Yesterday, 11:55 PM
For Elisabet
Although it nearly tore him apart, Alder finally had to return to Northfall.
But when he did leave the Vale, he was positively glowing.
After what seemed like an eternity of dancing around feelings and assumptions and expectations for the better part of two years, at last, Alder had cracked - he'd said the words, felt the weight of his heart lodged up in his throat as they spilled out - and against all odds, Sølvi reciprocated.
More than that! He blushed to think of their passionate night together spent in each other's embrace.
Solvi. He and Solvi. Someone out there loved him! Not just that, but she, the greatest of all women on earth, loved him, and the feeling had him on cloud nine.
He had to tell Liss! Last they'd spoken she said she would keep an eye out for the missing sylph, and now he could formally call off the search. There was also the matter of that strange fellow who'd been looking for her - he regretted not finding her sooner, but maybe it was nothing after all. He decided to take a (moderate) detour and head up toward Camhanaich before making the lonesome journey home.
Alder couldn't wipe the smile off his face. It was almost painful.
He stood at the border of Druid's Rise and tried to steady his still-hammering heart, struggling to come to terms with his disbelief that this all wasn't a dream from which he might one day wake.
It was real. It was real.
He tipped his head back and called for Liss, barely able to contain his excitement.
But when he did leave the Vale, he was positively glowing.
After what seemed like an eternity of dancing around feelings and assumptions and expectations for the better part of two years, at last, Alder had cracked - he'd said the words, felt the weight of his heart lodged up in his throat as they spilled out - and against all odds, Sølvi reciprocated.
More than that! He blushed to think of their passionate night together spent in each other's embrace.
Solvi. He and Solvi. Someone out there loved him! Not just that, but she, the greatest of all women on earth, loved him, and the feeling had him on cloud nine.
He had to tell Liss! Last they'd spoken she said she would keep an eye out for the missing sylph, and now he could formally call off the search. There was also the matter of that strange fellow who'd been looking for her - he regretted not finding her sooner, but maybe it was nothing after all. He decided to take a (moderate) detour and head up toward Camhanaich before making the lonesome journey home.
Alder couldn't wipe the smile off his face. It was almost painful.
He stood at the border of Druid's Rise and tried to steady his still-hammering heart, struggling to come to terms with his disbelief that this all wasn't a dream from which he might one day wake.
It was real. It was real.
He tipped his head back and called for Liss, barely able to contain his excitement.
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- Alder is not actually Inuyasha, despite the evidence
