Extraterrestrial Exploration

chapter 7

The smell of something sweet wafted in through my nose as i lay against my warm bed and i could faintly felt something wet pressing against my lips. Still very sleepy and unable to comprehend anything but the strange feeling i pursed my lips with a small groan and turned my head away but as i got comfortable once more, i just so happened to swipe my tongue lightly over my lips and tasted some kind of sweet juicy residue left behind by whatever had been in my face.

It was delicious, and as i felt the strange thing press to my lips again i swiped the tip of my tongue out over my lips again, finding the source of the juice. Parting my lips i took a small nibble and nearly moaned at the taste. Much more eagerly i ate some more, not paying any mind to the way my resting place moved and helped me to sit upright, nor how i was being hand-fed by some unknown entity.

After eating a few pieces of what i assumed was fruit, i finally felt awake enough to open my eyes. As my eyesight adjusted and i raised one hand to rub the tiredness out of my eyes, i was greeted by none other than Eikan’s smiling half-masked face.

Confused, it took me a moment to register the fact i was lying in his lap with one arm behind my shoulders keeping me upright as my head rested against his chest. A strangely happy chittering sound reverberated through him as he pressed another piece of fruit to my mouth. 

Blinking a few times i gently grabbed his arm pushing his hand away enough to get a look at what he was feeding me. I nearly paled at the sight of the unfamiliar food. It was green in color with veiny red tendrils hanging from it, moving almost like they were alive.

I could only stare at it in horror as Eikan brought the fruit back to my lips urging me to eat more. This time i pushed his arm away. “No! Im not eating that!” i couldn't stop looking at the strange fruit. ‘Were those worms or just part of the plant? How much of it had he fed me!? It could be toxic to me!’

Eikan, seemingly became irritated by my refusal of the fruit and despite me pushing his arm away, he tried to push for me to eat more, angrily saying my name as if to scold me for suddenly being stubborn. “Nala!”

“No! It's still moving!” i continued to fight against him doing my best to hold his arm at bay.

Eiso, suddenly walked into the cavern seeing the two of us struggling against one another as Eikan was trying to force-feed me his crazy alien fruit. “Eikan!” Eiso snapped suddenly grabbing his companion's attention, allowing me a moment of respite, enough to escape their hold and scoot way onto the bed.

I was still panicking over the fact i had eaten some of that fruit, any moment i could start bleeding from every orifice or have a seizure. There was no telling what was going to happen or how the fruit would affect me and that thought was terrifying.

I was not given the chance to have a full-blown panic attack over the situation because, within moments, Eikan had gotten to his feet, discarding the fruit to promptly grab me by the waist and haul me off the ground. I shrieked as he carried me under his arm towards the entrance of the cave.

Eiso followed close behind as they stepped into the water, and set me on my feet. I tried to pull away from Eikan only to be grabbed by Eiso who took me by the shoulders and pushed me under the spray of the waterfall.

After being completely drenched i managed to pull away from the two aliens and removed the wet hair from my face. Eikan seemed amused as Eiso grabbed my hand and shoulder making me sit on a rock that barely poked out of the water. I was a panting mess as I tried to understand what was happening. 

Eikan came up in front of me taking Eiso’s place as he moved around behind me to start pulling my hair back to comb his claws through it. ‘Are they…bathing me?’