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He nuzzled her cheek softly, a small whimper coming from his throat at seeing the pain in her eyes. "I'll be back soon as I can, lo.. Lucia." He glanced at the others with a sheepish, crooked grin. "Um, may I talk with Lucia alone a moment 'fore I go and she helps you?"

He waited nervously, leaning close to Lucia's side, ready to step off a ways with her at the Morganas' leave.

Thanking them with a wordless smile and a dip of his head Vanafindon padded after the beautifully pale furred female. He opened his mouth to say they did not have to go quite this far as she kept walking but somehow could not bring himself to do it. Every step they took was one more second alone together. When she sat amid the wildflowers he simply stared, mouth slightly agape and soaked up the image of her there, to store with the others he had collected before. "gods, Lucia... can you get any more beautiful?"

Stumbling he blushed, shaking his head with a silly grin in an attempt to focus it. "um. but yeah... came to talk. Yeah. Right." Vana sat down across from her sheepishly, paws reaching out lightly to hers but not quite touching, as if afraid touch would distract him. Which was probably right. His eyes were gentle with love, though a little worried about what & how he was going to speak.

"Lucia... Maidh's likely going to come back with me." He started softly, thinking about how to say the rest as he permitted that to sink in.

"No! I mean... maybe a little, but not exactly." This hurt so much to say. "Just that I'm gonna have to. Try I mean." Vana gazed into her soft green eyes with loving adoration. "It'll be hard... all I wanna do is touch you when I look at you..."

A thought lit his blue eyes as an idea came to him. "Maybe... Maybe we could turn it into a game! Like a courting game or something. He'll never notice flirting, and by brother rules I already claimed dibs to flirt with you..." Vana winced and hunkered down a little, hoping Lucia did not mind when he said it like that. But he had. He had to. And he thanked whatever gods were watching that day that he had the luck to see her first, or the brothers' rules would have torn him up inside with longing.

"What I mean, love, is that only Maidh must be left in the dark. At least until it seems he might fall in love himself. Everyone else can know. Maybe we can do just what we want, as long as it's more flirtatious or teasing. Like secret lovers..." He blushed hotly, not intending that slip. "Or, ah, I mean we can have fun with it, Lucia. So long as Maidh doesn't know yet you've captured my heart."

Vanafindon sat there dumbfounded, his world collapsing inwardly around him, feeling crushed by more than just a ton of bricks. Ashamed? "No! Not ashamed! Never ashamed! Not of you! Not of us!!"

He shouted, voice wrought with aching emotion into her wake. Struggling to his feet he soared and raced after her, to be stopped by the sight of an angry female nightmare guarding the barn where from inside he could make out his love's sobs ever so faintly. "I didn't mean it like that!" He shouted down to the nightmare, warily keeping his distance though he felt he should descend and let the lightning marked female give him the thrashing he deserved. "I was trying not to hurt her & protect my brother at the same time!"

Winging higher he angled for home. "I'll be back with Ginny! Like I said I would! I'll be back for Lucia...." Raining tears as he flew Vana raced towards home. He had had his moment... maybe that was all he was allowed.

Vana had never flown so fast in his life. He flew as if there was fire on his heals and perhaps there was. The sooner he got home the sooner he could return... and maybe there was still hope that he could work things out with Lucia. There had to be! His heart beneath the peach of his chest ached terribly. Seeing the angelic dive for the front door of the cottage at breakneck speed the little rabbit watching his charge in the garden telekinetically shoved open the door for him, black eyes wide. Even Amaryllis looked up in surprise from her plants.

The lovesick male hardly noticed, blue eyes glancing around the room for Ginny... hoping beyond hope that she was here and not somewhere with her mate. Vana did not think he had the mental capacity left to search through the rooms of the magic door in hope of finding the one the pair might be in. If they were here...

The sight of four eggs, three bearing the unmistakable carrot top of a Weasley, carefully tucked in a basket just inside the kitchen door relieved his heart greatly. Still not stopping he flew into the kitchen, much to the surprise of those inside. Ginny, the talaye Weasley Twins & a handful of Relms. Ginny rushed to him with all the concern of a new mother. "Vanafindon! Were've you been! Maidhfinden said you'd flown off." "Yeah... after you'd hit him." The feather tailed cat anthro chimed in, green eyes not even attempting to belay her interest.

Hearing his brother's name Vana's twin barged out of the magic door and ran over to clap him on the shoulder as he touched down. "Vana! What's kept you?" Maidh did not seem to notice the pained look in his twins eyes, or the way he had stiffened ever so slightly at his name. But the others did, and shared a glance. "You know I was only teasing 'bout that girl, don't you."

He forced a smile even as he growled low. Relm Audio shared a glance with the fire-tempered witch, recognizing the protective edge to the sound. "I said lay off, Maidh." Blue eyes turned pleading to Ginny. "I ah... ran into some of the members of your other home while I was out Ginny." Boy was that an understatement. His eyes darted to his brother before putting on a playful grin that the others could see was part act, part gleaned form Maidh. "They'd love to see you and the eggs, so I told them I'd do what I can to get you all there safely." and quickly, Ginny! I hurt her and its killing me! I've got to get back to her!

None of those gathered were talanted in mind reading but they did not have to be. Maidhfinden alone seemed able to overlook his twin's posture, figuring he was simply still mad at him though for the life of him Maidh could not fully understand why. They always joked like that.

Ginny gave Vana a warm smile. "I think that sounds like a great idea." The lovesick male visibly sighed with relief and gave his tails a wag. "I'll come too!" Maidh offered happily, getting a forced smile from his twin and another glance between Ginny & Relm at his comment. The artist audio looked thoughtful, then smiled with a gleam in her light green eyes. "Mind if Blondie & I join you, Red? I know she'd love to see her cousin & man again, and well... She blushed hotly, knowing seeing Keme was more than enough reason for her. The witch grinned at the thought, bright eyes sparkling softly. "Don't see why not. Come after on the 'cycle. I'll fly my broom, the twins can carry two eggs each. Maidh, fetch me two of those heavy padded & lined bags from the storage room, won't you please?" "Sure thing!" The twin grinned, trotting off.

Relm and Ginny turned on Vana with such force he cowed into the white cabinets with justifiable fear. The two females (not to mention the other Relms watching on with interest behind or the Weasley Twins watching in surprising silence) were certainly not above using their magic on family members if angered or they saw fit. But no spells came. Arching her brow the audio Relm stared. "Girl trouble?" Nod. "The one he mentioned?" Ginny countered. Aching nod, a pained look in his blue eyes. "And she's hurting?" "And at Moochi's?" Two nods. They shared another glance. Maidh was returning with the bags. "We'll get to the bottom of this & see what we can do." Relm assured him with a smile that brought one out in Vana that was not so forced as hope touched his heart.

"Got 'em, Ginny!" "Thank you, Maidh." Taking them the protective mother carefully bundled two eggs in each bag then draped them over the twins necks until she was satisfied -though there was more than some anxiety in her brown eyes. "Accio broomstick" She murmured forcefully, and a broomstick with adaptations for a four-legged kitsu shot from the magic door and into her paws. Climbing aboard she winked at Relm. "Better get Rikku & catch up." Then she shot out of the house with a wave, the twins right behind her.

"Bloke's got it bad." "You said it. You wouldn't hit me over a girl would you?" "Only if you're being a bloody git." The twins laughed.

Vana led the way, though Ginny also knew how to get there. His wings flagged with exhaustion He had been almost continually moving since he left the house after hitting his twin and when he was still his emotional level was at a high. The witch on her kitsu broomstick kept a steady eye on him her wand at the ready to cushion angelic and especially eggs should his strength leave him. She had a feeling it would not, knowing he was fueled by love. Even if his brother was oblivious

If she glanced behind her seeker's eyes would see the hovercycle with audios weaving between the trees below. "C'mon, Vana. You're not still mad about that, are you?"

The lovesick male glanced at his twin and sighed. "Some." Then he grinned, forced and more than a little pained. "Not the worst thing that's happened today." Now Maidh was worried. "Kay. If you say so. Moron." "Idiot." Vana returned with a sharp laugh.

Soon they were there, and Vana winged more to the barn than the house as his heart called him, landing with a tired stumble into the yard. "Dang... have you been flying all day, Vana?"

He laughed sharply, blue eyes on the barn as Ginny landed her broom & hovered over the ground. "Yeah. You could say that. On & off."

Only the sound of the air being sliced heralded the hovercycle's impending arrival behind them.

Brown eyes flashed at Charna's growl, calming only a little as Morgana stepped beside the nightmare. Vana waved a half-hearted greeting at the two females, a flirtatious but forced smile on his maw, his eyes looking past them to the barn beyond. "Enough, Charna." Fire flashed as Ginny shook her mane of red hair. Then she smiled wryly. "I'll not have you upsetting the eggs." Hopping off her broom & handing it to Maidh she padded over to the two females and hugged them both as the hovercycle pulled up and Rikku powered it down. "How've you been doing? How're the kits?"

"Then lets go show them off!" Ginny glowed with motherly pride and beckoned for the twins to follow.

Maidh had stared, seeing the bloody female for the first time. But no one else seemed upset so she shrugged it off and just grinned at the females, ready to follow He glanced over in concern as his twin started to sag. "Vana? You okay?"

Vanafindon blinked up tiredly. "Sure. Just drained." He glanced at Ginny with Morgana & Chroma, looking very tired. "Maybe I could just stay here? I promise not to go anywhere." Not that I would I just want to be near her and this is as close as I'm likely to get.

Relm strolled over, Rikku bounding behind her. She paused near the twins with a wave to the kitsu femmes just as Ginny spoke. "I'm fine with it, if Morgy is. Relm? My eggs please?"

Patting Vana on the the head the artist slipped the bag from around his shoulders and brought it carefully over to Ginny. "C'mon, Red. Let's visit." "yeah! Booyah!