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~Twisty
Aerith had awoken the next morning with a smile. Her head turned while she was laying on her bed to look at the drawing from the prince. She was impressed by the amount of detail that went into the picture.
It was beautiful. Aerith decided she would have to find the prince and thank him for the gift.
She went to the bathroom to shower.
After her shower, she got dressed in a dark pair of pants, she grabbed wrappings for her chest, then put on her light tan tunic top. She was nearly done when she heard a knock on the door.
When she answered her heart fluttered. Prince Nuada stood before her. "Good morning Prince Nuada." She said feeling shy, which immediately made her feel stupid. She had spoken with the prince before what made now so different?
Nuada smiled and grabbed her hand. His lips when to the back of it. The flutter in Aerith's chest nearly stopped her heart as his lips connected with her skin. "Please Aerith. Just Nuada." He said softly. Aerith nodded not really being able to speak. "I was hoping you would like to join me this morning for breakfast then to spar?" He asked.
Aerith nodded shyly. "That sounds lovely.
After Aerith grabbed her staff the two made their way down the hall to the cafeteria. Neither noticed but they were being watched by their comrades. There were a few whispers but smiles between the group none-the-less.
The two made their way to the training rooms with their food, both in fairly awkward silence.
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After the two had eaten, Aerith began to stretch. She felt ready for a nice spar but was still unused to this awkwardness that was happening between her and the prince. It was a strange awkwardness, like she no longer knew what to say to the prince. She had spoken to him plenty of times before but now that the two were trying to become romantically involved it felt foreign to her.
Aerith's eyes watched the prince. He seemed calm, nowhere near the nervousness that Aerith felt. She continued to stretch as she watched him.
She watched as he took off his shirt. Her eyes were slightly glued to him as he too began to stretch. Every muscular fiber rippled under his skin, while he was lean he was still muscular.
Aerith felt her face slightly heat up as she pried her eyes away from him. What was she doing!? Acting like a child?! Aerith was growing increasingly frustrated with herself.
It was then she looked back to Nuada and noticed him stretching in a weird manner. She watched curiously, no longer thinking on her own shyness.
She watched as he seemed to flex his shoulders then flex his arms in a manner that showed off his biceps, his very impressive biceps.
Aerith was stunned in silence, was he…. Was he trying to impress her by flexing? Was this some elf ritual? He father had never told her about this. "W… What are you doing?" Aerith asked, her cheeks a nice red color which contrasted her pale skin.
Nuada stopped what he was doing. He cleared his throat before trying to say something. No words seemed to form. He stood there quiet for some time. He was looking at her.
"I need to leave." He said grabbing his shirt and spear. He left quickly leaving behind a stunned and confused Aerith.
"What just happened?" She asked herself. Aerith ran a hand through her hair before leaving herself.
She was looking forward to sparring.
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Nuada had been nervous to ask the elf human to spar with him but at seeing the face he has come to adore his nervousness seemed to wash away. Fireworks exploded in his mind when he kissed her hand. It was soft and felt wonderful to him.
They walked in somewhat awkward silence after she had agreed to go to breakfast then to spar with him. He didn't mind it. He felt strange but he was accepting his feelings. He knew he was falling for her. He had never come close to feeling like this with anyone else before but he would learn to let it consume him. He would devote himself to her, that much he knew.
When they made it to the training room, he sat eating and watching her. He watched her each chew, each breath, each blink of her eye. She was a beautiful creature. He wanted so much to impress her but being stuck here in the compound didn't offer many choices as to what he could do.
He sat there thinking about what was suggested to him as to some of the things he could do. He noticed when she stood and started stretching after their meal.
Well…. He could try something.
He felt absolutely out of place with doing this but what was the worst that could happen? He took off his shirt and noticed Aerith had faltered in her stretching. She was watching him? Perfect. This gave an ego boost to the prince. Seeing her flush only made it worse.
Nuada began to stretch. He watched out of the corner of his eye, good she was watching him. He began to slowly and as subtlety as possible began to flex his muscles. He thought it was working until he heard "W… What are you doing?" come from Aerith.
He was looking for the right words to say but all he could do was stare at her. She was embarrassed. She seemed uncomfortable and she was embarrassed for him.
Nuada felt mortified. What was he doing? He had no damn idea! That demon was wrong. He should have never taken his suggestions. Aerith was a simple woman, and elf, not some human girl that was vain.
Nuada finally spoke "I need to leave." Aerith didn't run after him which he did not blame her for. He was an idiot. He felt like troll dung.
Nuada made his way to his room and shut the door before anyone could speak with him. He growled in frustration to himself. How dare he act in such a way! He was no young elf, he had no business doing that!
His mind went to Aerith; she must have felt so embarrassed, so disturbed by his actions. He didn't know if he could face her again.
'Forgive me Aerith.'
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It had been five days since Aerith had seen the prince. She had not received any further letters or drawings from Nuada in that time. Aerith was confused as to what happened that made him disappear. Aerith had spoken with her comrades and gone down to see the trolls on a few occasions. She hadn't spoken with anyone about the incident though. She wondered where Nuada was.
She sat in her room thinking about what happened five days ago. Did he not receive the reaction he had been wanting? Or was it something else? Was he hiding from her?
Was he embarrassed?
Aerith was beyond frustrated now. He hadn't made an appearance in five days or said anything to her! The least he could do was explain to her what happened the other day!
Aerith grabbed her staff and made her way down the hall out of her room. Some training would definitely help to vent her frustrations. Her mind was in turmoil when she ran into someone by accident. It was the princess.
"Forgive me Princess Nuala… My mind was elsewhere." Aerith said bowing.
Nuala smilled gently. "That's quite alright dear Aerith."
Aerith nodded before starting on her path again. She stopped a few steps away from Nuala. She would not be made a fool by Nuada and she knew Nuala would know where he was. "Princess Nuala, have you seen Prince Nuada?" She asked softly not turning to Nuala.
"Yes, he is in his room currently." She said softly, though if Aerith was turned around looking at Nuala she would have seen the look of amusement on her face.
Aerith straightened slightly "I see. His room is down the hall from the training rooms, is it?" She asked.
Nuada nodded again "Yes."
"Thank you, Princess Nuala." Aerith said softly. She made her way to where the prince's room was. Aerith felt herself grow more incensed by the minute at the growing frustration she felt. When she reached his door, she knocked with conviction.
It took him a minute to answer. "What is it?" He asked not realizing who was knocking. He immediately cleared his throat. "Forgive me Aerith, I have not had many visitors…" He said quietly.
Aerith looked at him angrily. She wanted to yell at him, to demand an explanation as to why he would act like he had been but she couldn't bring herself to do so. She was upset that was for certain but she couldn't just yell at him.
She stood quiet for some time. The prince watching her uncomfortably. "Aerith…. I…."
"Grab your spear, we're going to train." She said interrupting him. She began to walk away. She made it close to half way down the hall before turning. She saw the prince standing there stunned into silence. "Nuada, I don't really have all day. Hurry up." She said before continuing down.
Nuada snapped out of it and followed along soon after. He was walking silently beside her wondering what she was doing, Aerith was sure.
She couldn't yell at the prince, but she could vent her frustration by sparring him.
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Nuada was sweating profusely. Aerith was not going easy on him at all. He could practically feel her anger through each strike and swing. She wasn't causing him harm but she was throwing all her power into each swing. He was wearing down because of it. She must have been holding back the first time he had sparred her because this was definitely different.
Aerith made to strike downwards, Nuada blocked it throwing his own power into it. The two were locked together with their weapons. Nuada saw his opening. He kicked Aerith's leg out from under her making her fall back. Somehow though, he too lost his footing and fell right on top of her.
Both were tired by now though. Their training session had put the two through quite a bit.
Nuada lay on Aerith, panting looking down at her. "What is the meaning of this sparring Aerith?" He asked finally; the entire time the two had been silent with each other. Aerith panted under him.
She lay silent, her good eye looking at him. She was quiet for far too long "Aerith…. I'm sorry…." Nuada was about to continue when he was interrupted with Aerith's lips on his. His mind barely registered it. What was happening? Was Aerith kissing him? She was! Aerith was kissing him! It didn't take him long to follow suit. He deepened it only slightly as to not push the elf human too far.
Aerith was the one to break it. "Why have you not spoken to me for five days?"
Nuada was still slightly in a daze. He shook his head before looking deep in her eyes "I embarrassed myself, Aerith…. I had followed the advice of the demon as to how to…. Woo you. I really have no idea what I am doing." He said honestly. Nuada waited for her response.
It was then Aerith did something he had not expected; she laughed. She found humor in all of this? Nuada got off her and sat next to her a little taken aback by her laughter.
Aerith sat up after having gotten her laughter out. "Well, I'd say in a way it did work." She said with an amused smile on her face. "You had me believing it had been something I had done to make you not want to speak with me anymore." She said softly.
"Nothing you could do would ever make me want to do a stupid thing like that." He said gently grabbing her hand. "I was unsure of what to say to you really."
Aerith gently squeezed his hand "The truth is always best." She said softly. "Now come." She said getting up from her spot. "Go to your room and get cleaned up. Meet me back here in half an hour, I have somewhere I wish to take you." Aerith said smiling at him.
Nuada smiled back and nodded. He picked up his spear and began heading out. "Nuada." Aerith called. He turned and saw the elf human right in front of him. She stood on her tip toes and kissed his lips gently. "Don't be late." She said with a smile before walking the other direction to her own room.
Nuada stood stunned for a second before snapping out of it and making is way quickly down the hall to his room.
No, he most certainly would not be late.
OH HO!
Hope you enjoyed this chapter with some kissing! Next chapter will have some cute moments and possibly some smut.
Thank you as always,
~Twisty