Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (16 page)

“Goodnight, Daniel,” she said with a wink before slowly lowering herself down onto the ground, keeping eye contact with the boy who stared at her with a stunned smile.

“Um, goodnight… Alyssa,” he managed to get out while regaining his senses. Triska tried to hold in her growl of annoyance while watching Alyssa with discontent. Specca smiled then quickly jumped to her feet and rushed over to Daniel, wrapping her arms around his neck as she pulled him into a kiss as well. Triska’s eyebrow twitched as she watched the nixie kissing Daniel while her tail coiled around his leg. The boy held his hands over her hips, not sure whether to hold the girl or not while he watched her with a bit of surprise as well. After a moment she broke her kiss and smiled bashfully at the boy while her tail slowly unraveled while moving up along his thigh.

“Sleep well, Daniel,” she said softly. Daniel paused for a moment before nodding with a small smile.

“You as well, Specca,” he replied. Specca let go and backed before Squeak quickly raced towards the boy with a bright smile.

“Hold it!” Triska yelled out. Everyone stopped and looked to her as she was giving Squeak a dull glare while shaking her head.

“I’m tolerating all of you kissing Daniel before my turn with him, not to mention
right in front of me
, but I’m drawing the line with you, Squeak. I don’t want your saliva taking Daniel’s thoughts away from me tonight,” she stated firmly. Squeak looked at her curiously then to Daniel as the boy gently held her by the cheeks with a small smile. He gave a small chuckle then lowered Squeak’s head so he could kiss her forehead, the ant girl smiling bashfully while she wiggled her abdomen a bit from the gesture.

“Tomorrow’s your turn, Squeak, I promise you’ll get a kiss then,” Daniel reassured. Squeak nodded and squeaked something before backing up while blushing a bit. Triska sighed then looked around at the girls with a dull stare.

“Alright, you’ve gotten kisses from him, that’s enough for tonight,” she said expectedly.

“I suppose so,” Specca agreed, looking down while holding a hand to her cheek. Squeak glanced to Daniel then away while nodding as well. Alyssa walked over and sat down on her seat near the fire, setting her staff next to her while watching the fires burn and crackle.

“Fine then, take your turn and get it over with,” she reluctantly agreed.

“Were you going to turn in for the night?” Daniel asked. Alyssa shook her head and glanced to Triska.

“Not yet, I’m not tired, I’ll wait a while before coming in,” she said with a shrug. Triska looked around at seeing Squeak and Specca sitting back down as well on their seats around the fire.

“We’ll be in shortly. Goodnight, Triska,” Specca said politely while watching the fires burn as well. Squeak nodded while remaining silent, looking down at the dirt as she nudged a small stone with her boot.

“Um, alright then. Goodnight,” Triska said before turning to walk to the caravan, her eyes looking to Daniel as the boy nodded and walked off with her while the other three girls waited by the campfire. Alyssa glanced over to see Daniel and Triska boarding the ride and entering the cabin, with Squeak and Specca looking over to seeing them vanish then back to Alyssa with curious eyes.

“What happened with you two just now?” Specca inquired. Alyssa just eyed the caravan for a moment then looked back to the fire.

“Nothing, just needed to go for a walk is all,” she replied with a shrug. Specca and Squeak looked to each other then over to the caravan while Alyssa just stared at the fire, the witch lightly drumming her fingers on her seat while in thought.

Inside the caravan Triska pulled the black curtain over to section off their sleeping space for the night, with Daniel hanging the lit lantern next to the window in back. Triska set her duffel bag back down against the wall, looking down to it while facing away from Daniel as the boy rolled out their sleeping mats for the night. As he pulled a blanket over their sleeping area and brought over two pillows he started to notice that Triska wasn’t moving, his eyes then glancing over to see her on her knees in front of her duffel bag while seeming to stare down at it.

“Triska?” he asked as he sat upright.

“Daniel, can I ask you a question?” she asked softly.

“Of course, what’s on your mind?” Daniel asked as he sat down on the mat. Triska hesitated for a moment then held her hands together while closing her eyes.

“What do you really think of me?” she asked.

“What do I really think of you?” Daniel repeated curiously.

“Yeah. I mean, we grew up together, we were always around each other back home, we spent so much time together, I’m just curious… what you really think about me,” Triska asked.

“Well, I’ve always thought of you to be my closest friend, you’ve always been there for me and watched over me. I feel like I can talk to you about anything, I trust you with my life,” Daniel answered with a smile.

“A friend…” Triska repeated softly. Daniel watched her with concern as the girl trembled a bit with a small whimper.

“Daniel, do you think you could ever see me as more than a friend?” she asked, slowly glancing back to him with saddened eyes. Daniel opened his mouth to speak, and then paused as Triska watched him with a tear forming in her eye. The lantern kept their area of the cabin well-lit, with Daniel looking at Triska from head to toe while she was facing away from him. It became apparent to him at that moment that she was actually leaning forward onto her bag while arching her back slightly, perking her rear up and out towards him while she kept her legs together. Her hips and waistline became clear to see while her hair gently rested down her back and shoulders, her figure being more noticeable to him along with her pants which hugged and outlined her rear.

“I… uh…” he said as he tried to keep focused on their conversation. Triska turned her head more to look at him with wonder as he glanced up and down her body while words failed him.

“Daniel… you’re staring at me,” she said softly as she felt a blush forming on her cheeks, realizing that the boy was ogling her like that. Daniel jumped a bit then looked down while shutting his eyes.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to, I wasn’t trying… uh…” he stammered.

“No, it’s ok,” Triska said, with Daniel looking to seeing the girl slowly turning to face him with a gentle expression, slowly brushing her hair back around her ear and shoulder before holding her hands together in front of her, her arms pushing her breasts together more while she slowly moved towards him.

“Daniel, have you ever… looked at me like that before?” she asked.

“Looked at you… like what? What do you mean?” he asked nervously.

“When we lived at home, did you ever… did you ever look at
me
? Did you ever… think anything about me?” Triska asked as she got closer to him and sat down on her feet. Daniel glanced away for a few seconds as he thought about it then slowly shrugged and looked back to the girl with uncertainty.

“I… I don’t remember… I mean, I don’t think I ever did. If I did I’m sorry, I…” he replied unsurely, with Triska tilting her head slightly while watching him with hopeful eyes.

“Daniel, it’s ok, I want you to look at me,” she said with a small smile forming. Daniel watched as she looked down while perking her chest up a bit, the girl glancing up to him with a timid smile while her hands fidgeted a bit together.

“I don’t want you to see me as just a friend, Daniel; I want to be more than that for you. I love you, I always have. The truth is, I’ve stared at you a lot in the past, more times than you could imagine,” she admitted.

“You did? Me?” Daniel asked with a small jump. Triska nodded and looked down with a gentle smile.

“I’ve been in love with you for so long, you were the only boy I ever looked at back home. But I was such a coward, I couldn’t say anything to you no matter how much I tried to, could never work up the courage to tell you how I felt. But whenever you were around, I couldn’t keep my eyes off of you,” she said softly before glancing back up to him. Daniel looked at her with wonder as he thought about what she said, being surprised to hear that all this time she had her eye on him like that and never said anything. Triska then looked down and away while showing a troubled frown.

“I wanted to tell you for so long, but never could. And now, I fear that you’ll only see me as a friend, that thinking anything more about me would be too strange for you. I’m scared that… I waited too long to tell you the truth,” she confessed. Daniel watched her with sympathetic eyes as the girl slowly turned around and held her arms around herself.

“I want to be your girlfriend, I want to be your wife, I want to be your everything, Daniel. I love you so much, but I’m so scared now that all you’ll see before you is just a friend, and nothing more,” she said softly with a whimper. Daniel looked down while remaining silent while Triska looked at her sword she had set against the wall near her bag.

“I’m going to help you out here on your quest, I promise I won’t let you down, just please, try to see me as more than just a friend, if you can,” she pleaded before closing her eyes. She slowly leaned forward on her bag while holding onto the strap for it, feeling her heart aching with each passing second that Daniel didn’t respond.

‘Daniel, please, I don’t want to be just friends with you, I want to be so much more.’

She then jumped a bit as she felt Daniel hugging her from behind, the boy holding his arms around her gently while resting his head on her shoulder. She then held his arms with one hand while taking a shaky breath.

“I love you, Daniel, I really do,” she said dearly. Daniel remained silent for a while before lowering his head on her shoulder.

“You know, we had such a strong friendship for so long, surely this is going to put that at risk. There may be no going back to how we were afterwards,” he warned softly.

“I don’t care, I need you, I’ll do anything to prove it, anything to have your love,” Triska said shaking her head. Daniel held her gently for a moment then looked over her shoulder with a solemn expression.

“To tell you the truth, I always wondered what kind of guy you would have been attracted to, or rather what kind of guy would be able to handle having you as a girlfriend,” he admitted, with Triska looking down with concern as she held onto his arms.

“Even just being friends you could be pretty rough, but I never thought you were mean, if anything you were like a fiery, tough, slightly dangerous sister,” Daniel said with a small smile. Triska almost gave an amused smile to that thought before she remembered that Daniel did think of her more as a sister than anything. Daniel leaned back from his embrace, slowly moving his hands down to her waist as she let go and rested hers on her bag.

“I had often wondered, so many times, what kind of guy could tame someone like her?” he asked softly. Triska slowly glanced back to see him looking at her with a solemn gaze.

“She’s so full of energy, so wild and daring, and she could probably kill me with her pinkie. What kind of guy could possibly handle her, to handle her love, to handle her when she got out of line, what kind of guy would be able to handle Triska Raylight?” he asked distantly. Triska remained silent while the boy slowly shook his head with a small smirk on his face.

“And… I could never think of anyone, I could never think anyone in our village would have been able to do that,” he said with a shrug.

“I can think of someone,” Triska said softly. Daniel looked at her with a curious eye, the girl just watching him with a timid expression.

“If anyone could tame me, Daniel, it would be you,” she admitted.

“And why do you think that when I can hardly carry your luggage on this trip?” Daniel asked somewhat amusingly. Triska glanced away for a moment then looked at him with pleading eyes.

“Because nobody else makes me feel helpless when I’m around them like this, nobody,” she reasoned. Daniel looked at her curiously as she watched him with a gentle gaze. She glanced to his hands holding her then looked down at her bag while slowly shifting her hips around slightly.

“I’m sorry about how I’ve been lately, always rushing into a fight with the first monster I see. I can’t help it, I’m so protective of you, but that doesn’t excuse my behavior. If I don’t get that under control, I could ruin your chances of forming peace with them, I could wreck everything,” she said softly. Daniel looked down to her rear which she was slowly moving around against him as he felt his throat dry up slightly. Triska steadied her breathing as she felt what she was rubbing against then looked back to Daniel with an innocent frown.

“I’m sorry, I really am. I’ve been a real bad girl for you,” she said sadly.

“Um… no, you haven’t… uh, been bad,” Daniel stuttered as his eyes were still locked onto her rear. Triska watched him closely as he just stared at her while holding her hips then smiled a little.

“But I have, I even broke the rules in here, and I hurt Alyssa. I loved that you returned my sword to me, but I still feel like I’m in need of some other form of
punishment
,” she said with a purr at the end. Daniel gulped then slowly looked up to her, her eyes watching him with growing love behind them.

“When a fighter breaks the rules back home, they’re disciplined for it. I’m no exception, I didn’t act accordingly and put you at risk, I broke the rules about having my sword out inside the caravan, and I drew blood from my own friend with my temper. Daniel, I don’t deserve to get off easily from all that,” Triska said before looking down at her bag, her hair hiding the view of her face which had a timid smile on it.

‘Come on, tame me, Daniel. Please, if this will let you see me for the woman I am, then I’ll endure anything for you.’

Daniel looked down to Triska’s rear, feeling very clearly her movements against his body while his hands still held onto her waist. He felt his body heat up a bit as the girl was slowly grinding against him while practically begging him to punish her.

“I… well…” he said unsurely. Triska took a shaky breath and turned her head slightly, her mouth becoming visible while her eyes were hidden by her hair.