Life in the Enclosure (Part 2)

Blu and Jewel laid together at the edge of the Hollow, looking out towards the trees and leaves. The lights in the enclosure started to dim a little bit at a time. Both Blu and Jewel were laying on their sides with Jewel's chest pressed up against Blu's chest as they both look outward a gentle simulated breeze fills the enclosure.

Blu placed his wing around her. "Hey Jewel?" He said.

She stopped looking outward and turned her attention to him. She felt warm and comfortable with his wing around her and being so close to his chest.

"Yes?" She said tilting her head a bit like she usually did and smiling at him.

"I just thought it would be fun to talk about our past adventure. So much happened in that time, I never got a time to talk about it."

"Like what?" She said curiously and inquisitively.

"Well...did you even like me before we kissed for the first time?" He said.

She looked down a bit a first and the back up to meet his eyes. "I think I first started to like you when we were at the club, dancing." She smiled. "The way we were so in Sync, and passionate...it just felt so right to me when we were dancing."

"Oh you liked that did you? I thought it was a little too noisy there...but I did enjoy dancing with you, before the chimps broke up the party of course." He said, thinking about their first dance.

"I love to dance." She said happily. "It doesn't matter to what tune, I just enjoyed being with you. It just felt right. I had a gut feeling that even though we were so different, we were meant to be."

Blu looked around and suddenly his face lit up. He looked up to her. "Lets do it!"

Jewel raised an eyebrow to him curiously. "Do what?" She said with her head tilted.

"Lets dance!" Blu said starting to get up and offering to help her up aswell.

"Really?" She said, lightening up, feeling excited that even suggested it. "I would really like that." She accepted his offer to help her up and she got to her feet.

Blu placed one wing around her and used his other wing to tenderly grasp her injured wing. Jewel placed her good wing around his back aswell. They started to gently move back and forth and in circular motions as they both smiled at each other. Each of them placing one foot forward and one foot back.

Blu twirled her as they continued their slow dance. She laughed and yelped a bit surprisingly when he twirled her. Though she continued to dance. They pushed their heads against each other as they continued their slow dance which lasted a few minutes. They started to spin rapdily, holding each other, never breaking eye contact.

As their twirl ended he slowly twirled Jewel one last time until he caught her falling back, leaning over her. She looked up to him with dazzling and sparkling eyes. At the same time they both leaned in for a kiss, closing their eyes as they did so.

"You're my one and only Jewel." He said without even a hint of nervousness. Something about being with her made him feel calm inside and not nervous at all.

"You're my one and only too." She said back, enjoying being held like this, still never feeling more free than when she was with him.

"I can't wait till your wing is healed. It will be so amazing to fly through the air by your side. I never want to fly again for the rest of my life unless you're by my side." He said lovingly as he nuzzled her with his head.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." She said nuzzling him back with her eyes closed.

Blu gently picked her back up so she was standing yet again. With his wing still around her they walked to the edge of the hollow, noticing the enclosure getting dark yet again.

"I'm actually kind of suprised." Said Blu.

"Why is that?" She replied back to him.

"Well, i just know that you value your freedom more than anything else. I just thought you'd be more sad that you can't fly and that you're caged again." Said Blu again.

"Not more than anything." She said to him softly again. "I don't care about freedom if I don't have you to share it with." She said leaning onto his neck.

"Aww... touching." Said Blu, his heart warmed by how much she cares about him.

"Though having both you and freedom would be nice too." Remarked Jewel.

They both chuckled.