Comfort Time

[Ai]

Hey, Rae-chan! Guess what this is! That's right. I wrote your request. And it turned out completely different from what I had planned.

I apologize in advance for any out-of-character-ness that you may experience in this fanfiction; Writing Clef in-character is not exactly easy. Rae-chan should know that. -cough-

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Comfort Time
By: Fullmetal Ai
For RaevanDawn[/b]

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? ?Clef sighed. Four important meetings, dozens of protection spells cast, and not nearly enough rest. Today was just not his day. Clef wasn't normally one to lose his cool;? However, he was about three nerve endings away from screaming at the next person who crossed his path.

? ?Grumbling to himself, Clef wearily pushed open the giant doors of his chamber, dragging himself into the room as quickly as he possibly could, silently thanking the creator that his duties were over for the day. He gently set his staff in its holder, then slowly began to undress himself, relieving himself of the heavy mage's clothes he always bore. Setting his wardrobe on their respective hangers, He sighed once again in satisfaction. Finally. Finally, he would get some rest. As Clef turned to walk to his bed, however, he nearly jumped out of his skin. He placed a hand over his rapidly beating heart, eyes wide with disbelief.

? ?There, on his bed, lay Umi Ryuuzaki, Cephiro's very own Magic Knight of water. She was laying stomach-down, her head propped up between her hands and her legs slightly lifted up in the air. On her angelic face, though, there was the single most annoying thing ever; a smirk that clearly stated 'I caught you.' Clef closed his eyes, trying to restrain himself from screaming bloody murder. That smirk had just broke two of his three remaining nerve endings.

? ?"Hello, Umi," Clef said, smiling as gently as he possibly could in her direction. Umi smiled even more.

? ?"Hello, Clef," She said sweetly. "How are you doing tonight?"

? ?Once more, Clef fought to restrain himself.

? ?"Well, as you can see, I'm about to get ready to get some well-earned rest, so if you don't mind--"

? ?"That's what I'm here to help with," Umi suddenly said, interrupting the Master Mage's furthermore unspoken request. Clef raised an eyebrow in question. Umi was here to help him get to sleep? That was nice of her, yes, but he was quite capable of sleeping on his own ..

? ?"Clef, I've noticed the bags under your eyes. Don't even try to tell me you've been sleeping well."

? ?... Or so he thought.

? ?"Umi, I'm sorry to have to say this, but you're horribly mis-"

? ?"What did I just get through saying, Clef?" Umi sat up, frowning. "Look, just let me help. Just this once." Clef crossed his arms over his chest and sighed.

? ?"Why, Umi?" Umi stood from her seat on Clef's bed, walking towards the vertically challenged master mage and kneeling behind him, placing her hands on his shoulders and beginning to gently massage them.

? ?"Because I care, Clef. I don't like seeing you exhausted beyond control, and everyone in this castle knows that you have one of the most important jobs as part of Cephiro's head council. Just let me help you relax, for once .." Umi explained gently, smiling as she continued kneading the taut muscles in Clef's shoulders. Clef closed his eyes, feeling himself melting into her touch, but opened them when he didn't feel the repeating motion of her petite hands on his shoulders. He looked around to see where she had gone, and found her moving toward the bed once more. He stared at her, watching as she sat on the bed once more, patting the space in front of her; a gesture that told him to come sit down. Clef smiled a tiny smile at the girl and complied, not so reluctant as before. When he had climbed up onto the bed, she placed her hands onto his shoulders once again, kneading the still tight muscles in his shoulders, moving to his neck as she began to feel his shoulder muscles relax a bit.

? ?"I still don't understand, Umi .." Clef mumbled sleepily as her hands moved to his lower neck. Umi smiled and laughed a little.

? ?"You will in time," Umi answered softly, smiling as she heard Clef's breathing steady itself, telling her that he was finally asleep. She layed him down onto the bed, covering him up with his blankets and tucking him in. She stood up, watching the sleeping form of the Master Mage, smiling once more at the look of contentment on his face. Slowly, she leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead, whispering a soft "Good Night" before she turned out the light and headed out the door.

? ?Umi closed the door to Clef's room, gazing longingly up at the wood before turning around and heading toward the room that currently held the other two Magic Knights.

? "I still don't understand, Umi .."

? ?Umi sighed.

It's because I love you too much to see you hurting, Clef.

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</clemific> >>; I think this one is all over the place. Bah. Rae-chan, seriously, I hope you like it .. because It would be torture to my sanity if I had to try and write Clef again.

[Milieva]

You like Umi/Clef, you just don't know it yet. We shall get you to turn to the dark side eventually... 

It is a sweet fic.  I was just telling Sci, that I need more fanfiction like I need a bullet to the head, but I am happy to read something new before heading off to bed myself.  It was cute. I liked it.

And Clef is hard to keep in character until you get used to him, but he and Umi have endless fights when I write them. I like seeing them at peace for a few moments.

[Ai]

You like Umi/Clef, you just don't know it yet. We shall get you to turn to the dark side eventually...?

It is a sweet fic.? I was just telling Sci, that I need more fanfiction like I need a bullet to the head, but I am happy to read something new before heading off to bed myself.? It was cute. I liked it.

And Clef is hard to keep in character until you get used to him, but he and Umi have endless fights when I write them. I like seeing them at peace for a few moments.

Yes, I do like Umi/Clef. But only a little bit. I would have refused to write it for Rae-chan otherwise. xD

I'm more of an Asmi fan, but I do have a bit of an attraction to the Clemi pairing, in all honesty. It's tiny, but it's there.

[sciathan_file]

You like Umi/Clef, you just don't know it yet. We shall get you to turn to the dark side eventually...?

Yes, the darkside...join us!

That was sweet and Clef is an ornery pain in the butt of a character to deal with...and Clef in conjunction with Umi...~_^ that's another story entirely.  But you did a good job, I especially liked the nerve endings details and Umi's winning smirk...those details are the mark of a good writer.  I thoroughly enjoyed it <strike>and I'm sad you're reticent to write more!</strike>

Anyways, in short, it was lovely and you kept ornery Clef in character just fine! ^_^

[Ai]

You like Umi/Clef, you just don't know it yet. We shall get you to turn to the dark side eventually...?

and I'm sad you're reticent to write more!

You never know, I might just write some more. ^_~[/size]

Thanks for the compliments! ^^ Compliments make Ai a happy fangirl. xD I do admit, I am personally afraid of writing Clef, for fear that I might get him completely out of character, but I'm reeeeally relieved to know that I did well for a first time. :3 So, yeah. You never know, I might write more .. if I get any ideas for it. x3 It all depends, really.

[sciathan_file]

Hehehe, I know, we must all go with the plot Mokonas...

[suzanami]

Like I told you, I think the pacing and etc is really good :D I don't think it's all over the place at all!

[Madoushi_Clef]

*wibbles* I love this, I really do. It's one of those fics where I just sit there and go 'Awwwwww' for about five minutes. I love fluff. I love fluff. I love fluff.

You never know, I might just write some more. ^_~

If you did... I don't know what I would do. Make you several thousand Asmi/FuuFerio icons. Omg, I swear... <3333