Bridges to cross

As they reached the bridge above them and got up on it after she climbed off his back and grabbed the edge, the thought of what could have happened to Nefer-Tina if he had not been fast enough to swing up from the ship and catch her mid fall fom the Golden Gate bridge, made the tone of Raths voice sharp as he turned to the other guardian with a frown. "Nefer-Tina, i told you that you wasted your power when you drove the Hot Ra transformed!"

Nefer-Tina was relived to be out of harms way and felt drained in more ways than one and grateful that he had saved her, but that didnt mean she would just stay silent and take it.

"Rath! I would have had more power left if i hadn't fought all those Shaptis alone!"

Rath did not relent however, there was no way she was getting away with this that easily.

"No Nefertina, it was because you wasted your power before."

She walked up to him. "I thought i could handle it, okay?! Why must you be so-so-ugh!"She threw up her hands, frustrated.

Rath looked equally frustrated. "You could have been seriosly injured, you could even have perished, don't you understand that?! We may be undead guardians but we are not indestructible!" he exclaimed.

"But Rath, i didnt die and..."

She fell silent as she saw up into his green eyes under the Cobra helmet, they held concern but also something else. Something that made her feel all warm inside.

Acting on impulse she stood on her toes and planted a kiss on his lips as he was about to say something.

Rath stood frozen to the spot, at first taken by surprise, the next thing he knew he wrapped his arms around her waist and returned the kiss with an almost startling fierceness. It lasted just a moment but when it ended, they exchanged a stunned glance. Nefer-Tina felt light headed and excited but conflicted as reality set in. So he does have feelings for me. But this is...I didnt think i'd feel this much for him... Now what?

He recovered his composure first and took a step back as he let go of her.

There was no way he could just deny his feelings after what just happened and he wasnt sure about her feelings maybe she was just thinking of her lost love Apep, but that was a conversation waiting to happen that they had no time for right now.

"We...need to return and warn the others, Scarab did manage to summon someone through the Western gate but i could not stay long enough to find out who." he said, voice thick with barely supressed emotion.

Neftertina stared at him increduosly. "Rath! Shouldnt we talk about the fact that we just kissed?!"

Rath sighed. "We can...discuss that later, right now we..."

She sighed, there was no point pressing it further, for the moment anyway.

He could be so stubbornly focused on their guardian duties sometimes, often pushing personal things aside.

"Yeah, yeah i get it. Lets go then."

The duo hurried to the Hot Ra but when they reached it Nef leaned heavily against the side if it, by Ra was she tired! Emotions running high had not exactly helped in that departement.

"Rath? Can you drive, i'm pooped." she asked and held out the car keys.

He took the keys without a word.

But Osiris knew he had many words he wanted to say to her. He knew a lot of things but romantic relationships had never been something he felt confident about.

He was attracted to her, had been for some time, but that was something he had tried to push aside, remembering the pain from the last time he thought he had fallen in love with someone.

This wasn't a cruel love spell somebody had used on him to gain something however, this was very real but that didnt make it less unsettling.