Sunrise and Sunset

By Nikki

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Title: Sunrise and Sunset
Author: Nikki
Type: Oneshot
Rating: R
Pairings: Clavis/Julious
Dedication: To Sephie ^^
Summary: Julious dreams of what happened just after his 18th birthday (plus what he wished would have), and wakes up to a surprise...

Author's Notes: I don't own any of the Angelique peoples. Koei does. They can sue me, but I'm not worth much. This has a ghost of a plot, but it's mainly just fun stuff. Oh and um... This isn't set at any particular time. It's just... yeah. Short but to the point. Maybe I'll continue it later but for now its a one-shot. Just read it and like it Xp.

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The early morning sun shone through the window panes, casting a pattern of light and shadows on the floor below. A cool morning breeze blew now and then making the leaves outside rustle in its wake. Inside on his bed, the Guardian of Light was deep in his sleep, dreaming of the past...

~~~Julious's Dream~~~

A cold wind blew through the open window of the young Guardian of Light's bedroom. He had just turned 18, but for him, it had been just another day. It was times like this that he felt the lonliest. Sure, the others had thrown him a small party, but he still felt the bitter sting of being alone in his heart. Shutting the window, the young Guardian walked over to his bed and laid down to rest.

Before he could slip into a dream, a knock came at his door. With a small muttered curse, the blonde flipped over in his bed only to see the door already opening and the all too familiar jet-black hair of the Guardian of Darkness.

"Did I disturb you, Julious? I came to check up on you at the request of the other Guardians. You left rather quickly, don't you think?" Julious cursed under his breath yet again at the unwelcome intruder and sat up in bed.

"Iie, I had only been laying down a few moments." Julious just looked at the other, wondering why the amethyst gaze was fixed so intently on him. "The party was boring me. What do you want?"

"Well, I never got to give you my present." Clavis made his way across the room and took a seat on the bed next to his fellow Guardian and produced a small box. Julious wondered what could be in it as he took it and carefully took off the wrapping paper.

Inside the box was a ring. It was a finely crafted band of gold, and the top showed the picture of a moon inside a sun, the sun made of brilliant topaz and the moon of a deep purple amethyst, each stone carefully cut into the right shape. Julious was stunned. "Why such an elegant present?"

"We've had a hard time becoming friends over these twelve years. I thought maybe this could help symbolize a friendship for us and help to bring us closer. I made myself one just like it." Clavis held out his hand to show his identical ring. Julious just looked at it, still in a bit of shock over the whole ordeal. He'd never expected such a thoughtful gift from the Guardian of Darkness, considering how they had sort of an on-again off-again friendship.

"Thank you, Clavis... I can tell you put a lot of thought into it." With a smile, Julious removed the ring and slid it onto his finger. He looked over at his companion to see something flash in his eyes, something Julious couldn't quite make out.

"That's not all of your present." Clavis spoke softly and calmly, but there was something different in his voice. Before Julious could say another word, Clavis pushed him back onto the bed and pressed their lips together in a kiss.

Julious was completely caught off-guard. He instinctively opened his mouth to gasp, only to give Clavis the opportunity to deepen the kiss by quickly sliding his tongue between Julious's surprised lips. Julious wanted to push away, but part of him wanted the kiss. The battle was easily won by the part that wanted it, and so he gave in, opening his mouth more to allow the Guardian of Darkness better access.

Clavis broke the kiss, moving his head back and looking Julious in the eyes. Julious's cheeks had turned rose-colored and his lips were gently parted, his eyes blinking in confusion. "What... was that?"

"You and I... we've been alone for so long... it's only natural that we should find comfort in one another... ne?" Clavis had a grin across his face for the first time since Julious met him as a child. He did have a point... They were both so alone...

"I suppose so..." Julious spoke softly as he reached up to brush a lock of Clavis's long dark hair out of his eyes. Taking that as his cue, Clavis once again closed the short distance between them and engaged them in another kiss.

This kiss, however, was not as gentle as the first. It was heated, full of passion and need. Both of the Guardians had gone through puberty without anyone other than themselves to help relieve the pressures of their hormones, so they were both dealing with years of pent up urges all rushing to the front at once.

Julious didn't know this, but Clavis had been planning this for months, doing research on just how to make love to another man. He'd secretly admired the other Guardian for years, but had always been too quiet and distant to say anything. Now, Clavis wanted to claim Julious as his. Even though Julious was a few months older, Clavis was the bigger of the two, so he thought it only right that he should dominate. After walking in and seeing Julious in nothing but his boxers in his bed, it had been almost more than he could handle.

The Guardian of Darkness reached down to massage Julious's chest, firmly caressing the smoothe skin below his hand. Julious let out a soft moan. Clavis had such silky hands, much more than he ever would have guessed.

While Julious was still concentrating on the softness of Clavis's hands, the dark-haired Guardian sneakily slipped one under the edge of his boxers and yanked them off. When Julious realized he was completely naked under the other boy, he blushed a deeper shade of red and broke the kiss. "C... Clavis... do you... know what you're doing?"

Clavis had a smug smirk on his face. "You're cute when you blush. And yes, I know what I'm doing." Clavis took the opportunity to glance down over Julious's exposed flesh. It was so much better than in his dreams -- his smoothly muscled chest, and his firm prominent manhood (quite nicely sized) was ready to go. Clavis licked his lips at the sight.

Julious felt very vulnerable, and frankly, a little frightened by the looks appearing on Clavis's face. He didn't like the feeling of being so exposed. He should be the one in contol, he was the main Guardian after all, right...?

Clavis shed his own robe to reveal he had nothing on underneath. While his frame was slightly thinner than Julious's own, he was longer and still quite well-toned, and his manhood was very impressive. Julious had idly wondered what was under those robes, but never throught in his most remote thoughts he'd ever see.

Before discarding it to the floor, Clavis pulled a small bottle of lubricant out of his robe's pocket. He squirted out a generous amount on his fingers and hand and ran it over his own length, making sure to have enough so as not to hurt Julious.

Julious just watched as the other Guardian reached down between his own legs and lightly ran his finger over his opening. Julious let out a gasp. He'd never been touched there before and the sensation sent chills up his spine. A thin long finger was slowly and gently inserted into him, and Julious let out a loud moan. "Ohh... Clavis..."

"Julious..."

He moaned more as the finger moved around inside him, stretching him to get him ready... "Clavis-sama..."

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"Julious!"

The blonde Guardian woke with a start to find Clavis standing over him smirking. He could feel the blush spread over his cheeks as he sat up and grabbed a pillow quickly to cover the bulge in the covers. Why did Clavis have to come in during that dream? But then again, he seemed to be having it a lot more lately. Julious missed being that intimate with the other Guardian, but after what he did, Clavis hated him. Julious covered up his own pain by being cold back to him, but each time he had to yell at the purple-eyed beauty it stung him. As it did now. "What do you want?! How dare you come in here without knocking!"

Clavis smirked his all too familiar smirk. "I did knock. You didn't answer. So I came in. Having a nice dream? I heard you call my name~" Clavis grinned and leaned against the bedpost.

"I... It's none of your business! What do you want?!" Julious's face was red with a mixture of embarassment and anger. It was hard enough he couldn't stop thinking about him, his beautiful amethyst eyes, his long dark hair moving over his bare skin, his hand gently caressing his...

Julious coughed and squirmed a bit. This was /very/ uncomfortable.

"I came to wake you up. But I must confess, I never thought I'd find you like this." Clavis grinned and sat on the edge of Julious's bed. He hadn't told anyone, but lately, Clavis had been having similar dreams. He wanted to still hate Julious for what he did to him, but he couldn't bring himself to anymore. The memories of their love were flooding back to him.

Love. Was that what they had shared?

Julious sighed and averted the purple gaze. "Clavis... do you still hate me?" Julious needed to know... before it killed him.

Clavis sighed a bit. He was hoping he'd never have to answer this question. But, given what he had just witnessed, it seemed Julious missed their time together as well. "No... as much as I want to, something won't let me."

"Do you remember our promise? To be friends always?" Julious looked back over to see a somber look across the other's face.

"...Yes. Why did I hold a grudge for so long against you?" Clavis let out a sigh. It was unusual for him to be this open, but some unknown force was giving him strength.

"Because your heart had been hurt. But tell me. Did you really love her?"

Clavis paused and closed his eyes. He'd never wanted to admit it to himself, but he hadn't really loved her. He told himself he did to get over the fact that Julious would probably never love him alone...

"No. It was someone else I loved..."

"Who is that someone else?" Julious looked over to Clavis and got nothing but silence. He had a hunch anyway. Without saying a word, he moved over and pulled Clavis close and gave him a deep kiss.

When the kiss broke, Clavis whispered a single word. "You." With a smile, Julious wrapped his arms around the Guardian of Darkness's neck, and leaning close to his ear, said the three words he had held in since his 18th birthday.

"I love you..."

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In the hallway, Olivie giggled as he gently pulled the door closed. "Did it work?" Luva looked over at the other Guardian. It had been Luva's idea to approach Olivie to put the dreams into Julious and Clavis's minds to bring them back together. Luva had gotten tired of the bickering between them and knew something needed to be done.

"Ha~i... it worked. The two are... having fun... as we speak." He giggled and winked just as a loud yell came from Julious's room.

"Clavis-sama~~!"

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