#&&. Still have a lot of thoughts during his time away from xayah and the rest of the star guardian team 👀

[charmerquilled]

Sometimes, I have this thought of a little creature thing from Rakan’s huge shadow pack stick around / hide nearby once Rakan is brought back to ‘the light’.

And Rakan senses it/ finds it one day and wants to keep it although there will be conflicting emotions about it all. 

But... they were his companions alongside Riku when he had no one in the dark. 

Still workshopping the idea, but it made me chuckle at the thought.

[goldencharmcr]

wait so in modern verse, rakan pestered and bothered xayah until she agreed to go on a date with him, so that he would leave her alone?

Kinda – but not quite! You cannot really say ‘pestered’ - they work at the same place, as can be viewed in my modern verse summary, and that’s how they met.Rakan was, just like in canon, instantly smitten by her.

Quoting the last part of my modern verse summary:“In the very same bar he saw a young woman with purple dyed hair later on who was so very different to the women he had known so far. And her voice was so powerful yet soft that he immediately felt attracted to her. On one of his stage shows, after he noticed her in the crowd, he jumped off the stage to continue singing his song right by her side, flirting with her during his own performance – just to be….rejected. But giving up was not part of his vocabulary anyway.”

He tried for the longest time to catch her attention by really impressing performances whenever she was working there when he also had to perform; stuff like Michael Jackson ‘Smooth Criminal’ and whatnot but also very cheesy 90’s songs – often ending up singing and dancing only for her and drawing attention to her (which Xayah obviously never liked). She also tried to avoid him like hell at work, but he somehow always had a good idea of how to find her. He never was very… obstrusive if you overlook his performances for her; he often asks her if she wants to watch him singing or dancing for her or even offers her cold drinks after she performed herself. Overall he was already picking up some of her work, although she was still very disinterested to even talk with him, just to help her out. He never followed her after she left work; all of their interactions were at work ONLY until then since Rakan respects her privacy. But at work he was, nonetheless, a very flashy hassle for her. Which is why she was that annoyed after a few weeks, since she literally had no interest in him thinking he was just showing off, a big mouth and on top of that a womanizer who was not even worth her time, that she agreed to date him ONCE. And Rakan promised he would leave her alone after this one if she still wants to avoid him then.

If you are that interested; we have ANOTHER modern thread in private – not the one I copied from – which is about their first meetings. More or less. It starts 2 weeks after their first. Under cut.

He was so in love. Or, at the very least, her voice always gave him the feeling that he was. ( Shoot, a beautiful voice and an even prettier girl. Dang, he so gotta go on a date with her! It’s not like… she could reject him all the time, right? ) That he really needed the money and had to help out whenever he could was the reason why he was here – but that he had to work while she was also working was certainly a bonus. ( A big, great bonus! Man, he was really lucky. ) As soon as the young woman moved to the stage he had watched her; had followed the movements of her lips from afar while memorizing her melodic voice. Despite being no professional or nearly as good as he was, to admit as much, she was still amazing. ( And did he already say beautiful? Crap, ever since she suddenly started to appear she had yet to properly talk to him! I mean… Okay, he got it. His face was so stunning that it was probably difficult to find the needed courage to talk to him… But seriously? No rejection at all! Well, if he ignored it that she seemed to try to avoid him… Or escape right away whenever he approached her. There wasn’t anything bad on his face whenever he checked the mirror soon after. Sooo, it wasn’t his face? Man, but the more she…refused to listen to him, the more did he really want to talk with her. A man had to love it when he got rejected once every while. Actually it had never happened to him before – this was so exciting! )As soon as she finished her performance, the room immediately filled with well-deserved applause and Rakan easily found himself joining this chorus, maybe even being the loudest of them all. ( Hopefully. Like, his applause was definitely more worth! He knew lots about music after all! ) Actually it did not matter that he had to actually work when his sheer presence was usually already good enough for this place. After all he doubted that all the women started to frequently visit this place for their hellish good drinks. Or the decent music which was usually played here. ( Okay, yeah, the drinks they offered were pretty damn good – but there was a reason why he had to perform this often by now! ) The payment he received at the end of the month just approved of this mindset; and actually he had yet to ever be in trouble since working here. The boss liked him due to the massive amount of cash he made for him. ( Yep, being handsome was a big, fat plus. But he wasn’t really interested in all the women who visited him daily. Not anymore. Damn it, how harsh. He had to play tryhard now. )Rakan moved through the crowd, a smug smile on his lips and enjoying the gazes resting on him, completely focused on his target. ( Yeah, she even looked good from behind! She seemed to be exhausted – but fortunately he had the perfect thing for that! Aaaand, who was this again? So damn dark! Not that he really cared, though.  ) He had not expected to see a smile on her face when she turned around, although he often saw one when she thought that no one was looking when she was too invested in her songs – a beautiful picture engraved into his heart – so keeping up his rather confident expression was child’s play.

‘Aw, not very nice, babe. It’s Rakan. Still can’t remember my name? Also, I just happened to listen to your performance just now. Damn, you really want to kill my heart, don’t cha? Your voice is so amazing. Not as good as mine, but… I could listen to you all day long!’

Rakan leaned a bit forward as the grin on his face only grew wider. ( But hey, that she was so much smaller than him was so freaking cute! )

‘Ya know… I have a special song prepared. Just for you, Xayah. So how ‘bout it? Wanna listen to it? It’s not like you have a choice anyway! It fits you perfectly. You and your beautiful eyes.’