Beyblade Burst Adventures

Black Roses

In which Violet Eye receives several pleasant surprises, and at the end of the day he has a lovely bouquet. (Violet Eye x Black Eye.)
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Violet Eye stared at his nightstand with a small smile, his chest warming with unrequited affection as he took in the details of this lovely surprise left to him. Laying on the small wooden table, just in front of his mask...

Was a single, lovely black rose.

I wonder how he managed to slip in here?... That sneaky little shadow. Violet Eye smiled even more, picking up the beautiful flower and touching it to his lips. Just like his love, it smelled sweet and was soft to the touch.

After a few minutes Violet Eye stood, searching his room before he found a little cup, then he went into his private bathroom and filled it with some water. He placed the cup on his nightstand and the rose in the cup after placing one last kiss to its soft petals, then he pulled on his mask and left the room.

Little did he know, that was only the first rose of many.

Violet Eye's morning was the same as any other. He trained with his trusty Shadow Wyvron, pushing it and himself to the very limit with every launch and battle. Ashtem stalked around on the catwalk above, watching every Masked Blader in their private training room, looking for any weakness among them with piercing eyes never seen past his mask but always feared.

Violet Eye breathed hard as the unbearable tensity of the room began to weigh heavily on him, reaching up with a shaking arm and clearing the sweat from under his mask. He wanted to take a break, but he knew Ashtem was watching them and would be very unhappy if he saw one of them stop.

The masked man detested weakness, after all...

He bent down when Wyvron spun out, collecting it from the stadium and then glancing at Ashtem. Seeing that their leader's attention was focused on Gold Eye all the way across the room, he paused and took a moment to catch his breath. After a moment Ashtem began to glance at the others again, and Violet Eye almost didn't react in time.

Almost. But luckily he did, snatching up Wyvron and quickly climbing to his feet. He heard the metal of the catwalk clanging as Ashtem left the room at long last, but he didn't dare spare a glance until he heard the door above shut.

The other Masked Bladers glanced up too, all sighing in relief and finally allowing themselves a break. Violet Eye dropped down onto a nearby bench, pulling off his mask and wiping away the thick sheen of sweat forming on his face.

After a moment, he glanced up and saw Azure Eye walking his way, smiling a little at the other Blader. "Hey, Azzy."

"Hi, Violet Eye." He glanced at the door above warily, then he reached into his coat and pulled out a carefully preserved black rose. Azure Eye smiled when he saw Violet Eye's face light up, then he murmured. "Black Eye is stuck with security duty today... He'll try to visit you on breaks, but I think Ashtem's got him tied up mostly."

"Oh..." Violet Eye looked down at the rose and smiled. "That's okay. He's with me in my heart."

When Violet Eye got another break, he went and put the rose in the water cup.

Lunch finally came, and when Violet Eye came into the room he saw that Black Eye wasn't there. Not an uncommon occurrence for Bladers on security duty- even Gold Eye had to eat lunch in the security room.

He simply sat where he and Black Eye normally did, in the blind spot of a camera set in the corner. The moment he sat down, he noticed that there was another black rose taped under the table.