[Reserved] A knight's tale

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Title: A knight's tale  [Reserved]
Setting: Medieval Times (Friday, 11:20AM)
Characters: Sakurai Sho & Aiba Masaki
Rating: PG

See, the idea that had first come to mind had really sounded like a good idea, who didn’t want to be a knight as they were growing up? Or one of Robin Hood’s merry men? Aiba had been excited to step into the Boutique that was

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[twirlysho]

Sho wasn't certain why he suddenly felt the need to revisit the boutique. He hadn't been back in since that first time with Nino. Almost two weeks had passed and now that he knew what was going on, Sho realized that it was interesting, fun.

Sho had heard from Nino, in one of the many messages that he had received the night before, that the costumes changed every week. Faced with the choice between ballroom dancing and medieval knights, it wasn't hard to make his decision. Working in a nightclub didn't necessarily mean that Sho was able to dance well, especially ballroom dancing. And being a knight saving a damsel in distress had always been one of Sho's fantasies growing up.

It was with a wide grin that pulled a knight's costume off the rack, helmet, sword and all. If he was going to do the whole knight in shining armor thing, he might as well do it properly, not even thinking that as a knight he would be expected to actually do something with that sword. As he pulled on the costume, he was glad that it was chain mail instead of a

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Continuing to make up excused to why he wasn’t suppose to be involved in the tournament. The man who’d grabbed him just laughed and talked about how nervous everyone was when it was their first time. And it really wasn’t as bad as it seemed. Of course, what a great honor it was to be in the match where the King and his lovely daughter were watching

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Just as he was being pushed into the tent, Sho heard another man's voice. It sounded vaguely familiar, but he couldn't place where he had heard it before. "W-wait. Erm. What - where?" he stuttered as looked back at the person who had basically kidnapped him. A final push into the tent and the other man was gone, without a single word of explanation. Wondering what exactly he was supposed to be doing, Sho lifted the visor of his helmet as he looked around the tent. It was filled with racks of weapons and armor, all the things a medieval knight would need.

It wasn't until he heard that voice again that Sho noticed another person in the tent. Looking down at the other man, he suddenly remembered where he had heard that voice. It couldn't be... right? Sho took a step closer, eyes narrowing as he looked at green-clad man. Oh, it definitely was. "Aiba-san?" Sho pulled the helmet off his head (it was hot in there), then offered his hand to help the other man up. "What are you doing here? Wait, why am I asking that? I'm not even sure what

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Taking the hand, Aiba used it to haul himself up off the dirt-ground. His other hand went out to brush at this bottom, giving a small hum in approval when he was satisfied that he’d gotten as much dust and dirt off of his costume

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Sho made a face and stuck his tongue out at Aiba's cheeky comment. "Very sure," he replied firmly.

Sho watched Aiba closely as the other tried to think of a plan, catching a glimpse of the other man's nervousness. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing to be nervous. It made sure that they were aware of the dangers and thought things through before doing something stupid. He laughed as the other suggested bread as a bait. "Maybe if it's a vegetarian dragon? I think most dragons tend to prefer meat, and we have to make sure that it doesn't see us as meat."

Sho though over the problem for a moment. It would be good to have something as bait, or a distraction, but what? He certainly didn't want to have Aiba as a distraction as the other didn't have armor. And he didn't want to use the horses either. They still needed them to get home. "Maybe... maybe I can be the distraction, I have armor, so it shouldn't be too risky, then you can sneak up on it from behind?" Sho knew it wasn't the best plan ever, but it was better than nothing?

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Aiba opened his mouth to protest about putting the other in harms way as being bait but fell silent. He couldn't think of a better idea to draw out the dragon. Didn't even know what a real dragon sounded like so trying to draw it out mimicking noises wouldn't have worked. He didn't have any protection and Sho did.

Biting down on his bottom lip, he gave a slow nod. "If you be really careful?" Sneaking up from behind a creature that was probably who knows how many times bigger than him. Turning in the saddle, he looked down to his own sword, at least he had some sort of weapon to use.

With a determined look now set on his face to keep himself focused and not worried about some scary dragon trying to eat them, Aiba slipped off the horse and led her into the bushes to hide. "Best we walk the rest of the way?"

(ooc: that's okay xD! I figured that's what happened~)

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Sho watched Aiba carefully as the other opened his mouth then closed it, almost hoping that the other would protest in some way, come up with a brilliant plan to slay the dragon yet keep them both out of harm's way. His chest tightened as the other nodded slowly. This was really happening and he couldn't see a way out of it without looking like a coward. "I'll be careful," Sho promised. "I can run fast." Especially when I'm scared, he thought to himself. "So I should be able to stay out of the worst danger

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"Oh good. So can I~ But we wont need to run. Things will go fine~ I can tell," Aiba pointed out, trying to look less worried than he felt about having Sho become dragon bait.

"Yup! Before either of us run with our tails behind our legs~" Aiba let out a cheerful laugh as he tried to keep the mood light, taking a jump towards Sho and tugging the other lightly to go off and around to where the entrance to the cave was more than likely located.

His grip tightened on the hilt of his sword, getting a feeling for the slightly heavy weapon as he felt silent. Trying to think back to all the movies he'd watched, anything that might help defeat a dragon. Even though hollywood and real had nothing to do with one another.

Turning to glance at Sho every so often, making sure the other was still behind him, he offered a comforting smile. "At least we're going to have one hell of a story to tell when we get back. Remind me that drinks are on me." If we get out of here alive. That last part was better left unsaid.