Back History... Marry Me
I remember.....
I remember when I wasn’t Sick.... after Hank had found the cure.
He’d worked so hard an’ so long, an’ finally, at last, one a’ his potions seemed t’ work. He tried it on a girl who was ‘bout t’ die. It was her only shot, an’ we knew her brother from a long time ago. He was a Homosuperior, like us. His sister was human.
But the cure.... it seemed t’ work. So Hank went happy nuts an’ gave me the very next dose.
I got sick t’ my stomach, an’ went t’ bed, but I woke up the next mornin’.... It was like bein’ reborn. I was still blind, but I could understand what was happenin’ ‘round me, really understand. My emotions weren’t goin’ crazy, I wasn’t always gettin’ hot or cold, an’ I could think about stuff.
I remember wakin’ in Hank’s arms an’ layin’ there for an hour, jus’ listenin’ to him breath an’ sleep... it was a heaven I’d never know before.
When he woke up the first thing I did was kiss him. I loved him so much right then, an’ right after he went nuts n’ asked me so many questions I had a headache.
“Shut up,” I finally told him, an’ he stopped talkin’ real fast. Then I smiled an’ touched his face, an’ he purred and rubbed his cheek int’ my hand.
“I wanna get married,” I said softly, rememberin’ his proposal an’ the man he’d taken me t’ see, the man who studied the Old books about stuff called religion, the stuff that would tie people together forever usin’ love. That’s what I wanted now, more than anythin’, was to be with him forever.
Hank sorta gasped, an’ I felt him shake his head.
“I could never, if you were not in the right mind...” he trailed off. I kissed him again.
“You saved me, I love ya, I wanna get married like you told me about,” I said. He thought for a long time, then chuckled an’ kissed me again.
- - -
Th’ next day we went t’ Hank’s friend, an’ old man named Kurt who lived in a dusty hole of a buildin’ a few blocks away from our home. He was all laughs n’ cheery conversation when we found him, an’ he brought us in at once.
He asked me if I knew what marriage was, an’ I told him it was when two people who loved each other was linked forever, no matter what happened. He agreed, an’ then started recitin’ somethin’, talkin’ to the Heavenly Father an’ askin’ Hank an’ I if we would do anythin’ for each other, no matter what. We both said yes, an’ Kurt grinned an’ told us we were married.
Maybe it’s dumb, but as soon as he said that I was filled with a feelin’ of happiness so... so powerful an’ real I almost burst int’ tears, instead laughin’ an’ launchin’ myself int’ Hank’s arms as he also laughed, then gave me one a’ the longer kisses I ever had.
When we parted I hugged him, an’ Kurt laughed at us an’ told us t’ get outta his house, visit him when we had an interest in more than each other.
That night Hank carried me back to the home, n’ lay me on our bed, kissin’ my neck an’ lips. It was so wonderful, I could have stayed there in his arms forever.
“Hank, I wanna be closer,” I mumbled, recognizing what my body, spirit, and mind wanted from him now.
Hank chuckled, kissed me again, and was never needed t’ be asked twice.
I remember when I wasn’t Sick.... after Hank had found the cure.
He’d worked so hard an’ so long, an’ finally, at last, one a’ his potions seemed t’ work. He tried it on a girl who was ‘bout t’ die. It was her only shot, an’ we knew her brother from a long time ago. He was a Homosuperior, like us. His sister was human.
But the cure.... it seemed t’ work. So Hank went happy nuts an’ gave me the very next dose.
I got sick t’ my stomach, an’ went t’ bed, but I woke up the next mornin’.... It was like bein’ reborn. I was still blind, but I could understand what was happenin’ ‘round me, really understand. My emotions weren’t goin’ crazy, I wasn’t always gettin’ hot or cold, an’ I could think about stuff.
I remember wakin’ in Hank’s arms an’ layin’ there for an hour, jus’ listenin’ to him breath an’ sleep... it was a heaven I’d never know before.
When he woke up the first thing I did was kiss him. I loved him so much right then, an’ right after he went nuts n’ asked me so many questions I had a headache.
“Shut up,” I finally told him, an’ he stopped talkin’ real fast. Then I smiled an’ touched his face, an’ he purred and rubbed his cheek int’ my hand.
“I wanna get married,” I said softly, rememberin’ his proposal an’ the man he’d taken me t’ see, the man who studied the Old books about stuff called religion, the stuff that would tie people together forever usin’ love. That’s what I wanted now, more than anythin’, was to be with him forever.
Hank sorta gasped, an’ I felt him shake his head.
“I could never, if you were not in the right mind...” he trailed off. I kissed him again.
“You saved me, I love ya, I wanna get married like you told me about,” I said. He thought for a long time, then chuckled an’ kissed me again.
- - -
Th’ next day we went t’ Hank’s friend, an’ old man named Kurt who lived in a dusty hole of a buildin’ a few blocks away from our home. He was all laughs n’ cheery conversation when we found him, an’ he brought us in at once.
He asked me if I knew what marriage was, an’ I told him it was when two people who loved each other was linked forever, no matter what happened. He agreed, an’ then started recitin’ somethin’, talkin’ to the Heavenly Father an’ askin’ Hank an’ I if we would do anythin’ for each other, no matter what. We both said yes, an’ Kurt grinned an’ told us we were married.
Maybe it’s dumb, but as soon as he said that I was filled with a feelin’ of happiness so... so powerful an’ real I almost burst int’ tears, instead laughin’ an’ launchin’ myself int’ Hank’s arms as he also laughed, then gave me one a’ the longer kisses I ever had.
When we parted I hugged him, an’ Kurt laughed at us an’ told us t’ get outta his house, visit him when we had an interest in more than each other.
That night Hank carried me back to the home, n’ lay me on our bed, kissin’ my neck an’ lips. It was so wonderful, I could have stayed there in his arms forever.
“Hank, I wanna be closer,” I mumbled, recognizing what my body, spirit, and mind wanted from him now.
Hank chuckled, kissed me again, and was never needed t’ be asked twice.