[Rosekitten]

Things were just as they had been left. Thalion had sent Raden a number of times to keep a eye on this place seeing as he himself did not have the freedom due to the vile woman that had been keeping an eye on him to do so. Raden had been let to such freedoms to take orders and go out on 'missions' as he was told to call them. Over all nothing looked out of place or even worn down at all. For someone who hardly spoke and seemed to keep more to himself it would seem Raden had some talent in housekeeping.

As Mizuki made it to the door Neimi nearly dropped the bucket she was carrying that held a few herbs and some other things she had gathered from the woods near here. "What are you doing standing?!" She squeaked before going over to him and hastily putting the bucket down. "You need to rest, whatever you need just ask. And don't try and be stubborn about it." She warned him, trying to edge him to go lay down again. "Your still expecting you know.. pushing yourself isn't healthy for you or the baby. At least sit down?"

She sighed a little before finally getting him to agree with her and getting him to sit on a bench just outside of the doorway. She could guess why he was in such a panic, he had no idea if the others were ok or not. "Thals fine.. so stop worrying." She smiled weakly as Mizuki seemed to show he doubted her word. "He's helping Raden. Last I knew Raden was looking for seeds so we could grow things closer to home instead of going do far out to get food. At least until we can make a trip to a town to get some seeds for more local produce." She smiled again and went and got a glass of water and told Mizuki to drink it before he ended up fainting again.

"you've been out of it a while you know... you should still be in bed but I know you'll refuse until you know for sure that he's alright." She sighed and stayed next to where she had made Mizuki sit. It was the best she could do. If all went well Thal would return with Raden soon.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki sighed and agreed to her words even though he wanted nothing more then to go in search of the male. After everything they had gone through he didnt want Thalion going out and killing himself over something stupid. When Neimi said they were alright Mizuki really wanted to believe her words then again he felt like he was in some kind of dream. Had they really defeated the queen and made it home? Were they all alive and doing well?

Mizuki sighed to himself a little before taking a sip from the glass in his hand "How long was I out...?" He asked turning his head to look at Neimi the question written on his face. Mizuki was sure it couldnt have been more then a day. Then again completely running out of energy and having to support life where there should be no life could have left him out for a long time.

"I mean....the last thing I remember the seal was done and I tried to get Thal and I out of there..." He stated before looking down at his pale hands and the cup of water within them "I guess we did it huh..."He said then the thought of the relic came to mind and his eyes opened wide "Where is the realic....where is the ring?!" He asked frantically looking to Neimi.

[Rosekitten]

She looked down a little before answering him. "A few weeks... we weren't sure if you were ever going to wake up, it was a struggle just to make sure you were living from day to day." She seemed worried still, his body had shown signs of giving up a number of times during the past weeks. "We always left someone here with you just in case you woke up. Most of the time Thal never even left the house." She thought on that a moment, he was probably going to be upset that he wasn't here when Mizuki did finally wake.

She nodded with a smile. "Yep you two did it, the dark Queen is gone." She flinched after Mizuki seemed to speak up again as she tried to get him to calm down. "Relax! your still recovering!" She sighed shaking her head. "The relic is safe and hidden here and the ring -" She was cut off as a familiar voice spoke up having over heard what Mizuki was looking for.

"I've been keeping." Raden nodded to what Thal had just said before walking over to Neimi handing her a small bundle of herbs. "thats what you needed right?" He questioned her before she nodded, afterwords she picked up the bucket she had before and said she needed to get these cleaned and put away. Though not before barking at Thalion to make Mizuki go back to bed.

As the other two walked off he shook his head a little going over to Mizuki. "She's right you know, you nearly killed yourself. After all that we had went through and I nearly lost you in the end." Thal wasn't normally one to say what he was really thinking but he had to admit that he thought he had lost Mizuki for real this time.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki turned his head sharply and all the worry that was witten on his face left as soon as he laid eyes on Thalion. Mizukis face grew soft then as he listened to what the male said "Was I really out for that long?" He asked before bowing his head "I was such a burden" He said in a soft voice his ears flattening at the thought. Of all things to come to Mizuki but a bout of deppression. He sighed to himself before he set the glass over and with a heave pushed himself up.

He stumbled once and smiled as he felt familular strong hands grasp his shoulders keeping him up right "Im alright..." Mizuki said but that didnt stop Thalion as the other male guided him back to the bed and helped him sit down. Soon Mizuki was resting propped up on the bed with a blanket around him and pillows behind. Mizuki sighed lightly as he brought his braid over his shoulder to his chest cringing at the feel of his hair. He would have to put that off for awhile. For now he knew the others wouldnt let him do anything more until more rest was had.

Mizuki looked over as Thalion sat on the bed "We need to....do something with that ring" He spoke to Thalion "Who knows who could come by and take it" He said bowing his head "A spell of some kind...I could do it easy" He said in a tired voice "Real quick to just to seal it" He said. Mizuki at the moment was feeling like a burden and he needed to do something to make the feeling go away. "I...just want to help" He said but wasnt shocked when Thalion went on a rant of him being crazy and dying and things. Mizuki just sighed as the other seemed to get angry before getting up and leaving.

Mizuki sat there after that and he watched the others move about the room doing what needed to be done for the day. He wanted nothing more then to help, to be up and moving around like nothing happened but just the thought of it made his muscles hurt. "Rest..." He looked over when Neimi spoke and he sighed before moving down and laying there. It took mere moments before he was back asleep his body regaining the energy slowly but surely.

[Rosekitten]

Thal shook his head a little listening to Mkizuki say he was a burden. "Hardly, more like you gave us all heart attacks." When they first left the castle behind Thalion thought for sure they were going to lose Mizuki, no matter how stubborn the other was.. he was also known to push himself a bit too far and he had feared that he had done just that. But that didn't seem to be the case, but it was not out of the water just yet. Not if Mizuki wasn't going to stay in bed to rest as he should be doing.

After he had gotten Mizuki to bed again he noticed that the other seemed to cringe at the touch of his hair. He sighed a little knowing that Mizuki couldn't stand to go without a bath for too long. But he wanted to make sure the other was in good health before he tried to do too much moving about. Was it wrong to worry? After everything they had been through he just wanted to make sure he wasn't losing the one person he had been fighting for.

Of course when Mizuki seemed to go on about a spell and wanting to help Thal snapped a little. He nearly died and here he was still weakened and trying to talk about casting a spell. He didn't mean for his temper to get the better of him but he had been a little short with everyone upon returning here. Though it was probably due to the stress of everything and now having the freedom they had lost returned.

After that little out burst Thal seemed to avoid the house for most of the day, at least while Mizuki was awake. Neimi was right though Mizuki needed to rest. The ring was safe enough with Thalion until he had recovered enough to do whatever spell he saw fit. she was half tempted to ask if he could explain to Thal what to do with the spell... but then the struggle would be convincing Thal that he had to cast a spell. He was still muttering curses at the little display for the Queen still.

By the time the day turned into night Thal had calmed himself, though he had done so long before nightfall. Mizuki still seemed to be asleep as he moved a chair next to the bed and half rested on it. He had slept like this for the past few weeks waiting for the other to wake up and not when he did ... he had turned and snapped at him like that.

[Pinkie]

Mizukis dreams were not really dreams but seemed to be images of what had taken place. Mizuki watched the battle lay out before him in a dream as if he was a guard watching the entire thing go down yet doing nothing to stop it. The way he casted the spell, the way Thalion fought off the men to keep him safe, everything played out before his closed lids like a silent movie. Though this time something seemed to be different. He felt a cold pressance off to his right. Taking a gulp of needed air Mizuki turned his head and laid eyes on the queen who watched everything play out.

Mizuki didnt know what to do he just stared until the queen turned her head and looked at him "The battle was lost..." She said simply with a shrug of her shoulders "But the war...has just begun" and with a back hand to his face from the queen Mizuki awoke with a start.

Sitting upright with a gasp he head a pale head within bent knees. Was the dream something to fallow or to be worried over? They had won in the end had they not? The queen was gone...everything that was her was sealed away in a little ring. Then again the queen did have many fallowers. Some were mere men while others had great magical powers close to Mizukis own. If it were to happen that one of those magical men got a hold of the ring...Mizuki shuddered.

This is when Mizukis thoughts seemed to end as he felt a warm hand being placed at the top of his back between shoulder blades. Turning a sweat licked forehead and worried eyes over to the right he looked to Thalion who had a face of worrie "Just...a dream" He stated resting a pale cheek on his knee to peer at Thalion "A bad dream..." He stated once more with a sigh.

[Rosekitten]

Of course Thal was worried it wasn't like Mizuki to just wake up in such a state. Though it seemed he wasn't going to get more then the answer the other provided. Not that he could help against a dream but at the least he could listen to the other's thoughts or worries. No use in trying to force him to talk, not knowing how stubborn Mizuki was if he wished to keep something to himself.

"Well, seeing as your awake.. feeling up to eating something?" Anything would be better then nothing, Mizuki might not feel like eating but he did have to think of the second life depending on him. Though his body was probably doing its job of ensuring that the baby was well taken care of even if Mizuki was not.

He thought of something knowing that Mizuki was going to say he didn't feel like eating. It was a little bit of a cheap shot seeing the other probably craved a bath more than anything at the moment, but it might work. "If you eat something I promise you can wash your hair." He smirked a little catching a glare almost from Mizuki. "Your choice, or you can stay here until you can do it yourself."

[Pinkie]

The second Thalion mentioned eating Mizukis stomach turned a little. He didnt know why but the thought of something solid in his stomach mad it turn. The moment Thalion said bath his head turned but soon his hopefull expression turned into a glare as Thalion continued to talk "You know as well as I do...if there is a will there is a way" Mizuki said with a snort before removing the blankets and slowly moving down then to the side of the bed beside Thalion.

"If I wanted one that bad like I really do" He said before he heaved up from the bed stumbeling a little but catching his balance none the less he spoke again "There is nothing you can do to stop me" Mizuki stated looking to Thalion. When the male just huffed and crossed his arms Mizuki grunted and began to walk. He took all of three steps before not used muscles gave out and his knees buckled.

Mizuki was awaiting the connection of hard wood on soft knees but instead he felt two strong arms catching him and the sound of a grumbeling Thalion behnd him. He was then helped to sit back on the bed before being told he shouldnt have done that and energy comes with food "The thought of something solid makes me..." Mizukis stomach lurched "If I have to...something light" He said before glaring at the 'I told you so look' Thalion seemed to be giving and he huffed his ears flattening.

[Rosekitten]

He should have known better then to try to force Mizuki into eat. Stubborn.. he thought know very well that he was going to push himself. Though Thal didn't try to stop him or protest to it this time. He was going to make Mizuki learn a lesson... that he wasn't able to just force his body to do what he wanted after being bed ridden for a few weeks. The other was only able to stand from being so damned hard headed and Thal knew this, it was more of a waiting game to see when his body was going to tell him enough was enough.

The moment he was waiting for came soon enough as he caught Mizuki before he fell to the floor. "Where theres a will theres a way huh... I think your body says otherwise.." He shook his head a little muttering hardheaded under his breath. They both were but at least he knew better then to try to walk after being in bed for a few weeks, that was asking for trouble. A few days could take your body out of commission to the point where you had to rebuild your strength.

He didn't have to voice his thoughts seeing as they were written on his face, though when Mizuki's ears seemed to flatten he had to smirk a little, it was amusing to see the other mad just because he was proven wrong. But what he said was true, energy did come from eating. Mizuki couldn't survive off of just water. "Well if you had listened in the first place instead of trying to push yourself I was going to say that you weren't getting anything heavy."

Seeing as Neimi and Thal had been fighting for the past few weeks to keep something in Mizuki's body he knew that solids weren't going to settle well till he recovered more. They had managed to get soup broths down in order to keep him alive and that was about it. But either way he left the room a few moments, but not before giving Mizuki a look as if to say don't do anything stupid. After a moment he returned with a small bowl and sat next to where Mizuki was.

"I know you don't feel like eating.. but it's not just about you. Or have you forgotten you took on the responsibility of growing another living being?" With that being said he tried to offer the broth to Mizuki, at the least it was easy enough to keep down so that shouldn't be the issue. Seeing as he had been out of it for a few weeks Thal had to admit that he was worried about if the baby was even ok still. With Mizuki pushing himself it could have affected the unborn child. Though Neimi said he was fretting too much when he had voiced his thoughts to her once..

[Pinkie]

Mizuki sighed and he sat there as he waited for Thalion to return with the food that was being forced to him. Mizuki really didnt want anything to do with anything that was food but he had no choice. He knew that he couldnt just think of his own wants at this moment in time because he had a growing life that he needed to take care of. Mizuki sighed as Thalion tried again with the spoon filled with broth.

Mizuki after awhile gave up on his fight and did as the other male had instructed. Slowly the broth went down and Mizuki cringed a little the moment it hit an empty stomach. Yeah..that didnt feel so good, but none the less he kept with it for a few spoon fulls until his stomach told him enough was enough. At the moment Mizuki was having a hard time keeping what he had gotten into his stomach to stay there.

This is when Thalion raised another spoonfull to his mouth and his stomach lurched, it took him everything he had in that moment of time to keep the contests in his stomach, he was sure that if he were to voice his distress there would be more then himself that needed to be cleaned.

[Rosekitten]

At the least Mizuki was giving in a little. Not like he was going to have a choice in the long run. But it made things a little easier this way. Though it still was no cake walk that was certain. Luckily for Mizuki Thalion was pretty good at catching signals from other people or he might have kept trying to force him to eat without knowing.

Sitting the bowl down he sighed a little. "Well its better then nothing..." He would have said something like wait till you start trying to eat solids again, but he didn't trying to make sure Mizuki kept down what he had in his stomach. Though something told him he would end up cleaning at one point or another... Not something he looked forward to.

He knew Mizuki had only forced it because of wanting a bath, it was rather funny that he nearly made himself sick just because he wanted a bath instead of waiting a few days to recover a little. Though Thal wasn't going to move him right away as he waited for Mizuki to settle a little. He hated seeing him like this, maybe if he had tried harder or done more then Mizuki wouldn't be like this now.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki sat there. He was hunched over with his arms wrapped around his stomach as he calmed his breathing a little. His fingers absently rubbing little designs as he calmed himself down. Mizuki knew that it was not just him that needed the food as energy but the little one as well. Opening his eyes Mizuki looked over and saw the darkening look on Thalions face.

As soon as his eyes landed on Thalion he knew of the thoughts the other male had. Mizuki wanted to beat them out of the males head but he didnt have the ability to do so. Instead Mizuki raised a semi-shakie hand to Thalions cheek brushing pale fingers over darkened skin until he had those amber eyes looking at him "Will you stop with the thoughts..." He asked tilting his head a little looking to him "We are alive...should that not be the only thing to think of?" Mizuki asked him.

Mizuki knew very well that he had pushed it with no need. He could of let Thalion take on the hordes of the queens men but with Mizukis own energy failing him at the moment he made a quick choice. It was either fighting with Thalion till his energy died then having the male he loved fight until he couldnt fight anymore which would of led to their death... Or using the last energy they had to leave and get then as far as he could...

Mizuki's light lavender eyes landed on the dark face and choppy red hair of the man sitting in the chair with his eyes still so dark with thought. This is when Mizukis hand began to slip away. Had he really became such a burden to the other male beside him? Not only that but with everything that had happened had Mizuki done the right thing? Giving Thalion his heir and removing him from the queens castle was something that he did indeed want...right?

Mizuki's hand slipped away as still no words came from the man he loved. The thought of Thalion not wanting what had taken in place mad his heart ache. He thought that he had been doing the right thing, thought he was helping. Tears began to well in lavender eyes the more he thought of it.

[Rosekitten]

He knew Mizuki was right they were alive, hell all four er five of them were alive. Even if it wasn't in the shape he wished it was in. But he couldn't help but think maybe if he wasn't so against magic he could have done something to help Mizuki instead of him using all of his energy and nearly killing himself in the process of doing so. Though even with Mizuki's words he was lost in thought, it wasn't even all about the shape Mizuki was in anymore.

Still lost in his thoughts he glanced at Mizuki, though one moment he was fine and being the one who was right and even in the state he was in trying to say they were alive be grateful. But now he noticed that the other seemed to almost be ready to break down at any moment. At least for the moment this caused Thalion to drop all thoughts he had a moment again to figure out what was wrong with Mizuki.

"Mizuki? Whats wrong?" Of course he was worried, why wouldn't he be. Even if he could have done more they were both alive now and if he had any say in it then it was not going to be disrupted any time soon. Had he done something wrong and not realized it? He still didn't get a answer right away, he couldn't tell with his expression if he was in pain or if something had upset him.

[Pinkie]

"..Just sore.." He stated. Mizuki didnt know why he choose that moment in time to lie but the thought of what Thalion could say about his worries worried him more. Mizuki was not sure now on his choice. At the time he was more then willing to go through everything and all the changes to his body in order to do this for male. Hard work hardly seeing the male for almost two years and now... Mizukis hands hugged the little bump of a stomach.

This is when a thought came to his mind... What if Thalion truely did not wish for what was about to take place....what would the male do. This is when his light lavender eyes looked up to Thalion but when his eyes found those ember ones his fingers tightened a little causing a gasp to escape as they dug into a bruise, a tear slipping from his eye to roll down a pale cheek.

[Rosekitten]

He heard what Mizuki had said but he didn't think that was the only thing wrong. He never said a word that he thought otherwise though. Still no way to tell what the other was thinking. He was hiding his thoughts behind those lavender eyes of his. What he wouldn't give to know what was eating away at Mizuki right now, knowing the other wouldn't tell him.

As a tear rolled down the pale cheek of his lover he sighed a little knowing pain might be half of it but there was something else eating at him. "I can get you something to help with the pain, if you want." It was all he could offer. The other had closed himself off once again, after all of this time what could be going on in his head that made him not want to tell Thalion?

The longer he thought about it the more he wanted to know but didn't at the same time. Had he failed? Maybe he was pushing too hard, Mizuki never liked being a burden so maybe this was his fault.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki had no idea as to why he kept what was bothering him away from Thalion but everything that happened was ment to be right? Mizukis thoughts were stopped the moment Thalion spoke and he shook his head "No..." He said lightly "Just...a hot bath..." Was all he said.

In truth Mizuki had no idea how bad or good his state really was. All he knew was that the lack of energy gave way to sore muscles. Mizuki tilted his head "Help me please..." He said in a tired voice. In truth Mizuki wanted no more then to lay back down and sleep but just the memory of how his own hair felt made himself push more then he probably should. So Mizuki did the one thing that he could think of...he asked for help.