My Fiction. My Blog. My Life:After braving the vast world of the internet with fanfictions, I've decided to expand my portfolio with short stories, blog posts, and snippets of my novel.
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Chapter 5Raven pulled herself from her meditation as Gar’s thumb stilled. Carefully, she lowered them both to the ground and prepared to release him from her grasp. His weight pushed back into her legs and his radiating heat again warmed her. Pulling the black cover back like a blanket, his green skin reappeared. Blinking a few times, he reached his free hand up to rub his eyes. Raven was watching him closely to make sure everything was alright, and coming back out hadn’t been too much of a shock. As he opened and closed his eyes she could see tiny shifts in his eyes. The pupils contracted and expanded, and when she looked closely she could see them narrow slightly like a cats. Then round back out. Finally, he opened his eyes and actually looked up to her. He gently smiled. “How do you feel?” She kept her voice low. “Good.” He took a deep breath in and slowly released it. “Great actually. Though,” he rubbed his chin and slightly laughed “I can see why you were a little hesitant. But once I got used to it, it was really … nice.” She nodded, having felt the surge in panic he had experienced. But she had also felt him trying to calm himself, and refrained from pulling him out early. A gentle calm had filled the room. Both of them had benefited from the meditation. Like she had told him she would, she had let herself slip into a relaxing meditation. Though this time she didn’t say her mantra as normal. She used his drumming thumb on her hand for focus. His own meditation had started off rough, but all in all that part had only lasted a few minutes. Overall he had faired rather well in the potentially scary environment, or lack of environment.
“If you don’t mind me asking,” she ventured, “what were you tapping to?” He blushed lightly and glanced down at their hands. And started rubbing his thumb over the top of her hand. “Um, your heartbeat. It was already much calmer than anything I had going on.” His hand stilled and he looked back toward her. “Sorry if that’s weird.” She felt her own self blush in response. “Oh.” But he didn’t look comforted, so she divulged her own secret. “I used your tapping instead of my manta, I hadn’t realized I was using my own heartbeat.” He smiled softly at her and closed his eyes. He had yet to remove his hand from hers, and she wasn’t in a rush to pull hers away either. “Thank you, Rae.” He kept his eyes closed and voice low. “Of course, Gar. I’m always here.” Raven said and let go of the shield she had put up around them. Before she had fully let him go, she had purposefully put a barrier around the two of them. Their small bubble still slightly smelled, but the candles were kept out to prevent even more fumes from hitting him. She didn’t want to overwhelm his sensitive senses after being in nothing. Watching him again she didn’t sense any discomfort. His face and emotions didn’t portray anything bad. A twinge of guilt ran through her as she realized how much she had been prying into his emotions lately. It had been subconscious, but now she was even looking for those easily ignored subtle feelings. The pressure on her legs shifted as he took a deep breath in. “It smells good in here. I think I prefer your room to mine.” She bit her lip and looked away from him. They had come a long way from her room being ‘creepy’. “Well you’re welcome here whenever you want.” A very long way. She glanced back and saw his eyes were still shut. The tip of his fang had popped out a tad with his smile. A small smile graced her own lips, he was a very handsome man. He breathed deeply on her again and his face was slowly losing its smile. He had fallen asleep. Perhaps foolishly, she felt a twinge of pride that he was so comfortable with her to sleep there. Deciding she had enough of meditation, she floated a book over and hunkered down for a while. ~ He started to wake just after the sun had set. The book slid back onto the shelf as his eyes fluttered open. She had tried to not light the room too much as it had darkened. Resorting to using the already lit candle for light. Slowly she moved the candles back to the floor where they were, surrounding them and casting them in a tranquil soft glow. Shadows flicked across his face as the candles moved. His eyes scanned her face and she felt a massive outpouring of emotions. He had been pretty serene the whole night, like a diluted sense of emotion. But he was fully himself again. She enjoyed the rush of happiness. Then she started to feel a few other emotions. Respect. Appreciation. Closeness. She tried to keep it to herself that she was feeling everything he was. But gave herself away with a gasp when she felt a completely new feeling come from him. Starting to flame up with a new sense of revelation, was his lust. And somehow in that moment, she knew he wanted to kiss her. He quickly sat up. “Um,” He rubbed the back of his neck turning to face her, “sorry for falling asleep on you. You could have woken me.” “Well, to be fair, I’ve fallen asleep on you much more.” She admitted, trying to sound casual. And doing her best to push the thought of his feelings out of her head. Gulping, she knew could feel her body slowly getting warmer with a blush. He grinned. “I guess I got a few more to cash in on then.” He winked at her and stood up, stretching out. Offering his hands, he pulled up her. “Dinner? I mean it’s the least I could do, I can hear your stomach growling.” ~ Over the next few days, the crime rate went through a normal flux. Increasing to an everyday emergency, somedays multiple times a day. Raven pulled one leg underneath her body as she went through her normal stretches in one of the combat rooms. Classic music lightly floated through the air as she exhaled deeper into the stretch, all alone. Just as she needed. But as much as she had done, her feet still pained her. Floating one of the stacked matts over, Raven laid on her back and propped her feet up. Instantly, she could feel the blood starting to move back up her legs. She let out a sigh and dropped her head back to the floor. Shaking her shoulders slightly, as she wiggled into a comfortable position. The exhaustion weighing down her body started pulling her deeper and deeper into a sleep. But a slight sound of little paws pulled her back out. Raven rolled her head to the side and looked at the green cat. For the past several days she kept offering to put him back into the blackness. But he insisted he was fine and brushed it off with a smile. Usually leaving to help one of their teammates with something. Like helping Robin with processing clues, as only someone with his skill set could. Now though, now he needed it. He had selflessly pushed himself too far. Even as a cat she could see the pain in his little face. She had never seen a cat so tired. With the same plan as before in mind, Raven went to leave for her room. But a little paw lightly pressed on her shoulder before she could get up. “You’re exhausted Rae, I don’t want you to have to suffer for me.” Raven sighed, she knew he wasn’t going to let her convince him she was alright. “I’ll stay here then, rest my feet. That’s the main thing I need. But I can put you in, no matter my physical position. I’m fine I promise.” He seemed to regard her compromise for a few seconds before nodding. Curling up beside her hip, he looked back up at her and took a few purposefully deep breaths. He didn’t seem to have any intent on changing back, so she laid her hand on the cat’s back and pulled him in. Initially she had wanted to remove her hand and let him try it on his own. But it was comfortable laying on the floor with her hand casually resting on his soft back. And he was slipping into a peaceful mediation much quicker this time. So they stayed like that. Till Raven’s exhaustion became too much. She didn’t trust herself to feel his distress if she fell into a deep sleep. And her anxiety over the though fueled her to stay awake about ten more minutes. She looked at the small lump near her, there had to be something she could do for the both of them. Levitating the small ball up higher, she rolled into her side, and laid the animal beside her stomach as her knees pulled up closer to them. Focusing on him, she spread the black force greater. She desperately wished she wouldn’t ruin everything he had accomplished as she entered his space. In the darkness she could feel the cat’s presence, he was still relatively calm. And once her entire body had been wrapped up she started to let go. Before she fully fell asleep she was aware of the cat pushing himself under her arm. Instinctively she hugged the animal close to herself, and fell asleep with her face buried in his soft fur. ~ They woke the next morning still engulfed in darkness. It has been a full ten hours of being in a deep sleep and both felt incrementally better. Luckily, somehow the crime had ceased that night. “Sorry,” Raven murmured, still half awake. “For what?” Gar said, equally gruff. “I didn’t want to pull you out early, but I was becoming dangerously tired. So all I could think to do was to fall asleep with us together. Probably not my best idea.” Gar was still under one of her arms and she could feel his shoulders move, in what she assumed was a shrug. “Eh, I trust you Rae.” He casually mumbled. She shot awake as his words hit her, pretty sure nothing had meant so much to her. They continued like this, in a few variations for the next few days as the trouble waged on. He explained he preferred the shape of a small animal to allow her flexibility. Sometimes he laid on her lap as she meditated, and sometimes she had to pull them both in together for another deep sleep.
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