Your Grace part 21
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krystalkatzficzNino opened his eyes quickly when he felt something pulling gently at his hair and he wasn’t surprised to see that it was Phoenix, he was however very surprised and horrified to see that the bird was almost bald, the only feathers that it had were a few tatty one on his scrawny wings and some around his face and neck. Pulling himself into a seated position he looked around breathlessly hoping to see Aiba standing beside his bed again. There was no sign of the animal trainer though and even the king was still sleeping on his roll mat. It was a breath taking sight to see the man curled onto his side hugging half of his pillow with his chest rising and falling slowly as he breathed. Nino blinked quickly though remembering Phoenix’s baldness worried that the firebird was dying.
“Satoshi…Satoshi…” He whispered desperately not wanting to wake him but needing to know that his bird was going to be okay. He picked him up and hugged him tightly to his chest as he moved from the bed and dropped down in front of Ohno his hand hesitantly reaching out to shake his arm. “Satoshi?”
Ohno moaned in his sleep before muttering something incoherent in elvish and rolling over onto his other side and pulling his blanket over his head. Nino chewed his lips for a moment and then got to his feet and running out of the tent. Guards were positioned by the door and Nino half noticed that they stood a little straighter than they had done yesterday when they looked at him and his bird.
“Aiba…?” He questioned weakly and the guard on the right pointed with a steady finger to the Dune Foxes wagon. “Thank-you…” He breathed bobbing his head at them and hurrying over to the wagon stopping when he saw that the Ru’inwë was fast asleep curled up with the two dune foxes. One of the foxes, Swift he thought slowly, opened an eye peering at him for a moment before yawning and pressing Aiba’s cheek with his nose rousing him from his slumber to look up slowly, hey and straw sticking out of his hair.
“Nino…Phoenix!” The man said fully waking completely and beaming at them brightly as he sat up stretching out his back and automatically looking like he had been awake for hours.
“Please…There’s something wrong with him…” Nino breathed putting the startled Phoenix down onto the wagon where he immediately bobbed over to Fee, who had so far stayed asleep, and began to honk a few times his beak grazing over what appeared to be a bandage wrapped around the fox’s middle. The sight pulled Nino up short a cold shower running down his spine as he realised that something had happened to the Dune fox “Phoenix…Don’t…” He said reaching out and trying to stop the bird from pecking at the bandage wondering what had happened to it. His brother had told him that scary things lived in the forest. He hadn’t thought about it before now but he guessed that when you had Dune Foxes they were meant to be protecting you from something.
“King low…Him…Fine…Um…Moulding…” Aiba said slowly waving his hands around as he tried to speak in the common tongue. “Um…” The Ru’inwë slipped once more into his own language.
“Is Fee alright?” He asked pointing at the fox glad that Phoenix had stopped pecking at him now. The Ru’inwë beamed again and held up a thumb saying brightly;
“Him…Okay!”
“Good…” Nino smiled weakly as the man picked up the bird and looked him over a little more closely before saying something else in elvish as he handed him back to him. “Will Phoenix be alright…?”
“…Him…Okay!” Aiba said again with, if it was possible, an even wider smile on his face as he once again gave him the thumbs up sign again. Nino wished that he had his confidence or at the very least knew what Aiba had said when he was speaking elvish. It was frustrating not being able to understand him when there were so many questions that he wanted to ask. The elf climbed down from the cart and shook the hay and pieces of straw from his hair before wrapping an arm around his shoulders leading him back to the tent. “Food…Make…Now…” Aiba announced as he pushed open the flap and gently shoved him inside. On the roll mat Ohno had woken up and was looking around like he was dazed and uncertain. It was only there for a fraction of a second but the look of sleepy confusion had Nino’s heart thumping like a jack rabbit that had been running.
“G-Good…Morning…” He breathed shakily moving deeper into the tent his arms wrapping securely around the still bird.
“Good morning…” Ohno smiled sleepily rubbing his eyes with the heels of his hand “Is everything okay?”
“Phoenix…He…He’s gone bald…” Nino answered dropping down in front of him and holding out the bald bird who let out a honk clicking his beak at the king. The pair stared at each other for a few minutes before Ohno smiled and rubbed the top of his head for a few minutes before saying;
“I think that he’s moulting…They will do it several times…Don’t worry…New feathers will grow...”
“I asked Aiba…But…I couldn’t understand him…He said that he was okay though…” Nino whispered running his fingers up and down the bumpy skin hoping that his little bird wasn’t going to fall ill from the cold even though they were in middle of the sunny season.
“If Aiba said that he was okay then he is…I will talk to him later I promise…And we will start your lessons as soon as possible so you can talk to him for as long as you would like…I’m sure you’ll be friends before long…”
“I would like that…” Nino admitted hoping that he really would be able to make friends with the elf. He had never had a real friend before, the prince Matt had said that they were friends once but then he had gone back to the castle again and he hadn’t seen him again. “Satoshi…Are you okay?” Nino asked as he looked at the elven king again, the man looked like he had barely had any sleep with discoloured shadows framing his each of his eyes. Ohno blinked slowly for a full minute before he smiled and nodded answering;
“Yes…I am fine, beloved…I confess that I did not sleep much last night…The roll that I am on offers very little in the way of comfort…”
“…I’m sorry…” Nino whispered hanging his head aware of the fact that each night he was stealing the king’s very comfortable bed. He had never slept in anything so comfortable before but he supposed that Ohno would miss it. The elven king hissed something in elvish and then took his hand giving it a light squeeze his head shaking as he said;
“Do not be…It is not your fault that roots grow thick under the ground, it is there way and I would not change it…Even if they seem to delight in playing my spine as if it were a musical instrument…I suppose that I’ve gotten rather soft lately…Your father would tease me now, I suppose…There were days when we didn’t even have a roll mat to sleep on…Nor a tent for protection…”
“Why?” Nino gasped longing to hear stories of his father but worried that Ohno would be too upset to tell him. It had been a long time since his father’s death but he could still feel the sadness coming off of the elven king in waves when he talked about Yurrin.
“Your father and I decided that we would see the world when we were younger and so we took off on our own…We travelled for many years that way before I came back to the clans it was a few years later that your father returned…”
“How old are you?” Nino breathed in wonder realising that the man had said ‘Many years’. He didn’t look that old…Only around 25 with a smooth face and a young body but for the first time Nino realised that he must be a lot older than he was.
“As you would understand it I have lived for 439 years but we don’t mark the passage of time the way that you do…Come let us go out and eat and I will tell you more of your father…” Ohno smiled patting his hand and Nino followed him numbly.
TBC
A/N: I hope that this was okay ^_^
“Satoshi…Satoshi…” He whispered desperately not wanting to wake him but needing to know that his bird was going to be okay. He picked him up and hugged him tightly to his chest as he moved from the bed and dropped down in front of Ohno his hand hesitantly reaching out to shake his arm. “Satoshi?”
Ohno moaned in his sleep before muttering something incoherent in elvish and rolling over onto his other side and pulling his blanket over his head. Nino chewed his lips for a moment and then got to his feet and running out of the tent. Guards were positioned by the door and Nino half noticed that they stood a little straighter than they had done yesterday when they looked at him and his bird.
“Aiba…?” He questioned weakly and the guard on the right pointed with a steady finger to the Dune Foxes wagon. “Thank-you…” He breathed bobbing his head at them and hurrying over to the wagon stopping when he saw that the Ru’inwë was fast asleep curled up with the two dune foxes. One of the foxes, Swift he thought slowly, opened an eye peering at him for a moment before yawning and pressing Aiba’s cheek with his nose rousing him from his slumber to look up slowly, hey and straw sticking out of his hair.
“Nino…Phoenix!” The man said fully waking completely and beaming at them brightly as he sat up stretching out his back and automatically looking like he had been awake for hours.
“Please…There’s something wrong with him…” Nino breathed putting the startled Phoenix down onto the wagon where he immediately bobbed over to Fee, who had so far stayed asleep, and began to honk a few times his beak grazing over what appeared to be a bandage wrapped around the fox’s middle. The sight pulled Nino up short a cold shower running down his spine as he realised that something had happened to the Dune fox “Phoenix…Don’t…” He said reaching out and trying to stop the bird from pecking at the bandage wondering what had happened to it. His brother had told him that scary things lived in the forest. He hadn’t thought about it before now but he guessed that when you had Dune Foxes they were meant to be protecting you from something.
“King low…Him…Fine…Um…Moulding…” Aiba said slowly waving his hands around as he tried to speak in the common tongue. “Um…” The Ru’inwë slipped once more into his own language.
“Is Fee alright?” He asked pointing at the fox glad that Phoenix had stopped pecking at him now. The Ru’inwë beamed again and held up a thumb saying brightly;
“Him…Okay!”
“Good…” Nino smiled weakly as the man picked up the bird and looked him over a little more closely before saying something else in elvish as he handed him back to him. “Will Phoenix be alright…?”
“…Him…Okay!” Aiba said again with, if it was possible, an even wider smile on his face as he once again gave him the thumbs up sign again. Nino wished that he had his confidence or at the very least knew what Aiba had said when he was speaking elvish. It was frustrating not being able to understand him when there were so many questions that he wanted to ask. The elf climbed down from the cart and shook the hay and pieces of straw from his hair before wrapping an arm around his shoulders leading him back to the tent. “Food…Make…Now…” Aiba announced as he pushed open the flap and gently shoved him inside. On the roll mat Ohno had woken up and was looking around like he was dazed and uncertain. It was only there for a fraction of a second but the look of sleepy confusion had Nino’s heart thumping like a jack rabbit that had been running.
“G-Good…Morning…” He breathed shakily moving deeper into the tent his arms wrapping securely around the still bird.
“Good morning…” Ohno smiled sleepily rubbing his eyes with the heels of his hand “Is everything okay?”
“Phoenix…He…He’s gone bald…” Nino answered dropping down in front of him and holding out the bald bird who let out a honk clicking his beak at the king. The pair stared at each other for a few minutes before Ohno smiled and rubbed the top of his head for a few minutes before saying;
“I think that he’s moulting…They will do it several times…Don’t worry…New feathers will grow...”
“I asked Aiba…But…I couldn’t understand him…He said that he was okay though…” Nino whispered running his fingers up and down the bumpy skin hoping that his little bird wasn’t going to fall ill from the cold even though they were in middle of the sunny season.
“If Aiba said that he was okay then he is…I will talk to him later I promise…And we will start your lessons as soon as possible so you can talk to him for as long as you would like…I’m sure you’ll be friends before long…”
“I would like that…” Nino admitted hoping that he really would be able to make friends with the elf. He had never had a real friend before, the prince Matt had said that they were friends once but then he had gone back to the castle again and he hadn’t seen him again. “Satoshi…Are you okay?” Nino asked as he looked at the elven king again, the man looked like he had barely had any sleep with discoloured shadows framing his each of his eyes. Ohno blinked slowly for a full minute before he smiled and nodded answering;
“Yes…I am fine, beloved…I confess that I did not sleep much last night…The roll that I am on offers very little in the way of comfort…”
“…I’m sorry…” Nino whispered hanging his head aware of the fact that each night he was stealing the king’s very comfortable bed. He had never slept in anything so comfortable before but he supposed that Ohno would miss it. The elven king hissed something in elvish and then took his hand giving it a light squeeze his head shaking as he said;
“Do not be…It is not your fault that roots grow thick under the ground, it is there way and I would not change it…Even if they seem to delight in playing my spine as if it were a musical instrument…I suppose that I’ve gotten rather soft lately…Your father would tease me now, I suppose…There were days when we didn’t even have a roll mat to sleep on…Nor a tent for protection…”
“Why?” Nino gasped longing to hear stories of his father but worried that Ohno would be too upset to tell him. It had been a long time since his father’s death but he could still feel the sadness coming off of the elven king in waves when he talked about Yurrin.
“Your father and I decided that we would see the world when we were younger and so we took off on our own…We travelled for many years that way before I came back to the clans it was a few years later that your father returned…”
“How old are you?” Nino breathed in wonder realising that the man had said ‘Many years’. He didn’t look that old…Only around 25 with a smooth face and a young body but for the first time Nino realised that he must be a lot older than he was.
“As you would understand it I have lived for 439 years but we don’t mark the passage of time the way that you do…Come let us go out and eat and I will tell you more of your father…” Ohno smiled patting his hand and Nino followed him numbly.
TBC
A/N: I hope that this was okay ^_^
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Date: 2014-08-16 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-17 09:37 am (UTC)heheh he really should have ne :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-08-16 11:05 am (UTC)and Prince Matt finally makes his appearance, though it's only from nino's memory. yaay xD
the elven king really has lived for many years *o*
thanks you for this <3
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Date: 2014-08-17 09:35 am (UTC)yup he was mentioned :D he will appear later :D
yup but he's still a young elf...Sakurai is older than him :D
Thanks for reading ^_^
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Date: 2014-08-16 12:10 pm (UTC)And, Nino, dear... If you're really concerned about his well-being, why not invite him to share your bed? I'm pretty sure he would appreciate if far more than the roots!!!
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Date: 2014-08-17 09:33 am (UTC)hehehe I promise that he will :D
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Date: 2014-08-16 02:31 pm (UTC)I hope they will sleep together soon ;)
Thanks for sharing! ^^
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Date: 2014-08-17 09:32 am (UTC)Soon I promise :D
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Date: 2014-08-16 07:52 pm (UTC)Ohmiya is just so cute when they're not too sure how much the other likes them. Thanks so much for this!!
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Date: 2014-08-17 09:32 am (UTC)lol they are very insecure ne :D
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Date: 2014-08-16 10:13 pm (UTC)eh?!!! 439 years!!! OMG well Ohno doesn’t look that old and He's cute!!neXD
thank you for update! nice weekend!!:D
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Date: 2014-08-17 09:26 am (UTC)hehe Well I promise that Ohno is still a young elf :D
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Date: 2014-08-17 06:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-08-17 09:25 am (UTC)Thanks for reading ^_^