MEHJABEEN

••• In the Dreamy Paradise •••

An Image of Quen and Elffy in their early teens clouds her insight. Slowly the vision gets auctioned in a crystal clear view.

Quen takes a few deep breaths before propping himself up on one elbow as he floats in the air.

Suddenly he looks down at her and says,

“ Of all the places in the world, why would you crave for forbidden territorial falls?” hearing his pun, Elffy who was swimming in her swimsuit halts up and blinks at his words. Sooner she raises herself out of the pond and her suit comes to his view defines a bare green leaf shape in a teacup and a saucer panel covers her cleavage and buttocks, which leaves the hair to let loose on her back to perfection.

“ Speaks to the one who lets his words lose like a river.” Elffy backfires her angst.

“ Ed,” he says, a smile turning his lips up.

“ I'm just—” he begins with no end as Elffy takes her leash and lashes out like a volcano.

“You are the one who Once-over convinced me to help you later that time, by perceiving to take me out there. Haven't you been the one promising me that you owe me one for my acting strategy to pretend as your betrothed lady as my job which you haven't exactly made it easier for me— and now that you're finally out of harm’s way, you can't even be bothered to—”

Quen leans toward her, cutting off her words by pressing his mouth to hers.

‘He's kissing me .... Me!’ Made her freeze for a second, then push him away from herself before realizing that she kind of liked it.

“ I—I'm sorry, ” she stammered.

“ That was just— instinct. You, Um, took me by surprise.”

Just that moment a thought crossed her mind. Does she want him to kiss her again? Is it a good idea? No. Yes. I don't know!

“ No problem, ”Quen says, refusing to look at her.

“ Just trying to get you to stop shouting at me” he defines as his ears turn in a pink hue, it isn't obvious, just that she can't help speaking out, right the moment .... thereby can't seem to find any other words out her tongue nor from her mind.

“ Looks like it worked, ” Quen adds.

“ And I wasn't trying to anger you with that comment. I was just ... making a light-hearted conversation. And thanks. For saving me. Again. ” he turns his gaze on her as he says in the last part.

Wait. Again? Isn't this her first encounter with him gone wrongly–right from their perspectives? Right through the heat of the moment, he speaks out her wreaking doubt.

“ For not turning my offer off on my face, though it wasn't a life on stake momento,” saying he cupped my palm in his and made lazy circles around her knuckles. Alright, now it's getting tricky. Why is he exaggerating this thing a lot more than needed? Is he trying to do what he did earlier? And by the way, it's supposed to happen, why isn't he still not trying to kiss herself again? Isn't this what a Prince in debt would claim as their handy weapon to woo away the threat without any notice? Yeah, right. Why would he? She isn't daily.

It's probably best for her to stop expecting suchness. No, it's definitely for the best. She shouldn't be kissing a Prince even if he was the one who initiated the process.

She's sure it's on some list of Elffenda’s rule book.

“Quen, why don't you have a girlfriend? Not that I don't know, just curious, ” Okay, what? Elffy doesn't remember thinking about that question before it makes out. She tried to pull her hands off his, but he won't let her.

“ I mean, I'm assuming you still don't, because, you know, you never kissed or been with anyone as far as I have known, and to be frankly said, it isn't your thing. ” Ed's babbles blew her embarrassment a little bit more and about time she felt like exploding.

“Aww.. for the Sweetheart Sweet stones!! You, Quentin, dared to kiss me and also know that it's my first. The subject that concerns me is your lame excuse that doesn't fall under my criteria of acceptance, so I'm just wondering why you're ... not taken, yet. ” I'm floundering. I wish something would open up and swallow me whole. Come to think of it, if I summoned Willow, I could make that happen.

For a while, Eddie hasn't heard a word from the male species left horizontally floating in the air with his back facing the multicolored skylines.

Quen on the other hand was having an inner battle between his heart and mind. But his eyes gave away his Heart's unsaid words by shining like a newfound crystal. All he could think at that very moment is his saneness has been purely fallen head over heels at this bewitching creature.

And he would've done anything at that moment to change if it weren't for the turbulence which crossed the line between them.

By drawing an imaginary line concerning his legal ranking and to her nowhere found origin.

On reliving the moment her eyes glossed as multiple strokes of lightning bolts struck again.

She is afraid, and neither is she ready to face yet another back-holed tunnel. But to her utter relief, she was drawn to dew as pale as snow, blowing far away from her.

The more she concentrates to reach the only light in her darkness, the Ray of light gets bigger in shape and its frequency of light is weighing a giant star.

Slowly as a result Elffy was pulled in.

•••Once again, the Dreamy paradise•••

There, in the air, before her sight was a little shady Grove being placed above her head, with tiny glowing butts of the lighting insect locked in a glass jar, providing light around the corner.

To be said, it's a familiar sight to behold. After all, it was their little tree house that she and Quen built-up somewhere hidden beneath the dense forest without anyone's knowledge. It's their first tent house and a stress buster spot to spend at.

The tree isn't as large and majestic as the other grown-up giants. It's shorter and only reaches mid-high among other grown giant-like trees.

But it isn't like other tree houses, which she saw in her childhood days around the forest trails Avenue, exceptionally made for kids' play. But this little tree fort or shall one say if they found this hidden tree shed was built with a platform and little corridor walks constructed around next to a window shell and some among the trunk and branches of one above the ground level. It isn't much, but it's a huge space parting that they both used to jump from their living realms.

Even after all these years have passed, they never forget the ritual to spend some quality time in the woods, till Quen's parents send the search party in search of the lost prince.

But we never gave them any chance to know our secret tree. Because the beauty fly and Willow will signal our intruder's presence near the parameters. But Quen never once let us scream out soon. For some unknown reason he puts his Cheshire grin on his face and takes off only when the possibility to escape without caught is impossible, he picks me up with my legs wrapped around his waist and my hands interlinking his neck cape while his arms hold my waistline in an imprisoned grips thereby floats out in the sky, all the while his eyes speaks to me in more than one ways.

Since Quen was ahead of her years back then with his adolescent hitting him right and square, he does transform into a charming sexy stone, might I say?

Before we exited the tree house I used to see the lines which were engraved on the tip of the rooftop by Quen.

Those were the ones she used to read at times whenever he wasn't near her. Which is never.

Remembering those times, Elffy strolls to the corner and tries to reach the top by climbing through the circle smooth wall. But it's slippery and gripless to get there.

That cunning rock. I forgot that he remodeled this ceiling with his touches using the lotus leaves refined oil. No dust nor any liquid can stick to the wall. It's like he proved this whole vintage-styled home to be something else.

Only because he can't help to watch my hands working hard to polish the hardwoods. Seriously, he is an idol of absolute being.

As her cup to know the truth is off today, she turned around to retreat, but then something near her right thigh was dangling from side to side.

Looking down she saw her tortoiseshell bubbling out some large bubbles. What is happening? She is clueless. When the erupting stopped, Kubri pops her head out and motions me to look up.

The bubbles which float randomly in the space around her now turn to face another bubble to form a bigger bubble. And that goes to another and another. In the end, there were ten bubbles attached to the butts, in the shape of a cone; one might say that it is shaped like a telescope viewer.

Now she gets the point of what her little friend tried to execute.

Now wasting no time in the air, she pulls the bubble cone to her eye level and sets it before her eye, and closes her other eye to view the lines up in the wall.

At first, Elffy goes through some struggles to hold still the moving bubble, but once she finds the rhythmic moves she gets the scaling and tries to reach the words one after another.

And little did she know that what she's going to find out is going to flip her out of this dreamy paradise...

“To the person

I sense loving for”

“ Sensing your winning presence, my carnal starts to desire you to infinity,

As when your closeness warms my sides, your luscious-soft bent, kissable lips kindles the unique blaze on me,

Like a cover hidden underneath my paws, I'm struggling.

Now as I'm shaped out of you to finally lie back at my cravings to be left hidden,

Deep inside, I know that I'm always up to have the taste of the fruit forbidden. A sole fruit that caught my eyes from day one.

The sensitive flame that you ignited in me by your bites,

Were building a never-ending bridge to connect and surpass my desires for you someday,

That dreamy trance is the nights,

You, my love, will absorb my melody with your scratches.

While the moon and stars blush Scarlett behind the sheets of clouds, as I worship you.

Oh, my MEHJAB, you're a match of hot and cold, just to be Mine.

Only to my eyes

Warming my sides

With a force more than love

Out vibes our eyes

I for one can't help falling into you.

It's precisely like a kiss, can't be done alone.

I hope my love is not made to be a crumb in the end”

Reading this love note which Quen left hidden from her eyes till now was a brand new eye opener for Elffy.

She never thought on behalf of the million moons adored in their sacred temple, for this day to come.

Is Quen hearts someone other than her? Why? They were perfect together but Quen's written words are right and center with those heartfelt words mocking her soul, and in return hurting her already snoozed beats like a world with no chocolates.

Who is this Mehja— M-Mehjab? Is she a princess from another Kingdom or some other fellow Elf living in this world? Or does she even exist in this universe? And why isn't he mentioned to her earlier? Is he afraid to reveal her name to me? Am I that dangerous, to even know his precious little secret? Mixing her daily health potions with pig and cat piss is considered one nowadays.

Right after a few blinks, her subconscious mind strikes in like a glowing bulb in the darkness.

‘ Maybe you're the little secret in this scenario. His little secret—Mehjab! ’

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