A gleam in my eye
by lilyme
Hurting
[reviews]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Part: 4/6
Spoiler:BtVS Season 4
Main Characters/Pairing: Willow/Buffy, Xander, Giles, Anya
Disclaimer:I do not own these characters, they belong to Joss and Mutant Enemy.
Note #1:I wrote this when I was 17...and 'terribly innocent' ;) Had it on my computer ever since and only my beta recently convinced me to publish it. So...what's to say...it's not my best work ever and nowadays I can't even tell you what made me write Buffy/Willow in the first place...but, oh, well, here it is ;)
Note #2: Well, of course I'm doing the publishing during the holidays. I mean what else are they there for? Except for writing stupid termpapers, maybe; though two of my termpapers deal with Buffy this semester, so maybe they aren't that stupid ;)
Note #3: Oh, almost forgot. Happy New Year, everyone!
Feedback: Pretty please :)))
-----------------------------------------------------------------
CHAPTER FOUR --- HURTING
On the walk back to their dorm, Buffy and Willow talked about where to spend the rest of their first day as not-yet-lovers. The blonde told her girlfriend about a wonderful garden, Heather Field, which was about three miles from the UC Sunnydale Campus. Since today was Saturday, they could enjoy a long night of loving twosome-ness. People rarely found their way to this serene spot, so they'd probably have the beautiful, sunset all to themselves.
At their dorm, they packed a bag with some blankets, hot tea, some sandwiches and fruit to eat. Also they took their coats along to keep themselves warm. It had been a relatively warm winter until this point, but you never know.
Packed with all supplies, they took off towards Heather Field. They walked hand in hand about thirty minutes, occasionally stopping to enjoy a loving hug or simply a little mooning session.
When they finally got there, the place was abandoned. Apparently, everyone else was at one of the many frat parties that were going on every weekend or they met at the Bronze, still the town's only noteworthy club to go to.
"Well, I guess we're all alone," Buffy said.
"Guess so," Willow smirked.
"Come on. There's a tree near the river. Very cozy to lean again and snuggle up," Buffy smiled, motioning for Willow towards it. "See? It's a willow," she grinned. "Did I ever tell you that I like willows very much...whether they are humans or not?" she added, purposefully making it sound silly.
"Well, the tree is buff, Buff," Willow played along, looking at the admittedly beautiful tree. With branches that easily reached the ground here and there. "It's a buffy willow-tree," she smirked. "How about we make it our tree?"
"Check. Our one and only snuggly, buffy willow-tree. Come here," Buffy sat down, leaning against the tree and motioned for Willow to sit between her legs, leaning against her. Willow did as she was asked and Buffy hugged her tightly.
"Hmm. This is nice," Willow said after a few minutes of comfortable silence.
"Sundown?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah." Willow replied, looking at the beautiful sky painted in red and the sun that had almost disappeared behind the big blue mountains. "But I meant this ... being here with you."
"Really?" Buffy teased, stroking Willow's arm.
"Of course. Like it too?"
"Yeah." Buffy leaned closer to Willow, her mouth now in reach of Willows ear. "But you know, what I would like as well?"
"What?" Willow grinned.
"Doing this." By saying this Buffy started to nibble at incredibly yummy-looking Willow's ear, sending shivers of joy through the redhead's body.
"Mmmm, Buffy...," Willow purred.
"You like?" Buffy quizzed, kissing Willow's neck.
"You know how long I have dreamt of this?" the redhead said softly.
"Well, you could've said something sooner," Buffy snickered and watched as Willow turned around, facing her.
She smiled softly, "You're one to talk, slayer."
And then there was this moment. The moment where you just know what is about to happen. Buffy was looking at the soft lips that had just made fun of her. Willow noticed this and edged closer.
Tentatively Buffy pressed her lips against Willow's, forcing Willow to whimper. The kiss was soft, gentle and chaste, but longer than kisses that only-friends happened to exchange sometimes.
After their lips parted, Buffy looked into a beaming face, flushed from Willow's knowledge that this had been probably the official start of their girlfriendish relationship.
"Hmm, that was nice." Buffy smiled. "Come here," she slung her right arm around Willow, moving the redhead closer to her, hugging her tightly as a new meeting of lips began.
Buffy traced Willow's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Willow allowed her willingly to enter, placing one hand on the back of Buffy's head, holding her tight. Buffy put her hands on the small of Willow's back, caressing her softly.
Soon they were lying on one blanket they had been sitting on before, Buffy on top of Willow, straddling her hips.
After a few minutes of kissing and giggling, Buffy sat up, opened the bag and pulled out a box with strawberries. Willow raised her eyebrows amused. Well, yeah, breakfast had been a pretty long time ago. But she was sure that her blond girl had also things on her mind...other than stilling a possible hunger.
Buffy lifted the lid and stuck one of them between her lips. She leaned forward and fed Willow with her mouth, both savoring the taste of the strawberry and each other's mouths.
After a few strawberry-tasted kisses, it was Willow's turn to feed Buffy. Some time in between, she had managed to swap positions with Buffy, never breaking the connection of their mouths.
After what seemed like years of just kissing and caressing each other, they snuggled up against each other, Buffy spooning her darling, hugging her, arms resting over the redhead's stomach and nuzzling her neck. One blanket covered them both, although the night was pretty warm, considering it was the end of December.
---
This warm winter was not just perfect to plan a happy lovers' camp-out, but also to plan a delicious vampires' bite-fest. And therefore, three vampires were strolling around near Heather field, looking for someone to eat.
Through her sleep, Buffy heard some twigs snapping, as the vampires approached. She woke up and looked around. At first, she didn't see anything, her eyes needed to adjust to the darkness first. But after several seconds, she made sight of two bloodsucking fiends sneaking towards them. Carefully she disentangled from Willow, not wanting to wake the redhead up. She jumped at the vampires.
"All right. Let's make this quick," she said in a low voice.
The first vampire was easy to handle, he was pretty inexperienced and was dusted within ten seconds. As Buffy prepared to attack the second vampire, she heard Willow screaming in agony. A vampire hugged the redhead, just like she had done before and started biting down her neck.
"You fricking bastard!" Buffy exclaimed as she jumped around and saw the scenario. She ran towards them and kicked the vampire in the face, evoking a heavy nosebleed on his part. Quickly the slayer helped Willow to her feet and told her to run.
Buffy turned back to the two remaining vampires. "Come on, attack me!" she growled enraged.
"I don't know, I would like it much better to drink of your little friend. She's a nummy treat," the first one replied and patted his stomach.
"The only way to get to her, is over my dead body," the angry slayer replied.
"All right, then." The first vampire lunged at her, while the second one sneaked around them and grabbed Buffy from behind.
The two vampires tackled her, so there was no possible escape. Buffy reached in the pocket of her coat, knowing she had hidden a stake there. But when she reached it, the pocket was empty.
"Looking for this thing, little girl?" The vampire behind Buffy laughed, waving the stake in his hand. When he threw it behind him, he said "Oops! Look, what I did."
"That's no problem. I can take two vampires even without a weapon." Buffy bragged, not really believing her own words. Oh, Will, I wish you were here.
As if she had heard it, Willow stopped dead in her tracks after she ran a few hundred meters. Her left hand clutched to her bleeding neck wound. She felt that something wasn't quite right over at the field and decided to go back to the fighting spot and see if Buffy could use her help.
When she reached the place little later, she saw Buffy being held by one vampire, while the other was trying to drink of her. She took the stake, that she found in the grass and crept up to them, cautious not to make any sound. She reached the three and immediately managed to hit home, turning the first vampire into dust.
"Hey!" The remaining vampire exclaimed, but smirked at the same time. "Well, I guess, I have to kill you two too then."
"Wanna see you try. Now it's two against one, you see," Buffy said, glad that Willow had decided to go come back, but at the same time worried about her.
"Bring it on, then," the vampire teased.
Buffy punched him in the face, sending him flying backwards. In the time he needed to recover, Willow handed Buffy the stake, which the slayer immediately plunged into the vampire's chest.
When the danger was over, Buffy turned to Willow and hugged her tightly. "Oh, sweetie, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault. I should have known it was a bad idea to sleep out here."
"It's okay, Buffy. It's okay, really," Willow nodded slowly, but also felt that it was a little less than 'okay, really'.
Buffy started to cry. "No, it's not. It's my fault you got hurt. If those fiends would have killed you, I couldn't go on living...I love you..."
"Oh, Buffy. I love you, too." Willow reassured and put a kiss on Buffy's nose.
The blonde started to smile and kissed Willow's mouth quickly. "Now let me see your wound." Buffy tilted Willow's head lightly to take a look at the still heavily bleeding neck. "That thing is pretty deep. It's a miracle you're alive, at all."
As Buffy said the last words, Willow went unconscious and collapsed in Buffy's arms. They both slumped to the ground.
"Oh, my god. Will! Please, please, come back." Buffy screamed at her and patted her cheek a couple of times.
When Buffy's mind started working fully again, she wrapped Willow in the blankets to keep her warm and pressed a handkerchief from the backpack against Willow's neck to stop the bleeding. She took Willow in her arms and carried her away from Heather field. The hospital was more than five miles away and she didn't have a cell-phone to call an ambulance. So she decided to run over to the closest she could think of.
She only hoped that she'd make it in time.
---