When his lips lightly brushed Saraphina’s forehead, Yuri felt the fire which was in his chest, settle into a more soothing embrace instead of the source of confusion it had been moments before, he also felt varying emotions not all of his own mind, happiness, joy… attraction, some uncertainty and relief also made themselves known, trying to figure out what had just happened, he felt something link his being to Saraphina, something intangible, yet there all the same. Standing there holding the embrace, Yuri felt a sense of… completeness, perhaps not his own, yet not completely unfamiliar, unlike the sound which originated from Saraphina, a purr, this made Yuri think to himself briefly, about what had just transpired, and when he looked to himself, thought he saw what appeared to be a silver chord tethering Saraphina and himself together.
In the next moment Saraphina pulled back from the embrace, momentarily confusing Yuri, until she grinned and threw her arms around him, re-joining the embrace with a laugh filled with joy, it proved infectious, as the young mercenary laughed as well, the energy which had been expended during the battle now forgotten and replaced. Saraphina gave Yuri one last squeezing hug before breaking the embrace, bouncing in place, as though she had an unlimited supply of energy, the young mercenary was happy as he watched the Kelvic bouncing on the spot, when she spoke he listened intently
"Well...this was very unexpected. I meant what I said Yuri. If you want to stay in Zeltiva, I'll change my plans. But we can still go to Syliras too. I thought it might be nice to explore a bit. In any case we should probably..." Saraphina cut herself off when the sounds of the Red Wind Caravan drifted to them on the light breeze which had built up during their interaction.
Yuri had forgotten about the Caravan, but managed to keep his surprise hidden as the caravan made its way to the clearing, littered with the bodies of four Yukmen, Wulfric jumped from his cart at the head of the group when it came to a stop, he looked around at the site of the ‘battle’ with some form of interest, his features twisted into a wry smirk when he regarded the young mercenary and the Kelvic, when he spoke to them this time he was more… respectful towards them
"Had some trouble did ya? Glad to see ya two can handle yerselves. I apologise iffen I was harsh before...I've run into my fair share of useless nitwits when this train gets rolling. Why don't ye two take a break. I'll get some of the other lads to clear up this mess." He gave the pair a nod before he walked off, presumably to take care of other matters, this didn’t bother Yuri as the young mercenary was preoccupied with thinking about the Bond between himself and Saraphina, so much so, that he didn’t notice that she had taken his hand until he looked down from his thoughts.
When he realised that Saraphina was holding his hand, Yuri smiled and looked up to see that she was smiling at him with affection in her gaze, she spoke with what Yuri could only describe as happiness or joy in her voice
"Guess that means we get the night off...or at least a break. Why don't we get our horses and build up a fire. I think I saw some strips of beef in the wagons, we might be able to coax Bushy Beard into giving us some for the trouble we saved him." What she said made sense to the young mercenary, maybe they’d earned the night off, he thought to himself about the possibility of Wulfric handing over supplies, but dismissed the idea, then replied to his Bondmate’s observation, happiness entering his voice
“I don’t think Wulfric would be so willing, even though we’ve… I suppose proved ourselves to him, but that doesn’t bother me, I bought enough supplies for two people for a week, perhaps we could share them? Also, your plans for travel are a good idea, I was thinking about moving to a different city sometime next season, and Syliras seems as good a place as any, after I finish up any remaining loose ends here I think I’ll go to join you over there, and if you should wish we could share my tent, after all it is big enough for four people.”Finishing what he had been saying, Yuri looked over to where Theophanes and Abbacus, and saw them playing, unlike that morning where Abbacus had tried to bite the young mercenary’s horse, he thought about what that could have meant, but decided that it didn’t warrant too much attention, his horse was rather sociable anyway. Standing there, holding Saraphina’s hand, Yuri looked to the future with a new determination, hope and goals, make sure that the bond worked out, and figure out what it meant exactly to be bonded to a Kelvic, then move to Syliras to do what good he could there. The future looked bright for the young mercenary, and he hoped it would remain so.
OOCI think we might want to put this in for grading, unless you want to do a final post?