Progenitor of Dragons - Chapter 55

I didn’t know how long we both sat in silence for, but I didn’t really care. My life has been like a hurricane for the past month or so, these few minutes are the most peaceful I will have in forever. A reprieve from the storm.

Looking down at Aurora, she looked as peaceful and serene as a baby. No noise, just her steady breathing.

I wrapped my arm around her instinctively. I wanted to hold her close to me, and never let go. It was pure bliss being like this.

My hand started to stroke her long flowing hair as well. It was smooth, silky. It’s bright blue colour was radiant and made her look like a true angel. Though it was still slightly messy, as she just woke up, I didn’t mind, in fact, I still found it pretty.

Odd, how you can find someone’s smallest flaws beautiful. I heard her silently humming as well with every stroke, a smile creeping onto her delicate lips.

This carried on for God knows how long. Until finally, “How long has it been?” I heard her angelic voice ask. It was soft and delicate, stark contrast to the cold and indifferent tone she speak to almost everyone.

I looked at her again, she was looking up at me with a smile. My smile widened after seeing that. ” Don’t know. Don’t care.” I replied, my fingers still combing her silky strands of hair.

Her satisfied expression, from both my answer and my actions melted my heart, I felt that it now only answered to her. “Same.”

Silence permeated once more. “How are we gonna tell your folks?” I asked casually. I just said what came to my mind, not even thinking or taking time to process. As was comfortable enough to do that with her.

“Worried?” she asked and turned her head to look at me once more. Her smile was wide, almost teasing me. Which she was.

“Course.” I said with a slight scoff. Everyone in their right mind would be scared of their partner’s parents. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve known them, it isn’t easy to just tell them ‘I’m dating your child’.

“I think they would be surprised we only got together now.” she answered with a tone of complete frankness. I was surprised at what she said.

“For real?” I asked.

“Wow. You really are dumb.” she said and giggled melodiously.

“Heh. My bad.” I said jokingly.

For the millionth time today, silence was the name of the game, like before, I let my heart guide the conversation, there was only one thing it wanted to say. ” I love you.”

Her smile widened, but not in the teasing manner like before, I could sense genuine happiness and affection. “I know.” she said simply. There was a pause for a few seconds, then she delicately placed her palm on my chest.

Her hand against my body felt so soft, a feather’s touch, but it still sent waves through my body, I felt like I would crumble and melt. “I love you too.”

Now I was the one smiling like a fool. I am still having a hard time believing this surreal experience. I’m just waiting to wake up and see that it was all a dream.

After a few seconds of no words, my heart spoke once more. “I love you.” I said again.

I heard her giggle, like music to my ears. Then, I felt her body move from my grip. Next thing I knew, I felt something soft on my cheek. I froze. Looking to my right without turning my head. Her face was so close to mine.

In fact, there was no distance. She pulled away after kissing me. She giggled once more. I probably ahd a really surprised expression on or something. However, it didn’t really matter to me. Some thing else amazing, she’s finally acting her age. “Come on, lets go.” she said.

She crawled over me like a cat and got off the bed. She strode gracefully over to the large closet in her room. I found myself unable to peel my eyes off her.

In my eyes, she truly was perfected, in everywhere. Every action, every angle, everything she does, she was flawless. Anything considered flaws only added to her beauty.

She swung open the double wooden doors of the closet revealing more clothes than one would ever need in their lifetime. From dresses, to blouses, shirts, shorts, skirts, there were enough clothes in there to make any model jealous.

Despite that, she made her decision quickly. As if I didn’t exist, she simply peeled off her night gown and let it drop to the floor. It revealed her whole body in its complete, untainted splendor.

Realizing that she was fully naked infront of me, I quickly turned my head in the exact opposite direction and faced the wall. I could feel my cheeks heat up. ‘Seriously dude. Get a grip!’ I yelled at myself inwardly.

“You alright?” I heard Aurora ask. Still slightly on edge, my movement was rather jarring, turning around sharply, a movement that obvious surprised her. I turned to her seeing that she is wearing her usual oversized shirt and shorts. However, the shirt was big enough to cover her shorts. Her face wore a slightly surprised reaction.

“Nothing…” I lied.

“Oh? Shy?” She asked teasingly, inching closer to me. This girl is absolutely deranged sometimes.

“Well duh! Why would you just change in front of me like that!?” I exclaimed.

“What’s wrong? We’ve taken baths together when we were kids.” The smile on her face was wide, almost wicked, sly and cunning were written all over her face. Seeing it made me feel irritated, but not in a bad way.

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we are 18 not 8!” I was still shouting. She only laughed at my reaction and shook her head. I didn’t know how to react to that, so I didn’t . Seeing me still flushed and stunned, Aurora grabs my hand and drags me outside.

The moment we left the room the mouth-watering smell meat bolognese sauce rushed into my nostrils. It smelled so tantalising that I could feel myself growing light headed. I looked over the bannister and over looked the living room. My dad was sitting on the couch with Aurora’s father, looking at the news on the television, laughing together like long lost friends. It never fails to warm my heart.

Aurora gently wrapper her arms around mine and traced my gaze. She smiled as well seeing our parents so friendly with one another. I looked over and saw her smile. It was rare to see her smile at anything. Seeing this, along with whatever happened jsut now, made my day. Nah, it made my year.

“Hey dad!” I called from the top floor. Almost instantly, both of our fathers looked up to see us. I waved wildly like a fan in a crowded concert, Aurora gave a much more dignified wave, still wearing her smile.

“Bout time kiddos. Your moms are almost done preparing lunch!” He shouted back up with a dumb grin on his face.

“We would have been done faster if your stupid fathers helped!” I heard my mom yell from the kitchen. My dad’s grinned was instantly erased, replaced by one of fear, like a robber who just got caught red handed. He looked around frantically as if trying to find a way out, laughing nervously. I also noticed Mr Singford seemingly equally on edge. I shook my head and chuckled.

My mom was always the boss. “I’ll help you mom. Get them to wash up.” I made a deal with her. Now my dad’s frantic gaze was turned to me, which I returned with a more wicked smile.

“Thank you! At least someone around here is useful!” She said sarcastically. I smiled at my parents interaction, then extended my hand to Aurora, to which she looked at curiously.

“Coming with?” I asked. She looked at my hand with an eyebrow raised.

“Heh. Course not. I’ll take the stairs.” She said. I was caught off guard, wondering how she knew I was just going to jump down, then I remembered, if anyone knew me the best, it would be Aurora.

I nodded my head, then jumped over the banister. As I did, Aurora, looked down to see me falling. She shook her head in exasperation, “What will I ever do with you?” She then headed to the stairs, like normal people.

Most people would have a fear of heights, and would panic when descending at such speeds. I could even see the horrified expressions of both of our fathers, their eyes tracing me as I jumped down. I smirked, I guess they are still not used to their daredevil of a boy.

On the wings of a dragon, high in the clouds, falling from the third story almost seemed like child’s play. Just before touching down, I made a small wind blast, allowing me to land on the floor naturally, and with a small thud, no damage whatsoever.

My dad’s terrified expression slowly turned into an exasperated smile. “God. I forgot you could do that. Still not used to it.” Ever since we arrived here, and since Aurora’s father found out about my powers, I could no longer hide it from my parents.

I still remember how they reacted…