PLEASE READ THIS WARNING: I do not own, Rio, Blu, Jewel, or any other related character. I own the plot and OCs in this story, but all other characters and related themes are owned by Blue Sky Films and 20th Century Fox.
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Zacarais. Tell me about it. Sigh… Yes, that was what I was intending… but no. In case you missed it Jewel didn't REALLY want to kiss Ronaldo… she was drawn in by him. Might have messed that part up. And for that vagueness… this is what I want as well. So keep guessing. ;) And for that third one… sorry, sorry. I wanted to use a good synonym, but I put it too extreme. T_T Anyways thanks for the review.
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And now… *drum roll* Time for… the next chapter! *hi-hat clash* *crowd screams while confetti rains down*
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…hopefully I won't write something as lame as that. -.-
One of the greatest reliefs that having a broken wing has ever had was being provided with a valid excuse to not fly anywhere- Tulio [and I'll be grateful for this move, forever] had placed me and Blu in the same knothole [since, technically, we were both mates, having such a bond with one another] and Ronaldo and Lisa in one further away. It put the latter two at a loss, to be fair to them, but at least there wouldn't be much awkwardness between us…
Blu had no reason to leave me- having suffered from such an emotional rollercoaster over the past day, it was time for me to turn in, and besides, to him Ronaldo was almost like a rival in love, and Lisa a weird native Portuguese that had previously sniffed him. Ronaldo had come in to check on me, as his little sister, just to survey my welfare. Apparently he did not believe my words when I assured him that Blu was enough to take care of me. When he brought up that cage incident, one he did not participate in, one that Blu had rightfully caused, in his own mentality, I could see Blu trying to repress the anger, gritting his beak together and clutching my wing with such tightness just to prevent himself from erupting in fury. I did not pursue this matter, and soon enough neither did my half-brother. After having done the so-called 'necessary', he obliged to leave me and my mate alone, and he flew off in a flurry, although I could feel his heavy turquoise eyes drill into me every now and then.
This was the opportune moment to do some confession to Blu, I thought, as we were confined to the same knothole that we both shared and called home. But before I could utter a single word, he beat me to it.
"Jewel," he started, staring at me with those sincere and sorrow-filled eyes and taking my shoulders with his wings. "I… I don't know where to begin, I… I'm just so…so… I can't even explain it." He exhaled sharply in exasperation.
"Blu," I said. "If you're thinking about Ronaldo and me… well it's past. And past is past."
"Yeah… but," he sighed again, and he scowled. "I don't trust him, really. He says he's given up on you but yet… he's almost like… like he's the antagonist here."
I frowned. "Blu, I told you. My heart belongs to you … Ronaldo is past, Blu. I gave myself to you, not him."
His expression did not falter. "Yes but what if he steals you from me?" His eyes flared in intensity as he spoke this. "Ronaldo's your half-brother, Jewel. He holds a significant value in your heart, Jewel. Love can't die that easily, Jewel. I don't he'll just surrender to me so easily…"
I put my wing near Blu's face, similar to that of the motion a human makes when cupping another's face, as his sombre eyes glimmered in the dim artificial light. What he said was not incorrect- Ronaldo, at least in Blu's mind, automatically classifies as the villain, the one who loved me and would probably rob the space that I had for Blu… he was my half-brother after all, and I held some sort of love for him. But I had already mentally decided my own fate. Blu was the one who stood by me ever since he came to Rio, the one who saved me from those smugglers, the one who promised me he would never leave me. There was no way he would present me empty shells of words…
The short duration of time only bonded us together, stronger as well. Time might be crucial in a relationship, to ensure that you trust each other and sincerely love each other, but the fact that he told me he loved me in three days… all the more suited he is to be my mate. The way he spoke it with such determination and sincerity… could he be lying? He was so honest all the way through… for me to give him my heart; to someone who's almost a stranger… it only proved one thing.
"Listen, Blu," I declared. "I love you. My love for you won't die easily, and there's nothing, not even Ronaldo, can replace that. You understand me?"
He didn't. "Why would you, Jewel? When Ronaldo would be a much better mate than me and you know him better than me… Why me and why not him?"
Suddenly a rage entered me again, igniting every part of my mind… but it was different. It was not a true rage, not the type that would not consume itself, the type that was a grudge to hold like a candlestick, but one that was a short explosion. The reason? Blu was viewing himself like a burden to me, weight upon his shoulders… and that was simply not true. He thought I didn't love him, that the part that Ronaldo had claimed in my heart outweighed the part he did… and it was an incorrect conjecture. It was almost as if he was giving up on everything, all the memories that we shared, the precious moments that we treasured, they paled in comparison to Ronaldo's experience with me. That was not the case for me.
The anger dominated me, forcing the muscles in my wing to whip back and fly right across his face in a thwack, his face reeling back with the sudden force. I could see his eyes wide, on the verge of popping out and rolling on the floor, and the lower part of his beak trembling, as he tried to come to terms with what I did. Part of me wailed in agonising regret, but another told me that this way… was the only way for him to see my logic.
When the regained the ability to look into my eyes again, he stared at me as his expression pulse with electrifying shock, as his mind struggled to wrap around the slap. "J… J…. Jewel… w-w-what was t-that f-f-for?" He stuttered uneasily.
My determination did not dampen out as I shrieked, "I'm sorry, Blu, but you're just so damn blind! Why can't you see that I love you? Does anything else matter to you? Do I have to die in front of you just to prove to you how much I love you?"- We both flinched at this thought; I could envision him internally cringing- "Don't you believe me, Blu?"
He exhaled again, a single drop of moisture trickling down one of his eyes. "I do, Jewel… but every time I picture Ronaldo, I just get this… this jealousy, that he was here first and he loved you like a mate… Jewel, I'm sorry…"
"I don't want your apology, Blu. I want to know something," I stared in his eyes, the fire in mine still ablaze. "Do you love me? Or rather, do you love me enough to convince me that I made the right decision?"
"And what decision is that?" I growled in frustration.
"That I love you and not Ronaldo."
For the second time, Blu reeled back in shock, inhaling sharply in a gasp. What I said was not cooked up from a pot- it only made sense that if Blu did not treasure the extent of the space I had given him in my heart, then… it wasn't worth it.
He just stood there, gazing at me as his mind pondered over this… there was a silence that lingered for what seemed like millenniums… it was deafeningly painful, as my hopes of him to tell me that he'll love me back and treasure me begun to slowly fade away into nothingness…
Then, before I could throw in the towel, he drew me in close for a kiss, our beaks converging as that sweet feeling of passionate love extinguished the anger in me… and I forgot all my worries and doubts as I succumbed to the kiss… I knew what Blu was trying to prove, and I was gleeful. It showed that to him, now everybody and everything else didn't matter to him… only me and my love was the treasure in his eyes. I wrapped my wing around him, pulling him closer to me as our beaks synchronised in their movements…
"I love you, Jewel." He whispered huskily as we pulled away. "You're right- I'm just paranoid… when I should know that nothing else matters, but being right next to you, to be by your side when the world ends, to be yours forever…"
I smiled in contentment, as I placed my head on what would be Blu's chest. "I love you too Blu… and I assure you, I promise with all my heart that I will forever. Not even my brother will come in the way of that…" My voice trailed off, as my olfactory senses were doused in Blu's distinct titillating aroma... and he tightened the embrace.
But what I had testified, it was completely true. Although Ronaldo, indeed the reason why I'm not in pieces and one who had my interests at heart… I did not love him the way I loved Blu. For Ronaldo, I loved him like a brother, one who could provide me shelter and relate to, or when I'm tormented by the horrors of life. But Blu was the one who would protect me in the end; the one who would fully understand me and hold me next to him… it was a comforting thought.
Then his eyes dropped to meet mine. "I trust you, with all my heart and soul, Jewel. I promise that I'll treasure you like a diamond in the sand, a real jewel to hold forever in my wings…" His voice trailed off, as he lay down on the ground, his body leaned up against the 'wall' of the knothole and my body on top of his and our wings around each other. It was truly moments like these that were like diamonds in the sand, the ones I would treasure in my heart… the moments that I could spend alone with Blu, exchanging sweet nothings [the irony of the word itself] and just laying in each other's wings...
Then, after I wrapped my mind around his last statement, I noticed the significance of the metaphor. "A real Jewel?
He chuckled lightly. "Yes, a real Jewel… one that would sparkle when I hold it. Jewel… I love you. I loved you ever since I came here, when we were captured and forced in the wilderness, when you helped me to fly, survive and danced with me, when I saved our lives and when we mated… I'll always be with you."
I smiled gently. "As so will I," I proclaimed. Then, before I knew it, our faces begun to lean forward again, the distance closing between us again, and I closed my eyes and anticipated myself…
"Jewel," Blu interrupted, spoiling the mood, as he frowned. "I'm sorry for everything… I should trust you and just keep in mind that-"
I put my wing on his beak, signifying for him to hush up. "Shut up and kiss me," I ordered, a smirk on my face that flashed across my beak, reciprocated by my mate soon afterwards, before it converged with his, the sweet taste of his beak overwhelming me again… the vivacious rhythm overcame me, and my tongue slithered out to toy with his own, dancing passionately with each other…
When he pulled away, he breathed heavily, the scent of his breath dominating my nostrils, as our eyes locked for what seemed like an eternity… and even without any words flowing from his beak, I knew what he was thinking. He loved me. And that fact won't change under any circumstance, under any storm or any catastrophe, it would last. Or at least, this was what I thought, and expected to mirror back to me…
Then his pupils swerved to the left, where the entrance of the knothole was, and almost immediately shrunk in size. I followed his path of vision, wondering what was troubling him. I understood why when I caught a pair of familiar turquoise eyes, which were enlarged and its beholder was frozen with shock.
"Um…" Ronaldo stuttered, trying to find the right words to use in his vocabulary. "I heard Jóia yell quite angrily, so I came to look and… I guess you sorted it out already."
"Sorry, Ronaldo," Blu muttered almost inaudibly, his face as red as Pedro's feathers. "I didn't see you there."
My half-brother chuckled deeply. "Esta tudo bem, meu amigo. Just wanted to see how you two were coming along, that was all."
"Thank you, irmão," I said, rather impatiently and uncomfortable that he was there spying on us… making out. "Now shoo, go away, leave us alone." I waved my wing at him, my voice void of any harmful or malicious intention.
He grinned impishly, one that would always inform me that as a brother he was entitled to fool around with me, and just be himself. "Adeus, Jóia. Adeus, Blu." {Adeus = goodbye}
When he had fluttered away out of sight, Blu smiled, throwing away the past minute into infidelity. But before he could say anything, a yawn escaped from his beak, signalling his tiredness. "Sleepy…" he mumbled in an adorable manner, snuggling me closer as he leaned his back down... I could sense the exhaustion marked in his voice, and I saw the droopiness in his eyes… but he smiled. "I love you, Jewel.'
I decided not to disturb him from his drifting to slumber. "I love you too… Good night." I muttered, and I felt his beak brush lightly on my forehead, as I turned my body so my back was facing him, but still in his wings' embrace.
I could feel his chest rise and fall, or rather press on my back every now and then, and my auditory senses detected his slow and steady breathing. I had no idea whether it was the warmth of his body, his heavy breathing or his scent, but insomnia continued to hover over me. I couldn't sleep… and this irritated me. This wasn't going to work; I needed my hours in slumber to rejuvenate me… I had no other option.
"Blu." This word from my mouth immediately awakened my mate, and as I turned around to meet his eyes, he stared at me with those concerned, soft chocolate-brown eyes. "Yes, my love?" he asked, and I giggled lightly. That was a first… he was giving me all sorts of names.
"Blu… I can't sleep. This may sound silly but… can you sing me to sleep?"
He perked up. "A lullaby? Isn't that a little… childish?"
I laughed again, melodious and appreciative of humour, but void of any weariness, much to my dismay. "Just any song will do."
He smiled, as all weariness in him dissipated, shifting both of our bodies in a position such that he lay straight on the ground, no longer arched along the wall of the hollow. My head lay on his chest, his chest feathers acting as a pillow for my head, our wings still around each other. He squinted, as he attempted to pull out an appropriate song from his mind, one that would help me drift off into the land of dreams…
Then a wide smile stretched across his face, and his throaty voice he whispered:
You've got that smile…
That only heaven can make;
I pray to God everyday
That you keep that smile…
The tune was melodious, sweet, but above all, beautiful. I closed my eyes contentedly… as my mind absorbed the lyrics that seemed to have been strung from the guitar of Blu's heart:
You are my dream…
There's not a thing I won't do;
I'd give my life up for you
'cos you are my dream…
The will to sleep was almost tangible, but it never seemed to activate upon me… all I could think of was the words that Blu sung so sweetly and from the depths of his heart…
And baby everything that I have is yours
You will never grow cold or hungry,
I'll be there when you're insecure,
Let you know that you're always lovely, girl,
'cos you are… the only thing that I got right now…
At this point the tears of pure joy begun to well up in my eyes, as Blu's voice begun to grow huskier and the harmony of the song reached its peak:
One day, when the sky is falling,
I'll be standing right Next to You… right Next to You…
Nothing will ever come between us,
cos' I'll be standing right Next to You… right Next to You…
"Stop, Blu," I managed, my throat hoarse, as I began to cry lightly, the tears flowing profusely down my face… the lyrics were simply too much. They spoke so much…
"What's wrong, Jewel?" Blu spoke with distinct sorrow marked in his tone, as he drew his face closer to mine to rub off my tears. "Why are you sad?"
There was a pause, as I tried to recover as much as I could from the rather immature sobbing fit I was stuck in. "I'm not sad, Blu," I attempted to explain with my throaty voice. "I've never been so overjoyed before… Blu!" This time I had lost it completely and instantly- I buried my face into Blu's chest again, sobbing my eyes out oh-so-melodramatically… but I couldn't help it. My heart felt like it was given a taste of heaven… the way Blu sung to me, it was entirely sincere. I could tell it as well; love could make you do that, to be able to differentiate between just empty hollow shells of words, to ones that were like jewels, like diamonds in the sand that you could hold and keep forever… that's how you knew your mate. And from the trueness and heart juices in Blu's words… I knew it, at that point, that he was destined to be my mate. Call it illogical or nonsensical… but that was love. And no matter how ridiculous it was, you wanted to treasure it.
I could picture him smile lovingly at me as he kissed my forehead lightly. "There, there, Jewel…" I heard him console. "I was just singing what I thought of you, that's all…"
"That's the point," I muffled through his chest feathers, hearing his voice trail off. "I… I didn't know you would love me so much…"
"That's silly," he answered. "You taught me something, Jewel… that was to treasure the person I loved most, no matter what. You're more than just a Jewel in my heart, you're my everything, my dream and you are my life… and I love you."
He drew me in for another brief beak-lock, before gazing into my eyes again… I could see the tears in his eyes, making them sparkle like a pair of brown gems. The way he looked at me… it reassured me that I had made the right decision- the one I would entrust the jewel of my heart to. The one I would trust and treasure forever and the one that would protect my heart from any storm or attack… Blu could do it. Ronaldo… he could do it better than Blu did, but the fact is Blu… he loved me so dearly… that was all I needed.
"I love you, too, Blu…" I whispered softly, and I meant every word of it. Blu tightened his embrace around me, the warmth instantaneously detected.
Blu smiled lovingly. "I call it 'Next to You'. But Jewel…" –he gazed into my eyes solemnly- "I swear, cross my heart" –he released me momentarily to draw an X-sign on his, and subsequently mine, chest- "I'll always love, protect and, most of all, just be right next to you. No matter what happens."
The last tear flowed from my eyes. "Thank you, Blu…" I muttered before kissing him softly, yet oh-so-passionately, emotion pouring from my heart…
I gave one last gaze into Blu eyes, his aroma intoxicating me, as my mentality registered the force of slumber about to take over my body. I closed my eyes and laid my head on the ground, the taste of him lingering on my beak as I heard him humming 'Next to You' softly and gently as a lullaby, as he repeatedly pet my chest area, calming any remnant nerves in my mind and body…
I could hear his words, "I'll always be right next to you, Jewel," when the song ended, the close for the night as I succumbed to the slumber that overtook me.
I knew he would mean it.
Lyrics are owned by Chris Brown and [rather unfortunately] Justin Bieber. *shudders* Yeah I know by placing these lyrics it would put me in suspicion of being either gay or transsexual, but I love that song… :/ Say what you may, I'll always remain a straight guy, and I WILL sing this to my girlfriend... if I ever… have one. Right. T_T
Sorry for all the cheesiness in this, but I tried my best to fluff it up. Yeah. At least you know where the title came from. :D On second thought I might've lost half of my fans already [I assure you this is the ONLY good song from Bieber, period]… :(
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