I want the K. K for Kyllian. >:|
15. Kiss in the Rain
I wanted to hit him. This was all his fault! I'm sure we can get to the road this way, he says. Just a little further, he says.
That was an hour ago. An hour, walking in the mud and rain. Unfortunate conditions. I usually enjoyed the rain, would walk about in it for hours, but this was just torturous to be hiking with a pack of equipment each and a heavy, drenched wool cloak. Finally though, we had happened upon an small farm with a side barn, probably fair off track of where we were supposed to be, but shelter was shelter. Barns were an easy place to hide away, for free too thank the Maker, if you didn't get caught.
We closed the door behind us, and I began stripping the wet weight from my body, laying it across the hay to dry out, my boots and stockings next. Without a second thought, I began stripping my drenched shirt, but I suddenly remembered my companions presence. I had the tendency to forget that sometimes still. I pulled it back down over my midriff.
So long as I had to where these clothes...
I smiled, turning back to Kaelen, a childish spark in my eye. "Come on." I grabbed a hold of his wrist and yanked him back outside. If I was going to play out in the rain, than so would he. I was annoyed yes, but every now and then we needed a bit of fun, especially in circumstances, stressful as they could get. I spun in the mud in bare feet, my head back, arms wide. I liked water. In any form it seemed. But as was the way of these things, it was slick, and with my luck, the inevitable was, well, inevitable.
I slide forward, and just when I thought I'd fall face first into the mud, I instead waved my arms about, trying to regain my balance and there was Kaelen and then--
Bam. We were down. I fell the wind knocked out of me a bit. The mud cushioned us, thankfully, but I was pressed on top of him. Pushing myself up, I smiled down at him, a laugh in my face at my clumsiness. And in that stupid moment something came over me, my smile faded as I gazed at him.
And then I leaned forward, my lips gently pressing against his for just the shortest of instances. I lingered, just a moment, as my action registered to myself. I quickly pushed myself up once it did, panic in my face. "I... um..." I cleared my throat, holding out an awkward hand to help him up. "We should get dry... before we catch our death of cold..."
