Memories p1

"Hey,", Lavender whispered while opening the door to Forrest's room, "how ya doin...?"

Forrest stayed silent.

"Forrest...", Lavender walked in and sat by the 21 year old man, "it's alright! Ya still in the yea-!"

"It's been 4 years."

Lavender stopped and sighed. 'It does get rare after this year...', she thought to herself.

"But there's still a chance! Ya didn't feel hollow before, right? Ya were all energetic and social for once! They're probably just a few yea-"

"BUT WHAT IF THEYRE DEAD NOW?! THEN....t-then...what...?"

Forrest began sobbing and Lavender pulled him into a hug, "Oh I hate seeing him like this Violet. What to do...?"

"Hey,", Forrest sniffled, "how long did it take you again?"

"That's all you ever ask me nowadays, but it took me 2 years. We were the same age but she was quite far away at the time. She probably followed our mate trail by instinct or something."

"Mm.", Forrest hummed.

"Forrest, they're out there. I'm sure of it."

"How?"

Lavender pushed him back, "Just trust me, okay?"

"Hmph, whatever...sure."

She hugged him again with a that's-my-boy feeling.

'All we can do is hope now, Violet.', Lavender said in her head.

Present day

"Forrest!!!"

I jumped in surprise. I felt around my bed but felt nothing. I was fully awake now, but found Axel standing there with a tray with covered dishes.

"Forrest,", my angel said, "I made breakfast for you!"

My eyes widened in shock but soon turned to adoration at what my beautiful, adorable, perfect, mate did for me.

He immediately rushed over, making the contents jump.

"Well, I ain't good at cooking like you, but since you always make me something, I just thought I'd give you a break."

I smiled at him, "If it's for you, I never need a break."

He blushed heavily in reply. Then he cleared his throat and turned to the tray. I did too.

"Well, I made sandwiches. Umm I don't really know what you put in so I did what I remember: lettuce, meat, umm mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, and tomatoes. Then I boiled some eggs! Umm I didn't know how long you do it so each egg is boiled differently. Then this last one is a can of soup I just poured into a bowl and heated up."

I stared at the tray before me, my whole being beyond happiness.

"You don't have to eat it if you don't wanna...", he mumbled in a blush.

I got the soup and began gulping it down, not caring that most of it was stuck on the bowl from too high of heat. Then I went for the bowl with eggs. The first one I ate was cooked fine, but the second was too raw and the yolk dripped down my chin. I looked at Axel who was staring at me with watery eyes. He broke into a smile and laughed, "Someone actually kept eating something I made!"

My eyes softened at his happiness, then he wiped the yolk from my chin and licked his finger. All in an innocent manner, and though I knew that my breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

"Wanna share?", I asked to distract myself.

"Heh,", he blushed, "I don't know how much I could handle my own cooking."

We ended up sharing the sandwiches and eggs. Axel choked on the egg that boiled too long and his adorable expression for the heavily mustarded sandwich made me choke on my half of the sandwich, making me snort ketchup. We laughed and continued eating, Axel looking a few times my way to see how I was doing. When he saw how I didn't care and continued eating he blushed and kept taking small bites. We eventually finished.

We went downstairs to wash the dishes.

"Forrest,", he asked a bit sadly, "what if I don't make it on the same level as everyone else when we get attacked or something...?"

"I'll protect you."

His head snapped to look at me, "But what if something went wrong like you're not there cuz of some business or it happene-"

"I'll be right next to you."

"But Forr-!"

"Axel, I'll protect you. I'll be right next to you, so don't worry, I'm never going to let any harm come your way. I'll be there."

He looked touched by my words, "But, I wanna protect you too."

My eyes widened in shock. Axel protect me? No, he'll get hurt that way. "Axel..-"

"I can do it! This training isn't for nothing after all."

"But you'll get -"

"You'll protect me and I'll work harder so that I can protect you! Just believe in me, okay?"

Déjà vu struck me with nostalgia for some reason, "Y-yeah...", I breathed out, "okay...".

He looked at the sink and rinsed the last plate, "We finished.", he whispered.

He looked back to me and went up on his tiptoes to kiss me. I kissed back, but he meant it as a short kiss so he pulled away. I didn't want the kiss to stop just yet so I pulled him back. I needed his lips on mine and he seemed to sense my need as he relaxed into the kiss.

The kiss turned deeper as he allowed me entrance. He moaned a bit, sending shivers down my spine.

"F-Forrest...", he moaned again.

"Axel...", my voice was husky now.

His tongue and mine like this was driving me crazy. I knew I should stop before it gets too far but I couldn't. Not just yet. My arms unwrapped from his waist and felt up his sides. He shivered and fell off his tiptoes, making us break. We panted and he stared at me with a flushed face, watery and needing eyes, with now red lips. I was overwhelmed at the sight. He looked down and hugged me.

"You look hot when you're blushing like that. Plus the way you look at me with such intensity."

I hugged him back, "You aren't the only one overwhelmed."

"Forrest?"

"Yeah."

"Do you....like ever want to do those things."

I was shocked but narrowed my eyes for I didn't know where exactly this was going.

"What things?"

"Y-y'know! Those things? Like...more than kissing?"

"It's like I've been in heat for these past 2 months."

He jolted and looked up at me, "What? Oh I'm sorry-!"

"Don't be,", I assured him, "'I'll only do it once you're ready."

"But..."

"Axel, are you ready?"

"N-no. I mean yes! I mean...I don't want to make you wait."

I sighed, "Axel, I'll be fine. Plus I'd rather we do it when you're ready. Then it'll be far more enjoyable.", I whispered the last part in his ear.

His eyes widened and he pushed me back away from him, laughing. He couldn't believe I just said that and he went off on how cheesy that was. I laughed along with him. I knew how much he got embarrassed when it came to cheesy things.

We ended up sitting on the couch and I don't know how it started but I was telling Axel the cheesiest jokes, and he'd laugh and growl about how cheesy they were. I sat upright with Axel between my legs, his back against my chest, and me looking down at him while he looked up at me. It reminded me of how we sat when we first talked, by that tree. Then I remembered before that, and before everything that had to do with Axel. I remembered how depressed I used to be. How sad, empty, and meaningless the world was. The way I began to accept my worst fear, being a lone wolf.

I kissed Axel's forehead, "I love you.", I whispered.

His eyes widened then he smiled, "I love you too."

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Hey lemon sponges! Thanks again for yer votes! Really appreciate it. I added one last sentence to the previous chapter, just lettin y'all know. Anyone in the W2H fandom now? Haha, I'll be doin more flashbacks to Forrest's past to slowly reveal some STUFF!! oh and also, don't hesitate to comment throughout the chapters. Am I doing fine? Like anything ya wanna say about this story? Didn't know if y'all want smut so I stopped it there. If you read this whole A/N I so flippin love ya!! If ya keep reading A/N ya might find out some sneak peeks about the next chapter and some clues and recaps or whatever!! Love y'all! Stay lemony spongy!!