Page 43 of It Varies
Vine felt the warmth Jenn had mentioned, and she gripped his arms for balance.As the tension increased, she moved her legs restlessly and couldn’t understand why this kind of extreme uncertainty would be something folks sought out.She was hot and cold and slick, and it continued for a very long time until something inside her snapped, and she shrieked in surprise.
A low rhythmic pulse was in her sex, and she stared up at Kazuya.There was a surprisingly tender expression on his face.He touched her cheek and kissed her again.
She moved her lips against him, and they didn’t exchange oxygen, just a kiss.
She looked at his solid black eyes and smoothed her hands over where she had dug her nails, and he smiled.His tentacles moved over her legs smoothly, and she couldn’t see her own body in the darkness.
She blinked and looked around as the water was full of shadows around her.She looked at it and reached out to touch some of the dark stuff curling nearby.Ink?
He touched her jaw and turned her head back to him for another kiss.
They floated and moved through the deep for some time.His tentacles held her, and they wrapped around her back as well as her legs.He was covering about ninety percent of her.Ninety-five percent when they were kissing.
She was fairly sure that the kissing wasn’t part of his standard practice.
When he determined that she was done for the day, he swam to the surface and set her on the edge of the water.Mao was at her side in an instant, holding her arms and then helping her into her robe.He was acting very professionally now, and there was respect in his expression.
Kazuya came out a moment later and stood in front of her, kissing her slowly before taking the robe Mao held out.
He got dressed and lifted Vine in his arms.
“What is that for?”
He murmured, “I need aftercare.”
Vine frowned, and Mao gasped, but he walked up the stairs, sat on a mat with his legs crossed, and settled her on his lap.Kazuya buried his face in her neck and sighed before breathing deeply.
“Uh, why do you need aftercare?”
“I expended a lot of energy in healing you and even more from not keeping you with me under the water.”
“That is an option?”
“When dealing with shifters, it is always an option.”
She analyzed the situation.Being cuddled by a man was different than being held by a woman.There were harder planes and angles and a definite erection under her thigh.Ladies definitely didn’t feel like this.They also didn’t completely surround her.That was different.
He shuddered as he held her.“Kazuya, are you all right?”
“Vine, I am working through something new.”
“Based on Mao’s selection criteria, I think that my level of damage is the only new thing.”
He lifted his head.“All I do for those women is offer massage.For you, I offered all I am.”
She smiled and stroked his jaw.“You and I both know you get quite a bit bigger.”
His eyes flicked to black-on-black.“Thank you for appreciating that.”
“Is that how you met Mao’s people?You were either attacking or defending a fishing fleet?”
He chuckled.“A little of both.”
“Where did he go?”
“He’s making tea and bringing it to us.His family has served me for centuries.”
“Wow.His leer does not scream butler.”
