You Know...

Fourth drabble.

Because I love Heath and I'm sure he kows how to be a manipulative bastard when the situation calls for it. nod

This is dedicated to Nariko.Hoshi and Kage-San, for having read this from the beginning and whose support really made me glad!

#4#Revenge Is Best Eaten Whenever Possible

Legault grinned and deeply inhaled the fresh morning air. "What a lovely day this will surely turn out to be!" He lightly exclaimed to himself as he made his way towards his favourite wyvern rider. He stopped in his tracks as Vaida walked by him, first scoffing then somewhat smirking as she seemed to think that him and Heath mentioned in the same sentence was the funniest thing ever.

...Okay. So maybe he only knew two wyvern riders. And maybe Vaida was the other one. Heath would still be his favourite if he knew a hundred. Or a thousand. Or--

He shook his head as he shrugged off these endless thoughts and slightly puffed his chest in pride as he finally found his - oh, how good it felt to finally have some truth behind that word! - wyvern rider and walked towards him. "Why, hello there, handsome." He greeted happily as he wrapped his arms around his waist, pulling him close. "Hello, lizard." He then added towards Hyperion casually. The beast didn't seem to mind though.

Heath raised an eyebrow and looked down at the arms that were around his waist - innocently ensuring that their owner could remain glued to his back - before reaching down with his hands to grasp the other's and unclasp their hold on him. "Don't be so clingy." He said lightly as he took a few steps forward to get his personal space back.

Legault pouted but wasn't fought off so easily. He grabbed the other once more and turned him around, trying to kiss him. But a hand was clamped over his mouth before he could. "Heaaaammph!" He whined behind the evil gloved hand.

The green-haired man chuckled as he pulled his hand back. "Yes?" He asked innocently.

"Why are you being so evil?" The thief asked in all seriousness with a frown.

Heath surveyed him quietly just as seriously before a small smirk made its way up his lips. "Because...I can." That said, he pulled back out of the other's arms once more, immensely enjoying his confused expression - ha! Served him right to be the one confused for once!

"But...why? That's so evil..." The man replied ever so very eloquently.

The wyvern rider chuckled slightly and shrugged. "Payback. You've been a nosy, clingy, intrusive, and plainly annoying stalker for a long time. You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Frankly, seeing how you were yesterday, yes I did." Legault replied with a simple shrug. He wasn't about to let the other know, but he immensely liked that new...evil aspect of him - and who ever said that he wasn't up to another challenge? He had, after all, without a doubt, become an expert in the 'wooing Heath' department, hadn't he? Damn well he had. And he wasn't about to let that change, no Sir!

Heath blushed but quickly covered it with a shrug as he turned back to tending to Hyperion. "Yesterday was special. I'd been distracted by worries for your safety. You were sluggish in battle."

"...We were fighting on opposite sides of the battlefield." The other reminded him, leaning next to him so he'd look up into his eyes.

"...I meant worried for my safety." Heath corrected matter-of-factly.

"You barely had a scratch." Legault commented without missing a beat.

"Because Lady Priscilla healed me."

"..."

"..."

Hyperion yawned as watched the two.

"..."

"...What's with that look?"

Legault straightened up as he crossed his arms over his chest. "What, exactly, is your goal?"

"To annoy the hell out of you, for a change." He then shrugged as he smiled. "Besides, I like playing hard to get, you should know that by now. So. Am I getting any close to my goal?"

"...You were quite far from it." Legault replied in a strained tone.

Heath's smile widened as he rested a hand on his hip. "...Until I mentioned her."

Legault's eyes narrowed despite himself and he sighed. "Fine. State your conditions."

If possible, the other smiled even more broadly. "Simple. Admit it."

Legault looked at him deadpanned and briefly wondered if Heath had simply developed a new personnality without him noticing. One week, he was demanding that he stop his teasing - with one hell of a blush if he ever saw one - and the next, the devious bastard that he had become was asking him to clearly say it out loud. In words. And out loud.

The sneaky...

Letting out a sigh and forcing himself to calm down, since he knew that anyway the brilliant genius masterming that he was would surely come up with a plan to have his own revenge in no time, he complied, albeit unhappily - if only for the principle. "...I love you and I'm jealous. And possessive. And I feel like hurting innocent creatures every time that girl gets within a mile of you. There, happy?" He asked as he huffed at him.

"Hmm...I don't know..." Heath said as he bit his lip, scratching his chin as he pretended to think of something more.

Legault gaped openly at him and shook his head, raising his palms in front of him. "Whoa whoa, wait a minute! First you refuse my good-morning hug, then you bitch about revenge for my stalking--" well, he'd never denied it, had he? "--then, to please you, I admit that I love you and I'm hard to live with, all that in front of your damned lizard, and you're still not happy? You know I've never done anything like that for anyone before, don't you?" Well no, the other couldn't know but well, now he did. "What more could you possibly want?"

"For you to kiss me." Heath replied as if it were the simplest of things, clearly very amused and extremely satisfied with the way things had turned out.

"...Oh." Okay. Didn't he deserve to die for this?...Nah. "Why didn't you say so sooner?" He replied with a smile as if the previous moments hadn't happened. And he did just as the other wanted. He kissed him. There. Where whoever pleased and passed by - and there was a whole army in that camp - could see them. And man, was he enjoying it. "You enjoyed that, didn't you?" He asked the other as they parted.

"Immensely." Heath replied with a very self-satisfied grin before kissing him again. "And Legault...?" He asked against his lips as he pulled back slightly, trailing soft kisses down his neck.

"Mmrh?" The other purred out weakly.

"...If you ever think about having your own revenge, well don't. I get the feeling I'll yet again have the upper hand." He said mischieviously as he lightly nibbled on the sensitive skin.

Oh?...Oh.

Legault's eyes widened in realization and he pulled back to see the other's smug look. Oh.

Oho.

The devious...manipulative...

They hadn't even gotten to the intimate part of their relationship yet and he was already holding it hostage?

...He was going to have to be very careful from now on.

Oh, the things he wouldn't do...

End#4

This was really funny to write...they may have ended up being a bit OOC, but this time, and for my sake, I'll just go with it... hope you liked it! Please drop a comment, I'd really love to know what people thought of this chapter!