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Day 24

Prompt: When you meet your soulmate for the first time, you get a brief flash-forward of your future.

Word Count: 1,154

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CW: weapons.

Virgil entered the room, following behind Prince Roman. He stepped to the side, blending into the background with the ease of someone who’s done this for years. Roman approached the table and took a seat directly in front of where Virgil was standing. He watched as the room slowly filled with the officials necessary for this alliance to take place.

Someone else came and stood beside him as another prince swept into the room, sitting beside Roman at the table. He glanced over at the person, head not moving from its position. “Are you an attendant or a bodyguard?” He asked quietly.

The man smiled, not taking his eyes off the man he came in with. “A bodyguard. You?”

“The same. My name’s Virgil, I’m with Prince Roman.”

“Logan with Prince Patton.” This time, he flicked his eyes over to look at Virgil, accidentally meeting his eyes. In that split second of contact, their future flashed before their eyes.

Virgil rolled over in bed, snuggling closer to the warmth next to him. He hummed as an arm was slung over his back, a warm chest pressing against his side as another arm snuck under his torso. Logan hummed, his head resting on Virgil’s back. Virgil chuckled, moving as close as possible. “You’re warm.”

Logan’s answering chuckle was a rumble against his side. “We should get up soon, my love.”

“Noooooo.” Virgil whined, somehow managing to worm his way even closer to his now husband. Logan’s arms started moving away from Virgil, who curled closer. “Nooooo, don’t leave me!”

This pulling away and pressing closer continued until they both tumbled off the bed, thudding to the floor with giggles. Logan sighed but tried to untangle them from the blanket. “Are we getting up now?”

Virgil briefly considered trying to curl back up in the blankets on the floor but Logan had already stood and was waiting to give him a hand up. So, he took the offered hand and let Logan pull him into a hug. He leaned down for a kiss and a murmured, “Good morning, Husband.”

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Logan picked up a sword and tossed it between his hands. “Come on, dear. Won’t you duel me?”

Virgil just laughed as he stepped around the other bodyguard, coming to a stop near the daggers. “You are an insatiable flirt when you want to be but you know I prefer to dual wield.” That being said, he grabbed two short swords.

“Ha ha!” Logan crowed as Virgil went into a ready position. “Let the best bodyguard win.” With that, he launched himself at the man he’d been flirting with just a few seconds ago.

Virgil parried and the fight was on, the pair going back and forth across the training grounds. To the outsider, this would look like a fight to the death, but to them it was courting. The sun set behind them as they continued to strike, block, parry, swipe, slash, and try in every other means to kill each other lovingly.

The time came when Virgil’s foot slipped and he went down. Logan swiftly hit the ground on top of him, his knees straddling the bodyguard and his sword at the other’s throat. A gasp rose from an ignored onlooker, the pair's attention solely on each other.

“I believe that’s a win for me.” Logan said. Virgil didn’t respond, instead surging up to kiss Logan on his cheek before he dumped the man on his side, standing and brushing his clothes off, offering a hand up.

They broke eye contact, both turning to watch their respective prince instead. They were quiet the rest of the meeting, standing side by side but never once glancing in the other’s direction. When the meeting was over, the two princes seemed to continue talking to each other. This made sense as they were to be married for an alliance. Virgil was glad, having had to listen to Roman’s pining for Prince Patton ever since he got the position.

“So,” Logan’s voice brought him from his thoughts, “I’m assuming this means we’ll be seeing more of one another?”

Virgil smiled, shifting so his shoulder was barely pressed against Logan’s. “One way or another.”

Logan pressed his own shoulder back on Virgil’s. “If what I saw is true, I don’t think I’d mind that all that much. Although, I must ask, how good are you at dueling?”

Virgil smirked. “Better than you’d think looking at me.”

Before their conversation could continue into a duel, Prince Remus approached Virgil. “I’m bored.”

Virgil rolled his eyes. “Go bother someone else, my prince. I’m trying to have a conversation with Prince Patton’s bodyguard.”

Remus looked between them, his sharp eyes noticing their shoulders pressed together. “What are you talking about?”

Logan smiled but shifted away from Virgil. “We were discussing if we were to take turns guarding both of them or if we were to do so at the same time.”

Virgil nodded. “You know,” he turned to Logan, “I still think it would be more efficient to have one person guard both of them. Then, we could swap between the two of us in shifts.”

Logan shook his head. “No, because we each already take shifts with another guard. If we both guard together, that keeps the shifts intact.”

Remus pouted at the lack of attention and wandered off, likely to cause mischief but Virgil couldn’t care less in that moment. Instead, his full attention was on the man standing beside him who he knew was gonna be his husband one day. “You might be onto something. However, I think we should both take a slightly longer shift than normal. Just so they match, of course.”

Logan nodded, a mischievous smile forming on his face as he understood Virgil’s intentions. “I think that’s a wise decision.”

So, they stayed five paces behind their charges while being glued to each other’s hip, asking as many questions as possible. Virgil’s questions were more along the lines of which weapons Logan favored and if he would be willing to teach them to him while Logan’s were about evasion and protection strategies, but they both still learned a lot from each other as they kept up the façade of being interested in comparing notes. It wasn’t until they were relieved of duty that their questions turned more introspective, more tender. The weapons were replaced with food, the tactics with morals.

Soon, the princes both went back to their respective kingdoms to prepare for the wedding. Meanwhile, their bodyguards maintained a steady stream of letters back and forth. Part of them were about security measures and the integration of the royal guards when the marriage took place but most of them were about personal things. That duel that Logan saw was the crux of their relationship, sending them from casual flirting to both proposing at once. A month later, Virgil’s glimpse of a cozy morning was realized.

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lachlantrash · 6 years

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Random Cute Moments

So like random cute moments of you and Lachlan that the other guys 'accidentally' forget to edit out of their videos.

"Um Lachlan, you should come here." You call to your boyfriend, running a hand through your hair.

"What is it babe?" He says, coming in the room and wrapping his arms around you from behind, placing a kiss on your cheek.

"Have you seen Vikk's new video?" You ask him, turning your head so you can look him in the eyes.

"No... Why?" He asks back.

"Well one of your fans just commented on my instagram post with this, "OmG I'M PRETTy SuRE THEy'Re A THINg I Can'T BReATHe, AT 12:16 oF VIKK's VlOG LACHlAn aNd (Y/N) aRE CUDdlING GAHHHHHHHh I ShIP IT SO HArD!!!1111!" Should we watch his video and find out?" You ask.

"Well yeah, now I'm curious." Lachlan laughs, and you go to Vikk's youtube and press play on the latest video.

~~~~In the video, at 12:16~~~~

"So we just got back to the rental, and lookie what we've got here." Vikk says, looking into the camera. He turns it so it's facing you and Lachlan on the couch, where you're sitting in Lachlan's lap cuddling with a blanket on. "Care to explain yourselves!? I have this on footage, is (Y/S/N) real!?" Vikk asks, making you and Lachlan laugh.

"Nooooo, of course not. We're just... Cold. You know, the skiing today and the Canadian snow makes people really cold." You laugh out.

"Yeah, just cold. Not dating, I promise mate." Lachlan laughs, burying his head in your shoulder.

"That would be believable... Except we're in a house with heating! Any other excuse? Hmm?" Vikk asks, laughing too.

"Well obviously we're not dating... We're just extra cold people. Yeah, being from Australia... Coldness strikes me harder... (Y/N)'s being a good friend and helping me warm up." Lachlan says, keeping his head rested on your shoulder.

"Well what's in it for her? This isn't adding up guys, I don't know if I believe them..." Vikk says. "I might just have to interview them. So (Y/N), if you and Lachlan aren't dating, who are you dating? I've heard you mention a boyfriend multiple times on this trip."

"Well, he's a blonde idiot who's obsessed with Pokemon, and he's Australian. I don't really know anything else about him." You shrug, looking at Lachlan and letting out a laugh.

"Sounds like you're a sucky girlfriend then, I don't think I'd want to date you." Lachlan says, and you laugh again.

"No comments from you, I initiate the conversation on this channel. What about you Lachlan, if you're not dating (Y/N), who's the mystery girl you tweet about?" Vikk asks.

"Some stupid short girl who has captured my heart, she really likes Doctor Who and is obsessed with cats, I forgot her name though." Lachlan says, laughing while burying his face in your shoulder.

"You cannot keep this in the video." You laugh, talking to Vikk as you stand up from cuddling with Lachlan.

"Awe c'mon, keep cuddling with me!" Is what you hear at the end of the video with a black screen, which is obviously Lachlan.

~~~~Back to where you currently are with Lachlan, not in the video.~~~~

"Shit... What should we do?" You ask Lachlan, removing his arms from you so you can look at him.

"I... I don't know? We could just like... Ignore it? Obviously I'll call Vikk and have him take the last two parts out because those are really suspicious but we could like... Ignore the rest?" He suggests, running a hand through his hair.

"Alright, that's fine." You say. "Now, how about we cuddle?"

~~~~Jerome's turn my dudes ~~~~

"Uhh Lachlan, it happened again!" You call from the bed. You're staying at Lachlan's place and while he's in the bathroom, you're going through your instagram.

"What happened?" He calls, stepping in his room with his toothbrush still in his mouth.

"Just come here when you're done." You laugh at his state, he dropped some toothpaste on his chest. A few minutes later he jumps onto the bed, immediately resting his head on your chest.

"So, what happened again?" He asks.

"Well, one of your fans commented on my instagram photo, "I hate to be that fan, but I think Lachlan and (Y/N) are dating because at 4:42 in Jerome's latest video, they were getting really flirty in the pool"... Do we watch it?" You ask.

"Is that even a question?" He laughs, already taking your phone from you to get the video up.

~~~~ 4:42 in Jerome's video~~~~

"And here we have it... A wild Lachlan and (Y/N) in the pool, be careful or they could attack." Jerome says, the camera focussed on you two in the water.

"Shut up Jerome, we're at war here, I gotta destroy her!" Lachlan shouts, holding his water gun high in the air.

"You could never destroy me, and you know it." You say, shooting at him with water.

"Well (Y/N), all's fair in love and war!" He calls back, moving out of the way so your water doesn't hit him. He shoots back, almost hitting your shoulder.

"Well, which is this?" You ask him, shooting water at him again and this time hitting him.

"Aah! I've been struck, cruel cruel world... I thought I could trust you (Y/N), I really did... Goodbye, tell my girlfriend I love her..." Lachlan says, pretending to die.

"I'm sure she knows, now get up you idiot and let's go for a round two." You tell him, laughing while refilling your water gun. "Get out of here Jerome, before I shoot you too!"

"Alright alright... Jeez, I thought I could get some vlog footage but I guess not." Jerome says, winking at the camera.

~~~~Back to current moment~~~~

"You know, you're friends really suck at listening to the one rule we set, not to have questionable clips of us in their videos." You laugh, running your fingers through Lachlan's hair soothingly.

"Awe c'mon, you know they mean well." Lachlan says. "At least this can be covered up, we could easily say that I was talking about someone else, I never said you were my girlfriend. It's also just a flirty situation, it's not as bad as Vikk's video." Lachlan points out.

"That's true, it could be worse. How about we don't say anything until someone confronts us about it, yeah? I doubt they will, but if anyone tweets us about it we can just say it was taken out of context." You suggest.

"Good idea babe, now how about we go to bed, we have an early day tomorrow..."

~~~~On to Mitch's~~~~

"Oh god, babe, there's more!" You laugh, watching the tweets come in like wildfire.

"What do you mean, stop being vague!" Lachlan calls back, coming in the room wearing just sweatpants and carrying two bowls of cereal.

"We're both getting tweeted things like "When you say you're 'just friends' but you're caught flirting in Mitch's video at 7:52", And "I bet (Y/N) pounced on Lachlan after the camera went off in Mitch's video"... I'm just going to put it on because I bet we're both curious as to what they're talking about." You tell him, placing your laptop on the coffee table and taking one of the cereal bowls from him.

"Alright, let's do this." He laughs as you click the link to the video.

~~~~ Mitch's video at 7:52 ~~~~

"Hey this is a good one, Your eyes are so blue like the ocean, and baby I'm lost at sea." You say to Lachlan, laughing at the cheesiness of it.

"Hey (Y/N), those are nice jeans, do you think I could get in them?" Lachlan says, making you laugh.

"Is it hot in here, or is it just you?" You say, looking at Lachlan and giggling.

"C'mon (Y/N), stop flirting with me." Lachlan laughs, placing his arm around you.

"Shut up Lachy, if you were a triangle you'd be a cute one." You laugh, looking at more of the pick-up lines on your phone.

"Pshh, lame. Are you flappy bird? Because I could tap that ass!" He says, laughing at your reaction.

"That one wasn't funny, that's stupid and kinda rude. Am I just a piece of ass to you?" You pout in the video.

"Awe c'mon, you know it was a joke. You're more than that to me... I thought happiness started with H, why does mine start with U?" He asks, bringing a smile back to your face.

"Sometimes you can be really sweet." You smile.

"Only for you." And at that point the video goes back to Mitch, and he makes a face pretending he's puking.

"God, they're so gross, couples like that need to get a room and not flirt on my back deck." Mitch blurts at the end of the video.

~~~~Back to present time~~~~

"Oh my god, he called us a couple!" Lachlan says, a mouthful of his cereal falling back into his bowl.

"That was disgusting." You laugh. "I mean, technically he said couples like that. We could argue that he never called us a couple? And in the video there is an open beer bottle in front of us, we could say we were both tipsy and were just flirting, neither one of us meant anything more of it?" You offer.

"This is why I'm dating you, you're so smart." He says, spooning a new spoonful of cereal into his mouth.

"And you're disgusting." You say, sticking your tongue out at him and going and writing out a tweet to explain what happened.

~~~~Preston's turn~~~~

"Uhh, (Y/N) we have a problem here." Lachlan says, walking into your bedroom with his laptop.

"What is it? I just wanted to have my boyfriend spend the night with no problems, what's wrong this time?" You pout from the bed, Lachlan joining you. You're laying on your stomach with your feet near your pillows, and Lachlan puts the laptop in front of you and lays beside you.

"I know, I'm sorry babe but look at the tweet I just got." He tells you.

"HA THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD HIDE THEIR RELATIONSHIP SMH LOOK AT 8:04 OF PRESTON'S VIDEO SMH (Y/S/N) IS OBVI REAL" You read out loud. "Well, let's watch it and see how much damage control we can do." You sigh, clicking the link to the video.

~~~~8:04 of Preston's video~~~~

"Guys, I think I'm officially the third wheel." Preston sighs to the camera, turning it around to show you and Lachlan holding hands while in line ordering coffee. "My babe Lachlan hasn't even told me I looked great today, he's too focussed on (Y/N)." Preston says.

Then Lachlan and yourself walk towards Preston, you carrying a cup of coffee. Lachlan sits next to Preston and you sit across from him.

"What, you didn't want a coffee, Lachlan?" Preston asks, his camera pointed at Lachlan and slowly drifting towards the table, where your hand and Lachlan's are still entwined.

"Not really mate, she wanted coffee when she woke up and told me we had to leave our room and come check out this shop, you told her all about it before we flew here apparently." Lachlan laughs.

"Keep your camera on yourself, mister." You laugh, blocking your face from Preston's camera that's made it's focus on you.

"Well why? You look beautiful today, (Y/N)." Preston tells you.

"Hey, keep your comments to yourself. Leave my girl alone." Lachlan says, though you can hear the humor in his voice. "You do look great though, (Y/N)." He adds.

"Oh shut up, I'm wearing yoga pants and one of your baggy hoodies, and I have no make-up on. I only left like this because I needed to try this coffee that Preston said was all the hype, and I can confirm it is." You say, and the cameras back to being pointed at you.

"Guys, in the comments below tell (Y/N) she looks great today, even if she's only wearing yoga pants and one of Lachlan's hoodies." Preston says, and you laugh on camera.

"Thanks Preston, but they don't have to do that." You laugh in the video.

"Well they do, because if Lachlan is going to stop telling me I look good for you, then the fans better too. I either get all the love or no love." Preston says, turning the camera back to himself and pouting.

"Awe Preston mate, you look great today." Lachlan says, coming into frame and patting Preston on the shoulder.

"It's too late for that Lachlan, you've replaced me with (Y/N). I'll never be good enough for you anymore." Preston says. Then the video goes black and Preston put sad music on and has subtitles that say '1 like and maybe Lachlan will love me again' and things like that.

~~~~Back to present day ~~~~

"Oh well, that's not that bad." You shrug, looking at Lachlan beside you.

"Really? You're not mad?"He asks.

"No, I'm not mad. You're the one that wants the relationship to be secret still, I don't really care. There's only a few suspicious things in here anyways, like you calling me your girl, and us holding hands. But both of those things friends can do." You point out, crawling on the bed so you're laying on it normally. "Now come cuddle with me, you giant teddy bear." You laugh, watching Lachlan roll his eyes at the name for him.

~~~~ Last but not least, Rob's turn ~~~~~

"Okay, (Y/N), I think we fucked up." Lachlan says as you two are cuddling on the couch, both of you doing your own things on your phones, but he's holding you as you both lay on the couch.

"What is it this time." You groan, already looking at his phone.

"This is the first comment I read on my instagram photo, it says "WE HAVE PROOF GO TO 10:47 IN ROBS VIDEO OBVI THATS YOU TWO MAKING OUT!!!!" It's a link to Rob's video and I swear to god I'll kill him if it's actually us making out..." Lachlan mumbles, clicking the link.

~~~~ 10:47 in Rob's video ~~~~

"So guys, I'd just like to thank you for supporting me and enabling me to do things like this, without you guys I wouldn't be able to go to a club like this," Rob says, taking a pause to spin around and show off the club with the fancy lighting. When he stops spinning, right behind him is two figures which is very obviously you and Lachlan, making out in the center of the bar. "And this is amazing, I can't believe I'm here with some really awesome people, Drake's here somewhere! God I love you guys, I can't thank you enough!" And then the outro plays.

~~~~ Back to present day ~~~~

"Well, I don't think we can come back from that one." You say, looking at Lachlan.

"Shit..." He mumbles. "Can you really tell it's us? Or, could it maybe be just people that look like us?" He asks.

"No Lachlan, that's obviously us. Look, I don't know why you want to keep us some big secret, but I'm honestly getting tired of it." You sigh.

"What are you tired of? I'm just trying to protect you, it shouldn't be a problem that I want our relationship to be hidden." He says.

"It feels like you just want to be single, or that you think that I'm not good enough, but no matter what it is, I'm sick of it. I'm going to go home, text me when you've decided what you want to do." You sigh, getting out of his embrace and walking out his front door. You start crying when you're out the door, realizing he's not going to try and stop you from leaving.

When you get home, you immediately fall asleep, crying to yourself. When you wake up, you have many tweets to you saying go check out Lachlan's video, and then you see his tweet yourself. "I love you, here's a video." And a link to his newest youtube video. You click it, and it's titled "Top secret footage of my girlfriend and I".

~~~~ In Lachlan's video ~~~~

"You know Lachlan, I wish you showed me as much love as you show Drake." You sigh to Lachlan's camera that you're holding, both of you in frame as he drives the car you're in, Drake coming through the speakers.

"You know I love you more than him, right (Y/N)? Just never make me prove it." He laughs, stopping at the red light and giving you a kiss. "Now I gotta edit this out, huh?" He laughs, kissing you again.

-Next scene in video-

"Now guys, I was on my way to (Y/N)'s and I asked her if she needed anything, and she texted me that she needed cat food, I think she's honestly a crazy cat lady." He laughs, walking through your apartment.

"Lachlan!" You call, running to your front door and hugging him to you tightly. "I missed you." You mumble, holding him to you for a few seconds.

"Did you miss me, or did you just need this cat food?" He laughs, hugging you back with the hand that's not holding the camera.

"Maybe a bit of both." You laugh, looking at the camera.

"I don't get why I'm buying you cat food, only one of your four cats tolerates me." He pouts at the camera.

"Awe Lachy, you know that's not true. They're just protective of me, besides even if they don't tolerate you, I do." You smile up at him.

"Wow guys, my girlfriend only tolerates me. You heard it here first. I'm in pain, I don't know if I can continue dating someone who only tolerates me." He says, mocking hurt as he looks at the camera.

"You know I meant that in a cute way, as in it doesn't matter what my cats think of you. And we both know this is never going on youtube either, you just called me your girlfriend in it." You laugh, sticking your tongue out at the camera pointed at you.

-Next scene-

"I love you." Lachlan says, the camera pointed at the two of you cuddling on the couch. You're laying on top of him, your head buried in his chest.

"Stop recording me." You mumble sleepily into him.

"I just said I loved you." Lachlan pouts, looking at the camera.

"Babe, I'm sick and I just want cuddles. I love you too, but I'm not anywhere near good enough to go on youtube right now." You mumble, turning your head to see he's still recording and you pout.

"(Y/N) I don't care if you're sick, you're always good enough to go on my channel. I don't care what you look like, and neither should my viewers. Your personality is what I fell for, not you're smoking hot face. Though that is a plus." He says, petting your hair.

"I love you, Lachlan." You smile, cuddling closer to his chest.

-Next scene-

"Doctor Who is on, get that camera out of my face!" You yell, trying to shove his camera away from you.

"No babe, we need to film an outro for the video we recorded earlier!" Lachlan laughs.

"Lachlan I swear, get that damn camera out of my face! I need to see how badly Missy and the Master fuck over twelve, I swear I'm going to kill both of them! I knew she couldn't be trusted!" You ramble.

"Okay babe, I get it. Doctor Who is more important than me. Noted." Lachlan pouts at the camera.

"Oh c'mon you dork, I never said that. Just cuddle me and let me watch my show, then we can do whatever you want."

-Next scene-

"So (Y/N)... Now that we're officially in America, what would you like to do?" Lachlan asks, starting his vlog for your first actual day in America.

"I want to go clubbing, find me a hot American guy while I'm here." You smile, letting out a laugh for the camera pointed at you. "You should see your face, I'm only kidding babe. That was just for you to use as content for your video."

"I don't want my fans thinking that you're looking for an American guy! Do you know how many more guys than there are already will be hitting up your DM's?" Lachlan asks.

"Fine, okay. Well then if I'm being honest, what I want to do in America is make many memories with the boy I love. I can't wait to go check out the Statue of Liberty with you, and go to central park where we'll just hold hands and be just as normal as the other tourists. And I want to go to so many little cafes and make memories we'll never get to experience with anyone else there. I'm excited to fall in love with you in different places, and to make so many unforgettable memories we can tell our future children one day when telling them the story of how we fell hopelessly in love with each other. That's what I want to do in America, if that's okay." You smile up at him and the camera.

"Fuck, I'm so in love with you." He says, leaning down to kiss you which the camera catches, and that's where the video ends.

You're crying tears of joy, so happy Lachlan told the fans about your relationship. There's a knock on your door, and you immediately get out of bed to run and answer it, knowing who it is. When you open it and Lachlan's standing there holding a bouquet of roses, you jump into his arms and give him a kiss. "I'm still so in love with you." You say, pulling away for just a second before pulling him in and continuing the kiss.

"Good, because I meant what I said." He says, kissing you back.

A/N I'm actually so proud of this you don't even know, I haven't written in awhile and this is the second thing I've written since my hiatus and I'm honestly so SO proud of it :))

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bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbabbb · 7 years

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[12/4/2016 10:35:35 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "What?!" Snowe replied, a little offended by the thought, eyes still covered. "I don't want to kiss a fish! I'd much rather kiss you instead!" [12/4/2016 10:37:34 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio swallowed. "...You already looked at me, didn't you?" He pressed his back against the counter and begin to slowly slide towards the corner of the room. [12/4/2016 10:39:36 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe wasn't sure how to respond to that. If he said yes, he could blame it on the love potion. If he said no, then...but he wasn't even sure if Erio felt that way!

Snowe, instead of responding with a yes or no, shrieked. [12/4/2016 10:43:05 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio winced. "If it bothers you that much I could just... go stay with Soria for a few weeks." He looked to the side. He shouldn't be surprised it bothers Snowe that much. He already knew Snowe didn't feel that way about him. "Sorry." He said in a small voice. [12/4/2016 10:45:51 PM | Edited 10:46:02 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe stopped shrieking out of confusion and just removed his hands. "Aaaa." He continued lowly, before taking the largest breath. "No." [12/4/2016 10:47:50 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "No?" Erio repeats warily as he edges across the wall, slowly but steadily nearing the room's exit. [12/4/2016 10:49:51 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Um." Snowe felt a knot in his stomach. "I, uh, the answer to your question if I looked at you or not. It's no, I have not looked at you yet." [12/4/2016 10:53:55 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio froze. "Oh." He was silent for a few moments. "Uh..." He swallowed deeply. "I- I guess I'd rather kiss you too, than, a dead fish." God, that was the most he's ever stuttered in his entire life. This can't be happening. [12/4/2016 10:58:32 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "...Thanks." Snowe said, wondering if he should take that as a compliment or not. "Can you uh...hand me my lemonade?"

Snowe held his hand in front of him, reaching around. "...Would you, um, rather, um. ...kiss an alive fish than me?"

Oh god. Why was he still talking? [12/4/2016 11:03:01 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "Um. No." Erio nervously pushed off from the wall and walked back over to the russian roulette of pink jars. "To the... fish question, not the lemonade one. I can... probably... figure out which one of these is lemonade..." He scanned the jars, unsure which was Snowe's drink. He eventually decided to just pick up the one closest to the refrigerator and handed it to him. [12/4/2016 11:05:25 PM | Edited 11:08:40 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "What about a whale?" He asked as he then took a sip of his drink. "That is definitely not lemonade...how long until this wears off now that you have succesfully given me another jar?" he asked again. "I want to keep my eyes shut out of fear of what the other effects of the love potion are. What if we accidentally made a murder potion instead? Oh God. Now it's a double murder potion." [12/4/2016 11:11:58 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "I'd rather kiss you than kiss a whale." Erio stated.

But then Erio can't help it, he bursts out laughing at the words 'murder potion'. He leaned against the counter as he wheezed. "I- I don't, hehe, think-- pffft, 'murder potions'... are... haha... a thing." He continued to giggle. "Double murder potion!" He hiccupped and let himself sink to the floor as he laughed. [12/4/2016 11:15:41 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe was scared. He never heard Erio laugh that hard ever. Had he ever even laughed before?

Snowe couldn't help but join in at how hard the demon was laughing. "Y-you've never laughed this hard before. Pff." He used the counter next to him as leverage as he struggled to keep in his loudest laughs. "Oh my God. Wh-what if they--ahaha-what if they really do exist! Stop laughing!" He demanded as he himself continued. [12/4/2016 11:17:51 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "I think everything we knew about Xiri was wrong." He giggled, "He must just have a murder potion addiction. We, heh, should stage an intervention." Erio continued to giggle softly, his head leaning forward and brushing against Snowe's legs. [12/4/2016 11:20:44 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "It-it's not funny!" He said, snorting afterwards before giggling. Something brushed up against his leg and he wondered if perhaps a cat wandered in and he opened his eyes, looking down to check only to see a..giggling Erio.

His laughing continued, however. "I guess I gotta murder you," he snorted again. "now..hahaha." [12/4/2016 11:24:34 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio raised his fists above his head. "Nooooo, don't murder me!" He giggled for a few more seconds before abruptly stopping as he realized, "You looked." [12/4/2016 11:25:33 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "I looked," Snowe said bluntly. [12/4/2016 11:28:52 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "So... Do you feel like murdering me?" Erio asked slowly, trying to retain the humorous feeling. [12/4/2016 11:30:16 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Quite, uh, the opposite, actually," Snowe said, face heating up again, unsure if he was flirting or not. [12/4/2016 11:31:21 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "You can't impregnate me." Erio said bluntly. [12/4/2016 11:34:12 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "No! That's not--." Snowe tensed his fingers, almost frustrated. Well, now was a good as time as any. Without any further hesitation, he put his hands on Erip's face and put his lips to his. [12/4/2016 11:41:30 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio quickly backed away, banging his head on the counter. "Ow-! Damn murder potion." Erio rubbed the back of his head.

Fuck, he didn't want it to come to this. He wanted to kiss Snowe. He really, really wanted to kiss Snowe. But he can't. Not while he's under a love potion.

He turned his head away from Snowe. "I should go to Soria's." He mumbled. [12/5/2016 8:48:10 AM | Edited 8:48:53 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "S-sorry! Oh God. This was a mistake. I'm..." Snowe covered his eyes again. "I'm going to lay down."

That was the worst idea he ever had. He couldn't have gotten water instead? He cursed himself in his head as he went to find the couch. [12/5/2016 9:08:08 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio watched Snowe retreat and guilt churned in his stomach. Snowe was lucid enough to feel bad and apologize. He shouldn't have to. This is all his fault. He never should have messed with love potions.

He got up and eyed the remaining drinks with a frown. He really has no idea which one is lemonade. With a shake of his head he went under the counter to grab an empty jar, and filled it up with water.

He headed out and approached the couch, holding the glass of water out to Snowe. "I brought you some water. Since you're thirsty and I can't figure out which one is the lemonade." He mumbled, avoiding looking at Snowe. [12/5/2016 9:31:32 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe sat on the couch, clutching a pillow in case he decided he needed to shriek again, but took the glass of water from Erio, not looking in his general direction.

"Th-thank you," he replied before taking a sip of the glass.

How would he make light of the situation? There was very little after that. It was a bad idea to make that and have that color lemonade in the fridge at the same time.

"...Maybe next time we should make, a, uh, something that is not the color as Astra's lemonade." [12/5/2016 9:36:35 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "Or, next time you could just drink water." Erio walked across the room and sat in a cushioned chair. "But don't worry. At the very least I'm not going to ever make a love potion again." He kicked his shoes off so he could pull his legs up and rest his chin on his knees. [12/5/2016 9:38:10 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "I considered it," Snowe said, chuckling. He looked at his reflection in the water. "...Sorry." [12/5/2016 9:40:08 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio sighed. "It's fine. I'm not mad at you, you don't have to apologize." [12/5/2016 9:46:58 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe hid his face in the pillow, and only hoped it muffled his words. "I did like you before the potion. Augh." And then he yelled into it. [12/5/2016 9:49:05 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio lifted his head. "Do you... want more water?" He didn't think screaming was a side-effect of the potion. Maybe he messed up somewhere? ...Well, he's not going to experiment any further. [12/5/2016 9:51:31 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Yes, please," Snowe said, holding the now empty glass to him, his face still in the pillow. [12/5/2016 9:53:22 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio got up and took the glass from Snowe. "Don't hurt your vocal cords." He said before leaving the room. [12/5/2016 9:59:19 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Is it possible to dispose of them somehow?" Snowe asked as he looked at the picture of flower on the wall. "I don't think they'd be happy if they found out one of those is just lemonade..." [12/5/2016 10:00:46 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio returned and handed Snowe back his jar, now filled with water. "I was just going to pour them out back." [12/5/2016 10:02:52 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Wouldn't that make them explode?" Snowe took the glass. Now that he though about it why didn't he just grab a cup from the cabinet? [12/5/2016 10:05:33 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "Why would it?" Erio sat back down. "Do you think the love potions are going to be angry if they aren't used?" He couldn't help but smile at how ridiculous that sounded. [12/5/2016 10:09:43 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "As long as they don't explode..." Snowe mumbled, drinking his water. "...Want to test it out?" [12/5/2016 10:12:13 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "Throwing the potions out? Or drinking the remaining two?" Erio asked. [12/5/2016 10:16:17 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Why would we drink the remaining ones?!" Snowe asked. "There's plenty of water. Maybe if we gave them to fish....what do you think would happen?" [12/5/2016 10:17:22 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio shook his head. "I run an alchemy shop, not a fishery. I'm not interested in breeding fish." [12/5/2016 10:18:36 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Do you drink every potion you don't want to sell?" [12/5/2016 10:19:49 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "How else will I build up a resistance to poison if I don't drink poison regularly?" Erio shrugged. [12/5/2016 10:23:25 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe wondered what would have happenned if it was a poison he accidentally drank instead of the love potion, but he really did not want to drink another love potion.

"Only if you drink both of them. I'll hide if you want." [12/5/2016 10:34:21 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio blinked and then shrugged. If Snowe was more comfortable with him drinking them than risking another explosion, he'll drink them. It will make them even then after all. "Who will I end up looking at if you hide? Astra? No thanks." That would be an even worse whirlwind of disaster.

Erio stood up and stretched. "You can hide if you want, though. It's not like I'm going to stop you." He got up and headed back to the backroom where they had left the potions. He eyed the three remaining jars nervously before swallowing and picking up a jar in each hand and quickly drowning the contents. If he didn't think, he wouldn't have time to realize what a terrible plan he just agreed to.

Both drinks had the same taste. He guessed right. He set the jars back down on the counter and took a step backwards. The entire world tilted with that step and he almost fell over. But that didn't make any sense. Snowe was fine, so then why...

Oh, no. That's right. Snowe has a high tolerance for alcohol, whilst Erio... He shuddered and placed a hand over his mouth as a hiccup escaped it. Erio's the type to feel the effects after the first sip. It's why Hiante never takes him drinking.

He rocked back and forth on his legs, watching the entire room around him spin. Damn that aquavit. This was a mistake. [12/5/2016 10:50:09 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe finished his jar of water. Perhaps he could hide, or just sit there, hoping maybe Erio would return the kiss, even if he was under the effect of a potion. Well, it was better than nothing? He went to set the now empty jar down in the sink so he could wash it but then saw Erio stumble around.

"Are you okay?" Snowe aked as he watched him, seeing the empty jars on the counter before thinking of the only possible solution. He slowly neared him. "D-do you need someone to help you to the room?" [12/5/2016 10:56:14 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "I..." Erio looked up at Snowe. "I'd love to go to your room." He wobbled forward and dropped his head against Snowe's shoulder. A hiccup of a giggle escaped him, and then he laughed even more at the sound. [12/5/2016 11:05:09 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe resisted the urge to scream. Did he really have that low of a tolerance for alcohol? And love potions no less! What did he think was going to happen?

He wrapped his arms around Erio's torso and began to drag him across the kitchen and to the stairs. He really needed to sleep this off. [12/5/2016 11:14:17 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio tilted his head to he could see Snowe's face. "Hey. Hey, Shnowe. Guessh what I'm wearing." He said with a lazy grin, leaning heavily against Snowe. [12/5/2016 11:16:18 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Clothes," Snowe said, trying to not look at him. He was so glad Astra and Hiante weren't there. "Nice clothes."

It was a pain to get him up the stairs. Erio made little attempt to actually try to walk himself. [12/5/2016 11:18:05 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "Wrong!" Erio laughed. and leaned up to kiss Snowe's cheek. "Look at me. C'mon, loooook." He whined, nuzzling into the other boy. [12/5/2016 11:22:36 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe took in a sharp breath when Erio kissed his cheek.

"You're wearing a lot of daggers! Probably!" He stated as they reached the top of the stairs. Erio was flirting with him and while he didn't actually mind it, he didn't know how to respond to him. His face was red hot, he as sure, but any place but where people could arrive at any moment.

Any place but there. [12/5/2016 11:26:50 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio pouted and pushed back from Snowe, stumbling backwards into the wall. "That'sh not it!" He crossed his arms as he slowly slid down the wall until he was sitting on the ground, glaring up at Snowe. "I shaiiiid look at meeee!" He whined loudly. [12/5/2016 11:34:34 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Slurring. He was really drunk or just had that low of tolerance to alcohol. He secretly wished the cat was there to help him. Why did they give him to Xiri again?

Still, Snowe resisted looking directly at him and instead went to the window, looking for Astra and Hiante but neither of them were in sight. Running a hand through his hair, sighing, he finally looked at Erio. 12/5/2016 11:36:26 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio perked up once he noticed Snowe was looking at him and leaned forward, pointing at his face with a big grin. "What'm I wearing?" He repeated. [12/5/2016 11:48:32 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: Just let it take you, Snowe, just do it. He thought to himself. But he still resisted, even though he neared Erio.

"Not lipstick I hope." [12/5/2016 11:49:58 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio frowned for a moment wiped at his lips, checking to make sure he was not in fact wearing lipstick. He grinned again after he was sure he wasn't. "Nope! I'm just wearing the smile your presence gave to me." [12/5/2016 11:57:57 AM] Appel.nasa.gov: "Ah...you, uh, you make me smile too," Snowe said, looking away out of embarassment. "L-let's get you to bed!"

He grabbed Erio by the arm. [12/5/2016 11:59:15 AM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: The grin remained on Erio's face as he stood back up and leaned into Snowe once more. "'kay." [12/5/2016 12:02:02 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: He was so close he wanted to kiss him, fairly sure it was more the love potion than his actual feelings. Yeah, that had to be it. He did not push him away, however, and pulled him to the room. [12/5/2016 12:04:56 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio pressed another kiss to Snowe's cheek and said in a sing-song voice, "Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you~" [12/5/2016 12:11:24 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: "How would you know if I taste sweet?" Snowe let out, just letting it consume him. [12/5/2016 12:16:32 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio wrapped his arms around Snowe's waist. "I could never forget what your lips tasted like." He stared at aforementioned lips through half-lidded blue eyes I guess because violets are apparently fucking blue. [12/5/2016 12:31:26 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe returned the gesture and wrapped his arms around Erio. "How would you know that? You'd have to remind me." [12/5/2016 12:35:21 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio's smile fell and he looked away. "You really don't remember..." He mumbled.

He shut his eyes and shook his head, then dropped his head down on Snowe's shoulder again. "You really don't remember?" He repeated, this time as a question. [12/5/2016 12:55:25 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: "You came into my room after Soan got you drunk and kissed me." Erio admitted. "If you hadn't done that, I... I might not of..." Erio started to shake. Why was he telling all of this to Snowe? The only reason Snowe was humoring him at all was because of the potion. And yet, even though he knows that, he can't bring himself to pull away from Snowe like he should. [12/5/2016 1:08:35 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe's eyes widened. So that's what happened. He'd been curious but now he kind of felt.

Weird.

"Well, um," he began. "Maybe this time I won't forget?" He suggested. [12/5/2016 1:11:51 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio closed his eyes and forced himself to let go of Snowe. "No," He started, "But you'll regret it once the potion wears off." [12/5/2016 1:22:37 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe removed his hands from Erio. He may have been right. Maybe it really was all the love potion. "I'm going to go get some water, then, to make the effect go away faster."

Yeah, that sounded ideal, before they did something they might regret. [12/5/2016 1:28:34 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio nodded but didn't otherwise answer Snowe. Instead, he walked over to his bed and flopped down face-first. Maybe he can sleep for the next century like his mother did. [12/5/2016 1:40:34 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe sighed and went down the stairs, grabbing his cup from the sink and filling it with water before gulping it down.

Augh. Damn the love potion. Maybe he feelings would have been true if it was a poison. 'Erio! Save me! I love you and I don't want to die!'

He got another glass as he thought about the other things that could have happened instead of that. [12/5/2016 1:45:32 PM] Kamon, the reactive friendly toolkit ????)??: Erio wrapped himself up in his bed covers until the only part of him sticking out was a tuft of hair. Dumbass, dumbass, dumbass. What kind of idiot purposefully drinks two entire love potions? The worst part is he doesn't feel any differently than before, he just has next to no inhibitions about acting on those feelings.

If the love potion had amplified his feelings, maybe he would be doing a better job at restraining himself. As it is, he wanted to stand up and march right on downstairs and-- He suddenly understood why Snowe had been screaming so much earlier. [12/5/2016 1:51:54 PM] Appel.nasa.gov: Snowe kept his eyes on what he was sure was his glass of lemonade. it was empty, now, of course, now that Erio drank all of the jars there, but he felt that maybe now he could enjoy some lemonade.

He poured himself a glass in the one that was previously used for his water and took a large gulp, enjoying the taste of it.

"We're back!" Astra announced as the door opened. "..Is that alcohol i smell?"

"No," Snowe replied.

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The Eyes Have It: The Curious Use of Eyes in Fiction

Upon my return to my writers’ group, I read a passage from my upcoming middle-grade novel, Almost Paradise, in which the main character, Ruby Clyde, asks a perfectly logical question and the Catfish rolls his eyes:

“Ruby Clyde,” Catfish rolled his eyes, “sometimes I think you are as dumb as a box of rocks.”

Every member of my writers’ group stood up and howled. “Nooooo!”

Apparently, in my absence the group had engaged in many lively debates about the use and abuse of eyes in fiction. Eyes are marvelous organs of expression but, really, how much does it add to a character when their eyes carry the entire weight of characterization? Is there no other moving part on the face? The eyes may be the windows to the soul (a phrase attributed to Shakespeare, the Bible, and English Proverbs) but unless we are careful, poor use of eyes may be windows to a complete lack of imagination.

This guest post is by Corabel Shofner. Shofner is a wife, mother, attorney, and author. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English literature and was on Law Review at Vanderbilt University School of Law. Her shorter work has appeared or is forthcoming in Willow Review, Word Riot, Habersham Review, Hawai’i Review, Sou’wester, South Carolina Review, South Dakota Review, and Xavier Review. Her middle grade novel, ALMOST PARADISE, will be released in July 2017.

Fictional eyes have been known to roll, lock, squint, narrow, bug, ogle, widen, dilate, sneak, leak, tear up, brim over, moisten, glisten, sparkle, get behind veils, show their whites, get cold as stone, throw themselves around, get cast to heaven, go “eye ball to eye ball”, and get dropped.

Some eyes have even dropped into laps. (Now what would they do there?)

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After writers’ group dispersed, the e-mails flew:

I’m willing to forgive lots of things this author has eyes doing, like rolling and moving across her body, but when they fall into his lap, as they just did in this book, that’s just too much. How will he ever get them back into their sockets? (Rita)

Rolling your eyes is okay, I think, though it’s kind of a cliché. One thing [this author] does pretty often is have her characters’ eyes “narrow.” That can be pretty effective. But having eyes on his lap is just beyond the beyond. The image it projects is terrible. Quick, get them off his lap and back where they belong. They might slip down between his legs, and then what would he do? (Rita)

I think when it’s blatantly stupid (and descriptive), like “casting your eyes to the heavens,” that makes sense. But we can’t use a common expression like “rolling your eyes?” I think we’re being too literal with that one. (Shannon)

And eventually the subject opened up to include all bodily functions (from our doctor, of course.)

An editor once told me that body parts can’t act on their own; a character must make them act. However, that may not always be true: “Doug’s pulse sped up when the shapely girl approached him.” Did Doug make it accelerate or did it just take off on its own? (Rick)

If you need to use eyes in a story reach for the stars. In The Accidental Tourist, Muriel Pritchett has—“eyes like caraway seeds.” This is less a description of poor Muriel’s eyes than it is a reflection of Macon’s poor opinion of her. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison breaks our heart with a young girl’s wish to have blue eyes. Shakespeare gives us lover’s eyes that are powerful enough to “gaze an eagle blind.” Kurt Vonnegut goes out on a limb when he created little green folks, shaped like toilet plungers, topped by a hand with an eye, where he carefully describes eyes to show people’s state of mind—before and after the trauma of the concentration camp. And finally, Elie Wiesel, himself, looks in the mirror and sees the eyes of a corpse looking back at him.

By all means remove any thin reference to eyes, but should you try another—an eye for an eye? Sure, if the replacement is better. A lazy eye drags the story down but a complex eye lifts the story up. If your eyes aren’t working for the story, leave them alone. And for goodness sake, if eyes fall into a lap please just leave them there.

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