Love Me Always

To Fae


The prince bowed and looked at me under his forelock. The light and silky hair shined and the eyes had many variations of blue like the Sea I had once seen. He had already vanished when I woke up from my dreams and Oreth smiled in front of me. I smiled back. The princes' names had passed by me; I couldn't even remember the blue-eyed one. I noticed that my eyes were following him, but when he looked at me I was puzzled and hurried away.

Milakel was his name. We played our secret flirtation game many days until the last evening he found me in the stables. I was frightened when he suddenly spoke and I dropped my brush. Milakel picked it up quietly. Quickly I caught it to myself and started brushing my new stallion again. I didn't look at him anymore. Why doesn't he go already? I thought but actually I was hoping he would talk more. His presence was comforting and stressful at the same time and after couple minutes I couldn't stand it anymore. I was sure even Milakel had to hear how my heart was beating. So I murmured something that sounded like "I must go" but…
-No, don't go yet! the prince shouted grabbing my wrist. He smiled like he would have liked to apologize and continued: -Come! Let's go together!
-Bu-but where?
-Away from here. To the forest! I want to get to know you…
At first I wasn't really sure about this plan. Again this weird feeling! Why did I felt like this?

We couldn't go through the gate without someone seeing us, so I showed him a small hole on the fence behind the stables. We crawled through it one by one, took each others hands and ran into the forest. I wasn't afraid anymore. I trusted that our souls somehow knew each other.

I took the prince to a sunny, mossy cliff surrounded by blue heathers. I admired how he stood tall and strong, how his hair shined and flew in the wind, and I didn't know anyone more beautiful than he. I wanted him more than anything. I had never been with anyone before. In some way I had to be faulty; girls had never woken anything in me. But here was someone, someone I wanted and who wanted me. Can there be luck like that?

Milakel came closer and touched my hair. –I… will stop right away if it hurts you… he whispered. His fingers run to my cheeks and lower, to my neck. He was so gentle. I closed my eyes. Suddenly the fingers stopped and I heard a little hesitant voice: -Yucarel… Can I…?

He was afraid, but it was okay; I was a little scared as well. After a little kiss his eyes were asking was everything all right for me. I answered by throwing my arms around his neck. "This is so unfair! He's too tall", I thought blushing a little, and before I had time to think what to do next, words came from my mouth: -Umm… Could you do that again?
Milakel smiled gently, dropped to his knees and threw his arms around my hip. I touched his face and kissed him over and over again. He even tasted good.
-I could eat you, I said laughing. –Don't ever go away.
-I don't, not when I have finally found you, he said and hugged me. I caressed his soft hair. –Maybe we could stay here… I said.

***

All of a sudden we woke up in each others arms. It was dark! And cold! But on Milakel's lap it was warm. He started to detach himself but I panicked and clung to him. Tomorrow he would be gone. –No! Stay a little longer!
Tomorrow seemed so far away. We would have the whole night to be together. On the other hand tomorrow was… Tomorrow! How could I manage without Milakel?
Then I heard my name from the woods and after that Milakel's name. The voices came closer and I held him even tightly, if that was possible looking desperately at him. "Don't. Go."
-Did you hear that? They are looking for us already. Please, Yucarel, let me go. They can't see us like this. Your robe is down there. I can get it for you.
I released him but when he came back with my robe I was almost crying. I could hear our names even closer now. Soon they would find us. One of the shouters was my father, I recognized his voice.
-Promise to me… I sobbed. –You'll come to see me again, right?
-Of course! It's not that long way here, you know. Milakel pulled me up and kissed my forehead. –It's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of. We shall see each other again.
Suddenly behind the trees appeared a brown-haired young man and Milakel let go of me immediately taking couple steps back.
-Oh, Mila, here you are! We were looking for you two.
Princes appeared from every direction. There were so many of them! And every one of them was happy to see the missing brother. I felt little envious, I wasn't very close with my sister. At least Oreth was happy to see me.

Milakel's father hugged his son but my dad grabbed my arms and shook me like I was some kind of puppet: -Yucarel! Don't you ever, ever do anything like this again! You left the village without telling anybody! What if something had happened?
-Oh, please forgive us, Your Majesty. It was all my fault, Milakel interrupted and bowed almost to the ground. My father stopped the shaking and hugged me instead. I was a little upset. Milakel was so brave!

Before I went to bed, mother wanted to brush my hair. She wondered all the little sticks and heather flowers she founded, but I was so happy it was impossible to stop smiling.

But then my parents were killed and everything changed. I was completely broken and didn't want to see anybody. I was the king now, and a king cannot be with a prince, can he?

But that is another story…



Love Me Always
Dedicated to ~FaeOfWinter.
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Original story in Finnish "Rakasta minua aina"
Copyright © 2012 by Vanya.
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Translation from Finnish to English by Vanya 9.6.2012.
Original story by Vanya 23.5.2012.