The temple in the mountains

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Hello all you beautiful people. I just wanted to say that I imagine Aleksei's father to be asian, there for making Aleksei mixed race, if my description of asian characters is in any way offensive or racist or bad feel free to corect me and I will make sure to change it, same goes for any japanese words I use the wrong way from now on since I'm trying to learn japanese but since I'm a beginer most of the words will be from google translate and we all know how that goes, so feel free to corect me and I will change it. Also the temple they will be in looks like traditional japanese temple complex. Thank you♡

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They walked for two weeks through rocky mountains, cold winds were blowing down on them for so long Theo thoght his hair will perminantly stay in the messy shape it was in after those two weeks.

As they went more and more to the north the air got thinner and the surrounding buildings got more rare.

The sight of a small wooden temple in front of them was a blessing for all of their eyes. Despite the snow and the wind the seemingly fragile temple stood unbothered.

The boulding was also not something you would typically see anywhere in england, and to Theo it was the oddest one he ever saw, and cosindering that at that point he saw a castle made out of glass it was really something.

The young girl that emerged from one of the surrounding buildings was wrapped in a thick coat and the wind blew her short, black hair all around her face. She spoke to Aleksei in a language Theo didn't understand.

"Let's go!" Aleksei yelled out so that his companions would be able to hear him.

When they got inside there were several hallways leading in different directions, there was a small part in front of the entrence were Aleksei told them to leave their shoes. Brigitte, who was the only one unbothered by the cold, had none as usual but the others took of their boots, wich looked weird among all the wooden sandals neatly placed around the small space.

Now that they were inside and the girl took the coat of Theo could see what she was wearing. At first he thoght of it as just a dress but then he saw it wasn't the type of dresses he was used to seeing on women. It seemed to be made of fabrics wrapped around the girl's body. On her feet she wore white socks, or so Theo would call them. Her hair was messy from the wind but her face could now be seen. Her eyes were dark and almond shaped and she had double eyelids, just like Aleksei. She was short but didn't seem to be older then fifteen, so she was still growing.

As she spoke again in a foregin language Aleksei translated and told the others to follow her.

"Could you tell me what she is wearing? And what are those weird socks?" Theo asked him.

"She is wearing a kimono, and those 'weird socks' are called tabi. My father is from Japan, along with all of his servants. I told you about it, haven't I?" Aleksei's voice souded off since none of them spoke in a long time since they couldn't understand each other because of the wind.

"Yes, you told me about it." Theo said and without thinking he took his mate's hand.

They moved through the hallways with walls that were so thin Theo thought them to be paper, and by the look Isaac had on his face, they agreed on that.

The girl opened a slide door of a room that had two beds that were on the floor and on each were neatly folded clothes that resembled the ones the girl was wearing and same socks. She went and opened two other doors to rooms that looked the same, she spoke again.

"She says my father is away at the moment and that we should put on some clean clothes and make ourselves comfortable." Aleksei translated again and each couple entered one of the rooms.

Theo stared at the clothes in front of him, not being sure how to even unfold them let along put them on.

"Don't worry, I'll help you darling." Aleksei smiled a little bit and came closer to Theo and planted a small kiss on his lips.

"But- uh... What about-" Theo got flustered, the thoght of Aleksei seeing him change and helping him get dressed was making him uncomfortable. The only thing that came to his mind was his stretch marks and body acne and how Aleksei wouldn't find him atractive anymore if he saw him like that.

"Hei... Don't worry darling, I would never look at you differently, but if it would make is easier for you you can put on the first part by yourself with no problem and I'll help with the rest, is that allright?" Aleksei said softly and gently placed a hand on his mate's cheek.

"Yes... Thank you." Theo said and looked down at his feet.

"Allright, here." the king unfolded the clothes on the bed and gave Theo the first part wich looked easy enough to put on, like a robe of sorts.

Aleksei smiled softly and turned around, looking through the window into the snow storm outside, the weather was getting worse by the second and they were all thankful to be inside and warm.

Theo took off his clothes and boots, looking at himself as much as he could without a mirror. His body acne has gotten worse, especially on his shoulders. It was because he didn't have a chance to bath in days.

When he put on the first part of his new clothes he said "I did it."

Aleksei turned back around and walked back to Theo, he helped him put on the rest of the clothes and then kissed him gently.

"Just so you know, you have nothing to be ashamed off when you are with me." the demon said.

"How can I not? I mean in human standards I look just fine, but compared to you... You are perfect, everything about you is perfect." Theo told him.

Aleksei just laughed a bit and moved away. "I'm not perfect sunshine, look." Aleksei closed his eyes for a second and pulled off his shirt.

The glamour charm was gone and it revealed too many scars to count, from small and big pentagrams, over burns and to scars made by blades and claws. His whole upper body, arms and some parts of his face were covered in scars. And that one strand of firey red hair became more pale.

He was still as beautiful as ever, only in that moment he looked more like an earth creature and less like a god.

Theo just looked at the demon in front of him. He couldn't speak or look away, even with all those scars Aleksei was beautiful to him.

"See now? I'm not perfect. It's just what I want people to see or think. As much as I hate to admit it I'm as insecure as a kid who just the fifth grade in school." Aleksei spoke and came closer.

"How did you get all of these?" Theo was still shocked.

"Battles, practice, crazy ex partners... Pretty much anything you can think of. If you feel more comfortable I can keep the glamour off around you."

"Not if you don't want to do it, it's your body so it's your choice wich parts of it you want to show or don't want to." Theo said.

Aleksei smiled softly again and pulled Theo into a kiss, when they parted he said "Thank you, rarely anyone ever said that to me."

"They should have." Theo said.

They stood like that for quiet some time, hugging and kissing softly until the girl came back and informed them that Aleksei's father will be there soon.

Aleksei quickly changed and put the glamour back up, then he took Theo's hand and they followed the girl to a room with same walls and floor as the one they were in moments ago, but this one was bigger and had a small table in the middle, around it were coushins to sit on but there were only four, one on each side of the table.

The girl gracefuly sat down on her knees and gave them both a look to sit down too.

Aleksei did, in the same gracefuly way as the girl and Theo did his best to do the same.

A few moments later two servants came and opened a slide door, through wich came a man.

His eyes were almost the same as the girl's, and his hair was slowly going gray. That didn't take away from his good looks though, because his body was build like he was as strong as a horse.

He sat down on the remaining spot at the table, opposide of Aleksei, and looked at all three of them, then he said something in the same foregin language Theo kept hearing that whole day, and the servants left the room.