[No, thankfully the elevator was very well made, and incredibly prepared to handle most weights that might be otherwise unheard of. But when he reaches for her hand she takes it, and only reaches over with her free one to press the shiny, clean 59 button before his hand goes in both of hers.]
Deep breathes. [She tilts her hand.] And communication.
[Because she doesn't exactly have bags on hand, so he's really gonna have to let her know if he starts to feel too sick.
But up they're going! Surprisingly quick, despite the lack of motion.]
Deep breathes. [She tilts her hand.] And communication.
[Because she doesn't exactly have bags on hand, so he's really gonna have to let her know if he starts to feel too sick.
But up they're going! Surprisingly quick, despite the lack of motion.]
We both know your apartment is cooler, and I still haven't been able to find sheets that match up to the ones you have and it bothers me.
[She's only half joking.] But yes, that's why I've been a little more eager to come over. [Because his new wheelchair takes up the entirety of her little study, her drafting table is shoved into her living room ... It was kind of a small place already, rearranging stuff out of its place kind of made it worse.
When he pulls at the sleeve of her dress she leans up to kiss him, grinning the whole time. Of course not, handsome. If I do go over to mess with it, it'll only be while you're working, or if you want to be left alone.
[Her presence in his apartment doesn't mean that he has to force himself to be social, but she really does intend to spend far more time with him.]
[She's only half joking.] But yes, that's why I've been a little more eager to come over. [Because his new wheelchair takes up the entirety of her little study, her drafting table is shoved into her living room ... It was kind of a small place already, rearranging stuff out of its place kind of made it worse.
When he pulls at the sleeve of her dress she leans up to kiss him, grinning the whole time. Of course not, handsome. If I do go over to mess with it, it'll only be while you're working, or if you want to be left alone.
[Her presence in his apartment doesn't mean that he has to force himself to be social, but she really does intend to spend far more time with him.]
[Kinksters matched in heaven.]
You might need to buckle up a little for this one, because teenager logic is golden. [And she wasn't a very cohesive kid by any means.] So, you have to realize that I'd already been pretty sexually active by then, I pretty much worked my way through half of my grade and up into the Sophomores by then, the Energizer bunny didn't have shit on me.
[Twelve and half to seventeen was a whirlwind of shitty decisions, bruises, and lots of guys and a few girls.]
But I was terrified of sex shops. I don't know why. You'd think a girl wouldn't have many standards after so much gravel's on her damn knees but they just freaked me out. I didn't like seeing them, didn't want to go in them, I got my lingerie from mall stores and crap. It was a very deep set thing.
[She raises both hands, some magical signal that she has appropriately communicated the stage. She's also a little tipsy by now.]
So what's the first thing my stupid high school friends want to do when I'm high as shit? Drag me to a sex shop, kicking and screaming, threatening to rip off limbs the whole time, because I'm a brat when I'm high.
[Which she has no been since, like, sixteen, but it's an important note. Also sorry Boxer, the dramatic pause goes here.]
You might need to buckle up a little for this one, because teenager logic is golden. [And she wasn't a very cohesive kid by any means.] So, you have to realize that I'd already been pretty sexually active by then, I pretty much worked my way through half of my grade and up into the Sophomores by then, the Energizer bunny didn't have shit on me.
[Twelve and half to seventeen was a whirlwind of shitty decisions, bruises, and lots of guys and a few girls.]
But I was terrified of sex shops. I don't know why. You'd think a girl wouldn't have many standards after so much gravel's on her damn knees but they just freaked me out. I didn't like seeing them, didn't want to go in them, I got my lingerie from mall stores and crap. It was a very deep set thing.
[She raises both hands, some magical signal that she has appropriately communicated the stage. She's also a little tipsy by now.]
So what's the first thing my stupid high school friends want to do when I'm high as shit? Drag me to a sex shop, kicking and screaming, threatening to rip off limbs the whole time, because I'm a brat when I'm high.
[Which she has no been since, like, sixteen, but it's an important note. Also sorry Boxer, the dramatic pause goes here.]
[Oh, that's true! Somehow she completely forgot about that.
She doesn't squeeze back too much, not only because her grip probably isn't strong enough to be comforting in the first place, but because she's sort of petting the back of his palm the way she used to do when Nathan would fuss in his sleep. Which isn't to say there's any real connection there aside from it being a sort of comfort reflex.
A little more, and a little more and then ... They're there. But she keeps the door from opening.]
Hey, Boxer, on a scale of one to ten, how much do you like my boobs?
[She's going somewhere with this, just be patient.]
She doesn't squeeze back too much, not only because her grip probably isn't strong enough to be comforting in the first place, but because she's sort of petting the back of his palm the way she used to do when Nathan would fuss in his sleep. Which isn't to say there's any real connection there aside from it being a sort of comfort reflex.
A little more, and a little more and then ... They're there. But she keeps the door from opening.]
Hey, Boxer, on a scale of one to ten, how much do you like my boobs?
[She's going somewhere with this, just be patient.]
[He wouldn't have to be by himself if they lived together! Just an observation.
But, yeah, if she was going to head over there too much - her place is quite far from his, after all - she'd definitely just stay home. But talking about the idea reignites her desire to finish it before too long!] I'm sorry, but in your time of need you're just going to be drowned in love and attention. I'm gonna clean this place like no other, and I can't cook, but there'll be dinner either way.
[She'll throw away the take-out boxes so it'll just kind of look like she cooked! But they'll both know she didn't.
Although, an important question:]
How do you feel about flowers?
But, yeah, if she was going to head over there too much - her place is quite far from his, after all - she'd definitely just stay home. But talking about the idea reignites her desire to finish it before too long!] I'm sorry, but in your time of need you're just going to be drowned in love and attention. I'm gonna clean this place like no other, and I can't cook, but there'll be dinner either way.
[She'll throw away the take-out boxes so it'll just kind of look like she cooked! But they'll both know she didn't.
Although, an important question:]
How do you feel about flowers?
[Oh dear god Boxer .... If you had heard some of the shit she's managed to get away with before college .... Lawdy.]
I lost my virginity when I was twelve, so kind of from then? [There was a long break between the first time and the next, but the curiosity kicked back into gear a few months before turning thirteen. Still, the way she answers, quick and sort of offhand, unbothered by the question and even more nonplussed by her own answer is a good indication of the truth: She doesn't realize how incredibly early that is for one to have their cherry popped.
What's more important to her is that discrepancy, because she does catch it. And despite how long they've been dating she won't claim to have seen every inch of his apartment or gone through his stuff. He could easily have stuff hid away! But they're enough like bunnies that if he did have one, wouldn't it have come up?
She goes on with the story anyway.]
Exactly. At least if it's coming from the internet then I picture, like, a warehouse or something where everyone's mandated to wear gloves and keep everything clean! [She's a little bit of a neat freak jsyk - as long as she's in a good mental state.] So we get there and it's ... Not bad at all! I mean, I saw cobwebs here and there but if I expected people to maintain my standards of cleanliness they'd all be nuts.
So now there's this amazing wonderland, all the employees are female and incredibly sweet to us, never mind that it was completely illegal for us to even be there. We looked around and oohed and awed over everything but, y'know, there was this vibrator I really liked! It was teal and perfected and it had bumps all over it, and it's vibration felt like it could rattle my spine if I put it in me - I was enamored.
[Because why wouldn't Nariko Lunae love a vibrator.] But, again: It was illegal for us to be there, they let it slide but they weren't going to sell us actual toys. The box for the BDSM kit was really cute, and it was pink with a big white bow, packaged to look like a gift you'd put it under a tree. Originally it had, like, a paddle and the handcuffs and a silk mask or something - nothing at all racy. When I asked for it they said they'd sell it to me they said yes! So I just took the bow off, put the toy in, and when I paid for the kit I left the tip as the price of the toy I actually wanted!
[And that's how Nariko ended up with a baby BDSM kit. In pursuit of a far more interesting goal.]
I lost my virginity when I was twelve, so kind of from then? [There was a long break between the first time and the next, but the curiosity kicked back into gear a few months before turning thirteen. Still, the way she answers, quick and sort of offhand, unbothered by the question and even more nonplussed by her own answer is a good indication of the truth: She doesn't realize how incredibly early that is for one to have their cherry popped.
What's more important to her is that discrepancy, because she does catch it. And despite how long they've been dating she won't claim to have seen every inch of his apartment or gone through his stuff. He could easily have stuff hid away! But they're enough like bunnies that if he did have one, wouldn't it have come up?
She goes on with the story anyway.]
Exactly. At least if it's coming from the internet then I picture, like, a warehouse or something where everyone's mandated to wear gloves and keep everything clean! [She's a little bit of a neat freak jsyk - as long as she's in a good mental state.] So we get there and it's ... Not bad at all! I mean, I saw cobwebs here and there but if I expected people to maintain my standards of cleanliness they'd all be nuts.
So now there's this amazing wonderland, all the employees are female and incredibly sweet to us, never mind that it was completely illegal for us to even be there. We looked around and oohed and awed over everything but, y'know, there was this vibrator I really liked! It was teal and perfected and it had bumps all over it, and it's vibration felt like it could rattle my spine if I put it in me - I was enamored.
[Because why wouldn't Nariko Lunae love a vibrator.] But, again: It was illegal for us to be there, they let it slide but they weren't going to sell us actual toys. The box for the BDSM kit was really cute, and it was pink with a big white bow, packaged to look like a gift you'd put it under a tree. Originally it had, like, a paddle and the handcuffs and a silk mask or something - nothing at all racy. When I asked for it they said they'd sell it to me they said yes! So I just took the bow off, put the toy in, and when I paid for the kit I left the tip as the price of the toy I actually wanted!
[And that's how Nariko ended up with a baby BDSM kit. In pursuit of a far more interesting goal.]
Good.
[He could have said eight and she wouldn't have been insulted! It feels like he's more of a hip guy, anyway. But now that she's asked the question Nariko reaches back to pull open the ties around her neck that hold her dress together. It tumbles off like nothing and she steps out of it carefully, folds it over and puts that and her clutch on Boxer's lap. She bends a bit to put her stuff in his lap.]
Now, hold onto that, please [She stands upright in her solid white bra and lace panties.] and focus on these.
[The boobs, of course. Honestly if something else works better then he's free to go with that.]
[He could have said eight and she wouldn't have been insulted! It feels like he's more of a hip guy, anyway. But now that she's asked the question Nariko reaches back to pull open the ties around her neck that hold her dress together. It tumbles off like nothing and she steps out of it carefully, folds it over and puts that and her clutch on Boxer's lap. She bends a bit to put her stuff in his lap.]
Now, hold onto that, please [She stands upright in her solid white bra and lace panties.] and focus on these.
[The boobs, of course. Honestly if something else works better then he's free to go with that.]
Absolutely not, you're very tidy, it's one of the many, many reasons that I'm in love with you.
[She can't be with a walking mess, okay. It'd drive her insane.] Hm. I wonder if that old school place is still open. [Her phone is .... On the table! She leans forward to get it and settles back against her kraken bean bag. Although he's a very hard bean bag so maybe that's not a neat comparison.]
Flowers, though! Yes or no?
[Cheesecake ... cheesecake. Give her places that have cheesecake and also deliver.]
[She can't be with a walking mess, okay. It'd drive her insane.] Hm. I wonder if that old school place is still open. [Her phone is .... On the table! She leans forward to get it and settles back against her kraken bean bag. Although he's a very hard bean bag so maybe that's not a neat comparison.]
Flowers, though! Yes or no?
[Cheesecake ... cheesecake. Give her places that have cheesecake and also deliver.]
[A thirteen-year-old, which is the better of many unsettling possibilities. And as far as that kind of mess? Well, it escapes her tyrannical desire to keep things orderly, in part because she can always just take a shower and then she's all squeaky and perfect again. But his overall reaction to her story earns a big grin out of her.
When he mentions something being stuck though she's - kind of horrified and scared for him!! But that bright side kind of turns it around.]
So you'll never end up on that 'Sex Sent Me to the E.R.' show, huh? [Which is probably for the best.]
You didn't just by that and stop, did you? There are toys that would fit!
[You just have to look at the right sites. Which, y'know, he might be doing with his mystical, hidden collection.]
When he mentions something being stuck though she's - kind of horrified and scared for him!! But that bright side kind of turns it around.]
So you'll never end up on that 'Sex Sent Me to the E.R.' show, huh? [Which is probably for the best.]
You didn't just by that and stop, did you? There are toys that would fit!
[You just have to look at the right sites. Which, y'know, he might be doing with his mystical, hidden collection.]
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Good.
[She does have to glance over her shoulder a bit to get the button, but sure enough the elevator opens up and she steps back, motioning for him to roll himself forward, so maybe he'll have to put her stuff to the side, or trust it to remain balanced on his lap. Either way, she's mostly just glad that she makes it out without tripping her heels on anything.]
Now, I just want to point out that I didn't originally plan on taking my clothes off this early in our date.
[Not that she really minds, he's already seen everything. A few more steps and then she'll turn around, she has to trust that he can resist the temptation to freak himself out by looking around the incredibly wait, bare space of the top floor. It's not going to help that there's glass walls all around, which makes for a great view! Not so great for people with a fear of heights.]
[She does have to glance over her shoulder a bit to get the button, but sure enough the elevator opens up and she steps back, motioning for him to roll himself forward, so maybe he'll have to put her stuff to the side, or trust it to remain balanced on his lap. Either way, she's mostly just glad that she makes it out without tripping her heels on anything.]
Now, I just want to point out that I didn't originally plan on taking my clothes off this early in our date.
[Not that she really minds, he's already seen everything. A few more steps and then she'll turn around, she has to trust that he can resist the temptation to freak himself out by looking around the incredibly wait, bare space of the top floor. It's not going to help that there's glass walls all around, which makes for a great view! Not so great for people with a fear of heights.]
Aw >: well, at least you don't have to start from scratch?
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[Nope, too subtle boyfriend, especially since cheesecake and flowers are completely different.]
I can work with that.
[She enjoys real flowers, from having them in her immediate presence to taking care of them every day, to talking to them (it's supposed to help them grow!). But lots of people don't enjoy in-home flowers so it's not gonna be that big of a deal!
He's probably going to have to suck it up for their wedding day though because there will definitely be real flowers there.]
Oh, here it is!! Do you want the plain, classic cheesecake? I'm gonna get the strawberry one.
[Bless Cloudbank and it's weird hours! Although they're closing in like twenty minutes so they're kind of being asses to the poor delivery person who works there. She shows him the menu anyway, it's a hole-in-the-wall-bakery that's open till midnight on Fridays, so they're really pushing it, but it says they're still open on her app!]
I can work with that.
[She enjoys real flowers, from having them in her immediate presence to taking care of them every day, to talking to them (it's supposed to help them grow!). But lots of people don't enjoy in-home flowers so it's not gonna be that big of a deal!
He's probably going to have to suck it up for their wedding day though because there will definitely be real flowers there.]
Oh, here it is!! Do you want the plain, classic cheesecake? I'm gonna get the strawberry one.
[Bless Cloudbank and it's weird hours! Although they're closing in like twenty minutes so they're kind of being asses to the poor delivery person who works there. She shows him the menu anyway, it's a hole-in-the-wall-bakery that's open till midnight on Fridays, so they're really pushing it, but it says they're still open on her app!]
[Oh, he's going to love what she's got hiding for him! ... Although, let's just hope she didn't mess up the dimensions, it's perfectly valid to love that pressed, stuffed kind of feeling but she'd hate to overdo it after all that work. They'll have to see later on in the evening!]
At least you aren't hiding a collection from me! I might have been a little upset if that were the case!
[Look, she's not even vaguely surprised that he can break stuff like that, so there's no use in making a big deal about that.]
That really is a shame, though, I mean, even if it was just a sort of 'bullet' situation, it'd be worth it, right? Oh, and what if it could twist around in place, and the varying levels of intensity, pulse settings, different patterns ....
[What if he was dating an almost mechanical engineer who could put a motor to good use and only needed to dig through metal suppliers to find something he couldn't break too easily if he was spooked by something.
What if.]
At least you aren't hiding a collection from me! I might have been a little upset if that were the case!
[Look, she's not even vaguely surprised that he can break stuff like that, so there's no use in making a big deal about that.]
That really is a shame, though, I mean, even if it was just a sort of 'bullet' situation, it'd be worth it, right? Oh, and what if it could twist around in place, and the varying levels of intensity, pulse settings, different patterns ....
[What if he was dating an almost mechanical engineer who could put a motor to good use and only needed to dig through metal suppliers to find something he couldn't break too easily if he was spooked by something.
What if.]
[Well, he's genuinely scared to death of this so she'd be a little surprised if he could be at all relieved by just the first step - or even an all out victory. Fears are too complicated for instant gratification even if it's completely valid.
But since he's doing a very good job of focusing, and he's still talking she does dare to turn around, making sure to slide her hair out of the way and to the front. At least that way he has a complete view from her neckline to the ends of her heels, enjoy the sight of that ass, Boxer, moving as if in perfect slow motion.]
It's good to know I haven't lost your interest.
[She's just talking for the sake of it, Nariko's far more concerned with getting to the goal - she figured it might be good to start with halfway to the window and see how he does. They can scale back or move forward a little depending on how it goes.]
But since he's doing a very good job of focusing, and he's still talking she does dare to turn around, making sure to slide her hair out of the way and to the front. At least that way he has a complete view from her neckline to the ends of her heels, enjoy the sight of that ass, Boxer, moving as if in perfect slow motion.]
It's good to know I haven't lost your interest.
[She's just talking for the sake of it, Nariko's far more concerned with getting to the goal - she figured it might be good to start with halfway to the window and see how he does. They can scale back or move forward a little depending on how it goes.]
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