And yet another freaking 1 year, 4 months, 3 week, and 2 days 19 hours later
Storm sleepily raised her head from the pillow as she sat up in the center of a large bed. “Mmmbmmb” An unlady like grumble echoed through her mouth as she slowly crawled across the bed and stumbled through the room to the washroom.
Grateful there was water in the sink she splashed some water over her face before looking at her face in the mirror.
A rather unassuming woman looked back at her. There was nothing special about her. She was just a normal late teenage girl from a backwater town. Even then her house was pretty far removed from the village being partially in the forest.
Most of her time was spent hunting and managing the house that was left to her by her grandmother. Or rather. That was how it had been until a year ago.
She took the comb by the sink. Normally she would brush the rats nest that was her hair every morning but it was Celest turn to brush her hair and he would get upset if she did it herself.
Plus, a faint blush crossed her face, she did actually like it when Celest or Incu brushed her hair for her.
She made her way out of her room and down the hall as she entered the kitchen and paused when she saw Celest standing there by the stove preparing a breakfast that she would have said smelled heavenly if she was into corny jokes.
Celest had bronze skin that was without blemish and perfectly crystal blue eyes that almost sparkled like gems. His body was ripped with muscle that fit his bulky strong frame and his hands. Oh gods his hands were something else.
Her mind briefly flashed to the way his hands felt on her the night before making her blush even harder as Celest turned to her and with a deep voice like a honey spoke.
“Ah, my love. I hope you slept well. You seemed tired and I thought you could use a healthy breakfast to help”
He walked over and gave her a tender loving kiss on the cheek. “It will be ready soon. Here why, don’t you sit down and I will serve you.”
He pulled a chair out for her and she sat down. Which prompted another soft kiss to her cheek and he went back to finishing up breakfast.
Storm sat there patiently until Celest served her breakfast and sat down across from her smiling happily as she began to dig in.
“is Incu outside?” She asked hesitantly and Celest made a face.
“That demon is out there chopping wood. I have yet to figure out what horrible things he might be planning.”
“Celest, just because he is a demon doesn’t make him a bad person. You should know this” She gently reprimanded him and he took it like a puppy who had just been scolded and looked down.
It somehow made him look even sweeter and more handsome than before. She reached over and gave him a soft stroke of his surprisingly soft cheek “Can you brush my hair please?” Hoping the distraction would help.
He suddenly looked up happily with a smile more radiant than the sun “Of course!”
He got up, took her comb and began to softly brush her hair. She felt his strong hands that were capable of crushing steel in their grip tenderly and gently stroke her hair with each careful brush. Her shoulders released some tension she didn’t even realize she had as she leaned into his touch.
When he was done she could tell he didn’t want to stop but slowly withdrew. “Do you need anything else my love?”
“No, thank you. I am going to go check on Incu. Could you handle the dishes if it is not too much trouble?”
“Nothing is ever too much trouble when it comes to you” He gave her another soft kiss on the cheek and took the plate from her and went to the sink to clean it for her as she got up and headed outside to check on Incu.
When she stepped outside she almost froze in place, her face heating up when she saw Incu standing there.
His crimson red skin was glistening with sweat as he swung down the ax to chop a log. His lean muscles seemed to ripple with the motion. His messy black hair that seemed to be stylized that way fell to his shoulders and his black eyes seemed to smolder like embers whenever he would look at her.
She remembered how lost she got into those eyes last night when he… Her face turned red at the thought almost matching his skin when he turned to see her. A mischievous little grin crossed his almost boyish face.
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“Ah. My little kitten. It is so nice to see you up and about. I would think you’d have some trouble walking this morning considering.” His tone had an equally playful tone and she tried her best to recompose herself, knowing any reaction would just lead to further teasing.
“I just wanted to check in and make sure you were doing well.” She looked at all the chopped wood
“You don’t have to keep chopping wood. I think we will have enough for the next few weeks. Thank you for all your hard work though”
“Oh but my sweet kitten. I didn’t do it just to hear your thanks. He sauntered over to her and she found herself backing up till she hit the wall of her house. His hand soon placed next to her head pinning her to the wall as he leaned over. Her eyes almost transfixed to his as her lip trembled slightly as he leaned over and placed a passionate kiss onto her.
She couldn’t help but let out a soft moan as he did as she leaned into the kiss and felt the heat of his body pressing onto hers. It took all her willpower to break away.
“No, we need to stop. Celest will start to get jealous if we continue without him.”
Incu frowned at the mention of Celest. “I don’t see why that angel is so against fun.”
She gave Incu a stern look “You should know better than anyone how untrue that is. You are only trying to convince yourself if you keep telling such a pointless lie”
Incu flinched back at the reprimand. She would have felt a bit bad like she did with celest but judging by how his smile seemed to grow. He actually enjoyed it when she got stern with him.
“Come on, let's head inside” She said and walked into the house with Incu walking behind her. Celest was still in the kitchen but this time he was mopping the floor.
When Celest and Incu spotted each other they both seemed to glower at each other. Neither breaking eye contact as they tried to stare the other down.
Storm clapped her hands loudly, startling both of them. “That is enough. I have said it once. I have said it twice and I will say it again. If you want to live here then you have to play nice with each other. I want no fighting, not even your passive aggressive comments you throw at each other. If you can’t handle it then you can leave.”
Both looked away clearly a little embarrassed from her scolding, even Incu but then he suddenly looked up and turned towards Celest
“She is right. I think we should put our differences aside. At least for the time being and work together for the next few hours” He offered a smirk towards Celest who blinked in confusion for a second before his eyes widen in realization and nodding.
“You are right, I think we can find some basic common ground together. Team building exercises would be a good thing to help us grow closer I suppose.” They both turned to look at Storm who felt her heart begin to race at being the center of the mens attention and she starts to take a step back.
“W-wait. That was not what I meant and you guys know this”
They started to make their way towards her as Incu spoke “Now now, you heard the angel. You want us to grow closer, right? Can hardly grow closer if we don’t work together.”
She felt her heart race more as both men moved towards her
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AAAA!! Her eyes! Her precious innocent eyes!!!.... Is what she would say if she actually had eyes! HaHA!..... But no seriously, she was skipping over this.
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7 gross hours later
Storm sat up and stretched. Both Celest and Incu were passed out next to her, one on each side. Both clinging to her making it a tad hard to move.
Taking care not to disturb either of them, she moved their arms from her body and slowly made her way off the bed. She took a look behind her and noticed that with her absence they both were now cuddling each other. She suppressed a small giggle knowing they would be making an absurd amount of excuses as to why cuddling each other didn’t actually count as them showing affection towards one another. One of these days she would get them to admit they cared about the other. It was obvious to everyone but those two.
She put on her robe and headed into the living room so she could have a snack when she heard a knock on the door.
She looked over confused. She wasn’t expecting any guests today. Sometimes the villagers would pay her a visit for a medical emergency and needed her to make a salve or some kind of medicine.
She walked over and opened the door to reveal the stranger standing before her that almost made her heart skip. He stood tall, his silver hair smoothly going down to his shoulder blades, green glowing eyes that reminded her of emeralds stare intensely at her. His pale skin almost seemed to glow as a smile slowly began to spread across his handsome face.
“Ah. I finally found you. It is time for your parents to pay back their debt, my fiancé.”
“Huh??”