Sink in Reef City

Chapter 8: Scarred lives

I have always found something appealing about the fall season. At Rock Bottom I used to lie near a tree, watching the orange and brown leaves fall, while the autumn breeze caressed my face. Honestly, it was very relaxing. It's a shame that in Volcadera Bluffs there aren't so many parks to do that anymore, it's just an urban jungle. What I would give to spend an afternoon together with Koral, watching the autumn leaves fall together, close to each other...Yes, I have definitely fallen in love with her. In the last few weeks that we have been hanging together I felt my heart beating a mile a minute every time I saw her smile. And it didn't help that while we were working in the school garden my eyes were on her at all times like a magnet. I couldn't stop gawking at her.

"Huh...Descon? This is starting to get a little heavy..."

The way her yellow eyes leered at me through her red locks, her smile full of sharp teeth, her tail wagging happily every time we had our usual banters....

"Descon...My arms are getting tired, I don't think I can handle it anymore..."

And every time I catch a glimpse of her muscular, sexy figure I mentally bite my lower lip. Especially her ass. Gosh, whenever I see it moving I want to scream GYA-.

"DESCON!"

I snap out back to reality. Shit! I quickly grab the heavy box that Maya was holding with her tiny hands and put it on the shelf where it belongs.

"Sorry, I was distracted"

"Thinking about Koral's butt?" Maya raises an accusing eyebrow.

"...I mumbled that aloud, didn't I?" I rub the back of my neck as my face starts to turn red with embarrassment. Maya, for her part, lets out a cute giggle as she covers her beak with her sleeve.

Today was kind of a special day for the dinos, the last warm day of the year or something like that. I didn't pay much attention to the announcements that the student council president gave yesterday in the school auditorium, as Koral and I were sitting together and kept joking about them. The only words that caught my attention were that today was a day off.Anon and his family were having a cookout with their friends today. They didn't invite me to go with them, and I wasn't surprised, the last thing they wanted is for the purple trigga to get a brain aneurysm from seeing my face after what happened last time. Still, it hurt a little when Amber repeatedly asked her mom or dad why I wasn't going with them this time. They didn't tell her the real reason, of course, she is still too young to understand. I simply told her that I had a lot of homework and that I couldn't go, she seemed to accept it, but I have the feeling that she didn't believe my words. I don't like lying to her, but her mother was starting to get pissed off because Amber kept asking her why, so for her sake I made that excuse. At least Anon noticed, because he thanked me quietly.

I tried to meet Koral, but she already had plans. She was going to spend the day off training with her father for her next fights. So I decided to spend the morning in Little Troodon, at least I wouldn't stay at home cooped up doing nothing. While I was walking around Little Troodon I saw Maya, she was trying to carry heavy boxes inside her parents' store, and it was costing her a lot. Without thinking too much I decided to give her a hand, to her surprise, she wasn't expecting me to be around. I thought she was having a heart attack because of the way she screeched and her feathery tail bristled when I approached her from behind.

However, she was grateful for the help once she calmed down. And here I am now, in the storage room of her parents' store, carrying boxes with very fragile things inside. As we worked together I told her a bit about what I've been doing with Koral lately, even what I feel for her. Maya seemed glad to hear all of that.

"Descon, if you feel that way about her, maybe you should confess it to her"

I sigh. "Believe me, I've tried several times. But every time I'm about to say it I start stuttering and end up making a joke to break the awkward moment" I remember how last time I ended up pretending to have an allergic reaction because of some plants we were planting in the school's garden. She hit me repeatedly for scaring her, and the fact that she cared about my well-being only served to fuel my desires for her.