#mod drabbles

Nights with nothing to do were difficult to come by when you are a servant in the royal court.

That night, Ji-Yeon had made her way to the verandah of the servants’ quarters. Her figure was slumped in exhaustion as she sat down, looking at the sky. The stars were out and amidst the cage that comprised of the castle walls, they did not mar the sky’s beauty in the slightest.

Taking a deep breath, she felt the stress in her muscles slowly drifting away. The night sky was peaceful, and kept her at ease when she has had a long day or plenty on her mind.

There was no home outside the palace for her to miss, as she had spent most of her childhood in the palace, even if she did, they were all but forgotten. Yet she wondered how far out did the clouds stretch, she was not sure. There was so much to know, yet little opportunity for her.

Refuge of the night sky proved to be well deserved, as she wanted to put aside from her mind some things that had been going on in the palace that she dared not address. As a servant, she had no bearings in giving opinions for the matter. All she could do was pray and things go well.  

The stars twinkled, as she slowly fell asleep in her perch on the verandah. 

((AKA playing with Cao Bin's veil kink(?). Having the veiled bride waiting in the room is an old Chinese style wedding traditions. Cao-Bin takes that opportunity.))

Cao-Bin waits in the wedding chamber, veil over his face. Excitement coursed through his veins.

Michele enters. Inwardly sighing and shaking his head. He knew already who was beneath the veil and even though it was one fraught with the familiar pallor a vampire had, he swore Cao Bin's cheeks were a tad rosier when they were together.

"Cao-Bin...?" Michele whispered as he closed the door behind him.

The other male turned to Michele's general direction and smiled. "You took your time."

"Of course. You would have loved it on you as long as you would like, don't you?" Michele chuckled as he walked closer.

Cao Bin's chuckle echoed that of his now-husband's. "You know me so well."

Gentle fingers lifted the corners of the veil over Cao Bin's face. Slowly Michele's face came into full view. Cao Bin's eyes slowly adjusted to the dimness but illuminated by the brightness that was Michele's elven features.

"Gods, you're beautiful."

Michele raised a brow and scowled, having his intended dialogue snatched from him. Cao-Bin's musical laughter followed as he stroked the elven knight's cheek.

"No veil can keep me away from the beauty that is you, Michele Crispino."

Michele groaned as he squished Cao-Bin's face. "You stole my line, Cao-Bin you sly dog---!"

Cao-Bin smiled as he pulled Michele closer, foreheads touching. "You still have a ways to go with eloquence, Michele~~" he purred.

((Drabble prompts because I’m taking them--Requests are open--and good grief this got long.))

“My horoscope says no.”

Seung-Gil wasn’t usually a fan of following about random horoscopes of the day, love compatibility etceteras. However, he did take a peek at what exactly Phichit was reading from the Thai’s position on the opposite end of the sofa. It was from a site called astrology-zodiac-signs.com.

“No to what, exactly?”

“It says here. ‘Taurus is a sensual Earth sign with a deep need for physical touch and the joy of all senses of the body. Gemini needs intellectual stimulation and doesn’t care that much about spending time in someone’s arms.’ sounds like you and I. And yet, here we are.”

“Well, they’re not wrong in that sense.”

“And our compatibility is pretty low.” Phichit proceeded to show from his phone a bar with only a small section was filled in with colour and the number at the end would make even Seung-Gil inwardly wince. Numbers have a profound effect on this man, and 5% wasn’t really a good percentage most of the time.

“5%? How do they even get to that?”

“Well, I dunno.” Phichit shrugged, but before he could continue, Seung-Gil went on.

“Do they gather a hundred Taurus-Gemini couples and test for how their relationship is working?”

“Well, yeah, maybe.” Phichit was now suppressing the urge to snort in laughter.

“There are many other factors to why the numbers are like this! Considering I’m doubting the statistical nature of the percentages at this point—” Seung-Gil was cut short by Phichit bursting into laughter. “What?? What’s so funny?”

“Oh, Seung-Gil!” Phichit’s Million Dollar grin resurfaced itself onto his features, as he approached his beloved, and wrapped his arms around Seung-Gil. “I didn’t expect you to be so worked up when numbers are involved!”

Seung-Gil was decidedly abashed that he was reacting so much over a horoscope compatibility reading. But he too knew that horoscope readings weren’t the key to propelling their relationship.

“Knowing you, we’ll beat the odds, 5% or not.” The smile melting to something more reassuring, which only fuelled the Korean’s flush in his cheeks, as Phichit planted a kiss to his cheek.

He had to smile, both at his own moment of stupidity, and also everything about Phichit, and that they did have a good future. Returning a small peck in kind, Phichit then suddenly spoke.

“Now let’s check for Viktor and Yuuri, Yurio and Otabek, etceteras…”

This wasn’t supposed to happen.Seung-gil only did not seem to show any form of emotion as he got up from the kiss-and-cry, waving at the photographers, journalists and fans as he walked away with Min-So by his side.

As he refused to carry out interviews with the press, his mind was still echoing that very same sentence in his head. What went wrong? He had everything laid out in his head from the angle of jumping to the technical scores he meticulously calculated with each jump, but for some reason he seemed out of it. He usually did not let other skaters’ scores affect him, but for some reason, Michele’s score announcement triggered him thus. Furthermore, landing a fall on one of the jumps that could earn him a spot for the Grand Prix Finale had dealt the blow for him, barreling his score all the way to 6th place.Once he was sure they were away from the rink, Min So only gave him a look of carefully masked concern as they walked back to the hotel. A stray tear, with few more to follow, trickled down his cheek, as he gripped his fists hard, hanging his head low. It angered him that his efforts had now gone to dust. Moreover, he was, for once and hating it with every fibre of his being, letting his emotions get the best of him, but fortunately away from most people.

Followed by "Spicing up poisonous mushrooms! Food for your foes" starring Jade Leech

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This helped remind me that I have asks in my ask box growing cobwebs on them, lol XD

With Idia, at first I wasn't so sure of him but I started being able to heavily relate to him. (Idia and I being introverts, shut ins that hide in our rooms too much, will not shut up about our fave anime, allergic to being in social situations, ect) then it went from "I relate to this character" to "you know, he kinda coot" and now he is my theme...

I should probably sleep now, I just noticed I started rambling again, lol