As they fell down the waterfall Vilkas lost grip of June, he could hear her screaming as they both fell. In his mind he was praying to the gods that they survive this, that she survives. Vilkas quickly closed his eyes seeing the bottom quickly approach him, he held his breath as he prayed more, hoping that the water is deep enough.
Before he hit the water he heard a loud splash, which was June hitting the water, shortly after her he hit the water. It was just deep enough for them but Vilkas still hit the bottom of the river pretty hard. The current carried them a few more ways down the river before they could finally swim to shore.
As soon as Vilkas reached the shore he completely fell onto the ground, he was breathing heavily and his heart was pounding against his chest but he was still relieved that they were okay. 'June is okay right?!' He quickly thought to himself in a panic. He quickly sat up looking around for her, he sighed in relief seeing she was laying on the shore as well. June was laying on her back breathing hard, she slowly opened up her eyes looking up at the night sky, she saw a few stars but clouds were beginning to gather.
She heard shuffling and than clumsy footsteps approaching her, she slowly turned her head to the side seeing it was Vilkas walking over to her. "You okay?" He asked her still catching his breath. June quickly glared at him and jumped up throwing a fist at him but she was still weak from the fall so all she did was stumble over onto him. Vilkas quickly caught her and looked at her confused. "You...Dumb ass..." June said out of breath.
Vilkas just smiled at her a little as he was glad to see she was just the same and not hurt, he held her for a while letting her catch her breath. He started to feel her shiver from the cold wind, he couldn't help shiver a little as well feeling it hit his back. "Come on, let's find our way back, I'm sure Farkas is freaking out right now." Vilkas said with a small chuckle. "Right." She agreed. They stood there for a moment longer until June cleared her throat. "You're gonna have to let go of me." She whispered.
Vilkas quickly let go not realizing how long they were standing there. "Sorry.." He said rubbing the back of his head. They both exchanged awkward smiles and than started walking away from the river. "That falls wasn't really that far from Ivarstead so hopefully we're not far away." Vilkas said looking around at their surroundings. It was hard to tell where they were at because of how dark it was, but luckily Vilkas had special eyes for the darkness. He slightly looked over seeing June holding her self and shivering.
Vilkas looked away and awkwardly cleared his throat. "Exchanging body heat helps with the cold." He said slowly. June quickly looked at him a bit surprised at what he said but than just sneered at him thinking he was just messing with her again. "I'm not in the mood for jokes." She said looking away from him. Vilkas looked at her raising an eyebrow. 'Jokes?' He thought to himself confused by her attitude. He just shrugged it off and kept on walking.
They walked in silence for a while but Vilkas quickly came to a stop hearing a familiar voice shouting in the distance. "Vilkas! June!" He heard their names being yelled now, it was Farkas's voice. "Farkas!" Vilkas quickly yelled starting to run off. "Hey wait up!" June yelled at him quickly taking off to catch up with him. "Vilkas!?" He heard Farkas yell again. "Over here!" Vilkas yelled seeing a figure in the distance.
The figure started running towards them and as it got closer they could clearly see that it was Farkas. "Thank the gods!" Farkas yelled in relief as he saw them both running towards him as well. "You two okay?" He asked them coming to a stop. "Yeah, nothing but a few scratches." Vilkas said with a smile on his face. "You know the way back to Ivarstead?" June asked in a shaky cold voice. Farkas looked at her seeing she as shivering violently. "Yeah, it's not far come on." He said quickly walking back with June and Vilkas close behind them.
Ivarstead was only about ten minutes away on foot but it seemed like a long time to Vilkas and June since they were soaking wet and had cold wind blowing on them, but they both sighed in relief once they finally walked into town. "About time.." June mumbled quickly walking into the tavern. The Innkeeper looked up seeing them walk in, he raised his eyebrows at them curious of why June and Vilkas were soaking wet.
He leaned forward on the counter with a smile on his face. "A bit late for a swim don't you think?" He said to them. June and Vilkas just sighed walking towards their room. "Wait." Vilkas said stopping June. June watched him as he quickly went into his room and came out handing her bag back. "Oh yeah.." She said forgetting she threw it at him back in Jorrvaskr.
She quickly walked into her room and made sure she was out of sight before changing out of her soaking wet armor. She quickly took her armor off and grabbed a large cloth from her bag drying her self off and than slipping some dry cloths on. She sighed in relief falling back onto her bed, she was still cold but it felt much better now that she had dry warm cloths on. 'That idiot..' She thought to herself annoyed at Vilkas.
After putting new cloths on Vilkas slowly sat down on his bed letting out a loud and long sigh. He looked up hearing Farkas entering the room. "You sure you're okay?" Farkas asked looking at his brother concerned. "Yeah..." Vilkas said quietly. He looked away watching a puddle slowly form underneath the wet cloths on the floor. "What about June?" Farkas asked crossing his arms. "I think she's okay.." Vilkas said not sure.
He wanted to check on her but knew it probably wasn't a good idea since it was his fault that they almost died. Vilkas rubbed his eyes letting out another loud sigh as he was trying to decide to go check on her or not. Farkas raised an eyebrow at his brother a bit confused on what is going on in his mind. 'Hell with it.' Vilkas thought to himself as he quickly got up from his bed and walked out of the room.
June quickly opened her eyes hearing a small knock, she sat up seeing it was Vilkas. "Yeah?" She asked him. "Just wanted to see if you were okay.." Vilkas said as he slowly looked down at the ground. "Yeah, I'll probably have a few bruises but I've been through worse." June said lifting her arms up in the air and stretching. Vilkas looked up opening his mouth to speak but quickly stopped and felt his face grow warm. As June stretched she arched her back and Vilkas couldn't help but stare at how her body looked.
He examined the way her chest went up, he noticed that her shirt was a little damp from her wet body only making her breasts more noticeable. Vilkas cleared his throat and quickly looked away from her. "Well get some rest, we have a long day tomorrow." He said turning to walk away. "Wait!" June said quickly getting up from the bed. Vilksa slightly turned his head looking at her. "Even though it was your fault, I still want to say thank you for coming after me, you could've just let me fall." She said looking away from him as she felt little butterflies appear in her stomach.
Vilkas just stood there for a moment a little surprised but than gave her a warm smile. June shifted her eyes back towards Vilkas and saw his smile, her face grew warm and she quickly looked away again. "If you're still cold we could exchange body heat." She said with a grin trying make the butterflies go away. "You shouldn't tease me like that." Vilkas said grinning back at her and than turning back around walking out of her room. June blinked a little surprised by his response, it only made her butterflies worse. She let out a small sigh and laid back down in her bed, she stared at the ceiling for a while and than eventually fell asleep.
Morning came quicker than they thought, June groaned as she slowly sat up in her bed. Her body was sore from the fall yesterday, she quickly looked up hearing a knock, it was Farkas. "You should hurry and get ready, we have long road a head of us." He said as he walked away.
June sighed and slowly got up from her bed, she felt like she hardly slept at all last night, but her pain and tired mind suddenly disappeared once she remembered that they were going to Riften today. Her heart jumped in excitement that she might be reunited with her friends today, and of course Brynjolf. Her smile slowly fades and turns into a frown once Vilkas pops up in her mind. 'That's weird...' She thought to herself as she felt her stomach begin to ache.
This new feeling confused her, she wasn't too sure of what to make of it. 'Why do I feel this way..I should be happy that I might finally get away..' She thought to herself again in doubt. 'Should I be happy about it?' She began to doubt her feelings and her wants. June just stood there looking down at the ground as she came into deep thought. "Hey." She jumped suddenly hearing Vilkas's voice.
She quickly looked up seeing him standing in her door way. "What?" She asked him calmly. "Y-you feeling sore from yesterday?" He awkwardly asked her. June raised an eyebrow at his random question. "Yes?" She answered confused. "Just wondering." Vilkas quickly spoke as he quickly left her room. 'Well that was dumb...' Vilkas thought to himself as he felt stupid. He just wanted a reason to go in her room and to see her.
His own feelings confused him, ever since he got up this morning he couldn't stop thinking about last night, about how she held onto him as they were going down the river, and about how he held her after they finally got out of the water. He remembered that he didn't want to let go, and he wanted her to hold onto him like that more. Vilkas almost felt angry at his emotions. 'I wish I didn't feel like this...' He thought to himself with a frown on his face. 'It's hopeless to feel like this, she'll never feel like this like I do...' He thought to himself again.
June walked over to her armor feeling it, it was still a bit damp from last night but she went a head and put it on anyways, she didn't care. 'Why does my stomach keep feeling like this..' She thought to herself in discomfort. She let out a loud sigh as she stuffed her cloths in her pack and than walked out of her room. Vilkas and Farkas both looked up hearing her footsteps approach them. "Here." Vilkas said giving her some bread that had salted meat and cheese between it. "Thanks." June said quietly as she looked at the sandwitch.
They both just stood there for a moment, Vilkas examined her carefully and admired how she looked. June just looked down at the ground trying not to make eye contact but she could feel her face grow warm because she knew Vilkas was looking at her. Farkas raised an eyebrow as he watched them both just stand there in awkward silence. 'Well..This is awkward..' He thought to himself.
They stood there for a moment longer and than Vilkas quickly took a step back as he realized how long they were like that. "We should get going." He quickly said clearing his throat. "Right!" June quickly answered him as they both began to walk towards the door. Farkas watched them even more confused by the way they were acting. 'Did something happen?' Farkas wondered as he followed them out of the Inn.