“I love writing…well romance.” Wild Rose said as she turned away from him.

“Is this something that embarrassed you to talk about?” Rogus asked and watched her green eyes widen. “You don’t need to be if it’s what you like.”

Wild Rose turned back to him with a smile, she summoned her unicorn magic and levitated the purple-colored journal, and laid it down between her front hooves. “Would you like to hear some of what I’ve written?”

Rogus repositioned himself so he was laying down in front of her, he wrapped his tail around his body. He stretched out his wings and used them like a cover around his body.

Wild Rose could still feel the heat coming off of him as she opened her journal and flipped past a few pages.

“Looking for something in particular.”

Wild Rose lifted her green eyes to him she could feel her cheeks growing warm.

“Is that a red hue I’m seeing, besides those alluring dark green eyes of yours?” Rogus said with a grin, he could see the redness in her cheeks darkening.

Wild Rose giggled at him. “Thanks, Rogus.” She lowered her eyelids a little with her long lashes which cast a darker hue on her already dark green eyes. “So tell me, is that why you kissed my cheek earlier?”

Rogus cleared his throat; and felt his heart skip a beat from the look in her eyes. I just wanted to, that’s the truth, Wild Rose. He thought to himself but said. “Am I in what you’re going to read to me?”

Wild Rose smiled and used her unicorn magic to flip a few more pages in her journal. “If you wish, I will.” She was able to see what she’d been skipping over even though she was looking at him. The pages contained memories that haunted her that she wrote down so she could forget about them. Rogus had become a good distraction and one that she was enjoying. Glancing down at her journal she placed her hoof on the page. “Ah, here we are.” She ran her hoof along the paper while lifting her gaze back up to Rogus. “I’m having fun teasing you-” She let out a gasp as her jaw dropped. “I um…” She hadn’t been looking at her journal, those words just slipped out.

“Same here…it’s why I kissed your cheek,” Rogus admitted hearing what she said. “Go ahead and read to me.” He added and extended a clawed hand and let it rest against her front leg.

Wild Rose looked at his claw, the sharp edge of his nails was jet black and stood out from the brown dirt and blades of grass she was laying on. Her heart started to be a bit faster as she started to wonder how they felt running along her fur again.

“You okay Wild Rose? Should I move my clawed hand away from you?” He asked flexing his fingers and scraping the tips of his claws into the dirt.

Wild Rose took in a deep breath and let it out while she turned to her journal. “I found myself thinking and wondering…” She began.

She didn’t say no…so… Rogus thought while he listened to Wild Rose’s soft-spoken voice while she read. The wheels in his mind were spinning with ideas.

“What was it about this dragon that I find myself unable to stop thinking about as I’m writing in my journal.” She found herself smiling as she was reading and paid no mind to the heat she could feel on her cheeks. “It could be those dark blue eyes of his that remind me of water on a moonless night, so dark and mesmerizing...”

Rogus could hear her voice lowering, with his dragon hearing it wasn’t hard for him to still hear her. His eyebrows lifted when he thought he saw a twitch on her flank. Thinking of something else while you read to me? “Have an itch? Mind if I scratch it for you?" Rogus asked and did his best to smile instead of grinning. He lifted one of his arms and flexed his clawed hand.

The second she heard him say that Wild Rose could feel her mouth going dry. Her green eyes became fixed on these sharp claws. “If you…um…wouldn’t mind.” I was already wanting to claw on my fur again.

Rogus stood up on all four and walked slowly around Wild Rose, taking in her soft pink fur, long flowing red tail, and mane. She was truly a sight to behold. Just as alluring the first time he’d seen her, now she was even more tempting. Standing behind her he sat down letting his long tail stretch out behind him.

Wild Rose’s gaze never wavered, she could feel the anticipation from the feeling of his claws, and her heart was beating a bit faster.

Rogus leaned back on his rump and lifted both of his arms above her. His blue eyes locked on hers. He let a smile slowly curve his lips. His gaze moved to her flank where he’d noticed the muscles twitching. Lowing his claws he let them hoover just above her fur.

Wild Rose waited for the feeling of his claws running through her fur, grazing her skin beneath, yet he just held them tantalizingly close, he looked frozen. With a smile and look in his eyes that sent another shudder through her body. Is he hesitating or is he teasing me?

“You could read to me if you think you can keep your concentration on your journal.”

Wild Rose heard the now deeper tone of his voice as it reached her ears, both of the twitched a bit. She smiled at him and flicked her tail letting it sway a bit and watched the look in Rogus's eyes change as her tail grazed the side of his legs. When she stopped the look in his eyes returned to normal. “Can you stay in focus too?” She asked knowing full well that just the touch of her tail made him space out for a second.

Rogus laughed a bit at that. “You have a point. I still remember the first time I caught sight of you. Those eyes of yours wouldn’t let me go, nor did the look of your mane and tail being blown by the wind.”

“I remember…Rogus…” She felt her breath catch in her throat as she said his name for longer than she’d wanted to when his claws grazed her soft pink fur.

“I’m sorry what was that?” Rogus asked and found himself grinning at the sound of his name when he’d started to run his claws along her flank. He made sure not get to close to her tail. His claws danced in a rhythm along her upper back lifting them and down as he trailed down to her lower back. The feeling of her fur under his claws felt similar to his lips when he’d kissed her cheek.

Wild Rose felt her body practically melting at his touch, the way he moved his claws and teased her fur and skin she found herself biting her lower lip. It wasn’t painful by any means; she knew that she didn’t want this first time to be her last time feeling this sensation.

While he was using his claws, his blue eyes didn’t move from her body. He was being careful where his feet went and how long they stayed in one particular area. A time or two he felt her tail flick and her mane graze the side of his legs. He chalked it up to a reflex. Pausing he lifted his head to find that Wild Rose had laid her head down on her front hooves that she’d stretched out. He smiled and took in a deep breath; the scent of roses filled his lungs. “Should I keep going?”

Wild Rose opened her eyes when he said that. Her mouth opened in a yawn. She summoned her unicorn magic and flipped a page in her journal. “You can keep going while I see if I can read to you.”On the inside she was grinning, because of what she was about to read to him. This should be interesting. She couldn’t help but admit that she didn’t want this to be the last time he did this. You’re hooked Rose and you know it. She let out a snort at her inner voice while she cleared her throat. She nodded inwardly and started reading. “I had found myself thinking about those claws, claws of a powerful dragon. Running along my body through my mane and tail. The slight prick of their sharp tips grazing my skin. I pictured what it would be like…”

While Wild Rose was reading Rogus happened to glance up at the journal and his eyes widened. A blank page? His jaw dropped, he placed his hands back down and flexed his claws as he used his palms and claws together to work her flank staying ever so close to her flank, just above her tail. He could tell that she was lost in the feeling he’d maneuvered his head, so he was just behind hers. Then he moved his head beside hers and noticed her eyes were closed. Having a long neck comes in handy. He thought as he took in a deep breath. “Enjoying those blank pages?”

Wild Rose’s eyes shot open; she wasn’t prepared for his voice to be so close to her ears. She let out a gasp and turned her head and found herself staring into those dark blue eyes of his, the heat of his body felt like she was being held. Her gaze moved down, and she realized that if she moved…she was so close to his lips with her own. “Rogus…I um…I…

Author's Note

I had been listening to a song I found that always gets my fingers dancing on the keyboard:
Just a Dream.

I am going to, in the end, torture myself with this story! Teetering on the edge between SFW and NSFW. Yet IF I'm tortured...so too will be the reader!! So...it works...