The Park, The Words, The Feeling (Taith)

by **Kail D'Rea** on August 5th, 2011, 4:34 am

Kail looked around the clearing again. She handed Taith a sandwich and moved the fruit closer to answer his question. “No, I don’t really come here much. We’ve had some family picnics here and my cousin and I loved to hide in the grass when we were little and have my sister come to find us. I remember it sometimes, but I haven’t been here at all since I was a little girl.”

Kail though back to those golden days of childhood. It seemed odd to her that it all seemed so perfect. Growing up hadn’t been anything but ordinary, with its problems and trials, but the days like picnic here seemed almost like a wonderful dream. She sighed remembering that soon after their last picnic Tia, her older sister, decided to move out. She was a grown woman and hadn’t been trying to hurt her family, but it’s not what her mother wanted and while she tried to be patient with Tia’s unusual need for solitude, at least unusual in Mura, her mother didn’t really do family things anymore because the “family” was gone. Kail didn’t understand that thinking because just Tia moved across town and they saw her all the time. Come to think of it Kail would have to remember to thank Tia for making it easier for her to have her own space. It hadn’t been such a big deal when Kail had wanted to follow her sister and leave her grandmother’s house for a place of her own. Hum.

Kail looked at Taith, eating and watching her, and picked up a sandwich herself and took a bite. “Sorry to be distracted,” she apologized after swallowing. I was just thinking about my family and being here as a little girl.” The violet of her eye’s lightened up as she smiled widely and turned her body into Taith’s, leaning her back against his prone form and turning to look intently into his blue countenance. “Today, though, is all about us.” She smiled and ask him “do you remember being a child? Before, I mean. I would have liked to have seen you as a child. You are so serious now, maybe you would have been silly sometimes as a little boy. Do you remember?”

by **Taithrosa Eldytia** on August 8th, 2011, 1:41 am

Silver eyes in a handsome face watch the young Konti woman as she was lost in thought setting up the picnic. He didn’t mind, since he himself often found himself bombarded with memories, he did take the chance to just watch her thought. Her violet scales seemed to glow in the sunlight, and seemed to give her a glow.

Taithrosa smiled at her as she admitted to getting lost in a day dream about her family. He looked out over the grass and wondered about his own childhoods. There were so many, he remembered a number of people who he still felt love for, but beyond the flash of their face he couldn’t remember much else. His silver eyes grew lost for a moment as he thought about it. To his mind came an unbidden memory.

He was a small Akalak, his father was with him. He was a large man, and Taiths role model. Taithrosa couldn’t say what it was about him that he had so loved, but he had enjoyed being with him, and on this particular day they had gone to the arena to watch some of the younger Akalaks fighting. He didn’t really remember the outcome of the event, just sitting next to his father.

The memory faded, one that would always now be separate from the ocean of memories that normally clouded his mind. He smiled gentle at the memory and looked at the woman who was becoming the person in his life. “I don’t have many memories of my childhood. I do have some thought. I do remember my father, I would go with him to watch fighting matches at the arena. Saddely most of my memories are just hints and fragments. I do remember the healers school I attended in my previous life. I also remember glimps from even earlier lifetimes.”

He looked at her. “It is strange in a way. I am the sum of all those life times, but the last one is by far the most influential outside of my time in Leths realm. Tell me more about your family?”

by **Kail D'Rea** on August 9th, 2011, 3:27 am

“It must be so odd to be a new born at your age,” Kail teased with a grin. Then she got serious, “ I’m am glad though, that you remember some things. Those memories must be very precious to you. Thank you for telling me what you know. I’m interested in anything you remember.” She sighed, hopping that Taith would be too happy to need to remember, but at the same time happy enough to remember without pain. He was such a gentle man. He did deserve to be happy, even if he did lose paradise.

“Hum, what can I tell you about my family? We are fairly typical. There is my grandmother. She had two daughters later in life, around 150. She is in the grandmother’s circle and she is very proud that she is turning 225 next year. My mother did the opposite, falling in love with my father at just 30. They were together for almost 10 years while he lived here, but my father longed to return to his home. He went before I was born and never came back. We don’t know why.” Kail saw compassion and concern on Taith’s strong face and in his deep eyes. She smiled to ease his concern “It doesn’t really matter. I don’t miss him. I didn’t know him. And this is the way of our lives here. We are women who live with our sisters, not men. My mother had two little girls, her sister and her mother. I don’t think she was ever lost without him either.” She’s never given the situation a great deal of thought, because it was never an issue in the home or the community, but she knew what she said was true. He was gone as he should be. “I think Tia missed him sometimes, that’s my big sister, but mostly she was just considered lucky to have met him. I know she thought so. Sometimes she would try to make me feel bad about it, but mostly she was a good sister. We played and spent a lot of time together growing up, her and my cousin Rela. We were like 3 sisters really. Rela is just my age. Tia moved to her own house about 10 years ago. My mother misses us at home and is sure we will move back into my grandmother’s house soon. She may be right. We are a social people, but for some reason we both like having our own little place. Maybe it’s the one thing we got from our father.”

Kail felt like she’d been talking for a long time about something undoubtedly boring, but she did want to add just a little more.

“So I guess that’s my family. My grandmother’s house is on the water side of the city. You couldn’t really go there, but it is a beautiful house. My mother is great with art and has created mosaic walls in some room with shells and she likes to have live starfish climbing on them, but they are hard to contain.” Kail wished she could bring Taith home sometime. Not for a while, but sometime. For now she was very happy to keep him all to herself.

Speaking of which… Kail finished off her lunch and scooted closer to Taith, making small moves until her thigh was lightly touching his. She had to scoot down a little more and lean slightly forward to do it, but she also put her pale little hand on his clean brown-clothed knee, surprised, as she often was when touching Taith, at how much bigger he was then she was expecting. She considered her early concern still valid and this was a good example. It was hard to get into positions like this, positions that should be natural and easy at this point in their relationship, but weren’t just because she was so tiny compared to him. Leaving behind thoughts of her family, she frowned slightly and though about her worries as she lightly stroked Taith’s knee and his thigh right above it.

by **Taithrosa Eldytia** on August 21st, 2011, 9:41 pm

Taithrosa listened quietly as she spoke about her family. His silver eyes watching her face as he worked on the food she had made. His lips turned up in a smile as she spoke. She did care much about her family, even if she was a bit shy about them.

He layed down sitting close to her as she began to rub his thigh. He looked at her his eyes studing the lines of her face as he pondered what he remembered about his past life, or lives even.

"I remember a large city, built for large people. Our architecture was grand, but that was mostly do to our size, small wood huts weren't well designed for our type of people." He said in his deep voice. "I remember growing up in a house with a garden. It wasn't anything like the gardens one sees here, there was a corner with some beautiful flowers, but it was mostly herbs or vegtables, plants with a purpose. I remember my life being very practical as it were."

He paused in his thoughts, as images swarmed before his mind. "I wanted to be a healer because my father was one. I learned a lot from him." His eyes grew distant as the memory began to desend upon him. "He would keep herbs that were most common to his practices in the garden. I remember his picking them when it was time. I also vaguly remember a human woman with him occasionally in the garden." That memory was very dim, almost like a shadow overlaid upon the image of his father gardening.

His eyes gained focus again, he knew not to try and force the memories. He raised his hand and gentle began to rub Kails back as he looked at her his eyes happy and contented. It was more then just a physical contenment. He was lonely, he had seen perfection and lived in a place were nothing lacked. He had been sent back to Mizahar, and struggled once again with the mortal. He though had found someone to fill that void, and while he would always sorrow over his lost home, he had someone else to fill his thoughts when sorrow tried to overwhelm him.

by **Kail D'Rea** on August 25th, 2011, 6:41 pm

Curiosity filled her mind as Kail listened to Taith, she wanted to know more about his earlier life, but she knew better than to ask. She didn't know how he could stand knowing, and yet not knowing, who he was before. He seemed pensive while talking, but then she could tell that his mind shifted back to her. Suddenly his eyes were happy again. It gave Kail a warm feeling to see him look at her like that. Couple it with the gentle and intimate feeling of the healer's hands on her back and Kail was practically glowing on the inside. She relaxed, letting him move her softly with the pressure from his hand. Kail closed her eyes and let all thoughts leave her mind.

It seemed several minutes passed that way before thoughts began to trickle back into Kail's notice. She considered how happy she was, she considered how much she really did love this strange male and his stranger past, and she considered that her life was better with him in it. She wondered if she could just let all her inhibitions, fears, self-consciousness and inadequacies go and just let herself be herself and do whatever she wanted while with Taith. Then her mind almost giggled. Of course she couldn't. That was part of who she was and those feeling and actions would be there as long as she was herself. Still, she could try to let herself trust Taith, trust her love and maybe even trust her own instincts.

She moved slowly, not really wanting to stop the back rub, but at the same time wanted to be even closer. She slid around, up into Taith's lap, watching his face to be sure it was okay with him. Then she lifted herself up slightly, ending up with her knees on the ground, her full skirt just brushing the grasses and putting her high enough to be face to face with the large man but still with her body close to his. She touched his cheek, then slipped her little hand back to the edge of his hair, playing with the closest strands. She leaning forward slightly, with her lips softening, ready to see if her body could relax in this position and her mind let go and just enjoy kissing and being close.

by **Taithrosa Eldytia** on September 5th, 2011, 9:09 am

Taithrosa was surprised by her slow and deliberate movement, and while he kept the surprise off of his face his eyes showed his surprise, but then the look slowlly change from surprise to pleasure and happieness, the silver of his eyes didn't quiet change to the liquid image that he had in his other form, but they appeared liquidy. He contiuned to rub her back and she slowlly moved to straddle his legs. He moved closer to her and looked at here eye to eye.

There wasn't need for words, now was the time for body language, in all its glory and verity. His touch was gentle as he rubbed her back with one hand and carresed her arm with his other. His eyes shown with happens in his face, and the muscle of his handsome face were twisted into a gentle smile that spread his lips wide. It wasn't a full on smile but a private one that was reserved only for Kail as his love.

He leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers for a moment and then pulled back and smiled at her, again that private smile. He was hers and she was his.

by **Kail D'Rea** on September 6th, 2011, 5:36 pm

Looking into his eyes showed Kail what Taith wanted. His face was happy and his eyes were shining in an odd way. He didn’t rush forward though, but left all decisions up to Kail. It really helped her that he respected her and cared about her wishes and feeling. She was so close and open emotionally that whether she wanted to or not, she could feel his intent, and it was clearly to make her happy, to do what she wanted, and to wait to see what that was. It prevented her from wondering if she was pushing, or if Taith did not want to be with her. She knew he did, but was waiting to see if she was comfortable.

She wasn’t. She was nervous and even afraid of what she had started. Kail thought of her little frame, at the mercy of such a big man. She thought of her life, emotions, her very self being so open to another person. It was new and might be more than she wanted this soon. She hesitated, knowing that she could move away and suggest they do something else and Taith would not object. It felt safe and easy to do just that. She almost moved.

Then she looked again at Taith’s eyes and his face and changed her mind. She was all grown up and she would just have to handle being vulnerable, especially since she would never have an opportunity easier than this: with a man she really did love, who loved her and wanted a long-term relationship. He cared about her physically and emotionally and wanted what she wanted. Right at this moment, what she wanted was Taith. She would be safe enough with him, she thought so, anyway. Maybe she didn’t care right now. With that thought, Kail’s mind gave her permission to love Taith. Then she moved forward and let her body give Taith permission to do the same with her.

by **Taithrosa Eldytia** on September 7th, 2011, 4:35 am

Taithrosa leaned forward himself and wrapped his arms around the woman he loved. He could feel that she was having some internal struggle. He could understand hesitation. He didn't know what the future held for him, but he knew that he wanted to face it with her.

He held her tight letting his body do the speaking as his kissed her lips, and ran his hands along her back, letting the feeling of his flesh against hers send a tingle up his flesh.

He laid back pulling her with him, and allowed them to sink into the grass.

It was close to evening when Taithrosa stirred. He hadn't been a sleep had just been laying on the grass with the beautiful woman. He could still feel her body against his, as they had opened there souls and bodies to each other. For other races the time would have flown by but for the sun of Leth he had been blessed with the chance to treasure each moment of there intamicy.

Taithrosa had the memories of countless lifetimes in his mind, and his understanding of the intamacy he had just had was only clear to him know with the knowledge he had gained as son of Leth, living in the immortal realms were his mind had opened. It was more the just a pleasureable act, it was a bounding that stretched deep into the soul. It was union of many sorts not just the physical.

Some missing part of his soul was complete.

by **Kail D'Rea** on September 11th, 2011, 6:04 pm

Kail felt Taith moving next to her in her sleep. It startled her awake. How did she fall asleep? How long had she been asleep? How did she fall asleep?!?. Her life had just reached a whole new level and she was dozing off in the sun! This really wasn't like her. She didn't move, deciding she needed a minute to regroup her thoughts before talking to Taith. She quietly sorted through her own feelings; happy, excited, strangely content and afraid at the same time.

Finally she moved and looked up at Taith. He looked happy. Even his eyes looked happy. Well, it must have been okay. Kail blushed at the thought of what had just happened, then at the thought of him being awake while she slept, probably looking at her. Suddenly, she needed a little space and something to do. A few minutes to get back in touch with the reality that exsited beyond this dream-like meadow. She quickly looked around for her stuff, then moved to get ready to go, dressing quickly while facing away from Taith. She just didn't know what to say or do. Every day things like packing up the picnic was simplier, easier, so that's what she focused on.

by **Taithrosa Eldytia** on September 17th, 2011, 1:59 am

He could see the blush on Kails face as she stood up and moved away from their spot in the grass towards the picnic and clothing. He admire her as she shyly slipped back into her clothing. Taithrosa smiled and stood up himself to slip into his own clothing.

He personally was distrubed by his nakedness, but he suspected that was a result of the fact he had just come from the celestial realm. It was different because he was sure he hadn't had the casual attitude in every life, it appeared to be something different.

He walked over and helped Kail begin to clean everything up. He wasn't ashamed of what had happened. They had feelings for each other, and he was sure they had feels that stretched beyond the ages. He knew she needed some time to think and he would give her that. As they cleaned up he brushed her arm with his hand and would smile at her any time she looked at him.

He was there for her and he wanted her to know that but he was going to let her take it at her pace.