Trekori
i'm freezing, it's not winter yet
but my fingers and toes
are shivering beneath these sheets
and i feel so alone
i don't want to die, i want to sleep
She is taken aback by my arrival, and frankly, she ought to be. What I am doing is less than expected - moreover, it's almost illegal. Somewhere in the back of my mind, a voice screams ISCHIA AND TEPHRA HAVE AN ALLIANCE YOU IDIOT, but I ignore it dutifully, convincing myself instead that this is an act of chivalry and love, and not of war - her parents and kingdom will understand that! Right?
But suddenly, as I speak my part, her shuddering breath is withdrawn. Concern washes out all my other expressions as I burr quietly, trying wordless to convince her as she states that she cannot leave, because of her family. Father, brother - the names she speaks mean nothing to me. I have my own family, brothers and parents, and while I love them - I somehow expect her to pick me, over hers, though I'm not convinced I would do the same.
But young love is brave: or wait, is it foolhardy?
I watch eagerly as she softens upon hearing my charming words, a girlish smile coming upon her lips to match my boyish one. In truth, we are closer now to man and woman than to boy and girl - but I don't let the impure thoughts of the man inside of me mar this blissfully youthful moment, as I wait with baited breath for her answer to my desperate, longing plea. The tension in my spine visibly releases, as she speaks the only word I need to hear from those supple purple lips:
Come...
I do so without hesitation, keeping infinitely close to her as she leads us beneath a palm tree. My eyes catch on the sight of her twin, Krom, not far off from us, training it would appear, though I don't have enough time to get a really good look. Nostrils shuddering, I shuffle my hooves uneasily, feeding off of Karat's nervous energy. What on earth are we doing!
When she asks about swimming the bay, I drop my mouth open in aghast horror and shake my head vehemently. "No Karat, I would never put you in that kind of danger!" Ruminating, my mouth falls into a hard line, the glow of my horn dimming with the concentration. I think so hard that even my anxious movements stop, and for a minute I am staring at the ashen Tephran ground, giving this - us - her - everything I have.
Then, as if the answer had been there all along, I look up to her. "It's easy," I say quietly; and without warning, I stride from beneath the safety of the palm tree until her brother catches sight of me.
"Krominium," I call, not with an hostility, but with the authoritative tone of a diplomat - as opposed to one of a love struck teenager. "I have successfully stolen Karat from Tephra to Ischia, and I am here to escort her to that land. Please inform any who wish to know - and good day to you." Turning, I look to his sister with a look of sympathy. Gesturing to her twin, I turn my back and trot off some ways, that they might have a proper farewell.
When she returns, I touch my nose tentatively to the base of her neck, and we begin the long roundabout trek back to Ischia. But in her company, I truly do not mind the journey.
@[Neo.n] Let me know if this is what you had in mind!! If you want to post in Ischia?? We could continue this thread there?
