Chapter 11: Waking Up to Love
** Back to Ashe's POV **
I awoke in a daze.
"Ohhhh," I groaned, "my aching head." I attempted to move, but I was too tired and disoriented to coordinate my limbs. I looked around the place where I had awakened. It was one of the bedrooms in the temple, but I didn't recognize this one.
Where am I? I don't remember this room, come to think of it, I don't remember leaving the training--
"Uhhhnnn," groaned a pile of sheets, "not wakey-uppy time yet." Then I realized what it was. It was Zeik, talking to himself in his sleep. I held in a chuckle as the lump settled back down and the tip of a snout poked out from under the sheets.
He is so cute when he sleeps, I thought to myself with a smile and a happy sigh.
"Uhhhn," he groaned again, "Ashe… you… moonlight…" I blushed and smiled.
He's dreaming about me! I wonder what he's dreaming about… oh well.
He stirred, but then settled back and fell asleep again. Suddenly, a scary realization dawned on me. Wait, I thought, if he is here, and I am here, that means we are in the same room, and if I just woke up, and if he is still asleep, then that means…
"OH MY GOSH!" I exclaimed out loud, much louder than I had meant to.
"WAAAAAAAA!" screamed Zeik, jumping up from his sheet tomb. He didn't stay up for long, and he fell flat on his face. "OOOF!" grunted Zeik as he hit the ground. "That…hurt…my face." At that I laughed hysterically, it was just too funny to watch. He groaned as he realized that he was stuck and couldn't get out. "Hey, dude," he began, "could you help a dragon out of a tangle?"
He doesn't know that it's me, I thought to myself. I could have fun with this. Snickering, I padded over to Zeik and began delicately removing the sheets. I was deliberately avoiding uncovering his head.
"Hey, dude," he started, "watch out for down below, had a pretty intense…" He trailed off as I removed the sheets covering his eyes and he saw who his savior was. "A-Ashe…" he stuttered, "oh, i-it's… you!"
"Duh," I retorted, "now what were you saying about 'down below'?"
I honestly didn't know, but I had a pretty good idea, so I smirked when he looked away and blushed.
"Uh… uh," he continued, "n-never mind." I raised an eye ridge, curious about what he was hiding. I moved my claw over to the final sheets.
"Ashe!" he said quickly, "please don't pull those." I snickered at him. "No, just s-stooooh-," he shuddered as I slid off the sheets, and I soon realized what he was trying to hide. I gasped.
"Oh," I said, unable to find words, "that's why…" I was sure that
I was now three different shades of red, I could feel my cheeks burning.
"I warned you," he said, "you weren't meant to see this. It's… it's the morning, it's always like this." I turned and walked away, trying to determine how I felt about what I just saw.
"Its fine," I said, "I didn't know, sorry." I heard him roll over and curse under his breath. I took one last shaky breath, and then exited the bedroom. I looked back, still unsure of what to do, and realized that that was Zeik's room. My mind was on overdrive, trying to take in every detail. I was still reeling when I sensed someone standing beside me.
"Hey," said Zeik, "You ok?"
"Yeah," I responded, "Yeah, I'm fine, just a little shaken up. That's all." I had once again let my mind wander back to the realization that got me into this mess. Did we, I thought, did we… mate? I wanted to know so badly, so I mustered up the courage and just asked him.
"Zeik?" I began, "I need to ask you something."
"It was not my fault that I was dreaming of you," he blurted out, "I had just fallen asleep thinking of you and because of that, you ended up in my dreams, and about the sword, it was an… " I stopped him with the flat of my tail blade.
"It's not about any of that," I interrupted, "it's about where I woke up, and why." I heard Zeik breath a heavy sigh of relief. He smiled and looked up at me.
"You fell asleep in my room," he started, "after your ordeal." I looked into his eyes as he spoke, and I once again found it hard to concentrate as I began to drown in his liquid gold eyes. I snapped back to focus.
"Yeah," I said, "but… did we… y-you know…" I blushed and looked down. I heard Zeik gasp.
"Ashe!" he exclaimed, "no! No we didn't! I… I couldn't put you through that kind of pain, so no… we didn't… mate." I felt something inside of me lift, and I suddenly felt much better.
"Thank Ancestors," I exclaimed, "I was afraid." Now, however, I wanted to know how I got here. "So," I went on, "how exactly did I get here?"
"Well," Zeik started, "after your mind was attacked, you were scared to sleep alone, so Terrador suggested that you sleep in my room." I looked up, totally surprised at what Zeik had just said.
"What?" I questioned, "but… wouldn't… WHAT!?"
"Yeah," he said, "I had a similar reaction, but Terrador insisted, saying that 'it would be a wise choice' and being all ancient-earth-like."
"Well," I said, "I am still here, still sane, so I am glad that he suggested it." I rubbed up against Zeik as I said that, and I felt his breath shake. He apparently liked it.
"Well," Zeik breathed, "we should probably get to the training room; Terrador said there is someone there who would very much like to see you."
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