Foreigner of Fire

6 - The Brother

The sound of rain pitter pattering on the roof of the cabin is loud when Lily wakes up. The air is cooler inside and she hugged the white duvet closer to her body and snuggled deeper into her bed.

Her return to slumber was disturbed by the persistent knocking that started up on her door. Lazily, she got out of bed – entirely forgetting what she was dressed in – and went over to the door. She opened it without hesitation, still drowsy and tired.

"What do you want?" She asked Ash, who stood outside, soaking wet, and holding a large black dustbin bag that was covering something. He was fixated on her, lost for words and completely shocked. Lily caught the drift and remembered what she was wearing. She slammed the door shut in his face, blushing wildly before she quickly grabbed her long sundress and pulled it over herself. She opened the door again and let Ash inside, realizing she couldn't leave him out in the rain. "Ash!" She called out through the loud rain. It smelled of wet leaves – a smell she used to call the rain smell when she was younger – and savored it. Ash was half way down her steps, looking dazed, and he froze when she called. He turned back to face her.

"Come in!" She called, waving to him wildly. A smile spread across his face as he trudged back towards her cabin, walking inside in his soggy flip flops. He set the bag covered item aside and removed his flip flops, placing them up right in the far corner to dry. "I'm going to wash up." Lily grabbed her toothbrush and facewash, heading to the handbasin in the corner. Ash ignored her and slipped off his wet t-shirt. His shorts would dry quickly, so he left them on. He hung up his shirt on the windowsill after leaving her window open.

"Don't mind the mosquitoes." He said reassuringly as she finished washing up. "I'm a ninja."

"Very funny." She turned around after wiping her face on her towel and froze, her eyes glued to the shirtless god before her.

Wait a minute –

Did she just think of him as a god?

"What?" Ash frowned and raised an eyebrow at her. His wet hair flopped droopily onto his eyebrows. "Hello?" He circled his face with his hand. "My face is here." He had the goofiest smirk on his face. Lily tried to avert her attention to his face but she kept nervously glancing back at his perfectly formed abs and well toned bod. "This isn't the only thing I have to offer." He winked at her. When she didn't move or reply, he advanced towards her slowly, testing the waters.

Ash managed to corner Lily and inched just slightly closer, almost closing the gap between them. Lily stared up at his silver eyes which bore into her own. Even though the cabin was cool, the intensity between them made it a lot hotter than it was. Lily broke into a sweat.

The only image etched into his mind as he started down into her eyes was how she looked like when she first opened the door on him. It didn't seem anything like her to dress that way and he wondered why exactly she had been sleeping in those clothes – a noodle strap shirt and panties. He had to admit, the only thought in his mind at that moment was how he wanted to do her then and there and make her his.

Lily's eyes travelled down his perfectly shaped jaw, down the side of his neck, past his well defined collarbone and rested on his pectorals. She lowered her gaze even further down to admire his abs up close. She was breathless and her mouth hung slightly open in nervousness.

She raised her hand slower than a snail to run it against his bare skin, down his abs. They lightly grazed against him when he grabbed her chin, lifted her face up and leaned in to kiss her.

"Whoa! Slow down there Ash." A voice behind him knocked the two of them out of their daze and they both turned to see a handsome – but dry – brown haired man near the door way. He was leaning against the closed door with a smirk on his face.

"What the actual fuck, Beel?!" Ash snapped at the young man who only chuckled. "That's just rude."

"Is this your little Lili – " the man, Beel, began.

"Okay, you shut up." Ash rolled his eyes, walking towards the man.

"Who are you?" Lily frowned. "What are you doing in my cabin?"

"You going to introduce us?" Beel turned to Ash with a smirk. Ash only sighed. He glanced at Lily once before motioning to the stranger.

"Lily..." Ash seemed uncomfortable. "This is my younger brother, Beel." When he admitted to the two of them being related, Lily finally began to notice the resemblance. They had the same shape of nose, thick eyebrows, full lips, the same jawline and silver eyes. The only few differences were that unlike Ash, Beel looked pretty stoned and wasn't as built as his older brother.

"She's a cutie." Beel commented, staring straight at Lily before attempting to move towards her. He was blocked by his brother, who stood an inch taller than him, at 6'2". Ash shook his head disapprovingly. "Fine. Fine." Beel raised his hands in defeat.