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"Ugh, how much until we get to camp?" yelled Luca while holding onto his ragged clothes and supplies, struggling with the raging, cold wind; Tasked with going to no man's land in Svenitla to deal with fiends, of course they had to deal with a blizzard, too.
The Prince groaned as he held onto the sylvan, a big wound on his right leg making him limp "I-I think we are close!", he moaned in pain as the snow became deeper, consuming his leg.
Luca's eyes were filled with concern as he saw his partner fall, using all his strength he lifted Euden up over his shoulder making him yelp, Euden laughed sheepishly "Ah don't worry I can still-" Luca interrupted him "Don't say that, I will find us some shelter nearby..."
By some miracle, the sylvan managed to find a cave, he staggered until he and Euden managed to get to the cave safely, he sighed and laid Euden on the ground softly making sure he was laid face down, the blond coughed violently while Luca shook the snow off of him and began to make a campfire with a few sticks and the hopefully useless papers he could find in the bag of supplies.
Euden could not help but stare at Luca whom stared back and blushed, Euden laughed softly as his throat would allow "Thank you, Luca, I am glad I can always rely on you." his face illuminated as Luca kindled the campfire, the sylvan scoffed and grinned "Ah-I, well...It is no big deal, we are friends after all aren't we" he chuckled lightheartedly, that is until he saw Euden's wound, all stretching from his right thigh to his calf.
In a second, he stood up and searched for a source of water in the cave, a small waterfall has been the response to his silent plea, he ripped a piece of his almost destroyed coat and dipped it on the water and proceeded to tell Euden to take off his clothes.
Realizing what he said Luca's face turned a deep shade of red "Only the bottom will suffice!", he groaned as he made it worse on himself. Luckily or otherwise, it seems the Prince did not think much of it, Euden nodded and proceeded to take his damaged greaves and pants off giving the sylvan full sight of his legs and...his wound, good thing it did not seem deep enough to cause serious issues but it hurt him to see him like this.
Luca approached Euden and crouched near him, wet rag on hand "Let me know if it burns" he said as he placed the rag on the wound, his ears pulling back at the sounds of Euden hissing in pain, Luca tried his best to clean the wound as considerately as he could, after the deed was done, he took off his scarf and used it as improvised bandages "Wish i could have brought some of Sylas' medicine, I really did not think we would need them..." he thought out loud with a tone of regret, Euden shook his head and coughed "Luca...It is not your fault...we are fine, that's all that matters" he said hoarsely, trying his best to reassure the sylvan, Luca sighed and sat down beside Euden "You are right, I shouldn't be that harsh on myself." he decided to use what remains of his coat as a makeshift blanket for Euden and shuddered as he felt the cold wind seeping through the entrance, "Are you cold?" Euden inquired, Luca scoffed "Don't worry, my midriff needed to breathe after all" he laughed and sighed as his ears lowered in embarrassment "Pro-Probably..." he cleared his throat and prepared himself to make a bold question, "Can we...huddle up?"
Luca was sure he saw Euden's eyes widen, while the blond may be getting sick he was also pretty sure the red on his face was not only because of it; Euden nodded and lifted himself slowly in a sitting position, moaning in pain as his covered wound touched the floor, Luca reacted quickly and gently held the Prince's right leg on top of his legs, making them act as a leg rest.
"Do you want to eat? I think I brought some raw meat on the bag" Luca asked and tried to get up before Euden stopped him, "It is fine! Cleo told me to eat more than I wanted just in case something like this happened." he tried to laugh but he made a horrible hacking cough instead. Luca grinned a little "Man, you are probably going to end up with a nasty fever, let's hope the blizzard goes away soon or otherwise we may get stuck here for a night..." he noticed Euden smile before he closed his eyes "If it means staying with you that is fine by me." Luca's eyes widened at the sudden confession, oh no, he was not ready for that at all "Hey, wha-what did you mean by that?!" he got no response but he sighed in relief as he heard Euden's soft breathing, gently he let the Prince lay his head on his shoulders and the sylvan did nothing but caress his hair softly, praying this was not some fever dream as he began to close his eyes.
Luca woke up slowly and then jumped as he forgot, he was in a cave, during a blizzard, and with Euden, he was about to get up but saw Euden beside him, still sleeping; Luca looked out the entrance, the blizzard had stopped and it was early in the morning, he nudged Euden awake "Hey, wake up, we need to return now!" he said but Euden held Luca tight as he whined softly "No...Let me sleep a bit more..." Luca laughed nervously "I am sure this would be funny if we were not in the middle of no-" he got interrupted as he felt Euden's soft lips on his, he did not fight back, rather he let him kiss him, the kiss broke just as it began, tenderly and quietly, Euden's red face being not only from his developing fever.
"You know...If you kiss me in that state I will get sick, too." Luca commented, his tone more teasing than reprimanding, Euden laughed "I know, maybe we could ask for a shared room if you get sick, too" Luca shook his head "Let's get going!" he exclaimed as he went for the bag of supplies, he looked down at Euden "Is your leg better?" Euden managed to get up with a little help from Luca "Seems like it, it does not hurt like yesterday but I think I may need a bit of help" Luca laughed "Well, I can certainly help with that" he said as he held Euden's shoulder, allowing him to support himself.
Finally, the mission was over, after returning to the camp all of their friends gathered in worry at Euden's condition who laughed it off "It is okay, had it not been for Luca I would have been in a much graver state" Luca's eyes sparkled and he could not contain himself as he turned to hug the Prince, Euden swore he saw some tears threaten to come out of the sylvan's eyes.
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Summer was here and the heat was unbearable, but at least it was not a grueling blizzard
plus Euden's wound had healed to the degree it allowed him to go to the beach.
"Pass!" Ranzal yelled as he passed the ball to Luca, the sylvan hit it towards his opponent's side which was only marked by two drakes holding a net who were happily holding it up as they had been promised treats afterwards.
Euden made his best to swim towards it, not allowing the ball hit the water and hit it towards Ranzal, his speed seemed normal as if nothing had happened, yet, Luca could not help worry "If it still hurts do not over exert yourself!" Euden laughed "It is fine, the healers did a great job." Luca sighed and chuckled as Ranzal got to return the ball yet it only managed to hit a drake to which Ranzal gasped "Sh-Shit, sorry!", the drake seemed unamused, Euden chuckled nervously "Don't worry, you two will get lots of treats later!".
Luca looked at his former friend, now lover, smile and laugh, that is how he liked to see him.