Secret Rendezvous

Part 7: Bad Days

"That's right. Why don't you tell him? He deserves to know," Rune heard Lana say from the window. His lover looked in her direction and glared. Rune, forgetting about the incident between him and his lover, hid behind him. He didn't know but somehow another presence in the room scared him.

"What are you doing here?" 'Lan' (A/N: I'm going to refer Him as Lan since typing his lover is too long for me. I'm lazy but hey, your hands do get tired after typing for a while) asked.

"I came for a visit for the elf. Last time I checked I never needed your permission to do that, Lan. Nice cover up. Heck if I wasn't ordered to stalk your mate behind you, I would've never guessed."

"Hn, what business you have here woman?" Lan stated coldly.

"Tsk, I'm just here to say something to the elf. But with you around I guess I'll give it to him another time since he doesn't seem to respond to anything at the moment. You better watch him carefully or you just might lose him," she said before disappearing.

As soon as she left, Rune snapped out of his educed trance. His lover turned to face him. (A/N: Heh, looks like I lied.) Rune turned his head away. He didn't want to deal with this right now. His lover grasped his chin softly and turned his head to face him. He leaned down and gave the elf a kiss. Which then it turned into full heated as they began another round of passion to forget. To forget what happened these few moments ago.

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The four were traveling. Rune was being carried on his lover's back. He couldn't walk for a while after, ah, last night. In turn his lover made him wear different clothing, all black. Sad to say Rune was the attention of the town as they left. Though none of the male population figured Rune was on the same team. They were heading back to Draqueen with 'Lan'. Everyone should accept him, since this is Rune we're talking about, they all trusted his judgment. Rath and Thatz were comfortable around his company. He didn't seem that bad. If he were there to kill them he could've done it days ago.

It was nearing nightfall. Unfortunately for them, demons decided to attack. Rune was practically defenseless since he could barely move. His lover sat him down and shielded him from attack. He noticed it was getting darker. Demons seemed to be increasing. It's as if kill one take four more for free. Rune saw one of the demons sneaking behind his lover. He stood up then ran, despite the obvious pain he was in. He stepped in the demon's way and took the hit. He flew a few feet away clutching his abdomen. He felt sicker. A demon's scream sounded as his lover killed it and all fighting ceased.

"I told you demons to take care of the rest! Didn't I tell you not to hurt the elf?" Lana's voice drifted through as she appeared next to Rune before his lover could.

"Get away from him," his lover said.

"Let me, this once. Otherwise he'll die or you could just let me kill him now." He growled in annoyance but let her.

Lana lifted the elf up, forced his mouth open, took her finger, and tickled his throat. Soon Rune threw up, blood, over her hand and onto the ground. Lana wiped her hand clean. Her master would be furious now that plan one failed. They had to wait another month, which was plenty of time for letting the elf go. It's only a few more days to the capital. The perfect place to ruin the elf. She placed her hand on his forehead and began to heal him.

"Sleep now," she commanded.

He fought to keep his eyes open but couldn't and soon fell to sleep. Lana lied him down. At least he's good as new and doesn't smell like blood anymore. She looked around and saw a tiny white pod in the mix of blood. She picked it up and crushed it in her hand. Plan one always fails but worth a shot. She took off. Looks like she needs to pick him up later.

The three rushed over to Rune's side. His lover picked him up, one arm supporting the legs and one around his back. They continued their way to the capital.

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It's been two days of traveling and Rune was still knocked out. That means he couldn't eat. Since it was nearing the night they stopped at a small town and into an inn. They got three rooms. Rune and his lover would share one like they have been for the past few months or so since they got together. He took him to their room and laid him gently on the bed. Rath and Thatz also wanted to see if Rune was okay but he assured them that everything would be fine. They retired to their rooms. He took off the illusion spell and lied down beside Rune. He put an arm around him and brought them closer. He smiled slightly as Rune snuggled closer to him.

He frowned as he remembered today's events. He knew that there was something more to this than the woman let on. He sighed. No use thinking about it now. He'll deal with it when the time comes. He soon drifted off to sleep.

It was the next morning. Rune woke up by the sun's rays hitting his face. He shut his eyes tightly and moved to face the other side. He was met with nothing. He sat up and looked around questioningly and noticed that he was alone. He jogged his memory before he blanked out. He just remembered red. Blood? He thought. Yeah blood and then he remembered Lana doing something and then he just blacked out. He looked at his surroundings and saw that he was in another room. He didn't remember going into this one. Could it be that he was taken?

He shook his head, no that couldn't be. He at least would've been greeted with someone right now. He sighed in relief. So where was everyone? The door opened and he tensed. Then sighed softly in relief as he saw his lover. He stood up and wrapped his arm around him. His lover sighed.

"Feeling better now? I don't think my arms would last much longer," his lover teased.

"Fine, see if I care for your well being," Rune said and turned around to walk back to the bed but his lover pulled him against him and wrapped his arms around the elf's waist.

"You know I'm just joking. I would give up everything for you."

"Nice to know. Now let go, I'm still sleepy." Rune said struggling to get out of his grip but couldn't.

"You already slept."

"And that's supposed to mean something because…"

"Because we're leaving today."

"Well tell them I'm still sleepy and we can leave tomorrow." Rune tried to get out of his lover's grip again but still proved futile. He sighed. "Can you let go now?"

"No."

"It's very hard for me to sleep standing up."

"That's the point. You've been asleep for two days. I'm sure you won't go back for another couple of days."

"WHAT?! Two days?! Why didn't you tell me? You didn't…try to…do anything…did you?" He just had to ask because one time, before they were lovers, he, Rune, was almost taken advantage of when his lover thought he was asleep, which wasn't a good sign for the demon.

"No, of course not."

"Okay. That's good."

"It's not fun when the victim isn't responsive." Rune gasped and attempted to whack him on the head but his lover caught his hand.

"You're insufferable!" Rune struggled in his lover's grip and tried another shot but got caught again. His arms were crossed in front of him in a blocking manner but not really useful to him at the moment. He then noticed their faces are an inch away. He shivered a little as the warm breath caressed his cheek.

"Or we could do something productive and give you an acceptable excuse? I'm sure the other two wouldn't mind delaying plans."

"Is that all you think about?" Rune sighed as his lover pushed him down on the bed.

"No. You're the only one I think about." His lover kissed him while he entwined their fingers together.

"I hate you," Rune said as they pulled away for air.

"I love you too."

"Jerk. Let's go." Rune slipped out from under his lover and stood.

"Learning new tricks?"

"No, the faster we get through this the better. I just hope you'll be able to get in." His lover chuckled.

"You worry too much."

The four of them walked over to the outskirts of town. It was only a few more hours until they reach the capital. The only problem was how everyone would react to Lan. It should be simple right?

After hours of traveling, they finally made it.

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Kinshin: Since both chapters were short I decided to combine them into one. No use wasting up space. Thanks for the visits!

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