I could not believe I did that.
I am wide awake now. I hurriedly sat up and glanced at Lion who is sleeping peacefully by my side.
Cuss word.
Last night's activity is still fresh on my mind that I can feel heat rising on my face.
For the love of lemon, I liked it though.
I stretched my arms and yawned. I feel like I've been sleeping for a long time. Of course this world's day and night is way longer than earth.
My throat suddenly feel scratchy and I got out of the bed, looking for some kind of liquid to quench my thirst.
I saw a vial of water and drink it. Now I don't feel thirsty anymore.
I want to take a bath. My body still feels hot after what happened last night. I decided to go outside. I was about to open the door when Lion suddenly hugged me from behind. Now I'm feeling more hot.
I let out a yelp when Lion suddenly carried me on his arms. He laughed and nuzzled my neck and gently bit it.
Where do you think you are going? His voice sounded lower than usual.
His eyes deepened in color and his grip on me started to tighten.
I told him shyly, that I want to take a bath since I'm feeling hot.
Though not THAT kind of hot, I silently thought to myself.
He smiled at me affectionately and the bathtub materialized out of the blue.
It soon slowly began to fill up with a liquid that seemed pleasant to my nose.
He placed me on the floor while he started to undress me.
I heard him take a deep breath while he continued to remove my clothes slowly.
Then I hurriedly went inside the bathtub before he could do anything else. Oohh the liquid feels so good. Warm and soothing to my skin that smells like flowers mixed with some sort of herbs.
Lion stared at me for a while before clearing his throat.
Then he started to remove his shirt.
What the. What is he planning on doing?
Good thing at that moment, Puma suddenly went inside.
Oh my. Did I interrupt something? She sniggered as Lion looked at her with disdain.
She then became serious and told Lion that a couple of the inhabitants flooded inside the clinic and requested that I helped them with their eye problems. Word got around that I am some sort of a special healer of the eyes.
She also added that she needed his help since there are also a couple of trouble makers who tried to fight with Sly and Ghost and chaos occured at the ground. Of course, she added, it will be more troubling if they transformed into their other form.
They better behave when I arrive there, Lion snapped as he put on his shirt again.
He nuzzled my ear before he went out.
Puma guffawed and then she tried to help me bathe.
I'm thankful that I am not on the receiving end of Lion's wrath, she blurted out while shuddering instinctively.
She dressed me with less revealing clothes this time though it is still revealing compared to what I used to wear back on earth.
She hummed as she combed my hair, decorating and braiding it.
Then she placed a berry inside my mouth and told me to bite into it. The juices of the berry tasted very sweet. She told me that the juices of the berry would provide a lovely shade of reddish tint on my lips.
Ah. Like some kind of a lipstick.
Puma looked pleased on how I looked then asked me if I am ready to go.
I nodded.
....
Oh. My. Citrus.
So many creatures crowded inside the hut.
Puma's face is in distress. I thought for a moment and asked her if she could tell them to form a single line so I can entertain them in order.
You're a genius! She gushed as she hurriedly obeyed me.
We were busy for a long time.
Puma was handling the other patients and her mate acted as our secretary at that moment. Her offsprings are suddenly on their best behavior and are being quite helpful. They acted as our assistants and helped me in communicating with some of the creatures that don't speak.
Lion appeared when I was about to ask one of Puma's offsprings to look for him. I needed help with making eyeglasses.
Ooohh I should start designing frames soon.
Most of the eye problems are really easy to handle. Problems such as nearsightedness are very common here. It's no wonder since they are less exposed to natural light. Some have increased sensitivity to sunlight so I designed this world's first lenses with UV protection. Sorry original designers, I apologized inside my mind.
A couple of creatures had serious eye problems though. I don't know yet their body's anatomy so I just provided them a temporary solution, enough to alleviate their symptoms. They were extremely grateful though. I planned to study about their anatomy soon in order to help them better. Also, I should design some better eye equipment.
Lion was busy making my designs into reality. It seemed that he enjoyed his work as he is in a better mood and became quite cheerful. He loves making new things.
I felt tired when we finally finished with the last patient.
I lost count of how many creatures we accommodated today.
Puma's offsprings fell asleep on the floor and both Puma and her mate picked them up and carried them.
Puma happily told me that we earned quite a bit and that she's planning to use her share of the earnings to go on a vacation with her mate. She looked at him seductively.
I get the feeling that I should see more offsprings from her soon.
....
We waved goodbye at them as we flew towards the top of the treetops. Sly and Ghost are already waiting for us there. Pinky is also there and I noticed him getting taller. When we got out of the thick leaves of the treetops that acted as a canopy, I saw the moons looked a bit dazzling than usual. Sly transformed to his dragon form and we all rode on his back. He held Pinky on his claw and opened his wings.
Lion told me to hold on his back since I was sitting behind him. Ghost assured me of my safety since he is sitting behind me.
Then I felt Lion's tail curling around my waist.
With a big dramatic roar, Sly flew up towards the sky.
Cuss word. I felt scared and closed my eyes. My hold around Lion tightened.
Ghost then poked me in the back and told me to look at something he pointed.
I begrudgingly opened my eyes and what I saw is something that words cannot completely describe and that it is simply mind-blowing in which the human mind cannot comprehend.
This world is beautiful.
I saw all kinds of mountains, those that float and those that rose from the ground. All kinds of creatures flying near us. Different colors of clouds floating around us. The forest seemed big and endless until I saw lights twinkling from far away. Then buildings that are higher than the mountains on earth came into focus. There's clouds slightly covering them and I saw quite faintly that there's some sort of river passing through the clouds.
The wind felt cool on my skin. Good thing Lion managed to change my clothes before we left or else I will definitely get sick again. He put his cloak around me earlier and it made me feel warm.
It was an exhilarating feeling.