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Wind archer noticed fire spirit sitting quietly on a rock.
It was rare to find someone like the eternal flame himself sitting so quietly and peacefully, although to be fair he looked quite... Under the weather as one would say. His overall posture was quite saggy compared to his usual overly-energized and ecstatic personality and the true concern, the fire on his head was becoming somewhat ashy.
Wind archer immediately walked over to his husband, gently wrapping his wings around the other as he sat down on the stone beside him. "Feeling not the best? " he asked with concern, looking at the other who sighed, looking away.
"Reminiscing on my past, that's all" he murmered, looking back into the others emerald eyes.
"Like back when you first became an elemental past or mortal past? " he asked in confusion, making fire spirit chuckle.
"My mortal past" he answered, looking back into the others gaze lovingly.
"Well I don't think I'm the best on those types of things" he murmered, looking up. Now that he noted, it was getting quite cloudy, like concerningly cloudy as if it may rain. He looked back at fire spirit who also seemed to note that, looking up at the sky. That's when wind archer heard the other help, a rain drop immediately boiling off his hand. He quickly covered his husband with his wing, standing up and pulling him close. "Cmon, we can go back to my place, we can talk and I can comfort you there. " he stated, tugging the other.
Fire spirit on the other hand seemed out of it, looking up at the sky with eyes of longing. Wind archer gently nudged him, watching as the other returned back to reality and acknowledged him. "Ah, yeah, let's go" he murmered, starting to head towards wind archer's cabin.
To be fair, the walk was quite short, and luckily enough it was through some deep woods so wind archer could rest his wing. Soon enough they got back to the cabin, entering and drying themselves off. Honestly fire spirit was a bit confused why wind archer called it a cabin, it's quite literally a tree house, quite stupid if you ask him but who is he to judge? "Alright I got one order of a hot tea and a sandwich" he heard the other state as he started reached for the sandwich, picking it up and going ham at it. Wind archer simply sipped the tea, smiling softly before sitting down on the couch and offering the spot next time him to fire spirit, who joined quickly. A few minutes of comfortable silence passed as the rain started pouring, causing wind archer to chuckle "good thing I found you out there, who knows how cooked you would be by now" he commented, looking at the latter who was seemingly still out of it, quietly picking at his skin. Wind archer gently pulled away the hand fire spirit was using to pick at his skin, looking up at the other who seemed to finally pay attention to him "are you alright? Do you want to talk? You seem and feel like, very out of it at the moment" he murmered, watching his husband sigh before nodding.
"Please, I need to get it all off my chest" he murmered, looking at the other.
"Then go on" offered wind archer, watching as fire spirit hugged him tightly, his breath be coming shaky. It was quite rare to see the latter so... Vulnerable. It immediately had wind archer locked in, not like he wasn't already but this was the final push to have him full attention and worry on fire spirit.
"I... You know before I became an elemental I had a mortal life and everything right? " wind archer nodded "well, it's just I miss all of them. " he murmered, sighing.
"Maybe you can tell me about them? " suggested his husband, pulling the others chest closer to his.
"Well back when I was younger I used to love the rain actually, as strange as it may seem, that's why I'm somewhat out of it, I hate that I can't play with it now. " he looked over to wind archer "back then my mother had died back when I was young and frankly my father didn't really care, leaving me to take care of me and my younger sister. It was quite hard frankly, we where very poor and all. "
"Poor as in? " asked wind archer, tilting his head.
"You don't know what poor means? " chuckled fire spirit.
"May you tell? " he asked.
"No money, run down house, struggling to live pretty much. My dad was one hell of an alcoholic. It was hard really, well it was until I... " he stuttered, looking down quietly.
"It's okay don't push yourself dear" wind archer murmered.
"No it's okay, I practically started studying the elementals and stuff" he commented, laughing a little "that's what convinced me to go to the dragons valley, I knew there was no fire elemental and I doubted that, my original plans where to find the true one, who would've known I would've became them" he grinned, jokingly lighting his hand on fire.
"Mhm... So what was it like being a mortal? " asked wind archer curiously.
"Strange, a lot harder than being an elemental I'd say honestly. As an elemental you have immortality, you have time, you don't have to worry. As a mortal you... The pressure of the inevitability is always looking over your shoulder, especially when you don't have much. It was hard I'll put it that way, very hard. " he finished, looking back at the latter.
"Uhm, well I guess I may as well tell you this then" said wind archer, watching as fire spirit looked at him curiously. "Ever since me and you... Became something and all I started viewing mortals completely differently. I once saw them as just something to protect and that's all, nothing unique but after you I realized they all have their own struggles and hardships somewhat like me. " he looked over at fire spirit who was smiling ear-to-ear in a warm way.
"I'm glad to hear that" he chuckled "wow, fire spirit managed to change the one and only wind archer's mind on mortals, crazy" he laughed, looking back at the latter.
"Okay okay, whatever you say mr. Fire god." He smiled back before looking up "out of curiosity, you always tell me that you are 'trans' so if you don't mind me asking, what does that mean? " he looked down at fire spirit with a raised eyebrow.
"Wow, that's one way to tell me I'm still a virgin even with a husband" he laughed as wind archer okay fully smacked him "okay okay! Well, it's hard to put it but... From a biological standpoint I was, well, born a girl" he stated.
"I don't want to dig to deep but why did you decide to become a boy? " he asked.
"Not really decided, it was more I just I guess always felt a lot more like a man and was a little more comfortable as one, some of us are just made that way I guess. I guess it's like the witches made you the opposite gender of what your soul is, and you, as the cookie with free-will that you are, correct it for them. " he finished, looking back up at wind archer again.
"Interesting" he murmered "so why exactly did you randomly start reminicing on all these things? "
"My memory of them is slowly fading" he murmered, looking away.
"Oh... Maybe I could ask Millenial tree to somehow get timekeeper to restore those memories? " he asked, smiling.
"You would do that??? " asked fire spirit, grinning.
"Absolutely" replied wind archer, standing up from the couch. He felt an arm tig at his hand though bringing his head back to the present.
"But stay for now, please" asked fire spirit, kissed his hand and pulling him to spoon the other. Wind archer laughed softly, putting away his tea mug before kissing fire spirit's forehead and laying back on the couch, gently wrapping himself around fire spirit.
The two went to sleep that night with pouring rain dribbling away at the windows, a peaceful serenity spreading across the room.
That moment was the one where fire spirit knew he truly lucked out with his lover.