Chapter 6 - Y

He had definitely helped me out back there. I owed something to him. However, I couldn't think of anything so I just said thank you and kissed his cheek. Then I ran to Mirania and started asking her about the adventure she had gone on with Dagran into the woods on the island. She said that she went to see why the forest here was still alive but hers wasn't. Turns out that the Guardians died and, alas, so did the forests.

"That's a shame." I put my hand on her shoulder. "I hope you figure out why it's happening."

"Thank you, Yurick."

Back at the ship, I decided that I wanted to be alone to think things over. I went to the back room near the Captain's Quarters. I sat on the floor and read my father's journal entries. They went through so many hard ships and all the while he never stopped thinking about my mother and I. That was very honourable. I missed him.

"Yurick? Are you okay?" Zael's voice came from the door. I turned to see him putting his head through the frame. "Oh, come here." He sounded sympathetic. He kneeled next to me and slid his thumb below my eye. Only then did I realize I had been crying. "You miss him don't you?"

I nodded. There was a huge lump in my throat. I smiled at him, closing my arms tight around his neck. He caressed my jaw as he had done earlier that day and pulled me in for a kiss. God, I love this guy. "Thank you." I had only just pulled away for a few seconds then found myself pushing into him again. I felt my tears dry up and I felt really happy. Happier than I had been all day.

He pulled away and I caught myself sending a sort of whine his way. He looked at me with the strangest face. It was a cocky face. He had heard it. "I have an idea." He pulled me off the floor and, grasping my hand, he pulled me towards the Captain's room. A lot of nasty thoughts about what we were going to be doing slipped through my mind. Stop it, Yurick. As the door opened, the sun set illuminated the empty room. It was beautiful. He led me to the back of the room where a set of wooden rimmed glass doors were opened and closed again. We were on the balcony area at the back of the ship. It was fancier than I thought a Gurak ship would be.

"Wow." That was all I could say when I turned around to face the setting sun.

"Isn't it?" Zael squeezed my hand. I returned the gesture. He pulled me down to the floor and leaned against the wall. I laid on my side with my legs bent and my head on his chest, my hands around his waist. "It makes me think of you."

I looked into his eyes, interested, but didn't take my head off his chest. "How so?"

He pointed to the colourful clouds around the sun. "They are hiding the sky, but it doesn't make the view less beautiful." That was corny but I fell for it. "Also, the colour of the sun is the same as your magic and the light reflecting off of the ocean looks like your eye right now."

I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't just stare at him. It wasn't enough. I sat up just enough to reach behind his head and pull his lips close to mine. I propped myself up on my other arm and felt my lips graze his. "I love you. Even if you are a sap."

"I love you, Yurick. Nothing will ever change that." The warmth of his breath drew me in the rest of the distance and our lips locked again. This time it wasn't just a kiss, though. It was an intense passion between us. I bit his lower lip, making him shiver. He kissed the edge of my mouth and worked his way to my neck. I was already breathing heavier from the lack of air exchanged, but when he bit my collar bone, I was completely breathless. I moaned just a little. He closed his jaw even more then began to suck and kiss the area. We didn't do this too often, but, oh, when we did, it was amazing to me.

I pulled myself away enough to straddle his legs. I slid my hands up his thin shirt and to his abs. There was no denying that he had some serious muscles. I leaned back in to rejoin our lips. His fingers crept up my sides and to my shoulders where they slid my jacket off, reveling my chest completely. Then they stationed themselves on my hips. I removed his jacket in the same way. Usually we would have stopped there. Last time I embarrassed myself pretty badly. I had put him on then turned him down. I was still not used to that sort of intimacy. But I wanted to tonight. I could feel his hands fighting the urge to go farther. I decided to help him. I moved his hands to my belt and helped his fingers unclasp the buckle and pull it out from around me.

He pushed me away just enough to look me in the eye. "Wait."

I didn't want him to stop. I wanted him to take me for himself and to let me know that we belonged together and with no-one else. "I'm ready." I tried to kiss him again, but once more he pushed me away.

"Are you sure?" I bit my entire lower lip seductively and nodded slowly, finishing with a light smile. I didn't have time for this. I just wanted him now. "You're not going to regret this are you?"

I shook my head. "No. I'm sure this time." That seemed to be good enough because it didn't take long for him to accept the answer and pull me back to him. Our tongues slid over each other with more drive then I had ever felt before. His body was heating up fast. I didn't think he would be turned on so quickly.

Next thing I knew, I was completely bare and underneath him.