Clear Skies [Arya]

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

Wilhelm Bear-Heart gently guided a blind-folded Arya along, holding her by her shoulders. "We're almost there, Arya."

[Arya the Unseen]

"Why can't you just tell me where we are going?" She chuckled, fighting the urge to peek. It was odd to her, Wilhelm just showed up in Dawnstar one day, they walked to Solitude, then next thing she knew, she was blindfolded on the carriage to somewhere. Now, in that same blindfold, she was being lead along a path, not knowing where she was. Not that she was complaining, she enjoyed the other Nord's company. "Why is it such a big secret?"

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"You'll see when we get there." he responded, continuing moving her along the path. Soon they made it to their destination. "OK, you can remove the blindfold now."

[Arya the Unseen]

Excitedly, she removed the cloth that covered her eyes. They were in Kynesgrove, one of her favorite places. "How... How did you know, Wilhelm?" she asked, amazed and overjoyed. "I-I mean, thank you so much, Kynesgrove is one of my favorite places. Still, how did you know?"

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"Legate S'kvari told me that you liked to come here, so, I decided to bring you. We should hurry and find some shelter, however, it looks like rain."

[Arya the Unseen]

Why did S'kvari tell him? She questioned in her head as she hurried under the porch of the inn, rain starting to come down rather hard. "I do love this place. It's peaceful. I especially love to sit up by the old dragon burial mound and look at all the beautiful landscaping. However," She gave a small chuckle, looking out into the rain. "I doubt you want to do that in all this rain."

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"Well, here, I can persuade it to leave." He stepped out into the rain and looked to the sky. "LOK, VAH KOOR!" he Shouted before rejoining her under the awning. Within 30 seconds, the rain had died down and the clouds parted, showing the sunlight.

[Arya the Unseen]

The younger Nord's eyes sparkled with amazement. "Wow... You Shouted at it and it left. That's so cool... Wait, does this mean you do want to go up to the mound with me?" Her voice changed from amazement to a shy, quiet tone when she asked the last part. This was starting to feel more and more like a date to her, but she knew that couldn't be what it was.

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"That was my intention, yes." He slid his mask down to show her his warm smile. He slid Otar's mask back up before saying, "Y'know, that Shout is called 'Clear Skies' and it does exactly what you think it does."

[Arya the Unseen]

"Clears the skies?" She laughed, already knowing the answer. Together, the made the trek up to the dragon burial site. When they got up there, Arya ran over and sat down close to the edge of the hill. The woman looked back at Wilhelm, a smile on her face, and motioned for him to sit down by her.

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

He moved over to her, noticing that the mound was still filled. Good, one less dragon to worry about later. he thought. He sat down next to her and removed his mask and cowl, letting the warm sunshine soak into his face.

[Arya the Unseen]

For the longest time, she sat there, staring happily out over the landscape, enjoying her friends company. However, something kept on gnawing at her. He talked a lot of their furry Legate friend, and she couldn't help but wonder, were they more than friends? However, she couldn't bring herself to ask, that might get her in a place she didn't want to be. Instead she just kept looking around, trying hard to keep up her smile. Still, it was obvious that something was bothering her.

In an attempt to keep her mind off of it, she looked over at him and tried to start conversation. "So, have you done anything spectacular lately?"

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"Other than killing a few dragons with Furball, not really. Of course, I always have to drag my pointy-eared friend away from the ale, but nothing special. What about yourself?"

[Arya the Unseen]

"Oh nothing really. I went home and slept a couple of days after we fought Krosis. After that... I mostly just stayed home. Either no one needed a sellsword or they didn't want to hire me because I'm a woman." She said with a bit of a shrug. "Lucky, I still have a little bit of the money S'kvari gave me last time she contracted me, so I'll manage. You are lucky Wilhelm. Being a woman in Skyrim is hard enough. Being a female sellsword though... Oh, sorry. I'm rambling on about stuff you probably don't really care about. I apologize." She felt bad for going off on her mini speech about life, and quickly looked back out over the scenery.

"Wilhelm, feel free to tell me this is none of my buisness, I'm just curious. You talk about Legate S'kvari a lot. Are you two..." She trailed off, hoping he would catch her drift.

[Wilhelm Bear-Heart]

"It's quite alright." he laughed as she just went on. "I like hearing your voice, its sweeter than any music the bards could come up with." He looked up at the now clear skies, that is until she asked her question. He looked over at her, a warm smile on his face. "Are we more than friends? Yes, because we are both Dovahkiin, we're more like siblings than anything, nothing more, nothing less. I don't think I could have eyes for a fuzzy creature like her anyway."