Uná O’Brian & Nathan Caldwell
Location: School Grounds, Nurse’s Office; Hallway; Her Room & Library
Uná ran after Nathan with his shirt in her hand. She saw him running down the stairs and desperate enough to do the calculations in her head she vaulted over the railing to land just to the side of him.
Yay! Parkour!” She hoped he wasn’t too startled by the landing. She approached him softly and calmly.
Unlike my thundering heart...it was the jump...yeah the jump. “Hey Nathan. I know that run. You can’t outrun it forever. Trust me I tried. But it does help to talk about it. Plus you forgot your shirt. The less questions asked the better. Or at least that’s how I was...am...sometimes. Dammit I’m so confused will you put your shirt on so I can concentrate. Over here stuttering like an idiot cause a hot guy is shirtless.” She doesn’t hold it out at arms length. No she makes him step closer to her to get his shirt. She is very serious looking and seems very shy suddenly.
Uná’s landing scared the shit out of Nathan. He quickly realized it was her and tried to hide the pain him tensing in panic caused. He was out of breath and confused. Her words proved that she kind of understood what he was feeling. She read him perfectly. She stumbled on her words a bit before asking him to put on his shirt. He assumed it was because of his scars, but then she mentioned being nervous because a hot guy had his shirt off. Hot? Him? She must be trying to make him feel better and not bring up the obvious elephant strewn across his chest and back.
He stepped close to her and took the shirt in his hands, but didn’t pull away immediately. He wanted to say so much...he wanted to explain how much she’d meant to him in these moments that they’d known each other. That no one has ever showed that kind of concern for him...not even
her. Nathan’s mouth opened as though he was going to speak, but the words were jumbled...and he couldn’t get his thoughts together. All he could do is...kiss her. Using the shirt that they were both still holding onto, he pulled her in towards him and leaned in. He’d never kissed anyone before like this...he was running purely on instinct.
Uná felt him tug on the shirt and pulled her toward him. Then he leaned in. He wasn’t going to kiss her was he? She closed her eyes and held her breath. She’d never been kissed before and this just felt so right. Or maybe that’s how it always felt. No that’s not right. Other guys in San Diego had tried to kiss her but she had walked away. She couldn’t...wouldn’t move. She was...Then all rational thought stopped. It was just feeling after that.
His lips met hers and his heart dropped into his stomach in all of the right ways. The butterflies he was feeling fluttered like never before, and for that instant all of his pain and confusion went away. He just felt...her. It was the single greatest sensation he had ever felt, and despite the cool dampness of her clothes he felt the warmth of her skin beneath them. His eyes closed and he just enjoyed the moment...anxiety free for the first time in his entire fucking life.
Uná’s breath came out in a rush. Out of instinct she let her hands move up his bare arms and to his shoulders then on tiptoes clinging to him she opens her mouth to say something. Her mouth soft she thinks about pulling back. For a millisecond.
The moment of serenity and passion was overwhelming in so many ways, but Nathan embraced it. Once the kiss was over she clang to him as he wrapped his arms around her hips. He just held her for a moment. He didn’t want it to end. His brain began to boot back up. He had just kissed a girl. Holy shit. His anxiety turned up to 11.
“I’m so sorry...That was uncalled for...that was...amazing.”
Uná opened her eyes and focused on him...apologizing?
“Shush. Don’t you dare apologize for my first kiss. That wasn’t uncalled for it’s been building since I touched you. And yes amazing comes to mind. Interstellar. Cosmic. Phenomenal. They say practice makes perfect right? Again? Surely we imagined that first time.”
Wait...she
liked it? His neural system stuttered from pure shock, but also pure fucking ecstasy. She suggested they try again, for the sake of “practice”; that made him laugh and smile from ear to ear.
“I don’t know what to say right now...so I just won’t” He leaned down toward her again; kissing her with as much passion as the first time around. This time though his body pressed against hers even more than before out of instinct. He released himself to the desire entirely. What a fucking day.
Uná had that feeling of flying all over again. If she’d have known kissing was like this she’s have insisted to the fates that she wanted to meet him sooner. Kissing him back with as much abandon as passion that he poured over her. Something in her shifted and she was suffused in joy which quickly turned to passion that matched Nathan’s own. Her mouth softened under his and she pressed the tip of her tongue to the center of his lips. Uná made a small kittenish noise. She didn’t even know she could make that sound.
Nathan felt her tongue press between his lips. He didn’t resist it, and tried to mimic what she was doing in return. He could feel the blood pumping through his body as his heartbeat sped up even faster. As the kiss ended she made a noise that made his heart stop. It was the single most arousing thing he’d ever heard. He bit his lip nervously as he opened his eyes and met hers.
”It was even better the second time around.” He couldn’t believe he could even process words in this moment, but they came out rather smoothly...for him at least.
“We should try this again sometime.” . He chuckled with flustered anxiousness. Nathan’s smile widened and he simply said the thing that’s been running through his head…
”What a fucking day.”
Uná blinked to get her eyes to focus and the fireworks in her brain. She felt like she had rolled in fuzzy seeds of dandelions all warm and fuzzy. She felt like curling up on his chest and just staying there. She buried her nose in his collarbone and clung to him after meeting his eyes and blushing. For once she was at a loss for words and hummed against his skin in affirmation to his statements. She was very sleepy and drowsy. She hummed a tune in her head that wanted out. She felt boneless and happy. One thought invaded her mind.
What happens now? Is this too fast? It feels too fast...I don’t know I need to think and someone to talk to. Oh my gods what about what everyone else will think?!? What about Nikolai? I know more about him than Nathan. Shoot I know more about Joseph than either of them!! I know that Joseph has a sister and that’s more than I know about Nathan. I have no idea what his last name even is. Where he was from? If he has siblings. All those little things. Thinking those thoughts she stepped back a bit and leaned a hip against the railing. She hadn’t left his arms more like leaned back a bit to look up at him better. Looking up at Nathan she looked a bit puzzled.
“What happens now?” She sounded thoroughly kissed. Well how she thought someone thoroughly kissed would sound. Thinking that maybe he had an answer to that question.
Nathan could feel the shift in the atmosphere; a subtle change from bliss to ponderence. He wasn’t the best when it came to social cues, but this came off loud and clear. Uná leaned back slightly, not pulling away from him but still the distance meant something, and he felt it. Her question cut to the point in a way that Nathan appreciated. He wanted desperately to know what she was thinking. Why couldn’t his mutation have telepathy? He cleared his quivering throat so that he could speak.
“I...honestly have no idea.” His mind was racing.
“This was my first kiss to….if you can believe it.”” He smiled his broken, half smile as he attempted humor to perhaps lighten the mood. His fear was that there weren’t any real answers for her question. He’d try anyway.
“What I know...what I can honestly say is that I have never met anyone that made me feel more comfortable or normal than you have since the moment we met. And that’s insane...because we met in the middle of absolute chaos at a school for people who are literally far from normal.” He lowered his eyes closer to hers.
“That has to mean something. However, I acted on emotion and instinct when I kissed you. I don’t regret it, but I understand if I it was weird...or to soon. Where we go from here is entirely up to you Uná, but I would really like to get to know you more.””
Uná nodded and tilted her head looking at Nathan.
“Normal? You are normal Nathan. Normal is subjective. Ever thought that other normal people were aberrations and that we are the future? I know that sounds a bit on the Brotherhood side of things but as long as you don’t take it too far its a good point. But I agree that it does mean something that feeling and that kiss. That can’t be your first kiss!! And yes getting to know you better is in the plan. That being said this idea for a study group is a good one. I’m going to the library in a few minutes...after I get out of these wet clothes. I’ve told Nik and if you can bare to part with me I’ll get going. You still need to cover up...” She smiled as she teased him running her fingers through his dark hair.
They were the future? That concept was something that Nathan had never considered before this moment. Could it be the case that
they were the new normal? He wasn’t entirely convinced. His heart warmed as she ran her fingers through his hair. He didn’t want to part with her, but she was right...this moment couldn’t last forever. He pulled away from her gently, taking his shirt from her and sliding on. He was just glad that she wanted to figure out what all of this meant instead of shooting him down. It meant more than she would ever know.
”Okay. Yeah that makes sense. Go get changed...I’ll go back to nurse and apologize for acting like a crazy person. I really do think Isaac broke my ribs.” He laughed though it was clear it hurt to do so. He was still breathing heavy; partially because of the moment they had shared, but also because it was difficult to catch his breath when it hurt to breath in deeply.
”I’ll meet you at the library in a bit if the nurse lets me. If not I’ll see you...whenever.” He was smiling from ear to ear. He let a small, awkward silence sit but realized it and leaned in to kiss her on the cheek before making his way back up the stairs.
Uná watched him walk away with more than a little regret then made a beeline for her room and changed into a
pair of high waisted button up shorts and a blue shirt she tied off in front and taking off her still soaking socks and shoes she decided to go with a pair of
Star Wars slip ons. Yes she was a bit of a nerd but she really liked the whole philosophy and could watch all of the movies anytime they came on. She brushed out her hair and put it in a
fishtail french braid that was to one side. She grabbed the Calc book and her notebook for classes and grabbed her History and English Lit as well just in case. Tossing them in her bag she headed for the Library.
She left a note for Temperance that she was studying in the Library and that she was welcome to come if she wanted to. She felt like if Temperance got out more then maybe she’d ease into the school and having more friends might be good for her. She had a heart of gold but sometimes all anyone saw was the temper. She’d been a pretty decent roommate and being with her a week now Uná felt like she wasn’t doing herself any favors by shutting most everyone out. Uná added on the note that she hoped that she’d come out at least to say hi.
She arrived at the library and saw that there were other people in the front and looking around finally saw Nikolai. His feet were propped up on the table and he was buried in his phone. He hadn’t seen her yet and she took a moment to take it all in. The sunlight fell on him and made for a very pretty picture. She grinned at the fact that even after the fight his hair was not out of place and wondered at the sight.
How much product did that take? She came over and set her books down taking the seat in front of Nikolai in the sunshine.
“I brought some other subjects in case anyone needed help in those ones too. Did you see any of the others? I know that Sally, Khloe, D, Temperance and Joseph probably don't have the same classes that we do but I think Api does. Nathan was on his way back to the nurse, since he ran out and if she clears him to actually leave he might join us. For now its the two of us.” She blushed a bit at that.
“So did you want to get a jump on Calc? I brought History and English Lit just in case.”She was nervous and it showed as she arranged the subjects and got out her notebook, pencils, and pen.
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