Night of a thousand stars

Aly giggled quietly and smoothed Laharl's hair as he mumbled. She looked back at Bleu and laughed "I don't know Bleu, you're going to have to try really hard to make me like you, because..." she stopped and blushed, not feeling like telling him her feelings for Laharl, she wasn't sure she wanted to admit it to herself yet. "Well anyways, you're charming enough guy, we'll see what happens" She winked. If anything, she'd go out with Bleu just to see how Laharl would react. She looked out the window, then thought about how horrible the idea was getting Bleu's hopes up like that when she didn't have feelings for him yet. She didn't want to become that type of person.


She realized her hand was still caressing his hair and she let it drop, looking back at Bleu, "Are we almost there?" she called out.
 
"Just about..." Bleu said calmly, and just as the last second, Laharl snorted awake with a jolt. "Uwah-!" Laharl woke up, hitting his head against the roof of the car. Bleu smiled at Aly," I'll try my best, Aly," He smiled, implying when she told him to try hard to get her attention. Laharl stretched happily, and looked at Bleu," Try your best at what?" He asked, slightly annoyed that he didn't get in on the action. Bleu simply turned away and said in a tune," Oh nothing~" Laharl shrugged and grabbed his skateboard," Ready, Aly?" He was suddenly enthusiastic, and awake as ever.
 
She nodded "Ready" she grabbed the other board and took off out of the car. She looked at Bleu "Bye, thanks Bleu" she waved farewell. When she drove off she took a deep breath of air and looked at Laharl "Okay skater boy, show me the way" she gave him a grin and dropped her own board to the ground awaiting his lead.
 
Laharl also laid his board to the ground, and led over to the edge of a ramp. He showed that the boars must be partway in and partway out. "Balance! Balance!" Laharl kept repeating, showing her that first apply force and bend your knees, and then try to lift yourself back up in the middle of the ramp. "When you get to the top, slam your foot down so you can stop correctly," Laharl said professor-like. He did a couple more and then turned to Aly," Now you can try."
 
Aly watched as he did a few moves, she wondered if she ever would be able to do that. "Okay, bend, balance..." she whispered, She started to stand on the board, wavering a bit before she stood straight. She looked at ramp and she sucked her breath. She tried going at the ramp, but the board whizzed out of her control and she leaped off of it before she could fall. The board flew off without her. "Okay, I'll try again". She repeated the exercise, she tried to gain her balance on the board but when she pushed off, she had forgotten to balance. Her arms windmilled and she wrapped her arms around Laharl for support. Her heart pounded when she had nearly fallen. She gasped, blushing at the contact and then repositioned herself on the board. "Er...sorry, that was pretty...wrong", she said 'bad' but something about that felt so right.
 
Laharl blushed a bit as he caught her. Was his reflexes this good? Something inside him not to do it, but Laharl did it anyway. He grabbes Aly's wrist and pulled her close, Laharl went up and kissed her. Right on the lips. It wasn't very long, it was actually very short. Laharl gasped, realizing what he had done. His face turned red and backed up a bit and looked away," Eh. S-sorry bout that. I just- just wasn't thinking," What kind of lame excuse was that? Urgh. Stupid! Stupid! He banged his head with his fist. He must've looked like an idiot doing that. Why was he so stupid sometimes? Then he had the perfect excuse. He smiled like nothing happened," Now we're even," he tried his best to be calm, but a stinging pain was in his heart.
 
She didn't expect him to grab her wrist and pull her close to him. When he kissed her, a mere few seconds, her head spun wildly before he let her go. Aly blushed madly, trying to get herself under control when he said "Eh. S-sorry bout that I just- just wasn't thinking,". He seemed flustered and even hit himself. He then brought himself in a much calmer state and smiled "Now we're even". She shrugged "Okay...yeah we're even" she didn't know why they needed to be even, but maybe she didn't want it to be 'even'. She wondered if she could make it 'uneven' again.


"Anyways, c'mon lets go" she grabbed his hand and she started again, forgetting the whole event. For now. She grabbed the skateboard and copied him exactly, this time, she made it to the ramp and stopped at the top, it wasn't the greatest move and was a bit clumsy but she did it "How's that?" she grinned as she crossed her arms.
 
Laharl clapped his hands," Much much better!" He cheered, and he secretly thought of the incident again. When Aly wasn't looking, Laharl tpuched the tender spot on his lips, it was warm. "Try a few more times until you've completely mastered it," he instructed. He liked their relatuonship. Being almost best friends in a matter of a few days, but obviously weirdness popped up. Then there was Bleu, who looked as if he was interested in Aly. No way. Laharl forgot about his brother and continued," You learn quickly!" Laharl smiled, amazed how she could've done it that fast, which usually takes a complete beginner several hours.


(i honestly know nothing about skateboarding, just making it up as I go xD )
 
((LOL, sure thing neither do I))


Aly laughed, they did a few more runs before she grew tired and she sat on the concrete ledge by the street "When do you think Bleu will get here?" She sat the board accross her lap. Looking back at Laharl pensively. It was soon late in the day, it was weird to think she actually had the whole day with him. She'd enjoyed every minute of it. "You think we'll be able to do things like this more often? Just not skateboarding, just...doing things together?" She gave a small smile.
 
Laharl smiled," Yeah! Totally." Bleu had just drove in with his car, which was now empty of boxes. " Okay, you crazy kids, let's go," Bleu said, honking the horn. Laharl took up his skateboard and held Aly's hand, helping her up. He strode over to the car and sat on a window seat.
 
Now that there was plenty of room, Aly was free to sit anywhere but as she stepped into the now roomy car, she instead chose to sit close to Laharl. She beamed and said to Bleu "Hey I actually did some pretty cool stuff back there, Laharl is an awesome teacher" she didn't feel like mentioning what else had happened back there but a lot of what happened burned in her mind and she still couldn't forget the kiss.


"So, have you been doing this the whole time?" She gestured at the now empty car. She suddenly realized she still had Laharl's hand in hers and she released his, not bothering to look at his face to see his reaction but she gave a small smile, she'd hoped she'd made things uneven again.
 
Laharl noticed and smiled. Did he like her? He said he would never fall in love, but it all seemed nothing to him now. Laharl pretended to look outside the window, looking at something. Bleu looked back," Ah. One of the men in the delivery department of mom and dad's company was sick, so I volunteered to do it," he smiled, noticing Aly was beside Laharl. Bleu turned back and asked while he started the car," Oy Laharl! You didn't try to make a move on Aly or something did you?!" Laharl jolted up," N-no! W-why would you say that?!" Bleu chuckled," Relax, i'm just messing with ya!" He mumbled, but no one could hear," Che. Liar~" Bley had said. Laharl stayed awake this time, because he couldn't sleep. Did Aly REALLY like him back?
 
Aly giggled and the carride went smoothly after that. She watched transfixed at the trees that flashed by the window. Then she stepped out of the car. "Hey Bleu, check this out" She gave a huge smile, then dropped her board to the floor, she stepped on it and rolled down the sidewalk, whizzing past and she could feel the wind blow through her hair, she felt free and wild. But as she was reveling in the ride, the wheels hit a crack in the concrete, sending her sprawling into the air and she landed on the floor scraping her knees and her palms caught her and they became pained at the impact.


She cried out, grimacing and rolled into a sitting position. She had some scrapes and stuff but all in all she felt alright, she felt it could have been worse.
 
Both brothers gasped and ran over. "Aly! Are you alright?!" Bleu said, helping her up. He inspected hr injuries with a worried face. Laharl also was worried, alot more than Bleu," Arggh! You idiot..." He said, certainly not mad but alittle sad," Told ya to use pads," Laharl wasn't upset, he was simply relieved that she didn't get severely hurt. "Ahh... You're certainly scraped up" Laharl mumbled, picking Aly up bridal-style. Bleu had carried the skateboard Laharl had lent her and started walking back. While walking, Laharl was still carrying Aly and snickered," Got ya back~!" He winked, reminding her about how they had touched hands in the car. He personally loved this cat-and-mouse game of evens and unevens. Laharl kept carrying her, with a smug and cheeky grin on his face.
 
Aly was a bit shocked at first but she laughed when he'd said he 'had her back'. She wrapped her arms around his neck for as they moved into the house. Her dog started barking incessantly and she told Laharl to put her down. Just then Rocco came running over and she scolded the dog lightly "Rocco no!" He continued to bark at them and she shushed him loudly. He cocked his head to one side but stayed quiet and trotted off "I'll go get band aids and stuff" she shrugged, going into her bathroom and washing the wounds, she winced as the alcohol disinfected the scrapes and placed the bandages over both her knees.


She got out and looked at Laharl and Bleu, "Well, I'm better now, don't worry" she said. She looked at the time, it was already 5:30, she walked into her room and flopped on the bed, "Well, what else do you want to do? You two have any idea?" She shrugged, she then looked at the guitar that lied against her wall and she yanked it on her lap. Playing a lazy and soft tune as she was transfixed in thought.
 
Laharl sat down," You play guitar?" He asked," Cool..." Laharl said and rested his cheek on his hands," Aly, play me a song," he had spoken in almost a whisper. Blinking soundly and silently. Laharl had taken out a folded piece of paper from his back pocket, it was crumpled and old. He straoghtened it put and held it to her," Could you play this?" Laharl showed Aly the puece of paper, old and smudged. Yet someone could clearly see the neat and sophisticated handwriting that wrote 'THE DARK MOON LULLABY' it looked fairly easy, and wasn't that long.
 
Aly shrugged, "I play a little, I can manage a few songs". Then he handed her a slip of paper asking her to play a song. "I can try," she said. She looked at the crumpled and smudged paper trying to decipher the notes. She easily found the neat writing legible. She stared at it a few seconds, wondering where Laharl got it. She muttered the notes under her breath and her fingers flew experimentally over the strimgs before she began.


So she began, the song resonated into the room as she lost herself in the motion and rhythm of it all. Shefound herself hummimg along with the hypnotic song, feeling the trance rush over her. She watched her fingers move in the right places, easily playing the song and not missing a thing. She breezed fluidly through it until she gave a final stroke, letting the last of the lullabies sound fade into silence. She looked up at Laharl and smiled "Where did you get this from?"
 
His dark red hair covering his eyes, which gleamed brightly. Laharl then lifted his finger and put it on his lips, whispering softly," You have your secrets, I have mine..." He said mysteriously and put the paper back in his pocket. He voice was dark, even a little scary, but quickly brightened back up. "Thanks, Aly! You're really good!" For some reason, Laharl skipped back into her closet, leaving no hint of what he was going to do.


Shortly after Laharl had left, Bleu came out. He sat in the same spot Laharl was sitting in," Haha. My brother's always been quiet," he said, leaving a slight tinge of sadness. Bleu looked at Aly and explained," That was Laharl's favorite song. The Dark Moon Lullaby." Bleu waved his hand," Remember how I can use demension magic? Well, Laharl uses a... different kind." He didn't specify what kind, but kept going," Laharl and I, at a young age, heard that lullaby. I, personally, think it's very... dark and depressing, but Laharl seems to like it." Bleu said to Aly.
 
She sighed "Yeah, I figured that much" Of course his power and the song was a secret, what else was new. She shrugged "So...is his power as cool as yours?" she tilted her head at Laharl's brother "You know, you two are very strange" She ran a hand through his azure locks "I assume your hair is natural as well?" There was still a whole lot of things she couldn't believe about them if she hadn't seen them with her own eyes. She was still bewildered by the magical siblings and the secrets they held. It made her own stupid life seem obsolete compared to them.
 
Bleu chuckled," Yes, it's natural," Bleu then decided he would tell Aly. " We live very far away, and our parents are very rich. There are three other brothers, who all use magic," he said lazily, almost as if he didn't want to say what he had spoken," As you know, Laharl didn't want to follow in his brothers' footsteps... Always picking apples and playing outside, instead of studying and practicing instruments." His eyes half-closed," Our parents sent him away to here, hoping to straighten him out. When I was 10 and Laharl was 7, we heard a melody in the forest. We went to see what it was, and brought our brothers. We all saw a lake from which our parents never told us about. They always told us not to go out into the forest behind our house, but Laharl convinced us something was off. At the lake, some sort of prism gave us each some sort of power..." Bleu then spoke melancholy and put his face in his hands," but I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse..."
 
Aly listened intently to Bleu's story, transfixed by the unimaginable fact of how they had gotten their powers. "Curse? How is it a curse Bleu?" she didn't understand how something as awesome as making giant closets could be a curse. "What's wrong with your power?" She wondered. She placed a hand on his shoulder, then wrapped him in a hug. She hated to see him all depressed like that, it just didn't seem right for.Bleu Dustbringer to be so sullen.


(Didn't have much to say at this point...)
 
(no probs xD )


Bleu blushed as he was pulled in a hug." Aly..." He said and stood there for a while. After a few long moments, he let go and smirked. Bleu lifted his finger upon Aly's chin, lifting her head as he said softly," Oh, I see you're finally falling for me, Miss Aly," he whispered, half comical. Bleu leaned in for a kiss, but Laharl leaped out from their closet-room at the last minute. "No way in heck, Bleu!" Laharl lashed and hit Bleu's hand away, and Laharl said with a blush," I'm not letting you hit on my best friend!" He crossed his arms, staring intently at his brother. Bleu laughed. It started with a quiet chuckle, but evolved into a crazy laugh," I-I knew it! I knew it!" He squeaked in between tears of laughter. Laharl snarled and rolled his eyes, sticking his tongue at his-- absolutely embaressing-- brother.
 
Aly rolled her eyes "Bleu...I" But just when he was about to pull her into a kiss Laharl burst out of her closet and yelled "...I'm not letting you hit on my best friend". Bleu started laughing hysterically and Aly couldn't help but join in, Laharl stuck his tongue out at him and Aly laughed a bit more before she got up from her bet and walked over to Laharl. "Don't be stupid Laharl, I wouldn't let my 'best friend's' brother hit on me anyways" she said with a snicker, and to even things out from before she kissed him on the cheek.


She blushed a bit but was more amused when she watched his face. She looked at the clock, "Anyways, its getting late I'm going to get ready for bed". She looked back at Bleu "You still didn't tell me how all this power stuff is a curse" she crossed her arms stubbornly. "Anyways, see you two later". She stalked off in the direction of the bathroom, as she locked the door she thought about everything that was happening while turning on the shower to a heated spray of water.


She couldn't deny that she liked Laharl, really liked him. She had a huge crush on him. She made a deep sigh as the hot water pored accross her skin. Bleu had said that Laharl didn't understand his own felings, and just before as he was laughing he yelled "I-I knew it! I knew it!". That means there was the possibility Laharl liked her back, right? Then theres Bleu, did he actually like her? Or was he pretending to like her to tick his younger brother off. If he really did like her that could be a problem.


She pondered all of this until the water ran cold, she got out and dressed in her pajama pants and tank top, looking at her reflection in the mirror and wondering how this all even began.
 
Laharl's face flushed. She had kissed him. In his head, he almost died. His heart felt tight and it felt like it was bursting. His heat quickly died down after Aly went to shower.


Both brothers had changed, both too lazy to shower and decided they would in the morning. Laharl wore dark shorts, remarking that darker clothes were naturally warmer, but Bleu simply did not pay it to mind. They waited for Aly to finish taking a shower, sprawling lazily in her room. Bleu sat comfortably on the floor, flipping through a book, and Laharl lay next to him, facing toward the ceiling as if he were in the middle of a snow angel. They both were shirtless ( xD ) and acting as if nothing was wrong.
 
She promptly left and came back to her room, finding the brothers sprawled on the floor...shirtless(D:... xD ) "Uh... what are you guys doing?" she asked as she sat on the edge of her bed looking down at them both where they laid. She looked away and blushed a bit. She looked back, "So Bleu, what are you reading?" she asked as she kicked her feet up a bit. Both of them were pretty attractive and she had to stop herself from staring at them. Shwasn't sure what made them decide to take off their shirts and sprawl accross the floor but she deed to act like it wast a big deal.
 
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