The Journey - MTMB

Part 7 - Cured... and..?

Mario's Pov: 

I felt like a new surge of energy had been injected into me, waking up instantly... For a few moments, i was confused where i even was, before recollecting events... Right... i had been basically fatally sick, until Riba has found a cure... which tasted oddly like blood. Talking about Riba, his arms were wrapped around me, and he was sound asleep... There was no reason for him to do that so... what if...? 

Riba had finally woken up, and he was still embracing me as he asked, "How are you feeling?"

"I uh- I'm feeling better..." I flushed out in red-ness. Yet, I didn't pull away.

He smiled. "It worked then!" he then got up and out of the bed, as if he wasn't just cuddling me.

I got out of the bed as well. A mixture of happiness and being flustered was overwhelming me, I smiled as well. I kept on smiling until I noticed Riba's hand, which had a scabbed-over wound. "What happened to your hand...?!"

"Well i uh-" He started.

I connected the dots... the cure... that tasted like blood... had I... had I drank Ribas blood? and it had worked? Besides that, Riba had hurt himself! "You cut yourself for that cure, didn't you...?"

"Well... yes... But that doesn't matter, look! your standing, the potion worked! and that's all that matters."

"But... Doesn't that hurt? What if it gets infected, what if-"

"Mario. I'll be okay.' He crouched down. "Look, I just wanted you to get better, alright? I care about you. I really do."

My face flushed up again. Did he just say that? Riba seemed to notice instantly how he had said that, standing up. "Sorry, I-" he started, slightly red in the face.

"No- it's alright-" I said quickly.

"I uh- I'm just going to go uh...  collect herbs. yeah...!" He rushed off.

I let him run off... that was. very awkward. and ho- NO. He was probably just embarrassed, and he didn't mean it like THAT. He's a friend... he's a friend... 

But that did not explain the cuddles.

It was several hours later. Was Riba still outside...? I'm going to go check on him.

Now outside, I could see that Riba was leaned against a tree. Eating an apple.

"Hey Riba!" I tried to sound as causal as possible.

"AU- Oh- Hi Mario-"

"Whatcha doing out here...?" I decided to stir up some conversation.

"Just uh... chilling... and eating apples." He gave a side glance at a pile of apples.

"Hah- you must of been very hungry-" I chuckled slightly. "Why don't we take a walk around the meadow? Sitting here must be boring."

"Your right." He threw the apple into the pile he had collected "Let's go."

Him and I began to walk across the peaceful meadow. The cool afternoon's sun shone against the grassy blades and beautiful flowers. We stopped on a hill, and both sat down, admiring the land around us.

"isn't it beautiful here?" I spoke.

"Yeah... it really is." He agreed.

We both sat in awkward silence for a moment, wow... everything looked so peaceful and pretty...

Riba stared at me for a moment, as if I was the most fascinating thing here, my face getting hot from the blood rushing to my face.

And suddenly.

Riba pulled me in.

And too my utter surprise... he... he kissed me!

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