Uneasy Alliance (A Roleslaying with Roman story)

The Confession

Youngblood watched with bated breath as the amber wall melted down slowly. His eyes were focused on Noise as the tiefling was slowly lowered to the ground when the amber drained out of his prison. Noise lied on the ground, still covered in a thin layer of the sticky golden sap. He coughed and pushed himself up weakly, groaning.

Youngblood stopped himself from running to Noise, still apprehensive of Noise's reaction to his confession. As soon as Noise caught sight of Youngblood, he pounced on him, taking him to the ground and sticking to him with the amber. Youngblood tensed and closed his eyes, prepared to feel claws and fangs ripping at him, but his eyes snapped open when Noise grabbed his hair and kissed him hard.

Noise's eye was closed as he kissed Youngblood passionately. He wrapped his tail around the elf's waist and held him there, with one hand on his side and the other tangled into his hair. His ear twitched as he heard the other guards recover and whisper to each other as they watched the two, but he didn't care. All he wanted was to savor this moment.

Youngblood's eyes had closed after only a few seconds, and he had embraced Noise tightly. His body flushed with warmth as Noise tightened his grip on him, not letting him pull away for anything. The two stayed locked together like that for what felt like hours before Noise finally pulled away, breathing a bit heavily.

Youngblood lied on the ground, dazed and confused, his face and ears a much redder hue than before. Noise chuckled softly and stretched before helping Youngblood sit up. The two were still covered in amber, but after brushing most of it off, they could move fairly freely. Noise gently put his hand on Youngblood's cheek where the scars from his claws were almost faded, and looked into his eyes.

"I love you, too."

Youngblood smiled softly, a warm, genuine smile that he had only presented a few times, and pulled Noise to his chest, hugging him tightly. Noise closed his eye again and laid his head on Youngblood's shoulder.

Roman, Djembe, and Flow paid them no mind, instead helping the rest of the guards get most of the amber residue off of themselves. Once all of the guards were free and relatively clean, Tempo stepped out into the room.

"Aw, isn't this all just a lovely reunion?" Xe looked around as the guards took stance, only to be calmed by Flow. "Now GET OUT!!"

Xier form grew slightly in size and the vines around the room dug into the stone and dirt, making the area crumble a bit. The guards quickly filed out of the cave and back up onto the surface. Youngblood and Noise stood at the back of the group, making sure everyone got through. Tempo shrunk back down and turned to address Youngblood.

"And you. You have until this autumn to carry out your end of the deal, understood?"

Youngblood nodded, tightening his grip on Noise's hand slightly. Noise looked up at him worriedly. "What deal..?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it..."

Noise's gaze sharpened and he looked Youngblood in the eyes. Youngblood sighed softly and shook his head. "Not... not here.."

Noise backed off and leaned on him a bit, his tail still tightly wound around Youngblood's waist. Youngblood put his arm around him and smiled softly. Noise sighed and his ears flicked down a bit.

"I'm sorry... you shouldn't have to save me this much... I'm supposed to be better.. I was trained to be better.."

Youngblood shook his head and looked at Noise as they got out into the clearing where all the other guards were. "It's not your fault, Noise. You were hurt by the king, and you got kidnapped by fae, that's not something you could have prevented. Besides, I don't mind rescuing you."

"But I do! I mean, I'm glad that you care about me that much, but I just.. I should be able to protect myself.."

"I know you can protect yourself. You don't have to feel ashamed that we saved you," Youngblood said softly, gently brushing Noise's hair out of his face. Noise sighed and looked away, but leaned on him as they walked through the clearing.

Roman sat with Flow and Djembe, talking and laughing with them about something. Roman stood and smiled when he saw Noise and Youngblood. "We scouted ahead a bit and found a town where you guys and the guards can get cleaned up."

Youngblood nodded and smiled softly. "Thanks guys. I imagine it's not too far?"

"Nope, it's like a ten minute walk."

Noise sighed with relief and smiled a bit. "That's great, I hate sap, it's too sticky.."

Youngblood chuckled and rubbed his back gently. "Well then, we'd better get going."

A few of the guards mumbled their agreement, and once everyone was checked over, the group got up and trudged to the town. A few of them glanced at Youngblood and Noise as they walked, but no one said anything, knowing how powerful the two were and not wanting to get on their bad side.

They all made it to the town around sunset, all tired and feeling awful. They got to an inn and Roman thought for a bit.

"If you two want to share a room, I can stay with Djembe. If he wants to, of course." He looked towards Djembe and the guard nodded, smiling softly.

Youngblood smiled gratefully and ruffled Roman's hair. "Thanks, Roman."

"Of course, no problem."

Roman, Youngblood, Noise, and Djembe checked into two rooms, and Flow stayed behind to help sort out everyone else. The four boys walked up the stairs and Djembe and Roman split off down one hallway, waving to the other two as they went to their room. Noise yawned and stretched again, the scars on his legs burning from walking so long. Youngblood picked him up when they walked into the room and smiled softly. "I imagine you want a shower?"

"Mhm.."

"Want me to join you?" he teased.

Noise blushed violently and chuckled. "If you want. It'll save water, considering everyone else here will be taking showers as well.."

Youngblood laughed softly and kissed Noise tenderly, closing his eyes as he carried Noise into the bathroom.