Tell Her
She pushes you backwards into the lake, and you fall into cold water. You can hear her laughter from under the water. As you reach the surface she jumps in there with you and splashes water at you. You splash it back at her and you end up both laughing, swimming around each other.
When you're laying in the grass she asks you again.
"Why have you been avoiding me?" her ears are slightly turned back and you can sense, practically smell, her fear.
"When I accept myself, this life, I will have no choice but to leave."
She turns to you. "I know."
Nothing else is said, and you move through the forest back to camp. She lays very close to you that night, playing with your ears, and whispering reassurances.
Slowly you get more comfortable there. You start dancing with Enja around the fire at night, the flames making her skin glow and giving her eyes a wild glint. You learn their dances, you stomp your hooves and move your hips with her. Rhythmic stomps, laughter, and song fill the night. She pulls you down by your antlers and kisses you.
It happens when you don't want it to. You're running through the forest with Enja. The trees are passing by quickly, and you're going fast, but not as fast as her. She reaches the waterfall before you, shrugs off her skirt, and jumps in. You're in right after her, and you spent the day bathing in the lake beneath the waterfall.
Later when you're laying in the grass drying off, her fingers entwine with yours. You're the happiest you've ever been, and that's when you black out.
Written by AnxiousRomeo on 25 September 2017
