[Rosekitten]

He wasn't really expecting her to push him back against the bed let alone to stay on top of him. He had a idly concern that she might be pushing herself. Though it wasn't like he could tell her to do otherwise. "Don't push yourself, you should leave before then." He was just trying to make sure she could recover quickly instead of her condition worsening.

Though his worries were pushed aside for her well being as she spoke again saying she'd rather stay here. "once day.. " He said softly. "then we won't have to sneak out just to see one another." Really that sounded nice to him.. though he wasn't sure how she'd take it.

Though he didn't get to think on how she'd react for too long before she seemed to pull back and get a new idea as she stayed on top of him. Sure he felt her going near his ear but he was hopping that she didn't pay what eh did before much mind. But he was not that lucky. He let out a uneasy breath from the simple brushing of her lips against his ear. He was about to tell her to not do that though he didn't get the chance as she nipped it gentle.

He seemed to flinch again before biting his own lip. After he recovered for a moment he managed to speak finally. "don't.. do that " His ears dropped back a little knowing his face was still hot as he spoke. He didn't tell her why to not do it, really he didn't care if she did or not but .. he wasn't sure what to really do with her teasing him like that.

[gremlin]

Judith laughed quietly at Rhyldrin's reaction, she nipped at his ear once more before drawing her face away from his. "Why not?" she asked she tried to seem as if she didn't know it was getting to him. Though she could see the darkness in his cheeks despite his dark skin. Judith brought her hand from his hair to the side of his face, she ran her thumb over his cheek gently. "Don't worry about me so much," she brought her lips to his forehead planting a soft kiss on it. Judith then placed a kiss on his cheek once again. "I'm not pushing myself, if I were then you would know. I'm no good at hiding pain." she lifted her face away from his, she smiled weakly. It was true, she didn't have a high tolerance for pain at all. She had pushed herself to stay alive for all of those weeks.

"I think that that would be nice," she whispered to him with a smile on her face. "I would love to live with you though it won't be as easy as it seems." for a moment she chewed on her lower lip nervously as she thought about living with Rhyldrin. "It will be a difficult decision and long process, I don't know where we would live." she laughed a little, her eyes stayed on Rhyldrin. She thought that it was sweet that he wanted to live with her. "We can worry about such things later," she whispered softly to him. "All that matter right now is that I'm with you." her cheeks felt hot as she told him that, she had never said that to any other man before.

[Rosekitten]

"... because.. " He tried to think of what to tell her even. "ok.. so i don't have a good reason" He finally sighed a little and admitting he had no real reason for her to stop.. though then he didn't think she wanted to go that far and tormenting him was a little unfair. listening to her he nodded slightly. "I'll refrain then." At least a little, he didn't mean to over worry but he knew she wasn't as strong as he was, hell even if he didn't admit it to himself if it weren't for him showing up and drawing Anna's attention mostly then Judith would have probably died.

He tried to defend himself a little for having let that thought slip out so causally like it did. "I.. didn't mean you had to decide right now. Heh you could choose to stay where you live now for the rest of your life. I'd still respect your decision." Though he somehow thought she wouldn't pick that, not when shes the one that said she wanted to stay with him not that long ago. "as far as where.. anywhere you want, I wouldn't care" He never thought about the where part, they came from different backgrounds altogether. Hell the longer he thought about it he was questioning if he'd even make her happy in the long run if this continued.

"Your right.. we're both alive and together" Really to admit it what more could he ask for, aside from knowing she'd be his forever. But that wasn't something he could just casually ask. Not yet anyway. Sure they had been friends sense they were children but he still needed to learn how to read her and wait to see if things should go that far or not.

[gremlin]

"I know that," she laughed a little then spoke again. "We can think about all of this stuff later, there's no need to worry about these things right now." she couldn't help but wonder what living with Rhyldrin would be like. Judith would feel guilty for leaving her father alone though she had her own life to live and couldn't stay behind for him. He would understand, maybe not understand why she was leaving to be with a Dark Elf but she was certain that as long as she was happy he would be as well. She laughed a little when he told her that they could live wherever she wanted to live. "It would be rather funny if we lived in the forest, imagine that?" she had said it as a joke though it was a possibility.

Judith's eyes fluttered close, her heart throbbed in her heart. The feeling of Rhyldrin's body against her own was overwhelming. Weeks ago she had feared that she would never be able to feel this again. Weeks ago she feared that she would not live to see him again. She pressed her lips against his own softly at first, then the kiss became rough. Judith pulled away slowly, she kept her lips still very close to his. She kissed him again, more passionately this time, her entire body trembled with pleasure.

She didn't know what it was about him that made her this way. His touch sent her over the edge, every time they were together like this it felt as if she had no control over herself. She loved it. Judith pulled away from the second kiss she breathed out a heavily. She couldn't bring herself to become calm, she didn't want to be calm. Before pulling her face away from his she ran her tongue playfully across his lips teasing him. Judith kissed down the side of his face, she brought her lips to his ear. She smiled knowing that he liked this, he couldn't hide that from her. She kissed his ear gently then nibbled on it playfully.

[Rosekitten]

~Few hour time skip, cause you all know what happened ;P~

Judith seemed to be asleep for the moment with her head resting on his chest. Almost as if she was making sure he was still breathing. Though he didn't mind but he couldn't get to sleep like he had wanted or at least rest before she left to ensure she didn't get into trouble with her father. He was settling on what he needed to do.

After a while longer he did finally settle and make up his mind he needed to head out for something.. though the trip if he was thinking right would take a while. It'll be worth it in the long run though. It's not that he wanted to rush things he just liked being prepared instead of the perfect moment coming up and him not being ready for it.

Though sadly it was getting closer and closer to when she had to leave, though she still seemed to be resting. He didn't really want to wake her she was cute when she looked so peaceful. He moved a hand to brush back a few strands of her hair from her face before he tried to wake her. "Judith.. . you need to get up love." He felt a little guilty for waking her really, but she needed to go. There'd always be another

(bah shortness!)

[gremlin]

( hahahaha of course! )

Judith stirred from her sleep when Rhyldrin spoke her name, she jumped a little as she felt him brushing away her hair gently. "What time is it?" she asked him, though she mumbled her words because she had just woken up. Judith brought herself away from Rhyldrin's warmth. She stretched her arms above her head a yawn escaped from her lips. She sat up in the bed her eyes wandered over the room trying to find her lost dress. Judith let out a sigh as she spotted it though she really didn't want to get up from the bed yet. She fell back against the bed, she brought one hand up to her hair and ran her fingers through her now tangled hair. She closed her eyes for a moment trying to keep herself from wanting more from Rhyldrin, it was almost tempting seeing as neither of them were currently dressed. She opened her eyes then looked over at him with a tired gaze. "I think that you drained the last of my energy," she laughed a little though she really meant what she had said.

Judith turned to lay on her side facing Rhyldrin. A smile crept across her face as she brought herself back to him. Her hand danced up from his stomach to under his chin. "It's too bad that I can't stay with you longer," he said to him, she buried her face against his neck then breathed out a happy sigh. "Though that isn't possible, I can't afford to get in trouble." she kissed his neck softly then pulled herself away from him. She brought herself to the side of the bed then stood, Judith grabbed her dress then pulled it over her body. She grabbed her pair of boots while she was still standing then went to the end of the bed to sit down, she slipped them on and tired them quickly.

She fell back against the bed, her eyes looked at Rhyldrin. "When will I see you next?" she asked him, her smile disappeared. She knew that the last time they had spent the night together he had left her for a week. Judith knew that he was rather busy but hoped that Rhyldrin would stay out of work for a little bit. She wanted to spend some time with him before he disappeared again.

[Rosekitten]

"you have plenty of time.. so don't feel rushed." He had made sure to wake her up with plenty of time to spare, though he didn't want to really. Instead keeping her was a better idea in his mind but at the same time he knew better then that. It's something that would come in due time he supposed. Even if it never did he could still say he was happy either way long as he got to see her once in a while. Though her next comment he smirked at a little before speaking "want me to carry you back then? " he laughed slightly knowing that would be worse then her staying here if her father caught that. Though the offer was there if she really needed it.

He moved a hand to lay over top of hers closing his eyes a moment before speaking. "someday.. if that's what you want that is. I was a little out of line earlier with what I said." He felt like he should say something along the lines of sorry anyway, even if she said he wasn't out of line he felt it was a little bit of a bolt statement. After a moment he released her hand so she could go and get dressed, not that he didn't enjoy watching her either way.

He sat up a little before moving a hand to her face and lightly brushing some of her hair from it with a slight smile. "don't worry .. i'll be around for a few days at the least, after I feel up to it I have a somewhat personal errand I want to run.. the round trip will probably take a few weeks at most." To admit he wasn't keen on leaving her alone that long, not after what happened last time.

He seemed to think on something before speaking again "I was thinking of looking for a work option that keeps me a little closer to here.. as well as being a freelancer pays it's not worth it if i'll be gone at weeks or a month at a time.. " he didn't say that way he could also be here to protect her if it was needed.

[gremlin]

Judith closed her eyes as she listened to him speak, once he was done speaking she nodded a little. She knew that his work would take him away from her, she understood that he couldn't be here all the time for her. "I'm happy that you're not going to push yourself." it was good that Rhyldrin wasn't going off to work immediately. He needed the time to rest after what they had been through. She doubted that seeing him tonight helped much. "I understand that you can't always be here, Rhyldrin." she opened her eyes, she looked at him with a weak smile on her face. "If you want to work closer then I see no problem with it but only do what you want to do, alright?" Judith lifted herself, she brought herself to lay closely beside him. "I'm just happy that I get to spend nights like these with you, even if it may be rare."

"I have to go," she laughed a little then sat up. "If I stay for much longer then I might get too comfortable and fall back asleep." she brought her hands up to her face and rubbed her eyes for a moment. Judith stood from the bed, she walked to where she had tossed her coat and lifted it. "You know where I will be," she slipped into the coat then buttoned it up. She stood for a moment hesitating to bring herself over to Rhyldrin, though she did. Judith leaned down, she placed a kiss against his forehead gently. "Get some rest," she told him then smiled. She gave him a quick kiss on the lips then retreated to the door.

It was a bit awkward really, she didn't want to leave but she couldn't possibly stay. There was a certain thrill with being with Rhyldrin though there was also a certain annoyance. Judith opened the door, she stepped outside of the room then closed it behind her. She was quiet as she left the inn, she left quickly not wanting to be caught in a conversation with anyone. When Judith returned home her father was still in his room, she retreated to her room quickly not wanting him to wake up from her walking throughout the house. She undressed from her clothes then slipped a night gown over her head, Judith climbed into her bed and was greeted with a surprised chirp. Vrine crawled over to her and buried himself against her warmth, Judith let out a quiet sigh then buried her face against her pillow.

[Rosekitten]

Even though she was right that he should just be happy with getting to spend time with her even if it was just once in a while.. he couldn't. Sure most of the time she was fine, what recently happened wasn't something that was common. He knew that but at the same time he wanted to be near her instead of knowing it could be up to a month if not longer before he'd be able to return back here. Really the only thing he wanted to do was be with her, any form of work was merely because he had to. The errand he wanted to run was due to a personal reason that he had finally settled his mind up on.

"I know you do.. " He laughed a little before agreeing with her. He offered to at least walk her halfway back as to prevent her father from seeing she was walking with anyone in case he was up. Though she told him not and started back on that he needed the rest. Sure he did but if he wasn't going to go anywhere to do anything really productive over the next few days then he figured he could easily get plenty of rest. But this time he let her win as to prevent her from worrying further.

Virine was a bit bigger now that he wa back in his dragon form, though he was still hidable in a room.. not so much in clothing anymore. Though really with the new peace talk tween the elves and the dragonkin he could freely walk about as his dragonkin form. Though he seemed to enjoy this form just as much.

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The next day came on swift wings as the events for the day started to take place. The Queen was returning back to her capital and Bryon was escorting her and her not down to two knights that remained with her. She had given Madaes permission to stay to ensure Rhyldrin didn't hurt himself.

Though long before the Queen and her men were on the move Rhyldrin was up, Madaes was as well. Trailing the poor guy saying he should be resting more instead of being out and walking. Rhyldrin as usual ignored all of his protesting, though Madaes expected that much.

"even though your not on a contract and you still got up that damn early!? what the hells wrong with you" He complained still following him. "nothing.. I see no purpose in sleeping the entire day just because it's a off day.." Madaes sighed a little listening to him. "I swear.. if i didn't know you as a child then id say theres something wrong with you.." Though Madaes knew that its just how he was.

[gremlin]

Judith was woken up by the sound of the front slamming shut, she jumped from it. It woke Vrine up when she jumped, his ears went back he let out a quiet whine. Judith looked down at the dragon, she brought a hand to him she began to gently pet him on his head. "Sorry about that," she mumbled quietly, she drew her hand away from him then brought it to her face. She brushed a few stray strands of hair from her face then sat up in her bed. "What time is it?" she wasn't expecting an answer to the question, there was light pouring into the room from her window. It was probably early in the morning, her eyes felt sore from lack of sleep.

She brought herself to the side of her bed, Vrine lifted himself from the bed and watched her curiously. Judith shivered as her feet touched the cold floor, she stood and grabbed her coat. "Don't worry about me, stay here." she told Vrine a she slipped into her coat. She left her room then went downstairs, Judith looked around for her father. She went to the front door then opened it, Judith stepped outside. She crossed her arms over her chest in an attempt to keep herself warm.

Geoffrey had been woken by the group of Dark Elves leaving, he stood not too far from his home watching them almost curiously. Despite Judith thinking that she had left the home without him noticing he had. The sound of her walking about the house in the middle of the night have woken him from his sleep, he had remained awake waiting to see when she would return as well. Though he had not confronted her or questioned what she was doing. He had an idea really. He watched the group for a moment, though his eyes were mostly on one Dark Elf, Rhyldrin. He turned as he heard the front door open, his eyes fell on Judith. "What are you doing up?" he asked her, his ears fell a little. Judith looked at her father, confusion washed over her face. He looked back over at the group then back at her, he brought himself to stand in front of her. "Get inside, it's cold and you're not wearing shoes." he scolded her with a weak smile. "I don't want you to get sick." he added, he pushed her into the house. She peered over at the group of Dark Elves. What was her father doing?

[Rosekitten]

The main group had left already though Madaes and Rhyldrin were still in the city. But Judith's father had been watching the whole event unfold. Sure Rhyldrin knew well enough the man wasn't stupid.. he knew that the first moment they met. Though he was't going to strike up any conversations unless he had to. Not yet anyway, once he was back from his little quest was a different story.

Though really Ehyldrin felt uneasy even asking that of Judith's father, it was a known fact he disliked dark elves let alone he could take a guess her mother was killed by dark elves and after gathering a little information he found out he was right. The man had every right to despise dark elves.. losing his wife and a son tot hem.

Over the next few days Rhyldrin did just as he had told Judith, stayed around the area. Madaes never left his side for the most part or at least during the day hours, he had to have someone to pick fun at, though the day before Rhyldrin was planning to leave for his errand he wanted to run Madaes decided to return home knowing Neimi was going to want full details.

Over the next few nights Judith kept sneaking out of the house, not that he minded but he was a little worried she was going to get ill from the weather change, but she insisted she was fine so he left well enough alone. Though she seemed rather sad to hear he was leaving the next day, she was starting to get use to him being around on a daily basis so it was going to be tough to have him gone at the least two weeks and thats in the weather stayed good.

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The trip took a bit longer then he had wanted with it being two weeks and a half, though part of the pass he was planning to travel on had a rock slide blocking it.. so there was the issue of finding a damned way around it. Though he did finally make it back to the light elf capital, it was rather funny in the past time after returning from being captive he had yet went back to the dark elves capital.. though what did he really have waiting there.

It was getting to be dark outside by the time he finally did get inside of the capital, though he doubted he'd even see Judith tonight. Probably didn't help that he was dead tired. The trip a a whole was hardly a easy one and he had probably pushed himself a little to make up for the lost time with the pass.

[gremlin]

Judith had continued to sneak out to see Rhyldrin in the middle of the night. She waited for her father to fall asleep before quietly leaving her room to head over to the inn. Despite Judith being quiet as she left her father was woken up almost every time, though sometimes he had not even fallen asleep yet. Geoffrey had began to stay up waiting to see if Judith would leave again. He stayed up after she left the house to make sure that she got home safety. He didn't question his daughter or confront the Dark Elf he had thanked the other day for keeping her safe. Though he knew damn well what could possibly be going on.

The night before Rhyldrin left Judith saw him once last time. She had spent the night in his embrace, despite being sad that he was leaving they laughed and were happy. Before she left she told him to keep himself safe and out of trouble. He had laughed at her though she didn't leave the room until he promised that he would. The morning after she remained in her room not wanting to tempt herself to go with Rhyldrin, though she knew he would probably tell her to stay at the Capital anyways. When she woke up she was greeted by her father who had been cooking.

They spoke though there was something off about the conversation. Her father seemed a little tense, Judith knew that there wasn't really any reason for him to be so. She didn't ask him what was wrong, she kept to herself and tried her best to ignore his behaviour. Really he had been acting strangely for the past few days. It had crossed Judith's mind that perhaps he knew about her sneaking out of the house but she quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head. She stood from the kitchen table, she gathered the dishes then piled them on the counter.

Judith turned to leave though stopped, she looked up at her father who had brought himself to stand beside her. He watched her for a moment, a weak smile on his face. Judith's heart pounded in her chest so hard that she could hear it, her ears dropped. Why was he looking at her like that? She knew that he had something on his mind. "Have you met any men recently?" he asked her casually though the question stung a little. Judith's face felt hot, she looked away from him. Her eyes shifted around the room nervously seeking a reason to leave. "I-" she stuttered, she pushed pass him. "No, why would you ask that?" she laughed nervously. Judith slipped her feet into her shoes then grabbed her coat. "We're running low on food, I need to run out for a few things." she slipped into her coat quickly then left the house, she felt as if she was going to be sick.

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Judith's father didn't ask her any questions after that, he left her alone and minded his own business. Though he really didn't want to, he planned to speak to the Dark Elf if he saw him again in the Capital. He noticed that after the Dark Elf left Judith had stopped sneaking out at night and returning in the early hours of the morning. He really didn't know how to feel about this situation.

It was late at night when Judith retreated to her yard to read. It was a warmer Fall night and she planned to take advantage of it. She brought a blanket and laid it across the grass. Judith placed a few candles around her carefully so that she could see. She laid against the blanket on her stomach, she flipped through the pages until she reached the page she had bent.

[Rosekitten]

Really he had the plan of going right to the tavern and getting a room so he could just pass out for the night. Though he wasn't quite in luck. Though then again you could say he was rather lucky having already planned to not see Judith for the night let alone let her know he was back. He had to pass by her house to get to where he needed to go out of all the odds, he had half a mind to see if he could get in touch with her.. she was probably worried he told her only two weeks.

Though he wouldn't even have to sneak in as he started to change his mind and just tell her tomorrow or something as to prevent her from getting into any trouble if he was caught in his tired state. What were the odds that she'd be sitting outside in the yard reading a book? Though he never really knew that she liked reading till he noticed it was her sitting outside with a few candles.

Whatever she was reading she seemed very focused on, so much so he didn't even have to try to sneak up on her as he walked towards her. He stood there a few moments before he bothered speaking. Though before he did so he skimmed over the pages she was reading on with a bit of a smirk. After another moment he moved forward so he could speak near her ear before he said anything, he wasn't really trying to scare her but she was engulfed in this book.

"knights on white horses huh.. is that what you fantasize about while I'm gone" He moved just in case she was going to try to hit him for probably startling her. Though all the same he was laughing a little at it, to each their own, then again he never saw a point in treading all that much.

[gremlin]

Judith jumped as she suddenly heard someone speak, she held back a scream afraid that it would wake her father or anyone else. She recognized the voice and when she looked up she recognized the man's face as well. She looked back down at the book in her hands for a moment, she felt a little embarrassed from his comment. "Why would you do that to me?" she asked him, she was a little angry that he had startled her though she didn't plan to give him a good smack yet. Judith folded the corner of the page that she was on then closed the book. "Do you get something out of scaring me?" she asked teasing him, she looked back up at him with a smile on her face. "You're an ass, you go away then come back and the first thing you want to do is scare me?" Judith lifted the closed book from her lap, she smacked his leg with it though not hard enough to really hurt him.

She then placed the book beside her allowing it to rest there. "I don't think that you deserve a kiss for that!" of course she did want a kiss from him though she wanted to tease him for a bit. "Or anything else!" she added, a quiet laugh escaped from her lips, she raised one of her hands and brought it to one of his own. "How was your trip?" she asked him, she wrapped her fingers around his hand then squeezed it. "Oh and I don't fantasize about knights on white horses," her smile grew wide. "I fantasize about you only." she purred.

[Rosekitten]

"No not really, but it proves how little you pay attention" He smiled a little, though he didn't really think twice about starling her, really it was common for him to do so. It was more of a game to him she never was one to keep her guard up at all times so it was almost too easy. "oh .. well if i'm a ass I can go back about what I was doing. I could have walked right on by here never stopping to say a word and you'd have never noticed" He shrugged a little though he was just teasing her, she probably knew better then him just willingly walking past without saying a word to her.

"aw.. I didn't even scare you that badly.. I could have done worse if I had wanted." He made a slight face maybe he'd have to think twice on this little game if she was going to pull that card over him. "guess i'll have to live with just being near you, unless thats being revoked as well" He smirked a bit turning her threat against her a little.

He moved his hand a little so he cold hold hers and seemed to think of how to explain how the trip went. "well.. it was long, part of the pass was blocked so it took a few extra days to even get there.. " He sighed a little "we won't count the idiots I crossed to get there.. you'd think human bandits would think twice about trying to jump a dark elf on the road.. but what do I know" He didn't seem all that worried about the whole experience then again he probably wasn't.

"Oh?" He questioned her when she said she didn't fantasize about knights on white horses. Though he smirked a little with her comment she seemed to coo out "s that soo.. well I'm not convinced, I mean the first thing I get called is a ass and then you hit me?" He laughed slightly, though he was purely teasing her neither of the two really had bothered him in the least.

[gremlin]

( this was bad D: )

Judith's brow wrinkled when Rhyldrin told her that he had been attacked, she had been terribly worried about such events happening. She lifted herself from the blanket, she crossed her arms over her chest and pouted slightly. "I was worried about that," she breathed out a sigh then looked up at him. "I was worried about you getting in trouble, about you getting hurt." it had crossed her mind many times while he was away, when he didn't return when he had said he would it made her worry even more. "Though I know that you can take care of yourself so I try to tell myself not to worry too much." she smiled weakly at him.

"I could convince you but," she went a little quiet then took a step towards him. Judith's ears fell, an almost wild smile crept across her face she kept her eyes on Rhyldrin. "I don't think it would be very appropriate if I tried to convince you considering where we are right now." she purred, she brought herself close to him though their bodies did not touch.

A sudden noise caught Judith's attention, she brought herself away from Rhyldrin and looked away from him. Her ears remained down, her face felt hot and her stomach felt knotted. "Oh..." was all she could manage to say. Her father stood by the back door, her arms crossed over his chest. Judith didn't know what to say to her father. She felt nervous, had he heard their entire conversation? "Get in the house!" he barked at her, Judith flinched when she heard him speak. She hesitated to listen to him for a moment though finally walked over to him. He didn't say anything to Judith again, she kept her eyes away from him afraid to look at him. She quickly opened the back door and fled into the house. Geoffrey watched Rhyldrin, he did not move from where he stood. He was clearly not amused by what he had seen and heard.