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 Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:09 am
[ Enya 1]
With the moon hanging full above them, the two Elidae walked in silence back to their temporary home. While Enya had been invited to stay with her family during her stay in Zinris she’d felt it best to stay with Vetra, since she hadn’t wanted her friend to be outcasted or left on her own for too long. The longer they stayed, however, the more she was starting to wonder if that had been the wisest decision. She gave the other Elidae a sidelong glance before turning her eyes to the path in front her with a grumbled huff.
When they came to the familiar fork in the path, one side leading to their hut and the other going toward her Aunts’ home Enya paused.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:12 am
[Vetra 1]
When Enya hesitated Vetra clicked her tongue. “If you hate me that much then just go. You don’t have to go back with me.” Ever since Enya’s true intention of travel had been brought to light Vetra’s entire mood was on edge. She didn’t know why it angered her so much. It wasn’t as if it were uncommon for younger Aishans to travel a little and visit the other settlements. In her heart she knew that Enya would always make her way back to Kiros, but in that moment all she felt was bitter rage.
With barely a look at the other Aishan, Vetra turned her back and started to walk down the path.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:13 am
[Enya 2]
“Vetra, stop!” She knew they were close enough to be heard by anyone who happened to be awake but Enya didn’t care. The Elidae marched down after Vetra, who hadn’t so much as slowed her steps, and grabbed the other woman’s wrist. “What’s going on with you?! You were such a jerk back there with Seiong and now this?!” She couldn’t say it wasn’t like her, because Vetra had always been a handful, but by the goddess Enya couldn’t fathom what she’d done to deserve this! “Why won’t you just TALK to me!”
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:14 am
[Vetra 2]
With a snarl, Vetra whipped around to face Enya and instinctively shoved her so hard that the contact was broken. She watched as the other stumbled back, but didn’t slow her advance. Each step she made toward Enya was punctuated by a word, pulled through her teeth by force and if her eyes could have glowed they would have burned. “Because you don’t talk to ME.” When Vetra was nearly nose to nose with Enya she shoved her again, but this time she was met with resistance. Enya was ready for her. “Why didn’t you tell me you were planning on going to Chibale? You never even mentioned it! What was I supposed to say?!”
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:19 am
[Enya 3]
The first shove caught her off guard, but when the second came Enya blocked the advance. Even if she wasn’t the strongest of warriors that didn’t mean that she was a pushover. “Because I knew you wouldn’t care. You never even wanted to leave Kiros! And I don’t know why you even did!” Without thinking Enya threw out a hard right hook and connected square with Vetra’s jaw. “YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST STAYED HOME.”
She was mad enough to spit fire and goddess knew once Enya had been pushed to that edge she wouldn’t be backing down. So, instead of escalating the situation, the leaner Elidae squared her shoulders and prepped for the coming brawl.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:21 am
[Vetra 3]
Vetra’s head snapped to the side from the hit. She leaned over, a wad of bloodied saliva dribbling past her lips before she spat onto the ground and growled up at the Elidae. Why was she feeling this way? Why did she want to hurt Enya so much when she didn’t want anyone else to hurt her? When she gang rushed the other Elidae and slammed her head into the smaller Aishan’s gut her only thought was to bring her down. She wrapped both of her arms around the leaner woman’s waist, raised her off the ground a full foot and slammed her down.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:22 am
[Enya 4]
Enya’s scream was cut off the moment Vetra’s skull connected with her torso. The air left her lungs with a garbled choke and before she could register what was happening her head was bouncing off the ground. She tried to push the other Elidae off, but Vetra’s body weight alone was more than Enya could lift. So, instead, she did what she could and clamped her teeth down on Vetra’s closest antennae as hard as she possibly could, knowing full well just how sensitive they were. This was a brawl; not an honor match and Enya wasn’t about to lose.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:23 am
[Vetra 4]
Vetra howled. The pain was such a shock that she barely had time to think about anything other than getting away. As her cry turned frantic and Enya let go she scrambled to sit up right, but the pain….It was unlike anything she’d ever felt! One of her hands shakily reached up to her antennae, but the moment it contacted swollen flesh she pulled it away with a hiss. “What kind of warrior are you?! Why would you….” Goddess, her stomach was rolling and this time the nausea was stronger than her rage.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:24 am
[Enya 5]
Now that she had a moment to breath the Elidae did just that. Enya leaned her aching head back onto the ground and took in as much air as she could while panting. Vetra’s weight was still settled on her pelvis, but now that it was no longer pressing on her torso her poor lungs could recuperate. “Didn’t…want to but…you wouldn’t move….” Honestly, now that she was seeing just how badly she’d hurt her friend the veil was pulling back for Enya. It was a shameful thing, to damage the antennae of another, but Vetra just wouldn’t….No, that was just an excuse. She’d wanted to win and that’s how she’d done it. But, now here they were. Enya slowly pushed herself up into a sitting position, with Vetra in her lap and hesitantly reached up to her friends head. “I’m sorry.”
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:35 am
[Vetra 5]
She reached out with the intent of smacking Enya’s hand away, but instead Vetra caught her wrist and held it. When she looked down at the other Elidae her anger mixed with something else, something she wasn’t entirely sure of and it frightened her. Is that it? Is that why I’m feeling this way? The longer she looked at Enya the closer she seemed to lean until her lips touched the other Aishans and the world faded around her. All of the chaos, the strife, the anger and fear….it just vanished in an instant.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:36 am
[Enya 6]
Every move that Vetra made to get closer caused Enya’s pulse to spike. She wasn’t for sure if they were going to fight again or if she was going to be yelled at or –
And then there were lips on hers.
Her eyes widened and for a moment she feared she might fall back onto the ground, but an arm from Vetra around her waist held her in place. Enya’s arms were frozen, one caught in Vetra’s and the other hanging at her side. This….explained so much, and yet…now there was a new feeling of dread in her stomach. While she didn’t pull away from the other Aishan, she also didn’t reciprocate and was honestly too shocked to do much.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:41 am
[Vetra 6]
When she pulled back for air, something in Enya’s expression caught Vetra off guard. She stilled, a momentary confusion pulling at her features before ultimately moving so that she was sitting next to Enya instead of ontop of her. “…That’s why I left Kiros.” She murmured. Her heart felt full and happy and free now that she’d kissed Enya, and yet…goddess, everything in the other woman’s expression threw it off balance.
“I love you, Enya. I think I always have, and I just…I was either too scared to say it or scared of what it meant….” or scared of you saying you didn’t love me too.
"I never wanted to go, but I was worried about you coming all this way on your own because I wanted to be with you...even if I'm not with you."
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:46 am
[Enya 7]
Enya’s hand fluttered up to her mouth. Her lips were still tingling and swollen from the passion in Vetra’s kiss, and goddess how she wished she could just feel something from it. This wasn’t her first kiss, but it was the first where she’d been hoping it would end the moment it started. She loved her friend so dearly, just…not in the way she wanted.
“Vetra…” Goddess, why did this happen? How many times had she reached out for Vetra’s hand in public, hung onto her shoulders and slept next to her without giving a thought to the other woman’s feelings? Had they been that obvious to everyone else? Or had Vetra kept them buried inside?
“I’m sorry, but I…I don’t love you. Not like you want me to.”
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:52 am
[Vetra 7]
Vetra pulled her legs closer to her chest and wrapped her arms around her knees. This was exactly what she hadn’t wanted to happen. She’d been terrified to give a word like ‘love’ to her feelings of protectiveness and jealousy around Enya that she’d turned into something she hated and now…it meant nothing.
A flare of anger – or defensiveness? Pain – caused herskin to heat but just as quickly it faded. She couldn’t be angry at Enya for this. It wasn’t fair, but it just…didn’t stop the hurt. “It’s not your fault. If it’s not there…it just isn’t. I should probably also find Seiong and apologize to her. It’s none of my business if you go off with her.” Conscious of it or not Vetra was already trying to shut off that part of herself. Like most things her life if it hurt she didn't want to address it and right now she'd much rather have buried herself in the muck.
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Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:28 am
[Enya 8]
“…So you’re jealous of a woman we just met?” Enya turned just enough so that she could properly look at Vetra. The other Elidae’s antennae was swollen, much like the side of her face where Enya had slugged her, but there was a vulnerability in that look that had never been there before. As much as she wanted to reach out to touch her she didn’t dare do it. Any wrong move now might give Vetra false hope and Enya couldn’t do that to her.
Instead, she chose to awkwardly sit, hands in her lap, as she thought of what to say. “That’s why you acted up around Ilsa too; you were jealous.” When Vetra neither confirmed nor denied she went on to add, “Y’know, even if we were a couple that’s not okay. You can’t control who people talk to.”
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