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                        hands traverse with a purse of lips,                   slightest humility worn upon impassive features.       ❛       ------      you really believe you can defeat zarkon    ?          ❜              inquiry raises mulberry gaze,        veiled admiration simmering beneath composed quirk of head. 

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20 Sentence Theme Challenge: Noctis/Cloud.

1. Kaleidoscope Noctis was a keen observer. He possessed the tendency to scrutinize each and every person of interest as to not miss any minutiae of their person and yet for some peculiar reason, it was an arduous process for him to disperse the myriad of layers in which surrounded the blonde whom recently piqued his interest.

2. Promise "I don't like making promises for the risks of not fulfilling them, but I have to… for the sake of my people." A mussitation was given, his tenor voice tinged with exhaustion and sounding aged too speedily than what he appeared to be to the ears. Taking advantage of the pause that was provided, azure irises flickered sideways and ensnared cadaverous lapis lazuli. "Do you understand, Cloud? It is one of many duties as royalty that is expected of me."

3. Retrospect Noctis avoided cogitating upon his past for the sake of not being reminded of his past mistakes and ignoring them whereas Cloud remained within his own introspection for the sake of remembering the mistakes he himself made and living with them.

4. Destruction Although the blonde may not seem to be capable at the initial glance, the prince did not realized how perilous he was until he bore witness to the expertise of swordsmanship he possessed in battle.

5. Creation Rivers of sunflowers, sculpturesque flesh of pale creaminess, plushness of ripe cherries and pools of effulgent ultramarine. What a beauteous sculpture Cloud Strife was. 

6. Demure Words cannot depict how he abhorred how abashed his nature was. 

7. Wings All it took is that minuscule step over the threshold and they will regain the freedom in which they lost.

8. Fragments Noctis was not suited for the task--that much he was cognizant of, but he knew he had to try, for doing so was better than naught. 

9. Memories "--I know how much you cherish your memories and I'm not suggesting for you to throw them aside, but…" Driven by mere hesitancy, elongated digits deftly peeled away the barriers and lightly grazed the pallid pigmentation of his exposed flesh before he proceeded to speak. "I want to give you another memory that you will never forget."

10. Twilight He brought him the sun and the light and in return, he provided the stars and the night.

11. Defense He wondered, just how many secrets did he have to hide?

12. Fade Inwardly, he feared if he ceased engaging Cloud in an act of conversation he would dissipate into nothingness. 

13. Pure To say that either one of them were wholly clean without a besmirch was laughable at best. 

14. Silence Sometimes, words do not have to be spoken. His silence he learned is answer enough. 

15. Escape  Although they both did not verbally expressed an admittance, they needed the release to escape from the increasing pressures and thus, it quickly became a ritual for them to descend into the abysmal vestiges.

16. Marionette As he became a victim and captured within the throes of passion, thoughts of informing the blonde of his engagement with the Tenebraen princess departed from his psyche once cerise folds were appressed against his own. 

17. Intoxicating  Cloud was analogous to a drug--his taste was addicting, tantalizing and delicious. 

18. Chains The prince was not cognizant that he was trapped and bound until it was too late.

19. Demon "He doesn't need to know…" A murmur was bestowed as phosphorous irises of crimson affixed itself upon the leather of his balmorals, allowing the spectacle of sharp canines to be unveiled as he spoke. "Not yet."

20. Whisper It was usual that they did not need to speak and allowed body lexicon to perform for them, and yet when he gave a whisper of goodbye, Noctis knew that it was over.