Sunlight warmed her skin, lulling her body into a relaxation that deepened her sleep. Sunbeams danced on her, moving towards her face and when one finally hit her eyes, she stirred. A small, not-yet-awake groan escaped her lips. Her loose-fitting garments spread out across the top of the mushroom just like her hair and wings. Tipped ears poked up from under her shimmering locks, freckles speckling her face, flowers crowning her head.
She slept freely, anywhere she pleased in the forest, in a delightful world safe from all harm.
As she started with the sunlight, the unsuspecting creature beneath was stirred by the fairy's movements.
By the time the fairy was done rubbing the sleep from her eyes, a small vine hovered a few feet away from her face, as if looking at her from over the edge of the mushroom cap.
"Oh hello," she mumbled as the sight before her came into focus. She was always encountering all sorts of creatures in a forest like this, "I hope you don't mind that I slept here, and if you do, I'm terribly sorry and I wouldn't do it again!"
The vine was bulbous at the end, in a way that could be taken for a head. It tilted just so, and the fairy understood that she had done no harm. She pushed herself up, her wings unfurling as she stretched all her limbs out to take in a delicious morning rays. When she was done, she looked at the vine again. Her eyes traced the vine's length down, to where it disappeared under the cap of the mushroom she had chosen for her bed.
Curiosity overcame her, and she crawled towards the end of the cap, peaking her head down below to follow the vine underneath. It connected at the base of the shaft of the mushroom. There were a few more bulbous heads below, and while they were still, they were not motionless, and they seemed to be looking up at her.
"Fascinating," she muttered, lifting her head back up, sitting cross legged and setting the vine that had ventured up here with a studious look. It was shiny and shimmery in the sunlight, and as she sat still, it began to come closer.
The fairy stretched her hand out to it but didn't move close enough to touch it, wanting to gain its trust with the offering. She patiently waited for the vine to make the first move. Slowly it came close until it nudged her finger gently before nuzzling into the top her hand. It had a soft feeling to it, and it was coated in something.
When she giggled at the feel of it on her skin, it pulled back suddenly, "Sorry, it tickles," she said, not really knowing why she was talking to a vine, attached to a mushroom. Maybe because it felt sentient. Maybe even if it didn't know what she was saying, it could get a sense of how she was feeling through her tone and body language.
The vine's residue was still on her skin, but it wasn't an unpleasant stickiness. In fact, did it smell...she moved her nose closer to it, yes, it did smell sweet didn't it. Before she had a chance to second guess herself, her tongue flicked out over her skin to lap it up and it tasted sweet as well, like the juice of some sort of sweet fruit. Her eyes fluttered closed and she hummed. When she opened her eyes, looking over at the vine, she saw a few more of them curiously lingering at the edges of the mushroom cap.
"Sorry, I hope that was okay. You taste delicious, but I won't do it again if you don't like that," she offered with a smile. The vine inched closer to her then, and she felt her heart race as it neared. It held itself out to her, and she got the sense it was reciprocating her earlier gesture. Was it offering itself to be touched? To be tasted?
With more confidence than before, she reached out to drag her fingertip along the top of the vine's bulb. A string of the sticky substance connected them before dissolving to nothing in the distance. The fairy brought her slick finger to her tongue to lick it off. Another hum escaped her, but the vine did not retreat this time.
"I've never met anything quite like you little one," the fairy chimed, smiling and feeling something swell in the pit of her belly. She was always coming across delightful and unusual things in the forest.
The vine inched closer, hovering closer to her face...closer to her mouth. Without over thinking it she flicked her tongue out to lap up a little of that sweet coating directly off its soft skin. The vine shuddered, and her heart responded in kind as she saw it tense and relax again but it didn't move away. The sugary sweetness on her tongue was so good...and her new friend seemed to like that she was enjoying it.
She cautiously closed the distance between them, moving onto her knees and bringing her mouth close to the tip of the bulb. Her hand lifted gently, to caress her fingertips along the underside of the vine. She tried to communicate with her touch that if the vine wanted to retreat, it could.