Beach Day! [Rael<3]

After roughly a sevenday to recover, Raelwyn was finally able to move around without aggravating her cuts too greatly. The stitches that held her wounds together were itchy as fall, but she was willing to do whatever it took to get fully back on her feet again. Although she was still slower than usual, the candidate was moving much quicker than she had the day after the hatching. Grinning to herself, the girl hummed as she stepped into a nice, light skirt that wouldn’t lie against her bandages too heavily. Yes, she was better, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t still being cautious. Tugging on a tank top, the harper paused as she glanced around, wandering where her sandals had managed to run off to.

Scowling in puzzlement, the candidate knew that she had left them beside her cot. Hadn’t she? A slow smile curving her lips as an idea came to her, the candidate leaned down slightly and gently ran her finger down her little flit’s back, cooing his name. Blinking, Tydus raised his head slowly and gave a curious cheep, staring at His girl lovingly. “I need you to find something for me, love.” Raelwyn said, then sent the bronze a mental picture of her sandals. Chirping, the flit hopped into the air and zipped towards her feet, squawking in surprise when he found they were NOT there! Ty had seen His girl wear those flat-paw-coverings enough to realize what was amiss here, and quickly went about a search to find them for her. After all, it would not do for His girl to go about with those uncovered paws of hers. She could not fly, and so she could not put her tender-flat-squishy-paws on the hard stone.

Alighting on the ground, the bronze crawled to the side of her cot and peered under the bed, giving an excited cheep as he did. There, there they were! The flat-paw-coverings were under her big-sleep-poofy-thing! Hunkering down, Tydus inched under the cot and grabbed one sandal in his mouth and pulled it out, then did the same for the other. Sitting back on his haunches proudly, the little flit raised his head and chirped triumphantly, eyes whirling happily. He was obviously very pleased with himself. Grinning, Raelwyn slipped her feet into the sandals, holding out her hands. With a happy trill, the bronze leapt into the air and practically fell into her arms, nuzzling his head against her hands. "Thank you, love." The harper cooed, scratching him lovingly. He might have been the most arrogant flit to ever be born, but by Faranth he was an affectionate little thing.

Holding her hands up, the candidate waited for her growing bronze to hop onto her shoulder, his weight much more substantial than it used to be. Lastly, she grabbed her cloth bag and pulled the straps over her other shoulder, making sure the instruments inside were safe. Finally, the two made their way out of the candidate barracks, Raelwyn slowly treading down the steps. Wincing slightly, the girl breathed a sigh of relief as she reached solid ground, her pace quickening then. Making her way towards the beach, she quickly spotted her best friend on the sands. He was tugging his shirt back on, and his hair was wet. Green eyes darting over to his dragon playing in the shallows, it was easy to tell he had been swimming with his before the harper arrived.

Grinning, wishing more than anything that she could run over and tackle him with a hug instead of pathetically limping up to him, the candidate called out his name and waved. "L'mar!" She shouted joyfully, green eyes shining as she approached. "I'm so happy to see you!" Tydus leapt from her shoulder as he recognized his favorite bonded-to-bigwing-person, zipping towards him and landing on the boy's shoulder to chitter excitedly. Shards, aside from His girl, he was the flit's favorite person! Uncaring that he was wet, Raelwyn threw her arms around the weyrling and hugged him fiercely, laughing as she did. "I have missed you." Pulling away, the harper's gaze fell to the outstretched blanket and felt a smile curve her lips. How thoughtful of him. Suddenly, her eyes landed on the little blue, and she gasped. "When did you find a flitter?" She asked, turning to look at the weyring, then abruptly changed her mind. "Wait, you can tell me later. First things first, I must introduce myself to your Dalisth." Smiling, the harper glanced past L'mar towards the waters, eager to meet his wonderful little green. It was so, so wonderful to be spending time with him again.

There was that grin Raelwyn loved. The weyrling made her feel more important and cared about than anyone had in a long, long time, even counting her friends at Fort. He was her perfect, wonderful, funny best friend and she loved him. Laughing in delight as he lifted her from the ground during their hug, she clung to him tightly, so happy that he seemed as pleased to see her as she was to see him. When he left that loud, sloppy kiss on her cheek, the candidate couldn’t help but laugh even more, grinning incessantly. It had only been a sevenday but, shards, without him around, her life seemed utterly dull. “What are you talking about?” The girl said, feigning surprise and acting overly dramatic, “I was experiencing separation anxiety!” No, it hadn’t exactly reached that point just yet, but she had been completely bored and thought about him constantly, so it was close enough.

As his favorite little-bigwing-bonded acknowledged him, the bronze flit resumed his chattering full force, telling the boy his very interesting stories of what had happened in their time apart. Firstly, Tydus told him about those yummy meat-food-bits His had fed him earlier today, because those were just too good to not mention, and then the absolutely enthralling story of his bravery, daring, and quick wit while he managed to find His girl’s flat-paw-coverings. That was the best story of them all! Of course, never mind that L’mar did not speak flitter-chitter…The bronze had things to tell him! Important things!

Chuckling at her flit’s antics, the candidate then sobered as she followed her friend towards the water, feeling a little knot of unease suddenly manifest in her lower belly. She wanted to meet Dalisth, more than anything, but at the same time she was afraid the green may not like her. Raelwyn remembered well the weyrling telling her she did not take well to other females, and to be honest the harper worried she would among the list of unwelcome girls. As they reached the edge of the water, the candidate’s green eyes darted to L’mar, knowing that she could not go any further. Normally, Rael would have been more than happy to swim right out to the dragonet, but she couldn’t get her bandages wet and water in her healing wounds.

Watching the play between the two, the water-tossing that occurred, the harper keenly felt her loss, her loneliness that continued onward as she stood again and again as a candidate. For a moment, she felt sad, then abruptly a different feeling blossomed in her chest. Now, just why was she feeling so sorry for herself? She had Tydus, her sweet, arrogant, and utterly affectionate bronze that loved her more than anything, and her wonderful, amazing, perfect best friend that made her feel like she was just perfect being Raelwyn, and nothing else. A warm, happy smile spreading across her face, the girl clasped her hands together, waiting for the green to reach the shore.

Waiting patiently for the dragonet to look her way, Raelwyn smiled brightly as she did, green gaze meeting a whirling regard. One corner of her lips tilted up further as the green caught herself, actually giving the harper’s full name as she spoke directly to the girl. Eyes brightening, the candidate bowed to the dragon before her, her face exuberant. “Well met, Dalisth. I have been eagerly awaiting this day so I could meet you! I’m so happy I finally could.” Truly enough, the young dragon did not seem quite as pleased as Rael did, but that mattered little. The candidate was just happy the green was speaking to her! Of course, it made her giddy all over to hear how often the weyrling talked of her, and her smile was bright when she replied, “When we met, Dalisth, your L’mar talked of little else but you. It is easy to see how much you love each other.” Now that was true, more so than anything. “Oh!” the harper added, pointing to the bronze on Her’s shoulder. “And that is Tydus. Say hello, Tydus.” Rael instructed the bronze, and the flit cocked his head toward the green. If she was the bigwing that belong to his favorite bigwing-bonded, than she must be wonderful too. The flit chirped a greeting, looking utterly solemn and serious from his perch. The candidate grinned.

Unable to keep from smiling as L’mar grabbed her hand and cradled it against him, the candidate felt a warm fuzziness tingle through her body. True, they were merely joking, but at the same time something told her he really meant that. Raelwyn had never had a relationship quite this deep with anyone, not even with her family. Her parents were rather too interested in each other to pay attention to their children, and her siblings had never expressed a desire to become close either. At Fort Weyr, the harper had made friends of course, but never had it been like this. Never. “I would prefer that you did not, my dear weyrling.” The girl replied, squeezing her fingers gently around his.

Blinking, the flitter stared at the boy with an utterly serious expression as he recounted his own stories, adding chirps of agreement where he deemed needed. Of course, the bronze wasn’t exactly catching everything that L’mar was saying, but he did manage to get the gist of several things. Particularly the word ‘eat’ was a big part of his limited vocabulary, and when that popped up, Tydus chirruped excitedly, his eyes whirling faster. The firelizard was always up for that! Resuming his chattering once the weyrling had finished, the bronze started looking around for the food, ready to eat now. However, before he spotted any, his favorite bigwing-bonded started moving, and Tydus chirped in surprise, flaring his wings slightly to steady himself. Oh well, they could have yummy-meat-food-bits later.

Waiting anxiously for the green’s response, Raelwyn stood quietly, hoping she had made a good impression on the dragon. That same, warm feeling returned as Dalisth replied, her words bringing a brilliant smile to the candidate’s face. When L’mar told her his green harbored quite an aversion to females, the harper had been just as nervous as she had been excited to meet the little darling. There was nothing that said she had to like Rael just because her rider did, and it would have crushed the girl had she not. That same, bright smile upon her lips, Raelwyn said, “Thank you, Dalisth. It makes me so happy that you like me.” She would have reached out and scratched the green’s eyeridges, but the harper did not want to overstep her bounds by any means. Oh, Dali liked her! That just made her entire day wonderful. “I love him, too.” Her eyes glancing quickly towards L’mar, she smiled softly before returning her full attention to the dragon. “And I think you are magnificent!” Grinning, Rael nodded to Dalisth in agreement. “I saw your little blue earlier. I like firelizards too.”

Perking up as the attention of His and the bigwing switched to him, Tydus looked between the two of them, chirping. Whirling regard focusing on the green bigwing in the water, the bronze leaned forward and planted his front paws on his favorite bigwing-bonded-boy’s chest, trying to get closer to the dragon. Stretching his neck out, the flit sent Dalisth images of the water, followed by more pictures of him helping her wash the hard to reach places, such as behind the pointy-head-knob-things they both shared. He was quite good at it.

Straightening, focusing her attention on the weyrling, Raelwyn smiled brightly. “Oh, I would happy to help you think of a fitting name for him.” She included the boy and the dragon in her attentions, for she spoke to both. Tilting her head slightly to the side as she caught movement from the corner of her eye, the harper’s eyes brightened as the little blue made an unsteady approach, then made an admirably gentle landing on L’mar’s other unoccupied shoulder. When the flit chirped at her, Rael couldn’t help but giggle at the adorable little guy. Leaning close to the weyrling, she smiled at the blue. “Hello, there.” She cooed softly, then glanced upward, grinning at L’mar. “He’s precious. Do either of you have any preferences for his name?” Her eyes took in both the green and her bonded, for the candidate was careful to include Dalisth in everything she said.

((Sorry it took so long. To be honest, thinking of names for the blue is what kept me. ~.~ Sorry!))

A bright smile upon her face, Raelwyn laughed in delight, clasping both of her hands around the boy’s. “That, my dear weyrling, sounds like a wonderfully fantastic idea.” She said happily, winking. Of course, the candidate had a feeling that it was rather impossible for them to do so, but still, just to hear him say it made warm little tingles run through her body. It was a most unusual and astonishing emotion she felt for L’mar. He was her best friend, of course, but it went a little deeper than that. Rael loved him more than anyone in her life aside from Tydus; he was precious to her, and she needed him, like air or water. How she had come to rely on his presence in her life so heavily, the harper didn’t know, but she could feel how important he was to her. Raelwyn would be miserable without him.

Grinning as the dragon agreed heartily with her praise, the candidate turned slightly and gave her full attention to L’mar. A little smile curved her lips as the weyrling began to speak, one brow quirking higher with every word. Laughing brightly, the girl shook her head, leaning close as he winked at her. “Well, honestly, it’s best the other greens hear it now, dear L’mar.” Raelwyn said in a mock-whisper, her expression rather conspiratorial. “It’s very sweet of you to think of their tender feelings, but the longer they have to come to terms with Dalisth being more lovely and better than them, the better.” Nodding sagely, as if that was the final say on the matter, the harper slipped her companion a devilish grin before turning her head back towards the dragon. Smiling, Raelwyn nodded at the green, clasping her hands together. “They are rather adorable, and Tydus loves to help dragons with their baths.”

Pausing, the harper realized her little bronze was telling Dalisth just that. Ah, so he liked the green already? Of course, from their bond, Raelwyn gathered that he thought of the dragon as an extension of the weyrling, and so accepted her quickly. Turning her head to smile at her best friend, the girl hesitated. For a moment, she was confused as to why the weyrling was pouting so grandly at her, but as she suddenly realized he was not commenting on Dalisth’s words, it dawned on the candidate the green was only speaking to her, and leaving him out of the loop. Both shocked and honored, Raelwyn stepped back a bit and slipped her hand into the boy’s, threading her fingers through his.

Still leaning down his favorite bigwing-bonded-boy’s chest, the bronze chirruped happily at Dalisth, sending her bright colors and cheerful emotions. She was a good bigwing-green, to like him so much. Of course, anyone should realize his brilliance; he was Tydus after all! With the bigwing, His, and his favorite boy, the little flit was going to have a wonderful day, oh yes! Jumping from L’mar’s shoulder, the bronze glided easily over to the bigwing-green, landing on her shoulders majestically. Trilling and whistling, Tydus began to scratch her hide expertly, sending her questioning thoughts. The bigwing-green liked that, yes?

“Yes, I’m very sure we will.” Raelwyn agreed quickly with Dalisth, her face bright and happy. Her fingers reflexively squeezed the weyrling’s briefly, a physical expression of just how blissful she was at the moment. Everything seemed to be working out so wonderfully, it was a perfect day. Humming thoughtfully as she stared at the blue, her lips twitching with amusement as he leaned closer, the candidate felt a laugh bubble inside her. The flitter was adorable! Cocking her head as the green bespoke her once more, feeling a shiver of delight dance up and down her spine, the harper smiled at Dalisth. It was intoxicating to hear a dragon speak directly to her so very much; the girl was loving it. “Well, let’s see if we can’t find a fitting name for your little nuisance.” Raelwyn said, winking at the green before concentrating on the flit. Humming again in thought, the candidate dismissed several names before glancing up at her beloved best friend. “Well, he is adorable. He must take that after his bonded human and dragon.” Grinning, the candidate leaned against L’mar slightly, ticking off a few names she decided were fitting. “Well, Nuisance seems to have stuck, or you could use Trouble. Or maybe Curious or Snoopy, since he seems so interested in everything.” Pausing, Rael added, “Or you could even name him after his beautiful green, with Dalin or Dalisen.” Her eyes meeting the weyrling’s, the girl smiled hopefully, wanting to help him in any way she could.