Echo had her gaze on Damon, as he kept a little distance from her. She couldn't believe her ears. Was she hearing things right? Or was she still asleep? She couldn't stop her thoughts that were raising. She felt like she could go mad any minute.
She moved forward, and planted a kiss on his cheek. "Happy?" She asked with a wide smile.
"Not what I had in mind, but…" he was cut off, when she smacked her lips on his.
Damon stared at her wide eyed, he could not believe what had happened. He smiled, as she stared at him.
Echo's heart was ready to fly away. She was so happy, and for once she knew exactly what he wanted. His smile made her cheeks blush, she felt them heat up, and she stepped away from him.
Neither of the two said anything while they had dinner, afterwards the two went into their separate rooms to sleep.
Echo laid on her bed, she couldn't sleep out of excitement. Her mind wandered, making her smile. Damon was the only person in her head. She wanted to spend her whole life with him, he was the sweetest person she had ever met, and he asked her to kiss him. Her heart was overjoyed, her cheeks were blushing, and her mind was raising.
Being unable to sleep, she left the bedroom, walking through the living room to the balcony. A silhouette of a man was on the balcony. Smiling, Echo walked towards him.
"Damon!" she called out.
Damon turned to her with a smile, a cold breeze whistled past them, "Can't sleep?"
"Yes!" She stood next to him, staring at the large training field that was now empty.
"What's keeping you up?" he asked, pushing a strand of hair off her face.
Echo felt her cheeks heat up, and shyly turned her gaze to the ground, pushing the strand of hair behind her ear.
Damon smiled at her cute reactions to his touch, "Why are you so cute around me?"
Echo cupped her cheeks, staring at the ground. She was taken aback when Damon held her chin and gently raised her head up. A small smile curved on her lips, but she couldn't make eye contact with him.
He stared at the cute girl in front of him, and without a single word he wrapped her arms around her.
Her eyes widened, as she felt the warmth radiating from his body. She felt herself feeling relaxed, and her mind eased. It fascinated her how a single hug from him can make her feel at ease… make her feel safe.
"Damon!"
"Hmm."
"I… I feel safe when I'm with you," Echo expressed her feelings, while leaning her head on his shoulders. She felt his hand on the back of her head.
Damon pulled back a little to look at her face. Her moonlit face made him want to kiss her, but he was not sure if he should. "Is it okay if I kiss you?"
Echo stared at Damon. Was he asking her permission to kiss her? She did not expect anything less from him, but it intrigued her. "Yes," a soft voice escaped her lips.
Before she could say anything, he pulled her head closer, landing his lips on her. He was gentle with her, and after a few seconds he pulled away. Her cheeks were red as a tomato.
Echo felt her body shiver as the breeze became much cooler, but she didn't want this moment to stop. It felt too special to her, he was her first love, and she wanted to spend this time with him. After all she had no clue what would happen tomorrow. What if the commander changed his mind, and took Damon away? No! She won't just stand by while the commander takes him away.
"Echo!" She heard him call her name. Echo raised her head to look at his ravishing face. He continued, "It's cold out here. We should go inside, and try to get some rest."
"But I don't want to have some rest… I want to stay here... with you, just a little while longer," Echo blurted with a pout.
Damon smiled, and cupped her cheeks, "We'll spend the whole day together tomorrow!"
"Promise?"
"Promise!" With that, Echo and Damon went to sleep for the night, still in their separate rooms. It took some time for the two of them to actually fall asleep, but their promise to spend time with each other the next day made them both equally excited.
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The next day came faster than expected, Echo hopped out of bed with newfound energy, as she got ready for her first "date" with Damon. She donned a cute off shoulder, blue crop top, and blue denim jeans, with white sneakers. Her hair was a half up halo braid.
Taking a glance at herself in the mirror one last time, Echo stepped out of her room.
Hunter yawned on the bed, shaking herself, then jumped off and followed Echo.
Echo smiled, and looked around the living room for Damon. He was not out yet, so she silently walked to the balcony.
The field was full of soldiers training, Echo smiled when Sebastian noticed her and gave her a nod.
"Who are you looking at?" Damon asked, approaching Echo from behind. He wrapped his arms around her waist, before she could turn to him.
Echo felt a warm tingly breath on her neck, tickling her. She leaned back on his soft, muscular body, exhaling to calm herself down. None of her trained techniques calmed her nerves down. The mere thought of him next to her drove her crazy, but now that he had his arms around her, she was drowning.
Her muscles tensed up, and her breath ragged, like she had just run for miles. Closing her eyes, she tried to calm down, but nothing was working.
"Did you just fall asleep again? Or are you tricking me so that you don't have to answer my question?" Damon asked, with a smirk, while tightening the grip around her waist.