Hello there everyone. I just wanted to apologize for my lack of activity as of late. I have no excuse aside from I kept getting distracted and, while I have been writing, I haven't really been able to finish anything. Right now however I am going into overdrive mode in hopes of finishing things in time for Yullen week.
As an apology for my resent absence I thought I'd post a small excerpt of one of my Yullen Week entries, Fire and Frost, which, with any luck, will have the first chapter posted on the 18th.
I hope you enjoy.
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The pale form flitted between the trees, his white cloak clasped firm around his shoulders, his footsteps light, making no sound even as they ghosted across the leaf strewn ground that soon became white with frost in his wake, as did the trees he passed. The full moon shone high above, her beautiful rays shining down, her light seemingly drawn to him, setting his pale hair and fair alabaster skin alight with pale flame beneath the cloak. But he paid no heed, too focused on his current mission to truly care whether anyone but the moon and trees noticed him.
He already knew the trees did, that they didn't approve of what he was doing, that only the moon with her pale rays could be trusted. She didn't care, didn't care that he was breaking the laws of his family, didn't care that he was seeking out the enemy for a purpose other than battle and death, didn't care about anything he was doing now. If she did, she would have long ago put a stop to these nights, would have stopped being full and bright on the nights they planned to meet, would have stopped her rays from shining on him just as they always had, or at least dimmed her light, and he took the fact that she hadn't as a sign of approval, or at least the icy indifference she had always been known for where others were concerned.
Finally, after what felt like forever, the trees began to thin and his pace slowed, the frost that appeared from each step in his wake spreading to cover the trees as he exited the forests edge, entering their clearing.
Wild flowers lay splayed across the ground before him, but his gaze was focused on the opposite edge, locked and searching for the one he was here to see.
His heart fell when he found no sign, only to rise again as a shadow in the trees opposite him moved, exiting the tree line.
The figure was taller than he, a cloak black as night hiding them from view just as his did for him. He smiled and took several steps into the clearing, and the figure did the same, lowering the black hood as he did so.
Frost formed quickly in his wake, covering the grass and flowers he passed with a thin sheen of white, just as shadows writhed in the other's, leaving all he'd passed in a blanket of gray and black, untouched by the moons rays.
"Took you long enough," The other said as the white haired male came to a stop in the middle of the clearing, "I was starting to wonder if you wouldn't come."
"Why wouldn't I?" the younger asked, eyes raking up and down the other.
His dark hair hung loose around his shoulders, deep cobalt eyes writhing with a mixture of shadow and starlight, so resembling endless pools reflecting the night sky.
He didn't wait for an answer before taking a slow step towards him, coming to stand right in front of him with no more than a few inches in between. He looked up into his eyes as his hands hesitantly rose to rest on his clothed chest, watching for a reaction as the frost slowly spread across the black expanse of cloth only to start melting and renewing its struggle as the dark-haired's natural heat reached it. Closing the rest of the distance when he found no sign of disapproval in the other's eyes, he allowed his head to come to rest against the well-muscled chest where he could feel the heart beating strong within, "I missed you."
The other's arms slowly came up to wrap around the smaller's shoulders, holding him close and being careful to touch only cloth. "You too," He grumbled lowly, reluctantly as he rested his cheek on the pale hood that hid the locks of snowy white from his view, "Moyashi."
The boy pulled back after a few moments and looked up at him from beneath the hood, silver eyes mildly annoyed, "That's not my name, Kanda."
The raven-haired smirked, bringing one hand up to brush a few strands of snowy hair from the younger males face, ignoring the cold of the pale frost that quickly formed on the tips of his fingers, spreading from where they touched the hair and flesh of his should-be enemy, "You sure? 'Cause I think it could be. It certainly suits you well enough."
His smirk broadened and his other hand came up to push the hood of the younger's cloak down, fully revealing the smaller male's features. His lips sparkled faintly with a thin blanket of frost and his skin was pale, luminescent, almost glowing as though it held the same light as the moon his people regarded as a deity. Only a small area seemed to be lacking the light, the area where a faint gray shadow had begun to spread from around Kanda's touch, steadily growing darker and larger the longer the contact was maintained.
He cupped Allen's cheek, leaning down when he found no sign of disapproval in the silver eyes. He paused when their lips were less than an inch apart, breath, one chilled and laced with the cold of winter, the other warm with the very heart of summer, mingling in the small space between them, giving each a chance to prepare for what was to come even though all Allen wanted was for it to come.
And then the distance was gone and he wasn't sure who had closed it.
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That's all for now. I hope you like it~<3