Waking up in a bigger bed.

Your eyes snapped open, the dim morning light was barely illuminating your surroundings. You look over to your side, Nacius was still sleeping and judging from the drool running down his chin, he was in a deep sleep. You slowly slip your way out of bed, making sure not to wake Nacius, you walk over to the dresser, once it was filled with dusty old clothes for Nacius, now it held both of your clothing and was a lot less dusty.

You rub your eyes as everything is a bit blurry from that early morning eye gunk you've been getting recently, you didn't know if it was the new climate or some other thing that was causing it. Once your vision is a bit clearer you start sifting through the dresser, grabbing a fresh change of clothes to change into. You slip on your clothes lazily, not bothering to button up your shirt. You yawn and stretch, your tail curling up as you do, before you walk into the kitchen area.

You look through the kitchen and see that your food supply was running low.

"Gonna have to handle that..." You murmur to yourself.

You grab an apple and walk over to the front door, opening the window beside it before walking outside.

It was early in the morning, the sun was nowhere to be seen, the sky was a soft blue and you could make out the stars. You take a seat beside the door and begin taking bites of the apple, just looking off at nature, an occasional breeze would blow through, making the leaves in the trees rustle. You look over in the direction of Skingrad, the guard towers were all lit up and you could make out a few guards patrolling the area. You glance down at your calf and pull up the pant leg slightly, getting a good look at it.

It was almost unnoticable now, your fur grew in such a way that it looked like there was still some leg under there, but as you run your hand through it, there is still an apparent divot down there, you smile and pull your pant leg back down before letting out a quick chuckle, at least you didn't need to use that damn cane anymore.

You finish the apple and throw the core off out into the tree line, you lean back against the house and close your eyes, the sound of wind and the occasional cricket chirp sending you into an almost trance like state.

Suddenly your rest is interrupted by the door opening next to you, Nacius walked out and knelt next to you.

"Woke up early eh?" He asks.

You just nod, eyes still closed.

Nacius takes a seat next to you and you lean over to rest your head on his shoulder.

"What's the matter? You've been off the last couple days..." He asks.

You sigh and open your eyes.

"Same reason you've been antsy..." You respond.

Nacius sighs and leans his head back, you just continued to stare off into the treeline.

"Sorry." He apologizes.

You lean up and look at him.

"Don't apologize to Sanna, she really should've prepared herself more, it was only a matter of time..." You say.

"Yeah but, I just feel bad, leaving you here by yourself." He says.

"Nonsense, Sanna has work with Ulanna, we both knew you had to get back to work at some point." You say.

Nacius looks at you, you could see sadness in his eyes, this look made a lump form in your throat, you felt like crying.

"You want to head inside? Maybe some wine in our systems will get us out of this gloom." He asks.

"This early?" You reply.

"Why not, it's not like we have much planned for the day." He says before standing up, reaching his hand down to you.

You take his hand and he pulls you up.

"Plus, I don't plan on getting us drunk, just a quick drink!" He says, opening the door.

The two of you walk in and Nacius makes his way down to the cellar, you take a seat at the table and put your head down, you still felt like crying, but what good would that do? Eventually Nacius made his way back up with a bottle of wine and two glasses, he took a seat across from you and poured you both some wine.

"Your wine, love." He says, tapping your arm.

You put your head up and grab the glass, you take a sip, you notice that this tastes awfully similar to the fancy wine Tolggor got him.

"Is this-" Nacius cuts you off.

"Yup, figured breaking out the fancy stuff would cheer things up a bit." He says before taking a sip.

You take another sip, letting it sit in your mouth to savor the flavor before swallowing it.

"So... when do you think Sanna will see you?" You ask.

Nacius looked down and sighed.

"Well, assuming my patrol route doesn't get changed, I should be able to see you every other day, won't be able to stay though, maybe check in for dinner." He says with a weak, **** smile.

You chuckle. "You trust Sanna to make you dinner?"

"Don't sell yourself short, you learned pretty quick, plus the food you make is pretty damn good." He says in a reassuring tone.

The two of you sip your glasses, you look at the glass and just stare at the deep red color for a moment.

"Sorry Sanna is being so gloomy about all of this, she just isn't looking forward to not seeing you." You say, looking down.

"Hey, don't you worry, I get leave pretty often since nothing really goes down, plus, I'll write to you when I can." He replies.

"Why write when you'll be seeing Sanna every other day?" You ask.

"Because I want to, what if I come across some crazy smuggler and want to tell you about it hm?" He says with a grin.

"I'd rather hear stories like that in person love." You reply.

The two of you sit silently, sipping at your glasses for a few minutes, occasionally Nacius will shoot you a smile trying to cheer you up.

"No matter what happens, I'll be back though, don't you ever doubt that for a second..." He says.

"And if there's some emergency? What if you get jumped on the road and can't fight back!?" You yell, your voice growing weepier.

Nacius stands up and walks over to your side, putting his hand on your shoulder and rubbing it.

"What happened to us is rare, highwaymen and bandits haven't been a problem since the crisis, we just happened to be very very unlucky..." He tells you.

You put your head down and rub your eyes, trying to hold back tears.

"Sanna knows.... but..."

You **** up for a moment before looking back up to Nacius.

"She just can't help but worry, she doesn't know what she would do if something happened." You say.

Nacius kneels next to you and gives you a hug, you couldn't hold it back anymore and immediately start crying into his shoulder.

"Let it out, love... I know you're scared, and I don't blame you..." He whispers reassuringly.

You continue sobbing into Nacius, you feel his hand go up and down your back, trying to comfort you, after a while, you pull away, wiping tears away from your eyes and sniffling.

"And think about it."

Nacius leans in and wraps his arm around your shoulder.

"With the increased pay they're giving me, once I finish my contract with them I'm certain that I can leave for good!" He says.

You look up at him and sniffle.

"But you don't have to leave, Sanna doesn't want to get in the way of doing something you enjoy..." You say.

Nacius chuckles.

"I haven't had any fun with that job in a long time Sanna, I went into it thinking that there would be these exciting battles, that the people would see me as a hero just like they did my father during the crisis."

He gets in front of you and holds your hands.

"The most excitement I've had during this job was one time we had to conduct a raid on a smugglers den, and I saw nothing during that, we ran in, fought a few drunken bandits and slapped them in irons! That was the most excited I'd ever been on the job until I came across you." He says.

You can't help but let out a little giggle at this.

"Oh stop it with the flattery Nacius, can't you see that Sanna is crying here." You say with a smile.

He chuckles. "It's true though! Meeting you was the most excited I'd felt in a long while, and ever since then, it's been a constant rush of excitement."

"Even when we do simple things like eat or clean things?" You ask.

"Yes! I just get time to enjoy your presence, you make me happy Sanna, you are my excitement!" He yells out.

You start laughing with him, like always, his magic has stopped you from feeling like utter garbage somehow.

"Damn you Nacius, how do you do it?" You ask with a chuckle.

"I know how to cheer up pretty girls, what can I say." He says with a sly grin.

"Stop it you dumb beast!" You say, giving him a playful punch on the shoulder.

The two of you walk over to the bed and just cuddle for a while, enjoying each others presence in silence, while you were still worried about Nacius going back to doing his rounds, you certainly felt at least a little better about the whole situation. You turn to look at Nacius before asking something.

"So when do you plan on getting back to it?" You ask.

Nacius sighs. "Sometime in the next couple days, I wrote to Tolggor a few days ago about getting me my new armor, I'm thinking whenever that comes in I'll head back..." He says.

"Well, here's to hoping we don't see Tolggor for a while." You say before planting a kiss on his lips.

Before long the two of you start making out, you wrap your arms around each other and pull yourselves close, smothering each other with your own faces. Nacius pulls away and looks at you, you give him a lustful look and you feel something press up against your crotch, something hard...

"Want to have some fun?" He asks.

You laugh. "Look at you Nacius, making the first move, I'm impressed." You say in a teasing voice.

"Can't help myself around you sometimes." He says with a chuckle...

The two of you pull each other close once again, making out. You feel Nacius move his hand lower and lower down your body until he gets to your crotch, rubbing your pussy through your clothes causing you to moan into his mouth. You pull away, a string of saliva hanging between the two of you...