IIIIIIIII doooon't ooooown gooooolden suuuuuun.

Time for some mushy stuff! I bet you'll have a real hard time guessing the couple! ^.^

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The wind blew strongly where the Adepts were camped that night. Videll could feel it pulling at her spirit, willing her to leave the earth she was bound to and soar through the sky. But this wasn't the only reason she was not asleep. His face filled her mind. She could see clearly his lovely violet eyes and gentle features, feel his soft blonde hair against her palm. As their friendship grew, so had her affection, no, her desire for him.

He was hiding something. Lately when she ventured into his mind, she was met with a wall of pure emotion. She sent up a prayer that her own feelings had been hidden as well. She didn't know what she would do if he found out.

She sighed and turned over in her bedding. She would never fall asleep this way. The wind still called to her. Silently she left her bed, heat rising from the abandoned bedroll. Then she crept catlike through their camp and into the woods.

Ivan stood with his face to the sky, letting the wind calm his soul. He had been kept awake with thoughts of her, the angel in his dreams. He wondered where she was now, what she was doing, how she was wearing her silken hair. As if the wind sensed his thoughts, it began to pull and tug at his clothes, nudging him deeper into the woods. He let it guide him and fell back into his mind.

She finally stopped walking and let the wind take her over. This time she gave into the feeling and left the ground with the wind. It seemed to know where it wanted to take her, and she let it, eyes closed, hovering a foot above the ground as it pulled her through the trees.

She was deep in thought when the wind released her, lowering her gently to the ground. She opened her eyes and found she was looking straight into Ivan's. They both gasped in surprise before they regained their composure. Ivan broke the silence.

"How did you get here, Videll?" he asked. He spoke her name delicately, as if it might break on his tongue.

"The wind brought me," she replied. She knew he would know what she meant. The wind swirled around them, nudging them closer together. She looked into his gorgeous indigo eyes and thought she might faint.

"Thank you... for saving me back there," he said, looking down. She noticed he was blushing slightly. She knew by the heat in her cheeks that she was, too.

"It was no problem," she told him. "I couldn't just let you die like that..." She looked straight into his eyes. "I'd never let you die," she whispered.

He moved closer to her. "Videll... I..."

And then she could see. The barrier in his mind was gone. She could see the nights spent thinking about her, the longing gazes when her back was turned. She knew from the look on Ivan's face that he could see her feelings too.

The wind pushed them together, and they didn't resist. Their lips met hesitantly as their arms intertwined, and they gave in to their emotions. They pulled even closer, and the kiss deepened until nothing in the world mattered but their bodies pressed against each other, and the taste of the other's lips...

They broke apart, breathless, and immediately went back for more. When they were finally satisfied, they were content just to gaze into each other's eyes, enjoying the sight of true love.

The sun peeking through the trees brought them out of their romantic thoughts. With a last kiss, they began to go their seperate ways back toward the campsite.

Videll stopped Ivan before they parted. "I love you," she whispered, for the first time knowing exactly what those words meant. As he walked away, she heard his voice carrying over the wind.

"I love you too."