GonBor- A Gonca hatun and Boran alp story

Distracted

Boran alp P.O.V

"Boran?" "Yes, Bey?" "I asked around, Yigit and Zehra's mother passed away during Zehra's birth." I sigh, nodding, "And the father?" "Beheaded today. They just now found the body," Osman Bey says with a grimace. Osman Bey turns, looking at me, "Did you find anything about the other brother? The twin?" I nod, "I did, Yigit told me. He wanted to fight like the warriors in the stories. Impaled, and killed today. Ali, only 9 years old." 

Osman Bey looks away with a sigh, "Too many were lost today, too many. I asked Umur Bey since Yigit and Zehra have no other family, they will come with us to the tribe." Osman Bey turns, putting a hand on my shoulder, "They trust you, it'll be better for them to be in a new environment." I nod, going to find the two siblings.

I get Yigit onto my horse and look over to where Cerkutay is showing Zehra his horse. "Horsey!" She exclaims, petting the horse, then Goktug calls out. "I think my horse is cooler, Zehra." Zehra turns, looking at Goktug's snowy white horse and her face lights up. "Ooh pretty horsey!" "Which horse do you want to ride on, Zehra?" I ask, getting onto my own horse. She points to Goktug's horse and Goktug laughs, "Take that, Cerkutay!"

We ride back to the tribe, and there is a lot of questioning glances towards the kids, but everyone has heard what happened in Umur Bey's tribe. When we get down, Aygul says she'll take the two to meet Ahmet and I nod, telling them to go with Aygul. I find Gonca, and we both quietly walk back to our tent.

Gonca hatun P.O.V

When we get back to our tent, Boran immediately hugs me tight. By the smell of smoke on his clothes, I have a good idea of exactly what he saw. As we sit down, I slowly get Boran to tell me what happened. In the end, Boran takes a deep breath, "It's too much for any child to see in one day, Gonca. His father was beheaded, He watched his twin brother get killed, then he watched his older brother take his last breath." He's right, everything about that boy is truly heartbreaking, he went through so much, but his face showed no pain.

"Most grown men can't take that kind of pain without being so overwhelmed with sadness and anger that they get themselves killed." I nod, I had seen it happen before, people so overwhelmed with revenge that they throw themselves into a situation they can't get out of. "And Zehra?  Does she know?" I ask, the little girl seemed happy, She was smiling and laughing. Boran shakes his head, "For now she knows nothing. She doesn't know what happened to her brothers or her father and it's only a matter of time before she asks."

Boran alp P.O.V

Osman Bey immediately sent Goktug and me to Sogut to double security measures. Togay has broken the agreement by attacking Umur Bey's tribe, and he could attack us next anytime. Goktug and I split up, he went to make sure the alps knew to search every merchant. I went to place extra archers in more hidden spots, in case of an attack. We both met up with Gencebey and Saltuk, walking around the square. Goktug stops, looking at something in the distance.

The three of us stop, wondering why Goktug stopped all of sudden. I take a step towards him, and then it clicks, I know exactly who he is looking at. It's the same merchant girl he talked to the other day. "I'll be back," Goktug says without even looking at us and taking off. I scoff, 'You're making it easy for me, Goktug.' "Where is he going?" Saltuk asks and Gencebey smirks, looking to where Goktug left. "He's going to talk to the folk, apparently."

"I'm going after him," I inform and they both grin, "Just tell us what happened when you come back!" I set off after Goktug trying to find out exactly where he went when I run into Cerkutay and Aygul. "What are you two doing?" I ask, "He's spying on Goktug." Aygul replies and I grin, "So, you found him?" She gestures to where Cerkutay was looking and I go to look as well.

There he is, exactly where I expected, talking to that girl. Then, Cerkutay sneaks over to Goktug and practically jumps on him, startling the poor guy. When Goktug starts stumbling over his words in embarrassment and his face turns red, I slowly walk up to him as well. "What are you two doing here?" He hisses, shaking Cerkutay off him. "Are they your friends, Goktug?" Goktug turns to her, his expression completely changing before he glares at us. "I wouldn't say friends... maybe nuisances, or annoying pains that I have to deal with every day."

I fake a hurt expression, "Ouch, that hurts, Goktug." "He's lying," Cerkutay pipes up, "He's just trying to be cool," I smirk, and Goktug turns to him, his face reddening. "Shut your mouth, Cerkutay," The girl looks between us, and she seems quite amused by Goktug's embarrassment. "I must go now," she says looking at Goktug. "Until we meet again, Goktug Alp," then, she walks away, and Goktug silently watches her leave. "Until we meet again, Zoye," he says quietly. 'Huh, so that's her name.'

Later that day, we go hunting with Osman Bey and Gunduz Bey. Osman Bey wanted to clear his mind and he thought hunting would help. We sat around fires, cooking the meat we shot. Goktug leans against a tree, peeling the bark off of a stick mindlessly as he stares into the fire, then a small smile appears on his face. It's the same look he had earlier today, and I smirk, 'You're making it a little obvious, Goktug. Makes my task much easier.' 

"Goktug!" Osman Bey calls, and Goktug's head jolts up. "What's up, you seem distracted today," he asks and I grin, "He's thinking about Zo-" Goktug slaps his hand over my mouth, his eyes wide. Osman Bey looks at Gunduz and then looks back to us, raising his eyebrows. I nod to Cerkutay hoping to get him to say it. And he immediately understands, "He's thinking about Zoye!!" He shouts out and Goktug spins around, his face red as the alps laugh.

He covers his face with his hands, "I hate you both." He grumbles and I laugh. "Care to explain, Goktug?" Osman Bey calls out, a look of amusement on his face as he adds a comment of his own. 'No wonder Goktug always teased me, this is fun.'

A/N: Hello Hello, I hope you all enjoyed it. I don't actually have anything to say today soooooo-

Salaam and Have a great day!

-Laraib