“That wasn’t very pleasant for you, was it?”
“I just need to get used to it.” He commented as he rubbed his hand as if soothing a burn.
I looked outside at the rain and rememberedhow Axon had mentioned that the sound of the rain bothered him at first, but he got desensitized to it after a while. Maybe having a second sensory input would lessen the impact of my touch.
“You should sit in the rain,” I blurted out.
“I should what?” He eyed me speculatively.
“Maybe if you sit in the rain, the feeling of the water falling on you will detract from my touch,” I explained. “You sit outside the cave and I’ll sit inside.”
Axon looked outside as he thought about my idea. He had taken his webbing down from the entrance to give us a better view during lunch. The rain made the fall leaves look even darker. The hues of purple almost looked black, but when the sun peeked through the clouds it cast light on the beautiful forest right outside our doorstep.
“I’ll give it a try.” Axon stood with a determined look on his face and, to my surprise, he started to strip off his clothes.
He pulled his shirt off over his head, exposing a torso filled with toned muscle. His biceps looked well defined outside of the confines of his clothes.
I guess it did make sense for him to not want to get his clothes wet while we tried out my idea. I swallowed hard as I wondered how much of his clothing he was going to take off.
Now that his shirt and shoes were gone, all that was left were his pants and, if I remembered correctly, these guys didn’t wear underwear.
My mouth went dry as he undid the laces. Hewas just about to pull them down when he caught sight of my expression.
“Oh, I’ll grab some shorts.” The tips of his elf ears turned a dark blue as he walked to the back of the cave toward the storage baskets.
He looked back in my direction as he pulled his pants down and I quickly looked away. I could feel my cheeks heat and I was sure my face was as red as his ears were blue.
He came back in his shorts and nothing else, and god was he a sight to behold. He was on the shorter and leaner side than the rest of the guys, but I didn’t mind that. His lean build made all of his muscles pop in a way that made my mouth water.
“Let’s do this,” he said, and then he walked into the rain.
His shorts quickly became irrelevant as soon as they got wet. The imprint of his package was as obvious as if he’d been naked. He was rather large...and ridged.
I usually didn’t spend much time thinking about sex, but I was sure thinking about it now. Whoever Axon ended up with, would be a very lucky lady, and I secretly hoped that lady would be me.
Chapter 12
Axon
Ashley and I’s first attempt at holding hands did not go well. I was ready to brace myself through the overwhelming sensations that flooded my body, but I had to admit, I was relieved when Ashley pulled away. Touching her was like getting struck by lightening, and that was a difficult sensation to hold onto.
Her idea of having me sit in the rain seemed solid enough. I was willing to try anything to be able to touch Ashley, not just for selfish reasons either. I knew it was important to her that she and I touch without me wincing, and I’d do anything to accomplish that. She’d mentioned Lumod as a possible mate earlier, which irritated me more than it should. Lumod was a good male, he just wasn’t the male for Ashley. I was, or I wanted to be. Maybe if we could touch, we would have a better chance of luminesing.
“Let’s do this.” I looked down at Ashley and stepped into the rain. The cold drops of water hitting my skin weren’t pleasant, but they weren’t unpleasant either. They were just there. It was a sensoryexperience I’d learned to adapt to many seasons ago.
Ashley was standing in the entrance of the cave looking as beautiful as ever covered in a fur blanket that contrasted nicely with the light color of her hair.
She reached out her hand into the rain, palm up and smiled up at me with so much hope in her eyes that it made my chest ache. I needed this to work. I couldn’t let Ashley down. Not again.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I stood motionless for a moment as I let the sensation of each raindrop filter through my mind. Each one was small and painless, but each one made an impact none-the-less.
“Okay, I’m ready.”
I opened my eyes and slowly pressed my finger tips to Ashley’s again. Where before, her touch felt like lightning, now it just felt like a pleasant spark. I continued pressing down my fingers to hers and there it was again. That small pleasant sizzle of electricity that was no longer overwhelming.
Taking a deep breath, I pressed my palm to hers until our skin was completely flush with each other.
“Ha!” I let out an involuntary laugh. I’d done it. We’d done it. We were touching, and it was pleasant.
