Kissing Your Scars Away
Raine pulled at their sleeves. Every time they looked at the mirror or their arms they get reminded of the terrible mind control under Belos and the Emperor's Coven. Seeing the scars, it makes them relive the feeling of the binding spell, enveloping them, restraining them, taking away their control. It makes them shiver. They hated their scars. And they were all over their body, even their face. They briefly glanced at the mirror and turned away in shame.
"Rainestorm? What's taking you so long? We're gonna miss the..." Eda's voice trailed off. When Raine turned around they saw the Owl Lady at the entrance to the bedroom. Raine let go of the sleeve. The last thing they wanted was to make Eda feel guilty.
"I'm fine. Just... got lost in thought. Us bards tend to do that as you know." Raine tried to joke and hastily went to put on their jacket, only to be stopped by Eda. They turned to look at her, a worried expression now across her face. Sighing they put the jacket down and sat on the edge of the nest, "I'm sorry. I know we're supposed to accompany Luz to Grom and all. I was just..." They were cut off by Eda taking their hand in her, pulling down the sleeve and kissing the scars lining their arm. Raine's breath hitched, "Eda..."
"Its ok. You know I don't think any less of because of these right?" Eda spoke between her kisses, "In fact I think they're very sexy." The Owl Lady winked at her partner.
"Eda!" Raine felt their cheeks heat up, hiding their face behind their free hand. They heard Eda chuckle.
The two sat in silence as Eda kisses Raine's arm before moving to the scars on their neck and cheek. Raine sighed at the gentle affection. Eda could be impulsive, flirty, stubborn but she also had the kindest heart that Raine had the pleasure of knowing, despite Eda telling everyone otherwise to 'keep her reputation' or something like that.
"Raine, these scars don't make you weak or ugly. I wish you weren't ashamed of them. But I understand that it takes time to come terms with things like this." It took Eda decades to come to terms with her curse, she couldn't blame Raine for not liking a permanent reminder of something like confinement and mind control.
"I know Eda. I'll be ok. I just need some time." Raine turned their head to give Eda a surprise kiss. Eda blushed deep red, the blush even covering the tips of her ears.
"Well... sure. And I'll be here for you. And so will everyone else." Eda stumbled over her words trying to keep her cool, but Raine could always fluster her so easily.
Raine chuckled, "Thank you Eda." They stood up and grabbed their jacket, "Now we have a Grom to get to if I'm not mistaken?"
"Yeah seeing a bunch of teenagers be awkward messes around each other sounds like a fun time." Raine smiled at Eda's words, intertwining their fingers as the couple walked out of the bedroom.
"Good thing we aren't the awkward teenagers this time." Raine pecked Eda's cheek one more time for one more blush.
They may not be teenagers anymore, but they could still make each other blush just as much as back then.