Aria's first day as an official gerudo was a busy one. The gerudo had to rebuild some of their buildings, there were still wounded to tend to, food to grow, animals to take care of. Aria's first task was simple, taking care of all the steeds in the stables. The black horse was exceptionally antsy, kicking at the door, pacing in his stall. Aria couldn't blame him, knowing that no one had recently had the time to ride him or get any of his energy out while Ganondorf had been a monster. She took the time to take he and Titan out. There wasn't really a big pasture for the horses, but Nabooru assured her that the horses would return when they were done running around the outskirts of the fortress.
"Hey! Aria! Aveil needs your help in construction." Faruin called just as Aria had finished putting away the pitchfork.
"Sure thing!" Aria jogged over to her sister in arms.
"Did she say what she wanted?"
Faruin shrugged. "Magic probably. I guess it'll be a while before everything is back to normal, so abnormal lessons, like magic, will be on hold so you might as well get the practice where you can."
"Ah. How's it feeling?"
"Huh?" Faruin stared blankly ahead of them, until Aria could swear she saw the lightning flash from atop her head." Oh! It's alright, I suppose. I keep trying to use it, even though it's only a stub. Sometimes I swear I can feel my fingers, even though I know they're not there. I think my dead arm is haunting me."
"Haunting you?" Aria snorted, chuckling.
"Yeah, because I wake up and think it's there, like a Poe in the middle of the night, but as soon as you light the candle- it's gone!"
"I've never heard of it described as that before."
"The other warriors who've lost limbs tell me their experience are the same, so I think.. If that's the worst of it, then I can take whatever that ghost arm throws at me."
"Even a javelin?"
"Don't say things like that!" Faruin gave Aria's shoulder a rough shove, the brunette giggling at her own joke.
"Hey you two lovebirds over there! Hurry up!"
"Well, the Queen of Hyrule calls."
"Oh gosh, I won't tell her you said that. Her ego is big enough already"
"I heard that!"
"Well, it's the truth! So go suck an egg!"
"I hope you lose an arm fight to a Poe!"
"What did you say about my mother?!"
"Wait… what?"
"That's what I thought!" Faruin rolled her eyes. "I'll catch you later, kay?"
"Yeah, see you like a keese."
"So… not at all?"
"...Keese have eyes."
"Well, yeah. I knew that.. I just… because they're usually in dark places… and I… I'm shutting up now." Faruin mumbled something under her breath, rubbing the back of her neck while she walked away, staring at the sand before her feet.
Aria chuckled, shaking her head before turning her attention to Aveil. They were trying to lift a thick brick of sandstone. The rope shivered from the strain of the weight, the hemp strings breaking a little. Hemp was certainly something she could work with. Focussing, she forced the hemp to grow into a live vine that wrapped around the slab and lessened the strain on the women's backs.
"Thanks for that" Aveil said as they got the brick into place. "I was wondering, I know it seems like a lot to ask of you after all that's happened, but there's a lot of structures needing to be rebuilt, do you suppose you could use your magic, or figure out a way to make this go a bit faster. "
"I suppose… Hey, how do you make the sandstones into such big bricks?"
"We cut them from the quarry. Sandstone is… it's pressurized sand essentially."
"I think I have an idea, can everyone stand back? " The women obliged, some with hands on their hips wondering what exactly she was going to attempt to do.
Aria blinked, staring at all the little sparks around her. To the visible eye, the sand beneath their feet began to move, sweeping into a small swirling sandstorm, gaining in density and over the unfinished layer of wall that they'd just started. For a moment the sand fell apart, though it had begun to make a square shape before it lifted back in the air. Aria scrunched up her nose in her focus as slowly the and seemed to come in upon itself and tighten, the sparks slowing down and solidifying together as one thick rectangular rock with a sheen of actual rock over it's outside, a sandy quartz, equally as thick as the sandstone it sat upon, but much sturdier.
"Well.. it.. Sort of worked?" Aria offered weakly. Aveil went over to the quartz and ran her hands over the smooth rock, before punching it as hard a she could. The quartz didn't crack or break, it was well made and much stronger than their previous walls.
"Do you think you can do this on a mass scale?"
"It would take some time, but I think so? It's heat and pressure, melting the sand together to make a stone. I'm not sure how much I can do all at once."
"If we can make really light, loose sandstone, smaller and weaker bricks and pile them all up, would it be easier for you?"
"Yeah, it's easier if the layers are in place- they don't have to be huge slabs either, small bricks work just as well. They end up melding together anyways."
"I think you just made our work a whole lot easier. Well, you hear her, let's get to it girls!" The gerudo women took off, heading towards the quarry to get smaller bricks of sandstone while Aria set to work heating up the sandstone under the one brick of quartz- without letting it fall beneath all the heating sandstone. It took a few minutes, but after that she was sure she had perfected the technique of melding the sparks together. By then there was already a small section of sandstone put up for her to move onto. They spent hours working through the morning and most of the day. Aria had to use the vast knowledge of her lacking healing skills to ease the sunburn on her body. It wasn't perfect, but she wasn't like the rest of the gerudo- sunkissed and used to the sweltering heat. She'd offered her minor healing to them, but the majority of them declined stating they were built for the sun's rays and that it didn't hurt them as much as it probably hurt her, she should save her energy for herself and building.
By sunset they'd rebuilt almost three full buildings- something that would've taken them almost two weeks if they were still trying to haul heavy blocks of sandstone up the growing walls. Aveil lead the group of women to the baths, where they spent a good hour or two just relaxing in the heated waters, tending to their minor wounds, some with blisters for handling the stone, others with scrapes and cuts, nothing serious this time around.
In the dining hall she was greeted by Nabooru and Faruin who pulled her and Aveil to the cushions in the corner of the room where they were piled high.
"Where-"
"King Ganondorf? You're so predictable Aria! Why don't you just tell him you want to make a whole herd of gerudo babies with him already?" Nabooru teased. Aria's face warmed, and she couldn't tell if she was blushing or it was just the heat of the day finally getting to her.
"T-that.. That's not it at all!"
"Sure it i-i-isn't." Nabooru winked, sending Aveil and Faruin into giggles. "In any case, I saw him in the war room a few times, but he's mostly kept to his office. Unusual of him- usually when there's building to do he's first in line to help haul the sandstone up. That man can carry two giant bricks on his shoulders without breaking a sweat. It would have been really helpful today." Nabooru shrugged. "There's still a small army out there somewhere. I'm sure there will be more reinforcements soon enough."
"Yeah… I don't know how long it will be before word gets around that a whole battalion went missing, but the kingdom acts pretty swiftly when it comes to retribution."
"Which is why we'll be ready for them."
"Yeah!" "Yeah!"
Aria relaxed into the pillows, as they fell into the discussion of rebuilding and strengthening their walls. She wasn't sure how much she could do on a large scale, but anything was worth the effort even if it was a few bricks at a time. Slowly the dining hall emptied as the sky darkened and the stars began twinkling in the night sky.
"Coming with us?"
"Of course, the warmer the better!" Aria joked, even as a chill breeze swept over them causing them all to shiver. They piled into Nabooru's room, cuddling deep into the blankets as the day's work finally set in and they passed out.
Aria woke in the middle of the night. She had somehow gotten moved around so she was on the outer end of the cuddle pile. She wasn't quite awake yet, but she knew enough to be quiet as she slipped from the covers and crept towards the door. With one last glance at the pile of ladies, she left the room not noticing Nabooru's knowing eyes watching her in the dark.
The halls were winding, but Aria knew where she was going, though she'd traveled the path only twice at most. No one except the guards on duty were awake, and most of them were outside. The few that were traversing the hallways didn't notice her as she blended herself into the shadows with some effort. She was still tired and she could feel it every time she had to muffle herself or blend into the shadows.
It didn't take long before she found the doors to where she was heading. It helped that there was a slight influx of guards nearby, though she wondered if that was something Koume and Kotake set in motion, or if it was something Ganondorf wanted himself.
It was a little more difficult to slip into the shadows and sneak into his bedroom. She wasn't accustomed to traveling by shadow, so slipping into the cracks between the door and the floor was truly an effort and she almost tripped over one of the fur rugs on the floor when she reformed herself from the shadows.
He was asleep as far as she could tell. Silently she slipped off her nightgown, leaving it crumpled on the floor, her underwear following suit shortly after.
"Ganondorf?" She whispered softly, creeping up on him. He grumbled something under his breath, one large hand over his face. The hair on his arms seemed thicker than normal and darker in color. She tried to ignore the question in her mind as she crept onto the bed and slipped under his covers. Apparently the movement of sheets was enough to wake him up. Int the time it took for her to blink, Aria found herself face to face with a near-growling Ganondorf, golden eyes staring down at her.
"Ganondorf?" She spoke a little louder, not used to the glare on his face, or the obvious angry grip he had on the pillows. His face softened after a moment.
"Aria, you shouldn't sneak up on me like that." His voice seemed hoarse from excessive use. "What are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep." Which wasn't entirely untrue. She did sleep a little but she couldn't stay asleep. Aria reached up and cupped his face, lifting herself so that she could gently tug him into a kiss. He groaned against her lips, his hands slipping under her, pulling her body against his.
The kiss was the warmth of the day, long with underlying tones of a held back passion. She knew he was fine with waiting for her to open up to him, to let him in. He said they'd take it slow, but it didn't stop her from deepening the kiss, slow long kisses turning more heated as the seconds ticked by. Aria was reluctant to pull away from him, even though they desperately needed to breathe. Ganondorf's hands rested on her bare waist. He pulled away from her kisses to stare down at her. She smiled up at him coyly.
"No nightclothes? Did you sneak through the halls nude?"
"Of course not, I just didn't feel like sleeping with them on." The twinkle in her eyes as she looked up at him in the dark spoke of other ideas, more than just sleeping. "You seem to share the same sentiment."
"I never sleep with clothing on, yesterday was an exception."
"Good." Her response had him freeze and stare down at her mistified. Her legs wrapped around his hips and he hissed in response at the warmth of her bare body against his own.
"You're playing with fire, Aria." He groaned, letting more of his weight fall on her even as his words cautioned her.
"We could always slow down." She offered, her hands running through his wild mane of red as she used the leverage of her legs on his waist to grind against his growing erection.
"I.." He hissed in a gasp of breath again at the feeling of her heated sex sliding across his own. " I do need to finish what we started this morning."
"Mmm, we could always skip a few steps."
Ganondorf chortled in response, before grabbing her legs and carefully pulling them off his waist. He lifted himself above her, and slowly slid down her body, peppering her with kisses starting at her collarbone. Aria whined at the loss of his warmth before gasping aloud as his lips wrapped around one of her nipples. She closed her eyes as his teeth nipped her sensitive flesh, sucking the pert bud into his mouth at the same time. She could feel his golden eyes on her face, watching as she writhed against him, whimpering every time he switched from sucking to nipping. Ganondorf moved over to her other side, kissing his way there, to her neglected breast. His large hand closed over the nipple he'd just left, tweaking it as he did the same thing to the other side with his mouth. Aria's hands twined his long hair, tugging as he brought her near the edge before he pulled away.
"Don't stop, what? Why did you stop?" She whined as he chuckled at her neediness.
"Patience, my pet."
"Pet, huh?" She quirked a brow at him.
"Mmm, yes, all mine." His voice husky as his digits slid across her sex, distracting her from what she how she was going to respond. She was soaking wet for him, and he took great pleasure in the mewls he drew from her with his fingers alone. Ganondorf slid down the bed, his fingers not leaving her as he brought his mouth over her sex. She jerked, her hands leaving his hair so that she could cover her mouth as she almost screamed out when his mouth enclosed over her clit. Ganondorf reached up to grab her hands, reluctantly pulling away from her.
"Don't. Don't you dare try to cover your noises. I want them to hear you. I want the world to know who has claimed you."
Aria stared into his oddly glowing golden eyes, rather scandalized at his words, eyes wide in shock. With one hand still clutching her wrists in it, he returned to what he was doing, his tongue replacing where his fingers had been, delving into her slit. Aria gasped, her hands jerking towards her mouth to cover the noises she made, though she found herself unable to do so with his grip firmly around her wrists. He smirked into her sex, tugging her labia into his mouth gently, before focusing on her clit, sucking it into his mouth.
"G-Ganond-" She couldn't finish calling out his name as the pleasure overwhelmed her and her hips bucked into his mouth as she rode out her climax, prolonged by his continued administrations. She twitched as his tongue swiped over her clitoris a few more times before he reluctantly pulled away, releasing her wrists. He licked his lips, his beard covered in her slick.
"Do you want more, or would you have me stop here, love?" He crawled over her prone body, heavy erection bobbing.
Aria leaned up to kiss him, relishing in the taste of herself on his lips. "Goddess, yes. Please take me." Ganondorf grinned down at her, sliding his cock across her soaked pussy. He wanted to make good and sure that they were both well lubricated. She was so small compared to him, and he really didn't want to hurt her.
Carefully, he aligned himself with her entrance and-
The door to his bedroom slammed open and small battalion of guards barged in, weapons drawn.
"King Ganondorf are you alright?! We heard a scream!"
Ganondorf sighed, resting his head on her stomach as he tried to control his anger. Why was it, that whenever he had a moment alone with the heart of his affections, did someone always have to interrupt it?
"Kin-"
"If you don't leave right now, I swear to the Goddess…. I will make sure your next month is living hell. Unless I specifically come out asking for help, I don't want ANYONE COMING IN HERE, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" His muscles shuddered as he tried to hold back his anger. Aria frowned as she noticed his clench teeth seemed to sharpen, lower canines growing ever so slightly and the pupils in his eyes that stared at her bare stomach were slowly disappearing.
"Uh.. yes sir, sorry sir." Weapons and armor clanked as the gerudo tried to hustle in leaving his room, shutting the doors behind them.
Ganondorf breathed through his nose, his chest heaving.
Soft hands slid over his arms, gently tugging him down. He followed their guidance as Aria pulled his body flush against her own, running her hands over his back and through his hair.
"Shh, it's okay. I'm here. We can finish this later, when you're ready." She whispered, nuzzling his hair as he sighed against her skin. He nipped at the place between her neck and shoulder.
"I've been ready, waiting for you." he murmured against her neck, kissing the flesh gently. His erection, hardly diminished, twitched against her thigh.
"Mmm… I think I'm ready now. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"I would wait decades for you." He nipped at her neck, listening to whine at the sharp pain that he soothed over with his tongue. His calloused hands ran over her body, kneading, tweaking, and rubbing over her sensitive skin before he grabbed a hold of his cock and ran it through her fold again, eliciting a delicious gasp from her mouth that he devoured with his own. He once more aligned his tip to her entrance, slowly pressing in. He could feel her tensing around him, so he halted the progress, kissing away her nerves. He would take it slow, he would do his best to not hurt her. Progress was slow as he pressed himself in her inch by inch. She was tight around him and it was going to take a bit of stretching before it would be easier for her.
"F-f… just fill me, please." She whimpered as her body stretched around him. The stretching burned a little, a sweet burn as it was while one hand rubbed slow circles on her clit, encouragingly. Aria bucked her hips a little, taking in more of him. She hissed in pain and he tensed.
"That's what I was trying to prevent, dear heart." He pressed a kiss to her forehead, before gently pulling out. She whimpered from the loss. He chuckled, before sliding into her once more, this time a little further than before. She whined, her hands clutching the pillows near her head. Ganondorf was breathing heavily over her, the sweat glimmering on his skin, highlighted by the moonlight that came in through the window.
He thrust against her gently, rocking his hips into her, his thick cock stretching her a little further with every shuddering thrust. Her legs wrapped around his waist, spreading herself further on him. He grabbed her wrists in one of his hands, pulling them above her head. Her green eyes gazed at him, trusting. It was shortly after that he filled her to the hilt, her body writhing beneath him at the feeling of being so full.
"Goddess, you're huge." She whimpered, begging for the sweet friction of his skin moving against her own. His cock twitched inside her and he gently pulled from her to the point where only his tip was still inside her. Ganondorf slammed into her and she screamed as pleasure and pain filled her body all at once, a sweet horrible torture that she craved.
"Please, more." She cried out, shivering beneath his touch. He thrust into her vigorously, with her encouragement reassuring him that it was alright and he wasn't hurting her. He grit his teeth, releasing her wrists, before he grabbed her voluptuous ass and shifted them so that she straddled his lap, stretching her legs wide. Her hands raked over his chest and arms as she tried to get some type of purchase, besides soley being impaled on his thick cock. He grinned as she quaked and shivered, before using her ass to lift her up, before spearing into her again. Aria wrapped her arms around his neck, using it as leverage, giving herself a vague semblance of control. She swore, if she pressed her hand to her stomach she could probably feel him moving inside of her. He grunted as he leaned back enough so that she was fully on top of him. Ganondorf admired the smooth pale of her skin, the scars on her skin from her battles, the way her hair flowed around her shoulder, how her breast bounced as she moved on him, as she set the pace.
It wasn't long before she came, her walls spasming around him. She screamed out his name and he groaned in response, biting his lip as he held back. He pulled her off of him, flipping her over onto her knees.
"Tell me you can take more."
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Fill me, love. I need you inside me."
"Needy, aren't you?" He chuckled, his hands smoothing over her ass.
"Yes, please, please, My king."
"Say that again." He groaned, pressing into her slowly.
"My king, please fill me." He grunted, slamming into her in response, grinning as he saw her thighs shudder under the force, hands finding purchase against the wall. His hand came down on her ass and she cried out, rocking back onto his cock.
"You like that, do you?"
Aria nodded her head, her breath stolen from her as he began to rut into her in earnest. He filled her so wonderfully, this angle in particular made the swell of his cock rub against a certain spot inside that had her seeing stars. She moaned, his arms wrapping around her body, hands holding onto her breast. His mouth came down on her neck, kissing and sucking on the sensitive flesh. Tears flowed down her face as she cried out his name as she came around him once more, his balls slapping against her clit with each thrust. Ganondorf bit into her neck as he plowed into her, not stopping even as she felt his cock throb within her. A heat filled her, warmer than what she'd had before. Ganondorf's rutting slowed down, even as his cock pulsed and throbbed within her. The gerudo shuddered over her, moaning against her skin, kissing where his teeth had left deep marks and bruises.
Aria whined softly, moving against him, but he held tightly to her hips, shaking his head.
"Hold still love, I… I'm still coming." He murmured into her skin, kissing the underside of her pointed ear. Aria shivered as she held still for him. It was a little while longer as she felt the warm viscous liquid slip down her thighs. After a bit of time, he slowly slid out of her, letting her fall forward onto the bed, her knees giving out without his arms to support her own weight. Ganondorf didn't say a word as he flopped down next to her, pulling the covers over both of them. He wrapped his arms around her, tugging her body against his own. She muttered a slight complaint, her voice hoarse and will weak, allowing him to do what he pleased. He didn't seem to mind the mess that still slipped from her body, a soft satisfied smile on his lips the last thing she saw before she passed out.
The birds were chirping outside the window. Aria grumbled in response, nuzzling her face into the soft, feathery feeling that encased her. That movement however, woke her more than the birds ever did as her body made clear the pains it had. Her neck throbbed in pain, and her nethers ached ferociously. She whimpered.
A large hand ran over the length of her body in response, soothingly. She didn't know how he did it, the warmth of his hand easing her muscles. His other hand dipped between her thighs, teasing her clit, rubbing light circles into the sensitive flesh.
"Round 2?" His voice was sweet like honey, and as she turned her head to kiss him, his lips were even sweeter.
Round 2 was slow and gentle, Ganondorf's hands running over every inch of her body, eliciting small gasps and moans from her as he had his way with her sensitive body. He kissed every scar, every freckle, no part of her was left untouched, unloved. He made sure she came before him twice before he gave into his body's own need. He filled her, spurting his thick seed into her depths when he came. They lay together, his cock slowly softening inside of her.
"We should get up. There's so much that needs to be done." Aria said, making no move to get up. Ganondorf nodded in agreement, hugging her body to his.
"I'm sure we could stay in, for just a few more hours."
Aria giggled, rubbing the back of her head against his chest affectionately. "I believe those few more hours, were several hours ago."
"I am King. I could just decree that today is a day of rest and lovemaking."
"Oh? And what day is it, exactly?"
"I.. uh… it's uhh.. Today. Yup."
"You have no idea what day it even is!" Aria crowed, pulling away from him. He groaned, before slowly sitting up in bed.
"Fine, fine. We're up."
Aria's stomach grumbled, reminding her that while kisses are fine and dandy, they wouldn't keep her fed. Ganondorf glanced over at her, smirking. He stretched in all his bare glory, before getting dressed. Aria stared dully at her nightgown on the ground. She couldn't go out in that, but she couldn't creep around bare ass naked, covered in the passions of their love. Ganondorf tossed a shirt at her.
"Wear it."
"Oh, umm thanks." She said, putting on the large shirt that pooled over her, much too large for her small frame. What she hadn't expected was for him to swoop down and lift her into his arms, bridal style.
"Wait, I don't have any underwear on!"
"Don't care, you won't need it where we're going."
"Ganondorf!"
"That's King Ganondorf in front of others, sweet thing." He nipped the lobe of her ear making her let loose a squeal as she squirmed in his arms. He strode through the hall, ignoring the knowling looks of the guards on patrol. Ganondorf barged into the bathing room where there were two gerudo lingering about. They nodded to him, before going back to getting dressed, leaving the two alone once more.
They weren't alone for very long. As Aria and Ganondorf slipped into the water, Nabooru came bursting into the room, Aveil behind her. The two women's conversation came to a halt as Nabooru spotted the couple.
"Well well, fancy seeing you two here. I had a feeling I knew where you went last night." She leered at Aria as she began to undress.
"Why don't you do something useful, Nabs, and go get Aria some clothing."
"Oh, well excuse me my king, so sorry for being out in the sun all day, trying to lay as many bricks down so we can fix the fortress. Not all of us can take the pleasure of sleeping in all day."
"There wasn't much sleeping to be had." He retorted, covering Aria's body from their view with his own mass.
"I'm sure there wasn't." Nabooru said, winking at Aria who ducked under the water in response. The gerudo woman cackled in amusement, even as Aveil brought extra clothes for Aria to wear.
"Thank you."
"No problem, everyone deserves a day off here and there, don't mind Nabooru."
Ganondorf bathed at a slow, leisurely pace, cleaning himself first, then Aria. Afterward he took the time to braid her hair for her, taking precious moments to kiss her nape and adorn her hair with jewelry that she had no idea where he'd gotten it from. Apparently he had a stash of jewelry somewhere in the baths for when he prepared and got dressed in there.
The warm waters did little to take away the soreness from Aria's legs, she realized as the left the baths and strode outside. They took their time, making sure that everything was progressing. Aria showed him how to manipulate fire and earth, to make the quartz for the buildings. He seemed pleased that she'd come up with such a solution to help their people. They spent some time in the stables, grooming their mounts, and a few stolen kisses in the stalls before the horsemaster kicked them out,
"Heh. I haven't been kicked out of the stables in a long time."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Usually it was because I was trying to take care of my horse while i was injured. Haven't ever had it happened for making out with a woman before. It's a nice change." He gave her a toothy grin. She rolled her eyes, shoving him away from her.