Siren

Playful 6

The green leaves of the palm trees swayed in the gentle breeze, rustling against each other. The sand white as snow and soft beneath his feet as he walked through the jungle, following her footsteps.

As she entered the pool water and swam towards the waterfall, he decided to hide behind one of the many rocks that were scattered across the sand banks surrounding the pool.

He waited patiently for her to return from the hidden cave, feeling excited as he saw movement behind the water curtain; only to be disappointed as a round object, followed by a small animal exited the cave. The wee fox hurriedly fetched the object and swam back into the cave, soon after to exit the cave again. This time, she had followed the animal out of the cave, playing fetch with it in the turquoise pool water.

He was sat completely still behind the rock, admiring how her eyes shone with happiness as she played around with the creature.

Suddenly, the ball slipped out of her hand as she was about to throw, the ball landing right in front of him. He picked it up, walking towards the water as he threw the ball towards the fox, starting his own game of fetch.

She gazed at him as he neared her and then sat by the edge of the pool, the small fox returning the ball to him.

Hours went by with playing fetch and he had now taken of his shirt and joined her in the water, engaging in playful splashing and teasing as well as silent flirtation.

Their connection and the warmth they both felt in their chest grew strong in the pool, though they had yet to exchange any words with each other.

In their playfulness, they ended up facing each other, almost no space between, his arms around her waist and her arms around his neck. He smiled shyly as he looked into her dark blue eyes, stunned by the colour. Still, he managed to utter one single word: "kiss?"

Surprise surged through her chest, her body stunned and only allowing her to slowly nod her head.

He gently placed his lips upon hers, bringing her body closer to his. The warmth they both felt in their chest was now touching and combining into one source of power that spread all throughout both their bodies. They parted, completely in a daze they never wanted to leave as they stared into each others eyes.

The next sentence that fell from his mouth made him slightly laugh as he said it out loud, feeling a bit ridiculous:

"So... what's your name?"