Stars Dancing [Dreams-To-Lovers Romance]

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I was kissing him. Tasting his tongue was always so good.

I love you, I sent to him, with my body, my being.

I love you, I felt him say with his mind, his being. With all of him wrapped around me, wrapped within me.

Let's just kiss. Your body hurts, I felt him say.

Yes, just kiss me, I sent back.

We kissed. His need surged. He kissed me deeper. Longing surged. I reached for him, down his body, for what it wanted.

He stopped. Held still.

Beloved? I sent to him. I felt his being sad, so sad. My darling! My love! He moved away from me. Stop this! Do. Not. Run. Away. From. Me. Do not leave me alone! I love you. It doesn't matter if there's pain. I can feel joy and pain at the same time!

I pulled him to me, my fingers digging into the back of his neck. He was sorrow. I felt how much grief he felt. He wanted to be strong. He wanted to do what I needed him to do.

Right now, I need you to be yourself! My love! Please. Be yourself! Don't hide from me. If we're going to be together, then let's be together. Not holding our feelings apart. Be fully together with me, love. My body is weak, but I am not! I am stronger than ten thousand suns! I can hold us both. You don't always have to be the strong one. Be with me. I want all of you, not just the strong parts.

He sobbed against my neck.

I held him.

He was desire and need.

Yes? I asked. I showed him my hand around his arousal. I felt his being nod agreement. It didn't take much. I felt it all. Everything he felt. It was his release, but I felt it as my own. He relaxed in my arms, and his whole self let out a sigh.

I didn't know it, but I needed to be close to you. I'm sorry I didn't know, I felt him say.

I shook my head at him. Neither of us knows. We're making this up as we go. This is a path that has no directions. There's no map. But we have to be fully together if we're going to go down this road. Can we agree not to hide from each other? I sent back.

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Yes. He nudged at me, do you want me to do something about it? I felt him say.

Yes. I showed him what I wanted, for him to touch me. I was tired. So tired. But I still wanted to be with him. To feel my desire for him. To feel him touching me.

But you don't want to finish? Just me to kiss down your body? he made sure.

Yes, please, love. My body showed him what it needed. He did what it wanted. Until I was too tired, and pulled him to me. Holding him. Feeling how good it felt to be close to him. Feeling surprised that it was okay not to release, to just need and want, and be close for a little while.

That was what I needed. I'm sorry I didn't know. Didn't understand. I just needed to feel close to you for a while. To be with you. Completely, I sent him.

His being nodded to me. Yes, to be close. Not apart. To share something together. Even if it's different and not wild passion. It's still love making, isn't it? Even though it's different?

I love you, I sent him.

I love you too, I felt him say.

I love you, we both felt.

And it was one voice, two people. One song, two notes.

I held him, and he held me. Two bodies. One being.

We relaxed. We knew no more.

- Within and Without: A Tindin Journey With Erotica

Lirin: Dinner tomorrow?

Ryst: I'll bring salad.

"This pepper veg is delicious, Lirin," there's something in it I don't recognize. What is that well, is it lemony but not lemon?"

"It's galangal. I wasn't sure if you'd tried it before. I took some different types of dishes and came up with this. I'm glad you like it. So, what all is going on? It's been too long since we've had dinner."

"Yeah, lots of change, that's for sure. And things just keep getting more complicated. I keep getting," I closed my eyes. "Strange. Spacey. Dreams. I— I can't focus. Everything just seems, just seems. There's the desert," I felt a surge of happy warmth in my chest.

"The desert makes me happy. And in my dream there was a home. But then I can't tell. Like there's something that I need to see, but I can't see it. And Sorchen asked me if Talents can be taught. And the blending of cultures, and it's all just— it's just so much. It's so big."

I opened my eyes and shook my head. "I can't figure it out. I don't know if my senses are expanding outward, and I'm sensing something. Like, is the Talent growing? I just can't tell, and I keep getting restless and on edge." I shook my head again like I was trying to shake something off my hair.

"Do you want to buy a house or move out of the monastery into your own place?" Lirin asked.

I closed my eyes. "I don't know. That doesn't quite feel right. But there's something, there's something." I waved my hands out in front of me as if I were brushing dust off someone's back. "I just sense something, and it keeps me on edge."

"What can help you focus, Ryst? Does it help to talk about it, or is it distressing? Would dancing help?" Denten asked.

"No, I don't think so. I don't think sparring will help. It does feel good to talk about it out loud, to just be able to say it. I don't know what will help, really. I think I just have to keep going and watch the path unfold."

Lirin suggested, "I'm certainly willing to be a subject if you want to try your Talent with me again, but it seems like this is more about you finding a home and maybe a trip across the desert? There's the hover train. Would you like that?"

I closed my eyes and thought about the desert. I felt happiness welling in my chest again. I thought about the train, "That doesn't feel wrong, but it's not quite clear." I opened my eyes.

"That's a good idea, Lirin. At least it's a starting point. I'll check it out. I do have some good news about a friend I made from the Bootes Galaxy."

And I told them my story about meeting Gentia and how things were progressing with Living Foods. All the viewers that were coming in, and how it was going well.

We had desert off the same plate, and it was warm and homey and lovely. And I realized how easily I had adjusted to being part of Shurwinn— a family. Where I could go to dinner and talk about dreams that troubled me and senses I couldn't understand.

And my new family would listen, and try to assist, but not try to fix me. Wasn't I home already?