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9:29 Drakonis 26th
The walk there was extremely slow. Eren was dizzy from the hit to the head, not counting his own small burns from the fireballs that the mage threw. Eren moaned slightly with every step. I don't blame him. I saw the small inn that we passed by earlier. Alfred opened the gate and we all went in. Alfred even opened the door for me. I have never been so thankful for a dog in my life. We went in and the proprietor immediately came in between me and the sign in desk.
"I am sorry but I do not house ruffians of any sort! I cannot have any trouble-" The innkeeper started before Eren stood up straight and breathed in.
"I am the son of Bryce Cousland. I request you give us a room. Please." Eren bowed low. The innkeeper was about to argue until Eren showed him his medallion that held the Cousland crest. The innkeeper shut his mouth then and gave us a key to one of his best rooms. Eren told him to forward the bill to his home.
I helped Eren get up the stairs and opened the room. It was very spacious with an armor stand in the corner. Alfred shook himself and took the loveseat. I set Eren down on the bed while someone else came in with a bucket of water and started filling in the tub. I took a bucket and filled it with water. I started the fireplace for the water to get warmed and the person went away. I knew that if I sat down, I would collapse and Eren needed me.
I went to where he was laying down and started to take off his armor. I took off his gloves and helped him sit up to take off his chest plate. I moved lower to take off his boots and his waist armor but he stopped me at that. He shook his head.
"I'll do that myself. Take care of yourself. I'm sure you have something for those burns." He painfully smirked. I flicked his forehead.
"No. You can barely move. Come on, I've done this before. It wouldn't make sense that you'd get embarrassed now." I mumbled, taking off his waist armor and let it fall to the ground. Then I noticed that his pants were burned near spots where his unmentionables were almost at my eye level. I stood up quickly and went to go check at the water, my face burning in embarrassment.
"I told you." Eren laughed.
"Oh shut up." I snapped back. Alfred barked and his tongue lagged out. I heard a few shuffling behind me and Eren was taking out bandages. "Don't you want to bathe first?" I asked.
"That would be lovely but I would be changing into dirty undergarments again so what's the point?" Eren huffed.
"You'd at least get all the dirt and blood off your body." I replied.
"Very true…All right. Gaze upon my body and lust after it for you will only get to witness it once." Eren smirked. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"Ha, ha. So funny. There's no way I'd lust after you. You're my boss." I got up and put in the warm water with the cold and checked the temp. It was perfect. I pointed at it and Eren walked unsteadily toward it. His foot folded and he grabbed/hugged me for support. Unfortunately, he was dead weight and I wasn't prepared for it. We both landed on the bed with Eren on top of me. I gasped out and was surprised at how heavy he was. "God, you're so fat." I coughed out. Eren pushed himself off me and stared at me with those clear blue eyes. I realized how close he was and how his face didn't seem so proud at that moment. "Eren?"
"You have burns on your face." He said softly, letting his hand drift over my cheek and forehead where I felt them. He sighed and closed his eyes. "I was a fool. I should have at least brought a squad of guards with us. Ran in the city and gathered all I could."
"You could have and maybe the mage might have used their blood to get stronger. You didn't know." I reassured him.
"I could have…" Eren sighed and hugged me tighter to him. I gulped in nervousness if only because I didn't know what to do in this situation. He rested his head on my collar and I ran my fingers through his hair. It was on the curly side and I never noticed before. "…I'm sorry…" He whispered.
"Don't be. At least I was able to protect you. That was my main concern." I said. Eren got up and stared at me.
"Why?" He asked.
"Why what?" I wondered.
"Why did you protect me?" He asked softly.
"Because it's what I'm supposed to do of course." I replied. Eren scowled before getting up and taking off his shirt. I turned away and put his armor on the stand. I started to take off my own and laid it on a seat and desk that was provided for us. I took off my own shirt if only to slather the elfroot potion I got to heal it. I took a swig of it as well to help with the healing.
Now that everything was winding down, I was extremely tired. I rubbed my face and put on my shirt again. I heard water sloshing and was able to tell that Eren was getting out of his bath.
"You can turn around." Eren said. I saw that he had a towel on his lower half and drying out the rest of his body with another towel. "You can take a dip if you'd like. The water is still warm."
"No." I shook my head. "I just put elfroot on my burns. I'll need to wait a bit until it seeps in and heals it to even use the water." Eren shrugged and moved to the door. "Where are you going?" I asked.
"I'm asking the innkeeper to see if he at least has spare pants. Don't wait up for me." Eren opened and closed the door, going out of the room. I sighed and rested my head on the pillow. The burns weren't hurting anymore and I was about to nod off before Alfred woke up me up. I took the elfroot off and my skin healed up very well. I took off my pants and was about to take off my bra when Eren strutted in with a towel on his hands and a fresh pair of pants. "The pants are loose so I had to get a…" I threw the nearest pillow I could find at his face.
"Turn around!" I yelled.
"Ok, ok!" Eren did and chuckled. "There isn't much to look at anyway."
"Jerk!" I sloshed into the water and washed the best I could. I saw Eren sit at the bed and take my elfroot potion. I got out and got the towel from where he left it. I dried off quickly and put on my shirt and underwear on. Alfred was snoozing on the love seat and I wrapped my hair in the towel and went underneath the covers. I heard a hiss of pain from Eren as he applied the elfroot on his burns. I wrung the towel and got a comb from the drawers.
"Thank you." Eren said quietly. "I don't know what would have happened if you weren't here." Eren sighed and confessed.
"You would have thought of something. You're resourceful like that." I chuckled, settling into my side of the bed.
"Should you really be so comfortable in a room with one bed and me?" Eren asked. I closed my eyes and snuggled into the pillows.
"Heh, I'm pretty comfortable around you. Besides, I feel safer with you around. You wouldn't do anything to me besides get on my nerves." I sighed and letting the tension drop away. I heard Eren mumble something but I couldn't catch it. In the end I slept through in a black haze and woke up in the early morning as I was conditioned to. My muscles ached and I had a headache from yesterday. Eren was softly snoring next to me.
I thought I would never see the day I would see another man in my bed. I chuckled to myself at the implications. I got out of bed and did my stretches to ease my muscles. I cracked a few joints and felt overall better. I grabbed my pants and put them on. Alfred woke up and yawned before coming over. I rubbed his face and he loved it. There was a knock at the door and the same woman that attended us yesterday came by and gave us two platters of food. She bowed as she closed the door and Eren groaned. He sat up and rubbed his face.
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty." I joked while moving my armor and sitting down to eat some soup, bread, dried meat, cheese, and fresh picked fruit. I served myself some fruity drink when Eren sat in front of me and started to dig in as well. Surprisingly there was no sarcastic retort from him. We ate in silence and Eren gave half of his meat to Alfred. "You've spoiled him rotten." I chuckled.
"He's a good war dog." Eren nodded. I hummed in agreement. "Once we've finished, we need to report back as soon as possible. We can't waste any more time."
"Ever the workaholic." I chuckled. After we finished eating, we put on our armor and went out. It took most of the day but we eventually got back. Eren gave me a day off and I laid in my own bed. I was glad I had to take down a demon rather than a person but at the same time I pitied the mage that had to do that. It didn't excuse the four people he killed. There's always a choice.
I got up and started writing to Rael. I haven't heard from him from a while and I try to send monthly letters to him. I wrote about what happened and my first fight against a demon. I could already imagine his worried look and his shaky letters. It brought a smile to my face. For now, I think I'll have a relaxing bath and sleep the day away.
9:29 Cloudreach 11th
Lately Eren has been acting weird. For some odd reason he wasn't giving me as much guff as he was before. He's been more polite to me as well. Has he turned kind? I doubt it. I glared when he told me he was going out, at night.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Eren asked. We were both standing at the gate but he wanted me to go to sleep while he was going back to the city.
"You're sleeping with someone right?" I asked bluntly. Eren scowled and raised his eyebrow. He backed off.
"I'm not sleeping with anyone." Eren scoffed.
"You're acting weird, weirder than usual at least." I crossed my arms.
"What are you talking about?" Eren rolled his eyes.
"I'm saying that you're weird! Every single time I call you a jerk or something like that, instead of you saying something back you just give me this look and go off. This is the third time this month you've gone off on your own. Don't tell me you've gone off to your old habits." I looked at him disappointed. It almost looked like I slapped him when he shook his head.
"What? NO! I have not gone back to-"
"Then what Eren? Why are you acting so weird around me?" I demanded. He punched at the gate and it frightened me for a second, just a second. I glared at him and he glared down at me.
"Do you enjoy being my little play thing? For me to string you around at my leisure? I thought for a second you would enjoy my change in personality." Eren scoffed and turned away from me.
"It's not that! When someone changes their personality so suddenly then something must have happened." I said, walking up and making him look at me. Eren growled and started to walk away. "Eren!" He huffed in anger, grabbed my shoulders and pushed me against the wall.
"I am trying to figure out for the life of me why am I changing as well. Why can't I be free from you just for a moment!?" Eren shouted at me and I stared up in fear. I tried not to tremble but I did. Eren noticed and let me go. I looked away. "I apologize but…I need time away from you." He sighed and rubbed his face. He took a pouch and put it in my hands.
"What's this?" I asked.
"Think of as a vacation. Go to Denerim for a week, a month. I just need to be away from you." Eren mumbled.
"Eren I can't be away from you, I am your-"
"Not anymore." He interrupted. I stared at him at shock. "Just…go." Eren started walking to the city and I just stood there, not believing what I've heard. Fine, if he wants me to leave, then I'll leave. Let's see how he can protect his big dumb ass without me.
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Sorry for the late update, I completely forgot. In other news I'm sure many of you are catching on to Eren's interest. Now before you all go and say 'Yeah right, she can't be that oblivious.' I AM. I did not know my husband was in love with me for 6 months until he told me. There was a guy that I knew for a year that I played with his hair, held his hand, hugged him for very long periods of time, and didn't realize he had a thing for me. As long as I don't feel any romantic feelings toward that one person, then I dont notice them. Ok, end rant.
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