I am so super sorry that I haven't posted this chapter yet. I've been getting very lazy on my off time. Here it is.
Chapter 6: The Melting Ice
(What … is this warm feeling? I'm not supposed to feel and kind of warmth at all if I'm dead. Am I dead?) '!?', the maiden knight eyes soon snapped open as her vision began to adjust to the environment. 'Where am I?' she thought.
"So you're awake huh?" Igraine turned her head to see Bruno sitting beside her with his usual garments. When she tried to sit up she felt a sharp pain in her arm and stopped when she looked down at the bandage tinted in dried blood. "Careful, you got hurt real bad and loss a lot blood, so just take it easy." he said. "Okay. Thank you, but aren't you cold." she asked. "I'm okay. I'm usually warm wearing it. That, and you need that coat more than I do now since your armor is gone."he said.
Igraine allowed this new information to sink in for a few seconds before looking down into her coat. Her face immediately grew red as steam evaporated from her head comically. "Hey B-Bruno. Did you see the rest?" she asked, succeeding in keeping her composure. "No, I only bandaged and covered you up so wouldn't freeze. Just be glad your boots didn't melt along with your armor." Relieved, Igraine let out a breath and swapped her current coat with the undamaged one, then an idea came to mind.
She slide over to right beside Bruno with a sly smile."Are you sure? People might start talking if they found out about your... habit~" Igraine said as she stifled back a laughter. "WHAT?! NO, you stop that right now. I know what you're trying to do." he said frantically. "Really?" Igraine replied, with the smile still on her face. "Yes. Besides, weren't you the one crushing on me?" Igraine choked a bit at the remark. "Where'd you get that idea!" She asked trying to be innocent. "Well for one, your face is flushed, and two, I heard you and Gorlois talking outside my tent." Bruno said with a straight face. "O-oh... so..." "yeah..." They only stood there in an awkward silence for a full minute.
"So ... how did we get here?"she asked. "It started with the avalanche that occurred..."
Flashback
As Bruno was falling into the chasm, Igraine held close as Bruno drew his arrow and shot it at a wall. It struck the wall deep enough to hold. Bruno swung and planted his feet firmly onto the wall while still carrying Igraine. "*Huff...Huff...Huff*, that was too close."
Bruno noticed some snow falling as the rest of the avalanche was coming down on them. "(Dammit!)" Bruno noticed a large hole below them on the other side and decided to take a chance. He leaped into the hole just as the snow was about to fall and began to slide.
After a few seconds of sliding, they then started falling again and Bruno began falling through thick sheets of ice until he finally hit the bottom hard. Bruno groaned from the deep pain within his body and then looked up to see Igraine's condition. "You okay?" "Yeah... just barely." Igraine got up from his chest and laid on her back next to him looking up at the cave ceiling. As her breathing starts steading, she then starts to nod off and laid unconscious. "Igraine. Why didn't you run when you had the chance?" No response. "Igraine?" Bruno asked again. This time turning his head to see her out cold (no pun intended). He got up immediately and checked her pulse and realized it was becoming weaker. 'No! She's lost too much blood! Where's Elixir when you need her?!'
Bruno removed his pack and found a medic kit and set it aside. He used one of his arrows to cut the sleeve of her arm to examine the gash. Bruno grabbed a rag to wipe away the excess blood and placed snow near the opening of the wound to stop the swelling. He pressed a rag soaked with peroxide on her arm to clean it. Igraine moaned painfully from the gash, but Bruno held her in place to keep her from moving. Finally, he rapped the gauze around her arm and was finished.
End of Flashback
"So, I've been watching over you until you had woken up. I've found a way out of here, but we'll leave as soon as you get better." Bruno said, pointing to a pathway behind him. "No! We can go now." Igraine protested. "I can still-ugh- go on." Igraine began getting up, but was stopped. "No. There aren't any enemy troops near where we are. They probably think that we didn't survive. So there's no need to rush okay." he said before getting up. "I'm not losing you to them too." Bruno muttered. Igraine took notice to what Bruno last said and quickly tried to hide her blush. Bruno returned with two bags and placed them down near Igraine.
"I've managed to find these two bags under all the snow around here. Thankfully, the supplies are still usable, but there's not much food." He said. Igraine smiled and spoke, "It's fine. Besides, I was already going on a diet." She giggled, folding her arms under her breasts. Bruno couldn't help but laugh softly at the her joke until he noticed that the coat she's wearing seemed to have unbuttoned showing a little cleavage. Bruno looked away quickly to try and avoid blushing. It was silent again for a few sentence until Bruno settled.
Nightfall came, and temperatures began to drop to below zero. Igraine and Bruno sat by the fire shivering. Bruno was sharpening his arrows, while Igraine plays back her memory before in the camp and during their fight with the dragon.
"Bruno. Can I ask you something? (Here goes nothing)" Igraine said. Bruno looked up from his arrow and answered back, "Yeah, sure. (I know what she's gonna say.)" Bruno replied. Igraine began, "Back when we were fighting that dragon, it seemed the two of you knew each other at an earlier time. I can tell that there's something eating at you." Bruno still sat silent near fire as if he never heard anything. "Bruno please, when Agravain talked about the Invaders that attacked the Sanctuary years ago, I saw how you reacted differently . I know that they are our enemies, but you were the only one with that expression. I need to know why." Igraine said. Then Bruno finally spoke, "Didn't Gorlois tell you? About what happened?" Igraine looked at him with a confused look and shakes her head.
Bruno began to tell Igraine beginning from where he declined to join the knightly order because he at first didn't want to hurt anyone. After a couple of days, the Invaders attacked the Sanctuary and took his father away. Changing his mind, he joined the order the order to make sure that no one would have to suffer again. Yet, he never was able to get his revenge on Nebula. Igraine couldn't believe how much Bruno had went through since he was a child. "And that's my story. After the years of waiting, I finally had a chance to find out who took my father, but I didn't want to get anyone involved in all of this." Bruno apologized. Igraine sat silent, not knowing what to say.
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't ... I mean... I shouldn't have asked." Igraine said while looking away. "It's fine. It takes a whole lot of pressure off my back to talk about it." he replied. "But, how could you tell if that was the same dragon from before?" Igraine asked. "You can never forget those eyes when you first stare into them. Though, I guess if it was for my dad's capture, I wouldn't be who I am today." Bruno said. "I guess not." Igraine said feeling a bit glad that he opened up to her.
Bruno looked at her with a playful smile. "What, you're not mad are you?" "Shut up." She punched his arm. They shared a few laughs together as they enjoyed each others' company. After a while, it was getting a bit difficult to breathe now as their hearts started beating faster. Slowly, Bruno cupped Igraine's face with one hands and they plunged into a deep kiss. Igraine responded to his feelings as she brought her arms around his neck, as did Bruno as he moved his hand from her cheek to the back of her head to push her head further. Igraine moaned in Bruno's mouth as they both laid down on their sides as they continued to kiss by the fire.
End of Chapter
I've finally finished this chapter. Hallelujah. Now as you finally read this love scene, please take note that if I may have either been short or vague of what's happening here. Please send some reviews about this story so that I may make better changes, alright.