windfall | unfortunately, like a fool, i said, "it's not like i want to let you go"

unfortunately, like a fool, i said, "it's not like i want to let you go"

( continued from here! )

[ Denji stares up Aki's way, visibly annoyed, as she brooks another crest of colorless smoke invading her senses, slender tendrils ghosting over their heads, nearly transparent in the lamplight. This nicotine-addicted slag. Always with the insults… It means kissing! She kissed them! What other meaning could make out have? Still, she roughly erases what characters she was writing (she'd forgotten midway what the stroke pattern to one kanji was), decorating her report in rubber shavings. ]

I mean, you saw Emi-chan's stuff. A bunch of her dresses and skirts looked kinda itchy, but she had some grown-up outfits in the very, very back!

[ Instead of writing what she took, her pencil draws a series of doodles across the page: some peanut snacks, a bottle of tea looted from the mini fridge, a vial that she kindly labels as pirfume, and then the garment bag. ]

So I took one, since I don't got a whole lotta those. [ Most of her closet is filled with clothes from the secondhand store… and some secondhand straight from Aki's own wardrobe. For example, the tanktop she's wearing under her blouse right now. ] It's gonna make my rack look suuuper sexy on me, and then guys will be linin' up outside our apartment to take me on dates to the zoo and all that!

[ No, Denji doesn't know what the proper attire is for a zoo date. ]

…'course I'm not gonna go, seeing as I'm already taken. But you get the idea. What'd you get?

[ If she's remembering correctly, Aki's hands didn't look as full as her own walking out of the dressing room. Did she not take anything and now she's regretting it? ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ She thinks about sex all the time, with the oftenness of someone with an affliction, an addiction to the human body. All the microscopic ways you can dismantle a person, make them stress their limits, bend, and fold in defeat. Feel good about it. It's crossed her mind.

But as Aki grabs her and she launches forward, confused alarm spreads across her red-battered face, followed closely by the onset of a realization. She'd nearly forgotten about it. The trade Aki'd thrown out there, careless as a bone, like she didn't think it mattered a single bit. And maybe Denji hadn't cared that much about what she'd get in return, either. Just wanted to do well, feel well. And maybe that's why she'd forgotten about it, why her hands close around Aki's elbows, trying to brace and push back against them. ]

H-Hey! Watch it, don't, ah, ah, ahnnn —

[ Her cries skip out, the scratch of a record that keeps rewinding itself, before succumbing into pathetic mewls, a long string of saliva sticking to her back teeth, mouth opening up so, so wide. Fuck, she sounds like a slut. The waist of her panties squeezes into her hips, the front material bulging with the fit of Aki's hand — without thinking, her own hand clamps on top, trying to urge her touch in. She hasn't even breached past her folds yet, but just the light tracing of her fingers, the friction at her clit, turns her inside out, nipples buttoning through her shirt as she arches into Aki's naked chest.

She wants more. If the nipping at her neck weren't sucking the air clean from her windpipe, weren't vibrating from the impatient whine leaking out from her, Denji would tell her that. For now, she can only wriggle her underwear looser down her legs, ignoring the snap of threading as it stretches around her soaked thighs. ]

[Dirty bitch, Aki thinks without meaning to. She doesn't really demean Denji like this very often, usually goes with more specific insults or frustrated noises, but hearing the way she vocalizes from a touch that hasn't even gone deep enough to get her off... Maybe she didn't expect it, maybe it jumped to the surface from that surprise. Maybe. But her panties are down and she has a better reach now and even though her hand is grabbing at Aki's, she doesn't move in response to it, simply presses two fingers against her fold before hooking sharply up and pressing the tips into her cunt.]

[She keeps the fingers shallow, not attempting to fully break her open nor even find out if she is. Instead it's more like teasing, tasting, getting a sample. She's caught Denji masturbating enough times by now but she's never sounded like this, never sounded so - feral. So...]

[Hot. It's kind of hot. When she traces her teeth along the line of her throat, she can feel every echo and vibration with each noise she makes. Pushing herself up on still-shaky legs, she stretches them out to coax Denji in closer, over her lap so she can really watch her squirm.]

On your knees. Up. [A barked, expectant order is all the warning she gets before Aki pulls her in close, wrapping her arm around her back while the other continues its shallow fingering. Is she holding back a bit? Maybe. Maybe to make up for that, she kisses up her chin - but maybe that's also an excuse to stay close so she can hear every hitch of her breath.]

[ Vision blurry, breath little more than a whimper, the lips of her pussy fluttering around the fingers dipped inside her — that's the state Denji's in as she totters to her knees, gawkily positioning herself above Aki's extended legs. She can barely keep herself upright.

It's true that Aki has barely done anything to her besides test and taunt, but the heat wetting her groin is still overwhelmingly opposite from having her own fingers blindly scissoring her insides. No, the pressure is different, too sweet. Pleasurable, for once.

Denji's never been good at that part. The penetration. When she was just beginning to learn her body, she didn't really even know which hole was the one that was supposed to feel good, kept switching between her anus and her cunt, and then when she figured it out, she couldn't understand why it didn't feel… more. She wondered if girls had a secret third place no one told her about, if she was going deep enough, if she was brave enough to push in deeper. Or if this was another place she was defunct.

Rubbing her clit, though, that one's always been easy. Straightforward. While Aki fingers her entrance, slicked with excess moistness, a groan wisps out of her as she curls her middle finger toward that red and erect place, so stupidly primed for abuse. Her other hand skims up Aki's side, squeezing around one of her plush tits. She could come with just this, just the the groping, the petting of Aki's fingers.

But that's not what she wants. Denji pants, staring down her nose at Aki, tongue nearly lolled out. ]

Um… You — gonna stick it in or what…?

[Yet again, she wants to snap something back at her, frustration clear from the glint in her eye when Denji dares to speak up, to urge her on towards a specific task. In this situation? Seriously? Denji's never even seen a breast in real life before this that didn't belong to her mom or live in a magazine, and now she wants to coax Aki along.]

[But she drops her gaze after a moment of returning her stare with a cold one of her own, looking at the hand on her chest, grasping her boob.]

You're squeezing.

[Like this is an answer to why she hasn't "stuck it in" yet. Sitting back with an annoyed sigh, Aki reaches to the hem of Denji's shirt and yanks it upward, pulling it free in a way that has little concern for the head and arms she has to navigate to get it off. If the fabric rips or pulls out of shape due to the tug, so be it. Tossing it away, she instead wraps a hand around one of Denji's breasts, cupping the smaller flesh and rubbing her thumb over the nipple, all while gently stroking the lips of her labia without pressing in. She might have rushed out her own orgasm, either due to Aki's demanding or from her own lack of experience, but she has no desire to rush this one, in turn.]

Gentle. Like this. [And she continues stroking and groping her chest, all the while dragging her fingers along the rim of her cunt, right where the muscle begins to grow tighter.]

Squeezing what — aah?!

[ As the screechy pitch of her yelp indicates, Denji's visibly caught off guard, arms whipping up, face scrunching with the forceful discarding of her top. It's not really that she'd intended to help Aki along, it was more like — like when you keep passing by the same expensive dress that somebody else is busy handling, so when you see nobody's there, nothing's in your way anymore, you pounce on the opportunity to coast a grubby hand over its detailed stitching. Rub your fingers at the cool skin of something you'd never normally be able to afford in your lifetime.

Aki's an old crone who gets her pussy wet on hunting devils, dreaming of herself impaling that Gun with a blade. But sometimes it's hard to look away from her when her eyes get dark and freezing, clouded and focused. Even harder to resist touching her, imagining that she could use some warming up, imagining it'd be an easy thing to fix if Denji could just lay her hands on her.

So, a selfish compulsion. That's all it was.

Denji nearly doubles over when Aki feels her perking chest, cheek brushing against Aki’s as she hunches down. Her eyes water, embarrassed. Getting turned on by the embarrassment, the torturous slide of her fingers. Fuck. Damn it, her touch couldn't be more light, so why does it hurt as bad as a bruise?

When her hand finds Aki's breast again, she mirrors her careful example, making sure she's only loosely massaging her, a soft nipple pinched between her thumb and forefinger. Ducking her face in, Denji's lips press to Aki's shoulder. ]

N-Nn… More. You're bein' mean…

[Monkey see, monkey do. Denji's next touch is much gentler, softer, pleasant. Even with her bending into her shoulder and pressing against her, Aki still has plenty of space to continue playing with her chest, arching her own back to give Denji lots of room to toy with hers. She wants to say something about Denji learning by example, that it's not about force so much as intent - but then she's complaining, calling Aki mean, and... Gently, quietly, with a slight shake of her shoulders, she laughs.]

That's good. [She kisses at her temple, rolling her hard nub with her thumb as her other fingers continue to stroke her opening.] Good girl. Here. [And, like it's a reward, she presses in, sliding a single finger into her cunt and hooking it forward. The second joins after just a moment and Aki begins gently thrusting, curling them against her inner walls, rubbing all along her insides as she leans her head against hers, other hand holding steadfast to her chest to keep her anchored in place, but it's not sturdy enough and she doesn't need Denji collapsing on her, especially in this position. She really should have kept her on the floor, but it's too late for that. So...] Wrap your arms around my shoulders.

[ Aki spares a kiss to the side of her head, like she's done this before and knows all the sweetest words to whisper to make a girl melt like chocolate in her arms. It's impossible to concentrate or make sense of anything besides that sense of connection, not even the pang of want and something else, something more confusing, swarming her chest, making her ears buzz — that is, until she feels it. The push of a finger inside her. A second one. Then, the dragging, the angled thump of her palm squelching against her juices, through it — she's finger-fucking her, but there's not a mean thing about it.

Denji's breathing puffs out erratically, edging on hyperventilation. She can't seem to relax, thighs densely compressing around Aki's wrist, barely giving her space to pulse in and out. And what leeway she has is making her legs shake already. The opening to cling to her is all but welcome. Her arms swing around Aki's neck as she crumples forward, nearly bears all her weight down on her hand, gasping roughly into the underside of her jaw. ]

It — hurts.

[ Does that sound too much like she's being a baby? ]

A little. But I'll kick your ass if you stop.

[It hurts, Denji says, and there's a brief, barely-there pause to her motions. It's easy to forget, easy to ignore considering what Denji is, but it's still true - she's a kid. A stupid-ass teen with a body only explored by her own hand. Aki remembers it, herself, the first time she was touched by someone else and felt the hard, sturdy press of fingers inside her, replaced with something thicker. The shock, the discomfort - pain. So Denji says it hurts and Aki believes her, but also continues after the pause, sliding her fingers out before pushing them back in, fucking her pussy in a constant motion.]

[Because right after comes the threat she expected, the same one she felt when it hurt that first time. Yes, it hurts, but the good weighs out the bad. The pleasure overwhelms anything bad - and she's sure Denji agrees. Decides she does, anyway, humming in recognition at her words as she continues to finger her open.]

You're so wet... [She wants to add in something rude, a cruel comment about it, her lips forming around the words, but she gives up on it, huffing a sound kind of like a sneer before tilting her chin for Denji to fit herself against.] Look at you. [As if she could. Even with a mirror, she's not sure Denji could comprehend how she looks, bent over on her knees, clinging to Aki's form while her fingers sink into her over and over. Her thumb nudges against her clit, unsteady and rolling against the nail, but the pressure is what she's after and once she has a good position, she pushes the nub hard against her as her fingers jut in deeper, seeking. All while her other hand continues to gently knead her breast.] Bet you'll squirt, at this rate - You nasty girl.

[Dirty talk isn't her specialty, but Denji always seems to appreciate verbal support, words of praise and kind epithets. Puppy, good girl, pet - All the stuff she probably gets off to hearing Makima call her. But right now, she'll have to deal with Aki's voice instead.]

[ Nasty girl.

And yet it's every word that parts from Aki's filthy mouth that soils her thighs, her grimy fingers stuffed inside Denji's exposed cunt, her handiwork that's drawn continuous moans from her sore throat as the very essence of her heats, and aches, and craves for more. More delicious friction, more of Aki's touch: the good, the bad, the even worse. If Denji's nasty, what does that say about the person who willingly submerges her hands in all her mess?

Without consciously realizing it, Denji bounces on her curved finger, hips rocking, cries hiccuping from her chest like she was born for exactly this. To suffer her degradation, to sing for it — a music box just for Aki.

It's madness. She never thought she'd be into getting punched down and called names by her superior. When she imagines Makima sweet talking her, it's always rich honey in her ears, nice things, romantic things, but maybe it's the dissonance of hearing Aki's every day impatience and irritation mingled in with an uncommon breathlessness to her voice as she serves to fulfill Denji's need. Maybe that's what's getting her off, what keeps her trapped in the frantic movement of their bodies, froth gathering at the rim of where her hole and the stretch of Aki's two digits meet. Lathering the entirety of her palm at this point.

Aki's right. She probably could squirt. ]

Make me —

[ That's what she begins to say, forceful, like it's a challenge, but then Aki strokes in deep at one particular spot and her mouth twists into a grimace, her gaze staggering upwards for a split second. ]

Hnngh, please, please, make me —

[ She licks her tongue up Aki's cheek, knee pushing its way into the apex of Aki's own legs, like she's pressuring her on. Begging Aki to sully her even further, past the brink. ]

[It reminds her of seeing Denji in the midst of a fight, when her face is obscured by some metallic helmet. She can't see her eyes then and she can't see them now, thanks to how close they are, but she's always wondered what her expression must be like. Delight or terror, pleasure or pain. Some mix of these opposites in a disturbing stew. She licks up her face and it strenghtens the feeling that this is exactly like combat, her tongue lolling out, her body quivering, legs fighting for purchase into a spot Aki knows from experience won't give her a solid hold. Without thinking she lowers her hand to wrap around Denji's back, holding her up. She may be tense, but she might not be for long.]

Dirty girl. [She repeats the brand of insult in lieu of anything better. It's good she already came, that Denji pushed her so far over the edge that this certainly won't work her up. If she got turned on not just from the way Denji kissed her body but from the way she quivered and shook on her hand - No, she's definitely not. Definitely not storing away every sound and every hitch of breath on its own mental CD, carefully labeled and placed on a spindle.]

[It's embarrassing, the kinds of emotions this stupid brat brings to the surface in her.]

[Her fingers continue to mercilessly pump in and out, fucking into her deepest reaches and hooking close to pulse against the edges of her body, all while her thumb presses hard against her clit, hitting it like a button that's bright red and warning you not to. She can feel her wetness coating every inch of her hand, over her palm and nearly up to the wrist.]

Then come, already. Hurry up. Come, right now. [She turns her head to look down at her, tilting her chin up like she's coaxing a dog forward, ordering it with only a look, cold and commanding. Because that's what she wants, Aki's decided. Someone to order her around. That's always what she wants. Aki will play the role, if she must. The heat in her cheeks at seeing Denji belie the lie, but she still speaks sternly like it's all true.] Come, you mutt.

[ This time, Denji babbles in assent to the sound of her own lampooning, as if each insult is praise to be digested in full. The pleasure washing down whatever offense roused, turning it instead into a reason to keep going, to see this through, to take her satisfaction by any means possible — after all, it's not something given away freely, without cost. So, by that logic, she shouldn't have to shoulder the guilt that always looms in that back corner of her heart, decrying her enjoyment of every day things. Like sweets from the convenience store, or staying up late to catch one more episode.

Sex. Sharing candy with someone.

She's paying her dues, that's all. That's how she justifies herself, and justifies holding on to a frigid woman who can't stand her. But with their bodies right on each other, stretching and melted together into one wriggling mass, cheeks flushed, she — she sure is warm. She almost looks like she's having fun, calling her a mutt and demanding her release.

Throwing her head back, Denji groans loud, countering the sloppy beating of her fingers with her own violent and out-of-time grinding, like she's trying to take in more than what's been offered to her. Like she wants each crank that keeps winding her up, the unbearable pressure that heats every section of her stomach, to hurt. Just an acceptable amount, just to help her hold off for one last spike of bliss and prolong this moment as much as she can. Which isn't long, she knows. The agonizing flick of her clit's getting her light-headed, causing her hips buck and shiver and jump more frequently with the pull of a higher calling. It's coming. It's coming. But before it's too late, she still has something to do.

Scrabbling for Aki's jaw, she forces her face into a tilt and kisses her, urgently dragging her up by the bottom lip, suckling and suckling, trying to taste as much as she can. Badly, bruisingly, but completely. Her brow knits in concentration, dead set on getting this one correct. No interruptions. And, oh, oh, that feels — ]

Fuck, coming, fuck! A-Aki, I'm —

[ Aki thrusts true to a place she can't even name, the tingling in her spine growing until her eyes have glazed over and she's suddenly eye-to-eye with the ceiling. A gasp crowns the breath between their lips as what feels like a fist flying through glass shatters straight through her core. Her thighs spasm as she cries so hard she can feel the base of her skull go numb — and in the midst of all that, a hot flood spills from the seam of her cunt, pouring past the fingers still inside her, whole rivulets coiling down Aki's forearm. ]

[It's like everything Denji does, whether it be eating a meal or killing a devil: a beautiful mess. Aki doesn't let up when she can feel how close she is, the way her body shakes and shivers around her and sloppily meets her thrusts but she doesn't expect her to go for her lip in such a dramatic fashion - and nor does she expect her to let go so hard, to spill down her whole hand and arm and into her lap. Aki has the immediate instinct to pull away but manages to bite that down, tilting her head up to watch Denji as her head falls back and she lets those noises resound through the whole room.]

[Their neighbors probably heard that.]

[She slows her movements gradually, first by backing out of her pussy ever so slowly and then by letting go of the pressure on her clit. When she pulls her fingers free she can feel how pruned they are from how long she had them in her, how wet and sloppy she was... Without a thought to whether Denji will care about it, she wraps that arm around Denji's back to coax her into relaxing off her knees, trying to help her settle into her lap.]

[It was kind of impressive. She thought she came hard; Denji always manages to outclass her on things like this, doesn't she? Things that no one else would consider being something to compete against.]

You good...? [Hopefully she didn't snap her neck.]

[ Easily led by the tender touch coaxing her in, Denji sinks into the embrace with one last shaky exhale, still twitching and jolting with the residual high of her release. Before, as their limbs pressed and squirmed together, she could barely cognate anything other than her own profound need. But now it's difficult not to be overly conscious of everything. The wet tack layering her thighs, viscid, as she adjusts to sitting in her lap. The dark hair-tips stuck to her cheek as she shapes herself into the crook of Aki's neck. How naked she is, naked they both are.

Denji hoarsely mumbles in answer to the question, but it's nothing audible. Nothing that would have made sense, had she the brain activity to raise her speaking volume a little, either.

Whether she's good or bad — is that even for her to decide?

After a few minutes listening to her heartbeat, feeling it break from its racing gait, she sighs. Wills herself to stay awake, shifting her position slightly to nuzzle directly into Aki's neck, kissing at her pulse point one more time, like it's the last chance she'll get. Then, slowly, her face slides from her jugular, the protrusion of her clavicle, past even the puncture mark that landed them in this situation. She finally stalls between Aki's breasts, seems to take a brief second to consider her next action, before plunging into them with a happy hum as her hands knead the fatty rolls — gentle. Circling at her areolas. Denji, again, playing the monkey.

Truthfully, it's not even a sexual act for her right now; she just wants to keep touching her. Keep exploring. ]

This… is a normal thing for girls to do, right? Right, Aki?

[ This time, her voice rises around part of Aki's pale flesh dragged between her lips, just barely avoiding the more sensitive skin of her nipple. ]

[Ah, she's... a cuddler. She wants to cuddle, or something. Or - What is this called again? Makima calls it something... Skinship? Is that what this is? Aki leans back a little as Denji sets to explore her body, watching her with a mix of annoyance and curiosity. What is it about her body that has her so curious, is what she's curious about. The way she touches her and rolls her breasts in her hands and traces over her nipples - dives in between her chest and seems to be pleased by what she finds there. Which is, what? Skin she can't peel away? Aki isn't sure she wants to know.]

[She raises a hand to push at Denji's head when she starts messing her fingers around her nipples, expecting her to jump for round two. It's right when she has her palm pressed against the side of her head that she asks that idiotic question. Aki raises her eyes up to the ceiling, immediately feeling the exhaustion wash over her.]

[Normal? What the hell is she...]

You never do anything normal.

[And this certainly isn't included. But it's Denji, and Aki is vaguely aware that she isn't asking in a moral or a logical sense. It's something more nebulous than that. If this is the way sex is supposed to be, if being squirted on and then following it up by squirting all over your partner is normal, if enjoying the feeling of breasts in your hand is normal. If touch and connection like this is normal.]

But this isn't that unusual, no.

[So she can take it or leave that. Aki presses at her again, trying to wedge herself out from where she's taken root. The push isn't that hard, however, and it's not just from a lack of wanting to try. Her arms feel shaky, tired. Weak.]

Let me get up and clean up a little... You stink. [She smells kind of like piss which makes sense, but the main issue is that Aki's arm is soaked and sticky and if Denji is going to crawl all over her, she'd rather let her have her fill while she's not dealing with those sensations. This isn't a devil fight, after all. Being soaked and sticky isn't something she can simply put out of her mind for now.] Come on, you can cling to me in the bedroom.

[ So, yes and no, she can only assume from those answers. What they did — the kissing, the coming, the coveting — Aki's telling her that happens all the time? And yet also saying that Denji is the sole variable that turns this equation on its head?

Consternation compounds in her wrinkled forehead. She tries to wrap her mind around it. The backhandedness of what she's saying, if it hurts her feelings that much at all. But the stamp of Aki's hand pressing into her face is like a manifestation of the mental obstacle she can't vault over. One, she clearly doesn't want to, seeing how after a moment she appears to discard her whirling thoughts in favor of nosing up into her palm, almost forcing Aki to pet her. Doesn't even mind the still shriveled feel of fingers pushing back against her rosy cheeks. The slick's nearly dried into her palm lines, stuck under her nails as something to be washed off later; it smells musty and dank, like she's been having sex. Is that what Denji stinks like, too?

If so, why would she ever want to get clean? The evidence that they held each other, felt each other through a breaking storm, why would she want to wash it off?

Ah, but if she really has to…

All of Denji's weight slides back with the push, splatting her bare bottom into the puddle darkening their floorboards. She grabs at Aki's wrist at the same swift movement, tugging firmly at her to stay. ]

But I can clean ya up right here —

[ She says fast, a little panicked, her words overlapping with Aki's. Her mouth yawning open, tongued already darting diagonally across the range of her knuckles, gliding in and out of each gap, prodding at her fingernail beds. She can do as good a job as any squeaky faucet. ]

[Denji snatches her wrist and starts sucking down her own fluids and Aki groans under her breath, visibly irritated.]

I'm not going anywhere. Don't be so clingy.

[Because it's overstimulating, how her tongue laps at her fingers, sucks off each digit and presses against the tips of her nails like she could suck out the marrow from beneath her skin. She wants to push her over and force her fingers down her throat, teach her how to use her tongue properly, not like a dog lapping juice from a bone but something more skilled. Less desperate.]

[But god, if there isn't something about watching her be so desperate.]

[Aki pulls her hand away harshly, barely nicking one on the sharps of Denji's stupid teeth as she works on getting up. Without a word she finally removes her shirt, sliding it up and over her head in one swift motion as her breasts bounce from the action. Tossing it down on the floor, she aims to cover ~~their mutual~~ Denji's puddle before taking a step toward the bathroom... and promptly stumbling, her legs wobbling under her as she tries to find her footing. Because it still feels like Denji is under there, eating her out until the bowl is licked clean. She follows the stretch of the wall towards the bathroom sink.]

[When she returns, she has a wet washcloth and a bit of a better grip on her legs. She motions Denji forward with a hook of her finger, leaning down to wipe her face with the edge of the cloth like cleaning off a dog's messy snout.]

[ Minutes pass in Aki's absence, during which Denji sits there, dull-eyed and gaping. At some point, her hands curl into the discarded shirt, using it to rub at their spillage, making sure it gets properly cleaned away, then using that same shirt to pat at her thighs.

All the while thinking: Was she that in a hurry to distance herself? Because Denji was attaching herself to her too strongly. Aki could barely walk, had practically limped away.

But they did… they did couple stuff! Not friend stuff. Denji kissed her — on the mouth! As well as plenty of other places! Acts she doesn't understand, can't blame on the booze the way Aki can, could blame it on other stuff like youthful curiosity or some such. Whatever the causation, she should feel appeased with Aki's confirmation of this stuff being normal, common, explainable activities. There shouldn't be anything to worry about. So why does her stomach warble with unrest…

Denji's brows rises an inch at her return, the following gesture. Does she need something?

Silently, with an inquisitive stare, she crawls forward — ]

— mmmmph!!

[ Only to be met with Aki's mother-henning. Her eyes close, mouth pursed into a grimace as she tries and fails to evade the patting at her chin, the full circumference of her face. She could do this herself. Pointedly, she doesn't remind Aki of this fact. After enduring the wiping for a bit, she starts to push and paw Aki away, turning the other cheek. ]

I'm clean, I'm clean! Ugh, give it a rest already…

Edited 2024-09-22 21:36 (UTC)

[She's not that clean, but Aki relents at last, dropping the rag on the floor over the stain that's already drying into the floorboards. She's going to have to do some actual deep cleaning tomorrow, but tonight...]

Come on.

[Like covering a dog's accident for the night to be dealt with in the morning, Aki again beckons Denji along, shutting off the living room light before pulling open her bedroom door. She briefly realizes that this was the room where this all started tonight. Offering Denji clothes for her "date." Is she still going on that date?]

[...Well, it's not like she's dating her. She pulls open a drawer and digs out a pair of panties, slipping them on as she waits for Denji to come in.]

Since he's not here tonight, you can sleep in here. [Like that's the only reason. Her bed is still a little rumpled from Denji's earlier rolling on it, moving clothes around on it.] I'm doing you a favor, since you made such a big deal over it.

[Whether that's adequately saving face or not - Aki doesn't know. Just knows she doesn't want to wake up to her sneaking into her room in the middle of the night.]

[ Denji stands there in the dark, the shadow of her ribs made stark by the glow of Aki's bedroom. She looks at her dirty toes. Doesn't remember ever getting to her feet, but there she is. The full of herself, butt-naked, scurrying in after Aki like a mouse squeaking by just in time.

Real distress is marred into her brow even before the door is fully slid shut behind her. Not for the clothes pile she abandons out in the open, and certainly not for the reminder that they have a third roommate that's out howling at the moon or whatever cat people do. Crossing an arm over her stomach, she rubs at her elbow. ]

Another one? [ How many does that make now? Helping her put makeup on, letting her rifle through her clothes, giving her dating advice, welcoming the kisses she pressed to her body, and — all that other stuff after. That's not an equal tally anymore. If it ever was. Was it that big of a deal to not want Aki to leave just yet…

Well, maybe it was. Maybe that's why she still here, spinning numbers, adding to her total debt.

In contrast to how she made herself right at home in her room just a few hours ago, Denji meanders near the side of the bed and looks Aki's direction. She doesn't break eye contact as she swipes a pillow, as if checking for a sign that she's done wrong. Crossed a line she can't see. ]

Umm, m'gonna take this, then… You want me to sleep in the corner? The closet?

[Seriously? She's going to be weird about this?]

[Aki's stare follows Denji's as she slowly approaches the bed, takes one of the pillows. Like this is some kind of sleepover or something. She knew Denji was sheltered, wasn't socialized, wasn't... normal. But the lengths to which that holds true confound her sometimes. How Aki can think she's being blunt enough to injure an ego and yet Denji doesn't seem to understand it at all. How she can stand shirtless beside her bed while Denji acts like she's telling her to sleep in a corner.]

Sometimes you really piss me off, you know.

[That's not helpful, it's just the truth. Aki pulls back the sheets to her bed, breaking eye contact for just that brief moment, before it resumes as she stares at her, expectant.]

Get in the bed, Denji.

[Glowering at her, topless, in a pair of grey, formless panties, her hair curling down her back - She's aware this sounds more like an order than the offer it's supposed to be, and her demeanor isn't helping with that. But her legs still feel weak and her face is warm despite the fact that it's chilly and it still feels like every spot that Denji kissed tonight is on fire.]

Before I change my mind.

[ Her vision, which had chased after Aki's eyes when they left for the sheets, boomeranged back into place when she felt her stare on her again, fills with this strange scene before her. Fills with an even stranger emotion, sweeping down the ripples of her back. Lingering on that scar, Denji's scar. Up again. She always looks like that. The type of hardened that competes with a cliff face, a grave stone — but everything turns to a softer substance in the end, with the right amount of heat. Concentrated effort. Ash, dust. A powdery snow. Denji knows that's true of Aki as well.

Message received. ]

Fine.

[ Defeated, Denji slowly sets the pillow back down, plopping on the edge of the bed, one leg still hanging off. She could scoot in, give her room to lay down, but she's never been in the business of making things easy. Her arms stretch out, making a grabbing motion at Aki with both hands. ]

Geez, is there a window open in here? I didn't even say anything bad and you're actin' so frosty. [ …Apparently, also not in the business of waiting, Denji leans forward to slip her hands under Aki's knees, the back of her toned thighs. ] Come warm up with me.

[Message successfully transmitted, and as Denji sits down Aki looks a little less severe, like she's privately glad this, specifically, didn't turn into a fight. She leans over to turn off the lamp by her bedside when Denji grabs at her to join her and, almost by habit, Aki swats at her hands. But to be called frosty, to insist she didn't do anything bad... As always she wants to equally slap Denji upside the head and pet it. Stroke her fingers through her hair. Curl it behind her ears. Try and tame it into something nicer.]

[Ugh, it's so annoying.]

Don't push your luck.

[The light flicks off and Aki sits on the edge of the bed, sliding her bare legs over and through the sheets before leaning down and reaching for Denji to pull her in. She doesn't do cuddling, she would tell someone. After sex, she just likes to have the air to breathe. This is for Denji's sake, since it was her first time and all. Her first time touching someone for real. Her hands slide down her arms and over her sides until she can wrap them around her back, laying sideways on the bed as she pulls at Denji to slide into bed beside her.]

See - I'm not that cold.

Why not? Worked the first time…

[ Apart from her grumbles, Denji is all too eager to mold herself to Aki's arms, forcing herself in, no matter how imperfect the fit. She didn't think she'd be this kind of person afterward; it's always Power who clusters into her personal space, overtaking most of her bed, kicking her into one corner or dragging her in as his personal throw pillow. If not outright laying on her, treating Denji like an extension of their unwillingly shared bed. She deals with it, but her best sleep happens when she's alone and curled up in front of the TV, can feel the breeze creeping in from the open balcony while imagining a small, yippy dog nestled to her front. Coffee brewing in the background.

Aki feels nice, though. Too tall and human for her to truly cradle, like she would Pochita, but hers is also not as immense a presence as what she's used to with their other housemate. Her face disappears beneath Aki's chin, arms tucked in between their chests. Falling asleep like this would be no problem.

She just doesn't want to. ]

You could be warmer, [ she says back to her, extending a hand to Aki's cheek. Thumb stroking up and down. ] I could help.

[Denji moves in close and Aki can feel her hair standing on end, the proximity is so unusual. Himeno was like this, she thinks, then wants to punch herself for thinking of him right now. But it wasn't just after sex - Just randomly, snagging her around the back, rubbing his fuzzy chin against her in the mornings before he shaved... Ugh, the clinginess. Why does she attract physically clingy people?]

Uh huh. [She responds like she doesn't care. Like her face isn't already warm, that fact betrayed when Denji brushes her thumb over her cheek.] If you had clothes on, probably. [Fat words for someone who only put on panties out of some show of decency, like they especially mattered after what they just did. She's supposed to be the adult here, the mature one. Why the hell is she so embarrassed about this whole situation? It's just Denji, for crying out loud. The idiot who doesn't even know an idol's wink is just for marketing. She reaches over Denji's back and pulls the sheets up closer, tugging them over her back and settling down into her pillow.] Don't suffocate me, at least. I'm letting you do this, so don't let me regret it.

Erm, people can suffocate from doing dirty stuff…?!

[ This is what happens when you let a girl into your bed who's never been to school and has only ever role-played failing a pop quiz.

She jolts, drawing back from Aki in quick succession just as soon as the sheets are pulled snug over them. Shifts enough for the space between them to deflate into a valley — just for a few good seconds of staring at her, and then she gets it. Her shoulders relax back down into the pillow. ]

Oh, wait, you mean…

[ That feeling she gets when Power is all up in her business, using her stomach as a pillow or trying to squirm his way under her to leech more of her body heat. Barely recognizing that she wants sleep, too. That's always annoying to deal with. ]

What should I do then? [ Though she doesn't close the distance the same way as she had before, her palm begins to skim Aki's side, rubbing up and down in a continuous motion. Not doing more than that, whether out of consideration to Aki or pure shyness. ] To not suffocate you.

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject