Close up here and make a mateship thread soon for peoples to celebrate?
As the tiny girl clung to Gideon, the boy's gentle voice washed over them both. The raven colored man had far more words than Nayru could find for herself, but always she had been a quiet creature—present but not obviously so. The black and white woman was content to just let herself melt into Gideon, allowing him to do the thinking out loud for the both of them. He spoke of them living together. He spoke of an official mateship. It all seemed fine and right to her, but already before he even spoke these thoughts out loud she had been sure of it all. Nayru had not said it explicitly but these were the things she wished for when she had crawled into his bed moments before.
Nayru let the words soak in long before she gave any sort of reply. Finally she raised her head up from his chest where it still lay resting. Crimson eyes could hardly find his face in the dark but the dull shine of his turquoise eyes helped her to locate the tip of his nose for a gentle nip. Okay. And then she lowered her head again. Okay. It was okay with her if they lived with Saul and the others. It was more than okay if they were mates. Everything seemed okay as she laid in his arms, even if it hadn’t been moments before everything was okay now. Knowing that it was all okay Nayru let her eyes close and in moments was asleep.
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