Barriers

Never Let Go

"I heard you had a little bunny-problem today?", Saul asked grinning as he stood in the doorframe of Farah's office. The woman was still working and only looked up for a second to roll her eyes what made Saul laugh even more. The man entered the room and went closer to the working woman.

" It's nearly eleven, won't you stop and drink something with me, you workaholic?"

"Oh as you called me a workaholic, I think it means, no thanks!", Farah looked into his eyes with a bright smile and let her pen fall on the desk. Both started laughing and the fairy stood up to make her way around the antique office table. Saul showed her proudly a bottle of whiskey which he had carried with him.

" I think this will distract you from your work and make you tell me something about the cute rabbit which you got to know today!", the man smiled bright and started laughing again as Farah sighted. She took a seat on the couch and placed two glasses on the couch table. Saul sat down right next to her and poured some whiskey in the glasses. Then he left the bottle on the table and offered Farah one of the glasses which she took with pleasure as she leand back and kicked of her heels.

"Stressful day?", the specialist asked curious and the fairy nodded while she closed her eyes. He could see her exhaustion and also took a deep breath as he leaned back. The woman played with her glass before she took a sip and started talking.

"Sometimes the teenagers are really driving me insane. They found a rabbit in the woods and decided it could be their new roommate. Or better Bloom did so. That girl is driving me crazy and I don't know why her actions are bothering me so much. However, after the little animal damaged some plants and started a little hunt with the girls he explored my office. Nobody knows why exactly it came to me, but maybe it smelled the expensive wine in the drawer", a little laugh escaped her mouth and Farah took another sip of the whiskey. She placed her feet under her on the couch to sit more comfortably and massaged them a little bit. Saul watched her with much interest.

"Why are you looking a me like that?", the fairy asked a little blushing.

Saul suddenly averted his gaze and observed his whiskey as he had to investigate it. "Oh, nothing, I... It's just funny", he smiled at her with insecurity written on his face.

To break the awkward silence Farah continued with the story: "Anyways, Bloom and Sky -"

"Wait, Sky was involved?", Saul interrupted her with a frowning look.

The fairy cleared her throat and nodded. She saw the anger coming up in Saul's face as he straightened up.

"But Saul, it was only a little rabbit and even I have to admit that it was kinda funny", Farah tried to calm him down and leaned a little forward to squeeze his hand.

"Though, he should know better!", the man stated angrily but squeezed her hand back and gave the fairy a little smile. They looked each other deep in the eyes and for a moment everything around them seemed to be  silent and unnecessary. Nobody knows what would have happened next if her phone didn't vibrate. Farah cleared her throat and withdraw her hand from his grip. The woman reached for her phone and saw a message on the screen.

"It's from Ben, he has an appointment tomorrow and won't come to our lunch", the fairy informed her friend.

"Then it's just us, I guess", Saul noted with a kind smile. A little shiver ran over Farah's back at the thought of just them two, but it was lunch and probably in the middle of plenty of teenagers. The tension in her office made her feel uncomfortable and she was looking for an excuse to leave his proximity and tried to stop herself from always looking at him with those wide and passionate eyes.

"Well, it is already late, I think we should go to bed and get some rest", Farah stood up and slipped into her high heels again. As a mind fairy she could feel his emotions and his thoughts, but sometimes it was hard to tell them apart from her own ones. Farah breathed heavily and tried desperately to avoid looking into his eyes, his grey eyes, wild as a storm in which she always lost control and let herself go. Saul didn't feel any different about her warm brown eyes which felt like home for him, in which he could lose himself so easily and yet never get completely lost. The fairy could hear her heart beat faster as she stood there in front of the specialist staring in his eyes. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes for a moment to tore their gazes apart, pulled herself together and moved on to the clothes rack to get her coat.

"Wait, let me help you", the specialist jumped off the couch and took her coat before she had reached it. Saul could feel her body warmth as she stood so close to him when he helped her into her coat.

"Thank you, what a gentleman today!", Farah complimented him with a silent voice.

"For you always, darling", the man whispered in her ear with calm and slow words. Farah could feel his breath on her neck and his strong but soft hands laying on her shoulders. Her pulse rose as she turned around, still standing close to him and looking into his eyes. Saul traveled his hands from her shoulders down to her waist and pulled her even closer. Farah wanted to escape the embrace but her body wouldn't let her. The fairy tried to avert from his deep look and turned her head aside. Saul wouldn't let her and placed two fingers gently under her chin to make her look into his eyes like before. Once again he stepped closer and without time for her to react against herself from acting decent and stop him, Saul pressed his lips softly against hers. Farah was frozen, frozen in a storm of warm summer wind, frozen in her own body, frozen from overthinking her actions, she pulled his body towards hers and returned the kiss. Soon their lips opened and let their tongues meet. Saul's hands around her waist and Farah's wrapped around his neck. It felt like heaven, like something they had done a long time before but promised to never do again.

It was a long and passionate kiss, too deep for them to describe the impact and the consequenses it would bring with it, but in that moment it felt right and it didn't end until both gasped for air. They took a deep breath without letting go from another and decided it could happen again and the kiss after was even deeper and more passionated than the first.