"Darien…" Serena sighed as Darien tightened his grip on her.
"Mhmm?" He questioned, his eyes closed in content by the girl he embraced.
"I really do have to be on my way; otherwise my advisors may start worrying." Serena mumbled; her face squished in his chest, his arms tightly wrapped around her slender body.
"I don't want you to leave." Darien whispered into her ear causing Serena's spine to tingle and make her body tense in anticipation.
"But I must return before anyone notices that I have been gone for so long…" Serena tried to wiggle out of his embrace but Darien begun chuckling, tightening his grip.
"How can I let you go when you have such adorable reactions?" He whispered right in her ear again, causing her to tense up; any distance that they had before now non-existent.
"Darien!" Serena stuttered, embarrassment flooding her face with a scarlet red as she attempted to hide her face from him but he was too fast and already took one hand away from her waist and now held her chin.
"You are doing this on purpose, aren't you?!" He groaned, throwing his head back with a small chuckle, trying to remain calm.
"What are you talking about?" Serena asked, bewildered and confused as she untangled herself from him and sat up, looking down at him as he now rolled over onto his back.
"That!" He pointed at her face which was now contorted with a confused and worried look. "You are simply just too adorable my princess." He murmured the hand he pointed with now cradling her bright red face.
"And you are completely absurd!" She giggled, her face growing redder by the second at the realization of what he was talking about. She bent down and caught her lips in his, surprising Darien, her lips twisting into a smile as she heard him groan again and causing her to shiver with delight at how she could make him react. Serena never instigated the kiss first, Darien was the only one that ever did and to his liking he deepened the kiss, pulling Serena back down on the bed and slowly slipping his tongue into her mouth. She didn't giggle this time but let him take over, getting lost in the feeling of his hands travelling along her sides and his lips on hers. Darien left her lips, making his way to her neck; leaving butterfly kisses all along until he reached her cloak that was covering majority of her shoulders. He undid the gold medallion of Earth that kept the cloak tied up, letting it fall off onto the bed and exposing her bare shoulders; revealing her thin, white dress that was cut rather low.
"Darien…" Serena let out a little moan as he made his way along her shoulders to her collarbone causing her to reach for his face and bring his lips back to hers.
"Darien?" She breathed between their kisses, their eyes meeting.
"Hmm?" He replied, his lips taking hers again.
"In all seriousness I really do need to return." Serena sighed, pulling away and rested her forehead on his.
"What if I request that you do not leave" Darien pleaded, looking down at Serena's content face.
"I would simply have to refuse General; after all we have to keep any matters between us as professional as they can be." She giggled, getting up off him and the bed, grabbing her cloak and wrapped it back around her shoulders.
"Silly girl." He chuckled back, getting up with behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.
"Now which way do I go? I seemed to have gotten lost last time I wandered around this palace of yours."
"I have a solution for that." Darien grinned, waddling behind her, arms still wrapped around her as he lead her towards the main entrance of his chambers and to the lone bookcase.
"A hidden door behind a bookcase? Isn't that a tad cliché darling?" Serena laughed, pulling away from him and softly stroked her fingers across the books, eyeing which one would be the trigger.
"My father had this built for me when I was young so I had an escape route in case we were ever invaded." He shrugged his shoulders and grabbed an old worn out leather bound book that seemed like it hadn't been cracked open in years.
The bookcase slowly slide open revealing a rather tall hallway that led to most rooms in the palace.
"I shall escort you there, my lady." Darien smiled, taking her hand in his large one, grabbing a torch off the wall with his other.
"Oh my, what a gentleman."
The two royals made their way towards the room similar to the one on Earth that linked the immortal realms together, listening to the echoes of their footsteps against the stone floor along the way until they reached a door marked with a circle.
"Well this will be of use in the near future…" Serena smirked, looking up at Darien and then back at the door.
"You are a vixen are you not?" He rolled his eyes and grinned but soon his face fell again. "I don't like the idea of sending you back with that 'man' there." Darien almost growled, his brows crumpling up over his eyes.
"Well you do not have to fret about that fool; he is gone for a few days." Serena sighed in relief at the thought of not having to see his face even if it was just for a couple of days.
"We will figure something out." Darien stated with such confidence Serena's heart began to beat faster causing her face to flush.
"I will see you tomorrow Darien?" She questioned, wrapping her arms around him one last time.
"Yes my love." Darien murmured back into her ear, loving it when she called him by his name.
They separated as Serena made her way into the room, meeting his eyes one last time before the door swung shut.
"Tomorrow." Serena beamed at the thought as the light began to fill her as she felt herself being transported back to her palace, back to her home.