Sands of Time

Kiss

I don't know how long Kohmus and I laid there, more that I was layingdown while he hovered over me half sitting and half laying before hestarted to pull up. "No," I didn't know why I didn't want him toleave me, didn't want him to sit up. I craved the feel of hisweathered bandages, somehow both scratchy and age softened at thesame time, and the leather feel of his skin. Luckily he seemed tounderstand what I meant, what I needed. I don't know how I would haveexplained it to him, it would have been hard to even say the wordsmuch less loud enough and in a way he could understand. I didn't evenunderstand.

He just cooed to me, moving around until he was laying beside me,both of us on our sides facing each other, me underneath my (blanketcolor) blanket and him laying over it. "Shh, Name, shh...it's okay.You're safe. I'm here, you're safe." He promised again and again,stroking his fingers through my (curly/wavy/straight) hair.

He began humming a lullaby, one that felt so deeply familiar, like Icould hum along with him at the same time to. When I searched mybrain I realized that it was even deeper in me than it was in Kohmus,that when I was Nerfert it was the song that my own father would humto me, he had words to it but I had forgotten it, he had stoppedsinging the song when I had stopped being a child and he was deadbefore I had children so I had hummed it to both our children as wellas to Kohmus when he was stressed or frustrated or just needed to beheld and promised that I wanted him and only him, just as Kohmus.That we were real, that I wasn't feeling pressured to be with him.

Between this and he rubbing and lightly scratching at my scalprelaxed me to the point I must have dozed off. I felt so warm andsafe that I slipped off to sleep easier than I ever really thought Iwould be. It wasn't until I was hearing the (beeping/song) of myalarm clock and a thumping.

"Nngh,"

"Shh Name, go back to sleep. Rest." I heard a whisper and it waseasy to slip back into the comfortable realm of sleep. It felt likemoments later that something was rubbing my shoulder and shaking methe slightest bit.

"Name. Name, Iris Blossom, it's time to wake up beloved." Imanaged to rub my eyes as I woke up looking around and frowned as Isaw the alarm clock was seven minutes later than I had set it. Istill had enough time to get ready, lucky that Kohmus had woken meup. "Welcome back to the land of the living, my beloved."

"Good morning Kohmus, thanks for waking me up." I said as Istretched up smiling when I heard a few of my back cracking, wigglingslightly to shake off the last of sleep, I couldn't snooze since Islept in.

"Of course Name, come. I've got breakfast ready." He said and Ifelt my heart melt that he made breakfast, since he did I could havenapped but there was no way I was going to make him become my snoozebutton, plus I was already closer to awake then asleep so I followedhim. I couldn't help but smile to see he had used the bread I hadbaked just yesterday, or I suppose it was two days ago; remembering apast life was apparently tiring work. He had spread some of thegoat's cheese and drizzled the honey and he had mastered making teaas it was sitting and had a spoon in the mug telling me he alreadysweetened it. That gave me pause because I was very particular how mytea and coffee were sweetened.

I would say nothing but I would have to cover my expression. Hewasn't watching me though, just went about putting the cheese and(honey/sugar/cream/lemon/etc) away and wrapping up the bread andputting it away, just general cleanup. I was pleasantly surprised asthe (preferred morning tea) tea was just the way I liked it.