Happy Rune Factory 4 Special! Here’s a little writing for @rfweeks!
Rune Factory Ficlet
Arthur/Lest (Feat. Baby Noel): Established Relationship
SFW
Lest watched as Noel stood on his tippy-toes to lift himself as high as possible against the door frame. The look of concentration on his face was laughable, but Lest held back a giggle as Arthur tutted.
“No, no,” he said. “You have to stand flat on your feet. Back to the door, that’s it.”
“But dada,” Noel whined. “I wanna be tall.”
“You will be, but we need to see how tall you actually are.”
Noel pouted but did as he was told, and Arthur ticked a mark just above Noel’s head. Noel jumped back, and admired his name written in Arthur’s neat script just above the mark.
“Oh!” he said. “I growed five inches.”
“You grew about one inch, bud,” Lest laughed. “Good job!” He threw up his hands and Noel ran into the hug and was lifted into the air. Arthur came up to them both, misty eyed.
“Don’t stay small long, do they?” he asked. Lest smiled.
“No,” he said. “They really don’t.”
He remembered when he’d first come--err fell into--Selphia. It had been hard without his memory, without anyone who knew who he’d been, but the town had welcomed him with open arms. He’d awoken the Guardians, lost Venti, then got her back again. He’d grown with this town, married Arthur and adopted little baby Noel into their family. It all seemed so far away, that worry about his loss of memory.
He had new memories now. And they’d continue to grow, alongside Noel and Arthur, and everyone in the town.
Together they all made one beautiful garden, and Lest was pretty sure he wouldn’t have wanted to grow anywhere else.