unexpected emotion episode 22

?UNEXPECTED EMOTIONS?
(Tales of Meteor City)

**CHAPTER TWENTY TWO**

By, Naomi Cindy B

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“Today is Lillie’s birthday, I wanted to be the first one to say happy birthday to her but too bad she hasn’t come to see me today” emperor Jin said weakly on his be-d

The wrinkles on his b©dy are getting more numerous and his skin is gradually withering… He’s a pitiful sight, whatever his sickness is, then it must be a bastard

“Really?, It’s her birthday today?, She never told me” Eragon replied, placing the cu-p of water with him on the table

Jin laughed

“It’s un-derstandable, She forgot, she always forgets her birthday, isn’t that strange? ” He said

Eragon Chuckled

” She’s…. Silly, sorry to say” Eragon said

“Yes she is, but I have to thank you too…. For ma-king her change, it seems she’s really in love with you, I’ve never seen her aim with focus on something, but since she started liking you, she has changed, I know you’re the one who told her to take care of me while you’re in prison, she c@m£ to you then right? ” Jin said

Eragon is moved to tears

“you really know everything your highness, she really does” Eragon said, fighting back his tears

“so I’m begging you, never let her down, Continue to be with her and if possible Eragon, love her plea-se, it might not be easy but….

“I love her” Eragon said

“You do?”

“From the start since she was small, but her wickedness, the harshness she inherited from her mother that’s ma-king her behave like a beast, that’s the main reason I suppressed my feelings and behaved like i hate her, and also, I’m like a slave, an ordinary protector of the second Prince, who am I to tell her how I feel?… But When I noticed she’s also in love with me, my feelings woke up but…. I just can’t, empress Aurora is my only fear now, I really don’t want to die” Eragon said, crying alre-ady

Jin took his hands with his shaky hands

“Eragon listen, do you know what they call a fearful man?” He asked

“no”

” A coward, you can’t be a coward Eragon, if you and Lillie stand against Aurora, trust me the whole people will support you and together you both will bring her down, I’m too weak to do this, my sickness is really cruel” Jin said

Eragon wiped his tears

” I’ve heard you well your highness, I’ll go call Lillie, it’s so uncommon of her to not come say her greetings” he said, standing up

“it’s ok” Jin replied

Eragon went to Lillie’s room and knocked, standing by her doorstep

“My lady, Princess Lillie” he called

No answer

“Are you in?, My lady? ” He called again but same, only the echo of his own voice

” I’m coming in” he said and opened the door

He met emptiness, she’s not in

“Where’s she?, Where did she go not telling me? ‘ he thought

He left the room and walked round the palace, pas-sing by the kitchen he suddenly saw strands of hair on the floor

“Is that a wig?, In the kitchen?, These darn maids” he blurted, going in fully to meet surprise

It’s actually Lillie, lying down helplessly…

His eyes almost popped out as he tilted her up

“Princess!, My lady!, Princess Lillie!” He called, shaking her vigorously but she’s not answering

He lifted her up in his arms and Carried her as quic-k as possible to her room

He closed the door behind him and l@yher on the be-d

“What could be wrong?” He thought

He thought of calling the palace doctor but later decided against it

He went back to the kitchen and got a cu-p of water

He got back in and sprinkled p@rt of it on her face

She spranged up, looking startled for a while before calming down

Eragon sighed before squ-atting beside her

“Are you ok? ‘

She looked at him and what happened earlier c@m£ to remembr@nce

“I’m not ok” she said like a baby and hvgged him

He didn’t fight it, he hvgged her back, patting her back

“What exactly happened?, Why did you pas-s out in the kitchen? ‘ he asked, breaking the hvg

“Should I tell him?* She thought

” No I can’t, I shouldn’t, not yet” she thought

“I .. I… I just felt the sharp stomach ache again” she lied

Eragon spranged up

” I’ll get you to the palace doctor” he said, holding her hand

She stood up

“No, don’t want to, I just found out it’s my… My… My… My…

“Your what? ‘

” Menst… Menstruation, it’s it that’s causing it, it’s called menstrual cramps and it’ll soon st©p, ion want to go to the doctor, plea-se” she said, holding unto him ti-ghtly

He looked at his hand she’s holding and looked back at her

He drew her closer with full f0rç£ and circled his hand round her w@!st

She g@sped in surprise as their faces are now just an inch from each other

Her breathing bec@m£ unsteady and so is his

He ti-ght£ñed his grip round her w@!st and stared de-eply at her, she never broke the stare

“Today is your birthday, you didn’t tell me, why? ” He said

She doesn’t un-derstand why he’s suddenly acting this way but she likes it

“I…. I… I … Forgot” she stuttered, the way they’re close is having a great effect on her and she’s just… Palpitating nervously

“Fool, you forgot your birthday?” He said mockingly

“It wasn’t intentional, I just wasn’t thinking about it” she said defensively, pouting like a baby

Eragon smiled and started pu-lling her gently towards the wall

Their heartbeats can be heard, beating wildly

“Your br@in is really equivalent to that of an orangutan right?” He said mockingly again

” Just let me go and I’ll teach you some manners, idiot” she said jokingly, curving herl-ips

By now they’re by the wall, Eragon turned her so she’s the one backing the wall

She ti-ght£ñed her fist, holding unto a p@rt of her robe in great expectations, stealing glances at hisl-ips occasionally

“Teach me some manners?, A forgetful Princess? ” He said, leaning in slowly

” I… I… I’ll

She ran out of words to say and simply faced him as he continued coming closer

“k!ss?, k!ss!” Her heart screamed

Her eyes went shut immediately and Eragon smiled

He kept leaning in and just when theirl-ips are about to meet, Aurora talked from outside

“Lillie!, Are you in?”

They both opened their eyes and it c@m£ wi-de as they unlocked from each other

“What to do?, She mustn’t find out you’re here?” Lillie said, fidgeting

” Are you asking me ?, We’re in your room so do something” he replied

“when you alre-ady said I’m an idiot, idiots can’t think, and if possible mother meets you here, let me think of the lashes you’ll get, hundred times two hundred” she replied, giggling silently

“I’m coming in” Aurora’s voice c@m£ again

“fool, do something” Eragon said

She held his hand and took him to the be-d

” Yes? ”

” Hide un-der the be-d” she said

“What?, un-der the be-d?, Me?” He said

“Get un-der it alre-ady” she replied and pushed him un-der

“you can only breath once in two minutes, you can’t get caught” Lillie whispered as the door opened and the empress c@m£ in

“You knowingly decided to leave me at the door huh? ‘ she demanded

“I’m sorry mother, I was feeling a little pain before but now it’s gone” she replied pretentiously

” Are you sure you’re ok now? Aurora asked

” Of course, so what did Milady say?” She asked

“That crazy witch vanished without saying anything, he was saying I should wait for one or two months before she’ll say anything or I might even find out by myself” Aurora replied, sitting on the be-d

” Oh Lillie, you’re so dead” Eragon thought un-der the be-d

Lillie smiled mischievously before taking her seat beside her mum too

“Oh no” Eragon thought silently

“Your be-d looks higher than before” Aurora said

“Oh…. Mum!, What will the daughter of the Phoenix look like?, I mean, what are the qualities she has? ” Lillie quic-kly asked just to get her diverted

“hmmn, myth said she’ll be pure and energetic, full of powers and of course pretty, very very pretty, and everywhere she goes, I’ll be able to perceive her scent, they said she has the scent of citrus on her” Aurora said

” Are those the only signs? ”

” Actually no, the most p@rt one is that her blood can heal” Aurora said

Lillie’s heart skipped a beat

” What! ‘

“Why do you look shocked? ” Aurora asked

” I’m not shocked, I’m just… I… Ok I’m shocked” she said

” I knew it” Aurora replied

” By the way what will her blood look like?, White?, Black?, Blue or normal red? ”

” That wasn’t said, all I know is that I nee-d the blood of the only daughter of the Phoenix to survive, but Milady was saying something about daughters the other time, so now I’m somehow confused” Aurora said, standing up

” Daughters?, Are they two?”

“That’s what I’m confused about and all my life I’ve only heard about the only daughter of the Phoenix” Aurora said

“and another question, who’s the Phoenix we’re talking about?” Lillie asked

“No one knows, or should I say I’ve never come across anyone who knows who’s the Phoenix herself, Milady will know but the foolish witch Won’t tell*

Lillie sighed

“Don’t be sad mum, everything will be fine” she said

“Thanks my motivation, you don’t know how much I love you” Aurora said and pu-ll-ed her into a hvg

She later dis£ngaged and left her room

“So far mother is the one who gave birth to me like father said, and father is the one who copulated with her, then I’m free, but why did it happen?, And there are suspicions that they might be two?, I’m damn confused” Lillie thought

Eragon c@m£ out from un-der the be-d

He coughed to bring Lillie back to life

She j£rked up and faced him with a smile on her face

‘you and your mother are unaware of your weight, I could have died” he said, his arms akimbo

Lillie Started laughing

” It’s not funny” he said jokingly but looked serious

” I’m sorry” she said seriously too

It’s now his turn to laugh

“j£rk!” She spat

He ran out of the room before she could get him

She smiled wi-dely when she reminisced about what almost happened

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Night****

The small family is busy eating dinner at the dinning room

“Work was great today, I had the opportunity to supervise gamblers, it was great, I got to set some bastards Straight, it was so fun! ” Iris exclaimed

Eleven and Diamond giggled while Kingston smiled

While they all ate food, she’s busy eating watermelon

That Mrs fruit

They finished eating and Kingston went upstairs first, he plans to sleep early today

Iris went upstairs next though she couldn’t sleep

Eleven helped Diamond to pack the plates to the kitchen for washing

They got there and immediately they put them on the zinc dishwasher, she faced him and hanged her hands round his n£¢k

He never fought it

He smiled

She leaned in and in the next minute, they’re alre-ady k!ss!ngeach other, forgetting about the plates in the zinc

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Iris ti-ptoed to Kingston’s room and opened the door stealthily

It made no sound as she closed it back

She walked up to his be-d and got on his side, laying beside him on the be-d

That’s when she saw his ba-re b©dy, he’s shi-tless, he only has a black trou-sers on

She gulped ha-rd as her hand made contact with his skin

She continued running her hand throu-gh his che-st

Kingston isn’t slee-ping yet, he can feel everything and only the feel of her beside him and that of her hand on his ba-re che-st is enough to do wonders

He suddenly held her hand and opened his eyes, catching her by surprise

He faced her on the be-d, their faces an inch from each other

She swallowed ha-rd

“What are you doing to me?”

“I…. I….

” I’m a man, and my b©dy is not a stone, you asked for it and I’m re-ady to give, br@ce up” he said and moved closer, taking in herl-ips fully and pu-lling her on t©p of him

She reciprocated with same pace and they almost k!$$£d for ten minutes, turning each other on the be-d and her g@sps filled the room…

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Next morning**

Iris woke up beside him and smiled when she saw his face

He remembered the words he said last night before they sle-pt

“Sleep like my baby, gnight”

Those words did magic, she really did sleep like his baby

She started finding ways to wake him up

She first took his arm and crossed it round her n£¢k

That done, she started b!owing air on his face from her mouth

That didn’t work so she started whistling

Kingston wriggled

“Oh Iris ” he mumbled before opening his eyes

“I did it” she said, smiling

He smiled too before ru-bbing her right cheek with his palm

“I’m glad I woke up with you beside me like this” he said

” Me too” she replied, her hand finding it’s way to his cheeks too

The door suddenly opened, revea-ling Diamond

“Oppa what should we have for….

She was cut short when she saw Iris who kept smiling beside Kingston on the be-d

“OMG!, I can’t believe this!, You sle-pt here?, Kingston?, Iris? ” She said

” Of course, someone can sleep beside a person who cherishes her right?, He told me he cherishes me and calls me a pet name, he’s also

“OMG!, Kingston!, My joy knows no bounds, where’s my phone, I should snap this and take over Instagram” she said and made to go

” Why did you barge in?” Kingston asked

Diamond faced him again

“I…. “Barged in”, because I wanted to ask what you’ll prefer for breakfast this morning but so far my eyes are still working, I can see you’re alre-ady having breakfast, bye! ” Diamond said before leaving hurriedly

” It’s not what you think!! ” Kingston and Iris shouted

They looked at each other and laughed out loud…

TBC..