Sands of Time

Earnest

He grimaced as he looked from where he was sitting to his hand andstroked his fingers over the way of the bandages and sighed. "Oh mylove, if you could only see what I look like underneath thesebandages. It would frighten you away." He frowned and I kept fromsaying anything to point out that I already could see. Hisentire mouth and jaw was exposed and of course it was possible thatit could be worst. But that wasn't what mattered.

"No," I shook my head disagreeing. "If someone is in love thenit goes far deeper then the skin. Someone who would turn away fromtheir lover for something as shallow as looks never loved in thefirst place." I explained but then remembered how he felt about thewoman he for some reason that I was.

"I am not Nerfert, but if she loved you as much as you say you haveno reason to fear if you find her." I assured, I felt bad for him.Still I couldn't be too gentle or it would be essentially leading himon.

"But you would, if someone who looked like me, you would fall inlove?" He asked and the hope in his voice was unmistakable. Igrimaced as I was in between a rock and a hard place so at this pointall I could hope for was that honesty would see me through this.

"Not exclusively." I agreed and that seemed to confuse him enoughthat he would listen past just a simple yes or no question. "Justthe looks would stop me from falling in love but there is a lot;there is more then just two plus two makes four."

"I do not understand..." he whispered holding up both hands twofingers on both hands and I sighed.

"It's a saying. You could have all the things someone looks for ina lover, but there is a 'X Factor' a spark that you need to makesomeone want another in some way or another." I shook my head andgroaned as I realized that would confuse him even more.

"I am sorry Name, I do not follow." He sounded so sorry and Ifelt bad for him as I am just confusing him more and more.

"Let's try again...you know how for some you feel friendship, somea romantic love, some like a family. Why then? What is the differencebetween a lover and friend?" I pointed out and hummed, "so no,looks would not stop me."

"You have a kind, good heart." He said and that relaxed me and Iwas grateful for that.

"Okay...well I can't have a zombie running around. I'll have tofind something for you to sleep on. I think I have extra stuff." Ihummed and he blinked confused and looked at me even more confused.

"Zombie? What's a zombie?" He asked and I couldn't help but laughand he frowned but I could see the small smile quirk his lips soguess he didn't find it too bad. I didn't mean to but it was justthat hearing a mummy, a zombie, asking me what a zombie was toofunny.

"A zombie is a reanimated corpse, when a dead body can now move."I explained and he looked at his hands before nodding.

"Yes. I am a zombie." He agreed and I had to keep from laughingmore.

"More mummy. But yes basically." I agreed and shook my head as Ithought about further on that. "Okay but you can stay here. Holdon." I got up and went to the small pantry outside my bathroom thatI opened getting a sheet, blanket and pillow to make the couch morelike a bed. It wouldn't be that comfortable but my couch was prettygood and the fact remained that it was almost definitely morecomfortable then a sarcophagus. "Here's somewhere for you tosleep." I couldn't believe I was doing this but there was no otherway. Maybe I was asleep?

"Your so mothering. Always have been."

"Kohmus." I complained, I knew where he was going with this buthe chuckled and hummed.

"I will not say it as you don't wish to hear it but..."

I somehow held back a groan but did speak up, "you can't possiblythink that I am rea-"

"Darling, if you don't want to think you are, that is okay. You arekind, sweet, lovely, your heart is so full of love I'm surprised themuscle can contain it so much. Can you accept that?" He askedearnestly like his whole world was tipped in the balance of if Ilistened to him or not. And despite that I couldn't help but agree tohim.

"Okay. I will accept it." I agreed relaxing my shoulders and hegrinned at me like I had offered him the entire world. Strange tothink coming from a former pharaoh. It might have been thousands ofyears over this time, but to him it was just yesterday. So what couldI offer him? Yet to him, apparently it is more then enough.

I hope you guysliked this, Kohmus is such a earnest sweet boy.