Hi everyone. I figured I owed it to all of you to finally update this story. I am taking a break between studying and writing papers. College is going really well for everyone who cares. I like it, but it's a lot of work. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews and here's the next chapter.
Chapter 8: Hidden Desires
Storm was finally beginning to heal, especially since someone was constantly watching her now, making sure she didn't get up and hurt herself. She was so stubborn that she couldn't be trusted to even allow herself time to heal and rest. Storm was getting very frustrated about her situation, and hated being forced to do something that she didn't want to. She didn't fight it though, and thought it best to heal quickly so someone would let her get up.
Finally, about a week and a half after her last incident the doctor came into the tent to talk with her. The rest of the troops were setting up for the night and fires were being built all over the camp. Yuan entered after the doctor with a smile on his face. Storm wasn't quite sure what they were doing there, but she was hoping that their expressions meant something good for her.
"What's going on?" she questioned them as they looked down at her.
"Now Storm, the doctor doesn't think you're ready to travel too far just yet, but he does think that you need to get up and move around some. You need to go out around the camp a little and get some fresh air," Yuan told her.
She couldn't believe it. She stared at the two of them in disbelief. She was so ready to get up and move around, to prove to them that she could travel. Then they could go and get Magnius. This was her chance.
Storm pushed up to get herself sitting up. She could tell that she was stiff after having laid down for so long, but it didn't hurt like it had before just to sit up. Yuan went down to lend her an arm for support, but she didn't even acknowledge his help as she managed to struggle her way to a standing position. She was going to show them that she was capable of getting around on her own.
Unfortunately, when she started walking her legs didn't want to work as well as she'd wished they would. After laying around for so long she discovered that her legs were very wobbly. She took a few steps forward, wanting to get outside to the fresh, night air. Suddenly, she lost her balance and began to fall backwards. She tried to catch herself, but she was going to be just a bit too late.
Just as soon as she realized that she was falling, she was suddenly stopped. She looked behind her and saw that Yuan was holding her. He had seen her wobbling and went behind her to make sure that she wouldn't hurt herself. Storm looked up at him with a look that even frightened Yuan a little. It was a mixture of surprised, shocked, and gratified, but there was something else there and he couldn't quite figure out what it was. There was some other emotion that she had that made that look different than anything he had seen from her.
Storm saw the look in Yuan's eyes and realized how she was looking at him. She blushed and put in an effort to get herself back up quickly. She turned away from him before she spoke to him, she really didn't want him to see her embarrassment.
"Thank you," she said softly. She didn't really know why she was so embarrassed, but there was something that she had felt when he caught her. It was an emotion she had never felt before with him around. Then, when she had looked at him, she thought she had seen something there too.
"You're welcome. Are you sure it doesn't hurt?" he asked her before looking over to the doctor with a worried expression.
"My wounds have healed, but I haven't been able to walk around for awhile. I'll be right back in no time. My legs just aren't used to moving again," she said stubbornly, still facing away from him before slowly making her outside.
"It's true. Her wounds are almost healed, but you can still see the marks. They shouldn't hurt her at all, and they can't be reopened. She just has to move around awhile and get the strength in her legs back before she can travel," the doctor explained to Yuan who nodded before going after Storm.
He soon found Storm sitting outside of his own tent by the small fire that one of his men must have made. She was staring at it, and every once in awhile she would angrily throw a piece of stick into the flames. She didn't even look up when he sat down next to her.
"What's the matter? I mean, we let you get up and move around," he asked her staring at her as she threw in another piece of the stick that she tore off. She was silent for awhile, making the whole situation even tenser for Yuan. Finally, Yuan decided to remind her that he was still there. "Storm?" he asked her once again.
"I hate it!" she finally came out as she spun around to face him. "I hate being the reason that we're here. I hate always being the weak one, just like Pronyma and Mithos always told me. I shouldn't have come, I'm only holding everyone back," she said angrily.
Yuan had never seen her that upset before, and all he wanted to do was to comfort her. He knew that he cared for her very deeply, deeper than he had thought, but he knew that she would never care about him in the same way.
"You are not weak!" Yuan shouted at her, trying to snap her out of her spell. He could see the tears welling up in her eyes. There was so much pain buried beneath her that no one had ever found before, and no one probably ever would.
"If I'm not weak then why are we still waiting for me? I should be okay by now, but here we sit, day after day, waiting for me to heal. I'm sorry," she said, slowly calming down with each word. Yuan stared at her before he reached out and pulled her into an embrace. Storm's eyes grew wide as she felt his hands grab her shoulders as he pulled her close to him. She then felt his arms close around her as he pushed her closer to him, trying his best to protect her from whatever was bothering her. She soon felt her tense body relax as she melted into him, letting him hold her close.
Soon, he released his grip on her as she pulled back just a little to look up at him. Neither said anything, but they both noticed the look in each other's eyes. They both knew it was that emotion they were trying to bury with other feelings before.
Before she could say or do anything, Storm watched as Yuan's face grew closer to hers. Soon, his lips were mere inches away from hers.
"You are anything but weak," he whispered. She felt his breath on her lips as a chill ran down her spine. Suddenly, Yuan moved closer until their lips finally met. Storm was a little tense at first, but soon found herself melting into the kiss before she wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss.
Yuan wasn't really expecting Storm to react the way she did. Maybe she did feel the same way about him as he did her. He pulled her closer as she moaned into his mouth. He smiled at this and deepened the kiss even further.
The two began to walk into Yuan's tent, never once breaking their kiss. Both of them were lost in the passion of the moment and were not reasoning about what they were doing. Perhaps it was love, or maybe it was lust, either way they were too caught in the moment to consider what they were getting themselves into.
Well, that's the end of that chapter. I hope I got the emotion here good. I don't know, I was thinking about other things in between writing this. I hope it's not too bad. Anyway, tell me what you think, and once again sorry for taking so long. Thanks for reading!
