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The Elegance of What is Mine (Mirage's side)

Fandom: Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
Title: The Elegance of What is Mine (Mirage's side)
Author: Ciissi
Theme: # 17 - Garden Vista ; Elysium El Dorado ; Carnival
Pairing: Albel Nox x Fayt Leingod
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: SO3: TtEoT is owned by SquareEnix.
Summary: AU. Mirage is truly happy that she decided to buy Fayt for Albel's companion as she admires the view of two males sleeping together.

The Elegance of What is Mine (Mirage's side)
Mirage was more than a bit worried about little Fayt as she unpacked and arranged the stuff she had bought for him. She had been quite shocked when she had seen Albel's reaction towards Fayt. Never before had she seen him being openly hostile against any other living being. Usually he only gave anything and everything a cold shoulder if it did not involve hunting and killing. Mirage sighed as she kneeled down to place a white, blue-striped ceramic bowl on the floor of the kitchen beside the purple, black-striped bowl. She was not to sure whether or not Albel would accept Fayt eating and drinking so close him but she really had no choice. The kitchen was not spoiled with size.

Mirage had immediately fallen in love with Fayt when she had seen him in the display window of a pet shop. For the very beginning, when she had bought Albel to be her companion on her free time, she had felt the tingle of guilt stabbing her heart because she already then knew that she could not spend as much time with the adorably evil black-and-gold kitten as she should. So when Mirage had seen Fayt and his intelligent, green eyes she had known that the blue kitten was the perfect partner for Albel.

But Mirage had never thought that Albel might not agree or like her idea. She rose back up and rested her forehead against one of the cupboards in the kitchen. She wondered if her girlfriend Maria would be willing to harbor Fayt if Albel could not or rather *would* not accept the little blue kitten in this apartment that he considered as his territory.

Suddenly Mirage became aware of the dead silence inside the living room. She had seen Fayt going there and she had seen from the corner of her eye Albel going in there too after visiting - ahem! - the bathroom. But now she could not hear a sound from the living room and when she thought of it more carefully there had been no sounds in any time after Fayt and Albel entering. And when she glanced over the clock, she realized that it had been over an hour already!

Mirage began to worry. She could not believe that Albel might have done something fatal to Fayt, but she also could not forget the display of hostility. So she grabbed the planked she had bought for Fayt and pretending to be light-hearted she exited the kitchen and entered the living room.

Mirage did not waltz in just like that because she did not want to scare Fayt and make Albel antsy. She carefully pushed the door ajar and glanced in. She could not see Albel sleeping or sitting either on the sofa or on the windowsill. She could not see Fayt either but Mirage was aware that she did not see from her point of view the majority of the room. She came to the conclusion that she was not able to spy her two little kittens from where she stood and, opening the door, she stepped in.

It took moment from Mirage to find her two felines. By chance she noticed the corner of Albel's black-and-red quilt in the corner of the room, away from the warm places of the room where Albel usually spent his time. Mirage's blonde eyebrows shot up from wonder because she knew that Albel hated more than *anything* cold places to sleep. So why was his favorite quilt in the coldest corner of the room? Knowing that simply wondering would not help solve anything Mirage softly walked over the floor.

When she was almost standing over the quilt, Mirage broke into a big, warm smile. She did not think she had ever seen anything so beautiful and heartwarming. She also knew that what she was seeing now was a once-a-lifetime scenery which she might be able to see again, but she was also sure that it would be never intended for her eyes.

Fayt was soundly sleeping under the quilt. He was purring almost without noise and gently rubbing his head and other ear against Albel's chest. Albel was almost purring too and unlike his young companion he was mostly awake. It was not sure if he had noticed his mistress and decided to ignore her or had not noticed her. No matter which was the case Albel was quite busy at licking and nibbling the sensitive bright-blue ears of the other kitten. He did not seem to be aware of anything else around him than cleaning his blue-furred companion. He did not seem to be aware that their tails were entangled together,
around each other.

Albel continued his affectionate licks for a few more minutes, before he yawned openly showing the row of small, sharp teeth and pink, coarse tongue in his mouth. He cuddled - if possible - even closer Fayt's warmth and closing his eyes he fell asleep purring lightly. Albel dropped so quickly into deep sleep that Mirage had to wonder.

For Mirage's delight she noticed that Fayt seemed to sense even through his sleep that Albel was fond of warmth and leaned closer. Soon the two kittens were so intertwined that it was almost impossible for Mirage to say where one ended and other began. For some very clear reason she found all this very touching...

Mirage allowed her firm smile to be placed by a gentle and warm one. She kneeled down next to her kittens putting the bluish quilt on the floor. Carefully she raised both feline males with the black-and-red blanket over the other one which she too wrapped around them. Slowly Mirage raised the valuable bundle to her arms, stood up and walked to the sofa on which she placed her precious cargo. Lightly she patted and scratched Fayt's and Albel's head before exiting the room and closing the door after herself.

Mirage was now confident that everything would be just fine and she had made the right decision when she had bought Fayt to be Albel's companion.

Later on Mirage could not remember what she had been doing when she noticed it for the first time, but Albel liked to give Fayt - forced? - tongue baths especially over Fayt's face. That picture burned itself into her mind and she could not wipe away the memory of the smug look in Fayt's eyes as he was receiving one of those baths once again from Albel. And she *really* had thought that it would be the elder of her kittens that would control the relationship between the two felines.

This was the elegance of the life of Albel Nox.

Author's Note: Now this arch is done. Hopefully you liked it.
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