I got the idea for this while I was falling asleep last night and I was so excited...I could hardly sleep. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this couple so much. I could hardly contain myself, too.
Sensing You
Second Sense: Touch
Couple: JaffarxNino
Setting: Shortly after the battle with Nergal, Jaffar and Nino are living in Pherae. Not married, yet. Lugh and Ray aren't born yet, either.
I can feel them...their words cutting through the dark air and stabbing at my newfound heart. Their hatred is like blood, rich, plentiful and red. There are so many of those faces...faces of people I knew well. Faces that I see every night. They come when the sun sets over the roads and villages. When I lay my head down on my soft pillow. They target me.
Only me.
Jaffar sat up in his bed, covered in a cold sweat. It was always the same thing every night. He'd have those nightmares that always ended with him tangled in his sheets. And he would always be sweating, even though he discards his shirt every night.
Having feelings made a person more vulnerable, as Jaffar was recently discovering. But he was no longer an assassin with the Black Fang and Nergal was dead. He didn't have to fear people trying to kill him...or at least not yet.
But the faces of the people in his nightmares weren't the faces of people who were alive. They were dead. Slaughtered. Cut down by swords. And he was the one to hold those swords.
He was the Angel of Death. He never had feelings, until Nino had come into his life. He just did what he was told. And all he was ever told was to kill. This traitor. That annoyance. He didn't even bother questioning the reasons. His blades did the talking.
Yet, he could still feel the sticky warmth of his victims' blood. The slice each blade made through the flesh of the victim. The way each person screamed and grabbed at him in a desperation for him to stop.
The impact of his empty past was greatly affecting his future. Jaffar cursed and got out of bed for some cold water. On his way out to the well, though, he heard a whimper and a scream coming from the room directly next to his.
Nino!
Jaffar quickly grabbed a dagger from his room and burst into Nino's room. But he didn't see any trespasser or bandit, ready to kill Nino. Instead, he saw Nino tossing and turning. Like him, she was also sweating. Unlike him, she was crying.
"She's having a nightmare," Jaffar immediately thought. He put the dagger down and approached Nino. With gentle hands, he shook her to awaken her. "Nino! Nino, wake up!"
"Uh...ahhhhhhhhhh!" Nino shot up so fast, she nearly knocked Jaffar over. "Oh!"
"You startled me..." Jaffar said, blinking in surprise.
"Ah...I'm sorry, Jaffar," Nino said. She wiped her eyes and mopped her forehead with a nearby cloth. "These nightmares...they just won't go away..."
"Nightmares?" Jaffar raised an eyebrow in surprise. He had no idea Nino was suffering from the same thing he was.
"Yeah...I keep seeing Sonia rise up from the ground and coming to kill me. Just like that night I went to the Water Temple in Bern. She wanted to kill me so much. But you...oh Jaffar!" Nino fell into his arms sobbing. Jaffar had to remind himself that Nino was still very young, still a child, so it was easy to see why she was afraid. Sonia had posed as her mother for thirteen years and had been so cruel and uncaring. To Nino, it didn't matter. It was only in the end, when the truth came out, how badly Sonia had wanted her to die, and it shattered Nino's heart completely. She had only begun to mend, but Jaffar knew the nightmares were preventing her from mending completely.
He didn't know what to do. He had never been one to understand emotions or how to cope with sadness. But Nino needed him. So he did the one thing he never expected to do, not for a long time.
He kissed her.
It was his first kiss, and it felt sweet. The touch of Nino's soft lips brought him a warm sensation that started in his chest and rushed to his face. Nino had stopped crying and was looking at him with surprise and love.
"I...really liked that kiss," she said.
"So did I," Jaffar admitted. Then he surprised himself by moving in again and kissing Nino once more. She returned it, eager for affection.
To Nino, the touch of Jaffar had meant his wall was broken. He was caring. He loves her. She suspected it was the biggest crack in the wall ever. And his body was warm, so warm...and so comforting. Just to be touchng him, especially like this, meant so much to her.
Jaffar was also enjoying the moment. He was stroking Nino's bright green hair and exploring the softness and smoothness of it. His other hand was stroking her cheek. Her innocent eyes, now tear-free, were looking at him with utter adoration.
It was these simple touches that helped to heal both the darkness ingrained in them.
"Are you better now?" Jaffar asked.
"Yes...but Jaffar, I have a small request..." Nino said, hoping she wouldn't sound too forward with this. "Can we...can we please sleep together tonight? I don't want to leave you tonight. I really like staying with you...you're just so warm..." she added, nuzzling him like a small puppy.
Jaffar thought for a minute and then nodded. "I shouldn't have left you...I promised we would always be together, right?" With that said, Jaffar climbed into the bed right beside Nino. She huddled close to him, then pulled away.
"You're sweating! Are you okay?"
"Let's just say I too have my share of nightmares..." Jaffar said. He pulled Nino closer to him and relished the warmth of her body.
"Maybe with her by my side at night, I can fight back the nightmares...and she can fight hers. I feel so strong with her body warmth and her kisses..."
&-&-&-&
Yay, le fluff. (heart)
Like I said, I ADORE this couple. ErkxNino just isn't spicy enough for me.
Oh by the way, perverts, when Jaffar was stroking Nino's cheek, I don't mean her butt. I mean her face.
