2 Moons - Fairy tales Slashed

CH 14 - The reason

A/N: Just a quick message to say thank you to everyone for reading, voting and commenting <3 You are wonderful!!

Sorry for the late replies to messages and comments, my sister took the laptop, and my bro lent his to his girlfriend.... But I will keep posting, take that you evil siblings >.<

Enjoy <3

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P'Pha brought me to a room and showed me where the bath was, before hurrying off. My clothes were dirty from the fall, and my shirt had blood on it, my back was scratched and bleeding.

When I walked into the bathroom, the tub was already filled with warm water. I undressed and stepped in, finishing quickly I hurried out, my back was stinging. But there was only one towel on the shelf. I took it, drying off quickly before wrapping it around my waist and walking back into the main room.

I had to look around, Monty said a clue would be here, something to help break the spell. I thought back to being brought here, I could feel the calm lull in the magic, it had settled again. I sighed in relief; I didn't like the forest being angry.

A sharp inhale makes me look up to see P'Pha standing in the doorway, holding folded clothes.

"You...I...these are..." He stammers looking at me.

"P'Pha?" I wonder what's wrong.

"Clothes." He clears his throat, putting the things on the bed. "And...balm for..."

I smile at his thoughtfulness, walking over to the large mirror. My back has some scratches, but I won't be able to reach them to put the balm on.

"P'Pha, help me?" I ask. "I can't reach."

"Help...you...?" He whimpers.

"What's wrong P'Pha?"

"That...might not be a good idea." I wonder what's wrong with his voice. And why does he keep looking away?

"You need to put some clothes on you can't walk around like that in front of people." He says quickly.

"I do in front of Ming, and my brothers, and the angels."

"What! You shouldn't show anyone! No one, ever!"

"Show them what?" I ask walking closer. "Can't you put the balm on P'Pha?"

He looks away as he mumbles something about mercy, hesitating to pick up the jar. I turn around and sit on the corner of the bed as he gently starts applying it, I flinch when it stings. I see his reflection in the mirror, he flinches every time I do, my ears feel hot.

If it was Ming or my brothers or the angels doing this it wouldn't have bothered me, but all of a sudden I feel shy. My heart starts beating fast, I can smell his warm scent so close and my mind wanders back to the kiss in the forest. Maybe this wasn't a good idea.

"Done." He says in a strange tone before hurrying off.

I look in the mirror my face is red, and I actually realise that I'm half naked...is this considered throwing myself at him? The spell isn't broken and I like him this much already, what's going to happen when he's back?

As I stand in a daze to pick up the clothes he brought, I see a new pile on the opposite corner. When I look closer it's my clothes, cleaned and ready to wear. I look around the room but see no one, when I feel a little cold I quickly dress. Who put these here?

I waited for P'Pha but he didn't come back, I walked into the hall and looked around. I slowly opened a few doors calling him, but there was no answer. I found the kitchen, also empty, but I heard noises outside the door.