Bold. … how the hell had I misspelled that? Bole, seriously? Fucking computer. The anti-virus expired or something now nothings working even though I have a new one on, the next chapter of this isn't opening so I cant work on it and Mozilla will only open in safe mode before immediately closing DX Pissing me off. Sorry if there are any really long delays.

Chapter Eleven: Kiss Me Breathless

It was a long while and Avery hadn't come to the tent yet so Wyper went out looking for her. It wasn't hard to find her. She was not only at the foot of Calgara's statue but she was where everyone was avoiding. No, she was who they were avoiding. She was tinkering with something in her lap. When he got closer he could see what it was. Her arm. She was either about to work on it or just finishing because she was working on screws on the outside.

She set the screw driver down so he guessed she was finished. "How'd it happen?" He asked. He hadn't meant to ask out loud but he had. She said nothing. "Come on. It's about time we get some rest." A murmur ran though the crowd of people milling about.

"They think I'm a whore enough, why risk your reputation too?"

"Because I believe you and when we have the ceremony to wed they will see it too." Her head whipped to look at him. And even though he couldn't see it he was sure that her eyes were wide with shock. Not only had he announced that he believed that she was still pure but that he was going to wed her. And he'd announced it in front of a large group of his village.

He could see a light blush running up her neck and coating her cheeks. Though he just might not wait to be wed and prove she's telling the truth. And if she isn't he'd find a way to fake it. He was going to wed her whether or not everyone else wanted them too. Avery gathered her stuff up and followed him back to his tent. While in there he took her bag and set it down.

He turned back to face her only to find her shirtless. One thing about grass skirts is that they do not show whether a guy is turned on or not. "Can you help me?" She asked and slightly motioned with the arm. He moved towards her unsure of what she wanted done. She moved the shoulder of the arm to her shoulder. After moving it around a bit she held it still. "Hold it here with one hand." He did as asked. She dropped an impact dial on the ground then stomped on it as hard as she could.

Slipping her foot out of the shoe she grabbed it between her toes and brought it up to her good hand. Before he could stop her she slammed it against her shoulder and with a sickening sound the shoulder popped into place. His hand let go of her arm in shock. Had she really just done that? Avery fell to the floor holding the shoulder with her real hand. Her teeth ground together trying to block out the pain. It wasn't anything unusual but no matter how many times she did that, it still hurt. "Are you crazy?" He asked as he picked her up.

"I'm sure that if I'd asked you to hit it to pop it back in you'd say no and have nothing to do with it." She said through gritted teeth. "Besides I've done it this entire time."

"Why's she got no shirt on? In front of my fiance no less." Someone said. "Anyway Wyper, you need to come so that they can look at your tattoo as they do mine." Avery just closed her eyes and relaxed. "Obviously she doesn't care." Autumn said with an air of authority.

"Didn't you hear?" Avery asked and yawned. Wyper couldn't help but imagine the two fighting, Avery winning of course, and getting even more turned on. "He announced it loud enough."

"That joke?" Autumn said incredulously. Wyper was standing between the two but quickly took a step back when Avery sat up. "I'm sure he wouldn't want to be seen with a slut like you, having only said that out of pity because of your condition and past relations."

"Even so, he keeps denying you in front of everyone and claiming me in front of the same people." Avery tilted her head to the side slightly and gave a soft smile. If her eyes could be seen they would be innocently closed. Autumn flinched red with anger combined with embarrassment. Avery pushed on her knees as she stood up. She walked forward and right up to Wyper. He was curious about what she was going to do.

She turned her head to Autumn then with her left hand, as a slight show because Autumn had mentioned the arm, she reached up to Wyper's neck and pulled him down close to her face level. She turned and faced him. On the tips of her toes she leaned up and opened her mouth. "And I'm sure he doesn't mind me doing this." With each word her lips ghosted over his. Then she crashed her mouth to his and he did not mind at all.

Their kiss started out as just touching of the lips then it turned into moving and when Wyper let his tongue run across Avery's lips Autumn made a sound, though at the moment neither of the two occupants of the tent cared enough to think about what kind of sound she made, and she left. But the kiss didn't stop there. No it continued.

His tongue lapped at her bottom lip then his mouth wrapped around that lip and sucked. He pulled her lip and she gasped at the sensation. Wyper released her lip and his tongue wormed it's way into her agape mouth. With their faces mashed together neither cared about the outside world. He moved forward making her moved back. The back of her knees hit the end of his bed and they fell upon it. His hands moved from her waist up slowly. His fingers trailed over her skin and left a tingling sensation behind. They separated for air. Avery's mind seemed to come back. She wanted to stop yet she didn't.

She's wanted him for far too long to say no. But she needed to. Once his lips stopped what they were doing to her neck she would. She'd also make sure to stop moving her hips. And she would also make sure to put a shirt on too. Once he stopped with his lips on her neck that is. Once he- footsteps rushed towards his tent. Avery and Wyper disengage from each other. Avery pulled on her ruined shirt. And sat on the floor in front of her bag. Wyper sat on his bed with his face in his hands.

Autumn entered dragging Chief with her. "See!" She said and didn't even bother to look herself.

"No, I do not see. And Autumn I believe you need to stop with Wyper. It is obvious that he does not want you. He has the girl he was intended for so once again that betrothal is back. And even if you two were betrothed her's came first and is more important." The chief grabbed Autumn and left. Wyper had looked up upon their entry and now he looked to Avery. He wanted to continue but seeing as how she was not looking at him it was obvious that she did not want to.

She was inexperienced while he, was not. He'd known a few women before her. Then there was her and he'd known none. It was a year after she was pronounced dead that he'd had a woman again and it didn't feel right. And though he's been with a few since he knew that if she left again he wouldn't be with one again. It was her that he wanted and no other woman could fill that. "Come." He said and laid down. "We need to rest." Avery stayed in her spot on the floor. "Avery." He called and she jolted. "Let's go to sleep." She got up and he saw what she'd been doing. Her metal arm was covered in a bandage.

"It gets cold at night. And I don't like the way that if I lay on it screws dig into me." It was a poor excuse to hid her true insecurity about it. But Wyper let it slide, for now. She laid down next to him and closed her eyes. Wyper thought she'd fallen asleep. "A man," She said finally. "He came with Enel, not one of his priests or enforcers though. When Enel attacked the man took me and cut my arm off at the shoulder in front of my father. We were tossed out to the white sea together. The people thought that I must have died with such a wound or drowned." She sighed deeply. "That's what happened to my arm." She snuggled up to him further, reveling in the warmth his body provided.

He was about to tell her good night, or possibly that he didn't care about her arm. But her breath trickled over his bare torso and when he looked at her closed eyes he knew she was asleep.