A Big Surprise

Lilliana Roslyn's POV.

"My leg's hurting, already. Is it still far?" I groan, dropping my head and dangling them ridiculously while I walk.

"Just a bit more. And you shouldn't be complaining. I already offered to give you a ride but your little fighter spirit wouldn't let you." Adrian says as he's walking few steps ahead of me.

We've been walking on this hill with tall trees, shrubs and small grasses spread all over it for the past thirty minutes or so. We started walking when the car couldn't ride here and I'm as tired as shit right now.

Well, this isn't Adrian's fault at all. He's offered to run me to the D-place but I didn't let him. I don't want my stomach to clutch because of his flashy speed. I just hate that speed of his. I mean, I won't be able to see anything but blurry images. But at this point, I think I have to reconsider.

"You'll pass out from dehydration and tiredness, all because of your stubbornness." Adrian groans while I manage to keep up with him.

"I'll be fine and you have no right to talk at me. If not for your healing powers, do you think you'd still be as strong as this-" I point to his frame to emphasize. "-by now. I'm human and I want to walk like human."

Actually, on the inside I'm dying. Why can't I just summon the courage to let him run me flashily? At least he's done it before...and I remember that I almost passed out from dying because of afraidness. I'll manage.

"Okay." Says, Adrian all of the sudden. "I've had enough of this. What's the worst you will do? Smack me. Get mad at me." Oh, no. Where's he getting at? He's not going to run me off without my consent, right? "Or kiss me." He says with a wink, followed by that same smug grin. This is bad.

All in a matter of seconds, I see the blurry image of the trees and the sky. The swooshing sound of the air, hitting my face and flying my hair in such a way that I had to keep my eyes closed to avoid my hair from falling into my eyes. Then, followed by the feeling of my legs hooked on the firm waist of Adrian and my hands cupping his hefty shoulders before they hook each other to avoid fall.

"We're here." Adrian says and I unhook my body from his.

"You piece of..." I stop as I finally get off him and see the sloppy part that leads downwards. I hate heights yet I've experienced it two times and each time, unwillingly.

Tall green woods surrounds us at the cliff as fresh fallen leaves fly in the air and fall downwards when they reach the end. The smell of greens are more vivid and perceivable here. It's wonderful. Not really to the sight but focused on the smell.

The end are glorified with the clear and wide space of green grasses and the mountains are found at the far distance, opposite us. They look hazy from here as I view it. The sun is more evident in the sky than when we were in the deep of the woods.

I look back at Adrian, who's beside me and quiet. His eyes are on me as his lips twitch up into a grin. He's damn handsome. Why?!!

"This is the place?" I ask and step closer to him. He wets his lips and say, focusing his gaze ahead before looking back at me with a smirk.

"No. I stopped here because I needed to talk to you."

Talk to me? Is it about the kiss? Or the feed? Or both? Why am I freaking out? It's just a talk.

"Hey." Calmly says, Adrian. His vibrant hazel eyes roam around my face and I feel my cheeks burn. Awkwardness seems to follow me around these days.

"I'm fine. What do we have to talk about?"

"It's about us." He start. "There's a reason why you have strange effects on me just as much as I have on you too. We've shared each other..."

"Each other?" Chimes, the confused me.

"Yeah. I've feed from you and you've feed from me, Ana. I healed you with my normal healing powers and also with my blood." Wait..wait..wait..I need to catch up.

"Your blood?" I frown, trying to remember when he fed me his blood.

"You can't remember. I erased it or better still, kept in deep down in your memory." He says and looks down in something like regret.

"You can't just do that." Now, we're taking the subject to another one but I don't care.

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Sorry can't bring them back. You should ask my consent."

He says harshly as his voice rise. "I can't ask for your consent because you were always unconscious." I calm and I swear, I saw a nerve twitch on Adrian's neck. He can't be that angry as I'm thinking, right? "If I don't take the memories away, they might haunt you. Infact, they always hurt and haunt you. I needed you to be save and free. That's what you ever wanted and that's all I wanted to give you. Free from pain."

His voice calms and he adds. "I'm sorry for going against your wish but its for your sake."

"That doesn't cure everything. I need and want to know things. I want to be brave myself. I want challenges too even if they'll be too tough. I don't care. I want to be able to take care of myself and not you guys. I don't want to endanger anyone." I know I'm saying something different but I just want to clear my mind. Here and now. "I want to know everything and not be kept in darkness. I want you to be open to me just as I'm opened to you every time."

Adrian shakes his head at my last words. Why can't he just let me in? I want to help him fight this darkness. I take his head in a firm grip but careful not to harm him. Can I even harm him with my hands that are like plastic to him?

I make him look at me and I notice that the heat has envelop us and has brighten. The aura between us has changed. This is us.

My body brush towards him as I step closer to him, never taking my eyes off him. "Let me in, Adrian. I can help."

Tears start to rise in my lower lids but I try to take them back. I failed and one drop, drips down onto my cheek. "I can help." Why do I have to feel too emotional?

"I know. I know you can." Says, Adrian as his finger brush away the drop of tears. "You've always prove that."

"If that's the case, then let me in." I say and stifle.

He nods at me and mutter a okay before continuing. Our forehead are touching each other while I close my eyes and listen.

"There's also another thing." He says and I perk up to take a glimpse of his expression before resting my forehead on his again. He looks unsure. "I think that our closeness is forming a sort of bonding sync between us in which I can feel every emotion of us just as you can feel mine."

That pays me, it's like he's half-open to me. I can use that to know a few more things about him and help tame the darkness in him.

"Does it have any effect?" I ask.

"Yeah. Most of it for me but just a bit for you."

"What do you mean?"

"If I'm wounded or in pain, you'll only feel a bit of it while on the other way round, if you are in discomfort, I'll feel everything. Every pain of yours." He explains and I scrunch my nose and wrinkle my forehead as I frown. That's not fair for him.

"But as time goes on, if you decide to accept me more, thereby amplifying the powers of the bond between us, I'll be able to heal you and me. Even without touching. That's if, you're far away." He says and I notice that his hands on my waist tightens their grip. I'm lost in this alluring image of his. As I once said, he's the end of me.

"Okay." I say when silence embed us.

Adrian nods against my head before he says, smiling again. I love that smile of his. It's contactable.

"I.." He scoff, amusingly. "..watch this awkward thing on one of the movies you were watching on the tablet."

"Okay?" I motion for him to continue.

"So, I wanted to try it." He says. So, the king of all benders watch an human movie and now he wants to practice a part of it? Hmm.

He instruct. "Put your feet on mine."

I say, baffled. "Uh?"

"Step on me, firmly."

"Okayyyy." I did as told.

"Ana." He looks, straight into my eyes. "This is gonna be bad and dreadful but I need to help you with your phobia. Your phobia for height. You need to overcome them." What is he saying?.

"You're joking. You wouldn't do whatever you're thinking."

"What's a joke?" He ask, serious-minded. Oh, no!

Realization dawn on me and I raise my tone. "You're not doing...!"

Before I finish, Adrian bends the air and flies upward. My feet, somehow still glued to his and my hands grip somewhere on his body that probably would be bleeding due to the reckless and tightened clasping of mine.

Also, somehow I don't yell. I only closed my eyes while a whimper escape from my throat. The air fans heavily on me and the next I feel is the descending motion, Adrian makes.

We're going down. Well, it wasn't that far though but nevertheless, I'm scared. Frightened even.

"Stay close. You'll be good." Adrian says, his voice higher in tone.

I grip Adrian more and I feel the air, brushing too flashily past us. We're flying past in an extremely fast motion that seem too intense for me.

The air slows its attack on my hair and I have the notification that we're slowing down.

Adrian confirms my thoughts in my head.

"Open your eyes, Ana." He coos and I open them.

First thing I did was to gape my mouth as a lucid gasp escapes my mouth once again.

"Oh, my..." I trail off in awe, partly forgetting that Adrian is here with me.

"This is the place," says, Adrian from behind me. I smile at him and look again.

This is an aesthetical picturesquish large area of land that's coloured with flowers and naturalism.

One side of the field is designed as a meadows- small grasses are paining the space with their green colours, followed by the arranged flowers. They are planted in different colours and species- daisies, lily. You name it. Eclectics of them are shaped and trimmed well.

Across from this categories of flowers is a body of water. The lake glitters under the influence of the radiating sun in the clear sky with few clouds that are almost fading. Fresh plucked leaves are on the bank of the water, giving it more sense of appellation to the sight.

This is a view that I could watch forever. It's amazing.

From the sloppy, slippery rocks of the valley, falls a consistent water that rains into the lake. Now, I get the reason why the lake isn't stagnant before. It's looks heavenly and utopia-like.

This place can make you forget about all of the cruelty earth holds. I can't believe I would ever see something as this. If few months ago, I was told that I'd see something exquisite as this, I'd reply, it's a lie. I never imagine that I would ever find myself in a place as this. Not even near.

"Do you like it?" Tensed tone of Adrian calls me back to reality. Worriedness etches his delicate face and that's when the realization dawn on me. I've been staring for too long without saying anything and from the look of things, Adrian isn't reading me.....and that's odd.

"Um...is there something wrong?" Adrian ask with more tension. Why is the world most dangerous predator tensed because of the world most vulnerable prey?

"I can-" before Adrian says something else, I pull him into a hug. A big-bear hug.

"Don't say anything. This is awesome. I love every part of it. I love the surprise." I ramble on and when I pull back, I give Adrian a peck on his cheek. He smiles at me, his eyes glittering a bit as I stare into them. Then, he nods and smile wider.

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Vote and comment and follow and enjoy. Yeah, I know I'm not a too much fan of action-less stories but you know, I need to include all scenes into the book. So, for now. It's romance but no worries. Action is coming.