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ALIL
We bathed with each other in the pond. Even with the hot sun above us, the water kept us cool.
Addy kept himself on the far edge of the pool, trying to impose some silly level of decency, but our eyes kept catching.
Didn't he understand that all decency had left us sometime last night when he'd first crawled into bed with me?
I dipped below the surface of the water, fully submerging and didn't come out again until I couldn't hold my breath for a moment longer.
When I broke the surface, I gulped down air, wading where I was, catching Addy glancing at me over his shoulder again. There was no point in pretending that my entire world hadn't changed with what we had done. Out here, life was full of different opportunities than I had ever allowed myself.
But I was also aware that Addy had been led astray by his friends. He was easily swayed, and I didn't want to be another person misleading him. I wanted him to want this as much as I did.
For a few minutes, before catching myself, I had been so sure that I had simply tried to kiss him. I still thought he wanted to bond with me, but if for whatever reason he chose not to, I would nurse my heartbreak quietly and the memories he had given me would stay with me forever.
Suddenly, Addy shook the water from his hair and climbed out of the pond.
I watched the water cascade off his broad shoulders. My gaze traced down his back, over the large spikes on his shoulders down to the trail of orange scales that led down to his tail.
It swished as he climbed from the pond, flicking water from its length and my mouth went completely dry.
I sank lower, hoping to hide my quickly forming erection.
His body, the fact that he had allowed me to enter it, made me feel things I had never felt before. A strange reverence toward him that I had already had was amplified now. I wanted to carry out his bidding. I wanted to do whatever he asked. Anything for another taste.
Goddess, I was insatiable.
He turned then, catching my eyes as he pulled one of the clean robes off of the shelf.
We had both cleaned the ones we had sullied, and they were draped over the tarp to dry.
All I could think watching the scene unfold was that I could get so used to this. Addy naked, still dripping wet from our shared bath, going about cooking us food.
He ruined the fantasy by pulling the robe over his shoulders and tying it around the waist.
I hid my disappointment by diving back under the water.
When I swam back to the edge, Addy was standing by the shore, waiting for me.
“I'll be at my lookout spot,” he informed me.
I nodded.
“Alright.”
I watched him walk away, biting my lip nervously.
Once he was gone, I sighed and climbed out.
Ever since I had brought up the bonding kiss—by brazenly trying to kiss him on the mouth repeatedly—things had felt awkward.
Or perhaps it was because neither of us knew how to act after what we had done.
Fully dressed, I sat under the tarp and wondered what to do with myself.
I wouldn't go after Addy. He needed time to think, or distance... I wasn't sure. I only hoped that he didn't regret what we had done.
