Jealousy Juice, Sunflower Love
1385 Words
Brawn stared at her for a little while and continued his story, "So Au almost hurt herself today. She missed a step and almost fell." He took the half orange Sparkle had sliced violently and sucked out some juice as he continued, "Thankfully, I was beside her, so I caught her. Who knows? She would have sprained something if I wasn't there . . . I thought you saw us. Didn't you?" He spat out some seeds and fixed his eyes on Sparkle for a reply.
"I think so," she said as she looked away. She stretched her hands towards the bowl on the stool and said, "Are you done removing the seeds?" She wanted to keep Brawn from asking her further questions.
"Almost done. Just a few more and I would be done," he said as he deepened the spoon in his hand into the bowl fishing out some seeds.
"When you are done, please do tell me so I can add some sugar," she said.
"Sure, no problem," Brawn said. He noticed that she had loosened up a bit. He thought about bringing up the feelings stuff she had for him but thought it would sound stupid. He decided to continue in the harmless conversation about oranges.
"You seem to like oranges. Look at how much you plucked," he said moving his hands over the oranges remaining in the bag.
"You need a lot of oranges to get a substantial quantity of juice," she replied, educating him as she continued cutting and squeezing oranges into another empty bowl.
He nodded slowly in assimilation and said, "I see. . . . You seem to know a lot." and Sparkle smiled. "Here. I am done with this," he said, passing her the bowl.
He watched her as she added some sugar to the extracted juice. As he watched her, he felt an urge to inform her that he had feelings for Au but shoved the urge aside. He resolved to a hypothesis that Sparkle's feelings would fade away with time as he got closer to Au. He did not think he could get mated to Au but he had some flicker of hope.
Not long, they were done with the juice and Sparkle took it into the pack building to Au. Sparkle gave Brawn some and thanked him before leaving for Au's room.
Au who had been restless since she returned, lay on her bed daydreaming and thinking about her and Brawn. She seldom smiled and giggled but sent it off as soon as she caught herself doing so. She rolled from one corner of her big bed to the other. She could not deny that she felt comfortable in his arm when he caught her from falling. She also liked the way he looked at her and could not get his handsome face out of her head no matter how hard she tried. She knew she was not supposed to stoop so low to fall for the least ranking werewolf of the pack and that was what made her restless.
"Here is the orange juice I said I went to make, ma'am," Sparkle said as she entered the room with a bowl and two cups.
Au stood up and walked towards Sparkle as she dropped the bowl on the mini table in the room. Sparkle poured some orange juice inside one of the cups and handed it over to Au. She poured some from the bowl into the other cup and took it for herself. The two ladies sat to enjoy their cups of juice.
"You didn't tell me why you left so early from work today. Was everything alright?" Sparkle said after taking a sip from her cup.
"Oh! That!" Au said and took a sip from hers. "Nothing much. I just wanted to go home to rest."
"Hmmm," Sparkle said eyeing Au. There was a little moment of silence and Sparkle said, "Raw said you tripped and almost fell."
Au felt her heart skip a beat as Sparkle mentioned Brawn's name. She held her cup to her mouth and said before taking a sip, "Yes, I did."
"Was that why you went home quickly, ma'am,?" Sparkle asked staring at Au.
Au's countenance changed and her heart started beating faster. She held her come tightly, managed to comport herself and said, 'What do you mean?"
"Was that why you went home so quickly? . . . because you got dizzy from tripping?"
Au felt her heart return to its normal beats. She sighed and said, "Yes, I got really dizzy after tripping. I also got a headache, so I came home to rest."
"Hmmm," Sparkle said nodding her head gently. There was another moment of silence and she said, "I think Raw likes me." She giggled after her words.
Au unconsciously raised her eyes quickly and said, "What? You think so?"
"I know so," Sparkle said smiling.
"How did you know?" Au said staring at Sparkle who was smiling like she won a lot of money.
"He always looks for opportunities to be with me. Yesterday he helped me in carrying my bag of oranges. Today, he helped me in making the juice –"
"Is that why you think he likes you? Those are just friendly gestures," Au said with a lot of jealousy rising in her stomach.
"He gave a sunflower too . . . That is my favourite flower," Sparkle said hugging herself affectionately.
"So?"
"Not only those. The way he looks at me. The way he talks to me. The way he calls my name. The way he treats me . . . everything! He is just so lovely to me," Sparkle said smiling broadly and seeming to be drifting into a reverie.
"Still! I don't think you should be so sure that he likes you," Au said incredulously.
Sparkle frowned and said, "It is like you don't want him to like me. Is it that you don't want me to get a mate? I want a mate too!"
"What?! No! Come on! Why would I not want you to get a mate? I just want you to have the right mate that is why I am showing concern," Au said almost immediately in self-defence. She was trying to hide the fact that she was jealous.
"I have tried to convince you, ma'am, that he is a nice person but you don't want to see reasons to like him. He is really nice," Sparkle said, dropping her cup on the table and distorting her face a bit.
Au was a bit pleased that Sparkle felt she did not like Brawn. She kept quiet for a little while and said, "You seem to like him."
"No, I don't like him. I love him! I hope to get mated to him someday," Sparkle said and her face beamed with excitement.
Au eyed her and the jealousy in her seemed to peak as Sparkle spoke. She said, "Does your wolf agree with that? Does your wolf feel any strong connection with him?"
"I don't know but what I know is that I love him and I am sure he likes me too. We are meant for each other," Sparkle said feeling unconcerned about her wolf.
"Then he is not your mate!" Au shouted before realising that the pitch of her voice was high.
Sparkle frowned and stared at her, waiting for her to explain her words.
"I mean . . ." Au started in a much lower voice. She turned her eyes to the cup in her hand and said, "since your wolf has not given you a confirmation. You can't be sure. At least, either of you has to feel the connection in your wolf. His wolf did not emerge –"
"Yet!"
"Okay, his wolf has not emerged yet. So the confirmation should come from yours and if –"
"I never said my wolf does not feel anything for or towards him."
"I know but –"
"If you don't mind, ma'am, I don't wish to continue with this discussion," Sparkle said as she was getting upset.
"Okay. We won't talk about it any longer," Au said and took a sip from her cup.
Sparkle emptied the juice in her cup into her mouth and gulped it down quickly.
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