LONG LOST (A Sungurtekin Bey Fanfiction)

30.

Nuray enetered the marquee with a frown on her forehead. Hayme had gone to see Dogan and to tell him that Banu Cicek was saved. Ertugrul and Gundogdu were at the feast and Halime had gone to Selcan's tent. So Sungurtekin was alone in the marquee at that time. He had called for her. She had wondered why but refusing him was not an option. When she enetered, he was not in the marquee instead he was in his tent. She hesitated for a moment nor that she had never been in his tent before but because she had never been in his tent when he was alone there. She stood there for some time then called.

"Sungurtekin bey?" Then she waited for him in the marquee. He came out after a moment.

"So there you are," He smiled. He looked like as he was ready to go somewhere. His sword and dagger were in their places in his waistband.

"I made this for you." She said and gave him a cap that she had been holding all this time. Sungurtekin beamed at her and took the cap.

"You? Yourself?" He asked.

"Yes. You are a bey. You need a cap to represent your tribe!" She smiled. Sungurtekin placed the cap on his head. It fitted perfectly.

"Eyvallah! Elenende sağlık! (May your hands be blessed)" He smiled affectionately at her.

"Next time I will give you a hair comb!" She said, staring at his disheveled hair.

"I don't have time for these formalities!" Sungurtekin chuckled and took out his dagger from its sheath. Then he placed it front of them both in such a way that both of their reflections were shown in the steel. Nuray stared at her reflection as she stood beside him. She looked really nice beside him. She wondered whether she would be able to see her reflection again whenever she would be alone. "I think I look better this way." Sungurtekin said. She wondered what did he mean? Whether he was talking about the way he looked when he was beside her or the way his hair looked, the thing they were actually talking about. She turned to him but he was putting his dagger. Then he looked at her and sighed.

"I think we should go."

"Yes,!" She said coming back to her senses. Sungurtekin came out of the marquee.

After sometime, they both were going out of the tribe riding their horses.

"Where are we going?" Nuray asked.

"Out in the dark!" He replied.

"Are we going to meet someone again?" She asked again. Curiosity filling her up inside.

"Yes!" Sungurtekin nodded.

"Banu Cicek?" She asked.

"No if wanted to meet her, I would have gone alone!" He supressed his smile. He was ahead of her so she was not able to see his expression.

"Yeah! Like you are able to do this!" Nuray scoffed.

"I did actually!" Sungurtekin smiled.

"With whom are we meeting this time?" She asked ignoring him completely.

"It's a surprise!" Sungurtekin said. "And I am meeting, not you! You'll be standing at a distance."

"Then why did you take me with you!" She exclaimed.

"Not to gain attention and to avoid followers!" Sungurtekin said. Ishak appeared out of the bushes and greated them both.

"Beyim! Go staright from here. Sheikh is waiting for you at this path." He said.

"Eyvallah! Ishak kardeş!" Sungurtekin nodded and carried on. After some time he saw someone standing in his path at some distance. He was an old man with white beard. It seemed as if light was emitted out of him. Even in this darkness Sungurtekin could clearly see his features. The dervish smiled at him. He turned to Nuray who had also stopped.