open.
Vayna chuckled, amused by the look on her human’s face. It was an amazing sight to be sure, one she never quite got over seeing. But the true beauty before her was the creature in her arms. The wind caused her brown hair to fly behind her head, tangling it playfully with Vayna’s own hair. The sun might not like the young human very much for how she felt, but the wind loved seeing them together. Vayna sighed, gazing down at the young female in her arms.
Sage heard the sigh and turned her head to look at Vayna. Their faces were mere inches apart and both women simply stared into each other’s eyes. Awed grey met amused blue eyes and Vayna smiled down at the woman she was holding. It was almost as if… as if they could see the world in each other’s eyes. Like all of the hopes and dreams either one of them ever even thought of was found in their eyes. Neither one of them could say what exactly they were feeling at that exact moment. Love? Vayna swore off love a long time ago, and Sage wasn’t sure she knew what liking something was, let alone loving it. And loving another person…?
The sound of a car honking far down below them startled both of them out of their thoughts and they both burst out laughing. Vayna’s powerful wings beat soundlessly at the air to keep them up, and Sage was certain they were moving, even though she couldn’t feel anything. She turned her head and looked over toward the bright light where the concert was located. She could just pick out the mass of people that were there, listening. Smiling up at her vampire, she said, “Shall we go?”
Vayna nodded her head, feeling for once in her undead life rather content. In all the years she could remember, even those with her previous loves, none of them felt more content to her. Perhaps it was because the world was changing and her preference in partners was no longer frowned upon as much. She could have an open relationship, holding hands with her lover while walking down the street, taking her out to dinner, or vowing to spend the rest of her life together with her if she wanted to. Well, that was if she was going to be open about what she was as well, and she couldn’t do that. Not just because of her own life being at stake. The humans she could deal with. There were ways of protecting herself from overzealous religious fanatics. No… it was her own kind she needed to be wary of. And being open about herself in such ways would only draw attention she didn’t want.
She flew toward the concert before landing just out of sight of everything. Sage held onto her shoulders carefully as she retracted her wings, the pain evident on her face. It was a little easier than when she was in the tree, seeing as she wasn’t also focused on not falling. Even though she was a vampire, it still would’ve hurt. It was rather dark where they were standing, so the moonlight was able to reach them perfectly. Vayna felt a tingling in her hand and lifted it, watching as the skin on her finger reformed and reshaped itself to look perfectly normal.
Sage stared at her vampire’s hand, amazed as the skin grew back almost as if it was never damaged to begin with. She gently grabbed Vayna’s hand and started to inspect it, looking the hurt finger over completely before looking up into laughing blue eyes. Vayna fought the urge to laugh at her human as she said, “I told you vampires healed by moonlight.”
“But I didn’t think it’d be that quick,” Sage said. She looked back down at her vampire’s hand and shook her head. Healing by moonlight… she knew a lot about vampires, but that was not one of the things she heard about. Mumbling under her breath, she said, “I thought it would take a while.”
“Humans are the only ones who take a while when it comes to healing,” Vayna replied as she gently gripped her human’ s hand. She moved to tug Sage out of the enclosure when the young woman stopped her. She turned back around and gave her a
Vayna chuckled, amused by the look on her human’s face. It was an amazing sight to be sure, one she never quite got over seeing. But the true beauty before her was the creature in her arms. The wind caused her brown hair to fly behind her head, tangling it playfully with Vayna’s own hair. The sun might not like the young human very much for how she felt, but the wind loved seeing them together. Vayna sighed, gazing down at the young female in her arms.
Sage heard the sigh and turned her head to look at Vayna. Their faces were mere inches apart and both women simply stared into each other’s eyes. Awed grey met amused blue eyes and Vayna smiled down at the woman she was holding. It was almost as if… as if they could see the world in each other’s eyes. Like all of the hopes and dreams either one of them ever even thought of was found in their eyes. Neither one of them could say what exactly they were feeling at that exact moment. Love? Vayna swore off love a long time ago, and Sage wasn’t sure she knew what liking something was, let alone loving it. And loving another person…?
The sound of a car honking far down below them startled both of them out of their thoughts and they both burst out laughing. Vayna’s powerful wings beat soundlessly at the air to keep them up, and Sage was certain they were moving, even though she couldn’t feel anything. She turned her head and looked over toward the bright light where the concert was located. She could just pick out the mass of people that were there, listening. Smiling up at her vampire, she said, “Shall we go?”
Vayna nodded her head, feeling for once in her undead life rather content. In all the years she could remember, even those with her previous loves, none of them felt more content to her. Perhaps it was because the world was changing and her preference in partners was no longer frowned upon as much. She could have an open relationship, holding hands with her lover while walking down the street, taking her out to dinner, or vowing to spend the rest of her life together with her if she wanted to. Well, that was if she was going to be open about what she was as well, and she couldn’t do that. Not just because of her own life being at stake. The humans she could deal with. There were ways of protecting herself from overzealous religious fanatics. No… it was her own kind she needed to be wary of. And being open about herself in such ways would only draw attention she didn’t want.
She flew toward the concert before landing just out of sight of everything. Sage held onto her shoulders carefully as she retracted her wings, the pain evident on her face. It was a little easier than when she was in the tree, seeing as she wasn’t also focused on not falling. Even though she was a vampire, it still would’ve hurt. It was rather dark where they were standing, so the moonlight was able to reach them perfectly. Vayna felt a tingling in her hand and lifted it, watching as the skin on her finger reformed and reshaped itself to look perfectly normal.
Sage stared at her vampire’s hand, amazed as the skin grew back almost as if it was never damaged to begin with. She gently grabbed Vayna’s hand and started to inspect it, looking the hurt finger over completely before looking up into laughing blue eyes. Vayna fought the urge to laugh at her human as she said, “I told you vampires healed by moonlight.”
“But I didn’t think it’d be that quick,” Sage said. She looked back down at her vampire’s hand and shook her head. Healing by moonlight… she knew a lot about vampires, but that was not one of the things she heard about. Mumbling under her breath, she said, “I thought it would take a while.”
“Humans are the only ones who take a while when it comes to healing,” Vayna replied as she gently gripped her human’ s hand. She moved to tug Sage out of the enclosure when the young woman stopped her. She turned back around and gave her a
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