[She takes a deep breathe, glances over at him while he's doing his water expulsion deal.]
Hey.
[Don't judge too much Boxer, she's incredibly sleepy now.] Why can't I sleep in the water with you?
Hey.
[Don't judge too much Boxer, she's incredibly sleepy now.] Why can't I sleep in the water with you?
[She opens her phone quickly and blocks his phone number, his email on all of her mail apps, and then she sends a mass text before powering her phone off. No more of this bullshit, she's making up for lost time with Boxer and that's all that matters right now.]
Come on handsome, tell me how I can make it up to you.
[Her phone is pushed onto his coffee table, out of sight and out of her mind, before she drapes over him.] Because I was thinking a massage, to start with, and then dinner, and then this weekend, if it's okay with the guys at work, we could run off on a little weekend getaway. Four days of you, me, and a waterfront bed and breakfast.
[She needed to get away from all of this just as much as she needed to focus her entire being on her fiancee, and the life they were going to have in the very near future.]
Just ignore that it's also a beautiful place to get married and I wanted you to look at it.
Come on handsome, tell me how I can make it up to you.
[Her phone is pushed onto his coffee table, out of sight and out of her mind, before she drapes over him.] Because I was thinking a massage, to start with, and then dinner, and then this weekend, if it's okay with the guys at work, we could run off on a little weekend getaway. Four days of you, me, and a waterfront bed and breakfast.
[She needed to get away from all of this just as much as she needed to focus her entire being on her fiancee, and the life they were going to have in the very near future.]
Just ignore that it's also a beautiful place to get married and I wanted you to look at it.
[She relaxes this much when she's with him!!! Sort of, anyway. It's starting to happen with time, as Boxer becomes a kind of Safe Place, she can being to unwind a little more as things go on with them! Still, there's a section of muscle between her shoulder blades that's unwound so forcefully that it feels as if her entire upper body is humming with pleasure.]
When I wake up, remind me that I have a surprise for you.
[She's not going to be able to use it right now, unfortunately, but like he said: They have a whole vacation to use.]
When I wake up, remind me that I have a surprise for you.
[She's not going to be able to use it right now, unfortunately, but like he said: They have a whole vacation to use.]
Logic.
[She almost hisses it like an insult, and even that much would just be a terrible little joke, but she doesn't have the energy to really commit.]
Mm, I can do it? I don't want to make you get out again. [Except she doesn't look like she's intent on moving at all! Nariko's just hanging out right where she is, draped over the edge of his tank, eyes verging on closed.]
[She almost hisses it like an insult, and even that much would just be a terrible little joke, but she doesn't have the energy to really commit.]
Mm, I can do it? I don't want to make you get out again. [Except she doesn't look like she's intent on moving at all! Nariko's just hanging out right where she is, draped over the edge of his tank, eyes verging on closed.]
Okay. [Constructive criticism is important and, in all fairness, they usually just have normal sex so she is a little out of practice here. While it does sting a little to know she didn't get it right the first time Nariko takes a deep breathe, exhales out that negativity, and smiles.]
Can I try again?
[If he's totally lost the desire for it she'll understand, but everyone loves a comeback story, right?]
Can I try again?
[If he's totally lost the desire for it she'll understand, but everyone loves a comeback story, right?]
I can do that.
[She tilts her head down to kiss at his collarbone, and dots a few extras to his broad shoulders and neck.] I think you're gonna love the place, though. It's right be the water and beautiful, big enough to host my obnoxious family and more.
[Since they're talking about the wedding and all that:] And since I've brought them up ... Would you be okay if we kept it a little small and private?
[She tilts her head down to kiss at his collarbone, and dots a few extras to his broad shoulders and neck.] I think you're gonna love the place, though. It's right be the water and beautiful, big enough to host my obnoxious family and more.
[Since they're talking about the wedding and all that:] And since I've brought them up ... Would you be okay if we kept it a little small and private?
[Boxer pls.]
You're so smooth sometimes that it's dizzying.
[She is not complaining in the least, though. It's just to let him know that she's still internally swooning, even if it's not so easy to see.]
If you're not careful you'll wake up to a crowded pool.
[Or a nest of blankets right next to his pool. Either way.]
You're so smooth sometimes that it's dizzying.
[She is not complaining in the least, though. It's just to let him know that she's still internally swooning, even if it's not so easy to see.]
If you're not careful you'll wake up to a crowded pool.
[Or a nest of blankets right next to his pool. Either way.]
[The most severe!!!! Which makes it all the more meaningful that he pays it, and she doesn't make it anything complicated or ridiculous, just a loving little press of lips before she reigns herself back in.]
What kind of movies do you like?
[Because she's kind of thinking that'd be a good way to finish out the night: Fish and a nice movie with some affectionate cuddling?]
What kind of movies do you like?
[Because she's kind of thinking that'd be a good way to finish out the night: Fish and a nice movie with some affectionate cuddling?]
[Yeah, she really could have set that up a bit better, oops!]
That's what I mean, though! I want the people that I know to be there. The rest of them want to come because it's a party and I'm the last grandchild to get married, but the more I think about it the more that feels like bullshit.
[It would take their guest list from over one hundred people on her side down to about the mid-thirties, which is a vast improvement and still leaves more room for anyone Boxer might want to be there.]
That's what I mean, though! I want the people that I know to be there. The rest of them want to come because it's a party and I'm the last grandchild to get married, but the more I think about it the more that feels like bullshit.
[It would take their guest list from over one hundred people on her side down to about the mid-thirties, which is a vast improvement and still leaves more room for anyone Boxer might want to be there.]
[It is intensely magical, so much that she wakes up a little more in order to rightfully appreciate it! There's something incredibly fun and weirdly cute about all of this, so Nariko's pretty dedicated to watching every move as if she hasn't seen what his tentacles are capable of.]
Thank you, Ishmael.
[When she's all dry and prepared for bed proper that tentacle is guided up a bit so she can kiss it a few times before letting go and looking up at Boxer.] And thank you, too.
Thank you, Ishmael.
[When she's all dry and prepared for bed proper that tentacle is guided up a bit so she can kiss it a few times before letting go and looking up at Boxer.] And thank you, too.
It'll probably be better if we cap it at around three hundred people, total. Would that work?
[On top of her guaranteed thirty there's still coworkers that she likes enough to invite, Lena and some of her college friends ... So it's really just incredibly tricky crowd control, but she doesn't want to limit him in any sense.]
[On top of her guaranteed thirty there's still coworkers that she likes enough to invite, Lena and some of her college friends ... So it's really just incredibly tricky crowd control, but she doesn't want to limit him in any sense.]
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