"What do we do about this?" Tristan asked after a moment of silence.
"Do you want to start a relationship?" she asked simply.
Tristan paused his pacing for a moment, he then nodded.
"Your brother will kill me for this," he added in his rough voice while rubbing his heavily bruised cheek.
Shyare smiled, "Not if I'm able to help it," she said while giving him a small kiss.
"We can't tell anyone," he said while breaking off the short kiss.
"And may I ask why?" she inquired.
"Because you're not supposed to be in any relationships," he replied, "if you haven't forgotten already."
"So we go on normally," she replied off-handedly "but continue this when we are alone."
Tristan nodded and began kissing her again. Shyare was brought down into the bed, when a knock came to the door. Shyare just finished fixing her clothes when she saw Galahad appear.
"I wanted to apologize for getting you drunk," he said sheepishly.
"That's alright," Shyare replied and added with a smirk, "I'll be watching out for any traps."
Galahad gave a large visible gulp and scampered away from the room quickly. A small hint of a smile came over Tristan's face as he locked the door. He picked up Shyare's swords and handed half of them to her.
"You still need to clean these," he said while handing her a soft cleaning cloth.
"Fine," she said while unsheathing an oriental sword, with an ivory dragon hilt, with small rubies creating the eyes.
"Where did you get all of these weapons?" he asked while studying a medium weight sword with a bamboo handle.
"Mostly gifts," she replied, "My other eight were sold."
"Why would you sell them?" he inquired.
"Some to barter off passages, others to get myself out of prison," she replied calmly while unsheathing a sword similar to Tristan's.
"And why were you in prison?" he asked while finishing a second sword.
"A stupid tavern brawl, a man attacked me while I was unarmed," Shyare stated, "That's when I learned to always be prepared."
Tristan nodded. The pair silently finished cleaning all of the weapons. Tristan started kissing Shyare again. Before Shyare knew it, Tristan was unlacing the front of her tunic. She suddenly pulled away with a jerk. Tristan looked at her confusedly. She sat up and looked him in the eye.
"I don't want to go to far," she said calmly, "at least until the right time."
"I understand," Tristan replied while lacing her shirt up.
It was already dusk. Tristan pulled Shyare to the door and led her to the tavern. Soon Shyare and Tristan were seperated. Shyare was pulled into a Roman's lap. In a flash, there was a loud crack and blood pouring from the man's nose. Shyare was now surrounded by eight Roman's, angry ones at that. The knights saw the scene unplay and were at her side instantly, with fists at the ready. The Romans made the first move. By the end of five minutes all of the Romans were unconcious. Shyare looked at the other knights. She saw Galahad sporting a black eye, Lancelot and herself had cut lips, and the rest came out of the brawl unscathed.
"Well, that was enough for me for one night," Shyare said, "I'm going to get some sleep," she added while walking through the tavern's doors into the cool night air.
Shyare looked up to see Arthur in front of her. He had a large scowl plastered on his face.
"No more fighting," he said while noticing her bruised and bleeding lip, "We leave at dawn to help a near by village with a woad problem."
"Alright, Commander," Shyare said while heading off towards Tristan's room.
Shyare slowly went up the steps. As she reached the door, she looked behind herself. She could've sworn she heard footsteps that were not her own. After she opened the door, she sat on the bed and pulled off her boots, breeches and tunic. She pulled down the shoulder of her under-tunic to examine the arrow wound. It was now fading. She tied a dagger to her wrist holster. She slid to the side of the bed and slipped under the covers. She took in the scent, Tristan's scent.
It was the scent of the outdoors. Shyare took it in and fell asleep. Minutes later, Tristan silently entered the room. He took of his boots, tunic, and breeches.. He slid under the covers and kissed Shyare's cheek. She turned to him and smiled.
"I knew you were behind me," she whispered.
"I'll have to be more silent next time," he replied in a low growl.
"Is Arthur still in a bad mood?" she asked suddenly.
"Yes, I don't believe he wants you to come," he replied.
"Well, I'm able to defend myself," she said a little defensively.
"I'm warning you, the village we're headed for is completely destroyed, there are only a few survivors. We're to bring them here," he said.
"I must make a good impression on my first mission," she said finally.
"I hope you do," he mumbled into her hair, suddenly half asleep.
"You know, I was being sarcastic," she said.
"Uh-huh," he mumbled while softly kissing her neck.
"Do you ever sleep?" she asked.
"Do you ever stop talking?" he retorted, frustratedly stopping the kisses.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked while sitting up.
"Nothing," he replied while lying further down.
"Fine," she said while turning on her side.
The two fell asleep.
A/N: I am so sorry it took me this long to update. School's been getting in the way. My computer also broke down for a few days. How was this update? Thanks for all the reviews! You guys rock! I hope to hear from you again!
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Beautiful Enigma: I'm glad you love the story, I'm trying to post as soon as possible!
SimplyElven: I'm glad you thought it was cute. No, she's not twenty years behind Tristan. She's about two years younger than Gawain. Gawain's about two years younger than Tristan. So that makes her about four years younger. It's not abuse! I'm glad you love it!
Wanderer of the Roads: I'm glad you loved this chapter! Yes, they kissed, I couldn't wait much longer. lol Tristan is a sweetheart! I like seeing Gawain being the overprotective older brother. lol Galahad's ear probably does hurt, oh well, he deserved it. I'll try to update soon.
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Litha2124: It's alright. School's crazy with me too, that's why its taking me longer to update! It makes me happy to know that my story made your day! lol
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