4

The world around them spins for a moment to stop spinning in a location similar to the last, the differences being that there is no Kail, nor the threat from the unknown attackers. Anisa bites her lip softly, tightly wrapping her arms around herself.
“Mom sure is convincing… In that brief moment… I saw what he saw… heard what he heard… when my mother walked in, holding my ruined crown… he was devastated…”
“I bet. She’s very good at tricking people when she wants to.” Shan sets the bag on the bed and opens it. Wiping the tears from her face she looks at the bag.
“What’s that?”
“Our stuff…” he pulls out two big boxes, one marked with her mother’s writing, the other an unknown hand.
“Oh… Duh… totally knew that…” she sniffles softly and clears her throat “So umm… I think I heard you say something about training earlier…? What kind of training..?”
“My kind, but it can wait, you’re a mess and I need to treat a few cuts.”
“Fine… Do you mind if I take a shower? Or do you call dibs on the bathroom?” she smiles softly in an attempt to make a joke.
“I think we can share.” He winks, the little remainders of his clothes threatening to fall off at any moment
“Tempting but no thanks.” she walks to the window, looking out “You go on ahead…”
“Too bad.” He chuckles, wraps an arm around her, dragging her with him into the changing room of the bathroom, and shuts the door behind them.
“Why are you so damned insistent on this?? Don’t you know the consequence????”
“Of having a good time and enjoying oneself? Not really.” He chuckles and slides a door closed between the bath and the changing room. She growls threateningly, crossing her arms over her chest. “Relax young one, if I really wanted to make a move on you I’d be a little less direct.”
“Quit calling me that! I’m not a child!”
He chuckles and turns the water on “If you want to join then you may. If not then you can take care of a few things out there then get in once I leave.”
She curses him under her breath, sitting down as far from him as she can get.
“Suit yourself.” Water splashes about and shortly he walks through the door with nothing but a towel around his waist, deep cuts marring the sculpted build he had before they had run.
“Stop…” she walks up to him, her fingers gently touching the cuts “Do… Do you want help….? Bandaging these…?”
“You want to help? I would like it, but I honestly wasn’t expecting you to offer, I’m touched…” He smiles sweetly at her, every inch of him relaxing at her touch.
“Easy tough guy… Don’t turn into a teddy bear on me now… I’m just… worried that you won’t disinfect these and they’ll really get nasty… If that happens then I’d have to clean puss and dirt and crap out of them for days on end… not to mention the smell… So really I’m saving myself trouble later by doing this now…” she smiles softly back at him “I’ll clean them when you’re finished, ok?”
“I think it’s safe to say I’m out.” He winks at her playfully.
“Fast shower…” She shakes her head softly, gently pushing him towards a chair “sit.