Bonded

Chapter Ten

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Ronin

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I do not think I have ever seen my partner in such a state... The way he has curled himself around India nearly impossible to tear my eyes away from as he caresses our delicate scholar's cheek, his stance causing India to be pressed against the wall as he whispers, "Just a few more moments, India... Please... We will not be late... I swear it... " His words sounding nearly desperate as he tries to prolong the time he spends with us by delaying our dismissal right outside of India's bed-chamber, his fellow pupil tagging along to chaperone us more than pleased by this development as he pretends to look elsewhere as we spend what little time we have before we are late feeling close to our new shared acquaintance... India's cheeks painting themselves such a beautiful red as we fluster him with more and more compliments, Kavya doing most of our talking as he manages to make it more known that he most certainly is interested in getting to know India and more... 

Never before have I seen this side of him... Almost aggressive with how prominent his affection is coming across... The way it flusters poor India too precious for words as he stammers and shivers and eyes my soulmate's lips... A look he likely thinks no one is watching closely enough to catch until he lifts his eyes up to mine and swallows hard knowing that I've caught him and that I likely know what he's thinking... That he would like to lure those soft full lips in front of him in for a kiss which would likely not be hard to do seeing as how Kavya himself looks exactly like it is what he would like most in this world to do... My gentle partner watching him with such joy in his eyes... 

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India

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"I-If you are... If you are sure... Kavya..." I almost dare not to speak with Kavya so very close to me at the moment... The warmth of his dragon seeping up through his chest only to push itself into me deeper than my own flames have ever dared to go... The soft touch of his rough knuckles as he strokes my cheeks, his words echoing down around me as if they were the only thing to ever matter in the world, none of them being transcribed down into scrolls even though I feel as though there should be some sort of record left of how I have found myself spoken to... Romantically... 

"Oh, I am sure, Love... We both very much are... Do you know how impossibly lovely you are?", The way Kavya is keeping me up against the wall so that we might not make a nuisance of ourselves by taking up too much space in the hall... Ronin pressed in near us though he makes no move to be so daring as to crowd me quite so much as Kavya currently is... Both of them staring at me with eyes that seem hungry... As if they should have stayed behind in the dining hall and participated in the evening meal rather than walking me back here with Jian toting himself along as if I am actually of any importance... 

Never in all of my life did I ever imagine that I might be spoken to this sweetly, Kavya encouraging me not to tuck my chin down to my shoulder in order to hide my face, my cheeks burning with every new compliment and phrase they come up with... No relief being granted to me as they both take in their fill of my shyness... My own mind being filled with nothing but thoughts of their sweetness as they keep me surrounded and keep their voices low... "Love... Give him space to breathe... We do not want him to faint again... Do we?"

Ronin seems so soft compared to his bonded partner, his lingering just a step behind my current captor to watch as we all interact making him seem almost distant until he opens his mouth to fill me with more joy, "Though... I have to say I would not mind catching you... Or being the one to carry you into bed so that you might rest..."

It is nearly too much to bear, the way that they keep flattering me... But I do not wish it to stop... If anything I might ask that Ronin draw a step closer so that they both might observe the amount of fluttering fall leaves and butterflies that they have let loose in my belly with their reckless form of charm... 

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Kavya

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"O-Oh... Oh my..." The stuttered answer that slips from India's lips only enchants me even more to his stunning nature... His sweet face trying so desperately to turn itself away from me in order to seek shelter from my stare... If only I could convince my beast to rest so that I might find it within myself to step away from him... Something that I do not think will likely happen until we absolutely must part ways... The ginger hold that he has taken of my clothing keeping me just as close as I would like to be as he averts his eyes and shows us exactly how lovely he is...

In any other instance when shown shyness like this I would make myself step away... Give the poor dear space to right himself once more before continuing whatever conversation we were needing to have... But I cannot do that this time... He wants me right here... His hands asking me so very sweetly not to move... Not to leave him... Even if he does get flustered at the feel of my body pressing in just a little more to the front of his robes so that he might see how well our bodies fit together... Ronin eyeing me when he notices the shift in my hips, his eyebrows raising themselves as if to question what I think I might be doing taking such liberties with our precious scholar so soon even though we both know he did the very same thing to me the first time he ever got me alone... His attention appreciated then just as much as I appreciate it now, India responding just the same way I did... His hips moving forward just slightly to dance with mine in his curiosity... His whimper so endearing as it leaks into the air with a meager, "I-I will not f-faint... I-I swear it...B-But if you w-would like to carry me... I... Well, I don't know what to say to that..."