Griffin's Salvation

Chapter 15:Ju-ri

-there will be no explaining ourselves! Kian said when the deafening silence percisted and the rest of our friends and family still expected us to explain ourselves. whatever did or didn't happen is nobody's business, so are we going on with the party or is everybody's curiosity going to force us to end this lovely celebration early?

-so you're not going to tell us if you're finally not a virgin any more after being mated for eleven long years? Carter asked, laughing and dodging Kian's foot when he tried to kick him

-what does he mean by mated eleven years I thought you said this is new. Mark asked.

A groan went across the room, we'd all forgotten the human in the dark and got too comfortable as we feared. Jung-Han snapped his finger in a move I knew very well, I taught him the move. I was surprised when Mark didn't black out, instead, he stared at Jung-han curiously, I tried to wipe the last few minutes from his mind but that didn't work either. Why was this the first time I noticed that there was something peculiar about Kian's friend's mind? Granted I haven't been around them long enough to know much about them but damn, this had the potential for a disaster.

there were humans like Mark who were immune to the supernatural, but they were very rare. If they lived past their teenage years they were often destined for great things, be they good or bad. what were the chances of a griffin's mate being friends with a Manie, manie means impervious in Arabic. today's faux pas could be dismissed easily but we had to make sure we were very careful around Mark.

-he meant I've been pinning after Julie for a long time. Kian answered

-that long?

-I'm nothing if not consistent.

-I can attest to that, but why use the word mated though it feels like it means something

-it means my brother is heavily into shifter romance and now refuses to use normal human terms because as is evident by the curly green spike on his hair, he is a rebel now. Ain't that just the coolest?

-remember when Kyle would only speak to us in old regent English when we were sixteen after he got hooked on The Crown?

-yeah I remember I stopped myself from killing him so many times then, I shouldn't have.

-Are you saying that because he outed you just now? Mark laughed.

-I was not outed!

Mark sneered and they continued talking about the good old times, but I was stuck on the fact that two rarities got paired up by chance like that, it seemed very odd to me, I almost wished Kian hadn't run Kyle off just now so I could test my theory

"what do you mean?" Kian thought while still maintaining an easy banter with his friend.

" It's just that it's very weird that you have a Manie for a friend, I just feel like Kyle must be special too if he's friends with you two"

"I hope not if I have to endure an eternity with that fucker, then I really am going to kill him one of these days!" I laughed and lightly punch Kian's arm garnering an questioning look from Mark, I really had to be carefull around him.

-I just thought of something funny

"there you go, appropriating my dashing comedic skills!" Kian thought sardonic. I punched his arm again.

Chapter 15: Ju-ri

the rest of the party went off without a hitch, when we got back to his room I expected us to go through our nighttime routine and go to bed. I expected him to be tired from all that socializing and tiptoeing around Mark and Kyle, And I got the night routine right. I was already tucked in in bed when he finished with his shower. I was channel surfing when he got out of the shower dripping wet with just a towel around his waist and braced himself on the bar at the end of the bed gazing at me.

-what... what! I said flustered this was the first time I saw him half naked. were those six packs? probably an inaccurate description, he also had the rib cage popping things. when did he go to the gym and why did I miss this?

-I have a question for you.

-And you had to be half-naked to ask it?

-I'm actually totally naked under this towel!

-Kian!

-does the comfy nightgown and the fact that you're buried under a mount of covers mean you don't want to have s*x with me tonight?

I wanted to say something, I really did but it felt like this wasn't my Kian, surely the kid I knew wouldn't outright ask me for s*x right

"I doubt you know me very well Ju-ri, I have been hiding in my own mind for years"

-Kian I sighed dejected

-It was for he best , don't start with the self discrimination now it will distract from my libido and it is roaring as we speak.

-you are such a weird dude! I laughed, he could always make me laugh.

-I need an aswer Ju-ria!

-can't we just wait until you're thirty?

-no sweetheart if we wait any longer my balls will wither out and fall off!

-that's a mith.

-that's how blue they are and twenty one is the shut off age, we can wait a little more if you're still not ready tonight but we agreed on twenty one and twenty one it will be.

-but...

-is the issue the fact that you're not attracted to me or are you focusing on the age thing again?

-I don't know!

-don't give me that bullshit, you're thousands of years old you know your own mind!

-Kian...

-Answer me Julie he growled drawing up to his full height. how long are we going to run around the same, I can't change how young I am compared to you.

-I know that.

-then what is the problem?

-I feel like I'm robing you of your youth, and commun experiences you would have had by traping you in a relationship you never asked for.

-how do we get past this then, should I go date and sleep with some other girl, would that make everything alright with you?

-don't you f*****g dare! I spat springing up on the bed.

- then how the f**k do we get past this line you've drawn between us?

-I don't know!

-Park Ju-ri Elisabeth Smith!

- two of those names aren't associated with me!

-okay. Kian said walking back to the bathroom, closing the door behind him. when he walked back in he was dressed, I scaned his mind to see if he was angry. he wasn't, his mind was blanc, it was almost as if he expected me to turn him down.

I though he was going to pout and sleep on one corner of the bed, but he surprised me by cuddling me to his chest when he got confortable resting on his pillows.

something about this just rubed me the wrong way.

-It feels like you expected me to turn you down.

-it was a posibility.

-why aren't you angry?

-it's your body, you decide what goes or doesn't go in it!

-crass, your mind is empty are you shutting me out? I thought we agreed not to do that.

-I'm not feel free to look around in there.

-why aren't you even disapointed? I asked contrarilly, I don't even know why I'm the one kicking up a fuss. I was the one f*****g saying no!

-wouldn't change anything, I always knew that the meeting me as a toddler thing was going to be difficult to reconcile, I don't mind, just think about things and let me know what you decide.

-wow, how very magnanimous of you. I snorted in a huff pushing away from him to hug the corner of the bed on my side.

-Am I missing something, why are you mad? he asked me confused, like he didn't know what he did.

-go f**k yourself!

-I do, do that often, it takes off the edge quite nicely.

-go away! I snarled kicking him off the bed, I was officially furious now, how dare he not care that I wouldn't sleep with him.. how f*****g dare he

"I can hear that and shouldn't you be happy that I let you off the hook so easily"

"do not f**k around in my head when you're closing off yours!"

" you read my mind you know I didn't, that's why you're all bent out of shape"

-It's not that I don't care or that I raised an issue just for the hell of it, I just want you to think about these things. he wheedled pulling me in his arms again and kissing my neck