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Pretend
'I'm hallucinating, it's official. I've gone fuckin batshit. I must look like a real loco in the coco zooming around in a shopping cart right about now,' Chihiro thought miserably. At the moment, her bewitched senses were convinced that she was riding a dragon. Perfectly buffed, smoothed, recently manicured nails scraped against dazzling white scales; hard as armor, but warm to the touch. Shock and disbelief prevented her from registering much of anything else. She didn't even notice that Haku's pale, seaweed-green mane trailed through her eyes and mouth; didn't feel the chill of blood cooling as it trickled down her calves. Chihiro was gripping onto Haku's hide so tightly, she was numb to the pain of razor sharp scales abrading the flesh of her knees, and inner thighs. They were moving quickly against the black of night; the eyelash of moon, their only light source, on their backs. She didn't dare look down, wasn't brave enough to look up and could only squeeze her eyes shut tight as the wind forced errant tears from the corners of her eyes to trail into her hairline. Unsure if she was even breathing, she dug her fingers into the ridges of his horns, desperate to get ahold of reality. 'These could easily be anything!' Her frazzled brain scrambled for answers, yet continued to come up blank. Chihiro knew she was going to regret it, but she painstakingly raised her brows as high as she could pulling her lids taught. Biting into her lower lip for strength, she opened first one eye and then the other, before having to shut them again as long tresses whipped her face. It was too much. Strange moods and memories fought to eclipse her consciousness. Feeling dizzy and sick she threw her arms around his neck, holding tight. His undulating motions were swift and smooth as a river, strong as a current. In her delirium a single word escaped her parched lips, "Kohaku."
Author's Note:
Teaser Trailer! I'm sorry, I'm not sorry! I wrote the next chapter and I finally like it! (I just have to type it up.) But the real world is kicking my ass here geez! I'll do my best to have the next upload by Monday, or the wee hours of Tuesday morning at the latest.
Anyways love ya'll. Thank you for all of your lovely reviews!
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(p.s. I'd love to hear from you, your guesses are so entertaining, and they give me some cute ideas now and again. :} )