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pammiechick
11 years agoLegend
Taking his frustration out on the punching bag, Haipo pummels it until his muscles ache. Hours pass and he settles down.

That is until he crosses Buffy’s path in the hallway. “Excuse me, Creator,” he says as he tries to rush past.
Buffy catches his arm. “Haipo, are you still mad at me?”

Looking down, Haipo doesn’t speak for fear he might say the wrong thing. He’s still mad even though he doesn’t want to be.
“I’m sorry I didn’t allow you to speak,” Buffy explains, “but I could tell you didn’t understand what I was doing and feared you’d turn them against me.”
Haipo’s eyes raise. He couldn’t believe she thought so little of him. “That is exactly the opposite of what I would ever try to do. How could you say such a thing?”

“But you didn’t want me to make that new rule. Am I right?”
Haipo flails his hands. “Of course I didn’t. Do you understand how hard it is for me to see you but know I’m never to touch you? Never to hold you? It’s excruciating. And if we delay my going any longer, I’m afraid for not only your life but the life of our unborn child. If we’re caught, you both would be at risk.” Haipo clenches his fists. “I could never allow that. This tribe would be doomed with my fury.”
Buffy sighs, inching closer to Haipo. “I’m sorry and I understand. But we will be diligent. I won’t let us slip, only…”
“Only what?”
“Give me one last moment with you, and then I won’t come near you again except to show you our child.”
Haipo’s voice raises, “That’s what I mean, Buffy! This is folly. No. We cannot be together again. It’s over.”

As Haipo makes for the door, Buffy grabs his arm and plants a passionate kiss on his lips, sending shockwaves up and down his body. His mind says no but his body will not obey as he showers her with kisses, on her face, her neck, her beautiful milky shoulders. “We will get caught,” he groans.
Between kisses, Buffy whispers, “Everyone is out of the compound.”
“And Bane?”
Buffy stops with a wicked smile on her face. “He’s confined in punishment.”
Without thinking, he lifts her into his arms.
Later, Buffy asks, “Feeling better, dear one?”
Haipo smiles at her, kissing her hands. “I have something I made for you. A present for you to remember me by.”

Buffy drops his hands. “You’re not leaving yet.”
Placing his finger over her lips, he says, “Shh…no, Kitten. I’ll stay until our child is born, but afterwards, we’ll take it one day at a time.” He reaches his arm around her and says, “Come.”
Pounding a nail into the side of the compound, he mounts his gift. When Buffy sees it, tears well in her eyes. She grabs him, squeezing him into a hug. “It’s amazing.”

They stay like that for a while until Haipo pulls back and says, “I want you to look at this and believe I’m peering into your heart every day. I’ll always be with you.”
Both of them gaze at the mirror over Buffy’s throne. Haipo is glad he could give her something that made her happy. Because he knows he will have to break her heart eventually.


That is until he crosses Buffy’s path in the hallway. “Excuse me, Creator,” he says as he tries to rush past.
Buffy catches his arm. “Haipo, are you still mad at me?”

Looking down, Haipo doesn’t speak for fear he might say the wrong thing. He’s still mad even though he doesn’t want to be.
“I’m sorry I didn’t allow you to speak,” Buffy explains, “but I could tell you didn’t understand what I was doing and feared you’d turn them against me.”
Haipo’s eyes raise. He couldn’t believe she thought so little of him. “That is exactly the opposite of what I would ever try to do. How could you say such a thing?”

“But you didn’t want me to make that new rule. Am I right?”
Haipo flails his hands. “Of course I didn’t. Do you understand how hard it is for me to see you but know I’m never to touch you? Never to hold you? It’s excruciating. And if we delay my going any longer, I’m afraid for not only your life but the life of our unborn child. If we’re caught, you both would be at risk.” Haipo clenches his fists. “I could never allow that. This tribe would be doomed with my fury.”
Buffy sighs, inching closer to Haipo. “I’m sorry and I understand. But we will be diligent. I won’t let us slip, only…”
“Only what?”
“Give me one last moment with you, and then I won’t come near you again except to show you our child.”
Haipo’s voice raises, “That’s what I mean, Buffy! This is folly. No. We cannot be together again. It’s over.”

As Haipo makes for the door, Buffy grabs his arm and plants a passionate kiss on his lips, sending shockwaves up and down his body. His mind says no but his body will not obey as he showers her with kisses, on her face, her neck, her beautiful milky shoulders. “We will get caught,” he groans.
Between kisses, Buffy whispers, “Everyone is out of the compound.”
“And Bane?”
Buffy stops with a wicked smile on her face. “He’s confined in punishment.”
Without thinking, he lifts her into his arms.
Later, Buffy asks, “Feeling better, dear one?”
Haipo smiles at her, kissing her hands. “I have something I made for you. A present for you to remember me by.”

Buffy drops his hands. “You’re not leaving yet.”
Placing his finger over her lips, he says, “Shh…no, Kitten. I’ll stay until our child is born, but afterwards, we’ll take it one day at a time.” He reaches his arm around her and says, “Come.”
Pounding a nail into the side of the compound, he mounts his gift. When Buffy sees it, tears well in her eyes. She grabs him, squeezing him into a hug. “It’s amazing.”

They stay like that for a while until Haipo pulls back and says, “I want you to look at this and believe I’m peering into your heart every day. I’ll always be with you.”
Both of them gaze at the mirror over Buffy’s throne. Haipo is glad he could give her something that made her happy. Because he knows he will have to break her heart eventually.
