"God, my head.."
The young man said as he woke up, reaching for water on the nightstand.
Echoes of a fierce clash full of fur, fangs, and scales still resounding in his head, hurting him as though they followed him through his dream and into reality.
After finishing the water, he looked around realizing that he was in a bedroom. His mind still fuzzy from the night before.
Without much thought he felt around the bed, accidentally nudging a woman he didn't know was there and who has yet to wake up.
Looking at the woman that he had no recollection of being with, he called out her name that he had no memory of. It rolled off his tongue as if it was natural that he knew the woman's name, as if he had said it hundreds, no? Thousands? Yes, thousands and thousands of times before.
"Iris, wake up." The young man said gently rubbing the nude woman's shoulder.
She finally rolled over after a few minutes of coaxing from the young man. As she did, he was able to see the woman in her entirety.
"Beautiful"
He whispered, watching her jet black hair cascade down her ivory shoulder. Iris finished rolling over under the sheets, her eyelids creaking open to reveal heterochromatic eyes.
The left was abuzz with golden streaks drowning in an ocean of blue. The right had the same golden streaks, but now drowning in pure white, looking as though her iris was carved of gilded marble.
Iris, noticing the man staring at her a little longer than he usually would, spoke out in a reserved, but of delighted tone.
"What's wrong Adam?"
The young man still reeling from the sight of the woman in his bed, barely registered what the woman had said.
'Adam? My name is… Adam? Yeah, yeah I think that sounds right?'
Finally coming to terms with his name, he spoke, "Sorry ma'am, I'm just a little confused at the moment. I don't seem to remember anything at all… Umm, where are we? And who am I?"
Iris stared at Adam blankly and then let out and almost imperceptible sigh.
"Not this again."
'Again?'
Iris continued, " Your name is Adam Granbeax, you're twenty-one years old, and you live on the west side of the Oak territory which is exactly where we are now."
Still largely confused, Adam took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts for a moment.
"Okay, I think I got it. So now who are you and what is our relationship?"
Iris smiled brightly and started to speak.
"My name is Iris Boone, I am twenty-one years old, and I am your oh so loving girlfriend, better be fiancé soon! We live together in your apartment and have lived together for the last three years."
"Any more questions?"
"Wha.. huh? Oh! Oh…no, thank you so much, I think I just need a minute or two to get my mind straight."
"Alright, well let me if you have any more questions. I think I'm going to hop in the shower while you're sorting things out!"
Iris got up out of the bed revealing the rest of her body to the stunned young man still on the bed, who then winked at him before finally exiting the room.
'What the he…'
Before he could finish that thought Iris peeked back around the doorway and said, "By the way you need to get ready, you might not remember but we're going to the Oak Stadium to watch the Corpse Clan give their speech."
"Um, okay just give me a to get ready."
"Wait, what's the Corpse clan?"
Iris had already left the doorway when he finished his question, but then she peeked back around the corner and said, "I'll explain things on the way, now hurry and get ready!"
And so, Adam started to get dressed for their outing together.