Don't Fall, part 20
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Cuore curled up, though by the time she fell asleep, her limbs were sprawled out everywhere. It meant that the strange woman they had rescued had literally no place to sleep comfortably. Both of them snored loudly on one side of the tent. Sakinah had her own place in one corner, though she didn't sleep what with all that snoring. She kept her eyes closed, trying so very hard to sleep. When Kain came in, she did all she could to appear like she was asleep. She heard his shuffling about trying to get comfortable in what limited space there was available. He grunted a few times, and eventually she sensed no more movement from him. But that didn't help her fall asleep. She sat up, letting out a quiet sigh, before she walked back outside where the rain had yet to stop.
Sakinah felt the drops of rain slide down the soft skin of her face. She reflected on her journey thus far, and in that moment, she wondered what the world would be doing if she had successfully died as she planned. How she threw herself from that tower window, and was caught by a man in light blue armor with long blonde hair. Kain. She put her hand over her heart as she thought of how he had guided her, how he spoke to her, how he taught her things… she smiled at that, looking up at the sky full of dark looming clouds that were covered up by the night.
"Sakinah…"
She heard his voice, even though she thought he had fallen asleep earlier.
"...you mustn't stay out in the rain, my lady. You will fall ill, and that would make the traveling that much harder."
She shook her head. "I can't sleep," she mumbled. "My brain just will not settle."
"But it must. We still have a long way to go before we reach Fabul… and I refuse to leave you behind, Sakinah," Kain said. When she turned around to look at him, he had his headpiece off. His gorgeous blonde hair was pulled down and hung down to his butt. He smiled at her just a little. "This has been harder on you than you're used to, and the long trek will take from your state of mind if you let it."
"But the state of the world…" she said weakly. "…someone going around destroying airships… is it not frightening to you, knowing of this, and yet, not be able to do anything about it?"
"This is not your quest, Sakinah, nor is it mine. The moment I inform King Cecil about it, I know the military will move to stop it," Kain replied, walking up to her. "Be at ease, my lady. Please. It troubles me, knowing you are so distraught."
Sakinah looked up into his eyes. He may have been a battle hardened warrior, but his clear blue eyes gave her a sense of calmness. She wanted to fall against him, to let him hold her, to stare into those clear blue eyes forever. "Kain…" she whispered. "…there is something I've been meaning to tell you."
"Is there?" he asked. "Pray tell. Perhaps this is the real reason you cannot fall asleep."
She hesitated, feeling her heart beat much faster. "I… I don't…"
"I'm listening, Sakinah. I will always listen to you. Out with it."
Sakinah blushed profusely. "I don't want to go back to Troia when this is all over," she confessed. "I have never known freedom like this. I've never known someone like you, and… I couldn't bear to be apart from you. Kain, I-"
"My lady…" Kain sighed, pulling her closer to him. "…I only wish we do not have to part, as I…" He squeezed her to him as if clinging for dear life, as if she was what mattered the most to him and he wanted to just keep her as close to him as he could. "…I feel the same."
Out there in that cold rain, it seemed like the only warmth they really had was each other. Sakinah didn't want her feelings to be misunderstood, but it didn't seem like they were. She wished deep down that he would take the lead and kiss her lips, that he would lie with her and ravish her body with his own. She didn't understand how she could suddenly wish for something like this, but she wasn't going to refuse this desire. "Kain," she whispered, "Would you fall asleep next to me, as we did in Damcyan?"
"Even though we share the tent with others?" he asked.
"I don't care," she answered. "I wish to feel you."
Suddenly he was the one who blushed. His dreams from that night flashed in his mind again, as if echoing. He'd been wanting that for a bit, but after being refused so long by the one person he loved more than anyone or anything, he was afraid of being rejected. If only they were alone, he would have carried her inside that tent and lied atop her, only to kiss her anywhere she desired. Kiss anywhere he desired. Kain shook his head as he thought of ways to get around the fact they weren't alone, and he knew they were terrible ideas. He knew he couldn't carry her off to somewhere else where monsters were lurking only for a chance to give her all he was. Instead, he directed her back to the tent with a gentle smile. "I shall hold you as you fall asleep," he said, "and in your dreams, I shall give you anything you desire."
"What if what I desire is…"
"I don't care," he said, "I wish to give you everything your heart desires and even more than that. Sakinah, I… I've fallen for you. So hard that I cannot imagine life without you." He used one hand to grab her chin and pull her face to his, finally using his lips to connect to hers. She melted in his arms, as they shared kiss after kiss, their hands wandering each other's bodies in that steadily falling rain. When he pulled away, he begged her in a whisper to her ear, "Be mine, Sakinah Skylar."
"I all ready am, Kain Highwind," she whispered into his ear.
