#swordanced

@swordanced asked: ❛ you think i’m weak because i’m not like you. ❜

Oh, what a bold statement. It doesn't lack truth whatsoever. He is weak because he isn't like you. He isn't a real wizard. Instead, he's spent his whole life hiding it out of some obligation to get to where he wants... Yet, here he is. Struggling to protect those children from the wraths of a northern wizard like you that decided you wanted to pick on a child today. Though, he was hardly a child. By all standards of human law and standards he was an adult. He could drink, he could get married, he could have children and live a perfectly content human life.

But he isn't human.

Nor is he a child, but it's easier to call inexperienced wizards children. It would basically be babysitting if you had to deal with him, but you don't!

You can bully him and push him around all you want! Laughing and enjoying the warmth of blood as it lands on your skin. You have no intentions of killing him, however. You don't know why, but you can't kill him. If you killed him you think something inside of you would break. You want him. You want to be able to gaze upon that sickening honey glazed gaze forever. You want to see that spirit of his bend to your will but never quite break. He could never break.

If anyone but you tried to break him you would kill them.

Instead, you laugh once more as his words still bounce around in your head. Taking a step towards him, then another as invisible strings bring him to the ground, kneeling and unable to move as those knights he had told to run still linger a perceived safe distance away.

❛ Sir knight, you shouldn't be so openly and boldly. ❜ The expression on his face makes no sense to you, but understanding others was not your strong suite. You couldn't even understand yourself. Why were you even doing this? It doesn't benefit you at all... all it does is make people fear and hate you more, but maybe that's what you want? To be hated. ❛ Even if you are right. You are weak because you aren't like me. ❜

You say this as your hand comes to rest on his left cheek. Staring into that golden color. It's truly like the rising sun... so warm. It disgusts you so much, yet you want it more then anything.

❛ You are a pathetic little wizard that pretends to be human, instead of embracing what makes you, you~ You will always be weak when you hide among weaklings. ❜ The words out of your mouth carrying a specific poison as you continue to smile. Almost like a child that is just having far to much fun. A spoiled child that got a new toy and is having fun playing with it. ❛ If you actually used magic, maybe you could protect them. Maybe you could... beat me, but that's impossible~ I'm hundreds of times stronger then you could ever dream of being. I could break you now and leave your mana stones for the dogs to eat because they would be so worthless to me! ❜

But the idea of killing him makes your stomach wretch. You just want to scare him. You want to see him cry and you want to be the one who wipes those tears while calling him pathetic. Why is that? It's frustrating you and your fingers dig into your cheek a bit. Perhaps it's a good thing you have gloves on. It'll hurt a little less.

❛ Heyyy... Sir knight... Why don't we make sure you can never forget me~? ❜ You've already turned his life upside down, yet you can't help but want to be connected to him permanently. It feels like that gears of time continue to turn and have drawn you here. How annoying. Maybe you'll go and bother those twins to figure it out.

He's already in so much pain that he probably didn't even notice that his eye was taken from his skull other then the sudden lack of vision from that side. seeing it float into the air as you laugh. ❛ How disgusting~ And now it's mine. ❜ And just as quick, you blink and one of your eyes is now a honey-gold color and his previously stolen vision is resorted with a bright blood red eye.

@swordanced asked: Kabedon! cain

❛ Sir knight. ❜ Your words are sharp as you are between him and a wall. You could easily teleport out of the situation, or very easily just blast him back with magic, yet you have no interest in it... yet. You are curious on what is going through that head of his. Sometimes he can behave in very strange ways! The most amusing, yet also annoying, are when he is drunk. Yet it's a bit to early to be drinking and Cain is good about drinking at appropriate times, at least. Yet, your duel colored eyes stare back at his half hidden ones. ❛ Are you asking to die right now~? Having someone trapped like this is rather rude... ❜

Yet, a smile remains on your face as you bring one of your hands up to rest on his chest, right where you can feel his heart beating. He's such a weird guy, but that's why you like messing with him.

@swordanced asked: " no peeking. " you've only told her this hundreds of times it isn't as though her propensity for listening will magically improve so, you don't doubt the instruction will go repeated a hundred more . you wish she'd listen, though . even if only this once . that's a tall order ... and it doesn't escape you how high an impossibility it would be for a northerner . especially one with Olivia's attitude .

" just a bit further, alright? you won't regret this. " you can't really promise all that . it'd be a stupid matter to risk your magic over . however, once the finishing touch is added, you slowly start to loosen your hands from around her eyes; revealing a triple chocolate cake dripping with strawberry sauce, cherries, and whipped cream to make the presentation as mind-numbingly sweet as one could get . " uh, yeah, it's probably edible. probably. nero did help a bit, but, I figured I'd do something a bit different for you for valentine's this year. "

❛ I heard you the first 20 times. ❜ It's half hissed, but you remain compliant, even if it's annoying. Your vision taken from you as you are lead around by someone hundreds of years your junior. Yet, you still listen. Just this once since he seems to have pleaded with you quite deeply to get you to do so. The date is not lost on you. A year or two ago you would not have paid attention to the passage of time. A day is but a mere second to someone your age... Wizards don't perceive time like humans do. A humans life time is just the link of an eye to you. Yet, you know today is special- as the last year has left you actually caring about day by day events... What a disgusting change in your demeanor.

Were he not about to give you some sort of gift or treat, you may have just left to cause havoc somewhere since you put yourself in a bad mood with that thought. To think external factors could control you so strongly- Too change you... That is frustrating.

Yet, when you are temporarily blinded from light entering your eyes again and you see what lays before you; a three stacked cake that is positively oozing sweetness, you can feel your bad mood melt away as one of your hands comes to rest under your chin. A smile that Cain is all too familiar with spreads across your lips and you chuckle softly. Well, you can be tided over with this you suppose.

❛ You made it? And you managed not to deep fry any part of it~? Goodness, you can improve. ❜ It may be a jab at him, but it's playful. It's not as if your words affect him usually anyways... It's rare- and you know how to do it. This won't bother him. It's "playful banter" as books would call it.

❛ Wake up, we have to leave early or we'll be late. ❜ It's 4:30 am. It's ridiculously early. You don't think anyone else in the whole dormitory would be awake unless they haven't slept yet which would be to their detriment. That's not any of your business though! Today is the release of a new limited edition Kuromi plushie and you want to buy one at an actual reasonable price and not need to deal with the terrible scalpers. So you need to be there early. Even this isn't actually that "early" considering some people line up a day or so in advance since that's allowed but not recommended Unfortunately you have a busy life as an idol and can't simply do that. This is the earliest you could afford while taking your health and Cain's health into account.

@swordanced asked: "I know I said I'd wait for you to give me something, but, considering the day and all: Happy Birthday, Owen."

It wasn't as if you didn't expect anything from him... But, you didn't expect him to come to you with an actual gift in hand. Usually it would be a simple "happy birthday!" and that would be the extent of the conversation. That is what it has been the last 2 years, so you aren't sure why this is suddenly different. A gift like this given to you... It makes you pause as you stare. You aren't one to turn down a good snack, especially something that looks like it would taste sickeningly sweet. So you snatch it from him, quicker then he would even percieve. Using your gloved hand to pick it up and take a bit out of it.

It's so sweet! So soft and moist... With a slight crunch.

@swordanced asked: 👫

Oh my god, is that Cain Knightly?!

Owen's eye that he "gave" Cain is able to protect him. Whether that's through a blessing, a curse, or something else is hard to say! But Owen is always making sure that Cain is safe. He doesn't really understand why he does this, or why he even cares, but if Owen is not currently present when Cain is in danger, his eye will protect him from a life and death situation. (Thinking about the Central Festival stage play and going a little insane. Ugh)

Owen is not a morning person at all, though he rarely sleeps to begin with! He never feels all that safe since his room is so disgustingly (/j) close to Mithra's room, Yet when they are closer (see: dating) and he starts to sleep in Cain's room he starts sleeping more and getting up earlier because Cain gets up super early. While it takes some time, he'd start accompanying him on his morning training, even if he does absolutely nothing other then just pester him. It's Owen's way of showing he cares, aka staying around him even if he has no interest in what he is doing.

I think with time Cain gets better at understanding and dealing with Little Owen. Especially given what happened in Main story 2 relating to him and Oz. Little Owen's favorite person first and foremost will always be Cain because "That's Mister Knight!", and even if there is some difficulty at first because of Anni 1 and Main Story 2, he'd be able to understand him more and make him happier.

Cain allows Owen to name their first child "sweet", but in russian and I think this is hilarious. Their second child is named Abel and truly that's just terrible foreshadowing (It's not, it's okay.)

begrudgingly

❛ Now, That's the Sir knight I know~ Since you are so willing... ❜ He's going to flick the cork out of the vial and put half of it in his own mouth before his own lips meet Cain's. A very messy and inefficient way to go about it, but that's not at all shocking when it comes to Owen.

And to Cain's shock (or pleasure?), he will discover it's simply a very strange, yet very sweet liquid. It's not poison!