Celest
blinked in surprise at Akima's reply. She blushed. "Me?" She looked
away. Akima cringed a bit, thinking that maybe he had said something wrong. She
looked back at him with a smile on her face. "That's good to know. At
least someone thinks about me other
than me." She
chuckled a bit with the last comment.
Granted, Akima was a
bit confused, but relieved as well. It wasn't near the response he expected,
but it was a welcome one nonetheless. He had expected either a harsh response,
or none at all. He looked up at the burrow roof, the simple dirt roof of what
was, for the
moment, their
temporary home, and started thinking again….
~Hurry up! We don't
want to be here when his parents wake up! ~
~We're going as fast
as we can! ...There, we got him! ~
~All right, lets
move, move, MOVE! ~
...Akima jumped
awake. He looked around confused. The human voices.... had it only been a
dream? He looked around again. Celest was over in the corner of the burrow,
asleep. She didn't realize that Akima was awake, or that he had had a
nightmare. It was a good thing, too. Akima didn't like anyone seeing him like
this; all disorganized and confused. He took a couple of deep breaths to calm
himself, before going to wake Celest.
Celest was aroused
from a dream by a soft nuzzle on her neck. She looked up to see Akima's face
close to hers. She smiled, and then yawned. "Hi. That's a face I love to
see when I wake. How are you?" Akima smiled, and shrugged. "I could
be better, but at least I'm not worse. I'm rather disturbed by a thought at the
moment, but I won't let it interfere with my day. Just seeing you is enough to
brighten my mood." He leaned down and nuzzled her again, adding a subtle
lick on her neck.
Now it was Celest's
turn to be surprised. The lick had been unexpected, especially from someone
like Akima. She blushed, and looked down. Again, Akima thought that maybe he
had again done the wrong thing. But again, she looked back up at him with a
smile.
"That is the
sweetest thing that has been done for me in a long time..." She smiled
again, and returned the lick with one of her own on his nose.
"I'm glad I
could brighten your life, more than it seems to be already, seeing as I need
shades to look at that sun bright face of yours." He nuzzled her again,
got up to stretch, and then went to see the conditions outside. Hopefully, the
dream he had was just that... a dream, and not a vision... of either the past,
or the future.