Private Dragon's Pulse [Ayeka]

[Ōtakemaru]

How many days had it been since he fainted in front of Aria? At first, Take just woke up alone, a bit… jiffy. He’d been confessed to, and… it was still so surreal. Aria… inside of the mind of Ayeka… wanted to be with him. He still didn’t know how to process all of that, but he didn’t care. He still loved her. So. So. Much.

But… his body felt a bit weird, too. Something wasn’t the same as before. It wasn’t just hormones, no no no, it was something else. Take went on throughout the morning in his room trying to get his mind under control – panic was beginning to rise.

It all culminated when he spotted his reflection on the mirror in his bathroom. His sealed symbol of shame… his Cursed Seal… was that a dragon? That pattern looked like a wrathful, clawing dragon crossing over his forehead and cheek. So that must’ve been it.

…

But it didn’t bother him as much as he’d anticipated. Even now, as he ventured through the streets after handing in a repo- HE CAN’T JUST HIDE FROM HER LIKE THIS!!! HE HAS TO REPLICATE!!!

…

Impulses drove Take to buy a bouquet of colorful flowers as he darted towards wherever the scent led him. His every cell could smell it, faintly. His bond with Aria was stronger than even he’d known. He’d check every street in Konohagakure without pause, his purple haori flickering in the wind, until he found her… so he could hand her these flowers and thank her for the confession. Y’know, actually make things official between the two… or three… or…?

 

[Ayeka]

A cool sun slide gently through the morning sky as a chilly wind blew through the village letting everyone know that the first chilly fingers of autumn was already creeping through the village. Despite the colder weather though Ayeka still found herself outside working on her physical fitness trying to better herself and uphold her position as the Head Jounin of the village. Standing atop the Hokage monument Ayeka had created a small space for herself in a clearing away from the paths where she could be left to her own devices without being disturbed, the clearing itself was full of dumbbells, barbells and other different types of weight that almost looked comically big as they both had to compensate Ayeka's massive body while carrying enough weight to make the draconic women struggle when lifting the.

Currently Ayeka was dressed in a crop sports top with a pair of shorts that left little to the imagination allowing anyone to pass to see many of her reptilian features such as the waves of black scales that cascaded down her legs and arms as well as the long black draconic tail that lazily flexed across the floor as Ayeka used the appendage to balance herself while repeatedly squatting down. Braced across the tall girls shoulders was a gigantic barbell it bar seemingly bending around the girls shoulders as it desperately held on to the weighted plates seemingly straining under the immense weight the girl was lifting with it.

Ayeka herself was covered head to toe in sweat and she focused on one of the ray moments of peace she could get recently while Aria kept for her.

 

[Ōtakemaru]

Take watched the precipice of the Hokage monument… she was up there. He could feel it in every cell of his body. Clinging tightly to his bouquet of flowers, he took a step on the wall and started walking up, occasionally attacked by crows who were a bit too interested in the flowers he held. “N-No, please, don’t peck them, they’re very important…!” his panicked voice echoed across the precipice as his panicking hands flapped everywhere to shoo the birds off, not letting them ruin his gift to her… them… her…

Take finally made it to the summit, darting ahead towards a clearance where he was met with an unorthodox sight – bells, bells, bells, dumbbells, barbells, drumbells (probably), and a lot of lifting and squatting. Ayeka was there, pushing herself to the limit, and her shorts really hugged tightly to her-

T-The flowers, yes! But she was training, was now a good time to hand them to her? What if she- no no no, they were just flowers… he couldn’t afford to hesitate about something this important to him! Take took a step, two, three, and more, approaching her with a reddened face and the bouquet in front of him. “Apology… f-for my absence. I thought about stuff, and… t-this is my answer. Here, Aria… I-I mean, Ayeka… I…”

…

“I love you…”

 

[Ayeka]

"81......82.......83" Completely focused on her workout Ayeka gentler kept count quietly of each individual movement making sure to keep her form perfect as her muscles strained with each movement and due to this focus Ayeka was completely unaware of the boy with the flowers approaching her from the edge of the cliff until the very moment he stepped up next to her causing Ayeka to stop suddenly and stare in Take in shock and surprise before the boy stammered out a small word mentioning both girl's within the body eh was talking about before saying I love you.

"E...e.e.e..ehhhhhhhh!" Ayeka couldn't help the surprised exclamation that spilled from her lips at both Take's appearance and sudden declaration of love causing the girl to lose grip on the dumbbell on her shoulders "Oh no." Ayeka could only say as she dropped the barbell which was currently being weighted down by about 5000 kilograms on to the floor causing the area to explode and part of the cliff to fall away as the immense weight cracked the ground causing dust to float up into the air.

Fortunately the mini earthquake and destruction that was caused stayed confined to their immediate area which was remote enough that the statues or citizens in the area wouldn't be affected. Once the smoke began to clear Take would be treated to the site of Ayeka sitting in the middle of the crater unharmed but grabbing her tail and holding it to her chest in pain as she apparently had dropped her weight straight on to her tail that while only a temporary part of her body created by the manipulation of her draconic chakra was still directly connected to her spine and thus suspectable to a lot of pain if hit hard much like ramming your shin into the side of your bed.

Taking a moment to regain her composure as the pain slowly subsided Ayeka looked up at Take with a flushed face. "Ah um er H...h..hi Take-k...k..kun." The dark tresses and blue eyes easily signified that Take was currently talking with the currently blushing Ayeka which may be surprising to the boy as many would assume that Aria would train and upkeep their body but it was easy to forgot that Ayeka came from the Kyojouran clan originally before her bloodline mutated to the point she could be called a very distant family member. The point being however despite Ayeka's shy and demure nature she had a tremendous amount of pride in her body which had to lead her to being alone with Take for the first time since Aria's confession. "I'm s...so so...rry. I .g..g..got surprised." Ayeka stammered while gently rubbing her hands together creating a strange disparity of such a large person acting to shy before the girl noticed Take's gift. "U..um are t..t..those for us?"

MFT
WC: 475

 

[Ōtakemaru]

It… took her by surprise. So much, in fact, that she dropped her huge dumbbells, and chaos ensued. Take was already regretting his bold approach – every damn action had a consequence. He should’ve waited! He should’ve waited a little longer, until she’d paused the training! That way, this… oh no, what about the Hokage Rock? Were they far away enough from the Hokage faces? Panic rose his blood pressure so damn high that his eyes reddened with worry. Was it all going to end here and now?!

And… as the dust settled, he saw Ar-Aye-Ayeka hugging her tail, a red rash over its form as if it’d been… oh no, the dumbbell fell right on top of it. That must’ve hurt like… hell… did he hurt her?! DID HE HURT HER?! AFTER EVERYTHING HE’D TRIED TO PREPARE FOR THIS MOMENT, HE ENDED UP HURTING HIS LOVE! Oh, Take wanted to bury himself right now…

But… she asked about the flowers, and he stuttered: “Y-Yes, these are for you… b-both of you, I think, yes… mhm… sorry about your tail, I d-d-didn’t mean to harm you, I swear…”

No matter how old he got, Take sure had conversation issues. Even his hand holding the bouquet was shaking. “I… wanted to answer Aria’s confession. I mean it when I said I love you. I-I really do, so… I wanna be official with it. I’m old enough t-to take responsibility and all.”

 

[Ayeka]

Many questions have appeared for many people over the countless centuries that humans have existed in this world. Can I manipulate chakra? What when I mix these elements together? and so on, however some questions never find their answers but today the question of what happens when two people who stutter try communicate was finally answered.

Ayeka looked up at Take as he spoke and offered a Bouquet to the taller girl her face instantly flushing with a quickly growing pink that seemed to cause heat to shimmer between Ayeka's large horns as the girl tried to find someway to untie her tongue at the sweet gesture. "Ah um I...I.im ok r..r..really um I......" Slowly Ayeka reached up to the flowers and took them into her hands brining the Bouquet to her chest so she could take a moment to admire the beautiful swirl of colours. As she did so Take spoke of taking responsibility for Aria's feeling and Ayeka slowly growing feelings for the sweet boy before announcing that he loved both Aria and Ayeka willing to take both on for himself.

This admission just continued to build the hit up in Ayeka's face as she looked up in surprise about being included in his confession. Ayeka felt her eyes swirl as her blood pressure finally tipped over the edge and fainted, her body falling forward and until her forward made contact with Take's stomach due to Ayeka's immense proportions, fortunately her horns were situated to the top of her head making the sharp spikes of bone simply rest against Take's chest instead of accidently impaling him.

 

[Ōtakemaru]

Take expected many weird things – heat, heat, heat, a red face, plenty of stuttering, confusion, awe, a bunch of teasing from Aria, and so on… but Ayeka freaking fainted. He noticed the slow tilt of her body as she leaned forward, just in time to grab her as she plopped onto his stomach – good thing he saw it coming too, or she could’ve hit the floor pretty hard with those heavy horns of hers. They were solid and sharp, like metal…

“A-A-A-“ he began stuttering again, realizing that he didn’t know what to say afterwards. Safe to say, he didn’t plan this far ahead in time. “Ayeka, w-wait, wake up, p-please! Ayeka! Ayeka, you there?! Aria?! H-Hello?!”

Take tried to pick her up, but Ayeka was quite taller than him, so he lunged her over his shoulder and… realized how suspicious he now looked. Having an unconscious kunoichi hoisted over his shoulder like that was bound to raise flags if somebody else found them like this, so he had to go find some water to splash onto her face – that would wake her up in no time.

…

*SPLASH!*

“S-Sorry, you fainted and… I-I looked weird carrying you around when you were unconscious, s-so I tried to find a source of water, but then, uh, but then I was told that there was a pond over here, a-and then…”

Take tried, once again, to gather his thoughts and feelings, but it was all too… what was this feeling in his chest? Yearning? He… kind of wanted to kiss her again. Weird thought – it wasn’t the time for smooches, you idiot! What were you thinking?!