Chapter 11
(Raya P.O.V)
I had never been more determined to care for Hiccup than I did now. It scared me that he was traumatized by how he gained that scar from his father. He needed me now more than ever.
Inside our tent, the lanterns were lit up and the curtains were pulled closed keeping the warmth trapped and the cold outside. Hiccup and I lay down beside each other on the mattress. I was in a night dress and he was in a simple white shirt and pants. We wore no jewellery or bare boots. We needed this. I lay on my side against his, trailing my hand up to his neck while his arm was wrapped around my shoulders keeping me close. His hand slithered to mine and our fingers interlinked.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"Better. Because you're here beside me,"
"Whatever troubles you'll have, please tell me," I implore. "I have made it my life's mission to ensure you're always happy,"
"I'm already happy," his fingers snake through my hair. "Because I've got you," my heart pounds at the pace of his romantic words.
"Do you ever wonder, Hiccup?" I can't help but ask.
"Wonder what?"
"If we'll ever get drawn into another crazy adventure? Like the one where we met each other for the first time?" Sometimes I picture myself inside the Tail lands meeting Hiccup for the first time. I remembered sticking his wounds back together and keeping him warm and alive. Helping someone for the first time in six years had begun to open up a part of myself I didn't think would exist after I lost my ba. Hiccup had shown me more about myself in a way I never thought was possible.
"We're already having crazy adventures," he answers. "Every single day when we're together,"
I lifted my head a bit and he turns his chin so our eyes meet. "Do you really mean that?"
"Absolutely. Even if we've never left Kumandra for the past three years, I feel every day is exciting as long as I'm with you. We've travelled to many amazing places in this land and we've always been amazed,"
I smile, remembering all those wonderful times we've had together. The Spine Caves. The Forests of Heart. The caverns and canyons in Tail. What could be more amazing than these spots?
I touch my fingers to his cheek. "You know I'm always yours right,"
Hiccup strokes my cheek too. His tips graze my ear. "I know you are. And I am yours too,"
My lips form a huge wide smile and he smiles back. I lean over and kiss him gently. His hand coils behind my head and pulls me more into his mouth. My left-hand pushes me up and I lasso my legs between his. He sits up and I kneel between his legs. I reach for the bottom rim of his shirt and I pull it off his head. Hiccup reaches for my lips again and kisses me again. His hands slide over my dress to my rear ends. I feel him raising me up a bit off the floor so he can reposition himself and kneel in front of me.
As we pull apart to breathe, I reach forward and trace my hands over his smooth chest and skin. Soft as cotton. Smooth as a handsome man's touch. He reaches for my cheek again and kisses me passionately. He reaches for the buttons on my back and undoes them. He then snakes up my arms to my shoulders and pulls the straps of my night vest down until I am half-naked. Then he leans forward and kisses me passionately. I throw my arms around as his smooth gentle hands touch my bare back, soaking in my warmth.
Moments later, we are just lying down. Me on my chest, him on his back facing each other, lost in each other's eyes. Whilst my right arm rests in from of me, he rests his head on his folded left arm whilst his right arm curls over my back cuddling me close to him. As I gaze into his beautiful eyes of rich green, I remember the first kiss we shared in the rain when I told him that he had me to turn to whenever he felt alone or lost. He had done it to me again. I had never felt closer to him than now. For the last three years, I felt our relationship growing stronger with every moment we spent together.
I began to wonder if perhaps we were ready to take the biggest step in our lives. Would he accept or not? Would my ba accept or not? We are both twenty-one years old. Old enough to marry. I wanted to marry Hiccup. I wanted us to be together, to raise a family.
"Do you know you're the most beautiful person I've ever met?" Hiccup spoke romantically to me.
I used his question but with a different ending. "Do you know you're the most handsome person I've ever met?"
"I do," he said. I repeated his exact words and he smiled, leaning over to kiss me, hugging me close. I pull my free arm under his arm and around his shoulder, cuddling him close. He rolled over to be on top of me, kissing me all over. I gained dominance and rolled on top of him, kissing him away to my heart's content. Soon we lay on our sides again, this time on our backs, interlinking her fingers. Then as I fell asleep, he pulled me into his arms and I felt him giving me the greatest protection anyone could have wish for.
That's another scene done. I just love writing these two together. I hope you all are enjoying the second story in the trilogy. See you all later