Aeson's Ox Blood

Chapter Three

When I woke up, I thought my head was going to explode from the incessant probing pain. Not only that, but my body was in contrasting temperatures. My front was engulfed in warmth, warmth I never wanted to let go of. However, my back was wet and cold, a chilly draft making my soaked shirt stick to me uncomfortably.

I opened my eyes, but it was so bright it hurt to look. So I groaned and buried my face into the warmth in front of me. As I was laying there, trying to ignore my splitting head and go back to sleep, again the cold and wetness slams against my back more forcefully and steady.

I sighed deeply in annoyance, my hot breath spreading across the surface in front of me. But then the strangest thing happened: it moved with a shudder. My head was laid upon something impossibly soft and round, something I mistook as a pillow. But generally, pillows don't shudder...

Immediately I pulled away and looked at just what it was I embracing. When I did, I stopped cold and froze all over. Laying under me was an asleep Danny on her back, her mouth wide open and sprawled out in the bed. And my pillows were... yes. Her breasts. I was practically laying on her with our legs entangled, while hugging her waist with my face firmly planted in her chest.

My face burned with embarrassment. Thank God she wasn't awake, I sighed in my mind. I think she would punch the daylights out of me. Slowly, I tried to move my arms away but she tensed and reached her hands out on my shoulders, pulling me closer. Now Danny was on her side as we literally laid there embracing. She let out a sleepy little moan that sent a shiver down my spine.

After sitting there for at least a full minute, I realized I wasn't going to be able to move. Danny had me in an iron grip. So I decided to take a look around the room, trying to ignore the mortification threatening to take me over. Turns out the window was open and the morning rain was flying in through her window onto my back. I tried to ignore that as well.

On her walls were framed vinyls and posters of musical groups, ranging from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to some scary looking metal bands with writing so warped and jagged that it wasn't legible. There was a desk, cluttered with stacks of paper, a closed laptop, and a large desktop screen. The desktop displayed a slideshow of pictures, Danny with various people. Hugging and smiling with girls and boys her age, looking like she was having a blast. Then there was a picture of Danny smiling softly, her arms around a ...

I couldn't quite tell the gender. They had light blonde hair that was pixie short, their face feminine. Danny was staring at them tenderly, as if this person was her world. They grinned goofily at the camera, their arm around Danny's waist.

They were a couple. Definitely a couple. But this had to be a few years ago, because Danny's hair wasn't shaved and it wasn't the same color. It was pulled into a lazy looking bun with strands falling out and was the color of mint, a cool shade of green with medium brown roots coming back in. Her features were softer, younger. Together they looked at ease and in love.

The image blinked away onto another but my thoughts still carried on. Where is this person now? Does Danny still think of them? What had happened between them?

The said girl stirred in my hold, her arms stretching out from around my neck. I didn't dare look up to see if her eyes were open or if she noticed our predicament. I let my eyes slip close. After stretching and yawning, Danny untangled our legs and rolled back onto her back while letting out a low groan.

"Ugh... fuck." She mumbled, her voice deep and laced with sleep. I felt her attempt to sit up but was stopped by the fact her arm was under my head. "Shit... Ace. Ace, get up. I need to piss."

This was my chance! I could pretend I had been sleeping the whole time and only just now woke up due to her insistence... Just maybe I could have worded that more casually like a normal 28 year old. Scrunching my nose and trying to stretch a little like she did before, I slowly opened my eyes and batted them as if fighting the sleep away. "W-what?" I lifted my head to look at her and she slipped her arm out from under.