[open] I feel you forget me like I used to feel you breathe

[Luvi]

I take a deep breath in, focusing on the winter chill of the air and the way my golden chest expands as I inhale. I exhale, trying to force the panic out alongside the now-warmed air. Repeat. Repeat again.

It might have been working, but the next deep breath brings with it the unmistakable scent of someone nearby. My eyes fly open at the very same instant that my entire self becomes invisible.

“Oh!“ I exclaim, realizing immediately that the someone is not a winged lion poised to eat me, but rather a shimmering young stallion. Well, mostly shimmering; his head is much darker. Referring to my change, I say quickly: “Sorry bout this. Habit.“

I become visible, both because I’d only done so accidentally, and because the world feels more real when I can be seen. Everything is faintly blurred and muted when I am invisible, a side effect of the magic. “Yes, I’m –“I blink a few times to adjust to sharper sight, then a few more to process that his face is darker than the rest of him because it is absolutely filthy.

The embarrassment I feel for having disappeared on him is swallowed by bewilderment as I ask with baffled concern: “Are you okay? Did you fall?“

@Valoel