Fire Side Dancer

[Angeltears]

Tan stayed awake for the whole shift, he didn’t see or hear anything out of the ordinary. He wondered if things would get better and what had caused this all. The first thought was that Rahn was to blame for all this mess but Tan knew that it wasn’t the case. Tan liked Rahn and he seemed to genuinely care and love Tora. The blame was on the brother, mostly himself, because he had fought so hard to keep Tora safe but he saw now he had made thing worse and that something like this could have happened no matter who it was that Tora fell in love with.

When Rahn called to him he stood up and headed to Sol’s tent. Waking Sol up he then headed to his own tent. Sleep did not find Tan until much later as he thought over all the trouble he had caused by trying to keep Tora safe. Ash and Sol took up their spots; Sol first checked on the three girls and smiled at the three of them. Just as he turned to leave he saw Tora open her eyes, “Have you slept?” she asked softly still half a sleep and not wanting to wake the other two up. “Ash and I have just slept and Tan and Rahn are sleeping now, you should go back to sleep little dancer,” he whispered to her. “Okay,” she whispered and then closed her eyes and drifted back off to sleep. Sol smiled and took up his position.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn was in a light, dreamless sleep. He was at reast, but it was not a great rest. If he had known he would not have cared anyway. He wanted to be like that in case he needed to wake in an instant to go help the brothers in the case of something bad happening. He would not have cared that he would be tired the next day. He could handle that problem when he got to it. There were things he could do if he got tired to wake himself up.

 

[Angeltears]

Nothing happened through out the night, Rahn had been right Kelt had sent some of his group to watch Tora’s tent in a hope that she would be alone and he could have a little talk with her. The elders had talked to him about what she accused him of but he had told him his version of it that Tora had come across him and had started to kiss him. He had seen most of the elders didn’t believe him but it was her word against his. So he decided that he would convince Tora to change her story but when he found her tent guarded he backed off he knew he would lose if it came to her brothers and the new guy. He would bide his time and watch for his chance.

Tora woke with Kara spread out half over her. Smiling she gently slipped out from under her and headed to the tent opening. Seeing Sol there still awake she smiled and kissed his head “Good morning,” she whispered and sat down beside him. “Morning” he replied and kissed her on the cheek. Ash then emerged from his position and smiled at the two of them. “Good morning,” he said.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn woke when the morning arrived. He slowly got out of bed and did all he could to keep himself awake. He got up and emerged from Ash's tent. He looked and saw that Tora was already awake and seemed perfectly ok. He smiled and walked over to her. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He then turned her in his arms and smiled. "Good morning Tora." Before she could respond at all, he started kissing her passionately.

 

[Angeltears]

Tora felt arms wrap around her and instantly know who it was. She would know it was him every time Rahn held her. She was then turned around and smiled to see it was Rahn. Opening her mouth to reply she was silenced by his kiss. Soon she was returning his kiss, her arms wrapping around him as she pulled herself tighter against him. Ash pulled a face at Sol, “Do they have to start so early?”
“I don’t know it’s kind of cute?” Lia said standing at the opening of the tent. Then she walked over to Sol and leaning over him she kissed him deeply.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled into the kiss and held Tora close to his body. He was glad that nothing had happened during the night. He would never have forgiven himself if something had happened to Tora. He ignored everything said between Ash and Sol, but heard Lia and knew that she and Sol would also be kissing. When Rahn finally pulled back just a little, he simply smiled at Tora happily.

 

[Angeltears]

Ash pulled another face and sighed. Tora would have laughed at Ash’s comment if her mouth wasn’t busy meshed with Rahn’s. She felt sorry for Ash when she guessed that Lia and Sol where now kissing but the feeling didn’t last long and she focused on Rahn. When he finally pulled back she smiled up at him panting softly. “Good morning to you too,” she said with a giggle.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn grinned as Tora giggled and said good morning. He kissed both of her cheeks, her nose, and then her forehead. "How was your sleep? Did you rest well?" He smiled at her and they started walking toward the middle of the village for breakfast. He had an arm around her and held her close as they walked. He hoped she had slept well and not worried too much about them.

 

[Angeltears]

“ I slept well, thank you. I woke up in the middle of the night but Sol said you had gone to bed, so I went to back to sleep. I think Kara slept well too, because when I woke up she was spread out over both Lia and me,” Tora said smiling. As they walked she rested her head on against his shoulder. As they entered the middle of the village Tora remembered that she had breakfast duty this morning she would have to start organising her stuff for the market tomorrow after that.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled as Tora said she had slept well. As she explained about Kara he laughed. He was happy as they walked with her head resting on his shoulder. They entered the village and went toward where breakfast was being prepared. He didn't know she was supposed to be helping as he suggested that they do some prep work. "It will be a nice time and will give us something to do for a while."

 

[Angeltears]

“Well I just remember that I am supposed to be helping with breakfast this morning,” she smiled at him. “How about you sit down and relax the others will be along soon and I will be okay in amongst the women and girls.” She kiss him on the cheek, “Any way you stayed half the night you need to sit down and rest.”

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled at her as she told him she needed to help out with breakfast anyway. She suggested he sit and relax for a while. He was sure she would be fine with the women, but he wouldnot go far, only a few meters away. He kissed her cheek as she kissed his. He then softly kissed her lips. After quietly telling her he loved her, he went to sit just a little bit away from the women preparing breakfast and watching her. He also watched all around, in case someone tried something even with all the people around.

 

[Angeltears]

"I love you too," she whispered back and then watched him move away to find some where to sit. Turning she smiled at some of the women and started to help out. Looking over at the direction Rahn had headed she saw him sitting not that far from the working women. She couldn't wait till tomorrow they would be away from the village and he could relax, all of them could relax. Tora threw herself into work. Glancing over at him every so often. A little while later she saw the rest of the group appear, braking into two groups the boys found Rahn and asked to join him and the girls Tora.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled as he watched Tora work. After a while the others joined them. The guys sat near him and he smiled at them. "Hey there you three. Today we should take turns getting more rest while the others stay with the girls. We will need to take shifts again tonight, then tomorrow we get to rest without worrying since we will be away from the village."

 

[Angeltears]

“That sounds like a good idea,” Tan said sitting next to Rahn, “All we have to do today is organise for the ride and the days away so that should be easy.” He looked at the two others and they nodded. “Have you ever been to the market Rahn?” Sol asked him, “If not it is an amazing place like a larger village and instead of it being based around the centre where we have out main fire, the market are split into two sections one is of those that are simply visiting the market to collect thing for there village for there tents and belonging the other is for those that are selling and trading there trades. That is the section we will be in we will preform. Kara’s parents usually camp close by to us, to sell their weavings.”

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn nodded and agreed that there was not much to do that day. They would get some rest. They asked him about the market. He shook his head to say he had not been there. As they described it, he liked the sounds of it. Where they would be was for selling and performing. It sounded good. He would take some platforms to sell. He decided to bring some supplies to build even more to sell. He took note of that and then leaned back and looked at the other three. "Ok, so which of us should go get some rest first?"

 

[Angeltears]

“I think it should be one of the two that where up last,” Tan said looking at Ash and Sol. “If you don’t mind Sol, I would like to take the fist rest,” Ash said with a yarn and rubbed his eyes. “That’s okay with me as long as it’s okay with the others,” Sol said.

Tora and the other girls where finishing up breakfast. When they were done they brought over the breakfast for the boys and themselves. “The two of you missed out on something funny this morning, after you left the tent,” Lia said looking at Rahn and Tora as Tora sat next to Rahn, “Tan went into the tent and went to wake Kara up and she forgot where she had fallen asleep. So when Tan woke her up she screamed and kicked him, he stumbled out of the tent limping it was so funny.” Kara blushed and Tan rubbed is leg slightly.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn nodded as they decided on who should sleep first. "Ok, that sounds fine. So Ash will go after breakfast. When he gets up, Sol will go." He looked up as the girls arrived with breakfast. Rahn smiled and kissed Tora's cheek softly as she sat next to him. He then looked over as Lia explained what had happened after they left. He looked over at Kara and Tan and laughed a little, seeing her blush and him rub his leg. He then started eating and looked over a Tora. After swallowing a bite he smiled and spoke softly to her. "So today we are going to take turns sleeping to regain some energy, but the rest of the time I'll be with you. So, what would you like to do today?"

 

[Angeltears]

Tora joined in the laughter and then started to eat. Then she looked to Rahn as he spoke nibbling slightly on her food. “That sounds like a good idea you each taking turns resting,” she said. “I have breakfast clean up duty this morning, so once breakfast is done I have to do that, I think I will organise my things this afternoon. I don’t know. Is there anything you would like to do?” she asked him and fed him a bit of her breakfast.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled as she explained what she needed to do that day. He would probably rest while she packed her things in the afternoon. Since she would be in her tent and her brothers would be near her probably packing their things as well. She asked if there was anything he wanted to do. He smiled and accepted the food she fed him. He then fed her a bite of food. "I think I just want to spend some time near you since we probably won't have time for a ride like the past couple of days."

 

[Angeltears]

“That’s a pity,” Tora said after she swallowed what he fed her. “But as long as I am with you, I don’t care what we are doing." She thought about what they could do as she eat some more and then came up with something. "I can help you organise the platforms or any other stuff you will need for the trip to the market," she said smiling as she figured she might as well make herself useful today, while she is working.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled at her as she said she just wanted to be with him as well. He leaned his head against hers. He ate a few more bites, then she suggested a few things. They sounded like good ideas. He kissed her cheek. "Ok, we can work on picking some platforms to sell and packing up stuff to use to make more of them once we arrive. I think I will also want to try setting something up so we can tow more than one with one horse, as well as something to cover things on the platforms so they don't get dusty when going along roads. We can work on those things together today."

 

[Angeltears]

Happy she had come up with a good idea Tora smiled as she eats the rest of her breakfast. Ash finished his quickly and then wishing them all a good morning he headed off to take his turn of resting. The others as they ate discussed what they would be doing for the day. When every one was done Tora stood up and collected all the plates from them and then leaning over she kissed Rahn and then headed off to take her turn at doing the washing of the plates.

 

[Josu_T]

Rahn smiled and finished eating while talking with the others. The others all agreed to watch Tora while he rested and she packed for the trip. They also decided that very few people really needed to know what they were doing until they left. Tora got up and went to wash plates. Rahn watched her as he relaxed where he sat. He talked absent mindedly with the others while he watched his love.

 

[Angeltears]

Tora joined the women and using pails of water they started to wash the plates that were slowly being brought over by the people of the village. Chatting with a few of them and laughing as they worked. A couple of comments were made in her direction in regard to Rahn and she would blush and giggle. “Eyes off, he is mine,” she said playfully and look up and glance over at Rahn where he rested with the others. She knew by looking at him he was more focused on her than the rest of the group and blew him a kiss with a wet hand.