Magic Knight Rayearth: HikaruxLantis - Theme Set Beta
Title: Broken Circle
Pairing: Shidou Hikaru x Kail Lantis
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth (post OVA)
Theme set: Beta
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: Romance, slight drama, hints of smex. But you don't need to cover your eyes - I can only do so much damage in a phrase.
Summary: The deities had probably decided to tie up all loose strings...
#01 - Walking
Their second first meeting is less eventful than their first one; even if she's somehow managed to walk right into him at his father's charity gala and spill the glass of wine on his expensive shoes.
#02 - Waltz
Why are you here and how are you alive seem appropriate questions and Hikaru wants to ask, but Lantis is watching her as if his entire world was comprised of her and only her and her throat feels tight as memories from a time long gone dance with hushed steps in the back of her mind.
#03 - Wishes
Beneath the moonlight he recounts the tale of his incarnation on this strange planet, of the wish that had given so many a second chance, and Hikaru cries - because Lexus knows her heart better than she does and because Lantis is still so familiar and unchanged as she remembers him to be.
#04 - Wonder
She stammers - embarrassed - that five years haven't done anything to him compared to what they have done to her and Lantis silently wonders how she could not see the beautiful woman they had helped her blossom into.
#05 - Worry
Hikaru tosses and turns all night and as soon as the hour is moderately decent for a visit, she dresses in a hurry and nearly bolts out the door...only to find him already there, as real as she could ever wish him to be.
#06 - Whimsy
If he has to tell her one more time that he's the boss of his own company and that she doesn't have to worry about him taking one day off for himself, he's sure that he'll go raving mad.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
There was once a time when they both fought to save a wasteland and a promised land from nightmares that lurked in the shadows, so she finds it funny that they have to struggle to form an odd sort of friendship now.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
Hikaru asks him how he can drink that thing - because it burns her throat when she tries it - and Lantis tells her that the fire reminds him of the first time he saw her merging with Lexus.
#09 - War
They had warred for much serious reasons - princesses, lands, magical tests, lives - so it's almost strange when he claims the last bit of manju and she declares she's ready to fight nail and tooth for it.
#10 - Weddings
When Hikaru tells him that Fuu called to announce her impeding wedding to a nameless someone, Lantis can't help but feel that if Ferio had been here, things would have been different; then he looks at Hikaru who's smiling sweetly up at him and tries very hard not to have an epiphany.
#11 - Birthday
Things have been tense between them lately, so when Lantis turns twenty-five and takes her out to dinner, she surprises him by placing a congratulatory kiss on the corner of his mouth; and then he surprises her by returning the favor, only with a little more fervor.
#12 - Blessing
It's almost a blessing that he can hold his wits so well, otherwise it would've been really difficult to ask her on a real date two days after that...
#13 - Bias
Hikaru sometimes wants to strangle Lantis because, now, she's strangely biased towards men and none but him can manage to fulfill and then exceed her expectations.
#14 - Burning
Ever since their intentions have been laid out in the clear - well, somewhat at least - there is a strange look in his eyes that's almost too hot for her to bear; and Hikaru can't help but feel that her clothes are nowhere in sight.
#15 - Breathing
He pulls back from her and she's still pressed against him, dazed and beautiful in the soft light of the moon, and he can't decide whether he to let her go or kiss her again.
#16 - Breaking
Hikaru walks into his office at the exact moment when his secretary - a blue haired beauty with sun-kissed eyes - decides to throw herself at him and, ignoring the intense look in his eyes, turns on her heel and flees.
#17 - Belief
Even though she believes in his innocence, Hikaru makes a point of avoiding Lantis - in any possible way - fearing that all her inadequacies will come to light if she outwardly compares herself to Primera in front of him.
#18 - Balloon
Five days - of abject misery - later, there's a small package in front of her door and Hikaru smiles delightedly to herself, not necessarily because of the earrings snugly wrapped in red velvet, but because there's a red balloon tied to it and she realizes that he does listen to her when she prattles about her favorite things.
#19 - Balcony
This time she finds him on the balcony and either because the wind is beating so hard or because of the dark aura surrounding him, Lantis doesn't hear her; which gives her the perfect opportunity to surprise him by wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her cheek in his shirt.
#20 - Bane
His relationship with Hikaru has recently become the bane of his existence, but only because he can't seem to spend any waking moment without wanting to bask in the warmth of her smile anymore.
#21 - Quiet
They watch the movie in silence and just at the best part - the part where she looks at him like she wants to be kissed and he wants to fulfill her wish - the phone rings to call him back to work.
#22 - Quirks
Hikaru likes sweetened tea and Lantis can't stand the thought of too much sugar but he doesn't find it bothersome on her lips.
#23 - Question
Hikaru can't help but blush when she asks herself how ready she is to go to a next step with Lantis and just in case, she goes and buys matching lingerie the next day hoping against hope that red will serve her well this time too.
#24 - Quarrel
Their first minor quarrel is really...unimportant and only happening because she feels that he doesn't have to spoil her so much and he thinks that he's not yet giving her the best of him yet.
#25 - Quitting
She tries to convince herself to quit being such a coward, but in the end she doesn't manage to overcome her fears - like, what if he doesn't want her or what if he finds her totally unattractive that way - and on their next date, she doesn't find it in herself to speak her desires.
#26 - Jump
Their relationship can be measured in skips and leaps but never in jumps and Hikaru worries silently that Lantis really can't see her as a woman, but as a sort of living memory which he likes to keep close to himself.
#27 - Jester
Lantis finally takes her to a show she's been raving about for weeks - foregoing his immense dislike of clowns, jesters and such just for her - and instead of frowning all night over the complete lack of seriousness of anything, finds himself worrying over her lack of a true smile.
#28 - Jousting
It dawns on her that she can't hide from him at all, when he corners her later that night, in front of her apartment, and demands an explanation from her; so she gulps and stutters out the truth, unable to outright lie while looking into those stormy blue eyes...
#29 - Jewel
Her fingers slide across the cool sheets even as his fingers slide across her skin and he kisses her collarbone with a fervor that has not dulled even after so many hours of proving her earlier words wrong...
#30 - Just
Just a few more hours, Lantis thinks as she smiles down at him bathed in pale moonbeams, and he is positive that he can let her go for the rest of the day...just until the night comes again.
#31 - Smirk
There's a faint smile in the corner of his lips in the morning and just before he kisses her - like he hasn't seen her in ages - Hikaru thinks that it may be just a little too smug for her liking.
#32 - Sorrow
Lantis is very good at chasing away all her imagined sorrows, Hikaru thinks with a mild blush, much much later...after they share a shower which takes twice more than it would have, had she taken it alone.
#33 - Stupidity
Now we're both being plain silly, Hikaru tells him, while halfway pushing him out the door - because he does have a job and she really needs to go to college - adding sensibly that acting like teenagers on a honeymoon can wait until after midterms!
#34 - Serenade
When his older brother suggests that there are ways to woo the girls that can sweep them off their feet, Lantis looks at him with blatant disgust and tells him to keep those lines for his fair wife.
#35 - Sarcasm
Sarcasm doesn't exist in her vocabulary, but Hikaru feels avenged when she's able to answer back to Primera that yes, she does actually happen to be in a serious relationship with Lantis and she's proud to say it!
#36 - Sordid
Hikaru feels Lantis take her hand under the table and tries to smile, in a sort of sordid parody - while she chats amiably with his brother, who she'd never really met, his wife whose dream she had once destroyed and her brother who'd nearly buried them all - and wants to be anywhere else but here.
#37 - Soliloquy
Zagato accidentally catches his brother having a very heartfelt monologue in the garden and raises an eyebrow as Lantis looks at the engagement ring in his hand as if it were able to teach him how to properly ask Hikaru to marry him.
#38 - Sojourn
She nearly bursts into tears as Lantis puts the simple - but beautiful - ring in her outstretched hand, and as he kneels there in front of her, looking adorably uncomfortable and lost as far as decent proposals go, Hikaru's tears turn to laughter and she thinks that this is the best winter vacation she has ever had.
#39 - Share
They tell her brothers the - happy - news at a shared breakfast three days later, and by noon Hikaru is afraid that she'll have to start writing down all the sparring sessions and dueling matches that Kakeru and Masaru threaten her future husband with; lest she forgets the number.
#40 - Solitary
Lantis looks at the full moon, visible from his bedroom window, and then at Hikaru who's sleeping peacefully next to him - bare limbs shaded in alabaster - and despite the solitude of the night, happiness is almost a tangible thing which he can finally grasp with his own two hands.
#41 - Nowhere
When she tells him that there's nowhere else she'd rather be at the moment - punctuating her statement with a flick of her finger on the tip of his nose and a grin - Lantis raises an eyebrow, tells her she's being overly sappy and rolls them over so he can have his way with her.
#42 - Neutral
Hikaru bursts into laughter when Lantis - not so - nonchalantly justifies his two hour absence by telling her that her mother wanted him to help her pick the right shade for the wedding napkins.
#43 - Nuance
There's a tinge of exasperation in his eyes when Hikaru poutily explains that she only gave that syrupy donut to Hikari because he was looking so downtrodden; but at least he can explain why her dog - and his now by association - has been circling the apartment for the better part of the last hour.
#44 - Near
When Umi and Fuu call, out of the blue, to announce that they're in Tokyo - surprise! - and want to come see her, Hikaru panics, because despite the fact that she's been dating Lantis for a whole year now, she still hasn't told them about his existence yet!
#45 - Natural
As expected, their reunion is half happiness, half natural disaster and Lantis catches Umi before she manages to hit her head on the floor, while Hikaru tries desperately to tell a hyperventilating Fuu to breathe.
#46 - Horizon
Hikaru laughs and clenches her bridal bouquet at her chest, shining brilliantly in her wedding dress, and Lantis smiles down at her - so handsome in black and white - and in their eyes the future is bright.
#47 - Valiant
She clenches his hand tightly, feeling like she's being split in two, but the look in his eyes gives her strength, so Hikaru gathers the last remains of her willpower and pushes.
#48 - Virtuous
There's a faint glimmer in the corner of his eyes, because his small daughter is so adorable and pure, and he squeezes his wife's hand, knowing that his voice would falter if he tried to tell her in words how very much he loves her.
#49 - Victory
As ridiculous as it sounds, Hikaru feels that she should be grateful to Eagle because it's thanks to him that she knows such happiness with her husband and newly born daughter Sienna.
#50 - Defeat
Lantis doesn't regret dying once, because he already has his reward and it's more than he has ever deserved.
Pairing: Shidou Hikaru x Kail Lantis
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth (post OVA)
Theme set: Beta
Rating: PG-15
Warnings: Romance, slight drama, hints of smex. But you don't need to cover your eyes - I can only do so much damage in a phrase.
Summary: The deities had probably decided to tie up all loose strings...
#01 - Walking
Their second first meeting is less eventful than their first one; even if she's somehow managed to walk right into him at his father's charity gala and spill the glass of wine on his expensive shoes.
#02 - Waltz
Why are you here and how are you alive seem appropriate questions and Hikaru wants to ask, but Lantis is watching her as if his entire world was comprised of her and only her and her throat feels tight as memories from a time long gone dance with hushed steps in the back of her mind.
#03 - Wishes
Beneath the moonlight he recounts the tale of his incarnation on this strange planet, of the wish that had given so many a second chance, and Hikaru cries - because Lexus knows her heart better than she does and because Lantis is still so familiar and unchanged as she remembers him to be.
#04 - Wonder
She stammers - embarrassed - that five years haven't done anything to him compared to what they have done to her and Lantis silently wonders how she could not see the beautiful woman they had helped her blossom into.
#05 - Worry
Hikaru tosses and turns all night and as soon as the hour is moderately decent for a visit, she dresses in a hurry and nearly bolts out the door...only to find him already there, as real as she could ever wish him to be.
#06 - Whimsy
If he has to tell her one more time that he's the boss of his own company and that she doesn't have to worry about him taking one day off for himself, he's sure that he'll go raving mad.
#07 - Waste/Wasteland
There was once a time when they both fought to save a wasteland and a promised land from nightmares that lurked in the shadows, so she finds it funny that they have to struggle to form an odd sort of friendship now.
#08 - Whiskey and rum
Hikaru asks him how he can drink that thing - because it burns her throat when she tries it - and Lantis tells her that the fire reminds him of the first time he saw her merging with Lexus.
#09 - War
They had warred for much serious reasons - princesses, lands, magical tests, lives - so it's almost strange when he claims the last bit of manju and she declares she's ready to fight nail and tooth for it.
#10 - Weddings
When Hikaru tells him that Fuu called to announce her impeding wedding to a nameless someone, Lantis can't help but feel that if Ferio had been here, things would have been different; then he looks at Hikaru who's smiling sweetly up at him and tries very hard not to have an epiphany.
#11 - Birthday
Things have been tense between them lately, so when Lantis turns twenty-five and takes her out to dinner, she surprises him by placing a congratulatory kiss on the corner of his mouth; and then he surprises her by returning the favor, only with a little more fervor.
#12 - Blessing
It's almost a blessing that he can hold his wits so well, otherwise it would've been really difficult to ask her on a real date two days after that...
#13 - Bias
Hikaru sometimes wants to strangle Lantis because, now, she's strangely biased towards men and none but him can manage to fulfill and then exceed her expectations.
#14 - Burning
Ever since their intentions have been laid out in the clear - well, somewhat at least - there is a strange look in his eyes that's almost too hot for her to bear; and Hikaru can't help but feel that her clothes are nowhere in sight.
#15 - Breathing
He pulls back from her and she's still pressed against him, dazed and beautiful in the soft light of the moon, and he can't decide whether he to let her go or kiss her again.
#16 - Breaking
Hikaru walks into his office at the exact moment when his secretary - a blue haired beauty with sun-kissed eyes - decides to throw herself at him and, ignoring the intense look in his eyes, turns on her heel and flees.
#17 - Belief
Even though she believes in his innocence, Hikaru makes a point of avoiding Lantis - in any possible way - fearing that all her inadequacies will come to light if she outwardly compares herself to Primera in front of him.
#18 - Balloon
Five days - of abject misery - later, there's a small package in front of her door and Hikaru smiles delightedly to herself, not necessarily because of the earrings snugly wrapped in red velvet, but because there's a red balloon tied to it and she realizes that he does listen to her when she prattles about her favorite things.
#19 - Balcony
This time she finds him on the balcony and either because the wind is beating so hard or because of the dark aura surrounding him, Lantis doesn't hear her; which gives her the perfect opportunity to surprise him by wrapping her arms around his waist and pressing her cheek in his shirt.
#20 - Bane
His relationship with Hikaru has recently become the bane of his existence, but only because he can't seem to spend any waking moment without wanting to bask in the warmth of her smile anymore.
#21 - Quiet
They watch the movie in silence and just at the best part - the part where she looks at him like she wants to be kissed and he wants to fulfill her wish - the phone rings to call him back to work.
#22 - Quirks
Hikaru likes sweetened tea and Lantis can't stand the thought of too much sugar but he doesn't find it bothersome on her lips.
#23 - Question
Hikaru can't help but blush when she asks herself how ready she is to go to a next step with Lantis and just in case, she goes and buys matching lingerie the next day hoping against hope that red will serve her well this time too.
#24 - Quarrel
Their first minor quarrel is really...unimportant and only happening because she feels that he doesn't have to spoil her so much and he thinks that he's not yet giving her the best of him yet.
#25 - Quitting
She tries to convince herself to quit being such a coward, but in the end she doesn't manage to overcome her fears - like, what if he doesn't want her or what if he finds her totally unattractive that way - and on their next date, she doesn't find it in herself to speak her desires.
#26 - Jump
Their relationship can be measured in skips and leaps but never in jumps and Hikaru worries silently that Lantis really can't see her as a woman, but as a sort of living memory which he likes to keep close to himself.
#27 - Jester
Lantis finally takes her to a show she's been raving about for weeks - foregoing his immense dislike of clowns, jesters and such just for her - and instead of frowning all night over the complete lack of seriousness of anything, finds himself worrying over her lack of a true smile.
#28 - Jousting
It dawns on her that she can't hide from him at all, when he corners her later that night, in front of her apartment, and demands an explanation from her; so she gulps and stutters out the truth, unable to outright lie while looking into those stormy blue eyes...
#29 - Jewel
Her fingers slide across the cool sheets even as his fingers slide across her skin and he kisses her collarbone with a fervor that has not dulled even after so many hours of proving her earlier words wrong...
#30 - Just
Just a few more hours, Lantis thinks as she smiles down at him bathed in pale moonbeams, and he is positive that he can let her go for the rest of the day...just until the night comes again.
#31 - Smirk
There's a faint smile in the corner of his lips in the morning and just before he kisses her - like he hasn't seen her in ages - Hikaru thinks that it may be just a little too smug for her liking.
#32 - Sorrow
Lantis is very good at chasing away all her imagined sorrows, Hikaru thinks with a mild blush, much much later...after they share a shower which takes twice more than it would have, had she taken it alone.
#33 - Stupidity
Now we're both being plain silly, Hikaru tells him, while halfway pushing him out the door - because he does have a job and she really needs to go to college - adding sensibly that acting like teenagers on a honeymoon can wait until after midterms!
#34 - Serenade
When his older brother suggests that there are ways to woo the girls that can sweep them off their feet, Lantis looks at him with blatant disgust and tells him to keep those lines for his fair wife.
#35 - Sarcasm
Sarcasm doesn't exist in her vocabulary, but Hikaru feels avenged when she's able to answer back to Primera that yes, she does actually happen to be in a serious relationship with Lantis and she's proud to say it!
#36 - Sordid
Hikaru feels Lantis take her hand under the table and tries to smile, in a sort of sordid parody - while she chats amiably with his brother, who she'd never really met, his wife whose dream she had once destroyed and her brother who'd nearly buried them all - and wants to be anywhere else but here.
#37 - Soliloquy
Zagato accidentally catches his brother having a very heartfelt monologue in the garden and raises an eyebrow as Lantis looks at the engagement ring in his hand as if it were able to teach him how to properly ask Hikaru to marry him.
#38 - Sojourn
She nearly bursts into tears as Lantis puts the simple - but beautiful - ring in her outstretched hand, and as he kneels there in front of her, looking adorably uncomfortable and lost as far as decent proposals go, Hikaru's tears turn to laughter and she thinks that this is the best winter vacation she has ever had.
#39 - Share
They tell her brothers the - happy - news at a shared breakfast three days later, and by noon Hikaru is afraid that she'll have to start writing down all the sparring sessions and dueling matches that Kakeru and Masaru threaten her future husband with; lest she forgets the number.
#40 - Solitary
Lantis looks at the full moon, visible from his bedroom window, and then at Hikaru who's sleeping peacefully next to him - bare limbs shaded in alabaster - and despite the solitude of the night, happiness is almost a tangible thing which he can finally grasp with his own two hands.
#41 - Nowhere
When she tells him that there's nowhere else she'd rather be at the moment - punctuating her statement with a flick of her finger on the tip of his nose and a grin - Lantis raises an eyebrow, tells her she's being overly sappy and rolls them over so he can have his way with her.
#42 - Neutral
Hikaru bursts into laughter when Lantis - not so - nonchalantly justifies his two hour absence by telling her that her mother wanted him to help her pick the right shade for the wedding napkins.
#43 - Nuance
There's a tinge of exasperation in his eyes when Hikaru poutily explains that she only gave that syrupy donut to Hikari because he was looking so downtrodden; but at least he can explain why her dog - and his now by association - has been circling the apartment for the better part of the last hour.
#44 - Near
When Umi and Fuu call, out of the blue, to announce that they're in Tokyo - surprise! - and want to come see her, Hikaru panics, because despite the fact that she's been dating Lantis for a whole year now, she still hasn't told them about his existence yet!
#45 - Natural
As expected, their reunion is half happiness, half natural disaster and Lantis catches Umi before she manages to hit her head on the floor, while Hikaru tries desperately to tell a hyperventilating Fuu to breathe.
#46 - Horizon
Hikaru laughs and clenches her bridal bouquet at her chest, shining brilliantly in her wedding dress, and Lantis smiles down at her - so handsome in black and white - and in their eyes the future is bright.
#47 - Valiant
She clenches his hand tightly, feeling like she's being split in two, but the look in his eyes gives her strength, so Hikaru gathers the last remains of her willpower and pushes.
#48 - Virtuous
There's a faint glimmer in the corner of his eyes, because his small daughter is so adorable and pure, and he squeezes his wife's hand, knowing that his voice would falter if he tried to tell her in words how very much he loves her.
#49 - Victory
As ridiculous as it sounds, Hikaru feels that she should be grateful to Eagle because it's thanks to him that she knows such happiness with her husband and newly born daughter Sienna.
#50 - Defeat
Lantis doesn't regret dying once, because he already has his reward and it's more than he has ever deserved.