Morning came slowly, at least that is what it felt like to Vilkas. He had been lying awake in bed all night lost in his thoughts. 'I don't belong here? Did she mean in this room or...With the companions?' He wondered as a frown formed on his face. She wasn't really part of the companions, but to Vilkas she was. She belonged there with them, with him. Vilkas let out a heavy sigh as he slowly sat up in his bed and looked down for a moment, he shook his head forcing the thoughts out of his mind and finally got out of bed.
He was tired of just laying there with thoughts running through his mind, he quickly got dressed into his armor and ran a brush through his hair. He walked out of his room and down the hall seeing a few companions standing around talking, he peaked into the quarters to see if June was there and she wasn't. He furrowed his eyebrows as he turned around seeing Torvar and Ria having their own conversation at one of the small tables.
Vilkas walked over to them. "Do you two know where June is?" He asked looking around some more. "I think Skjor gave her something to do, you should ask him." Ria said with her usual sweet smile. Vilkas nodded and walked up the stairs to the main room. He looked around hoping that June might be there anyways but she wasn't, but he did see Skjor sitting at the table eating with Farkas next to him. Vilkas approached him, Skjor looked up raising an eyebrow at Vilkas seeing him coming towards him. "What?" Skjor said in his stern voice.
Vilkas slightly looked away rubbing the back of his neck. "I was told that June came to you for work, you know where she is?" Vilkas asked while clearing his throat. Skjor grabbed his mug and took a quick drink out of it. "Yea, she came to me looking for work, I first told her I didn't really have any and to ask you but she insisted." Skjor explained with a shrug. Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down confused but kept listening. "Anyways, I gave her a small job of delivery here in Whiterun, well outside of Whiterun." Skjor said taking a bite of a sweet roll.
Vilkas nodded and walked out of the building and started to walk away from the building but stopped with a frown on his face. He wanted to find her and talk to her about last night but he had a feeling should just stay at Jorrvaskr and treat the day like any other day. He sighed and walked over to the training dummies and grabbing one of the blades. 'I guess I could train for awhile..' He thought to himself as he started to warm up.
June walked through the city gate and looked up at the bright morning sky, she stopped walking for a moment with thoughts swimming through her mind. She wanted to try and distract herself from last night, butterflies fluttered around as she remembered the kiss between them. It wasn't full of lust, it was full of passion and it was deep. She frowned as she remembered the interruption, it was Njada and after that it was awkward.
She looked back a head seeing a few children run around in the streets playing their usual game, June turned right and decided to take the long way back to Jorrvaskr. Her stomach twisted into knots as she thought of Vilkas, she looked down at the ground as she walked beind the Black smith's shop and down the path that led behind the Market place.
June was lost in thought but sudden movement in the shadows interrupted her, she quickly looked up and a hand quickly grabbed her arm pulling her to the side. Before she knew it she was suddenly pushed up against a wall with a hand over her mouth. It was a tall male figure, with similair armor she had but the hood was up. Her eye's widened she saw it was Brynjolf. He smiled at her as he slowly put his hood down. "Did I startle you?" He asked in a whisper as he removed his hand from her mouth.
June crossed her arms and tilted her head at him. "What are you doing here?" She asked him raising an eyebrow. "Looking for you of course." He replied with a bigger smile. June quickly looked away from him. "Oh? Did you not want me to?" Brynjolf said grabbing her chin making him look back at him. "I'm just surprised that you did.." She said with a small shrug. "Well after a couple days I was curious to why you didn't return yet but I just waited a little longer till I came looking for you." Brynjolf explained as he started bringing his face to hers.
June's eye's widened once she realized he was trying to kiss her, she slowly placed her hands on his chest keeping him from getting any closer. Brynjolf looked at her confused. "So you were looking hard huh?" She mumbled underneath her breath as she remembered him with the other woman. "Well when I could.." He said slowly taking a step back from her. June looked into his eyes and it surprised her to see that they had a serious look in them.
Brynjolf let go of her chin as he crossed his arms. "Maven had me doing some work for a little while, it involved stealing, flirting. You know the usual." He explained as he examined her face. June was surprised how he pointed out the flirting part, as if he knew she saw him. "Did you really think you could be in Riften and non of us notice?" He said with a growing smile. "I had Vex and Delvin go in the Inn to see if they could sneak you out but once they realized it was the companions who had you they backed off and left it to me." He explained some more as he looked around to make sure no one was coming their way.
June slowly looked down at the ground with a small crooked smile. 'So that's why they were there..I guess I can never underestimate the Thieves Guild..' She thought to herself. "I've been following you ever since Riften till I lost you on the road, than I found you back at Ivarstead." Brynjolf continued. "I just haven't found the right time to grab you till now." He said with a small shrug and a smile.
June quickly looked up at him, she frowned as her earlier butterflies quickly turned into feelings of guilt. 'So...The reason he was flirting with that woman was because of Maven?' She wondered as she kept looking at him. 'That does sound like something she would do...' June slowly looked back down. "I just don't understand something lass.." Brynjolf slowly spoke. June looked up at him again. "What?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows down at him. "You could've easily slipped away from them when ever you wanted, so why didn't you?" He asked her tilting his head to the side.
June quickly looked away as she ran through her mind trying to find an excuse. "Well, if I did than they probably would of came looking for me and I wouldn't want the rest of the Guild exposed because of me." June quickly spoke with a shrug. Brynjolf raised an eyebrow at her. "And you know me, I like to make sure I pay off my debts. Even if this one was a useless job." June began to speak the truth. That is how she saw it in the beginning but now it was different.
She frowned again once Vilkas suddenly popped up into her mind, everything was different now. She found herself thinking about someone she thought she'd never get along with and now she found out the reason why Brynjolf was taking so long and what he was doing Riften. June was at loss now, she didn't know what she was going to do. She was surprised to see a smile spread across Brynjolf's face. "You've always be a softy." He said with a small chuckle. He walked up to her and started to caress her cheek with his hand.
His warm hand was welcoming, June gave him a small smile in response. "The Guild is nothing with out you lass, do what you have too. We'll be waiting for you, I'll be waiting for you." He said with a warm smile. June slowly nodded at him as she walked him step back and disappear in the shadows, she looked down with her frown coming back. She stood there for a moment trying to shake her feelings away than she started to walk back down the path behind the buildings towards Jorrvaskr.
Brynjolf quickly left Whiterun and was now walking past the horse stables, the smile he had put on for June turned into a frown. He clenched his fists tightly as he remembered the scene next to the river at Ivarstead, he heard her voice in a distance and quickly went to her hoping he would get her but instead he came across something that made his stomach twist and turn. He hid behind a large rock in the distance as he watched her and the man named Vilkas sitting side by side together on a rock, he watched the way he looked at her.
His heart burn with a flame as he remembered Vilkas leaning in to kiss her but thankfully another man interrupted him before he could get any closer to June. Brynjolf wondered if June would of even pulled away from him. The only way he knew that June was in Riften was that he saw her peaking from the side, watching him flirt with a woman that he didn't even remember the name of.
The only reason he was acting so towards her was because Maven ordered him to so they could strike a bargain with her for her business. The thought of another man having June's attention made Brynjolf's stomach hurt, it angered him that another man even dared to try to take her away from him. He hoped that her business with them would be done soon, he also hoped that she would actually come back to him.
June slowly walked behind Jorrvaskr, she stopped seeing Vilkas was training. She quickly looked away as she was trying to figure out a way to avoid him but a loud voice calling her name ruined that plan. "June! Hey, hey June!" A loud man's voice called to her. It was Torvar, Vilkas quickly stopped and looked to the side seeing June standing in the distance. She had an annoyed frown on her face as Torvar came running to her. "Hey I got something to tell ya!" He said loudly.
June looked down rubbing her forehead as she sighed annoyed. "What?" She said in an aggravated voice. "Give me a moment it was a couple mead's ago.." Torvar said as he rubbed his beard thinking. June slightly looked up seeing Vilkas was approaching them, her stomach began to twist and her heart felt weird as he got closer. "Oh yea! Eorlund was looking for ya! He's up at his forge." Torvar said as he pointed to the Skyforge.
June quickly nodded and walked past him and Vilkas, Vilkas turned to say something to her but she walked by him so fast he didn't get a chance to get a word out. He furrowed his eyebrows down confused as he watched her walk away. 'Did I do something wrong?' He thought to himself with a frown on his face.
June hurried up the hill to the Skyforge, she saw Eorlund was working like usual. Eorlund looked up hearing footsteps approaching him, he turned seeing it was June. "You wanted to see me?" She asked crossing her arms. "Yes, here. I fixed them up for you." He said holding out her armor. June's eyes widened as she saw that it looked brand new, not a scratch on it. She slowly took it and examined it carefully. "Why?" She slowly asked looking up at him confused. "Because it needed it bad, now go away I have work to do." Eorlund said shooing her away with his hand.
June slowly walked away as she examined her armor, it looked like it did when she first got it. She frowned as the memory of the day she first became the leader of the Thieves Guild popped up into her mind, that day was a good day and it made her happy. It also made her miss her guild, now that she knew the reason why they didn't try to get her and the reason why it took Brynjolf so long, it made her re think what she wanted.
She didn't really know what she wanted before but now it was difficult for her to decide. She walked down the steps and stopped at the bottom of them looking down at the ground, her heart ached and her head hurt as she tried to think of what to do. 'Should I sneak out tonight? I'm pretty sure my work is down here, that amulet was useless anyways..' She thought to herself as her heart began to ache more.
June quickly looked up as she heard someone walking towards her, it was Vilkas. "You okay?" He asked noticing the upset look on her face. "I'm fine." She quickly answered him. "I'm just surprised that Eorlund fixed my armor for me is all." She said looking back down at her armor. "Well it did need it, though I think you would look better with steal armor on or maybe some plain leather armor." Vilkas said with a small smile as he looked down at her Thieves Guild armor.
She quickly looked at him with a bigger frown on her face, he furrowed his eyebrows down at her confused by her sudden expression. "I..I'm going to get changed now.." She stuttered as she quickly walked past him. Vilkas watched her confused. 'He thinks I would look better in something else? I think he means I would be better as something else..' She thought to herself as she kept her eyes down on the ground.
She walked into the building avoiding everyone who was in front of her. 'I can't be anything else than I am..I can't be one of them..' She quickly walked down the stairs and into the quarters. She put her armor down on one of the beds and about to change but she paused, staring at the armor laying on the bed. 'I don't belong here..' Her heart began to ache again as she thought about Vilkas more. 'I don't belong with...' She quickly shook her head interrupting her thought forcing it out of her mind. She started to take off her dress and put on her armor.
Vilkas walked back over to the dummies picking back up his sword, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with June. Right when he was about to swing at the dummy Farkas came running up to him. "Hey Vilkas!" Farkas said coming to a stop. "What is it?" Vilkas asked lowering the sword and looking at his brother. "Kodlak wants us to do something for him." Farkas said. "Well what?" Vilkas said a little impatient.
Farkas looked at him a little confused by his attitude but ignored it and continued to speak. "He wants us to take a trip to one of the farms outside of Whiterun, there's a bear bothering the farmer and his family." Farkas explained. Vilkas let out a sigh and put his blade into its sheathe. "Let's go than.." Vilkas said already walking off. Farkas raised an eyebrow at his brother more confused by the way he was acting but just quickly walked off catching up to Vilkas.