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The Unique Weed Among The Beautiful Flowers
Chapter Three

Aku didn't dare to look at her. He didn't really know why he wanted her to stay. He felt awkward since he was dragging her along, but she wasn't refusing. Even though he could easily turn to look at her once again, he didn't. And still he didn't get her out of his mind. That moment when she smiled to him, showing her fangs was stuck in his mind. That moment had been so magical. Her yellow eyes seemed so friendly. Even though he didn't really know which race she was, he still liked the horns. They had a light grey colour, while her skin was beige like any human skin. Her hair was dark brown, and even though it was long, it was sure spikey. Even though her hair was like a mess, it still gave her charm. Her ears had the typical shape of an elf's ear, but too short. Yet they were too long to be the ears of a Draenei. And then it was her clothes. They too looked old and shabby, but somehow they didn't directly appear ugly. The green t-shirt was okay, but the trousers were torn on both knees and pretty ripped otherwise.

Did she really live with her parents? Did she live with anyone at all?
What is she?

Aika's POV

"So where are we heading first?" I still let him hold my hand. I liked the feeling of it. "Didn't I say that we were going to my apartment first?" I noticed that he tried to look at me over his left shoulder.

"Yes, that's right." I shortly commented.

He slowed down and finally turned to face me properly.

"Sorry, I was just running of with you. I… I guess I'm just a bit…" He trailed of again, as if he didn't know what he was saying.

"It's okay." I simply said and smiled politely. Suddenly my stomach started rumbling. I smiled embarrassingly while I blushed.

"You must be very hungry… Oh! That's right, we also have to visit my friend Alegorn to deliver the owls he ordered from Dolanaar." Aku slightly looked up in the air as if he was trying to think of something clever.

"Alegorn?" I asked curiously.

"Yes, Darnassus' Cooking trainer!" Aku replied with a big smile.

I suddenly noticed how much more handsome he became when he smiled.

We continued walking, only this time he didn't hold my hand. He was just calmly walking on my right side.

We passed two guards as we entered the huge gate. Right after we went trough the entrance, there was a path leading to another main gate. On the path we passed one Ancient Protector guard and one Ancient of War guard. To me, even though they were on the Alliance side, looked like two big tree monsters.

We had to walk up a kind of a bridge to enter the city. I noticed that some guards were looking at me. Did they suspect me to be a spy or something?

As we reached the top, Aku stopped and faced me. "Welcome to Darnassus, Aika." He gave me another kind smile. I slightly blushed and smiled shyly back.

"I will give you that tour, but first we have to go to the right here." He pointed to his right to show the way. I nodded and followed him.

"This is the Craftsmen's Terrace, and over there were we just came from, that is called the Warrior's Terrace." I looked around, both back to the Warrior's Terrace to see how it looked like from distance and back to Craftsmen's Terrace to observe the area.

He pointed at different buildings, telling me where I could learn this and that. I looked at each building, trying to remember the icon on the signs. I couldn't read or write. I never learned that from the sabers of course, that is why I had to try to remember the pictures instead.

We stopped outside a building with one big room. "This is the Inn… If you want, I could pay for your stay here."

"Why would I want to stay here? I don't know anyone here!" I said raising an eyebrow. "True… Well, you can come along and see my place, and then you can decide after that."

We kept on walking, and Aku was still talking and pointing. He explained the different professions and what you are able to do in each one of them.

"Ah! Here we are. This is the Cooking place, and right there is my apartment" We stood in front of the stairs to the Cooking place as he pointed to his left. Even though there was only one big room in the middle of the big tree, there were some luxurious roads up towards the room. Two guards were standing at the bottom, right were the roads started. I opened my mouth in surprise. Even though I hadn't seen much of the city, I could tell that Aku's room was more exclusive then the others.

We went up the stairs to the Cooking place and Aku greeted Alegorn warmly.

"Alegorn, I want you to meet a new friend, Miss Aika." He held out a hand towards me so that Alegorn was sure where to look.

Alegorn smiled and said "Miss Aika … ?"

"Moon!" I replied quickly.

"Miss Aika Moon. Well I have never heard such a beautiful name before. Where are you from then?" He kept on smiling, studying me with his glowing eyes. I blushed as I looked away wondering what to say. Aku pushed away the question by handing him the owls.

"I can't guarantee the quality any more, they were snatched for a moment during my trip over here. Luckily Aika here helped me collect them again"

"Heh, is that so?" Alegorn began examining the owls; "Seem pretty fine to me, anything else I can do for you, Aku?" He winked as he asked the last question, then he quickly looked over to me with a grin on his face.

Aku looked away from Alegorn. "Could you make me a Great Feast?"

Alegorn laughed. "Dinner for the two of you?" Aku nodded to Alegorn's excited tone. "Sure, I'll send Fyldan here over when it's ready!" Alegorn almost laughed as he nodded towards Fyldan further in the room.

Aku replied with a short okay as he waved them goodbye for now.

We continued walking to Cenarion Enclave to kill some waiting time for the food. We crossed almost every bridge over the lake. I thought it was fun to run over the bridges like that. I stopped a bit and looked down in the beautiful clear water.

"May I jump in?" I asked Aku as he caught up with me.

"Well yes, but –" I didn't hear the last of his words; I was already deep under water.

Being under this water was so magical and so nice. I popped my head back up again.

"What were you saying?" I asked Aku who looked down at me with raised eyebrows. "That I don't suppose that you have a new set of clothes with you that are dry?"

Of course! I was always used to just wear my clothes even if they got wet.

"You're right. I don't. Sorry. I guess it's a habit for me to jump in with everything on… and then I just take it off waiting for it to dry…" The last part was a lie, and I suddenly regretted saying that when I noticed that Aku were blushing again.

When I was out of the water, he took me to something called a spa. He told some ladies to give me a haircut, a proper warm bath (because I got cold in my wet cloths) and some new clothes.

The experience was fun. I enjoyed all of it. I really liked my new haircut. I wanted to have it short so that it would be easier to groom. My hair felt so nice and soft, even though it was still spikey after the cut. I totally loved it.

I got a new top that didn't cover my waist. It was in a sweet red colour. A red that also had allot of pink in it. I was given a new pair of trousers that matched the top and a pair of boots. I was also given a cloak with a hood. The cloak was heavy and had a dark brown colour, but I still fancied it allot.

We quickly headed back towards the cooking place. We could see that Alegorn was still busy preparing our dinner, so we went up in Aku's apartment. There wasn't really that much stuff in that one big room, but it was very cosy.

"Please, just sit on the bed while we are waiting, and then we can sit on the bench when we are going to eat." I carefully sat down at his bed. It was soft, and it was hard to refuse lying down on it.

"If you want, you can sleep in my bed." I looked at Aku, bit unsure of what he meant.

"But where will you sleep?" I replied eventually.

"Oh, don't worry I'll figure something out" he said with a little smile.

"So you live here alone?" Our eyes met, and this time Aku kept looking in my eyes as he replied; "Yes. Though I have two brothers. But one lives in Shadowglen while the other back in Dolanaar."

"Are you the oldest?"

Aku slightly laughed. "No, I am the youngest."

Suddenly a cool breeze came into the room. I shivered.

"Are you still cold?" Aku looked at me with a worried expression.

"No. It's okay." I smiled, and he smiled back. I looked deeply in his eyes. The warm feeling appeared again in my chest.

"May I enter, Priest Aku?" It was obviously Fyldan who finally had arrived with the food. "Of course!" Aku quickly said and walked over to Fyldan.

Fyldan handed the food in Aku's hands, waved, nodded towards me and left.

We quietly ate dinner and exchanged a couple of small subjects every now and then.

As were finished eating, Aku took of his robe. He then went to his dresser and pulled out a white robe.

"Aika, you can sleep in this if you want" he handed me the robe. "Shall I turn my face against the wall while you change?"

I raised my eyebrow. "If that's what you want, it's fine with me." I shrugged. Why would he look at the wall?

Aku turned, but I noticed that he peeked several times. I managed to get off the boots and pants, but I couldn't reach the button on my top.

"Aku, could you please help me out?"

He awkwardly came to help. When the top was loose, he shoved it carefully down my arms. His touch was very warm and I could feel his breath in my neck. I felt like I would trip any minute since I somehow lost control over my legs.

"How come you're not used to undress yourself?" Aku soflty whispered.

I couldn't answer; I was too stunned about how seductively his voice was when he whispered. This situation was all new to me.

I could feel that he leaned forward. Then I felt his lips on my neck. I got goosebumps all over my skin. It was new, scary, but such… such an incredible good feeling! His hands slowly wrapped around my waist. His naked chest was like a warm carpet on my back. And then his scent… Oh his scent was overwhelming at this moment.

"What are you doing?" I said, slightly moaning.

"Don't you know what kissing is?" Aku gently whispered in my ear.

"Kissing?" I honestly didn't really know what that was. I've heard about it, but never knew what it meant.

Aku slowly turned me so that I faced him. Our eyes met. This time he looked different. There was something like a faint hunger in his eyes. He raised both of his hands so that he could hold around my face. He carefully placed his lips on my forehead. His breath became heavier, and so did mine. I didn't understand why though.

"Is that how you kiss? Placing your lips different places on my body?" I dreamily whispered.

"Yesss…" he whispered back faintly hissing, starting to kiss me down my neck to my chest. It burned in my body by the feeling of his touch. Somehow I wanted more, but I didn't know what more he could give me.

I started kissing him too. His skin smelled so nice. I licked his neck to taste him. He had a wonderful and sweet taste. I kept on licking and nibbling down his neck and chest. He would slightly moan. I wasn't sure if that meant that he didn't like it, but I couldn't stop myself right now.

He pushed me down to the bed, and then he started to lick me too. I closed my eyes with pleasure, letting my body twitch underneath him. He paused for a moment, looking me deeply in the eye. I could see more of that hunger. To see his eyes that hungry somehow turned me on. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he bent down and kissed me on my mouth. That kiss was a bit innocent first, and left a good taste in my mouth. Then it deepened, and it felt like my body was burning with heat.

Suddenly I heard a loud howl. I was startled at first, because first I thought it was me. Both Aku and me looked towards the lake. Neither of us saw anything.

"What was that?" I asked still glaring out of the room.

"It must have been a Worgen."

Somehow that howl was a bit disturbing. I wanted so desperately to howl back, but I didn't want to scare Aku.

Aku had stopped kissing me, and looked serious at me. Then he went all red and quickly stood up.

"I! I'm sorry! I didn't know what I was doing!" Aku tried to look away, but he couldn't really take his eyes of me.

"But I don't mind it… I'm sorry too… I didn't know that you didn't want this…" I wasn't really sure if I was reacting the right way. I had really no clue about what we just did, and what it meant.

Aku suddenly laughed. "You are really something!" His laugh was beautiful. It was like a perfect howl of the full moon.

"Would you sleep by my side tonight, Aku?"

Aku suddenly stopped laughing and coughed a bit. His expression went serious again. "Are you sure? I… I might do things you know… without really… doing it on… purpose…"

I smiled. "Doing what? Kissing me? But I… I liked it." Aku grinned and jumped back in the bed with me.

We were just lying there looking into each other's eyes. Then he reached out his hand to stroke through my hair.

"I like it better this way, now that it's short." He genteelly whispered. I began stroking his long blue hair too. It was soft like silk to touch.

He pulled a carpet over us both and pulled me closer to him. He carefully gave me a kiss on my mouth and then he closed his eyes trying to sleep as he held me tightly against his chest.