Kain leans against a tree his right leg throbbing, the after effects of taking a fall down a hill injuring his leg badly. A twig snaps, Kain's ears make out the sound of footsteps pounding on the trail, the smell of bear reaches his nose, his eyes narrow as a girl looking to be about 18 stumbles in front of him breathing heavily her eyes filled with terror as her foot catches in a root sending her face first into the dirt. Looking up he sees the bear snarling as it comes barreling towards the girl who screams trying to get away. He snarls quickly turning to his wolf form roaring at the bear before leaping at it and fighting it off. The animal runs off into the woods and Kain changes back, leaning against the tree pain flaring in his girl stands up trying to slow her breathing as her eyes meeting his.
"You saved my life."The girl says noticing him favoring his right leg.
Kain nods sliding down the tree sitting with his leg propped up on a root so he can nurse it.
"Your hurt?" The girl says taking a step forward, but stops not sure if she should approach him. "Did the bear hit you?"
Kain shakes his head. "No, I hurt myself when I fell down the hill."
"What are you doing out here by yourself? I could have sworn I saw a wolf." She shakes her head. "I must have hit my head."
"I should ask the same of you. And yes you saw a wolf."
"I was hiking I got a little lost." She blushes "That's when the bear attacked, Wait i really did see a wolf?"
"That was me." Kain says.
Her eyes widen and she takes a step back. "That was you?" She continues to back up till her back connects with a tree, her eyes never leaving him. "Just what are you? How is this possible."
Kain shrugs shaking his head with a chuckle. "I hate to disappoint you, but I'm very real. I believe most people call us werewolves."
"Your a werewolf?" She asks slowly approaching Kain not wanting him to feel threatened.
Kain nods a smile lighting up his face. "Hope you won't hold it against me."
"Why would I do that?" She asks.
"Well not everybody likes us."
"What isn't there to like? You saved my life, Plus your kinda cute." She sit in front of kain, his nose catching the light smell of blood.
"Well, that's the first time I've heard someone call a werewolf cute. What happened to you?"
"Huh? What you mean?" She asks confused.
"I can smell blood on you."
"But I don't remember being hurt?" She says looking herself over.
"Well, maybe it's something close by then." Kains says looking around as best as he can. The girl turns around looking into the woods, kain's eyes making out slash marks across her back.
"Looks like the bear nicked you." Kain says touching her back feeling her jump under his touch.
"Is it bad?" She asks trying to see her back.
Kain shakes his head peeling aside the torn pieces of clothing. "Not really, Looks like your shirt took the brunt of it."
She sighs with relief as he removes his hand turning back to face him, reaching a hand out towards his leg "Um can i? I don't want to make you uncomfortable."
Kain nods slowly letting out a sigh moving his leg so she can reach it.
"I won't hurt you i promise." She smiles softly. " I'm Nora by the way."
"Kain, Nice to meet you."
Nora smiles and slowly slide up his pant leg seeing the bruised skin and swollen knee underneath stopping when he grunts in pain.
"I'm not sure if it's just banged up, broken, bleeding, or what."
"Well there is blood and looks like it is bruising." Nora says looking at both sides of his knee. She grabs Kain's foot and slowly pushes up on his leg bending it towards his chest stopping about halfway when he flinches and suck in a breath.
Nora Ravenblood: "Sorry looks like your knee is sprained and you may have a small hairline fracture."
Kain groans and closes his eyes. "Well, that explains the pain in my leg."
"Stay put!" Nora orders standing up and run off into the woods coming back a few minutes later carrying to very long sticks which she set on either side of his leg then gets rope from her pack.
"So you know first aid huh?" Kain asks a bit amused.
"I have to it's part of my job." She cut up the rope and press the sticks against his leg tying it at the top and bottom before working upwards.
"Really? What is your job?"
"I'm a mountain guide." Nora says not looking up from her task.
"Is that so?"
"Yep." Nora pulls the ropes tight and secures them. "I don't live far from here." She says hooking her arm under Kains arms helping him stand up, steadying him when he sways on his feet.
"You're pretty light." She laughs leading him down the the trail slowly helping kain climb over tree roots, and rocks. "So what were you doing out here?"
"Getting in touch with the inner beast I guess you might say."
They walked for another ten minutes when Kain gasps his eyes landing on an enormous mansion sitting in the middle of a clearing. "This is my home. I know impressive right."
"This is your place? I had been wondering who lived there." Kain says looking at Nora.
"I used to live her with my dad." Her eyes grow sad and she stop looking at the ground. "But he is gone now."
"I see. You mean you live here by yourself?"
She nods a tear hanging at the edge of her eye. "He vanished when I was twelve."
"Wow. I'm sorry." Kain says feeling sorry for the girl.
She shakes her head. "I have been living alone ever since."
"That must have been rough."
"It was at moments but I survived." She helps him to the house leaning Kain against the wall as she unlocks the door before helping him inside his eyes taking in the house.
"Wow, quite the decor."
Nora laughs taking him to the couch setting him down on it. "My dad was very into older stuff." She goes into a side room coming back with two pillows, which she uses to prop up his leg.
"Am I in a house or a hospital here?" Kain says with a chuckle.
Nora swats his good leg playfully. "You know i could have just left you out there. Besides if your leg is broken, it has to be elevated or it could cause a blood clot, And if that happens say goodbye to your leg."
"I'll be okay. I've been through some tough stuff."
"Do you have a family?" Nora asks sitting next to him on the couch.
"Yeah. My folks like in another part here. I've got a home in town."
"Well you should call them cause you will have to stay here for a while." She kisses his cheek and disappear into the kitchen.
A smile spreads across his face as he takes out his phone finding the number for home which he calls, clearing his head as he explain to his mom that he's hurt and where they can find him.
"Wait your with a girl? A human girl! Kain!" His moms yells.
"Yes I'm with a human girl. And my leg is in bad shape mom."
"How bad?"
"Probably fractured, maybe broken."
Kain hears a pan clatter a string of curses following shortly after although he can't understand them for they sounded to be in an unknown language. "What was that?" His mom asks as Nora comes out carrying a platter of meat, cheese, and fruit.
"That was her, apparently having a mishap in the kitchen, Thanks." He smiles taking a couple pieces of cheese.
Nora blushes looking away. "I thought you would be hungry." She says sitting at the edge of the couch and begins removing the make shift split and measuring his leg writing things in a small notebook. Kain give her a weird look his mom's voice saying something about no touching her causing him to roll his eyes, as he tell her Nora is treating his leg before he hangs up the phone and sets it back in his pocket.
"Um sorry about the kiss I don't know why I did it." Nora blushes her hands still on his leg. After a moment she starts to get up but he grabs her arm stoping her.
"Hey it's okay. I mean it's not like you hit me or something." He says.
"I just feel bad." She redoes the splint and turns on the TV, handing him the remote. "If you need me just hit that red button on the remote, I have to go start getting things ready for a cast." Nora grabs an extra blanket from another couch and draps it over him before putting a pillow behind Kain's head and the tray of food in his lap.
Kain chuckles. "I'm guessing you don't get much in the way of company."
Nora shakes her head no. "Aside from my tours, no I don't."
"I see. Must get lonely around here."
Nora's eyes grow sad and she nods. "You have no idea."
Kain frowns reaching up and touching her cheek. "I know what that's like, since I live by myself."
"You do?" Her eyes meet his a blush seeping into her cheeks as his fingers brushes her cheek bone.
"Yeah, I do. It's been a few years now."
Nora pulls the blanket further over him and stands up. "Anyway if you need me just give me a buzz."
Kain nods with a smile shifting his leg under the blanket. "Thanks, I think you've done more than enough as it is."
She gives him a warm smile. "You saved my life, Let me do this, Plz."
Kain chuckles supporting his head with his arm then turns on the TV watching as Nora vanishes down a side hall. After watching netfix for an hour Kain looks up as Nora come out of the side hall carrying what looks like a small knee brace."This has to go on after the cast."
"I guess if that's what the doctor orders." He replies setting the remote down grunting as pain flares in his leg.
"Well currently I am the doctor so yep."
He chuckles and trys to relax, keeping his leg elevated as she pushes up the blanket setting the brace over his knee making sure it fits correctly.
"Well at least in injuring myself, I ran into a beautiful girl." He laughs watching as a blush turns her cheeks red. Nora shakes her head and secures the brace checking it over a couple times her mind racing before she finally nods. "Looks like it fits."
"Well I don't want to hobble around. I'd say that's a good thing."
"Don't celebrate just yet." Removing the blanket she helps him up watching as he keeps his weight on his good leg. "I am giving you a spare room to stay in." Putting her arm under his, she helps him down the hallway going slow as he jumps along till they get to a large blue door. "This is it."
"Thanks. Are you sure you want a stranger in your house?"
"You're hurt, plus I don't think you want to hurt me."
Kain smiles. "I guess that means I'm not going anywhere for a while."
"Not with the busted leg you're not," Nora says sternly opening the door. "It's not much but it will do right?" Slowly she walks into the room setting him down on the bed. "I made these crutches for you."
"I'm sure it will do. It may take some getting used to though." Kain says with a smile. "I appreciate this. Wasn't expecting to meet someone in the woods today."
"And apparently that person was beautiful?" She smirk as Kain nods with a smiles looking into her eyes.
"What is it?"
"You have beautiful eyes." Nora's eyes widen a bit as he lean forward his lips brushing hers.
She breaths him in as he presses fully cradling her head with his hand.
"Maybe we need to start getting acquainted." Kain says breaking the kiss.
Noras look at him with wide eyes. "Really but I'm human?"
"Well, so am I...for the most part."
He kisses her again running a hand through her soft hair. "It's up to you."
Nora smiles and hugs him. "I already said I think you're cute." She laughs kissing him softly. Kain smiles kissing her back putting his arms around her.
Nora Ravenblood: Nora pushes him back till he is laying down so she can prop up his leg with pillows then squeals as he pulls her down next to him as soon as she finish.
"You cold?" She asks blushing slightly.
"Maybe a bit." He says holding her close.
"So what you mean by acquainted?"
"As in we should get to know each other." He says rubbing her back. She nods making sure the brace won't come of his leg, still feeling his arm around her.
"So then Nora, tell me about yourself?"
"Well um what would you like to know? I mean i don't even know where to start." She says with a shrug.
"Well, you grew up here right?"
Nora nods. "With my dad, He taught me a lot, how to fight with swords, magic, and how to forge things."
"I see. So what do you do for a job?"
"I told you i am a mountain guide, people pay me to take them up the mountain, There is an old temple up at the top."
"An old temple? Really? I've never seen anything like that before."
"It's hidden very well." She answers grabbing a blanket to cover him with. "What about you?" Nora asks with a yawn.
"Well right now I'm in between jobs. I grew up here."
Nora smiles taking his hand in her's a yawn escaping her mouth. "Sorry to much happened today." She mutters as she falls asleep in his arms as kain smiles kissing her head slowly falling asleep alongside her.