Post by PeroxidePirate on Feb 1, 2010 8:29:30 GMT 10
Title: Endurance (Knightly Virtues VII)
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Competitor: Uline of Hannalof
Round/Fight: 1/H
Summary: They were just playing, but that doesn't mean it's easy when it's over.
Note: this is part of a series of seven ficlets. The number indicates this ficlet's place, chronologically, but they can be read in any order. I'm posting the first one first, and the rest in reverse chronological order. In my little head!canon, #7 is the end of this phase of the Kel/Uline romance. But it's not necessarily the end; not by a long shot.
Kel lay in her own bed, resolutely ignoring Jump, the sparrows, and her growling stomach. She'd missed supper in the pages' mess, and couldn't stay with Uline after the older girl told her it would be their last time.
It was all true: every word Uline had said, every reason she'd given for why it couldn't last. It was, as Kel had reassured Neal in the beginning, just playing.
Neal's words were true, too: it was over now. And it hurt.
Someone knocked on the door.
Kel sighed. “Go away,” she called. “I wasn't at dinner because I'm not feeling well. I'll be fine tomorrow. Go away.”
“Kel?” It was Neal. “I'm alone. Are you all right?”
Reluctantly, she sat up. “Come in.”
He seemed to take one look at her and know exactly what had happened. Regardless of rules, he pushed the door closed.
“You tried to tell me,” she said dully.
He shrugged. “Some things you have to find out for yourself.”
“Uline's leaving.” Kel felt her Yamani mask slip away. “She's leaving Corus, and leaving me.”
“I'm sorry, Kel.” Her best friend crossed the room in two strides, wrapped his arms around her, and held her while she cried.
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Competitor: Uline of Hannalof
Round/Fight: 1/H
Summary: They were just playing, but that doesn't mean it's easy when it's over.
Note: this is part of a series of seven ficlets. The number indicates this ficlet's place, chronologically, but they can be read in any order. I'm posting the first one first, and the rest in reverse chronological order. In my little head!canon, #7 is the end of this phase of the Kel/Uline romance. But it's not necessarily the end; not by a long shot.
Kel lay in her own bed, resolutely ignoring Jump, the sparrows, and her growling stomach. She'd missed supper in the pages' mess, and couldn't stay with Uline after the older girl told her it would be their last time.
It was all true: every word Uline had said, every reason she'd given for why it couldn't last. It was, as Kel had reassured Neal in the beginning, just playing.
Neal's words were true, too: it was over now. And it hurt.
Someone knocked on the door.
Kel sighed. “Go away,” she called. “I wasn't at dinner because I'm not feeling well. I'll be fine tomorrow. Go away.”
“Kel?” It was Neal. “I'm alone. Are you all right?”
Reluctantly, she sat up. “Come in.”
He seemed to take one look at her and know exactly what had happened. Regardless of rules, he pushed the door closed.
“You tried to tell me,” she said dully.
He shrugged. “Some things you have to find out for yourself.”
“Uline's leaving.” Kel felt her Yamani mask slip away. “She's leaving Corus, and leaving me.”
“I'm sorry, Kel.” Her best friend crossed the room in two strides, wrapped his arms around her, and held her while she cried.