The next few days were spent cleaning and gardening.
I had caught my first rabbit in a snare, so that was cool. I was currently skinning the creature. I wanted to try rabbit jerky.
Eren was behind me, marinating the duck for dinner tonight.
Cleaning an animal was disgusting. There wasn't as much blood as you would think, most of that was with the guts.
The thought of killing an animal was upsetting at first, but it was that or starve.
"Levi" Erens voice made me perk up and glance at him over my shoulder.
"Yes?"
"I've been thinking about something for a while now, and would like your opinion"
"What is it?" I asked, cutting strips of meat off the bones.
"Should I build a cabin?"
I blinked, paused in my movements. "A cabin?"
"Yeah. My parents have one and it's really cozy"
"Why do you want one?"
"It would be nicer, more comfortable" I nodded.
The thought of being in a house rather than a cave was nice. The cave was nice, but it could get really cold. The stone made for a chilly atmosphere, even with Erens pyro abilities.
"I would like a cabin. It would be really nice." I said. "Do you know how to build one?"
"Yes. I helped my da build theirs. I could get it started tomorrow"
"Sounds wonderful" I put the strips of meat on a stick and let them hang. I then turned to Eren, who was still facing the duck, and kissed between his shoulder blades. "Why do you want to build one now?"
"Well I've been thinking about it for a while." Eren said, reaching for a towel for me to clean my hands. "I stayed in the cave for so long because it's easier to hide here, and it fits my dragon form. But the mountains never get visitors, and living in the mountains in a cabin isn't that weird." I nodded, wiping blood off my hands. "I also figured it would be more comfortable for you, living in a something that's more like a house"
He had turned around while talking and I smiled at him. "It would be nice" I then stood on my toes, and kissed him. Eren grinned at me.
"You're beautiful"
"Thank you" I smiled. "I'm going to go bathe" I held up my hands, the palms stained red.
"Don't take to long"
"I won't" I smiled and left the room. I knew Eren would take care of cleaning up after me and I happily walked down the hall to the bathroom.
I washed my hands in the water basin and then stripped my clothes. I stood in silence, naked, listening.
I was waiting for Eren to come. But he didn't. He never did.
My shoulders slumped and I stepped into the spring. I always hoped Eren would come in here and bathe with me, or better yet, push my against the wall and have his way with me. But he kept his distance.
I pouted, but didn't dwell, instead washing myself. The soap was homemade, something I wanted Eren to teach me how to do. Though he probably bought it.
It had lavender, and sunflower oil. It smelt divine, and felt like cream on my skin.
I didn't stay for long, cleaned myself and then got out, drying and redressing.
Eren was in the bedroom. He smiled at me. "The fireworks will start soon"
I nodded. It was the eve of New Years, Stohess always had fireworks. I loved watching them from my balcony.
"Come on," He took my hand and led me outside. "It's a bit of a climb." He said, walking up the mountain.
I followed obediently. A few feet up the mountain side was a cliff edge and on it was a bottle of wine and some glasses.
I sat down on the deer pelt and Eren joined me, pouring the rich red wine into a glass and handed it to me. He then filled his own.
We sat in silence, watching the sky.
The sun had set about an hour ago, the sky a deep bluish black, white sparkly stars glistened in the darkness.
I could see Stohess from here, the basic shapes of the village, grey and black. Orange and yellow lights of lanterns flickered in the mass of cool colors. I could see the palace too. The white marble seemed to glow in the dark. I could swear I saw my balcony. My bedroom faces the mountains, so it was likely.
I could hear the faint sound of music coming from the village.
I felt a warm hand on my back and I jumped, almost spilling wine on me. I looked at Eren, who smiled.
"Sorry" He grinned. "I was just thinking that moonlight suits you"
I smiled, feeling my face go hot. "Thank you. It looks nice on you too"
He smiled, his hand leaving my back for a finger to trace my cheek, following the blush. "It mixes nicely with the pink"
I bit my lip and his finger moved down my cheek, caressed my jaw and down my neck, slowly tracing the pulse point.
I couldn't hold back anymore and I kissed him, his lips tasting like wine. "Oh~" I moaned, licking my lips. "That taste nice"
He grinned, and then put his glass to his lips and drank some, thoroughly coating his lips. I got them back on me as soon as I was able. It was tart and tangy, and I shivered. He felt like fire, and I wanted him to melt me.
"You know you have your own glass" Eren retorted with a smug smirk.
I glared and then quickly drained my glass. "Now kiss me"
"You're not sick of it?"
"Never" I grabbed him and pulled him to me. And with perfect timing, the second our lips touched, the first firework went off, sending a burst of green and purple light over us.
We both jumped at the loud boom it caused, and then laughed. I snuggled into him and we watched the fireworks, enjoying the show.
Eren left not long after to get dinner and I stayed on the ledge, letting the winter air cool my burning face.
Tomorrow Kenny would be King. Tomorrow I was free.
I had mixed emotions about the whole ordeal. On one hand, I didn't care. I really didn't want to be king, but on the other, I hated how he was being rewarded for his crimes. Not that anyone knows about his crime, but still. He didn't deserve the crown, but I wasn't going to ambush the palace for it. He could have the crown. I was happy
"Here you are" Eren appeared and gave me a bowl. It was the marinated duck with some bread and vegetables.
It melted in your mouth and paired nicely with the wine.
We ate, drank and watched the fireworks all night, and I learned something else about dragons. They had a fast metabolism.
Meaning they can't get drunk. Or it takes more to get them there. I was just a tiny human that really didn't drink much. I was so so incredibly drunk.
Eren had to carry me back to the cave and into bed. Where I promptly passed out, giggling at him. When I woke up, Eren was gone. I sat up in bed and looked around the room. The hearth still has crackling embers and I hummed pulling my feet from under the blankets and aiming them at the fire.
"Cold?" Erens voice made me open my eyes. His hair was damp meaning he had just taken a bath, and he had nothing but a towel around his hips.
"My feet are" I pulled my legs back to me and Eren went back out, coming back a moment later with a pile of wood in his hands. He put a few pieces into the embers and the log caught flame.
"Here" He kneeled on the bed and grabbed my foot. He pushed a thumb into the tender middle and I instinctively pulled back. "Ticklish?" He asked, keeping a tight grip on my ankle and literally pulling me closer to him by my ankle.
I couldn't help but moan. He was so strong. I was basically a feather for him and it turned my bones to jelly to know how defenseless I was to him.
I saw him smirk and then he started massaging my foot. Strong and slow pressing of thumb and palm against my foot.
I groaned, eyes closing and head falling back on the pillow. "That feels nice" I complimented him.
He made a sound of thanks and then moved to my other foot, doing the same mind numbing movements. I was going to fall asleep again. I thought. I then voiced it. He chuckled, and kissed my ankle.
He stopped his massage and then held one foot in one hand, the other, in his other.
His hands were warm, calloused. His hands were growing warmer. I smiled. My own human fire pit. Or my own dragon fire pit? I didn't know. I didn't care honestly.
"Gods" I whispered, pressing my feet closer to him and Eren moved them up. I opened my eyes to see what he was doing. He put my legs over each of his shoulders. He then took my left leg and kissed the ankle, then above it, and higher and higher until he reached my knee.
I blinked at him, bewildered.
He then put his hand on my right thigh, and pushed it off his shoulder. "What-?" I wasn't able to finish my question, because a surprised gasp cut my words off.
Eren started kissing down my thigh. Licking at the soft, tender flesh of my inner thigh and I moaned.
My back arched, and I needed something to hold onto, I couldn't think properly. I dug my fingers into his damp hair, nails scratching his scalp.
He moaned, his hands gripping my thigh and then he licked, slow but firm up the length of my thigh, from hip to knee, and then back down again.
I cried out. Fuck it felt so good. I couldn't think. My mind was hazy and Eren was all I could focus on.
His mouth left my thigh and before I could even make a sound of question, he pressed himself onto my crotch.
I inhaled sharply, lifting my head up to make sure my lust filled mind wasn't playing tricks on me.
Eren was mouthing at the cloth shorts I wore, soaking them in saliva. "Off" was all I could say.
Eren furrowed his brow and pulled off me. "You want me to stop?"
"No!" I snapped, and then ripped my shorts off, leaving me in nothing but my shirt. Suddenly, I realized that this was the first time anyone was seeing me naked. With intent to sexually pleasure me, that is.
I felt my cheeks turn red, and I pulled my shirt down over my private area. Private area Levi, really? How old are you?.
"Now that won't do" Erens voice was calm, but thick with lust. He had dropped the towel he had been wearing and his cock was standing proudly against his belly. He grabbed my wrists and pulled my hands away. I held onto my shirt even as he pulled my hands up to my head, so the shirt came up to my chest before it fell from my hands and Eren pinned my hands over my head.
I was drowning in lust and want, but now I was scared. Nervous. "Don't hide from me" Eren's voice was a shock wave down my spine and I shivered at his words. "Let me see"
"No" I whined, blushing furiously.
Erens entire demeanor changed then and he pulled away. "Do you not like this? You said you didn't want me to stop, did you change your mind?"
"I don't want you to stop, but I don't want you to see" Eren blinked. He let go of my wrists and I immediately moved to cover myself again. "I-I've never had anyone...down there before. I don't want you so close to something like that"
"Something like that?" He asked, eyebrows raised.
"It's intimate!"
"Sex is intimate" I blushed even more at him bluntness.
"I'm scared! I'm insecure! I'm a virgin okay! I don't want your face so close to my most intimate place! I'm not ready" I had shouted at first, but I grew quieter as I spoke.
Eren chuckled, he fucking chuckled, and grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. "I love how pure you are" he said, voice filled with both amusement and want. He stroked a finger over my thicker bottom lip and I poked my tongue out to lick it. "May I use my hands? If I promise not to look?"
I nodded, opening my mouth to let Eren slip his finger into it. I closed my lips around the digit and sucked, rolling my tongue over it. I moved both my hands up to grab the hand with the finger in my mouth and licking his finger.
He moved a second finger and pushed it in with the first and I happily accompanied both. I closed my lips around his fingers and then my eyes popped open. He was using his free hand to touch me, stroking me in slow movements.
I moaned, sounds muffled by his fingers, which he moved around my tongue. I dug my nails into his wrist and mewled around them.
I jerked and pulled off Erens fingers. Not because I couldn't breath or because he gagged me, but because I had to throw my head back. I had to arch my back, I had to thrust up into Erens hand, and I had to cum.
It was overwhelming and I cried out, my voice echoing back at me from the walls.
"You're so sexy" Eren growled. He leaned down and pressed his lips to my temple, talking. "If we had sex, I would flip you onto your front, and left you ass up in the air. I would slide into you so easily, you would whimper as I stretched you wide. I would start slow, get you used to the feeling of my cock inside you, and then go faster and faster with each thrust. Your legs would give out and I would have to hold you up, your legs trembling and unable to support you. I'd fuck you all night long. And you would scream my name until you were hoarse."
"Please. I want it" I begged. I did just cum, but his words drove me right back to need. I turned myself around, sitting on my knees and lifting my ass up.
I realized a little late that I was presenting my most intimate areas to Eren, the same thing I didn't want to do 5 minutes ago, but before I could rethink my choice, Eren started touching himself, his eyes trained on my ass.
He leaned forward, and kissed my tailbone. I clenched my eyes tight, waiting for his next movements, and to my surprise, disappointment and relief, he moved up my spine, kissing each bump. He moved all the way up until he reached my neck and kissed my nape. With a sound that made me quake in lust. A mix of a whimper and a growl, he came, coating my back with the white stuff.
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"I love your hair" I said, looking at Eren in amusement. I had taken a bath after our morning fiesco, and Eren made breakfast. We were currently eating it and his hair and started to dry, leaving it frizzy and sticking up in all directions, like a porcupine.
He smiled, running his hands through the frizz. "I don't. I'm just glad it doesn't stay like this" as we ate, the frizz went down and turned into a beautiful wave.
"Can I play with it?" I asked after we had eaten and cleaned up.
"I have work I need to do," Eren said, pouting.
"Let me play with it," I said firmly.
"Fine, but only for a moment." We sat down at the table and I started braiding his hair. I used to braid Amelia's hair a lot. I was a bit out of practice but his hair was out of his face and that's what I was going for.
"There"
He turned to face me and my breath caught in my throat. He looked beautiful. Don't get me wrong, I loved his long wavy hair that framed his face perfectly, but by Gods, his face was stunning all on its own, and without thick curls covering his forehead and cheeks, I could see all of him.
"What are you going to do today?" I asked, quickly trying to change the subject when I noticed his cocky smirk.
"I'm going to start clearing an area for the cabin"
"Can I help?"
"It would best if you didn't. I can clear trees a lot easier in my dragon form and I don't want to hurt you by accident"
"Oh" I nodded in understanding. "I'll water the garden then, and check the traps."
"Sounds good" He leaned down and kissed me, before he turned and walked out of the cave. I did as I was planning to do. The woods were silent except the rythmic sound of Eren breaking trees. The sound scared me the first couple times it happened, it sounded like thunder. But then I realized it was probably dragon Eren breaking the trees.
It was a warm day, so I washed clothes in the stream. I didn't not enjoy laundry, I found I really like cleaning. But I would admit it was tiring, using the washboard. It worked out my arms well. Maybe this was how Eren had such strong arms? I had even gained some muscle after only doing a few batches of laundry.
I hung the wet, freshly washed clothes over tree branches, and then sat on a rock, letting the sun hit my face and I sighed happily.
Normally there would be birds chirping in the trees, but with Eren making so much noise, they had gone silent, scared away from the unnatural sound.
I had half a mind to wonder if anyone from the villages would hear the sounds and go to investigate. But the mountains tended to trap sounds inside, making it echo.
I also realized that I hadn't heard any noise for a while now. Perhaps Eren was done.
I stood from my seat and walked down the hill. I didn't know where Eren was, but he had taught me how to track, and I could see his footprints in the dirt.
About 10 yards from the cave I found him. He had cleared out a good dozen trees, and was now pulling out the stumps with his giant dragon mouth. I forgot how large he was.
His tail was firmly in the ground, and he pulled out the truck from the earth, dirt clumps faking from the roots of the tree. It looked like a chew toy for him. He walked over and dropped the trunk into a pile, and turned to get another, but he say me, made a noise of alarm. He blinked and then sat, tilting his head at me.
"I was just coming to see your progress"
Eren's eyes closed and he tried to smile, though it was hard without lips, his tail swishing back and forth at him. He also purred. He was a dog and cat all in one.
I chuckled and looked around the clearing. There were still some trunks left in the clearing, and he had made a pile of the trees, probably going to be used to actually build the cabin.
There were holes where previous trunks had been. He had done the work three men could do in a week, in the time span of two hours.
"It looks good" He made a rumbling noise, probably a thank you. "What can I do to help?"
Eren sat for a moment, and then he started shrinking, his limb grew short, his tail and wings were sucked into his body. And he was human again.
"You could come up with a floor plan for the cabin"
We made our way back to the cave, Erens got me a piece of parchment and some ink and a quill, he drew the dimensions of the clearing for me to have a basic guideline and then left to find tools to chop the trees into logs.
I wanted a big living space, the kitchen would also be big, the dining area was part of the living space, the bedroom and bathroom weren't extravagant, but nicely sized and comfortable.
Once I was done, I went to five ereb again.
He was back at the clearing, this time as a human. He was shirtless, and glistening with sweat as he swung an ax down repeatedly onto the wood.
He heard me approaching and turned to look at me. "Here"
I showed him the plans. He looked over then, studying it. He nodded. "The bathroom with have to be a little bigger than what you have, but it's perfect"
"Why does it have to be larger?"
"To fit the toilet"
"Oh right" I forgot about the toilet, even though I used it every day. I was so used to chamber pots.
"We will also have room to maybe get some animals"
"Animals?"
"Like goats, and pigs. Some more horses so Bell isn't so alone"
I grinned at him. "Yes"
"I'll figure all that out later though, right now I'll start with the cabin walls.