me pens and paper so I could write to my family and let them know I was alive. Then one night Alaheidra caught you in my glen, and you distracted her so I could sneak to her cottage to look for more information about my curses, and you tried to get more information out of her. That worked a little bit. I found the real way to break one curse, but not the other.
"Soon after that you and some people from your kingdom came to the forest on a hunting trip. Your companions came after me, but you tried to stop them. It was almost sunset... I came to the glen as a wolf, and your men found me there. One of them threw a spear at me, and you jumped in front of it -- it hit you in the stomach. You were dying... and that broke my wolf-curse. I turned back into a man, and I came to your side, saying I'd do anything to save you. Alaheidra came, and she told me she'd save your life if I married her. I agreed.
"Alaheidra healed you enough so you could travel. Then she broke the curse that bound me to the forest, and we went to my kingdom for the wedding. I said my vows without meaning them, because I knew I loved you instead. Then at the wedding feast, there was a toast. Alaheidra drank some poisoned wine, and she died. You collapsed right then too, and you were taken away to be healed. You lay unconscious for three days. Alaheidra was buried the day after the wedding.
"We stayed together in my father's castle for a while, while you healed completely. It was a week or so later that you were able to get out of bed and move around a bit. We had a picnic in the courtyard one afternoon. It was then and there that we confessed our true love for each other," Jason concluded, blushing a little. "And then I woke up."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 16:16:46 GMT -5
"...Wow. That was all one dream? And you REMEMBERED it all?" Zeph said, looking just slightly overwhelmed. "You should write all that down as a book or something. Something. How did I distract this Alaheidra-person when she caught me in your glen?
"And why was I all beat up? Is there fantasies you aren't telling me or something?" he teased, kissing Jason's jaw. "You're cute when you blush."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 16:57:28 GMT -5
That only made Jason blush more. "I think I will write it down. It'd make an interesting story. I think I'll call it 'Under the Moon'. Because the moonlight was the key to my curse, and it's where we most often met. And... I don't think you want to know how you distracted Alaheidra. Just take my word for it, seriously.
"I dunno why you were 'all beat up'... it brought us together, though. If your horse hadn't thrown you, I imagine you would have kept coming after wolf-me until you'd killed me, or until I got to the glen and you saw me change, maybe. And later on, you sacrificing yourself to save my life broke my wolf-curse."
He laughed softly. "Sometimes I wish I were a mortal again, and didn't have to deal with turning into a wolf every month at the full moon. But when I really start thinking about it, I'm glad I became a lycanthrope. Because if I hadn't, I would never have come here. And if I hadn't come here, I would never have met and fallen in love with you." He kissed Zeph's mouth softly, lovingly, gently straddling his lap.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 17:40:07 GMT -5
"I want to know all the more now, you realize this. How did I distract her?" he teased. Being beat up brought him closer to Jason... well, that was somewhat a reflection of real life.
"I wouldn't want you to be mortal for tha-" Jason's kiss cut him off, and the way he was leaning over him just completely shut his brain down. Jason probably didn't MEAN that, but... Zephyros felt his face heating up and... other parts of him beginning to react in ways that were probably... um... well, he hadn't felt like that since Fleur had left him. He shifted awkwardly, his face somehow growing redder.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 17:46:07 GMT -5
"Well," Jason grinned, pulling away slightly so he could speak, "if you really want to know, when Alaheidra came, you--"
He broke off abruptly when he noticed Zeph's reaction to the kiss, both the redness in his face and the... um... other things that were happening. Utterly mortfied, Jason quickly moved away, his face going far redder than it had been. He tried to stammer out an apology, but embarrassment left him incoherent.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 18:13:13 GMT -5
Zeph curled his knees up to his chest when Jason moved, wrapping his arms around them. His face was still flaming, but he was more able to speak than Jason seemed to be. "You know what? I can guess what I did. And it honestly sounds like me. I mean... yeah."
He took several slow breaths, "Don't worry about it Jason, if I'd realized you were going to tackle me I'd have like... warned you or something."
Grinning, Zephyros kept curled up until certain things... relaxed. Like his face. "But you should still write that story."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 18:20:37 GMT -5
Jason swallowed and nodded, his face and ears still burning. He managed an awkward smile, breathing slowly as Zeph was. He still didn't quite trust his voice to work again yet, and he swallowed a few times before attempting to speak.
"Note to self: don't do that again," he said, grinning slowly in his nervousness. "Lesson learned." He moved a little closer to Zeph, sitting quietly beside him, settling for just taking his hand and leaning against him this time. "I'm really sorry."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 18:30:45 GMT -5
"I am only because I know it was accidental," Zeph grumbled, leaning against him slightly but still curled up in a ball. "And we're in a school where we would probably be killed by like, teachers. Just because it's us."
He sighed slightly, "And because I know you wouldn't anyway so... it kinda makes it all pointless, you know?"
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 18:52:33 GMT -5
Jason nodded, sighing as he felt the blood recede from his face. He'd had a specific reason for coming here in the first place... what was i--- oh yeah. Hmm. How to go about that...
He leaned quietly against Zeph for a while, trying to get over his utter mortification more quickly. He closed his eyes, breathing deeply to relax, but keeping from drifting off.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 19:05:07 GMT -5
Zeph remained curled up, still leaning slightly against Jason. As he relaxed, he uncurled slightly, since his.. embarrassment was over. His eyes slowly drifted closed and he sighed softly. "So um... Did you rescue me from homework just to tell me about your dream? Because while I enjoyed the distraction, that's not really like you."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 19:12:43 GMT -5
Jason laughed softly. "No, that wasn't why. I just wanted to be with you, and you told me to talk -- that was just the first thing that came to mind. I figured you deserved a break from the evils of homework. You've been busy lately." He nuzzled Zeph's cheek lightly, then stretched out his legs and drew them back in, curling up beside his boyfriend. "I wouldn't want you to overwork yourself and get stressed."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 19:17:33 GMT -5
"You said not to fall asleep because you were talking to me, but then you weren't talking," he replied, still curled up. Jason nuzzled his cheek and he snuggled closer.
"Because we all know what trouble it is when I get stressed. Since it's me." He sighed and just shifted his shoulders a little, but was unwilling to uncurl completely. Just... in case.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 19:26:52 GMT -5
Jason nodded, grateful to note that Zeph was relaxing, and so was he. He nuzzled Zeph again and kissed his cheek, then stood up and reached for his boyfriend's hand. "Let's go for a walk."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Mar 16, 2010 19:37:04 GMT -5
"A walk?" Zeph repeated curiously, slowly standing once he was certain it was safe to do so. "A walk where? I hope you don't mean outside, it's cold out there."
He held Jason's hand tightly, then paused. "First I have to get my stuff to my room. Can't leave it in here, Fable'll torch it or something. And need to talk with Aramis about getting the assignment finished."
He went back to the table and spoke quickly with Aramis, then gathered his things. "Alright. First to my room, then walk?"
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Post by Jason Hiller on Mar 16, 2010 19:45:32 GMT -5
Jason nodded, smiling as Zeph stood up. "No, not outside. Just around the school a bit."
He stood quietly, watching as Zeph gathered his things, and nodding again in answer to his question. "Okay. That's fair." He walked out of the library beside Zeph, occasionally leaning over to nuzzle his cheek.
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