A Blossoming Relationship

Nora

I awoke shuddering in complete darkness. Darkness that I could fell in my guts, mind and soul. It feels truly horrific. Just then an ear-piercing screech cut through the air like a hot knife through butter. My blood runs cold as I hear another screech answer the first ones call. I blink tears from my eyes as I see a light descending from the heavens, although faint I still see it. Faster and faster it comes almost like a meteor. My heart starts pounding in my chest so fast that it hurts when I see glowing red eyes appear in the darkness to my left. As the light drew near I could feel warmth radiating from it and it floods my very being.

I blink again and I'm engulfed by the light as a searing white hot heat jolting me awake to find that Legion looking at me with what looks to be like concern in his eyes. It quickly vanishes and what meets my eyes is his regular icy stare as he backs away like a flower just sprouted from my armpit.

"Why'd you leave?" Legion asks incredulously.

"What? I didn't." I say still wondering what I saw.

"Bullshit." He spat as he leans on a dresser.

"Excuse me?" I say scoffing.

"Bullshit. I know you left and your going to tell me why." He said crossing his arms across his massive chest.

"I didn't leave, Legion. How could I when you have the keycards to the door? Besides I was here taking a shower the whole time." I say oblivious to the hardness in his eyes that were fixated directly on me.

"Ok. I'll be in the kitchen making dinner, holler if you need anything. Try not to get up." He says walking out of what looks like his room.

Legion

Good she doesn't remember I think to myself as I stroll towards the kitchen to prepare for dinner. She will and YOU will have to answer her questions my soldier sense tells me. He was right because more often than not temporary amnesiacs remember everything. I knew she would and I would have to prepare for any and all backlash that had.

I was preparing to make Chicken Parmesan when I hear a yelp from my room. I start running to my room while scenarios start playing in my head nonstop.

As I get to my room I burst through the door as I wasn't as worried about the furniture as much as the participant. I notice Nora on the floor bleeding profusely. She had ripped open the sutures.

"Prekliata Nora!" "Dammit Nora!" I swear under my breath as I quickly walk over to her pick up and walk to bathroom with her in my arms.

"Sorry Legion I had to pee." Nora says giggling in euphoria because of her blood loss.

"Fuck you lost a lot of blood. You need to stay awake." I say as I gently put her on the toilet lid, covering the wound with one hand to staunch the bleeding.

I take a towel with my free hand, tear it in half with my hand and teeth. As she bleeds through my hand on her thigh wound I lift up her leg to tie the half of the towel around her upper thigh to use as a tourniquet.

"This is gonna hurt." I say as I grab the hydrogen peroxide bottle and pop the lid.

"Jush do it." She says, her words slurring together.

"Put your hands on my shoulders." I say as I get ready to pour the peroxide on the cut.

"Mhm." She hums as she grips my shoulders tightly when I start pour the peroxide on the wound. As I do she digs her nails into my skin drawing blood. I barely notice as I work to clean and disinfecting her thigh wound. Next I quickly the alcohol popping the top as well and start pouring it on the wound.

I stop and watch fizzle, when it's done I wipe and repeat until it's clean. Nora's yelling and crying in pain by this time. By the time I'm done cleaning the wound on her thigh her yells became whimpers.

"Ist es schon fertig?" "Is it done yet?" She asks me in German as I apply disinfectant gel to a gauze pad and press it to the wound then tape all four sides.

"Ja, es ist geschafft." "Yeah it's done." I say as I get up. While getting up I look up into her eyes, I see nothing but admiration and sadness. I placed one arm around her back to stabilize her when I carry her and the other under her knees then lift with ease and start carrying her to the kitchen.

"Listen I just wanted to apologize for earlier. When I raised my voice at you." I say in a low voice.

"It's mk." She says into my clothed chest. (A/N: He changed.)

"Hey Nora don't go to sleep on me. You need to stay awake." I say concern clear in my voice.

"Mk." She mumbles raising her head and laying her head against my left shoulder. She looked up and smiles, I looked down into her blue eyes then smile a genuine smile, dreading this moment to end.

Surely the big bad Legion isn't falling for a kraut, is he. Militas said scoffing at the idea. I look back up to sit her down on a barstool with a back like a chair. No I think back as I start making dinner while checking on Nora every five minutes.

"Where'd you learn to cook?" She asks me as I put the chicken in the oven. (A/N: He cleaned her up.)

"A lot different places. America, India, China, Japan, Italy, Romania, Belgium, etc." I say checking the noodles.

"Where are you from?" She asks unperturbed from me cooking.

"Slovakia." I reply while turning around.

"When's your bir-" she starts to ask before I interrupt her.

"Birthday?" I ask my voice hard.

"Yeah..." she says questioningly, she looks hurt and instantly I felt bad.

"January 27, 1993" I say in a low voice.

"What're we having for dinner?" she asks next the hurt and surprise all to clear in her tone.

"Your having Chicken Parmesan, roasted potatoes with green beans on the side, and a bowl of pudding for desert. I will be having a small salad." I answer happy with the change in conversation.

"Wait why will I be having so much and you so little?" She asks.

"You need you strength, Nora." I say as I dump the water to the noodles into a strainer the sink, pull the chicken and proceed to dice it into chewable bites for Nora then I dump it into the sauce and stir.

"I want you to eat with me." She says as I pour the noodles back into the pot on the stove which they in before.

"Really?" I say as I dumped the sauce into the noodles and roasted the potatoes.

"Yes I do because you made enough food for a horse and there's plenty enough for the both of us." She replies oblivious to the grin on my face.

"I guess that's true. Ok fine." I say reluctantly as I serve our dinner.

"Yay!" She says happily clapping her hands as I serve her food then mine as I sit beside her.

"Now eat. You need your strength." I tell her.

She raises a forkful to light pink lips, blows lightly then took a bite. Wait why am I so focused on her lips? I think to myself as I turned my attention to my own food.

"Damn this is so fucking good!" She exclaims as I bite into a forkful of noodles.

"Thanks..." I say as soon I swallow.

"Is something wrong?" She asks me. In between another bite as she rubs my shoulder down my back and up again. This action was unexpected because I slightly jump then ease up.

"It's nothing. How do you feel?" I say looking into her baby blues.

"Better." She says giving a cute little smile, then it spreading into a sly seductive grin.

"Oh no. What are you thinking?" I say returning to my food.

"Oh nothing just planning tonight's activity." She says in a low almost sexy voice.

"No. If it has to do with sex were not doing anything like that, especially you with that injury." I say as I get up to wash my dishes as I was done eating.

"Wow Legion way to kill a girls mood." She says while putting on her best pouty face, the she follows with "What are you so afraid of? Taking my virginity?" She asks incredulously. At that last word I instantly go rigged remembering what Zack said.

"What?" She questions me.

"Nothing." I say snapping back to reality with a jolt.

"Your lying." She replies the accusation clear in her tone.

"No I'm not." I say quickly turning around as I was done washing my dishes.

"Yes you are." She scoffs at me.

"Your right. I'm lying to you." I say overcome with guilt. Why is she making me feel guilty? A thought asks that I push to the side.

"What're you hiding from me, Legion?" She asks, her voice dangerously low and cold. I walk over to her, pick her up bridal style as seeing that she was done eating and carry her to the adjustable futon that I bought just hours earlier, unbeknownst to Nora.

"What do you remember of last night?" I ask cautiously sitting her down gently then sitting on her right.

"Not much honestly." She says with slight shake of her head.

"What do you remember?" I ask curiously knowing full well that she might remember everything that happened.

"I remember being in the shower and hearing the door being opened. I heard voices, male voices." She says her eyes glazed over remembering. "I remember them saying- Bist du sicher, dass er nicht hier ist? (Are you sure he isn't here?) - In a hard gruff voice. I remember arms around my waist lifting me and then blackness. I remember bloodied bodies and nothing before or after." She continues looking at me in confusion.

"Ok." I say in a low voice while looking deep into her eyes.

"Why do you want to to know what I remember?" She asks curiosity filling her voice snapping me from my stare.

"To see how much you remembered." I say as softly as I could as we sat there looking out into the horizon.

A few minutes passes and then she says the words that I've been dreading to hear "Sie haben mich vergewaltigt." "They raped me."

"Was?" "What?" I ask tearing my gaze from the window that overlooked the city.

"Sie haben mich vergewaltigt, Legion!" "They fucking raped me, Legion!" She says while bursting into tears. I felt an ancient and primal rage rise up in me which I quickly suppressed at those words.

"Hey, es ist ok. Du bist jetzt bei mir, ich werde dich beschützen, egal was passiert." "Hey it's ok. Your with me now, I'll protect you no matter what." I say as I carefully pull her onto my lap.

"Ok." She says through her tears while looking up at me giving a small smile and wrapping her arms around my torso. I look down and see beauty. Not beauty in Nora's tears, pain, or anything else, but I see her beauty for who she is. Strong yet sensitive, sensitive yet strong.

"Was?" "What?" She asks wiping her tears.

"Sie sind schön." "You're beautiful." I say smiling down at her.

"Thank you and you're handsome." She says as she lays her head on my chest.

"Your welcome." I say while I see her chest slowly rise and fall as I lean my head down and kiss her head. I lay my head back and promptly fell asleep.

Nora

I'm jolted awake by a nightmare still in Legions lap. I smile and lean up to kiss his neck as I say "Goodnight, love." I put head back on his chest and fell back asleep with an unexpected warmth in my chest.