Rhya

Suddenly his eyes widened bursting from behind the shrubs, letting go of the things that he had in his hands " Rhya!" he called out while he jumped in the pool with her, wrapping her into a tight embrace.

" Athan!" Rhya breathed out while returning his embrace.

" How are you here?" he asked while pulling away from the embrace keeping his eyes on her face, fighting the urge to look down at her breasts.

Rhya's face scrunched up lowering herself a bit more in the water" You should have waited for me to finish washing up first." she commented ignoring his question feeling a little uncomfortable with fact that she was naked and he was in there with her.

He let out a nervous chuckle " I haven't washed in a really, really long time Rhya.I have waited enough." he stated while rubbing the back of his neck a little embarrassed that let his emotions take over and he didn't think things trough again, internally patting himself on the shoulder at the same time, for finding a good excuse to give to her.

" You don't smell very nice!" she informed him while looking at the things that had dropped ealier.

"I know, that's why I was trying to wash but you got here before I did." he agreed while making his way out of the pool to get the bar of soap.

Turning around he jumped back into the pool, taking his clothes off one by one throwing them on the edge of the pool, starting to wash himself with a satified smile on his face that he had finally touched water.

Rhya just looked at him trying her best to contain her smile, in her eyes he looked like a cat who thoroughly cleans every spot on her body.

Athan stood up continuing to wash his legs and the rest of the body causing Rhya to suddenly turn around, with her back facing him. Athan smiled at her reaction, thinking that he had achieved what he had intended when he stood up.

Rhya turned around but before she did that she had caught a glimpse of his manhood and by her standards, he was doing really well.

Her own thoughts made her blush and scolded herself thinking now it is not the time for such thoughts.

Hearing the water splash behind, wanting to turn around " Are you finished washing?" she asked in a shy voice while playing in the water to keep herself distracted.

" Yes, you can turn around." he answered in an amused tone of voice.

Turning around to finally face him. Rhya kept looking at the water not quite having the courage to look at him, thinking at what she a had seen moments ago.

" How are you here Rhya? he questioned her again trying to change the mood seeing Rhya was flustered which was mainly his doing, in his attempt to gain her attention.

Rhya looked up at him feeling her cheeks slightly warm, clearing her throat " The mark has changed, I know you have found her and started her awakening. Soon the others that are still on this realm will come back as well." she plainly stated while playing with the water in the pool still trying to divert her thoughts from Athan's body which to her surprise was nothing like she imagined, she had never taken the time to look past his humble attire.

Athan who woas leaning against the pool wall like a lazy cat, kept his eyes on Rhya his thoughts were completely different to what was coming out of his mouth.

Raking his hand through his hair feeling a little uneasy at how things are turning out " She is in the cave, resting!" he curtly informed Rhya who looked surprised and impressed at the same time.

" Here? How did you managed to summon her?" she curiously asked not understanding the how, as far as she knew it was not possible since it was part of the curse and that ability had been sealed off making them unable to use it.

" Not her, I summoned him!" he deadpanned with a proud look on his face, only himself knew that was just pure luck that they were in the middle of making love when he initiated the summoning, he had no ideea what will happen.

Rhya went speechless, her mouth opened to speak but that was all she did. Not understanding Athan's words at all, thinking that their Queen was a man now, it will take some time to adjust to that.

" Soo...she is a him now, right!" she mumured while frowning, making her head spin trying to figure out how that even happened.

Athan burst into a fit of laughter " What? No, she is still a women, her husband!" he clearly stated while still laughing at the little misunderstanding that himself had created.

Rhya rolled her eyes at Athan, clicking her toungue " You are such a goof, it is you who made believe that she is a man now!" she retorted pouting while splashing water on him making Athan to move from his spot closer to her, grabbing her arm gently pulling her closer to him.

Picking a strand of her hair, his eye slowly travelled from his hand to her breasts that were peaking from under the water, stopping at her lips, he lightly brushed her lower lip with his thumb " All I can think of right now is how badly I want to taste your lips Rhya." he confessed in a hushed voice while he locked eyes with her.

Feeling flustered at the sudden confession, he had always been a lovable goof, very carefree , nothing really seemed to bother him much, calm and always found a bright side even in the worst situations.

Feeling her cheeks burn, her lips trembling " Athan....I never thought of you that way.I didn't know that you felt that way about me." she confessed in shy voice, looking at the water to avoid his gaze that right now was making her heart race at how intense he was staring at her.

He chuckled, pinching her chin to make her look at him " Oh Rhya! I have waited far too long, thinking I have all the time in the world to make you mine but now that you are here and after everything that has happened, I have no intention to let go of you again!" he declared while placing a gentle kiss on her forehead, trying his best not to force things for the time being, thinking that for now letting her know about how he felt it was more than enough.

Rhya swallowed the lump in her throat, she felt breathless all of the sudden and she didn't like how she felt in that moment. She was bold, always said what she was thinking, honest, true to herself and others.

For some reason she felt completely helpless under his touch, her words seemed to have betrayed her and her body refused to listen to reason and simply reacted to him.

Utterly displeased with this, she refused to let herself ruled by her body, finally pulling herself together, gathering that last bit of self control that she had left.

" You will have to show me not just through your words Athan, that you truly want me!" she managed to utter in a shy voice, grabbing his wrist pushing his hand away.

Hearing her request Athan's face lit up " I'll will do my best to show how I truly feel for you Rhya!" he declared proudly while taking a step back from her to give her some space.

Clearing her throat " We should get back to the cave, I would like to greet our Queen!" she suggested while getting out of the pool to get dressed.

Athan just stared at Rhya grining ear to ear, not hearing a word of what she had just said, all his thoughts were focused on Rhya's curves and how much he wanted to make her his.

" Athan!" Rhya's voice echoed in the forest breaking his train of thoughts.

Clearing his throat, feeling a little embarrassed that he had been caught ogling at her " Yes!" he mindlessly agreed to whatever she had said to him to avoid getting into trouble.