"Questionable advances"
Daring and Ahuizotl sat side by side as the lights went dimmed and the stage illuminated. Ahuizotl rubbed at his eyes again, the swirls of pink was blending into the yellow stage lights making it look as if it was a painting of Vincolt Van Gogh. The voices of the other guest sounded like they were muffled or gargling marbles. His ears flicked rapidly as he tried to get the sounds to come together for a meaningful collection. His eyes shifted as he felt Daring place her hoof on his shoulder.
"Ahu-...are...okay?"
He blinked as his vision suddenly cleared from looking at her. The pink colors suddenly shifted themselves around her form, giving her an aura. The warm glow made him blink dumbly at her piercing, ruby-colored eyes. She felt her place her hoof next to his cheek that he could not help but lean into, letting out a content smile. His head suddenly jerked to the side from a sudden slap, clearing his eyes from any sort of pink.
He clutched at his cheek painfully.
"What are you doing!?" He whispered harshly. She tilted her head at him as she crossed her hooves.
"Sorry-but...you were acting kind of weird." She stated. "It's like you were out of it-you were staring at me for a few minutes..."
He let out a snort rolling his eyes. "I did no such thing, I was sitting here until you suddenly attacked me-it must have been your imagination." he accused before turning away towards the stage with a foul mood.
She arched a brow as she slowly turned her attention towards the stage as the curtains open. Yet, her thoughts about Ahuizotl still lingered. He was staring at her. She was not imagining that. When she touched him on his shoulder, he did not react until she touched his cheek. The one thing that surprised her, and the reason that she slapped him, was that he let out-a growl. It was not an angry one that she had heard before but it was a soft and deep. The only way she could describe is that it was a growl of passion.
She gave him a side-ways glance finding his attention focus on stage. She curled her hoof inward until she suddenly a surge of frigid air came up her hoof. A shiver escaped her lips. With her arms wrapped around her she watched as Petite and Neve take the stage.
"Thank you all for coming-" Petite proclaimed through a microphone. "I am please to share in this new discovery of a new artifact to add to my private collection-"
Daring and Ahuizotl leaned in with anticipation as they saw Blanco, dressed in a dark blue suit wheel in a small table with a rectangular shape object sitting upon it, similar to the glass cases that held the other objects. It was covered in a dark red cloth hiding its contents to be revealed in dramatic
fashion.
"It is thanks to this stallion, Monsieur Blanco!-" Petite exclaimed placing a hoof behind Blanco's back with pride. "Who had received it, please let's give him recognition for his wonderful efforts to bring the artifact here!"
The guest erupted in thunderous applause, while Daring and Ahuizotl clapped politely while they scan the room looking for any sort of openings in the guards rotations. Daring eyes widen slightly as she saw Jemina, off leaning on the wall, next to the stairs of the stage. Daring's eyes narrowed in deep suspicions as she saw Jemina scanning the room and jotting down on her clipboard every few seconds. Once her eyes made it to Daring's table the archaeologist shifted her eyes back towards stage. Once the clapping died, Petite turned to Neve.
"And I would like to thank my assistant Neve for planning the event! It wouldn't have been done without him!"
Neve let out an awkward smile as the crowd erupted into a short applause. Anouther cold wind washed over Daring making her curl inward slightly. She let out another soft shiver as she rubbed her arms trying to keep the heat from escaping. Ahuizotl glimpsed back at her and came over her in concern.
"Miss Do?-what is wrong?" He asked. She shook her head.
"Nothing-nothing...I-I'm j-just cold..." She blinked rapidly as she saw dots of pink appear. She pulled her head back but saw that the dots weren't going away. She shook her head, gazing back to the stage.
"And with no further distractions!-" Petite exclaimed placing a firm hoof on the cloth. "I
present you with-" he pulled down the cloth making it fall to the floor with a small thud.
"The Winter Pearl!"
Daring jerked back, rocking her chair as she stared wide-eyed on the stage. The Pearl, the one that they were seeking for, with the color matching it's name was now-pink. She rubbed her eyes, thinking it was a trick as she heard the crowd oohs and ahhs.
"This beautiful, flawless, white pearl is from the temple of-"
The sound muffled as Daring covered her ears shaking her head.
"No-it's pink!" She snarled underneath her breath. "Is he color-blind?"
She shook in her chair, the cold temperature in the room was becoming unbearable. Ahuizotl clutched at his tie, loosening it as he felt a wave of heat take over him as he stared at the pink pearl. He turned away but saw the whole room swimming in pink. His head swiveled back towards Daring who pushed herself away from the table, stumbling towards the exit making her way to the corridor of the hotel.
He followed promptly forgetting everything they had planned as they hurried back towards their room.
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Even with the windows open, his temperature refused to go down. He pulled at his tie letting it fall to the floor along with his coat and shirt until he was bare, but felt no change. He moved to the freezer in the kitchen, opening it and pressing himself against the cool steel.
"I-I'm so cold!" shivered Daring, she rubbed her arms trying to heat herself up but she felt as if there was a constant cold wind blowing on her. "C-close those windows!" She snapped finding the source and shutting them angrily.
Ahuizotl opened his mouth wanting to tell her to leave it open but found himself struck by her appearance. Her tail swished and bounced with each step she took. He saw her haughtily slam the balcony door shut, her hair whipping back as she wrapped her arms around herself, his eyes moved down from her neck to her shoulder, tracing down her side towards her curves and hips.
He moved away from the fridge, his full attention on her.
Daring's shoulders shook and hug herself tighter, she couldn't understand why she was still cold. Her head shot up as she felt Ahuizotl placed his chin on her left shoulder. At first, she wanted to tell him to get off of her but was entranced by the sight of his yellow eyes and the heat emitting out of him filled her with a welcoming warmth. She unconsciously pressed her muzzle up against his neck. She let out a soft sigh relaxing against him. Ahuizotl breathed in deeply, taking in her scent until burying his face into her mane. She pulled away from the sudden touch.
"What are you-!"
She was shoved against the balcony door with his lips latched against hers in a heated kiss. She was forced up on her hind legs with her back pinned against the cool glass with her wrists pinned above her head by Ahuizotl's hand tail. He managed to tear off his amulet before pinning her against him. She felt her knees buckle as his hands roam up and down her sides.
His kiss was ferocious in its hunger while she kissed him back just as fiercely and savagely. His hand on her wrists was like a boa to its prey, in fear of her escaping. The kiss was hard and smothering that neither of them wanted to separate even for a breath. She didn't know why she was kissing him, the thought never lingered long as she was suddenly taken over by an unfulfilled desire that could only be managed by Ahuizotl.
She let out a small eep as she was scooped into his powerful arms bridal-style while never losing momentum from his lips kissing her neck. She let out a fit of laughter from his ticklish lips after he found a sweet spot on the nape of her neck. She wrapped her hooves around his large muzzle lovingly, never wanting him to stop as he carried her towards their bed.
With a toss, their blanket was up in the air, their mattress bare for them as they fell. With arms wrapped around each other and their lips tugged up in flirtatious and greedy smiles continuing from where they left off, the blanket draping them softly.
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The sound of songbirds sang at the balcony stirring Daring from her sleep. She rubbed her cheek against something warm and solid before slowly lifting her head up. She was met with the sleeping face of Ahuizotl, his arm was draped around her slim body while she was resting her head against his chest. She tilted her head lazily towards him watching him continue to sleep peacefully with his lips pursed tightly together. She was suddenly struck with a desire to kiss them.
She couldn't understand why she felt lighter and much happier until she realize what had happened between them.
Last night's exploded into her mind like shockwaves, his hands, the sighs, the growls and every intimate kiss. Her face flared up as pulled away in a jolt, the memories filled her making her cringe, shut her eyes and hit herself on the forehead wondering what sort of stupidity possessed her to kiss, let alone let him kiss her!
She put a hoof up to her lips only to wince finding them sore. Her heart began to race, and her head rocked, becoming dizzy. She had never wanted this, she never wanted to become close, she never wanted to have a relationship with her enemy,it was her number one rule! Never date your enemy!
Ahuizotl stirred from feeling her sudden jolt and slowly lifted his head to find her staring at him with a look of shock which turned into shyness and embarrassment from their current position. She was draped by his hand while she held the blanket they were sharing, up to her torso while looking away with her lips together and eyes half-closed. A deep tint of red covered her cheeks and ears. His pulse quicken from the look of her. Even with the recognizable embarrassment she looked like a goddess, the blanket her sheet of clothing as her mane off to the side covering her one eye holding a seductive look through her ragged mane. He put out his right hand wanting stroking her mane only for her to flinch from his touch.
"No!" She slapped his hand away, startling him.
"What is wrong?" He asked sitting up slightly.
"I-I never wanted this to happen!" She pulled away throwing his hand tail off of her back, her teeth gritted together. "None of it!"
It was as if she was possessed last night, all common sense thrown out the window. She ran her hoof through her hair trying to figure out why, sure his eyes are amazing to look at and he had a good "figure" but it did not mean that she liked him because of it, even if he was strong, intelligent and...gentle, some of the time.
She doesn't love him. She can't love him. Then why did she let him kiss her?!
"I-don't understand..." Ahuizotl slowly said scratching his chin. "You seemed to have enjoyed yourself last night-"
Her cheeks immediately turned red remembering bits and pieces. They must have kissed each other for an hour until their lips became raw that they both fell asleep into each other's arms. She shook her head.
"N-no, no! I...I don't know why I did that!" She cried out desperately, clutching her head. "I was just-it was normal! And..and then we...we-!"
"Kissed? Yes that is exactly what had happened-" he responded calmly. "Not that I did not mind, of course." He purred running his hand through her mane. She slapped his hand aside.
"Stop it!"
"Why?" He asked grabbing her hoof, she tried to pull it away as she saw Ahuizotl bring it up to his mouth, holding a grin. "You weren't complaining before, my dear." He gave her a tender kiss on top of her hoof making her blush deeply. She forcefully wrenched her arm away.
"Stop! Whatever happened last night was nothing! S-so just forget about it!"
He grabbed her hoof again and pulled her forward. She went still as she found his face inches away from hers.
"What if I don't want to?" He softly growled, she shivered, unexpectedly making a blush that was so obvious that made a small grin tugged at his mouth.
"W-What are you saying?" She shakily replied. She heard him click his tongue in thought but he could only shrug. Daring eyes darted back and forth wondering what could have lead up to that kiss, the last thing she could remember was that they were sitting at their table as the Pearl was revealed.
"The Pearl!" She shouted abruptly. She pulled at her mane. "We never got it!!"
Ahuizotl sat up, realizing the seriousness in their situation. "We only have two days of the winter solstice-we need to retrieve it before then."
"We could have retrieved it if it wasn't for you!" Daring punched his arm away escaping from his grip and she jumped out of bed.
"Me?!" He replied with annoyance as he followed her. "It seems everything I do is my fault, isn't it?"
"Of course it's your fault! You're the one who kissed me!" She yelled jabbing an accusing hoof at his direction.
"You could have said no!-most of the time you were kissing me! Do not even try to deny it!"
"Watch me!" A snort of anger escaped from her nostrils as she stomped away from him, heading towards the bathroom. He followed her as he spoke.
"You can't walk away from this! Admit it!-you "enjoyed" it!" He whispered with a sly grin. Daring stopped, her eyes shut tightly.
"No...no I did not!"
"Yes! Yes you did!-" he leaned into her ear, his lips pushed back, revealing his canines. "I still remembered what you said to me..."
She bucked him back, hard. He was thrown straight on his back. He gritted his teeth as he lifted himself back and found Daring with her eyes narrowed, her lips in a straight line.
"I didn't mean it-Ahuizotl..."she said before turning away from him, with her head low. "So....please don't read so much into it and just forget it."
He blinked as he sat up watching her go into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her. He let out a bitter scoff as he rubbed at his temple. How can he forget about it?
The many kisses they shared, was that really nothing? Their passions, their laughter, their whispers..was that really nothing?
He let out a soft growl, the words they exchanged before they fell asleep, echoed in the back of his mind.
Was it really...nothing?