Fallen Star Chronicles (Work in Progress)

Chapter Eleven - Planning

~Chapter Eleven - Planning

Ainu wakes first the next morning, stretching out along the bed before looking through the door into the living room where Daemon is asleep on the couch. She slips off the bed and goes into the bathroom for a shower. She scrubs her hair, letting the hot water stream down on her tired muscles and washes up quickly before stepping out. She grabs a towel and wraps it around her body, tucking the end in tightly and grabs another towel to dry her hair as she moves back into the bedroom to dress. As she is drying her hair, she notices Daemon's energy change to signal he's awake and she looks into the living room to see him stand and stretch. He makes his way to the bedroom and stops in the door with his head tilted slightly.

"You're awake?"

"Aye, just got out of the shower."

"Ah, hope you left me some hot water."

He chuckles as he moves past her and she throws the towel she was using to dry her hair at him. He snaps the towel in her direction, causing her to squeak in surprise and he closes the bathroom door to shower, chuckling to himself. As he showers, Ainu dresses in one of his shirts and makes her way to the living room to pull out a few bolts of fabric and picks up the bag of needles and thread. She takes them to the kitchen table and lays the bolts of fabric on the chair as she measures how big the table is so she knows her workspace limit. She measures out a few yards of a deep blue fabric and a few yards of a sheer robin's egg blue color. She goes with the genie pants and bandeau halter top design that she found to be the most comfortable for her.

She works quickly and quietly and doesn't notice that Daemon is standing across the table from her until he clears his throat and holds out a cup of hot chocolate. The sound startles her and she looks up, breathing heavily before she recognizes Daemon and laughs softly for her silliness. She accepts the cup and he moves around the table, pulling her to the couch to sit and rest while she drinks her hot chocolate.

"You made quick work already."

"Aye, Sir. I tend to disappear when enjoying myself."

"I noticed. I wish I could see what you've created, I can only feel the idea once finished, no real colors or details."

"I'm sure one day you will be able to see again."

"You seem very sure about that."

"I have hope, after all you can still claim your dragon abilities."

"You are definitely something else, lass." He says, caressing his hand through her hair.

"I should get back to work, wouldn't want you to run out of shirts because I keep using them."

"I don't mind, they are there if you need them, like everything else I have."

Ainu smiles and takes their cups back into the kitchen, rinsing them out before resuming her work on her outfit. A few hours later Daemon stops her again, this time in the middle of her third piece, for her to eat something and rest her feet. He props her feet up on his lap and begins to rub them softly, applying more pressure if she is too ticklish in a certain spot so that it doesn't tickle. She returns to work once he lets her go and by the time for dinner she has completed six full outfits and a couple new hoods to go with them. Ainu cleans up the space for the night and helps Daemon fix them a potato, carrot and beef stew with enough to last a few days.

"I think you should visit your home. You never know what will happen."

"I am not comfortable about going back."

"What if I went with you?"

"Are you saying that you want to go?"

"I think it would be nice. I haven't really gone anywhere and what I have seen, wasn't really exciting."