Determined
"Let me help you up, my apologies for startling you by the way." said Valeria, while offering her hand to pull the poor man up from his position on the ground.
While the other one was still frozen in shock.
The man first gave his fellow Coporalki a look in irritation, before finally looking at Valeria's hand in awe.
'That's certainly not strange, not strange at all. It would be ill mannered of her to not help him up, wouldn't it?' Valeria thoughtin confusion.
The man finally gave her his hand, softly might Valeria add.
Giving his hand a squeeze in return, Valeria finally pulls him up.
But she underestimated her strength, and so the man was pulled up against her chest.
Her arms then were suddenly around his, she will admit, slim waist, and the hand he gave her was then on her shoulder because of the force of the pull.
Valeria then feels the other man's (, that was still frozen in shock before,) heated gaze on the both of them.
In fury might she add…
'Oh for Morgana's sake!' she almost grimaces.
How did she find herself in these types of situations..
Fedyor was in awe of the girl before him, 'Valeria Cherniak is offering me her hand.'
Finally putting his hand slowly into her awaiting one, still in awe that this is really happening, might Fedyor add.
Welllll he did want to give her his hand in friendship the moment they'd officially meet... even though he imagined another situation on how it would've played out, that is…
But this is fine as well…well if you ignore the embarrassing circumstances that led him up to this moment that is…
But still, his hand is in her hand.
She squeezed his hand!
And then Fedyor was suddenly pulled upwards, without any effort whatsoever from the girl, he thinks in amazement.
But then he found himself pressed against her chest. Then with her arms around his waist, and his hand on her shoulder.
She's quite tall from here, he finds.
'Oh!' Fydor then fully realises the situation he found himself in now, with his eyes widening …
But then, Fedyor felt secure for some reason, like the whole world didn't matter in that moment…only them,and if Fedyor didn't strictly prefer the same sex, Fedyor might have harboured a crush on the girl in that moment.
Yes, he is most definitely starstruck at the moment, Fedyor admits, feeling his cheeks turning warm.
And then he felt himself being wrenched away from the girl's grasp, into another's chest. A firm one, one he suddenly recognised.
He's ashamed to admit he kind of forgot about Ivan, his better half, at the moment…
Looking up at Ivan's face, Fedyor is confused by the look on his face, he's glaring very heatedly.
At Miss Cherniak, might he add.
'Oh…' Fedyor thinks in embarrassment, he suddenly feels like one of those maidens in his books, where two men are competing for the girl's love…Fedyor is most definitely full on blushing right now!
But then he feels a sudden sharp pain…oh right the injury.
"Ahaha Ivan, can you let go? You're kind of squeezing me very tightly right now" He admits while trying to hide his discomfort from his injury from the man in question.
By the sudden gasp the man let out, and the arms that let go of him as though he were a hot potato, Fedyor thinks he failed.
"You're injured?!" was then Miss Cherniak's suddenly concerned voice from behind them.
"Let me see, I can help." Valeria says to the injured man.
The other man behind him then glared at her, while he put his hand on the injured man's shoulder.
Okay..
She then scoffed at the man, "I won't harm your lover, I give you my word. Why would I have saved you lot then to begin with?"
The man then loosened his grip on his lover, while he finally gave her a nod.
But one in warning, fun.
She comes closer to the both of them, and first gives a smile towards the injured one. "Firstly, it's very rude of me to not have introduced myself and asked your names first, mine is Valeria. What's yours?"
The injured man gives her a bright smile in return, "That's alright, mine's Fedyor and the grumpy man behind me is my better half, Ivan. It's a pleasure to finally meet you at last!" He finally says, all the while beaming at the end at Valeria.
He's starry-eyed.
Another one, Valeria then thinks in amusement, while gently smiling at the man. Ignoring the scoff at the last part from the grumpy one, Ivan, behind Fedyor.
"Well met, Fedyor. And Ivan. Now, can you tell me where you're hurt?"
Showing her his injury, Valeria looks at it in concentration, all the while putting her hand above it, making her magic heal him from it.
It should've been simple really, seeing as she's done it loads of times, but she's flabbergasted at what's happening instead.
She might have forgotten about it at first, but the tendrils that healed her from before are now healing him.
The Phoenix…
But then she suddenly feels a pressure on her chest, her heart to be exact…well while not firm, because of her shields, she can still feel it.
Looking up she sees the other man, Ivan giving her a murderous look.
"Stop that."
But before she could say or do anything in response, his lover intervened.
"Ivan stop it! Don't you see? She's healed me!"
The man then looks at his lover, and gazes at where he was injured before in confusion.
"How?"
"I don't really know, to be honest. I think it has to do with my Anima-, the Phoenix form. Normally such an injury would have been easily fixed another way with my magic, but …" she then trails.
Hearing her finally speak about her Phoenix form, and magic, made Fedyor straighten up in excitement.
"Really? That's amazing! Can you tell me more about it? How did you transform into a Phoenix to begin with, and what do you mean magic? Magic is real?! Well now that I think about it, and have seen what you are capable of, it is real?!..." And so, began Fedyor's questioning.
With Valeria, who was at first overwhelmed by his excitement and acceptance of her, then trying to answer them with a cheery smile.
And Ivan suddenly felt left out, with his lover only devoting his attention to her.
Alina was worried.
She was very worried.
It was taking too long, when is she coming back?
Finally turning to Mal at her side in anxiousness, "Mal, I feel like something happened, can we look for her?" she finally asks.
Mal only looked at her in confusion, while trying to sooth the girl's worries "I'm sure she's fine, she said she'd come back. Ria never lies…She always comes back." he firmly says, while looking into the girl's worried face.
"But what if, Mal! Can't we just look for certainty sake?" she finally begs.
Finally relenting, Mal considers it.
"Alright, but you stay here in the shield, okay. I'll take a quick look." he said, but then gave her a warning look "Like Valeria said, do not come out of it. Please, Alina. Promise me."
Biting back her protests, Alina finally complies with his request.
Waiting for a little while after he left, Alina couldn't take it anymore, and finally left the shield that would protect her from any harm.
And anyways she hasn't said it outwardly, that she promised that she'd wait for them, that is…
"I'm sorry Mal and Ria, but the both of you can't protect me forever, it's time that I protect you both as well." she mutters in determination.