<6> Vinnia rubbed her eyes once more and slowly stood up in the water, its level reaching just above her belly button. "Better. Not great, but better." Her curvaceous body gracefully turned to look back at him with a demure smile upon her face. Her slender hands reached out as if to grasp his own, which Artaan gratefully took as she pulled him to his hooves. As the hunter opened his mouth to speak, however, his lips suddenly met Vinnia's. The mage had shot up on the tips of her hooves to kiss her brother as tenderly as she could muster. Her arms wrapped around his naked chest to hug him as tight as she possibly could, her breasts heavily squished against him as more and more of her skin met his. Artaan could not pull away, nor did he want to, as his eyes slid closed to accept the loving gesture, and after several quiet moments she pulled away to smile at him even more. "A thousand times, thank you, Artaan. I love you, and I owe you so much more than I can say." Artaan's cheeks began to flood with dark blue color, and the muscles in his legs clenched as he struggled to keep his body from reacting to her tender touch. "I love you too. Things will look better in the morning," he assured her, his own hands coming to rest upon her smooth shoulders. "Come, let's get you inside. Can you walk?" No sooner had the words left his lips did Vinnia's knees buckle, and the naked draenei had to react quickly to catch her before she splashed down in the pool. With a soft grunt, the hunter hoisted his sister into his arms to cradle her tight to his bare chest, and in turn her slender arms quickly draped themselves around his neck. Her grip, however, was not overly strong. "I... guess not." "Then just relax," he spoke soothingly and adjusted his grip just a bit to hold her more comfortably. His powerful arms had no trouble with her modest weight, though he struggled to ignore the fact that one hand was planted squarely on the right cheek of her rump. Steady hoofsteps lifted them both out of the water, yet he had to stop as he eyed their fallen clothes. The entire idea of carrying her was to avoid her getting dirty, so he couldn't simply lay her down. "Uh... try to keep your breathing even." "Why is tha-" she started, but a sharp squeak cut off her words as her body was lifted and slung over his right shoulder. Vinnia was thankful she had retched sooner, otherwise she probably would have done so right down Artaan's naked back. Still, it wasn't the most uncomfortable she'd felt that evening, and as her brother scooped up their clothes, her arms reached out toward his thick tail as it swished back and forth, giggling drunkenly. Artaan glanced back at her, once again ignoring the fact that his hand was planted on her now-upraised full moon (particularly since it was now directly next to his face), and with a chuckle his tail swung upward for her to grab onto with both hands. "Hold tight," he instructed as he began to stride swiftly toward their home, silently praying that their father was sleeping soundly. To their good fortune, the back door had remained unlocked as Artaan had left it, and the house was pitch dark otherwise. His heavy hoofs moved much more slowly over the smooth stone floor to avoid clicking, and after a fearful slide past their father's room, Artaan stepped into Vinnia's and swung the door shut behind them. "You did well," Artaan whispered and carefully swung his naked sister back into his arms. The gesture shocked Vinnia enough for her to relinquish her grip on his tail. Vinnia's alcohol-hazed vision cleared up just as she felt her damp body lay down atop her sheets, and immediately all four limbs spread themselves wide, and a soft moan-like gasp escaped her in her appreciation. "Ohhhh... thank you so much, brother...." Artaan offered her a slight smile through the darkness of her modest room. He had done well to restrain himself over the course of the... unusual evening, but in that moment he hesitated as he looked down upon his sister's beautiful, naked body. A single beam of moonlight had pierced through her open window to illuminate only her plush belly, while the rest of her glorious curves were yet cast in mysterious shadows. Her glowing eyes offered a few more streaks of light as she looked up weakly at him, a smile crossing her own lips. "Just hold tight. You need water and herbs," he whispered. As he turned away, however, her hand suddenly found his tail once more. "Wait!" Artaan hesitated and cringed at how loud she'd called for him, and slowly he turned to find she'd nearly launched half her body off the bed to grab at him. "Please... I... I don't think I wanna be alone right now... don't go...." Only the keen observer could've seen the immense sadness and pity that crossed Artaan's eyes in the darkness. His gentle hand reached down to curl his fingers over her own as he spoke. "I will be back before you know it, I promise you, okay? Just one moment." Vinnia took an extra few moments to process his words, but finally she let him go with a reluctant, slow nod. Her hands walked herself backwards until she was on the bed again, and this time she kept herself on her side. Her eyes never left her brother as he opened the door and slipped into the hall once more, but even in his absence she had difficulty trying to process things. Exhaustion was beginning to take her at a rapid rate.