[Pinkie]

Mizuki smiled as things went on then he said his good night to the male as Felix made his way to bed. Yes it was getting near that time but how could he pass up a moment like this? He finaly had time with Thalion alone after all these years. Watching the male stand he nodded to the thought of holding the conversation. Though his thought stopped the moment some demon lady came to him.

Mizuki half listened to what the female said and he was about to comment on something when Thalion jumped in "Hey now...ju-just because im drunk...dosent mean I...dont know how to s-say no" He said before standing and with with males help began to walk to the rooms. Though he couldnt help but make the comment he did "Besides...what would it matter?" He asked "Not like you would care" He said with a little growl "Last I checked...you could care less about me" Mizuki said with a nod.

If Mizuki had it his way many things would be different but that would change in time. Well at least he hoped that it would change. There was only a small amount of things that he could do right now with out being to forward he thought. So this would have to do for now.

[Rosekitten]

"Yeah yeah, I'd rather not risk the wrath of that partner of yours." He wasn't sure if the two were a couple or not but they were always together. Maybe they weren't they could be just friends or something. "Besides I don't think you could have handled another drink.. we'll continue some other time." He said helping the other stand as they started towards the rooms.

They were part of the way down the hall when Mizuki made the comment that Thalion didn't care. This caused the other to stop nearly dead in his tracks. "Don't care.. you think I... You have no idea do you?" He said before shaking his head a little and pushing the other against a wall that was close by. "You have no right to say what I care and do not care about." He warned him.

"For years I checked the obitchuaires to see if your name was there. I expected to see it someday I really did because you were no where. The day you walked out you seemed to vanish." He was being honest at least, he had checked daily almost to see if he saw the name he didn't want to see. "You asked what type of man would I have been if you had stayed. I wouldn't have thrown half of my life away trying to figure out where the hell you ran off to."

He lost that job because he was absorbed in trying to find the other, he dropped college because he couldn't focus. He nearly lost where he lived because of a lack of job. It had been a spiral. One he was just starting to work out of with Felix sticking it out. Probably if it wasn't for Felix befriending him he would have died from alcohol poisoning or something.

"So don't you dare say I don't care..." Ok so maybe he had a few too many drinks and he normally would have rather died then to blurt out any of this.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki huffed as he was forced into the wall. With no room at all to move the other male and escape Mizuki had no choice but to stand there and listen as Thalion spoke the words that he did. If he had searched for as long as he claimed then why was it he was never found? Even then when Mizuki himself looked for the male he couldnt locate him. Was it just him? Or did they just have some bad timing and kept missing one another.

Mizuki shook his head as the male continued to speak. Yes he had run and far but at the same time he felt he needed to. In the end he did regret it though the male before him hissed his last words and made Mizuki think. He was right though...if Thalion really had gone through everything he said he did...Mizuki had no right to hold anything against the male...did he?

"I knew you cared..." Mizuki said looking right into the ember orbs of Thalion before him "Even if time was cruel and split us apart there was part of me that hoped one day we would meet again..." He said before hanging his head "All though..." He began lightly "I...." Mizuki stopped here. There was something that he had wanted to do for years but never thought he would ever get the chance.

Raising his head he looked right at Thalion and watched as the male stared right back at him. Mizuki was about to take a shot in the dark and he hoped to whatever gods that he was right. Leaning in he brushed his lips against Thalions in a light touch before pulling back a little. Looking at the shock on the males face he stopped.

He knew something like this would never happen so why he tried he was not sure. "I...im sorry....I..." But Mizuki stopped. Why should he say he wa sorry when he wasnt. He wanted to do that and more to the male before him but things stopped him from doing it. Rejection was the biggest one.

[Rosekitten]

"You have had a funny way of showing you hoped we'd cross again." Seeing as every time he had tried to talk to the other it ended in them fighting. This was why the last few days he had tried everything to avoid the other. No point in trying to ask for a fight. Not that he blamed Mizuki for hating him. He did blame himself a bit.

Maybe he could have tried harder? Maybe he could have found the other and things would have been different. Things could have stayed the same instead of what they were now. Back then they were still young, some would say still kids in a sense. The years apparently had been rough on both of them.

Though when Mizuki started to say something else he seemed to stop and did something that Thalion wasn't expecting. Maybe if he had been in his normal mind set he would have but at the moment he wasn't exactly thinking straight. Well not in a sense anyway.

Feeling even the slight brush of Mizuki's lips against his own he almost froze. That wasn't what he was expecting. But that was when the other started right away to say sorry. Any other time he might have needed more then a sorry but at the moment that sorry was a wasted breath.

"Shut up already." He said before making the other shut up following that light brushing Mizuki had done with a full blown kiss. Yeah a few too many drinks but that didn't mean in the back of his mind he hadn't thought about doing this to the other. But at the moment his mind was hardly regretting his actions.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki had no idea what had come over him....no he knew exactly what made him act the way he did and it was the booze. He didnt know what to expect after the light brush of his lips against the other males. Mizuki expected a shove into the wall heck even a punch to the face but what did happen caught him off guard completely.

Listening to Thalion once again tell him to shut up he was expecting the punch then but instead felt the lips once again on his. Though this time it was not a light brush to ask permission to do so. No instead it was a full blown lip to lip kiss.

Mizuki just stood there for a moment with his eyes wide as his brain tried to come to some sort of conclusion for him. He wanted this he knew he did. It had been something that was on his mind for many years though he never dared to do such a thing in fear of loosing a good friend. Though now it was a different story and Mizuki decided to take full advantage of it.

Bringing his arms up he wove pale hands into choppy red locks as he brought Thalions face closer to his as he closed his eyes. It was a great feeling and one he had dreamt about for a long time. Even though he knew it needed to stop for they needed air to live he didnt want to pull away. Not when he had what he wanted.

[Rosekitten]

This was far from normal, in fact the last time he had done something even remotely close to this was when he was drunk off his ass. Though that time he had lucked out that Felix wasn't one of the types to just let him make his mistakes while being plastered so nothing came of that time. But this moment... this time felt different. Maybe there was something more to it no matter how much he would deny it tomorrow.

Really he wasn't sure what was going through his own mind at the moment. Maybe he saw that light brush earlier as a challenge or maybe he had wanted to do this. OR have a excuse to toy with the idea of doing something so off the wall. He had no reason to really do this but it had already happened now and there wasn't any taking it back.

After a few moments he had to break the kiss though with how Mizuki had pulled him closer he knew the other didn't want it to end. Shame that he had to breath. Pulling away from the kiss a little he wasn't sure what to do after it. His mind oddly went to the thought that retreating was a good plan.

Not that he did that right away either having stunned himself that he just did that to the last person he thought he would ever see again. Instead he rested his head against Mizuki's shoulder still having him against the wall. He really just wanted to turn and go to the room and not hear any more about this but that was not going to happen.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki stood there leaned up against the wall with Thalion right right infront of him and the males head resting on his shoulder. He knew that the kiss needed to end if the two of them wanted to breath. Though as neither of them moved Mizuki wondered if there was more to come from this or if he got all that he could out of the moment presented to him. If it was all he was going to get he was going to be greatfull for it at least.

This was when he was about to say something for the silence around them now was starting to get to him as his pointed ears dipped down. Was it the booze that filled Thalions nerves to make them steel? Or was it in fact something the male wanted to do? Though as he was about to ask the male something there was a noise from down the hall before the darkness was flushed away from a room where Luna stepped out from.

Right away his question was answered as Thalion all but shoved away from him. Mizuki was hurt and confused as he looked to the male but said nothing as he pushed himself away from the wall. Stumbling a little he made it passed Thalion "You answered a question and yet in tern gave me so many more to answer" He said in a broken whisper for his ears only as he made it passed the male.

Luna met him part way and huffed as she glared at the two of them "Alright Mr. Drunkie lets get you to bed" She said "I thought I told you not to have more then one drink" She said looking to Mizuki who just gave a shrug "I was having a good time" He said in a slurred voice and he got a groan back from Luna who looked down the hall to Thalion who was still just standing there looking down at the ground with bawled fists "I see that..." She said lightly before taking Mizuki to the room and closing the door.

[Rosekitten]

That he did didn't he. He had questions himself though they were not to be answered any time soon. They traveled with far too much company to just ask things. Another time then he thought... maybe, if there was another time. He knew he was going to have a lot more thought on this in the morning that was certain.

Though when Luna said that he was only suppose to have one drink Thalion couldn't help himself. Him and this dragonkin never had gotten along from the start so what did he care. "Oh don't worry mother hen he didn't do anything too stupid. Though he was letting a demon hit on him." She could take that however she saw fit, or tell him t shut up for all he really cared at the moment.

Either way he went to his own room as Felix moved a little at the sound of the door. "You just getting in here?" He half asked before passing back out. He was lucky that he was drunk to be honest or his mind would never let him sleep. Asking why he did that, was that what eh wanted? Maybe that was why he had tried so hard to find the other and seemed to withdrawal from society when he failed. That or maybe it really was just the drinks making him act like that... though he was pretty sure he had a bit more control then that.

Either way morning was going to come sooner or later and he almost dreaded the though of being sober and being allowed to think further on this. Not that that dread thought lasted long as he almost passed out as soon as he hit the bed. Not to say his dreams weren't interesting to say the least.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki groaned as he rubbed at his head "I told you to only have one drink didnt I?" Luna said as she walked over to him and gave him a cup of tea "Yeah yeah" He said "You also tell me that the boogie man steals your socks" He said taking a sip of his tea and almost smiled as he heard a huff from his side "Oh your damn rights he does and I will catch that bastard one of these days then you will believe me" She said with a smile and Mizuki groaned.

His head was killing him! Not only from the booze from the night before but from all the thoughts that were running through his head at the moment. Like did last night really happen? That kiss between the two of them? Or was it a dream that his mind gave him to settle the drunkenness that it was in? Either way Mizuki didnt know what to make of it.

He knew that dreams like that were a apart of his life and had been for many years...but it seemed so real to him so in turn it must of been...right? Mizuki sighed "Well...lets gather the things we need...and the others its time to go" He said with a groan as he stood and made his way down the hall to the main part of the inn. He wanted to leave and get this all over with.

[Rosekitten]

Neimi almost walked right into Luna as she left the room. Flinching as she backed up a bit she bowed her head saying sorry, not that anything happened but still. "Well I was about to see if you two were ever getting up." She smiled a little before she started to walk down the hall again. "I'll go collect the two idiots then shall i." She said before she started humming as she walked to go outside.

Felix had gotten a few ideas in his sleep, yes the sleep brought on by being drunk... Either way he had dragged Thalion out of bed. By drag tat literally was what happened. Not that it wasn't a funny sight to see a Nord dragging a dark elf but still. Thats the whole reason Neimi almost walked into Luna was because she had to gather their things as well as her own.

Felix hadn't even let the poor guy get fully awake before he started spouting off a idea he had to see if they could figure out what triggered the fire spells. Once outside Neimi snickered a little. They were just outside of the towns limits and Thalion was already complaining at Felix.

"We've been at this for hours! You woke me up at some ungodly hour and dragged me out here in the freezing cold just to try and beat the crap out of me!" He huffed a little before avoiding another blow from Felix. His thoughts were if Thalion got ticked off enough then it might trigger, it was a gamble because Thalion was pretty poor at controlling his anger. "Yes and thats cause we might need you to pull it off in the future." "Well in the damned future can I at least have a shirt!?" Seeing as he had pants on and that was what Felix had dragged him out here in.

"No cause its helping piss you off." Though that was when Thalion miss landing a hit on Felix and ended up being thrown as he landed on his back wincing a bit. "You know... this is really throwing me off... you couldn't fight worth a damn in the real world.." He wanted to get up but that took energy and at the moment he didn't think he had to rush it just yet.

Though Neimi shook her head a little. "Shouldn't we be fighting other players and not our team mates?" Felix shrugged a little. "Besides I don't think its healthy for most races to run around without clothes on.. Your going to end up killing him from hypothermia or something."

[Pinkie]

Mizuki awaited Luna as the female grabbed everything that was needed before they started to head out of town. It was only a matter of moments before he reached the sight before him. A shirtless Thalion being thrown around by Felix. Why on earth were they fighting? Not only that but why was Thalion shirtless in weather like this?

Mizukis mind stopped thinking though as he watched the pair argue and rant. For some reason to him he couldnt take his eyes off of the male before him. Shaking his head he growled to himself before closing his eyes and making a point of walking right between the two fighting males "We have more important things to do then fight each other" He said "Also...put some damn clothes on before you get sick" He said as he walked past them.

Mizukis mind turned to anger. Not because of the two playing around, no it was because of his own mind betraying him. So with this reaction came the thought of last night. The kiss really did happen then right? And if it did what did it mean? Mizuki was so confused it made his brain hurt.

[Rosekitten]

It was probably a good thing Mizuki walked between them halting the fight or Thalion might have gotten a good blow from Felix having been distracted. The fact he had been dragged out of the room earlier that morning had allowed him to be distracted from the events of the previous night. Though with Mizuki right there he almost flinched a little. Let alone it seemed like the other was mad.

Great eh had really hoped that he had dreamed up what happened and that he didn't really have a moment of weakness and let himself just go with it. But no by how Mizuki was acting he guessed that it was real enough. Great if things were awkward enough before now any idea of a conversation was doomed to go down that road.

After Mizuki walked off a bit being trailed by Luna Thalion gladly took his stuff from Neimi. "See your the only crazy one here who thinks being outside half clothed is a good idea... " "Oh stop complaining.. you're a elf the odds of you getting a old are one in a million. Though you do have that luck don't you?"

Once things settled down a bit and the group was walking Felix started back on trying to figure out what the magic was feeding off of seeing as warriors weren't suppose to have mana. "I'm not a nerd and I know this answer.. energy, stamina? Hell lets throw life force in the mix and call it a bad idea to keep trying to use it."

Felix shrugged a little at the thought, it was possible for either of the three. "Fine fine I'll give it a rest but the day you set yourself on fire don't come crying to me about how to fix it or turn it off." Ok so he had a point but still. It didn't seem to work with anything they had tried. Granted maybe in the back of his mind he had been distracted by other thoughts but still.

He had caught himself watching Mizuki a few times and almost ignoring whatever conversation was going on, not that ignoring conversations was abnormal for him. He had answered a question and made more. That was what he was told last night. Wasn't that the truth... he feared having any alone time with Mizuki knowing right away what was going to come of it. How was he suppose to answer something he was unsure of himself.

[Pinkie]

Mizuki was silent only have paying attention to the banter around him. Neimi and Luna seemed to hit it off now and heaven forbid if they stopped talking to one another. Mizuki sighed. It was bad enough his mind was plagued with different thoughts but from time to time he felt the eyes of another watching him. His guess was on Thalion though he would never say it out loud.

As the day grew on they traveled. Having to stop here and there to take out some beasts in the area. If they ever planned on staying in an inn again it was time to take out some players. Mizuki hated the thought but he knew he was right so he stopped walking and turned to look at the rest of the group "Look as musch as I hate to say this but if we ever plan on sleeping in an inn again we need to take out some players" He stated with a frown.

"We are running out of some things as well" Luna said looking to all of them "We need to locate some players and...either a dispose of them or b rob them..." Mizuki said with a shrug "Either way we need gold" He said looking to everyone but Thalion. Mizuki just couldnt bring himself to look at those ember orbs.

[Rosekitten]

When Mizuki and Luna seemed to agree that they needed to take out players Felix shrugged a bit before Neimi added her two cents. "Well we do have a advantage. Luna can fly and Thalion can take one sentry duty during the night hours. Most groups are only going to be one or two maybe three at most."

Most people played these games alone so odds were that they would find solo players. A group would be better though. "We have to stay clear of towns though, the guards don't seem to look kindly on killing others." Felix sighed a little before speaking up. "There is option c of quests but that would still require time, we'd have to go find a lost person or hunt some animals or something and bring the goods back. But that requires a town."

They hadn't been anywhere near a town, not now anyway. Sure Thalion was listening but he was still caught in his own thoughts. Though he did notice Mizuki seemed to avoid looking at him. Great things were worse now? Whatever if he was taking on night sentry duty as Neimi suggested then he didn't have to really be around Mizuki anyway. During the evening hours the group would be camping.

[Pinkie]

"Yes...we should then find a common area for users...." Mizuki said thinking to himself before pulling out a map from his robes. Looking it over he sighed a little "Seems we are still some days time before the next town anyways" He stated "But according to this we should be clearing the northern woods here soon" He said "Then we should head east" Mizuki nodded.

As the group agreed for the most part anyways, they headed down through the trees until they broke into a large clearing. Turning the way of the east they began to walk again. Mizuki could care less if they walked for days on end if it needed to be done then it needed to be done. He knew that Luna on the other hand was not one to care for the walking and as soon as that thought came to mind Luna's voice did as well demanding a place to stop at.

"Alright alright we shall find a place" Mizuki stated with a sigh as they entered the trees once more. It took a good couple hours more before they found a place to agree on. It was a little clearing in the trees with a spring off to the side. Though from the ripples of the stream Mizuki guessed a waterfall was near.

Heading to the water he looked up stream a little and was glad to see the water falling from cold stone. It was a small fall no more then ten feet high so the water was not that harsh. It would make for a great bath later if he could ever remember that damnd spell. One thing Mizuki hated was a cold shower. Shivering at the thought everyone began their work.

Fire wood was gathered as well as something to eat. It was not that long before the sun said good night and set behind the trees leaving the group in no more light but the fire before them. Mizuki sighed and stood. Taking two sticks he made some tourchs and lit them "I will return later" He said to the group and with that walked off.

Luna knew what he was going to do with out fail so he didnt feel the need to explain to the group what he was doing. No they could get filled in. Right now he wanted to be alone for awhile. So with that thought he headed up stream to the small water fall. Placing the torches around him for light Mizuki stopped for a moment. "Lets hope this works" He said to himself as he began a soft chant.

Bending over as the chant was close to finished he touched the water once as his words ended. Waiting for a moment or two Mizuki began to notice the steam around him. Seems as though he remembered the spell. With a smile and simple movements he was undressed with his hair down wading into the water.

[Rosekitten]

Once Mizuki walked off and seemed to be gone a while Thalion sighed before standing again as it started to get dark. "Guess that's my cue.. " Felix nodded a bit. "Don't do anything stupid." This made Thalion smirk a bit. "But stupid is my middle name I thought." Neimi looked between the two before rolling her eyes. "I believe it." None the less he said he wouldn't, if he saw any others he'd come back here. Risking that one might not be one wasn't a good idea.

He kind of liked being able to do this, seeing in the dark was a bonus for sure. Though the sunlight thing was still something he needed to get use to. Though it seemed like they were the only ones in the forest here. Nothing seemed to be around save a few wild animals. There wasn't even any monsters. Though there were areas that were safer then others and he guessed this might be one.

He was about to give up and turn back towards the camp so he could get a bit of rest. He couldn't do a full night of this and walk in the morning. Though on the route back he paused hearing something off to the side. It sounded like it came from the water. A humming or something. The waterfall was hiding part of the sound.

A thought was that it might be Mizuki cause he had left before he started this patrol. But that wouldn't be the case it had been a few hours when he had left and it was the dead of night, surely he had gone back to camp. Though it was probably some animal or something, either way it was a bit too close for him to ignore it.

The closer he got towards the noise it seemed to get hotter oddly. Yeah oddly. They were still in a colder region so it wasn't like there was a reason for there to be heat. Not unless there was a hot spring near here but they would have noticed before now right?

Thats when he came across the figure making the noise. For the moment they seemed to be under the water, there was a thought to get the jump on the other but he paused hardly expecting that it was Mizuki. Though that was answered as the other came back up above the water.

Thankfully it was dark and his own skin complexion helped too. A slight flush at his first thought that Mizuki had been here naked this whole time. Though he killed that thought turning as he swore a little before curing the other. "Y-You didn't go back yet? You had left a hour before I did." The slight stumble on words didn't help his case here. Hell he was expecting another player not for Mizuki to be here still!

Let alone his mind right way wanted to remind him of that kiss and any other thoughts he had that night.