The Realm of Eternity Into the Unknown

Ten Dates

"Good morning little fox you have a bed to sleep in you do know that right." A deep fiery fierce familiar voice says breaking through my foggy sleeping mind.

I shuffle around in my sleep position groggily opening my eyes to see the baby crystal dragon curled up next to me and Astas violet orbs staring daggers down at me from behind the stall door.

"You look really angry." I sit up shuffling myself toward the opposite side of the stall. He lets out a large, exasperated sigh.

"Of course, I'm angry." His voice is tight like he's trying to contain himself. He runs his hands through his fiery red hair pacing back and forth in front of the stall door.

"Nobody comes out except for the servants I have checking on the baby dragon when I'm unable to. It was not an easy task to find you. I didn't even know you were missing until hours after you had returned from wherever with zephyr it wasn't until we both ran into each other looking for you that we realized you weren't with either of us. We spent hours searching for you until I finally thought about the baby dragon and hoped to the kitsune spirits that you were here. As angry as I am with you, I found you asleep next to the dragon, so I told everyone who was searching and came to stay here with you until morning. You must have needed the sleep having passed out in the barn."  His voice is still fiery with anger as he rapidly speaks but his eyes are soft like he's relived I'm okay.

I don't know what to say he's already so mad do I dare tell him I was here because zephyr kissed me, and I was confused about it all. "I'm sorry..." I stare down at the still sleeping baby dragon. "A lot happened yesterday, and I just really needed to think alone and I ended up here I didn't mean to fall asleep these past couple days have just been so much my body was more tired than I thought."

"You still should have told someone we were so worried about you." I flinch at the fierceness of the anger in his voice pressing myself harder against the stall wall.

I glance up from the dragon to his eyes shocked to see them glistening with tears. "I just..." his voice breaks "I thought you were dead." He finishes his voice trembling.

He turns away from me his body shaking. I stand up from the stall floor and let myself out careful not to wake the baby dragon.

"Asta." I gently call out as I place my hand on his back. He doesn't respond.

"Hey I'm right here. I'm sorry I made you worry like that I never meant to do that please let me make it up to you if I can."

He turns around and walks toward me a fire burning in his eyes. I take a step back slightly startled. My back is pressed against the stall door now. He stands in front of me and places both his arms on either side of me pinning me to the door. He puts his forehead against mine and my breath hitches. I stare into his blazing eyes my heart pounding against my chest.

"First off if you ever need to be alone again, please find me and tell me. I will let you be alone for however long you need I just need to know you're safe when you disappear. Can you do that?" His eyes are softer now the fire dissipating that familiar fondness now shining brightly.

"I can do that Asta I promise."

"Good I'll hold you to that. I'm sorry I was so angry I'm not very good with caring about people like I do you and I just don't want to lose you, so I'm happy you're okay that's all that matters to me. Now the second thing is."

He dips his head down capturing my lips with his. He kisses me hard like he doesn't know how many times he's going to get to kiss me. All too soon he sucks in my bottom lip to lightly nibble before pulling away. "Don't ever forget those lips are mine."

"That's very ominous should I be worried?" I'm not sure if he's saying that because he knows zephyr kissed me or for some other reason I'm unaware of.

"No, you don't have anything to worry about vixen, but we do have to go find zephyr."