Multi fandom Oneshots

A Song To Soothe You

Fandom: Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
(if it even has one)

Pairing: Lilia/Darc

I'm calling it a one shot for now because I don't know for sure where I'd put it, but this did start out as a scene written for my current WIP of this game (which is coming in due time). Darc is one of my favorite video game characters in existence and I just want to see the guy happy for once and that's basically what this stemmed from. 
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The crisp air of the night seemed to be completely still as they walked quietly under the pale moonlight of Cragh Island. Darc seemed to be convinced that if they were going to find the Cave of Truth that it had to be here and truthfully, considering everything that had happened in the last few hours, Lilia didn't feel particularly inclined to argue with him.

He was dead silent as they walked, and if it wasn't for the subtle clinking sound of his armor, she might not even notice he was there. She couldn't blame him.

Nonetheless he seemed to have regained his tough exterior since they left Yewbell, but the aggressive and usually rather bitter demeanor she'd come to associate with him was all but gone at this point. Maybe a little bit temperamental, but he hadn't snapped at her for anything since saving her. She wondered if maybe that meant he was finally warming up to her.

It didn't really matter though, because he was quietly brooding. She didn't know much about deimos, but her time spent being locked down there taught her all that she needed to know about the level of emotional expression that he was probably dealing with here. If she could hazard a guess she'd say that chances are he's never cried in front of anybody before, let alone a human. Deimos viewed it as a sign of weakness.

But now they were on a shore, and the sound of the waves crashing was almost enough to distract her from her concern. Almost. She glanced over in Darc's direction, watching him look around for a minute before turning to her. "We should camp here for the night, and we can continue on that path when the sun is up. I'm not so sure it's a great idea to be traversing into a jungle in the dark, when we have no idea what kind of monsters there could be here."

Whether or not that was an excuse or legitimate worry on his part didn't matter much to Lilia, considering she wasn't feeling very inclined to follow him into said dark jungle this late at night anyway. Maybe the path would lead them to the Cave of Truth, but she didn't believe their journey would be that simple.

She made quick work of setting out her bed roll, watching Darc build a small yet surprisingly effective fire for them. She offered him some food, the bread she always carried in her bag for circumstances like this, but he declined. And even though she hadn't seen him eat anything since he found her, she didn't feel like now was really the time to be pressuring him about it. She couldn't eat for days after her  mother had died after all.

But now he was sitting there, staring off and even if it was dead silent Lilia really couldn't seem to sleep. Sure, Darc was never a particularly talkative person, but he didn't usually ignore her like this. He hadn't spoken a word to her since they left Yewbell, she could probably guess the reason for that. She would have been content to leave him be if he didn't look so miserable, and after nearly 15 minutes of looking at his downcast expression she sat up, and walked over to where he was sitting.

He made no sort of indication that he'd noticed her, but he was always so observant that she knew he had. When she sat down less than a foot away from him on the soft sand, she couldn't tell by the look on his face if it had irritated him at all. They stared out at the ocean in silence, the wind blew gently against her face. It was such a peaceful scenario that it was almost comical to her.  This day was anything but peaceful.