I Didn’t Know Iris Could…

I feel my back hurting, I open my eyes slightly and I see Iris, she seems to be singing but I am not awake enough to hear, after a while I finally can hear her and listen to her song. It is a beautiful and joyful song people would sing to wake their children up.

I didn’t know Iris could sing this beautifully. It’s like I could listen to her forever. Ah… I could fall in love…

Iris notices that I am awake and gets closer, her head is above mine, then she puts her hand on my forehead.

“You just woke up ? Are you okay ?”

I put my eyes in hers.

Wow, her eyes are so beautiful.

I put my right hand between her left cheek and her neck.

“Heu… I think I’m okay.”

“We didn’t fall from too high, that’s why we're in one piece. Haha it's a good thing isn't it ?”

“I see…Haha, of course it’s a good thing.”

Iris seems a bit embarrassed.

“You heard me singing, right ?”

“Yes, it was very beautiful, I really liked it, I hope you’ll keep on singing for me.”

Iris is surprised and blushing.

“It’s a song my mom used to sing for me to help me wake up.”

“I see, I don’t think anybody ever sang to wake me up.”

“Well, now I’m here.”

I’m touched and I am slightly blushing.

“Yeah, thank you.”

She looks at my whole body.

“Can I check if your body is okay ?”

“Mm, yes, thank you.”

She touches important body parts like my torso, especially the articulations of my arms and my legs. As she gets closer I find her head really close to my body.

I can feel her breath on my body, ah… I don’t know what to do, I just have to stay still, right ?

Iris moves and I find her head right in front of mine.

“Looks like you’re fine, well with your clothes I already thought you were okay but I wanted to check, we never know.”

So she was worrying about me ? Ah ! Iris.

“It’s true, we never know.”

I move my head closer to hers, just when we are about to kiss, we hear a big wind sound, we turn our heads and we discover… Yogan who finds us, Kanamiyah is on her back and she roars her joy.

Not now !

Happiness is seen all over Iris' face.

“Ah ! Yogan you’re such a great creature, even after getting hurt you still tried to find me !”

Sulky, I say “You mean “find us” don’t you ?”

“Yes, of course. That's a shame though.”

Ah ? What’s a shame ? What does she mean ? She wanted to kiss me ? I don’t think I ever kissed anyone before. Did I live all my previous life without love ?

I am happy.

"Kanamiyah, I'm happy to see back."

"Agh !"

“Can you get up, so we check if you can walk properly.”

“Yes.”

I get up, stand on my legs, and take some steps.

“See ? I’m perfectly fine.”

“It’s good news.”

“Iris, are you well too ?”

“Yes, I already checked my body.”

“I am reassured now.”

She smiles beautifully at me.

“Now we can go back to our home Kanael.”

Iris put her finger and her thumb to her chin as if she is thinking about something.

“Ah ! Your nickname would be Kana or Nael.”

“What ? Don’t call me Kana, it’s a girl's name and I don’t like Nael, just call me Kanael, Ka-na-el !

She puts her right hand on my left cheek.

“Don’t get angry, alright I just call you Kanael.”

Yogan looks at us with curiosity, she moves her big head towards our heads as if she tries to understand, then she licks us.

“Ah, Yogan, stop ! Don’t do that again !”

“Yogan !”

Yogan stops licking me, she seems so happy and roars joyfully.

“It’s because she really likes you Kanael.”

“I like her too but it’s not a reason to drool over me.”

“Haha, but it’s the only way she has to show you her love.”

“Okay, okay but it's a disgusting way.”

“Not it’s not, or maybe but it’s just another language.”

“A drooling language, right.”

“Haha, what even a drooling language ?

For some reason, I take Iris' left hand with my right hand, which makes me blush.

“Let’s go.”

She presses hard on my hand.

“Yes, let’s go home.”

☼

We’re still on Yogan’s back, flying above the district.

Iris gets a call, there is a bird phone that opens its mouth, there is a man's voice coming out.

What is this thing ? I’m really curious about it.

“Iris, I know you must be tired after…”

“You don’t even know, there was a giant lava monster but we beat it.”

“A giant lava monster ! But they are super rare, you were not supposed to meet one here but well if you’re okay and you beat it, it’s fine.”

It’s fine, he’s joking. Who’s that stupid man on the other end of the line ?

“But still I repeat even though you’re tired, there is a lost child between the lava zone and the buildings zone, if you could look for him at the same time you’re coming back.”

“Alright alright, I can’t leave a lost child alone. But how did he end up here ?”

“I don’t know, children told me that they saw a child falling from the sky there, I don’t even know if it’s true, that’s why it’s better if you search from above.”

“Okay, I’ll call you when it’s done.”

“Take care of yourself.”

I can’t help but ask about that man.

“Iris, who was the man of the call ?”

“It’s our director, he’s not good at talking with others.”

“I see, you didn’t introduce me.”

“I’ll do it face to face, I think it’s better that way and I want to go home right now, ah…”

She is exhausted.

So Iris has those sides too, if we could sleep together. But what am I thinking about ?

“Euh, I…”

“What do you say ?”

She turns her back and pinches my right cheek with her right hand.

“Aïe, it hurts, why do you do that ?”

“You don’t see that I’m trying to tell you something, let me try.”

“Okay, sorry.”

“I think we should try to get closer, learn more about each other…

She throws herself on me, it makes me blush.

“Iris ?”

Suddenly I have a flashback, someone is talking to me.

“You know when you truly love someone, you kind of know it even before you really know that person.”

“Kanael ?”

“I was just remembering something.”

I put my hands around her and I put my forehead on hers.

“Kanael…”

“Iris…”

We’re about to kiss when…

“Ouin ! Agh ! Is there someone ?!”

“He must be the lost child, Yogan go down where the sound is !”

Yogan roars to say yes.

When we are down, we find a little boy with a broken leg.

Iris approaches slowly towards him.

“Hello, I’m Iris, I’m here to help you.”

“I’m John, it hurts.”

“How did you come here ?”

“I wanted to come with you, so I jumped on the spino tail and when you started to fly I fell and hurt my leg.”

It’s surprising, I would never do that.

I ask him “So you waited all day long here and all alone ?”

“Yes, mister.”

“So Iris, do I bear him ?”

“Before we should stabilize his leg.”

She looks around her.

“Kanael, give me this piece of wood so we can tie it on his leg with a piece of tissue.”

She puts the piece of wood on his leg, takes a cloth handkerchief, puts it on the child’s leg and rolls it around to stabilize the broken leg.

“Now you can carry John.”

“Okay.”

Kanael takes John in his arms.

“Yogan, Aqua Auréole !”

Yogan takes the three of us with water and puts us on her back.

I say to John “You hold me well, okay ?”

“Mm, okay.”

Iris says “We can finally go home now.”

Yogan goes high and moves forward.

“Yes, so John you were at the office ?”

“Yes, I followed you when I heard you were going to see the spino.”

“Next time you better ask us if you can go with us or not. You know, it was a dangerous mission, if you were with us you could have gotten more hurt than just a leg.”

“Okay, next time I’ll ask.”

Iris whispers at me.

“Usually children don’t have the right to go with us on a mission.”

“I already guessed it but I thought it was better to tell him to ask at least.”

“Mm, you’re right.”

“Hey, madam and sir are you dating ?”

Iris blushes and answers.

“No, we are not.”

I hope we were, though.

☼

We are back at the office. There is a 1,85 meter tall man, he wears glasses and seems half animal but less than Kanamiyah, he just has rabbit ears. He is holding a baby who is crying.

Why does he not try to stop the baby crying ?

It looks like he tries to put his hands around the baby's neck.

It’s dangerous !

I can’t help but shout.

“Stop what you are doing !!”