Magical Bonds

@ BearGirl

Her legs still trembled with the aftershocks of her orgasm as Blaise finally pulled away from her pussy, the girl gasping for breath as he pulled his cock from her mouth. She'd swallowed all of his cum obediently, even though she'd been surprised when he'd cum too. She looked up at him as he moved to sit beside her, her arms and legs still tied down with the vines he'd summoned earlier. She licked her lips as he presented his fingers to her, nodding obediently as she wrapped her lips around them, moaning as she sucked her juices from them.

Once his fingers were cleaned she took them from her mouth, licking her lips once again to try to clean herself up a bit. "Thank you, sir, for letting me cum. And for giving me your cum." She murmured, struggling a little against her restraints, wondering what he might possibly want to do now.

@ katahdin

Once Esther had cleaned him off, Blaise leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips. He let out a small hum, tasting their juices on her lips before leaning back. His eyes glanced over her body, thinking for a moment before reaching down and moving his hand in between her cunt. The vines around her loosened up a bit but not letting go of Esther completely. But just loose enough that Esther would be able to tug out of it if she really wanted to.

His thumb then pressed against her sensitive nub and started to slowly circle it. "Do you want to keep cumming or are you done?" Blaise asked her, a little smirk on his face. He was happy with either decision but it was her decision to make. He knew that they weren't going to be able to keep playing like this for much longer.

@ BearGirl

Esther kissed him back happily, closing her eyes as she relaxed after a very satisfying orgasm, but once she felt Blaise's hand on her clit again she whimpered, her hips bucking needily. She opened her eyes to look at him, biting her lip to feign innocence as she nodded eagerly.

"If you'll let me, sir.." she murmured, attempting to spread her legs more for him. She was still quite worked up, likely because they hadn't been able to spend much time like this with her morning sickness being so bad, and she knew that it wouldn't be too much longer before she couldn't do things like this, or before Blaise had no interest in fucking her.

@ katahdin

Blaise let out a small chuckle at Esther's words. He had been rather sure that she would be interested in continuing this. With how wet she got so fast... and the fact that Esther seemed desperate before they even got started. It was pretty sure that Esther was in need of some long, loving attention and Blaise was more than happy to provide that for her.

So, Blaise had the vines tighten around Esther again so that she couldn't move from their grip. Her wrists stayed in the same place but the vines pulled her legs so they were bent at either side of her pussy. Blaise stood over her and played with her clit, moving his finger at an even pace but doing so slowly so that she would only get worked up. Some more vines started to appear and started to wrap around her breasts, squeezing them tight at the base.

@ BearGirl

A month or so later, and it was nearly time for them to find out the gender of their baby. Esther and Blaise had gone back and forth for a while about finding out the gender beforehand or wanting to wait and be surprised, but eventually settled on finding out together. The appointment was in a few days, and Esther was both excited and nervous. Her morning sickness had subsided considerably, but she'd been having awful mood swings, and barely slept most nights. Blaise was wonderful with calming her down, as always, but despite her best efforts, her thoughts always wandered back to why he refused to marry her. He had never given her a great reason, and every time a nurse at the hospital or some stranger in the grocery store made a comment about how lucky she must be to have a husband so kind and caring etc, it hurt her more than she let on.

Today, Esther had decided to take it easy and lay on the couch watching movies, picking at the array of snacks she'd found in the kitchen. She had a few sandwiches, a bag of chips, a jar of pickles, peanut butter, a slice of cake, and a container full of blueberries. She'd been having some interesting cravings lately, so she'd figured out it was best to get as many different snacks as she could so she didn't have to get up whenever she wanted something different. The movie she'd put on was some romcom she'd seen a million times before, but as the characters talked about marriage she couldn't help but frown, thoughts drifting back to her and Blaise.

"Blaise?" She called, knowing he was around somewhere. He never wandered too far from her these days, in case she needed help with anything. "Blaise? Why aren't we getting married?" She'd asked him the same question a number of times in the last few weeks, but he never gave a good answer, and with her mood swings and insecurities teaming up against her, it was impossible for her to not ask.

@ katahdin

As Esther called out to him again about the topic of marriage, Blaise couldn't help but let out a sigh. The truth was he was getting annoyed with her asking again and again. As far as he was concerned, Blaise had made his thoughts on it very clear. He loved her but marriage right st that moment was not a good idea. Blaise wanted to wait until the pregnancy was over. Until he could ask her and be sure that Esther was marrying him because she loved him, not because he accidentally got her pregnant. Besides, Blaise didn't want everyone to get overwhelmed with pregnancy AND planning a wedding. It seemed like too much at once.

"We have already talked about this. It's just not a good idea right now." Blaise called out to her, not standing up from his seat. The slight annoyance in his voice coming though, although he tried to hide it. He was just a room over from her. While Esther was moving along in her pregnancy, Blaise thought it would be a good time to work on his own lessons to become an highly advanced magic user. He was currently leaning over a small terrarium, trying to create his own eath like ecosystem.

@ BearGirl

Esther's frown only deepened at his dismissal, especially when she heard the annoyance in his voice as well as his sigh. She knew he didn't like talking about it, but it was frustrating that he never gave a good answer. She forced herself to stand from the couch with a little huff, resting a hand on her growing stomach as she headed to the next room stopping in the doorway. He didn't like her being nearby when he was practicing his magic, incase anything bad happened, but she wanted to look at him for this conversation.

"You always say that.. or say some other unsatisfying answer to get me to stop talking about it... I don't understand why you don't want to get married. I know you love me, and I love you, so why shouldn't do it? And it's not like we have to get married right now, we could wait until the baby arrives, or just go to City Hall and elope...." Esther rambled, fiddling with the hem of her shirt and adjusting her leggings, frowning as she looked over at him. "Do.. Do you not want to marry me ever? Is it because I'm a Pruitt? Or because I got pregnant? Or because you just don't like me enough? Do your parents and grandma not like me? Is it cause you just like having me around for sex now, but don't really want me around forever?" She took a hesitant step forward, starting to freak herself out with her rambling. "It's none of those things, right? Right?"

@ katahdin

A displeased growl left Blaise as Esther walked into the room that he was performing his magic. She knew that he didn't want her around this stuff right now. Even though Blaise wasn't doing anything dangerous in particular, there was always a risk. Especially since he was performing master level magic. It didn't matter how harmless it was supposed to be if anything went off then disaster could strike. He threw his hands down on the table and all of his hard work disintegrated. Though Blaise was more annoyed that he had to stop for a conversation they have had way too many times.

"You sound fucking insane, Esther." Blaise snapped at her. He was normally a very calm man and there wasn't a lot that could make him break but Esther was pushing all of the buttons. "Just because you don't like the answer I give you, doesn't mean you can keep picking at me to change my mind. You know why I don't want to marry you. Isn't the baby enough?! Don't you feel like there is already too fucking much going on right now? Fuck, can't you just calm down about this?"

Blaise stood up from his seat and started to pack up the items he had been using for his ritual. "And I told you not to come in here. Why do you never listen to what I say? It's like everything I say to you gets ignored and you just do whatever the fuck you want!"

@ BearGirl

Esther flinched as his hands slammed down on the table, looking as if he'd actually hit her as he snapped at her. She was glad that he quickly turned his attention to cleaning up, not wanting to see how upset she was. Clearing her throat she stepped back from the doorway, giving a little nod.

"Oh... I-Im sorry, Blaise... I'll leave you alone now, I promise.. You won't hear from me again. I'll.. I'll give you some space, ok?" She murmured softly before turning to head back into the other room. She grabbed the book she'd been reading from the nightstand before grabbing the overnight to go bag Blaise had made her pack earlier that week, in case for some reason there was an emergency and they needed to go to the hospital. She'd never thought she'd need it, but now she was grateful, since it made slipping out of the room while Blaise was still busy quick and easy.

Once she was hurrying through the halls she let herself start crying, terrified of what he'd said. He made it seem like she had forced him to agree to have the baby, that she hadn't asked him and just went ahead and did it anyway, and if he thought that about their child, what did he think about their relationship? She barely heard Blaise's mother down the hall talking to her as she rushed down the stairs and out the front door, not even bothering with her shoes as she hurried away from the Reonas house and toward her family's home. She couldn't stay there with him, not after what he'd said, and the only place she could think to go was home to her mother, who no doubt would tell her 'I told you so', but at least she'd be home.

However, when her mother answered the door and the older woman saw the state of her daughter, she pulled her into a hug without a word, quietly offering her reassurances as Esther finally broke down and wept.

@ katahdin

It was not until the next morning that Blaise had realized that Esther had completely left the house. He had known that their fight was a bad one, but Blaise didn't think that Esther would leave... But he wasn't thinking about much last night as he was too furious about the situation. In fact, he was still angry about it and finding out that Esther had left only made it worse.

Though after a few days had gone by, Blaise had managed to calm down enough to give Esther a call. He believed that both of them were in the wrong, but since he was the one who yelled, he figured he should call first. Plus, Esther was pregnant so that definitely gave her another point for getting the apology first. Blaise called her a few times over the next two days and was starting to get annoyed that she wasn't answering or texting him back...until Blaise found Esther's dead phone in their bedroom. Although he wanted to apologize and see her, Blaise couldn't strike up the courage to face Esther's mother as he was sure she had gone to her family's home.

But a little over a week from their fight, Blaise got a call from the hospital saying that Esther had missed her appointment and asking if she was okay. That was when Blaise finally got the courage to make his way to Esther's mother's house with a bouquet of flowers, her phone and a tub of her favorite ice cream. Blaise knocked on the door before taking a few steps back, feeling worried about what her mother would say. Even more worried about what Esther would say. But he needed to check on her.

@ BearGirl

Miriam opened the door shortly after Blaise knocked, her eyes narrowing slightly as she took him in. She'd been caring for Esther over the past week, and while she knew that the girl was upset and had every right to be, she also knew that avoiding Blaise wouldn't help anything. "I suppose you're here to see Esther.. Did she call you?" She told Esther a few times to let Blaise know what had happened, but the girl had refused.

With a sigh Miriam stepped back, allowing Blaise to come inside. "She's in the garden out back. Has been since at least dawn. I know you two fought but be gentle with her right now she's.. she's in a delicate spot." Her mother warned, leading him through the house and to the back patio that led out to the large garden. Miriam pointed out where her daughter was sitting before returning inside, wanting to give them some privacy.

Esther was tucked away toward the back corner of the garden, away from the neatly trimmed hedges and rose bushes and fountains, near the stone wall that separated their yard front the forest. Her back was to him, so she didn't see him, and didn't seem to hear him either, as she was busy tending to the tiniest patch of asters, the plant looking rather pitiful with it's handful of blooms. Despite the poor state of the flowers Esther was completely focused on it, fussing over the little rocks she'd placed in a protective circle around it and swatting away any bugs that got too close. She looked like she hadn't slept in days, either, dark circles under her eyes and her hair a tangled mess.

@ katahdin

"No?" Blaise responded to Miriam, a little look of confusion on his face. He lifted up her phone a bit so that the mother could see that she had left her phone. "She accidentally left her phone at the house so..." Once the woman stepped back and allowed him to come inside, Blaise was no longer thinking about why Esther would have called him. The truth was, his heart was beating incredibly fast. Blaise wanted Esther to forgive him and was worried about her saying no. Especially as it had taken him a whole week to come see her...

Blaise looked up at Miriam as she continued to speak. His head dropped down in shame a bit. "I'm sorry," Blaise said softly, assuming that Esther was in a bad place because of him. He followed her through the house and into the back where the garden was. Blaise gave Miriam a thankful nod before heading out into the garden. Blaise moved slowly, not wanting to startle Esther. He continued to move until he was a few steps away from her, where Blaise then stopped, not wanting to get too close without Esther knowing that he was there.

"Esther?" Blaise whispered, waiting for her to do something to acknowledge his presence. Blaise then continued on. "I came to apologize...I am horribly sorry for what I said and that I yelled. It was wrong of me and I shouldn't have done that. I just was getting so frustrated because I felt like....like we were having the same conversation and I was failing in explaining my side of it and..." Blaise let out a small sigh and dropped his head. "And I realized after our fight that what I said probably didn't come across how I actually meant them and I didn't mean to, I didn't want to hurt you."

@ BearGirl

Esther tensed when she heard Blaise, shifting a bit to shield the little flowers from him, as if afraid he'd do something to them. She didn't even look at him, she couldn't, instead staring down at the grass as she picked at it anxiously a good amount of dirt under her fingers from days worth of sitting outside doing the same thing over and over. She was quiet for a while after he spoke before shaking her head, looking back at her flowers.

"It's fine, Blaise... You were right, everything was my fault.." she murmured, sniffling softly. "I should never have said anything.. I should never have asked you to do something you didn't want, I shouldn't have put you in that position.. If I'd never asked you to be my teacher in the first place, none of this would have happened. We'd never have met, and that means nothing bad would have happened to her, since she'd be safe and sound and.. a-and it's all my fault that she's gone." Esther spoke softly, burying her face in her hands to weep.

She didn't expect him to care that she'd lost the baby, after all he'd said he didn't want it, and she wouldn't be surprised if he actually celebrated, given how mad he'd seemed the other day over her having it. She'd lost everything, her baby and likely the love of her life, all because she was selfish and foolish. Her father had been right; she didn't deserve to be happy, and she'd ruin any chance she had.

@ katahdin

As Esther first began to speak, Blaise's eyebrows furrowed together. He didn't understand what she was saying. What did this have to do with them first meeting? Why so far back. And only more confusion started to come over his face as Esther continued on, mentioning that 'nothing bad would have happened to her. It took Blaise a moment to fit together the pieces, but once he really got a good look at what Esther seemed to be protecting and Esther's words, his heart dropped.

Blaise immediately felt the despair settle into his body, and for a moment, he felt frozen in place. But as he looked down at his love, seeing her weep into her own hands, Blaise dropped down onto his knees. His arms wrapped around Esther and pulled her into his chest, close. And tears started to fall from his eyes.

"It's not your fault." Blaise cried as his head dropped down on top of hers. "It's not your fault...I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I wasn't here." He held Esther to him tighter, feeling as though he should say more but Blaise didn't know what to say.

@ BearGirl

Esther tensed slightly as he first dropped next to her, but soon enough she was clinging his shirt and sobbing into his chest. She was surprised to feel his own tears, having assumed for the past week assuming that he wouldn't care. That he didn't care.

"I-I'm sorry," she wept, curling further into his arms as she trembled. "I-I didn't think... I-I didn't think you'd care.. A-After our fight, I thought that you'd be happy to hear that I... Th-That I lost her.." she sobbed, her grip on his shirt tightening a bit. She was terrified he'd be angry with her for thinking that way, for believing that he would have been happy at receiving this news. She felt guilty for so, so much, and she could only hope that Blaise would forgive her for thinking so poorly of him. "I-I'm sorry, Blaise.. I-I'm so sorry."

@ katahdin

When Esther started to curl herself into him, Blaise's grip on her tightened. Almost to the point where he knew that he was squeezing her too hard and the man had to force himself to lighten up slightly. He wanted to hold her as close as possible but definitely didn't want to end up bruising Esther in the process. In order to prevent himself from holding on too hard, Blaise started to slowly run a hand up and down her back, occasionally running his fingers down her hair as well.

"I care," Blaise let out with a small sob. It broke his heart knowing what happened but hearing that she thought he didn't care at all just brought him down lower. "I would have never been." Blaise told her. "I wanted her, I wanted our child. I want you. I want both of you." Blaise wished that he could still have both of them...

@ BearGirl

Esther only sobbed harder as she heard Blaise's words, curling into his arms as close as she could, having missed him terribly over the last week. She'd barely slept, and the pain of all of it was just too much to carry anymore, so she can we relieved that she could at least lean on him in this moment.

After a good ten minutes she cried herself out, her body still trembling with silent sobs, the girl seated comfortably in his lap with her head tucked into his shoulder. She reached a shaky hand up to wipe at her tear soaked cheeks, sniffling as she glanced up at him. "Will.. Will you help me with my magic? Wh-When I buried her here, these flowers grew, but they're so weak, and I'm afraid they'll die, and I know there's a rabbit that will come eat the flowers in the garden, so I-I haven't left her so I can keep her safe.. But every time I try to use my magic to make the flowers stronger or protect them they get a little worse, a-and.. a-and they're all I have left and I'd never forgive myself if I destroyed them.." she curled further into his arms, hoping that he'd understand and be willing to help.

@ katahdin

"I can fix that," Blaise whispered to Esther as he scooted them both closer to the little grave. He turned their bodies slightly so that it was at his right side. Reaching out, Blaise slowly moved his right hand over the area and the flowers that were growing there. It took some time as Blaise didn't want to disturb what was lying under the dirt, but eventually, the flowers grew taller and stronger, even more vibrant in color. Slowly, some other flowers and grass started to grow as well. Once that spell was done, he performed another one that caused a slight glowing over it.

He took in a breath before reaching to one of the flowers that he had grown. "Watch," Blaise whispered to Esther, nudging her gently so that she would turn her head. Once he was sure that Esther's eyes were on his hand, he broke the flower in half. After a moment, it slowly grew back from the stem to how it was before. He then reached down and pulled at some of the grass he had grown at the root, and it too grew back from the soil. "I put a barrier over it so that nothing should want to disturb it, but in the chance that something does, everything will grow back...This spell will last for a week, I'll have to come back tomorrow to make it more permanent but that will take a few hours." He whispered to her before continuing on. "You should rest."

@ BearGirl

Esther curled further into his arms as he shifted them closer to the flowers, watching carefully not so much to see what magic she was doing, but to make sure he wasn't disturbing the little grave. She felt relieved to see the little flowers perk up and grow stronger, as well as the protective barrier that he put in place to keep rabbits and whoever else away, and she tucked her face back into his neck, growing more tired now that she felt like she didn't have to worry about anything happening to her.

She turned her head again when Blaise nudged her, frowning a little as he saw him grab the flower. She tensed and flinched when he broke it off, starting to push away from him so that she could keep him from hurting her more. "No!" She shoved his hand away from the flower, acting as if he'd injured her rather than the flower. She felt relief wash over her when she saw it regrow, though, shooing his hand away after he tugged up the grass as well, moving to sit between him and the flower. Even if it would grow back, she didn't want him disturbing it anymore, even to prove a point about the magic working.

As he explained the magic he'd put over it she nodded, going back to fussing over the grass and the little flowers, fresh tears welling up in her eyes as he suggested that she rest. "I don't want to leave her alone.. She shouldn't have to be alone. A-And mother said that I shouldn't care so much, th-that it doesn't matter and that we could have more and I shouldn't have bothered with a grave but I just... I-I-I couldn't throw her away.." she hung her head, rubbing at her teary eyes as she tried to calm herself down, but it wasn't really much use. "I-I'm afraid that if we leave, m-mother might come do something to her.."

@ katahdin

Blaise grew a little tense as Esther tried to push him away from the grave. It was clear to him how serious that this was to her, but he had hoped that seeing that it all would regrow would calm her. Apparently, it did not. Blaise was also deeply sadden by this situation, but the grave was not what he wanted to protect. He wanted to take care of himself and Esther. He wanted to ensure that they would both be okay and make it through this. To grieve together. Of course, Blaise thought that they should care for the grave as well but he didn't think it was good for either of them to guard it consistently.

"Love, she is not alone," Blaise whispered softly. "But she is not here either." He reached out to slowly run his hands through her hair, wanting to do his best to calm her down enough to get her to agree to come with him to sleep. "It is okay to care. I care as well. It...hurts that this happened. And I think the grave was a good idea. If your mother does not want it here, we can move it peacefully.

Reaching out, Blaise tried to pull her back to him. "But you need to rest. And I do not believe that your mother will disturb this spot now that it is here. She knows how important this is to you. Please, love, come sleep and we will figure out what to do when you wake."