LOVE IS A GIFTED FLOWER | Ben X Luna ~ Fate: The Winx Saga

Chapter 18 - Back To Reality

Ben and Luna came back to the Other World in the late afternoon, having spent the day enjoying their little piece of paradise as lovers.
Now the couple was sitting in the professor's car, parked in the castle courtyard, fingers entwined, dreading the moment when they would have to part.

"I don't want you to go, Ben, we've had such a lovely time together, I haven't felt this good for a long time," she admitted in a soft voice, trembling. "Thank you for everything, my love."

Her partner stared at her sadly, still clutching her hand in his, aware of the privilege he had of being loved by this woman who was showing her vulnerability to him alone. Seeing her so melancholy made his heart ache, and he just wanted to return her beautiful smile.

"Even if we have to be apart tonight, we'll see each other again soon enough, and I'll call you every day, my blossom, because I need to hear the sound of your voice," he assured her, putting a lock of hair back behind her ear.

She remained silent, fighting back tears, a lump in her throat due to the emotion. Their almost interminable separation the previous two months had destroyed her, they had just met again the day before, and already they had to leave each other. Until when? Even though she had spent a fabulous weekend with the man she loved, Luna had barely seen time fly. Their moment had been far too short.
Just then, Ben pulled his phone out of his pocket and took a picture of their entwined hands.

"What are you doing?" the Queen asked, a little surprised to see him doing this, as he rarely took his phone out.

He smiled at her as he showed his wallpaper.

"I've been keeping this picture of you for two months to help me cope with the distance, and I'd like to have a picture of the two of us that symbolises us," he answered before placing a kiss as delicate as a caress on her fingers. "I think I'll even print it out and frame it after I send it to you."

At the sight of that photo of her in her garden, smiling, before the fire that had separated them, which he was keeping religiously in his phone, the fairy felt her heart melt with love and tenderness. His feelings for her extended even to his wallpaper, as did her feelings for him, she had chosen as her wallpaper the photo taken in the greenhouse, where it all had begun.
The botany teacher made the new photo look more elegant by choosing a black and white filter, which still made the burns on her sweetheart's hand slightly visible.

"You're a wonderful man, Ben, but I have to go home now," she murmured regretfully, brushing his cheek with her fingertips. "Stella may have been trying to call me and she'll get worried."

He nodded his head in agreement, though he was thinking more of Andreas than Stella. It would have surprised him if the Specialist hadn't made dozens of calls trying to locate her, having guessed that she wasn't spending the weekend alone.
Luna leaned towards him to take one last taste of his lips, which hadn't been so sought after in ages. By dint of kissing them, she had come to know them by heart, as well as his chypre, woody and earthy scent.
He prolonged the kiss with strength and vigour, dancing with her tongue, trying to impress in his memory the smallest details of his beloved's mouth, waiting for their next date.
She looked at him passionately, her hair in a mess, already longing for him, and got out of the car with her overnight bag.

However, instead of starting to drive away, Ben couldn't help but get out of the car to save her from carrying her luggage to the castle.

"You're not going to carry all this weight by yourself, are you?" he teased her, grabbing the bag.

She turned around, surprised, her heart racing, a smile forming on her face. Definitely, he wasn't ready to go away, and it was pleasant for her.

"If you insist."