Ch.8: Heartbreak Healed

Although she just got out of the pyramid, Daring kept on running through the jungle and crying her broken heart out. She couldn't believe that this whole romance scenario was all just a big joke gone wrong. And to make matters worse, she had started to fall for Ahuizotl. And to think all their playful flirty comebacks was all just a game to them.

Now that Ahuizotl's back to normal, he hates her again, breaking her heart. How she now misses it all: his kisses…his embraces…even his sweet talk via Spanish/Prench. All that is now gone thanks to that antidote arrow.

Daring soon reached a nearby lake, where she stumbled by the shoreline, surrounded by colorful flowers. But she didn't get up; instead, she gathered her front legs under her and buried her face into them to cry more. She can't bear to have anyone else see her like this…not even him.

Yeah, she thought to herself with more tears, that's me: Daring Do, adventurer, treasure hunter, and big-time crybaby.

Meanwhile, Ahuizotl had gotten out of the pyramid and used his keen senses to follow Daring's scent through the jungle and towards the lake. He just has to find her. That look on her face when she ran out like that just sent a twinge of pain through him.

It wasn't long before he heard sobbing and looked over a bush to find Daring lying on a patch of flowers by the shore of the lake. He immediately felt that twinge in his heart again at the sight of her shaking with each sob and the sound of her crying. He then quietly went up to her until he's right by her and sat down beside her.

"Daring?" he spoke softly. In reply, Daring shot her head up and turned to see Ahuizotl looking down at her.

"You!" she cried, shoot up to her feet. "Leave me alone!" She then turned to run away, but Ahuizotl grabbed her with his hand-tail, looking firm.

"No." He then pulled her to his chest and held put his arms around her.

"Let go!" She struggled weakly to get out of his grip. She was in no mood to fight him, but his grip was strong. He then tried to calm her down by running his tail hand up and down her back.

"Shhhhhh…" he purred softly into her ear as she slowly stopped struggling. "There, there…it's okay…"

"No, it's not okay," she whimpered. "I didn't want to fall in love…but I did…and with you…of all males…but you're back to normal and—"

"You think that will change what happened between us a while ago?" Ahuizotl asked, using his hand to coax her to look up at her. "Daring, that love arrow did more than make me fall in love with you. It unlocked my feelings that I hid from you for some time now." Daring blinked with surprise and a blush. Is he saying…

"Te amo, Atrevida," he purred to her softly as he brought his muzzle closer to hers, "por el ángel aventurero que eres." Daring felt her heart beat faster as he spoke in his native tongue again.

"Ahuizotl…" He only looked down at her with bedroom eyes as a gentle finger brushed across her lips.

"Déjame darte un beso, mi ángel…" Then he pressed his lips into hers to kiss her, and she only wrapped her front legs around his neck to kiss him back.

Meanwhile, Discord and Illustre were hiding in another nearby brush and watching the two of them kiss.

"Wow," Discord said as Illustre snapped a photo of the two kissing with her iPhone. "I had no idea my arrows could do what Ahuizotl said his could do."

"Never mind that," Illustre hissed back. "We should get out of here before they find out we're spying on them again. Besides, they probably wanna be…alone." Discord smirked down at her.

"I gotcha," he replied before snapping his fingers. And the two of them were gone in a flash.

Back with our main couple, they broke their kiss so that they can breathe, but Ahuizotl went to nuzzling, kissing, and leaving butterfly kisses on Daring's neck. She only sighed softly as she stroked his hair with her hooves. A minute later, they broke apart again. Then Ahuizotl gently scooped Daring up to hold her bridal style, but only with one arm. In reply, Daring rested her head against his chest to listen to his beating heart before her beast lover began heading back to the pyramid.