Glass!

Arius could hear her, and he smiled. He wanted to hug her tightly, but there was a stabbing pain in his back every time he moved. The time that passed was indefinite, and once Arius spoke, he did so cheerfully. "Let's go home, then?"

He felt her nod, and then watched her lift herself up before carefully maneuvering over him to crawl out the shattered windshield.

It took awhile for Arius to get out, and once he did, he felt warm blood moving down his back. One of his traits as an Eternal was strength, resulting in harder to break bones and less bruising. Though, breaking skin didn't get any more difficult.

Arius's skin was still very much bruised and battered, and if it were a mortal, who knows what would happen? 

Arius now felt Zuna behind him lifting his shirt. After a good look he heard her laugh sarcastically with a dark tone. "Do you like pain? 'Cause bud, you really fucked up your back. Fucked." 

'So they wouldn't speak of the kiss? Good. That way it wouldn't give Zuna a chance to say she regretted it."

Arius chuckled. In addition to his thoughts, Zuna didn't swear very often, but when she did, one could say that she was very serious. By now he could feel blood moving down his leg. "Glass?"

"Glass? Oh there's glass! And I'm sure there's a lot more glass embedded in there that I can't see!" Zuna spoke with her brows furrowed in vexation. Unbeknownst to Arius, she was trying to restrain herself from pulling the shards out while spewing curses. "Did you know this would happen?"

"I didn't not expect it." Arius answered.

With a solemn expression, Zuna pulled his shirt up over his head and away with no difficulty due to his complete willingness. "You don't deserve this shirt."

Arius watched as she walked away with his once white shirt, full of holes and stained with blood. He started following behind her, looking bewildered.

✴

The sky was orange as they looked toward the sunrise, complimented by it's reflection in the waters below.

She had his shirt slung over her shoulder, sitting next to him on a ledge while dangling over a lake. They weren't very high up, as the bridge only lifted above the water enough that it could be traveled on. She turned her head towards Arius, her eyes lingering on his strong shoulders and great pectorals. 

He had ended up killing himself to get rid of the injuries, leaving remnants of dry blood. When Arius turned his head to lock eyes with her, he smiled and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Shoulders. Blood too." Her answer came. 

Arius didn't lose his smile as he turned his gaze towards the rising sun. There was a teasing look in his eyes. "Have you ever gone skinny dipping?"

Without answering, she shifted backward to angle her body slightly to face him, and then with her leg extended, she pushed him. As much as he tried to resist, he still fell in, inadvertently splashing her when he landed in the water.

It was actually deeper than he'd thought it would be. He went under and then came to the surface coughing, and then coughing over his laughter.

Her clothes were slightly damp now, but after having pushed him in, any enmity was put to rest. She grinned triumphantly.