Hunting for a way home - Shalnark x Reader

Chapter 47 - We are, Becoming something new.

This Chapter is smut heavy don't say I didn't warn you.

The next morning you had planned on telling Shalnark some of how you were feeling but he wasn't in bed. Walking out into the rest of the house brought you no closer to answers because the house was empty.

Unsure of what to do you went to preoccupy yourself with something to do. Realization struck and you hauled ass to your clothes.

Immediately you grabbed the satchel that you'd shoved the bottle from the floorboards of the ship into.

Bringing it into the kitchen you attempted to open the bottle... with not a lot of success. To make matters worse the glass was thick. At first you didn't want to ruin the bottle.

After over ten minutes with no success you went outside to begin slamming the bottle into the sidewalk.

Nothing.. not even a crack. Shalnark went unnoticed as he approached as you anxiously beat the bottle into the ground.

When a laugh sounded over your shoulder, it was hard not to jump slightly.

"What are you doing?" His hands perched on his hips as he leaned over to look down at you, shaking the bottle you couldn't help but grin fiendishly.

"I forgot to tell you that I didn't just find the bens knife in that hidden compartment but this bottle as well!" Shock lit his eyes as he crouched down beside you to examine the bottle in your hands all you did was all it out with an irritated huff. "Unfortunately.. I can't get the damned thing open."

His eyes flicked up to your before he smirked, taking the bottle in his hands. When it was in his grasp his aura flared and the top of the bottle fell off the bottle instantly. All you could do was let your jaw drop as you looked up at him speechless.. Why hadn't you thought of that.

His laugh only served to irritate you as he pulled the parchment out the bottle. "Oh don't be so full of yourself.. I would've thought of it.. Eventually."

Before he could say anything you peered at him curiously. "Where have you been anyways?"

Shalnarks only answer was a smirk. "Guess you'll have to see later." At that your head quirked to the side but his smirk only grew.

You tried pestering him to no avail and in response he ushered you into the house. And effectively grabbed your attention in another way by pulling out a vial of an accelerant he'd been developing for you. "How'd you have the time to even make this?" Holding it between your fingers you spun it around experimentally.

"You'd be surprised everything I can get done while you sleep!" Rolling your eyes, you looked at him carefully, you'd had an idea for him for a while now and finally felt it was the right time to broach the subject.

"You know.. I was thinking.. You should really find a way to recall your antennae. It might be difficult but maybe you can learn to conjure a thread attached to your antennae so you can pull them back from your targets." Shrugging you looked away towards Aster who noticed had grown ALOT in the past few weeks.

"You know I can't imagine how much the Zoldycks spend a day feeding Mike." Ignoring your last question Shalnark came up beside you and laid a hand against your hip.

"You almost sound like you care about me." Shrugging you pulled away from his hand and walked to the other side of the room. "Never said I didn't."

It wasn't until much later in the day did either of you talk to each other. The sun was about an hour off from setting when he finally came and got you. "Lucky for you I was able to get a good idea off of that parchment earlier about the hideout location of the treasure those pirates had."