Andia: The Revolution

[Eltee]

"I know..." Aarys sighed. "It's still sinking in. Oh! I don't think I can feel happier than I do right now."

[King Acunasti]

"I'll tell you when you'll feel happier." Valentin said with a grin. "We'll be standing up on the altar with everyone watching as the priest talks about random nonsense. And I'm not gonna notice any of them, because I'll just be staring right into those incredible eyes." He held Aarys' hand. "And then I'll slip a ring right onto this finger." He gently kissed her ring finger. "And the second that priest says 'You may kiss the bride', I am going to wrap you in my arms and kiss you until we can't even breathe anymore."

[Eltee]

"Maybe... I can think of a moment I will be even happier, if such a thing is possible... When we hold our children in our arms..." Aarys said quietly. Her mind was entirely consume with the images of Valentin... Of their wedding... Their honeymoon... Their children... Their house... And, jarringly sudden, the man from her dream destroying it all before her eyes. Aarys was visibly jolted.

[King Acunasti]

"What's wrong?" Valentin asked.

[Eltee]

"I..." Aarys averted her eyes. "Just remembering the dream. That I had earlier. I know it doesn't mean anything... Sorry. It was just really vivid."

[King Acunasti]

"It would never happen in real life." Valentin reassured. "Never. You know how protective I am of you. And if we had kids? Holy sh*t, I wouldn't let a bit of harm come to them."

[Eltee]

"I know, I know, I know it's stupid. I'm sorry, don't let it ruin anything." Aarys said, looking at Valentin with preoccupied eyes.

[King Acunasti]

"When will we have kids, do you think?" Valentin asked, trying to keep Aarys' mind off the dream.

[Eltee]

"I'd say... Just about eleven months after our wedding night." Aarys said, also wanting to put the dream out of her mind.

[King Acunasti]

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[Eltee]

Spoiler:

I revised my post, feel free to revise yours. Elves have a pregnancy period of 11 months, but I misremembered, and thought it was ten. Shoot me.

[King Acunasti]

Spoiler:

I just deleted it.

"You're serious?" Valentin asked. "You want to try right after we're married? Even if the war is still going on?"

[Eltee]

"Yes, I do. God knows, there is more than enough death in the world... We should bring some life into it." Aarys said solemnly. "I think... Regardless of whether the war is over, we should marry in spring."

[King Acunasti]

Valentin smiled. "Then that's what we'll do. I love you."

[Eltee]

Aarys smiled. "I can see it now... A nice outdoor ceremony, the first green shoots starting to peek up through the ground..." Aarys eyes had misted over as she imagined it.

[King Acunasti]

"Keep going." Valentin said quietly. "Give me more details." He continued kissing her neck.

[Eltee]

Aarys smiled. "It will be in the morning, and it will be misty and cool... The trees will be budding, all our friends will be there, and everyone will be happy. The One will perform the ceremony for us, probably smiling like he knows something we don't... Because henprobably does. We will spend the wedding night in a tent, maybe, beside a little lake, or on a big hill so we can see everything... We will lie on our backs, looking at the stars for hours... We'll make love..." She sighed wistfully.

[King Acunasti]

"That dream is as beautiful as you are..." Valentin murmured, still kissing her neck. "I wish we could just take a break from reality for a day. Just twenty-four hours of you and me."

[Eltee]

"That would be amazing... But the fight continues, right?" Aarys said sadly. "Why couldn't we have lived and died three hundred years ago together? No was, no ICA, condemns haunting our sleep... Just us."

[King Acunasti]

Valentin stopped kissing Aarys' neck. "Without this war, we never would've met each other. It was a blessing in disguise."

[Eltee]

"You're right... The heir to Fairfax Corporation and some Elven girl from the forest... It lrobably would never have happened."

[King Acunasti]

"I'm not sure. If we did somehow meet back then, I would've fallen in love with you. You've got...something that I just can't live without anymore. I don't know what it is."

[Eltee]

"So do you. I would rather spend a day with you than a lifetime without you, Val. You are my everything."

[JVElEven]

Hremai, grumbled irately to no one in particular, before starting the jeep and flooring it, paying no heed to the fact that she couldn't see out of any side mirrors, and the fact that she was more than likely to hit something.

A short while later, she arrived at the camp, fuming so much that one could've sworn it was visible.

[Kerr]

Gladro soon returned to the camp. He went to the center of camp hoping he would to find something to eat. It is times like this that I wish I had a book. Nothing to do around here but eat, kill and sleep.