Broken Shield and Sword

Work in progress. Will be back to edit it later.

Her kisses made him feel drunk.

Her lips, he thought as he kissed her again, were wet and smooth, yet sweetly textured like a fruit that one can never have enough of. The kisses they shared were the innocent kind; the sweet ones where kisses played on the lips. She had a hand on his cheek, caressing him. The other was around his waist, holding him close. He had both arms around her, one on the shoulder and the other around her waist. He had not realised that it was easy to be seduced by kisses.

Especially if you were in love with the person you were kissing.

He broke off their kiss for a moment.

“What was that?” he asked her, breathless. She smiled at him tenderly.

“It was just a kiss,” she pulled his head towards her, kissing him again, but that was not what he was asking. Since when had he fallen for her? When had this sweet, intense feeling taken over him?

He slid his hands under her as he lay half on top of her body. This felt right and natural to him. Although he knew that this was his first time holding someone like this, it felt good. He was more occupied with the lips of the girl below him to think any more than that though. She was warm and he wanted her heat. As he nuzzled her neck, he could feel her relaxing completely. She trusted him fully, and he knew at that point in time, that she loved him as much as he did her.

After a little while, he stopped kissing her, raising himself on his elbows to look down on her. The quizzical look on her face said it all. He smiled and shook his head, bending down to capture her lips once more. Somehow they moved, and when they did, he found himself between her legs, pressing against her, and she with a mysterious smile on her face. His voice shook as he asked, and she simply smiled. They were doing more than just sweet kisses now, exploring each other’s mouths with their tongues.

Just as she reached for him, he heard someone calling his name.

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“Seo?” she looked worried for him, wiping his brow with a cold towel.

I blame this mainly on my pet sisters. Damnit but all these are so tempting! Shall put up songs that may fit the bills later.

Aiep what have I gotten myself into???

Edit: FST means Fan SoundTracks.

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This Chinese New Year has gotten off to such a good start that I’m dreading the inevitable fallout. I suspect it will come in early March, but we’ll have to wait till then to see.

On a good note, I spoke to anata before he went off for paintball (GAMBA!).

On an even more random and as a good sign (I hope, hence title of said post) a white hair FINALLY fell off my head. As in I was washing my hair and it came out.

Considering that before this I had to pull out the hairs (and I never did like that, especially since the root was often strong) I hope this means that my hairs will change back to black and a sign of good things ahead.

WHEE~~

Hmm… No inspiration. 811 words.

The rain had stopped.

Looking out the window, she found a desolate landscape waiting for her. Miles and miles of desert stretched before her eyes, barren. Most had shied away from the desert, preferring not to look at it. She let her eyes roam however, picking out the minute nuances. A dune shaped just a little differently, a small speck in the sky; the desert was not as lifeless as it was often painted out to be. It was lonely though.

“Commander Romanov? Do you have a moment?” An aide came up to her. She was a pretty young thing; a pleasant face with a bob haircut and a beret that made her look much younger than her age. Still, even with that haircut, she was still older than the one she had called Commander.

“Yes?” She turned to the woman who spoke. Romanov looked far younger than her early twenties.

“The debriefing will begin soon.”

“I’ll be right there,” Romanov got up from her seat watching the desert and straightened her gown. The short white Grecian gown was plain except for the single black symbol on the right side of the skirt.

The Ankh designated its holder as the Wielder of Death.

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“The fight is over when one of you is unconscious or surrenders. There is no penalty for falling out of the ring,” the judge sprite, a small pixie-like creature with wings, flew around the two students in the ring.

“I understand,” they spoke together, never taking their eyes off each other.

“Take three steps back,” the sprite flew high above the ring, letting both participants have space between them. When it was satisfied that everything was ready, it raised its hand.

“Go!”

The two raced forward.

The girl landed the first blow. She evaded his first blow and hit him with a surprising right hook. Her blows were fast and furious; despite her looks, she moved like a seasoned boxer. He had no chance to fight back, but something worried her. Most would have fallen by now, but he was still standing, and even worse; moving fluidly, as though in time to catch her moves.

He was not resisting her blows, but taking them full on. From the first she knew that he was not a physical fighter per se, but the way he took her blows without trying to return them after that first try was unsettling. Even that had been a half-hearted attempt. A glint in his eye warned her, and she fell back. He straightened himself unsteadily.

“You can do better than that,” she spoke to him almost contemptuously. He wiped the blood trailing down his chin.

“I can, but I always let my opponents have the satisfaction of the first hit,” he smiled at her, and then raised his hand so that his palm faced her.

The rune for Death shone on his palm.

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“The fight is over when one of you is unconscious or surrenders. There is no penalty for falling out of the ring,” the judge sprite’s words echoed in the man’s head.

It took a moment for the implications to sink in.

It’s an inheritance fight? But what are the stakes, master? the sprite that served him spoke to him in his mind.

This should have been a selection fight, he replied the same way, a cold rage beginning to take hold. At the inquiring hmm? he got from the sprite, he explained carefully that a selection fight was used between schools to either gain or lose students. Champions of the schools were often sent into battle and the winners would be able to choose certain students from the opposing schools, depending on the stakes. Transfers among lower-class schools such as public schools were common but those among the extremely private and privileged schools like his sister’s were rare, simply because they almost always had the best.

But this is an inheritance fight. It was one of the few things that the sprite knew well, having been passed around in this manner for quite some time.

The rules were quite clear on what the different fights could mean. In an inheritance fight, the winner had to be clearly decided, which was why they had the unconscious rule. Of course, there was not that much difference between an inheritance fight or a feud encounter; his mind shied away from the latter. He was quite sure that no one who had a family feud with them knew the existence of his sister; at least not enough to arrange this. Feud fights were also quite bloody and in many cases, fatal.

Can it be stopped?

No. Not when it’s begun, he settled down to wait.

When your siblings were favourites of the Gods, sometimes you had to leave it to Chance.

In which I both whine and celebrate the New Year.

Chinese New Year is traditionally a festival for gorging oneself. For singles and young children, an opportunity to get money from their relatives. This year’s CNY for me stands out because of several reasons:

1. It rained
Now, for as long as I can remember, it has NEVER rained on Chinese New Year. It has rained after, or the day before (though mom and second auntie say that it isn’t so) but this year, for the FIRST TIME, it rained on the day of the first day of Chinese New Year. Global warming is everywhere I tell you.

2. Angpaus
a. Angpau collection this year that was more generous than usual.

b. Having a uncle make a very insensitive and jealous-sounding remark doesn’t help, simply because I used my brains to get the special red packet and no one else caught up on it.

3. Getting unexpected surprises
Saw some relatives I’d not seen for a long time and getting a reload unexpectedly. Sayang, I love you.

GONG XI FATT CHAI!!! ANG PAU NA LAI~

Translation: Happy Chinese New Year! Give me ANG PAUS (Red money-filled packets)!

Cause I be lazy to write it out.

The trip was VERY worth going up for.

For someone who doesn’t know how to kiss, he picks it up very fast… and very well. Somehow being the uke once in a while seems like a pleasant prospect.

For someone who was emoing all the time there… *PIPIAK* WEI! I want an explanation and I want it soon. ^__________^

My lil bro didn’t make too much fuss about things, so I’m glad.

Spending time with friends laughing and forgetting the world outside this dream exists, priceless.

Realising that doing what I’m doing now is inadequate and taking steps to realise it? Frightening, but I’ve got to be honest with myself.

Sayang, I love you.

*poofs*

Edited to hide real names.

Naoko, your Heart’s Desire is 15/6

Your attention is directed to helping and caring for those you love. You are exceedingly domestic. You love your home and family and work hard to make both comfortable and secure. Your love for family and friends is a major source of your happiness and sometimes unhappiness.

Your desire to help others is so strong that you often find yourself sacrificing your own personal needs for someone else’s. You can overdo it, becoming too deeply involved in other people’s lives. You risk interfering in personal matters and or smothering those you love in too much affection. This can be especially weakening to children, who never experience their own personal strength if an adult is too protective.

You are extremely loyal and rarely let anyone down. You need to feel appreciation for your giving and caring. You want to know that you are needed.

You are generous and very forgiving. You are somehow able to overlook the worst mistakes in another and find enough good in that person to continue the relationship.

You are patient, warm, and sympathetic, sometimes to the point of sentimentality.

You have a natural ability as a counselor and healer. You are an excellent listener, compassionate and understanding. You are able to both sympathize and empathize with a person’s dilemma. Your challenge as a counselor is to be adequately educated so that you can do more than provide a sympathetic ear or shoulder.

You possess a great deal of artistic talent, though you may not have a lot of confidence in your ability. Art gives you a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. You are especially sensitive to your environment and have a knack for creating an artistic, healing, and harmonious atmosphere in your home or work space.

Your deepest intention is to love those around you, and be loved in return. Six is the most loving of all numbers, especially in a one-to-one relationships. Your instincts are toward your family and friends. You envision a beautiful and harmonious life with love as the basis for all social interaction. Your love is returned manifold; people appreciate you and the love you give, and are willing to go to great lengths to keep you close at hand.

Your attention is directed to helping and caring for those you love. You are exceedingly domestic. You love your home and family and work hard to make both comfortable and secure. Your love for family and friends is a major source of your happiness and sometimes unhappiness.

Your desire to help others is so strong that you often find yourself sacrificing your own personal needs for someone else’s. You can overdo it, becoming too deeply involved in other people’s lives. You risk interfering in personal matters and or smothering those you love in too much affection. This can be especially weakening to children, who never experience their own personal strength if an adult is too protective.

You are extremely loyal and rarely let anyone down. You need to feel appreciation for your giving and caring. You want to know that you are needed.

You are generous and very forgiving. You are somehow able to overlook the worst mistakes in another and find enough good in that person to continue the relationship.

You are patient, warm, and sympathetic, sometimes to the point of sentimentality.

You have a natural ability as a counselor and healer. You are an excellent listener, compassionate and understanding. You are able to both sympathize and empathize with a person’s dilemma. Your challenge as a counselor is to be adequately educated so that you can do more than provide a sympathetic ear or shoulder.

You possess a great deal of artistic talent, though you may not have a lot of confidence in your ability. Art gives you a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. You are especially sensitive to your environment and have a knack for creating an artistic, healing, and harmonious atmosphere in your home or work space.

Your deepest intention is to love those around you, and be loved in return. Six is the most loving of all numbers, especially in a one-to-one relationships. Your instincts are toward your family and friends. You envision a beautiful and harmonious life with love as the basis for all social interaction. Your love is returned manifold; people appreciate you and the love you give, and are willing to go to great lengths to keep you close at hand.

Naoko and Him, as a rule of thumb, relationships fare better when the core numbers found in the same location in a chart are not the same. An exception is to this rule of thumb is the six, considered the most harmonious of all, the most loving and committed of all numbers, and rightly so!

Naoko and Him, you both commit strongly to a romantic relationship. There is nothing you want more than to make the other person happy, to take care of and comfort your partner. You are dedicated to the point of being willing to sacrifice much of your own needs and desires towards this commitment.

You love kids, family, friends, and your local community. Your need to distribute love and comfort is such that, most probably, you will both get involved in something related to healing, teaching, counseling, or the arts.

Naoko and Him, you must keep in mind that other numbers also play an important role in your relationship. However, even if some of those numbers are considered incompatible and bring in any negative influences, such influences will be at least in part diluted by the strongly compatible relationship found in this aspect of your charts.

There are instances, though, when the energy of the six may become overbearing, causing the relationship to shift from committed to co-dependent. This may happen, Naoko and Him, if you allow your extremely protective feelings towards each other to cloud your judgment. Therefore, it is important that you maintain your individuality and your ability to find happiness and contentment in your own life without depending on your partner or anyone else.

Jealousy is another possible danger you should guard against. The same protective feelings mentioned earlier, if out of control, can make one possessive, giving rise to jealousy and distrust; two human traits that have caused so much harm among people who, under normal circumstances, have no reason to experience such negative thoughts and feelings. Therefore, if you catch yourself doubting your partner’s faith with no real cause, step back and look at the situation as objective as possible.

Naoko and Him, the six found in this part of your chart is a powerful asset to the relationship. It is a number that brings harmony and love to all other numbers. Make good use of this blessing and you will live a beautiful romance while distributing love and care not only to your own family but to your friends and community as well.