I soared through the air, creating currents and swirls in the clouds. It was my favorite pass time after all, playing in the clouds. On hot days like today it was especially pleasant. The light mist from them soothing my scales. I looked down at the canopy below me. This part of the forest was isolated, and it was forbidden for humans to enter. A sacred contract between dragons and humans was put in place thousands of years ago and was renewed every 50 years. Speaking of which, it was almost time for a renewal. That wasn't my job yet though. In another thousand years maybe but not soon. I swooped down to get a better look at the form I saw running down on the ground. Probably a monkey being chased by a leopard again. My wings spread out next to me, flapping occasionally to keep me level, and let me sore just above the tree tops to see the scene laid out.

I couldn't believe my eyes, a human man was running through the forest, bleeding badly from what I could smell. He was being chased by a leopard. I sighed exasperatedly and sped up slightly to get ahead of them. I dived straight down closing my wings and slipping through the trees. Just as I was about to hit the ground, I opened my wings, hovering there. My sudden appearance making both stop in their tracks. The man fell backwards his eyes wide, the leopard was much braver. Jumping forward but not too close and growling at me. I glared at it and roared, shaking the ground and sending the leopard running, tail between its legs. I looked down at the man, he showed little fear but I could see his body shaking. He was losing too much blood.

"Stupid human!" I grumbled and landed on the ground. I walked to him and wrapped my arms around his shoulders and the other under his knees, picking him up and holding him against me to better carry him. He stayed silent but tried to get away from me, a small growl halting his uncooperativeness. I spread my wings and a sharp flap sent us soaring into the sky. A quiet shriek left his lips and his free hand gripped my shoulder. I looked down at him slightly to see him wide eyed and curious. Looking around at the spectacular view from this high up. I needed to stop the bleeding though and I sped off towards the cliff side. I had a secret spot on the side just big enough to lounge in. As I came close to the cliff I spread my wings to slow us down and steadied him before landing just inside and laying him down. He tried to scoot away from me but I held his shoulder to still him. He watched me for a moment before breaking eye contact.

"Move your hand." I said. He shot a look of disbelief at me.

"You're kidding right? I move my hand and I'll bleed out in seconds." He said. Hmm nice voice.

"Just do it, I won't let you die." I said gently running my claws through his hair to calm him. He visibly relaxed and pulled his hand away.

"Sorry" I said and leaned down, ripping the cloth away from the wound and breathing fire onto my finger tips. I quickly pressed my red hot scales to his wound, a sickening sizzling sound echoing in the small room, followed by his scream of pain. As soon as the wound was closed I bent down and ran my tongue along the newly burnt flesh to sooth it. He let out a shuddering breath as the pain left him. There were properties in a dragons saliva that had healing abilities, I didn't want to see this human in any more pain.

After a few minutes his breathing settled and he threw me a suspicious gaze.

"Why did you save me?" He asked. I leaned back slightly to give him space seeing as he was no longer in immense pain and close to losing consciousness.

"I don't know, I was bored I guess. I lose nothing from helping you." I paused and a flash of anger lit my eyes causing fear to grip the human. "That aside, what the hell are you doing here? Humans are forbidden from entering this part of the forest." I growled out.

"I was looking for my.. friend. They were studying the animals that are native to the surrounding forest and they pissed off the leopard. I ran to distract it so they could get away. I didn't know I entered your forest. I apologize." He said looking away with shame. I felt a strange feeling in my gut I had never felt before. But I knew I felt happy that he cared enough for a friend to sacrifice himself. I reached towards him and he flinched, afraid I would hurt him. I paused for a few seconds giving him a small smile, then moving forward until I could reach his face. My claws gently ran across his cheek bone before I caressed his cheek. He looked at me curiously but soon relaxed when I started purring. His skin was so soft, my cool scales brought relief for him in the hot weather. I decided I liked this human.

"What is your name?" I asked, his eyes fluttering open to look at me. Steel grey met with my own emerald green.

"Levi" he said.

"Hmm, well Levi, I've never claimed anything before so I hope you feel special." His eyes widened.

"What? Claim me?" He asked flabbergasted. I couldn't help the giggle that escaped my lips.

"Don't worry, it's nothing bad. All I need is to mark you and you will be free to enter the forest to see me. I like you, you are not bad for a human. If you are willing, and become mine, I will not have to hunt you down when I want to see you. I would use the mark. You would feel a strong urge to come to the forest. Will you accept my mark?" I explained to him.

"But I don't even know your name. Why would you want to see me again anyways? I'm nothing special." He asked. I smiled lightly at him and let my fingers trace over the features of his face.

"My name is Eren, and dragons have many capabilities humans do not know of. One of them is seeing a person for who they really are. I've never left the forest so I didn't use it before you. But you have a beautiful soul, you are a better person and are more amazing than you give yourself credit. I want to see you again, but I want you to want to see me as well. I won't force you to take my mark like many dragons would, but if you should return here again, my mark would keep you safe from others. No other dragon would harm you let alone get close to you. It's a mark of protection. If you are in danger, I will come for you and I will protect you. All I need is your consent." I finished, running my thumb gently over his bottom lip. He still looked unsure.

"What is this mark, how do you give it to me?" He asked.

"It's not painful, but it's a bite to the junction of your neck and shoulder. A dragon's bite when giving a mark is actually designed to be pleasurable." I smirked gently grazing my nails down his neck to the place my mark would be. I couldn't help myself, I leaned forward until my lips hovered above the spot. I leaned down and barely brushed the skin with my lips, feeling him shudder from the slight contact and suck in a sharp breath. He contemplated for a few moments before letting out a shaky breath.

"Fine, go ahead" he said. I couldn't be happier. I shifted so I straddled his hips. Sitting there and looked into his eyes for any hesitance. I found none and smiled at him. I grasped his hand in mine and intertwined our fingers. He looked at me quizzically clearly not understanding why that was necessary, it wasn't but he didn't need to know that. I brought my free hand up to his face and cupped his cheek before leaning in and capturing his lips in a kiss. He tensed for a moment before slowly relaxing again and hesitantly kissed me back. I moved our lips in sync, distracting him so he didn't have an elevated heart rate from fear. After about a minute I quickly broke the kiss and moved to his neck, sinking my fangs into his flesh. He let out a deep groan at the feeling and tilted his head back until he could rest it against the wall of the small cavern. I greedily sucked a good amount of blood into my mouth, he was so delicious. I've never tasted anything so good, but I knew that he recently lost a lot of blood so I didn't take as much as I wanted. Besides he's human, he can't handle what a dragon can. After a few seconds I released his neck from my fangs and lapped at the blood pooling there. My saliva helping to close the wound. A small trail of smoke rose from the location and within a few seconds it vanished leaving my symbol behind. The closest thing I could compare it to was the scarification that the nearby tribes men did when they became of age. The design was two wings, one over lapping the other. I liked to call it the wings of freedom. I smiled seeing my mark on him. I licked the spot again before lightly sucking the skin. He let out a breathy whimper and I felt a surge of pure heat course through my body. I needed to pull back before I got carried away. I released his neck from my mouth and raised till I was eye level with him. His eyes were clouded and his mouth was open, soft pants coming out every few seconds. God, he looked so delectable. I licked my lips at the sight but didn't make any move to advance on him. He calmed himself within a few minutes and raised his left hand, that wasn't still in my grasp, and ran it through my hair. I let him roam his fingers over my face, closing my eyes to enjoy the attention. They moved carefully over the scales around the outside of my eyes and the sides of my face. He pulled me until our bodies were flush against each other.

"This mark" he whispered against my ear "is it like a mating mark?"

"N-no, it's a step below that. The mating mark must be given during or right after intercourse. However it is similar to a courting mark, it heightens your senses when the other is near and increases serotonin and adrenaline in your blood. Basically it makes you horny for the other, especially when they are so close and right after the mark is given. It's designed to entice the couple to want to mate." I tried to explain but the kisses he was leaving on my neck were very distracting. He bit me where I gave him the mark and a spark of fire ignited in my gut rushing through my body and making my senses go haywire. A loud moan escaped my lips before I could stop it and my legs trembled. I retracted my nails to a normal length and gripped his shoulders before running my fingers up and through his hair gripping it tightly. He dragged his tongue across my scales making me shudder.

"W-wait, we can't- ah!" I tried but I could barely speak, his roaming hands glided along my wings.

"Why not?" He whispered against my neck lifting to capture mine in a dizzying kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and licked his bottom lip before sucking it into my mouth and biting down softly making sure not to pierce the skin because if I tasted blood right now, I wouldn't be able to stop. He let out a small groan. I quickly broke the kiss, panting and my heart constricted in my chest, begging me not to stop.

"If we do it now, it will kill you. You've lost a lot of blood and sex with a dragon is brutal. It's very rough and I would need to take a lot of blood to satisfy a mating mark." I managed to get out. He gripped my waist and looked me in the eyes. The fire I saw there stirring my blood. His eyes widened as he felt my body temperature sky rocket.

"We have to stop" I pleaded. He frowned but hesitantly loosened his grip on me and sat back creating some distance and dropped his arms to loop around my hips, resting there. I panted as I came down from my high. I had never been so sensitive before. He brushed a piece of my hair out of my eyes and cupped my cheek, stroking my cheek bone with the pad of his thumb. I smiled lightly at him. My face still burning but my breathing under control and my temperature dropping. After a long while of just cuddling and learning about each other, I noticed the sun starting to set. I let out a sigh and lifted my head from his chest to look at him.

"I should bring you back. It will be night fall soon." He ran his fingers through my hair and nodded. A frown marring his handsome face. I kissed him lightly on the lips and pulled back. I tucked my wings to my back and promptly jumped out of the cavern, off the side of the cliff. I plummeted towards the ground and opened my wings gliding through the air and flew back to the cavern where Levi was waiting. I hovered just out side of it, and grabbed his hand.

"How do you want to do it? Do you want me to carry you or do you want to ride on my back?" I asked.

"Can I ride on your back?" He asked. I smiled.

"Of course." I flew a bit farther away, and started my transformation. My neck extended and my body grew in size. My head changing to that of an description of a classic dragon from fantasy. My wings growing and widening. At the end of my transformation I flew back to Levi and turned resting my tail on the inside of the cavern. He placed his hand on it and I motioned with my head for him to climb on. He nodded and stood. Walking slowly across my tail, he reached my body and continued until he reached my neck and sat down where my neck connected to my body. I growled lightly in warning before flapping my wings and taking off towards the out skirts of the forest.

"We are at a camp towards the east" he yelled above the sound of my wings and the wind rushing past us. I nodded and changed course slightly. I continued until I reached the outskirts and glided down to get a better view of the ground. In a clearing I saw a few humans starting to make a fire. I looked back at him and he nodded.

"That's them" I flew back around and flapped my wings harder to slow my landing. As my feet hit the ground the small group of three men all had guns raised at me and I growled lowly at them. Off to the side there was two women. One looked super excited and was trying to run at me while the other was holding her back.

I lowered my body and laid down bringing my wing to the side of me so he had an easy way to the ground. When he slid down my wing and reached the ground, I started my transformation back. My limbs made sickening cracks as they broke down to the size of a human. My scales receding partially and my human like face reappearing as my neck shrank. When I reached my previous size and stood straight, I walked to Levi's side. He was telling the men to lower their weapons, to be honest, it sounded more like verbal abuse to me. I smiled lightly at how feisty he was. I wrapped my arms around his waist and kissed his neck, loving the shocked reaction I got from his friends. Levi tensed slightly but quickly relaxed. He obviously wasn't used to this kind of treatment, made me wonder how long it's been since he was last intimate with someone. My arms tightened around him and I glared at the new people making it clear that he was taken and not to be messed with.

Levi glanced over his shoulder at me.

"Alright I need to sleep and you need to go back to the forest." He said patting the top of my head lightly. I let out a whine. "Com'n off you go" he said turning and trying to push my off him. I smirked down at him before catching his lips in a harsh kiss leaving him breathless. I pressed our bodies together quickly before breaking the kiss and jumping back. I flapped my wings fast and shot into the sky. I hovered, flying in circles above his camp, listening to the profanities he threw my way. I chuckled to myself and flew off towards my own house, you could call it. Oh, how much fun I would have with Levi. He was so delicious. I thought about the taste of his blood on my tongue and shivered. I would call on him soon. A week should be enough time for his blood levels to rise to normal. I smirked "see you then, Levi." I thought to myself.

A/N: inspired by fan art.