Mmm... [She loves the sound of his voice, especially when it travels through her entire being like this, even when it's just a simple hum, and she answers in turn.] I like the sound of that. Natsuno...
You know, calling you good boy like this is pretty nice, too... [How is it possible to love someone this much? Overcome with with too many warm fuzzies for words, she nuzzles the side of his face, the hand at his side shifting to embrace him.]
[He shuts his eyes, soaking in her warmth, paying special attention to how her face touches his. If he times it just right, he can steal a surprise kiss - there.]
Can you... [The hug is nice, and yet - ] I want to feel you without something else in the way, too.
[She smiles brightly, pleasantly surprised by his kiss and savouring the closeness. And--as if she could ever turn down a request like that--she tugs at the hem of his shirt and snakes both hands under the fabric to settle on his waist. Even as she watches his expression, the feeling of warm skin under her fingers is surprisingly entrancing.]
Hmm...I wonder if you're ticklish.
[Some mild teasing, but she wants to map more of him too, and trails her right hand up his side--bunching the shirt fabric a little as she goes--brushing over his ribcage, then over his chest, where her touch hovers. Her eyes widen in wonder. Of course, it shouldn't be surprising, and yet--it feels so intimate, somehow-]
[He's already excited when Rita tugs the hem of his shirt, and he sucks in a breath as her hands touch bare skin, sending delighted jolts through hits body. Natsuno sighs happily, a sigh that turns into an involuntary giggle when Rita trails a hand over his stomach on the way up. Yes, he's ticklish.]
It. [Heat floods his cheeks when she says she can feel his heartbeat. He's so glad he HAS a heartbeat, they would never be so close and so in love if he was an ice-cold animated corpse - ] You're the reason it beats so fast...
[Mischief briefly crosses her face at his short giggle. She isn't going to take advantage of his ticklish nature just now, but it sure is committed to memory for another time.
Right now...she's fascinated by the thrumming under her hand, a light dusting of pink rising to her own cheeks when he says it's racing because of her. It's because of them. She swallows.]
Do you... [And now that blush deepens, but she boldly presses ahead.] Do you want to feel mine?
[Natsuno gulps and nods. Without taking his eyes off Rita's, he slides a hand up her back, trailing up her spine. There's a moment of a hesitation before he brings it against her heart, between her breasts - first exploring with his fingers, then his entire palm. It's so warm and soft, he really can feel her heartbeat and not just hear it.
His own blush deepens, red spreading to the tips of his ears and down his neck when he realizes that he's hard, and that Rita can probably feel it with how she's straddling him.]
[Eyes locked in fascination and feeling his heart skip a few beats right under her palm, her lips part slightly as his hand moves. He's so warm and gentle, yet her nerves are practically sparking with electricity...and now, he can feel the way her own heartbeat flutters at his touch. Just the two of them, hands over each other's hearts--intimate proof that they're here, together...
She does start to feel him before his face goes red, although it takes her a moment to figure out exactly what the source is, when her brain is so heavily focused on Natsuno, Natsuno, Natsuno.]
Something's...poking all of a--oh. [It's right as she shifts in his lap in an effort to get comfortable that it registers, and her face goes about as red as his.
Well. Now she's just going to stare at him awkwardly for a moment. Right, this--this is how bodies work. She knows! She gets how basic anatomy works! Even if this...came as a surprise. Flustered, she tries to say something-] Uh--was this--too much?
[Something's poking. Twenty seconds ago Natsuno was grateful for still alive, but now he just wants to throw himself into the fake ocean.]
...No.
[Does she think it's too much? Her expression - this so awkward, he has no idea how to deal with it. They're still touching each other's bare skin, Rita is still in his lap and Natsuno is acutely aware of the press of her body against his groin.]
It's - I like it. A lot.
[His face is burning up, but so what? This - this is natural and normal! There's nothing wrong with it, especially not when it's someone you love!]
If - [Say it, you coward] it's not too much for you... I want to keep going.
O-oh...yeah. [I like it. A lot. Her face burns, but... Right, that much is...quite clear, isn't it? Where she's sitting right in his lap, she can still feel it, and where she was pleasantly warm before, she's almost uncomfortably flushed now.
...She takes a breath, focuses on his own red face and the racing heartbeat under her hand, then closes her eyes for a moment. Just...to think. This is new and awkward for both of them, but--that's right, there's nothing wrong about it, not in the least. She nods and looks at him again.]
Yeah...sorry. I was just--surprised. [The hand not over his heart, the one still on his waist, rubs gentle circles over his skin.] If you want to keep going, then...so do I. I mean--there's nothing wrong with it! It's normal! So...so we don't need to be embarrassed. Not with each other.
[Nailed...it? Well, even if they do get embarrassed...they'll work past it together. She puffs out her chest a little with confidence, and--becomes acutely aware of his hand in the center of her chest all over again. She'd been so distracted by the unexpected boner, that she'd almost forgotten, but...] Besides, I like...feeling your hand here.
[Which is also normal and she's not going to hesitate to admit that, so there it is!]
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[She may only take a moment to think, but it feels much longer. Natsuno remains utterly still, worried he freaked her out. How to make it less awkward? Should he think of some - boner-killer? Loud noises, desert zombies, the smell inside Clarke's rover oh thank god Rita's talking again. Some of the tension leaves his body when she starts stroking him. It was awkward, yes, but he didn't freak her out.
We don't need to be embarrassed. Not with each other. She's right, of course, as expected from a genius. He loves her so much.]
Okay. [I like...feeling your hand here. Natsuno's face is flushed deep and his mouth is still dry, but he manages to give Rita a little smile. Saying that he likes to touch her there would be stating the obvious, right? He needs another moment to work out the courage, but his inquisitive fingers soon trail her heart to her breast, first as a gentle brush, then to slowly cup it.]
[Supremely awkward moment or not, they're continuing their exploration, and she's glad for that--glad to see that little smile on Natsuno's face, and she gives him a soft one in return, still stroking his skin with her thumb even as her blush just about matches his own. Maybe he can still feel the way her heart skips a beat when his fingers brush over her breast.]
That's... [How does she describe it? Her gaze stays locked on his face, and a soft sigh escapes her lips.]
It's like...I never dreamed I'd ever let anyone... [She almost says "cop a feel", but that's so totally wrong a description for the way Natsuno's approaching it and for the way she feels about him, that she abandons that train of thought and course-corrects.] ...It's--a different sensation, but I like it.
So...how does it feel for you? [Obviously, he likes it--she's still sitting in his lap, after all--but she wants to know more detail, too.]
I think you can tell, [He replies, almost shyly, but he knows that's not the answer she's looking for. That's Rita for you, always collecting data.]
I never thought I'd do it either.
[Moving to Sotoba killed whatever childish fantasies he had at the time. His sole focus was leaving the boonies - even his feelings for Tohru were pushes somewhere to the back of his mind. Then he turned, and stopped thinking about a future at all. Only here, recently, did he allow himself to want again.]
It -
[She wants details, but how can he describe a want?]
Makes me want more. The more I touch you, I want to be closer.
[Her eyes crinkle with her smile, because they both know she can tell--and oh, now that the surprise and most of the awkwardness has passed, she's finding she rather likes this feeling...the satisfaction of knowing just who and what he's responding to, feeling exactly how much he likes their explorations.
...She can imagine the multiple meanings that lie behind his I never thought I'd do it either. She remembers how he called himself a monster, that he died and wasn't ever supposed to come back, and--she leans forward so their foreheads are touching, noses brushing each other. Who he is has always mattered. She loves who he is.
And she loves him for trying to put something so difficult to describe into words, because sometimes it is so hard to qualify something as more than a like or a want. The answer he comes to...makes her heart flutter, pleasant warmth flooding her veins.]
...Yeah, I think...that sounds about right for me, too. So... [Closer, hm? They certainly have...options.] We could...lie down, or... I could, you know--take off your shirt?
[A tiny, joyous laugh escapes her at his kiss, and her eyes light up all over again with anticipation, even as a faint new blush comes to her face to hear him say please.]
Since you asked so nicely...like a good boy, then... [Her slips her hands out from under his shirt--part of her misses the contact already, but it's only temporary, after all. Her fingers find the topmost button, and she begins steadily unfastening them, neither languid nor rushed. Once the last one is done, she pushes the shirt off his shoulders, and pulls back from his face just enough to get a better look at him.
Her mouth feels surprisingly dry, glancing over his lean form.]
Wow, you're really... I never expected to say this about someone, but you're... [He's Natsuno. Attractive, cute, beautiful, handsome, elegant--what does she choose, except for-] I think...you're perfect.
--You know, as close to perfection as a person can come! [Just. A very brief moment of flustered rambling.]
[Good boy. Natsuno gulps visibly when she starts unbuttoning his shirt. His gaze moves from her working hands to her face, both entranced and flustered and quite possibly forgetting how to breathe. He was going to wait for her, but once the shirt is unbuttoned he joins in shrugging it off.
To see Rita look at him like this - it's almost unreal to think that expression is directed at him. He wants to see more of it. He wants her to touch him and look at him and tell him how it makes her feel.]
Well... only blastia are really perfect.
[He's still flattered and honored to be so close behind! Watching Rita's face as she looks him over is wonderful, but the small distance between them... not so much. Natsuno slides his hands over Rita's sides, from her thighs to under her shirt, pulling her close to bask in the new sensation. For a moment it seems like he's about to kiss her again, but he shifts his weight back instead, falling on the bed with her on top of him.
[She grins, shivering in delight as his hands glide over her, and she's happily leaning in, parting her lips to kiss him-
And instead giving a surprised yelp when he gives them up to gravity--which quickly changes to a short burst of delighted laughter as she ends up with hands planted on his bare chest and noses just inches apart.]
Heh...I don't know, I think I'd actually pick you over a blastia. [Of course she'd pick him, if she had to choose. They'll always be an important part of her, but they can't even hope to measure up to the Natsuno-sized space in her heart by now.
And after she says that, well--now is just the perfect time to get that kiss he teased her with before, so she's going to do just that.]
[One shouldn't be so emotional after a girl says she'd pick him over magic rocks, but this is the multidimensional bullshit ship and Natsuno's heart swells.
Other stuff swell when she's on top of him like this, hands on his chest, but this time he's almost over the awkwardness.
No more teasing - his lips part against hers in a languid kiss. Natsuno rests his hands on her butt to press her even closer, then slides them under her shirt. He tugs the hem gently, a question. Can I?]
[She feels it too, being pressed so close, but now that she knows and they're mostly past that embarrassing first discovery, she just smiles softly--he's happy, and that makes her happy in turn. So, so happy, because he's worth it, and she loves him more than she ever thought it was possible to love someone.
Other things she thought weren't possible before: not minding anyone's hands on her butt, yet Natsuno continues to defy the natural laws of existence. Instead, she's all too happy to press close, until she feels the gentle tug on her shirt and pulls back from the kiss apologetically. Not because she isn't ready to match his level of undress, but because those overall straps are really in the way.]
Just a second--I really should've worn something more...
[Not that she necessarily expected them to be taking off clothes together, but anyways--she sits back up, just enough to shove the straps off her shoulders and pull her arms out, and then...she smiles more shyly at him this time, but nods. Go ahead.]
[He smiles back just as shyly, but also absolutely delighted. He pulls the hem up slowly, trying to make it as smooth as possible - it'll be embarrassing if her head gets stuck! Once it's done Natsuno takes a moment to simply look at her. Flushed cheeks, hair tousled and her body...
Natsuno has been thinking about it every time she wore her sailor outfit, trying not to stare too much at Rita's exposed skin, wishing he could see more.
His eyes brighten, pupils dilating. He's drunk on love and attraction and he isn't coming down from the high any time soon. When he speaks, it's breathy.]
You're beautiful.
[Perfect. But as much as he enjoys to behold her, he's already missing the contact, so he wraps his arms over her exposed back to pull her down.]
[There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Nothing to be flustered over, especially not with Natsuno--bodies are just bodies, and there's nothing wrong with hers, and she wants this, okay! Yet, still--it's hard not to be flustered as he painstakingly, carefully tugs her shirt away, and then she's sitting topless in his lap, face very red as cool air rushes over her skin--but that won't stop her from puffing out her small chest with pride.
Besides, Natsuno's reaction--even before he speaks--is everything. Her heart swells, expression softening from embarrassed pride to lovingly shy.]
...And you have good taste.
[It's the sort of thing she might usually say with way more boldness, but here...she really is happy to hear that from him. Her Natsuno, so sweet and perfect... She's all too happy to be pulled down, planting one of her elbows on the bed so her hand can tousle in his hair as bare skin meets bare skin and she shivers in delight.]
You're wonderful, Natsuno. [She likes saying his name like this. And she can't help but kiss him again.]
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You know, calling you good boy like this is pretty nice, too... [How is it possible to love someone this much? Overcome with with too many warm fuzzies for words, she nuzzles the side of his face, the hand at his side shifting to embrace him.]
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Can you... [The hug is nice, and yet - ] I want to feel you without something else in the way, too.
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[She smiles brightly, pleasantly surprised by his kiss and savouring the closeness. And--as if she could ever turn down a request like that--she tugs at the hem of his shirt and snakes both hands under the fabric to settle on his waist. Even as she watches his expression, the feeling of warm skin under her fingers is surprisingly entrancing.]
Hmm...I wonder if you're ticklish.
[Some mild teasing, but she wants to map more of him too, and trails her right hand up his side--bunching the shirt fabric a little as she goes--brushing over his ribcage, then over his chest, where her touch hovers. Her eyes widen in wonder. Of course, it shouldn't be surprising, and yet--it feels so intimate, somehow-]
Wow... I...can feel your heartbeat.
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[He's already excited when Rita tugs the hem of his shirt, and he sucks in a breath as her hands touch bare skin, sending delighted jolts through hits body. Natsuno sighs happily, a sigh that turns into an involuntary giggle when Rita trails a hand over his stomach on the way up. Yes, he's ticklish.]
It. [Heat floods his cheeks when she says she can feel his heartbeat. He's so glad he HAS a heartbeat, they would never be so close and so in love if he was an ice-cold animated corpse - ] You're the reason it beats so fast...
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Right now...she's fascinated by the thrumming under her hand, a light dusting of pink rising to her own cheeks when he says it's racing because of her. It's because of them. She swallows.]
Do you... [And now that blush deepens, but she boldly presses ahead.] Do you want to feel mine?
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His own blush deepens, red spreading to the tips of his ears and down his neck when he realizes that he's hard, and that Rita can probably feel it with how she's straddling him.]
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She does start to feel him before his face goes red, although it takes her a moment to figure out exactly what the source is, when her brain is so heavily focused on Natsuno, Natsuno, Natsuno.]
Something's...poking all of a--oh. [It's right as she shifts in his lap in an effort to get comfortable that it registers, and her face goes about as red as his.
Well. Now she's just going to stare at him awkwardly for a moment. Right, this--this is how bodies work. She knows! She gets how basic anatomy works! Even if this...came as a surprise. Flustered, she tries to say something-] Uh--was this--too much?
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...No.
[Does she think it's too much? Her expression - this so awkward, he has no idea how to deal with it. They're still touching each other's bare skin, Rita is still in his lap and Natsuno is acutely aware of the press of her body against his groin.]
It's - I like it. A lot.
[His face is burning up, but so what? This - this is natural and normal! There's nothing wrong with it, especially not when it's someone you love!]
If - [Say it, you coward] it's not too much for you... I want to keep going.
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...She takes a breath, focuses on his own red face and the racing heartbeat under her hand, then closes her eyes for a moment. Just...to think. This is new and awkward for both of them, but--that's right, there's nothing wrong about it, not in the least. She nods and looks at him again.]
Yeah...sorry. I was just--surprised. [The hand not over his heart, the one still on his waist, rubs gentle circles over his skin.] If you want to keep going, then...so do I. I mean--there's nothing wrong with it! It's normal! So...so we don't need to be embarrassed. Not with each other.
[Nailed...it? Well, even if they do get embarrassed...they'll work past it together. She puffs out her chest a little with confidence, and--becomes acutely aware of his hand in the center of her chest all over again. She'd been so distracted by the unexpected boner, that she'd almost forgotten, but...] Besides, I like...feeling your hand here.
[Which is also normal and she's not going to hesitate to admit that, so there it is!]
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We don't need to be embarrassed. Not with each other. She's right, of course, as expected from a genius. He loves her so much.]
Okay. [I like...feeling your hand here. Natsuno's face is flushed deep and his mouth is still dry, but he manages to give Rita a little smile. Saying that he likes to touch her there would be stating the obvious, right? He needs another moment to work out the courage, but his inquisitive fingers soon trail her heart to her breast, first as a gentle brush, then to slowly cup it.]
...how's this?
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That's... [How does she describe it? Her gaze stays locked on his face, and a soft sigh escapes her lips.]
It's like...I never dreamed I'd ever let anyone... [She almost says "cop a feel", but that's so totally wrong a description for the way Natsuno's approaching it and for the way she feels about him, that she abandons that train of thought and course-corrects.] ...It's--a different sensation, but I like it.
So...how does it feel for you? [Obviously, he likes it--she's still sitting in his lap, after all--but she wants to know more detail, too.]
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I never thought I'd do it either.
[Moving to Sotoba killed whatever childish fantasies he had at the time. His sole focus was leaving the boonies - even his feelings for Tohru were pushes somewhere to the back of his mind. Then he turned, and stopped thinking about a future at all. Only here, recently, did he allow himself to want again.]
It -
[She wants details, but how can he describe a want?]
Makes me want more. The more I touch you, I want to be closer.
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...She can imagine the multiple meanings that lie behind his I never thought I'd do it either. She remembers how he called himself a monster, that he died and wasn't ever supposed to come back, and--she leans forward so their foreheads are touching, noses brushing each other. Who he is has always mattered. She loves who he is.
And she loves him for trying to put something so difficult to describe into words, because sometimes it is so hard to qualify something as more than a like or a want. The answer he comes to...makes her heart flutter, pleasant warmth flooding her veins.]
...Yeah, I think...that sounds about right for me, too. So... [Closer, hm? They certainly have...options.] We could...lie down, or... I could, you know--take off your shirt?
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Yeah, [He says immediately. A brief pause and he clarifies:] To both. Please.
[The thought of her taking control again to do it for him is already sending electric tingles through his body.]
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Since you asked so nicely...like a good boy, then... [Her slips her hands out from under his shirt--part of her misses the contact already, but it's only temporary, after all. Her fingers find the topmost button, and she begins steadily unfastening them, neither languid nor rushed. Once the last one is done, she pushes the shirt off his shoulders, and pulls back from his face just enough to get a better look at him.
Her mouth feels surprisingly dry, glancing over his lean form.]
Wow, you're really... I never expected to say this about someone, but you're... [He's Natsuno. Attractive, cute, beautiful, handsome, elegant--what does she choose, except for-] I think...you're perfect.
--You know, as close to perfection as a person can come! [Just. A very brief moment of flustered rambling.]
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To see Rita look at him like this - it's almost unreal to think that expression is directed at him. He wants to see more of it. He wants her to touch him and look at him and tell him how it makes her feel.]
Well... only blastia are really perfect.
[He's still flattered and honored to be so close behind! Watching Rita's face as she looks him over is wonderful, but the small distance between them... not so much. Natsuno slides his hands over Rita's sides, from her thighs to under her shirt, pulling her close to bask in the new sensation. For a moment it seems like he's about to kiss her again, but he shifts his weight back instead, falling on the bed with her on top of him.
He's grinning. Both, please.]
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And instead giving a surprised yelp when he gives them up to gravity--which quickly changes to a short burst of delighted laughter as she ends up with hands planted on his bare chest and noses just inches apart.]
Heh...I don't know, I think I'd actually pick you over a blastia. [Of course she'd pick him, if she had to choose. They'll always be an important part of her, but they can't even hope to measure up to the Natsuno-sized space in her heart by now.
And after she says that, well--now is just the perfect time to get that kiss he teased her with before, so she's going to do just that.]
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Other stuff swell when she's on top of him like this, hands on his chest, but this time he's almost over the awkwardness.
No more teasing - his lips part against hers in a languid kiss. Natsuno rests his hands on her butt to press her even closer, then slides them under her shirt. He tugs the hem gently, a question. Can I?]
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Other things she thought weren't possible before: not minding anyone's hands on her butt, yet Natsuno continues to defy the natural laws of existence. Instead, she's all too happy to press close, until she feels the gentle tug on her shirt and pulls back from the kiss apologetically. Not because she isn't ready to match his level of undress, but because those overall straps are really in the way.]
Just a second--I really should've worn something more...
[Not that she necessarily expected them to be taking off clothes together, but anyways--she sits back up, just enough to shove the straps off her shoulders and pull her arms out, and then...she smiles more shyly at him this time, but nods. Go ahead.]
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Natsuno has been thinking about it every time she wore her sailor outfit, trying not to stare too much at Rita's exposed skin, wishing he could see more.
His eyes brighten, pupils dilating. He's drunk on love and attraction and he isn't coming down from the high any time soon. When he speaks, it's breathy.]
You're beautiful.
[Perfect. But as much as he enjoys to behold her, he's already missing the contact, so he wraps his arms over her exposed back to pull her down.]
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Besides, Natsuno's reaction--even before he speaks--is everything. Her heart swells, expression softening from embarrassed pride to lovingly shy.]
...And you have good taste.
[It's the sort of thing she might usually say with way more boldness, but here...she really is happy to hear that from him. Her Natsuno, so sweet and perfect... She's all too happy to be pulled down, planting one of her elbows on the bed so her hand can tousle in his hair as bare skin meets bare skin and she shivers in delight.]
You're wonderful, Natsuno. [She likes saying his name like this. And she can't help but kiss him again.]