Not the most original but it's nice, or at least to me. I just love Blu and Jewel's romanticizings so here ya go. I want to work a little on other story's cause the first one is mostly Jewel trying to hide from Blu and there's no lovey dovey stuff when that's happening.

Forgot the DISSCLAIMER: I do not own Rio or any of its assorted characters, this story however is mine.

Night in Shining Feathers

The sunlight in Rio is usually quite dazzling always glinting gracefully off of the famous place, but is dangerous too. The temperatures of the small beautiful city are not to be brushed away as a small matter. However the tropical birds don't get sun-burned, so I don't really care. At least I shouldn't. I'm still having trouble coping with the weather, 15 years in Minnesota… doesn't get grown out of in a few weeks time, but hey I can't complain, I'm together with the girl I love and, whether I would believe it or not she loves me back!

And I'm flying! Flying! I can't believe I'm doing this either but hey, here I am flying around the wild life sanctuary looking of some breakfast for my lovely Jewel. A quick smile past my beak as the wind whips around behind me, guided by my not so co-ordinate wings, I had to stop and right myself before I crashed into a (nother) tree. So I'm not too good at it yet, the important thing is I can actually do it now… What? It's not like you can fly?

I've already made a few trips, and got some mango and nuts, but I have to hurry if I'm going to get my surprise from Rafael ready before Jewel wakes up. The minor distraction sends me swerving again.

Damnit! I think you myself. Either love her a little less or stop thinking about her.

Then I chuckled to myself.

Neither of those things are going to happen.

At least Rafael's home is coming up, won't crash into trees when I'm on the ground… or… would I… Deciding not to diverge into just how clumsy I can be I stopped flying and landed on the ground, right beside the stone that I tried to break the chain with before.

"Rafael!" I called out. Bracing myself for the little toucans that would surely bombard me as I made my presence known… but they… didn't come?

"Rafael?" I called again.

"Oh Blu! Yeah I'm here." Rafael said as he peeked out of his hollow and flew down, and no demon children behind him… oh thank GOD!

"Wait wait wait… where your little muh… muh, kids?" I inquired.

"Yeah they're gone, I finally got my break huh. Eva took them to the stream, so she can teach them to swim."

"Toucans can swim?"

"Most of them can't but Eva thinks it's an important skill." Rafael made a broad gesture with his hands... or… um wings. Reading human books when you're a bird isn't very good for your peer to peer descriptions.

"She teach you too? Wait never mind, is Nico and Pedro ready for tonight?" I shuffled. Yeah I said I was going to surprise her now; but it's a two-part plan. Yes I enjoy planning, never meet a bird who's lived in a book store for 15 years. Of course it's not actually 15 years. It's more like 8, but Linda has always loved books, so I've actually been reading them all my life.

"Yeah, Yeah. Oh and here's you chain. Hope it goes well for you love birds." Rafael smiled as he handed me the very chain we were trapped together in. I had Rafael get Luiz to take it out of the saw and work it into a necklace, and now it was just big enough to fit around Jewel's head and neck and it only had one cuff as an amulet in the center. You know it amazes me what Rafael would do for every bird and any bird at all, as long as he thought he was their friend. I smiled back, but I realized that even though Rafael's is good company I can't stay long. I utter a friendly and quick good bye and zip back to my own hollow where Jewel waited.

As I neared the small little tree I spied at the last minute some flowers around the bed, I manage to swoop down in a feat surprising non-clumsy-ness for me and grab one just as a cherry on the top a little yellow-pink flower just to make my love more beautiful.

I hovered back in to the hollow relieved to see Jewel still sleeping. I tucked the necklace under my wing and sat down beside her, careful not to damage the flower in my claws.

It's just the most beautiful thing to see Jewel asleep and I want to savor it for a moment. When I see her, awake, I mean she's happy with me… but… there's something in her eyes. Her bright blue eyes that draw me into her, but when I'm inside I can feel something is wrong, something at the very edge, buried very deep, something that hurt her, something that she's never really heal from. But when she's asleep all of that's gone. When she's asleep, she looks just so peaceful… and happy, and that makes me happy too. But I don't let the thought of something hurting Jewel spoil my thoughts, she'll tell me what it is in her own time, and I'll try my best to solve it.

I wait just a little more, after I was satisfied and was sure that Jewel had enough sleep I lowered my head towards her ears and whispered her name.

"Jewel. Comon Jewel. I've got something to show you."

She murmured something and slowly blinked her eyes open, looking up to see me.

"Hey Blu." She smiled.

That smile melted my heart just like it did every time she smiled at me, and because of me. I felt my heart re-solidify just to be melted again, and again, and again.

After a second to let that happen used my free wing to help Jewel up to her talons.

I hold out the flower for her.

"Oh! Blu is this for me?" Her eyes lit up out of their morning stupor and glinted at me as she put the flower onto her head.

"Yeah… I saw this outside… it was pretty and it reminded me of you." I said. "And I brought you this too."

"It's a necklace, from when we were chained together, you can wear it… if you want."

She looked at the chain, but she didn't speak.

Oh no. What if she doesn't like it. It was how we met right? I thought. She should like it right?

But wait… I thought as I also happen to recall the bad memories that also came with the chain; the smugglers, Nigel, us getting stuck out in the jungle. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid! This is worse than that time you called yourself a stinky cheese!

I look back at Jewel.

"Jewel… I-" Jewel kissed me. I wrapped my wings around her completely relieve and happy that she didn't hate my present. Thank GOD!

"I love it Blu." She said as she looped it over her head. "And I love you."

"Hey Jewel. I was thinking." I gulped, but silently. This is it you going to ask Jewel out for your first REAL date. Don't mess up!

"Yeah?" She asked, in a knowing tone.

"Um. You know since… uh… you wing is, um, better, do you want to go back to the, uh, samba club with me?" I sputtered out. Wait a minute… hold up here. I didn't mess that up…? I didn't… MESS THAT UP! I can't believe I didn't embarrass myself, sure it wasn't the best complete sentence but I didn't fail miserably. Wow. I really am getting luckier.

"Of course I will Blu." As she kiss me on the cheek. "Let's eat first."

So I'm going to write 2 stories at a time. So if I get bored with one I can always work on the other one for awhile.