Andr held Aj close to her, hearing his breaths cross her chest. He was sound asleep, but she was wide awake. She couldn't sleep well. But she didn't care. Aj groaned, and flinched. Andr looked at him curiously. She hugged him softly.
"N-No, s-stop..." He mumbled. Andr cocked her head. Aj never did this before in his sleep. Andr stroked his head. This seemed to calm him, but that didn't last long.
"L-Let me go...please..." He groaned. Andr stopped.
"Aj? Is there something wrong?" Andr gently shook him. Aj gasped awake, and looked at her.
"A-Andr!" He hugged her.
"What happened? Did you not sleep well?"
"N-Nightmare. S-She was there."
"Who is she?" Andr pulled him up to meet eye level.
"W-Withna."
Andr shook her head, and wrapped herself around him.
"She can never get to you again. I won't allow it."
Aj looked at her with the bluest eyes.
"Promise?"
"Of course I do." She said, and kissed his forehead. Aj sighed in relief, and closed his eyes. He curled up next to her, and let Andr soothe him to sleep. Andr noticed a small movement in the corner of her eye. Two caramel eyes looked at her.
"Cupa! Get out!" She scolded quietly.
"Oh come on! You're so adorable!" Cupa walked to them.
Andr held Aj close to her. Cupa slid under the sheets, and began to tickle Aj.
"Gah! Hey! Andr stop! I was sleeping!" He giggled. He realized that Andr was holding him. Cupa's head poked out of the covers.
"Cupa! What are you doing!?" He asked.
"Having fun." Cupa said, and began to tickle him more.
"Cupa! Quit! That tickles!" He giggled. Andr laughed as he squirmed in her arms. Cupa poked his belly with one hand, and tickled his foot with another. He laughed even more. He had forgotten about his nightmare.
"Cupa stop! I can't breathe!" Aj gasped. Cupa stopped tickling him, and saw a gasping, laughing Aj above the covers. She smiled, and hugged him. Andr held him closely, and kissed his cheek. He closed his eyes, and felt Cupa kiss his chest, but soon fell asleep.
A few minutes after Aj was asleep, Cupa looked at Andr.
"Can I have him?"
"What?! No!"
"Please Andr! Just for once!"
"No! He's mine!"
"Andr, you owe me!"
"Yeah, but not my boyfriend!"
"You said you would give me anything!"
Andr stopped. She did say that, but she never thought it would come to this. The reason Andr owed her was that a few years ago, after Andr ran from the End, she was lost. She thought that there was a village a few chunks away, but there wasn't. Cupa was there, watching her, until a skeleton began to chase Andr. She was 13, Andr was 19. Cupa brought her to her cave, and the two hid out.
"I-I can't."
"Yes, you have to!"
"But what about him? How will he feel? He'll feel like a stud!"
"But I need him!"
"I don't care! He will not have sex with you!"
"You promised!"
Andr sighed.
"Look, Cupa, if know I did, but he isn't a sex toy. He's a living, breathing boy. He loves me, and I love him. You can't just expect me to give him to you just to have sex!"
"I know he is, but I need him! I want him so much, and you promised me! And I quote, "Cupa I will give you anything in return. I promise." You told me that you would give me anything!"
And stopped, and mulled this over in her head.
"No. I will not let you have him. He is not a sex toy."
Cupa growled in anger.
"But you promised!"
"I know I promised, but if will give you something else. I just can't give you him." Andr stated, and held Aj close.
Cupa stomped her foot, and marched out. She slammed the door, and Aj jolted awake.
"What happened?"
"Nothing you need to worry about. Just go back to sleep." She stroked his hair, and he fell asleep.
Cupa eyed me angrily, and Libby walked over to me.
"What's her deal?"
"Dunno. She's just mad." I said. "At me. For some reason." I added.
"Hmm." Libby walked over to Cupa.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing! You won't understand!" She scowled.
Libby raised her eyebrows, and stepped back.
"She's a bit mad." She said, and Cupa stormed out of the house. I shrugged.
"Could be her time of the month." I sighed. Libby looked at me.
"What? Just saying. I don't know what you guys go through."
"Do you want to?"
"Fuck no!" I got up, and walked out of the house. I saw Cupa march into the woods. I followed her, and saw her dart behind a tree. I stepped silently to the thick oak, and looked around it. Cupa wasn't there.
I looked around. "Cupa?"
She was sitting with her legs tucked close to her, and she was swishing her fingers in a small stream. I sat next to her.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing." She grumbled.
"It doesn't seem like nothing." Cupa looked at me angrily.
"Why are you angry at me?"
She stood up.
"I'm not angry at you. I'm angry at Andr."
"Why?"
She began to pace.
"Andr didn't keep a promise."
"What kind of promise?"
"Well, about five years ago, Andr escaped from the end, and she was lost. Monsters were after her, and I helped her. She promised me that she would give me anything in return. I asked for something simple, and she declined." She sighed, and sat behind me.
"What did you ask for?" I said as she wrapped her arms around me.
"It's best that you don't know."
"Tell me."
"I-I asked for you..." She said in my ear.
"You what?!" I exclaimed.
"I asked for you." She repeated.
"Why?!" I said, and tried to get out of her grasp.
"I really wanted you. So much." She held me close to her, and inclosed me with her body. She kissed my cheek. "But I guess that won't happen.
"Cupa! That isn't right! I'm not a sex toy!" I said.
"I know, but I really did." She said, and pressed me against herself.
"Cupa! Let me go!"
"But I love you." She kissed me, and enclosed me in her jacket. I thrashed to get out, but she was stronger than me.
"Cupa...let me go...please..." I gasped before she zipped her jacket above my head. She sighed happily. She giggled as she poked me inside her jacket. She poked her head inside the jacket, and pulled her arms inside. She hugged me close to her pale body, and kissed me over and over. I began to blush. She chuckled, and hugged me tighter.
"I just think you're so cute." She sighed.
"C-Cupa..." I blushed.
"What? I do." She giggled. She rolled us over so we were laying on the ground. She began to kiss me more.
"S-Stop that." I stammered. She began to tickle me. I squirmed in her arms.
"Eek! Cupa stop!" I laughed.
"Does that tickle?" She giggled.
"Yes!"
I felt another set of arms wrap around me. They picked us both up, and I fell out of Cupa's jacket. Yurei looked at me, and held me in her arms.
"Hey!" Cupa exclaimed.
"What? Andr's looking for him."
"I was having fun!"
"I don't care. Andr is worrying about him."
"Aw." Cupa said, and slumped home. Yurei looked down at me, and kissed my forehead.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yurei, I'm fine!"
"Okay, just making sure." She shrugged, and held me close to her.
"I don't want her to make you feel uncomfortable." She said in my ear.
"She won't." I said, and nestled into her arms. She smirked, and ruffled my hair.
"Come on, kiddo." She let me go, and we walked back home.
Yurei glanced at Aj. He was happily walking, oblivious from his surroundings. The kid had the attention span of a fly, at times. Sometimes, he would sit next to her, and let Yurei tell him about his family, peacefully listening. Other times, he would find another thing to focus on, or just think of an interesting topic, and ponder for a few minutes. He was always happy, or in a good mood. Rarely he would raise his voice in anger. Even when she brought him home after she found him in the cave, shortly he was grinning stupidly, and had a shimmer in his eyes. Yurei pulled him close to her, and leaned on a tree with him in her arms. Aj looked at her, his expression questioning her actions. She kissed him on the lips, and drew him closer. She loved him, but she couldn't tell Andr. He is hers, and Andr wasn't the forgiving type.
I can't believe I'm kissing the Chosen One. She thought, and hugged him. She moaned slightly, and drew away. Aj was blushing, and his eyes a deep purple.
"You're a great kisser."
Aj didn't know how to respond. He just simply looked up at her with big, purple eyes, with a slight smile of embarrassment. She chucked silently, and slid down the oak. She held him in her arms and glanced at the noon sun. Aj was tired. She held Aj in her arms, and let him lay on her cool body. He laid his head on her soft breasts, and fell asleep.
"Poor kid. You've been through a lot." She sighed, and ran her fingers through his hair. He sighed in content. Yurei held him closely, protectively, vowing never to let him to come to harm again. She felt his deep breaths cross her mini vest, and held his hands. She saw Libby aproaching the two.
"Aww, he fell asleep!" Libby mushed, and sat next to them.
"Yeah, poor kid is tired." Yurei chuckled, and rubbed his back. He groaned softly. Libby gently pulled up his shirt, to see that most of the red, tender skin had recovered, but a spot still was on his central back. Libby gently touched the spot. He groaned again, and rolled on his side. She was about to poke it again, but Yurei patted her hand away. Aj sighed.
"Come on, let's get you home." Yurei lifted Aj up, and walked home. Libby walked with them, looking at him. Andr ran up to them.
"David's gone."
"What do you mean gone?"
"He isn't around. I've looked everywhere, but it can't find him." Andr said concerningly. She looked at Aj.
"He fell asleep." Yurei sighed, and handed Aj to Andr. She cradled him like a baby.
"Did you check the fridge?"
"Oh fuck!" Andr gasped, and teleported home. She plopped Aj on the couch, rushed to the kitchen, and jerked open the refrigerator.
"Shit! He took some food and hit the road!" She surveyed the shelves, now raided of their goods.
"That bastard! He stole our food?!" Yurei exclaimed, and rushed downstairs to the storage room. She pulled a keychain out of her vest pocket, and fumbled for the correct key. She inserted the key into the lock, turned it, and checked for the spare on the doorframe, the only place the key would be safe. Only Andr was tall enough to access the space. Yurei stood on her tiptoes, and felt for the keys. They weren't there.
"Fuck!" She swore under her breath, and forced the door open. The chests were wide open, and tools stolen off the racks. Yurei nervously checked the chests. The spare food was still there, and the building materials were untouched. Yurei checked her surroundings, and drew her bow with one hand. She grabbed a lever from one of the chests, and placed on a single mossy cobblestone. She jerked it down, and a secret entrance opened. She looked behind her, and walked down the bright hallway. The room was bathed in white light, against a shiny quartz. She slowly unlocked a single, small chest in the center of the room. Jewels and ingots of every sort glittered in untouched glory. She took a small green emerald from the bottom of the chest, and cradled it in her arms. The chest was the last remnants of her families' fortune. She refused to spend it on anything, and it was only for emergencies.
"No. This isn't an emergency." She decided, and gently placed the emerald back in its place. She slowly closed the chest, and walked away from the room. She could easily replace the food and tools. It would take time, however. But time was a luxury that Yurei had. She wasn't worried if he would come back. Once Aj knew about this, he wouldn't let the bastard come in sight of the house. And Andr's mother wouldn't be keen on the idea, either. David didn't know how much shit he just got himself into.
"You're kidding."
"No. He stole tools, food, but the money was untouched. I wasn't sure if he took wood or anything like that." Yurei said.
"For fucks sake." Andr sighed.
"I know. I wasn't sure about the kid either."
"Well what are we going to do?"
"Replenish our resources. I guess I'll take Aj out tommorrow with me to the village. He could use some knowledge of the area." Yurei sighed.
"Well, I guess there's nothing left to do. We can't go out at night. It's practically suicide." Libby sighed, and reclined on the couch. Aj nodded.
"Yeah. It could always be worse." He yawned.
"Yep." Cupa grumbled.
"You just can't be sure about anyone anymore." Yurei shrugged.
"I'm going to bed. I suggest you do the same. We've got a lot to tommorrow." She added. She walked upstairs. Wind began to howl against the house.
"What is it with all these storms? Can barely sleep thanks to them!" Aj exclaimed. Andr walked over to him, and held him in her arms.
"Come on. Let's go." She pulled him upstairs.
Cupa crossed her arms. "Hmph!" She sighed. She was too jealous of the two.
Yurei shook me gently.
"Yurei! Go away! I'm trying to sleep!" I groaned, and hid under the covers.
"Come on. Wake up. It's time to go!"
"Go where?" I sighed.
"The village. Remember?"
I made a long scoff of disapproval.
"Now?"
"Yes, now. You got to get there early to get the best deals!" She tugged me out of bed. I really hope she didn't do that. I shot up, and turned away in my black briefs.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I-I've got morning wood. Go away." I stammered, and tugged the covers to cover myself.
"Don't be so dramatic." She chuckled, and wrapped her arms around me.
"You know, you are a nice kid."
"Thanks. I-I guess."
"Come on. Get dressed." She said, and walked out.
This took too long. It's long overdue, I know. But, my birthday was a couple days ago, and I've had LOTS of traveling to do. I'm sorry, but you have an extra long chapter. Yippie. I will start back up on Wolven, and just a forewarning, the hunger games thing will be gone. Jedi and I haven't been pumping out chapters, especially since summer. Writing-believe it or not-really takes it out of you.