Snippet #1468908

Lan stood anxiously by the side of his brothers, bouncing up and down on the soles of his shoes as he studied the expressions on his family's faces. His brothers mostly, aside from Kai, it seemed, were just as intrigued as he was. It was like waiting for a show to be revealed or for the best lyrics of a song that you've listened to over and over again to come up: you expected it and knew it was coming, it was just taking all too long. Longer than you wanted. Longer than Lan wanted. He wanted to see the woman that was to be protecting him.

And there she was.

The first girl to arrive was it. She had to be and there was no question in his mind that it was to be her. Her, with her pretty mint-colored hair and glowing green eyes. She seemed lost and quiet, but at the same time hiding a bubbly disposition. One of which interested Lan at first sight and kept his eyes drawn to her even as the others arrived. He had no interest in the others any longer for why would they? He already knew who was going to be his guardian; and if she wasn't, he would throw a fit until it happened.

Lan had been told multiple times in the past that he acted too quickly. He recalled his brother, though he couldn't be sure which one, telling him that patience was a virtue and rambled on about something along the lines of waiting to see all the choices rather than going for the first one could prove to show even better choices. But there couldn't be any better choices and Lan was a stubborn boy.

So, ignoring manners along with his instructions to 'stay put,' Lan walked up to the girl in green and smiled brightly at her the very second he saw Adio move. He had been Lan's signal of allowance so if he was yelled at for moving out of line, he would merely blame Adio and all would be well. Well, in Lan's mind that's how it should go anyway. "Heya," he greeted. "Welcome to the castle! I'm Lan Rarah." He added a playful growl at the end of stating his name--a signature he'd come to develop. "Who are you?" It might be upfront and rude to ask, but what did he care?