Laughter echoed through the room as the sound of cars racing played in the background.

"I'm going to win Lorenzo and you will have to do whatever I say." Emilia smugly said. She cheered as she won first place while Lorenzo was placed in second.

Poking his cheek she said, "I win." Lorenzo grumbled, "Shut up."

She pouted, "Don't be grumpy that I won and you lost." He crossed his arms and turned away from her.

"Awe Lorenzo don't be a baby," She giggled. He ignored her, "Lorenzo, Lorenzo you can't ignore me forever." She said while shaking his shoulders.

Receiving no response she devised a plan to make him speak. "Okay, Lorenzo two can play that game," She said and walked out of the living room.

The next couple of hours they ignored each other. She decided to roam in the woods to pass by time.

Walking outside she smiled as she smelled the fresh air. She still couldn't grasp the fact that she was finally able to walk freely without her father breathing down her neck. 

She stretched her arms out and sighed as she hid behind a tree. She stripped and shifted into a tiger.

Having a beaming smile that graced her soft features she ran through the forest. She exhaled as the unfamiliar scents danced across her nose. 

Her ear twitched as she heard the sound of water running, she forced her body to go in the direction of that sound. Silently gasping as she saw the scenery that was laid before her. 

A beautiful waterfall stood tall and proud before her. Dark- green water poured down, a broken branch stood in the water creating a ladder to climb to the top of the cliff. 

Plants had made their home on top of some of the rocks, along with bright green algae. Her eyes took it all in trying to memorize the landscape before her. 

Walking carefully to the pool of water she dipped in a paw to test if it was warm enough to enter. Grinning widely as she felt the warm water, she shuffled backward and ran forward while shifting mid-air. 

She plopped into the water and felt that her feet could touch the ground underneath her. She put her arms out to try and float on the water, it took a couple of tries before she managed to float.

Giggling excitedly she started paddling similar to a dog trying to swim. Practically choking on the water as she couldn't figure out how to keep her head above the water. 

She groaned as she came to a stop in the middle of the water, she started thinking of ways to try to get herself to swim properly. She saw a branch floating near a rock and decided to collect it.

Having the branch in front of her she tried putting her body on top of it but fell off as the branch couldn't support her weight. Starting to get frustrated she flung the branch and watched as it broke in half when it hit a tree that was several feet away. 

"Need any help there Lia?" A voice chuckled out as she turned her head to face the sound of the voice.  There stood Lorenzo with her clothes in his arms. 

"Oh so now you speak, huh?" She spoke as she raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, I'm sorry that I took it out of proportion. I was a little upset that I lost," Lorenzo mumbled sheepishly. 

"A little? You were very dramatic it's just a game if you won I would've congratulated you." Emilia said. She got a pointed look from Lorenzo, "Okay fine I wouldn't congratulate you, I would most likely try to beat you up for winning."

"But I should be ignoring you because you were doing it first so bye," She said while attempting to swim away. Keyword attempting because all she could do was awkwardly move her hands back and forth without moving her body.

Her face turned red when she realized she wasn't moving an inch, "Do you-" Lorenzo tried to speak but was cut off when he saw Emilia go underwater. 

He panicked thinking she was drowning and threw her clothes to the side while taking his clothes off. Diving into the water he swam towards her body but grew confused when he saw her body sitting on the ground. 

Getting close to her he wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her to the surface of the water. They both gasped as air went into their lungs, Lorenzo couldn't believe that Emilia was trying to drown herself. 

He turned to her and grab roughly onto her arms, "I can't believe you were trying to drown yourself. Were you really thinking of leaving all this behind, were you planning on leaving me too?"

His eyes started to water at the thought of Emilia not being by his side, he couldn't imagine a world without her. She was his world so without her he would just be mindlessly roaming around with no plan in mind. 

Suddenly he felt the back of his head aching, he looked up to see Emilia biting her lips and a stern expression plastered on her face with her hand raised in the air. 

"You dummy, why I would I try to do that to myself? I know the risks okay, plus how could I leave you behind? The only person in the world who is my friend, someone I can finally have a conversation with. You are too precious to be left behind, so for another second don't think like that, or I will beat you up." Emilia said seriously.

She felt arms wrap tightly around her waist and felt his head on her neck. She put one hand on his head and the other to softly rub his back. 

Whispering promises to him she felt his body shaking and grew scared. "Are you okay, are you hurt?" She lifted his head up and she felt her heartbreak.

Lorenzo had tears running down his cheeks, they were painted red along with his eyes. His bottom lip was wobbling as he tried to keep himself from crying out.

He looked sad but beautiful at the same, Emilia didn't know whether to stare or cry. Pushing some hair away that slightly covered his eyes she pouted at him. 

"Don't cry it's breaking my heart to see you like that, why don't you show me your beautiful smile huh?" Emilia said trying to get him to stop crying. He shook his head and put his head near her neck and rubbed his cheek on her soft skin. 

A lightbulb went off in her head and she grinned widely, "If you stop crying I will let you sleep in my bed to cuddle." Immediately he stopped his actions and peered at her to see if she was joking. 

He was met with a grin that graced her lips and he was tempted to plant his lips onto hers but he restrained. Pondering over her suggestion he debated if he should say yes because he didn't think he could have another offer where he was invited to lay next to her.

Making up his mind he said yes and got an excited squeal to leave past her lips. She wrapped her arms around him to hug him tightly. 

"Yay I was hoping you would say yes because I wanted to sleep with you today. Thank you for saying yes, now can you teach me how to swim, please? It's difficult to do it by myself." Emilia said happily.

"In a little bit, I want to still feel your body against mine," Lorenzo said as he glided his hands to settle on her hips. He rubbed circles on her soft skin and put his head on her neck to kiss it softly. 

Emilia's face flushed pink as she felt him do something so intimate as she has never done before with anyone. She tensed as she remembered that she was naked and Lorenzo was holding onto her skin. 

Quickly, pushing him off off her she tried scrambling away from his touches. He whined at the loss of her touch, "Mate come back let me rest my hands on your soft skin."

"No, Enzo I can't because I'm naked so move away," Emilia said while sinking further into the water to avoid him to peek at her form.

Staring wide-eyed at Emilia, Lorenzo looked at his hands then back to her. "Y-you mean my hands were touching your naked body?" He stuttered out now flustered at the thought of him touching her.

"Yes, Lorenzo you were, now stop bringing it up please it's making embarrassed. I guess we have to swim another time because now it's too embarrassing to do anything." Emilia said.

He nodded his head, "Okay do you want to get out now?" "Yes, I do you can get out first and start walking back to the house. I don't want you to get any more ideas," She said.

His eyes practically bugged out of his head, "No, I can't leave you first what if you're hurt and I can't get to you on time."  

"Ugh, fine just go put on clothes and turn around so I can get dressed too." Emilia sternly said.

He gave a firm nod and started waddling towards the edge of the water, he lifted himself up in a sensual way that Emilia was in a trance. She could feel her gums ache as an unfamiliar feeling course through her body. 

She turned away so she wouldn't mark and mate with Lorenzo, she didn't think she was ready for that. Would he be disgusted that she was practically going to jump him there and then?

"Emilia I'm done changing here is your clothes," Lorenzo said while placing her clothes on the ground. "Thank you Enzo," She said while softly smiling.

Walking towards the edge she was about to get up but she noticed Lorenzo standing in the same spot where he laid her clothes. She made eye-contact with him, "Uh, sir you do realize that I need you to move so I can get out and change."

His face flushed red and he put his hands to his face to cover his eyes. He turned around, so Emilia took that as a hint to get out.

Lorenzo heard the water splashing and knew that she was out of the water. He wanted to turn around to take a peek at her body but he respected her so he would wait until she allowed him to see her.

Feeling someone tap him he turned around to see Emilia standing shyly while putting a loose strand of hair behind her ear. He couldn't stop staring at her beauty, he didn't know someone could have so much beauty.

But here was the living proof standing before him, Emilia his mate, the person who he is going to spend the rest of his days with. She was going to be his queen as he, her king, he wanted to show her what the world has to offer.

He stuck his hand out so she could grasp it, she took it into her own. They sighed out feeling tingles run their spine, they looked at each other with adoration in their eyes.

Tugging on her hand, he guided her through the forest and listened to her mini-rant about things that she saw today. He was amused as to how she got excited over little things, she was telling him how she saw a cute ladybug and picked it up to let it crawl over her hand.

He was smiling the entire way, enjoying the fact that she could be herself around him. Opening the door to the house he moved out the way to let her go through.

"Thank you, Enzo for listening to my rant, normally I would be told to shut up but you, you just keep surprising me. So let me freshen up before you can sleep next to me, and you take a shower to mister." Emilia said.

He watched as she went up the stairs but not before she smiled at him before disappearing. Sighing out he went into his bedroom, he picked out a black shirt with grey sweatpants.

Grabbing a blue boxer he went into the bathroom and turned on the faucet. The mirrors quickly became foggy and he stripped out of his clothes.

Feeling the water run down his back he ran his hands threw his hair. He stopped and stared at his hands, the hands that were touching her naked form.

He couldn't help but let a smile grace his lips, she comforted him without being forced to do so. She cared for him deeply as he did to her, he couldn't wait till she finally had his mark that displayed that she was his.

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Emilia jumped onto her bed, she sighed out as she felt how soft her covers were. She was feeling excited to know that she would be in close proximity to Lorenzo.

Knocking on her door caused her to jump up, her eyes grew wide as she knew Lorenzo was standing outside her door. Trying to scramble off her bed she tripped onto the floor and fell with a thud.

Yelling out a quick I'm okay to let Lorenzo know that she was okay before he started freaking out. She got off the floor and opened the door.

She froze as she took in his attire, he looked mouth-watering and felt her own starting to salivate the longer she stared at him. He chuckled as he saw her checking him out, "You like what you see?"

"Yes, I do. I need to get a good look at my mate that is all mine," She said feeling slightly possessive of him at that moment.

He growled, "Of course baby, I'm all yours and no one else's." Her eyes grew dark at that statement and she bit her lip, "Mhm."

"May I come in?" Lorenzo rasped out. She nodded her head and moved aside to let him come in.

Roaming his eyes in her room his eyes focused on her bed and saw how her cover was on the floor. Emilia grabbed his hand to push him onto the bed, his body flew gently onto it.

She grabbed the cover off the floor and threw it onto the bed. She fixed it before she laid next to him, they stared at each other which felt like years before Emilia spoke.

"Your eyes are beautiful, so dark and mysterious," She said and laid her hand on his cheek. She grinned as she saw how he cuddled into her touch.

"You are adorable, Enzo like a puppy who barely came into the world." She giggled out. "No, I'm a big bad wolf, not a little puppy," he pouted.

"No, you are a puppy and there is nothing you could do to change my mind," She said while sticking her tongue out at him.

"And what the heck are you doing so far away from me? Put your body close to mine," She whined out. He scooted over and wrapped his arms around her.

Putting his head near her pillow, he lifted his hand to rest on her cheek. He rubbed random shapes on her cheek and she put her hands over his.

"Thank you, Enzo for being my first and only friend. You don't know how much it means to me, I've been isolated my whole life without a single friend. You are my guardian angel," She whispered and leaned in to kiss his cheek.

He smiled as his cheeks turned red, "Your welcome and you are my salvation, you are now the reason why I have a purpose in life."

"Hmm, good night Enzo, have sweet dreams," Emilia mumbled out sleepily. He kissed her cheek and laid his head onto her neck.

He snuggled closer to her and closed his eyes, they were finally at peace wrapped tightly in each other's arms. Both their dreams slowly becoming reality.