The private suite of the Seven Suns Inn. Yue had this built so that he could entertain lovers now and again. Soft rouge carpeting, a minibar, four-poster bed with pink and red sheets and hangings, a loveseat... impeccably clean. A side room, as large as the first, has a massage table and cabinet full of necessities. The bathroom has a full sized mist-shower, as well.

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Felina blinks when they walk in. "Wow. This is...very nice," she has to acknowledge.

"It certainly is," Kaies agrees. Looks at the carpet, and immediately kicks off his shoes. "Shall we explore, my love?" He notes the amenities in his head, trying to decide if he likes or loves this room.

Felina smiles. "That sounds lovely." Thinks about the little baggie of scented oil she has on her person, ends up making herself blush the slightest bit. Grins a little at the carpet, brushing her foot against it. "Plush."

"Indeed." Kaies peeks into the other rooms, but only briefly. "Tell me, my love," he quietly begins, gazing at her. "Does that door lock...?"

Felina lays her hand quietly over the lock. A soft click follows. "That it does." She smiles.

Kaies steps towards her, returning her smile. How can he not? She is his blood and breath. "Have drink with me...?" It's an open question. Whatever Felina wants is his pleasure, and he sends her this feeling through his mind's eye. Words aren't good enough, anyway.

"Honestly...? The reason I don't like alcohol is because it has a way of dulling things." She tilts her head, still smiling. "Do you mind skipping that part? Yue gave me something else that was fun, anyway."

"Oh?" Kaies steps a little closer. "I do not mind at all, my lady.  What did you have in mind?"

Her face reddens a bit more. She's self-conscious...and, really, questions whether she'll be able to go through with showing him. But...then remembers that it's Kaies. Smiles just a little, still something between shy and embarrassed, and produces the little bag of scented oil.

Kaies's smile softens a little bit. "I am glad I gave up the claws, my lady. Are you sure...?" He wants it, but only if she does too.

Her smile becomes a little surer at his expression, and she nods.

Kaies loves her smile. He loves it more than anything he's ever seen before. "Come with me," he all but commands her, looking towards the other door. He offers his hand to her.

Felina feels like she's walking on air as she takes his hand, ready to go wherever he asks. Stars but he's handsome. It's simply mind-boggling to consider that he could really be...well...hers.

He leads her to the room with the massage table, heart singing, his head filled with thoughts of love and peace for once. "Look, my love..."

Felina's eyes widen a little at that. "There's an actual massage table in here?" She laughs softly. "Fancy."

He can't help but grin. "Lucky us, my love." His hands find her shoulders, guiding her further inside. "Do you need me to do anything special for you before..." he's nervous as hell. Doesn't want to make her paranoid, or break down again... just wants to touch her. More than anything.

Felina shakes her head slowly. "No..." her face softens. "I'll do better this time, I think." Smiles. "Since I think it's finally sunk in...that it's you."

Kaies's poor heart cannot take much more of this. Recalling that he can safely do so now, he brushes her cheek with the backs of his fingers, speechless, devoid of the language he needs to describe the moment.

The serinian just smiles at him, eye soft, and reaches up to take that hand lightly.

"... dance with me, my love...?" He certainly wants to share the moment with her. To be together, knowing that other things may come later. No need to rush.

It throws her for a loop a little, and she laughs after a moment. "Dance...? To what?"

He's been practicing this next trick for quite some time. Kaies's eyes slowly close, and a soft, waltz-ish sort of tune begins to play in his mind. "Listen," he whispers, touching his forehead to tell her what's going on.

She has to grin. "That's...very good," she admits, laughing a little nervously. "Kaies, of all the things I can do, dancing isn't one I know..."

"Then let me show you, my love. Here." He takes her other hand, kisses it twice. "Stand on my feet." He's not taking no for an answer. They're all gussied up... it would be a shame to do nothing in those fancy clothes.

She laughs again...still a nervous sort. Silly she doesn't do well. But...like she said before...it's Kaies. She steps carefully on his much bigger shoes with the balls of her bare feet.

It takes a second to get used to, but once Kaies has her weight figured out he begins to move and step and twirl, holding her hands all the while. He doesn't think it's silly, really - but does plan to keep it short.

"Relax, beloved," he whispers towards her tremendous ears. "Nothing can touch us now. It is only you, and I."

She just grins a bit, which settles into a smile. She just leans her head against his chest and holds on for the dance. It is silly, a tiny person standing on the feet of a huge one, like a little girl's dance with her father. But...it's a wonderful feeling. And it's Kaies. Just them, and close, all dressed up with the music he's prepared just for them.

After a short while, Kaies leads back to the table room.

"Still relaxed...?" he asks just as he lifts the tiny Serinian into his arms and sits her gently upon the table. His arms stay wrapped around her, though, and he nuzzles her happily.

Felina blushes at the nuzzling, but nods, still smiling. "That was...fun," she admits. Laughs quietly. "Won't make a habit of it." Smiles at him. "But fun."

His hands find her shoulders again. "I can certainly handle fun. Speaking of which... how would you like your massage...?"

She blushes. "I...ah...wouldn't know. New territory, you understand."

"We will work it out, then." Kaies is in no hurry. "Only..." he gently tugs at a button on her outfit's top. "This beautiful outfit is in the way." Looks at her, meaningfully.

"Well." She tilts her head. "That's an easy one. You should fix that."

The button slips open, his eyes never leaving hers. His hand lowers to the next one, tugs it suggestively. "Do you know," he begins, just above a whisper, "why I love you, Felina?" Opens the button.

She's wondered that...many times, really. After a few moments, equally quietly... "why?"

Another button. One left. "You are everything good that I am not. Dutiful, unbreakable, blond, lean, heroic... and then... you are a consummate warrior, but still, tender..." The button opens. "When we are together, I feel whole. When you smile, I am truly alive." Lays his hands upon her shoulders, slowly, unbearably slowly, begins to push the jacket down.

"Kaies..." she stops. She just...there are no words. No response, really, that could ever do that justice. "I want to be yours, Kaies." Not just sexually. "I...love you."

The former cursemage sets her top on an endtable nearby, never taking his eyes off of hers. He's not interested in her skin. Well... he is, just not at the second. To hear her say that... Felina is not the romantic that he is. She just isn't. That, in a way, makes the admission seem... miraculous.

"As long as you will have me, my love..." his hands find her shoulders yet again, stroking her skin as he has never been able before, "... we will belong to each other."

Felina can only nod. overwhelmed by emotion. Manages a tight smile, and just closes her eyes. Just...feels him, and practically melts at such. His touch, his mind, his presence. His love. They're all...just magical.

"Now. I will run some warm water to heat the oil, if you still want this." He leans close to kiss her cheek. "There are soft towels next to you." Looks down, to her skirt. "If you want to get ready while I do that...?" He's nervous as all hell. Walking on air, for sure, but hoping against hope that he can do this right, and make her feel so wonderful she'll never want to be anywhere else.

She smiles, feeling that familiar warmth when he kisses her cheek, and opens her eyes. She nods. He certainly knows her well enough to understand that she gets quieter and may close her eyes when relaxed or content.

He lets his hand linger on her skin, nodding slowly. "Alright. I will be right back, love." Kaies snatches the bag and heads for the next room, heart thumping. Of course there's a bowl in the parlor room, which he takes as well - Yue'd taken pains to set everything up as soon as Felina had left. 

Felina lets out a slow breath. Wow. So...this is really happening. But...then, it is Kaies. Another breath, before she slips off the table and carefully undoes her sword belt, setting it and its two charges carefully off to the side--hey, Culheru's still her baby, and the rapier is special because it's a present from Kaies--and then, after only a second's hesitation, unzips her skirt and steps carefully out of it. All of her clothes are folded onto the table beside the swords and, after considering, elects to lay facedown on the table, a towel draped over her buttocks. He can unwrap that himself, and the front will be all the more special if it's saved just a few more minutes.

Kaies takes a moment in the other room to calm himself. She needs his strength now, not his anxiousness. She'll need reassured. And above all, he will need the strength to acquiesce if she changes her mind. 

By the time he returns to the room he has relaxed a little. His love for her still dominates his thoughts, but there is clarity there as well. At the threshold he pauses, a smile spreading slowly over his lips at the sight of her, lying there, waiting for him.

"My love," he whispers, setting the bowl of warm water where it needs to be. Admires her back for a moment... beautiful. Just beautiful. "Whenever you are ready..."

Felina turns her head on its side to grin a little at him. "I was just waiting for a certain nice fellow I've met a time or two to get back from the next room."

Kaies doesn't answer, just lays his hand upon the curve of her back and strokes slowly towards her neck, feeling for knots in her muscles. And there are plenty. For now, he lets his hand trail down again, brushing over the little trail of fur at the base of her spine. 

She actually shivers just a little when he gets there...mostly, she's so unaccustomed to touch, it's just new and different. But...it is a good kind of shiver. She smiles faintly at the feel of his fingertips, simultaneously horrified, touched, flattered, and immensely grateful at the lack of claws. She just enjoys his touch and being close to him, and lays her head down agian.

This will feel unusual at first, he warns her, just as he drips a bit of the oil onto her back. He covers it immediately with his hand to keep it warm, and begins to spread it over her skin. Kaies is a better-than-average masseuse, though no expert - still, he takes his time, working her tense muscles as long as it takes.

Oooo...holy hell that's good... If Felina started out feeling pretty good...this is pure heaven. Partly because it feels good...also just from proximity to him, and feeling so loved. She actually purrs a little before catching herself.

Kaies blinks, starts to chuckle, but cuts it off. He leans close to her, close enough that his lips brush her ear when he speaks.

"Do not stop, love... it was lovely." He works at her neck as he speaks, careful to keep from getting oil in her pretty hair, and across her shoulders, her arms... and begins towards her feet again.

She has to...something between a snicker and a giggle, amused. "I bet you didn't even know I could do that," she observes softly, smirking through the hole in the table.

He smiles down at her. "No. I liked it, though." Passes over the towel, and begins to knead her calf muscles, passing his huge hands over their tight, developed curvature a hundred times before moving to her thighs. Slowing down, gauging her reaction.

She tenses the littlest bit...not necessarily a danger sign, though. Her mind is also partially on something else...after a few moments, consciously, she purrs very softly for him.

The sound melts his heart into nectar. She will never, ever cease to amaze him.

Kaies continues gliding his hands along her legs, dipping down to squeeze and knead her thighs a little less, and a little less. He takes care of each leg individually, taking his time, listening to her purr and trying to keep his lust in check. Finally, though, he tugs gently at a corner of the towel.

"Do you want more, lover...?"

The corners of her lips twitch towards a smile from where she's gazing downward at nothing. Her own body is, really, beginning to warm and respond a bit in ways that she's not accustomed to. "Yes."

Still conscious of her feelings on the matter, Kaies lets one hand rest upon her thigh, stroking back and forth while the other slides the towel away from her. So she's not curvaceous. The sight before him is still lovely, and he wastes no time in working his way up her legs to give her buttocks the attention he's given the rest of her.

She shudders again, just managing to lie still. Still, not in a bad way. She's really starting to feel a certain...pull, towards him, and the imagination that Mara had been trying to prompt earlier isn't nearly so unreachable.

Kaies actively fights the urge to go further. Not just yet.

"Are you ready for the front, beloved...?" His long fingers cup her slight curves, hand lying atop her skin to keep it from trying things she's not ready for.

Her lips twitch again. "I am...are you?"

Kaies can't help but smile at her. She's so cute when she wants to be!

In response, Kaies takes hold of her shoulder and gently turns her so that her hair falls through the hole in the table instead of being mussed. He applies a little more oil and begins at her feet this time, gazing into her eyes all the while. He's never seen her totally bare before, and is not about to start gawking now.

Felina smiles at him...god help her, but she's trying not to laugh. He's trying so hard to not stare, and that's just one of the many manifestations of the charm she so loves him for. She closes her eyes. "That feels so good...."

"I am glad, my love. But let us see if we can make it better?" His hands slide upwards again, squeezing and rolling her calves, her thighs... carefully avoiding her center en route to her belly. He admires her markings as he works, so glad that he'd had the claws removed. "You are so beautiful, Felina... I love your marks."

She smiles right back at him, just...reveling in the sensation of this, in his touch and being so loved. "I told you you hadn't seen the neatest ones yet." She can't help it, and reaches up to touch his face lightly. She's always considered him the more beautiful between them.

He had been doing a fine job, but at her touch, her gentle, clawed caress, his face begins to redden. His fingertips press and stroke her collar and the front of her neck, swirling around her shoulders... and down to her chest. 

"My love..." he gazes at her, fingertips teasing the very edges of her breasts, "... do you want to go further...?" It's entirely up to her.

Her smile broadens, and she just nods.

No going back, now. Kaies takes special care to restrain his urge to hurry, here - difficult as it is. She hasn't much of a chest, but still... it's beautiful to him. He rubs in gentle circles, eyes still set to hers and, as he spirals closer and closer to their darker centers, he leans down to offer his lips to hers.

Her breath is starting to come slightly more quickly now, washboard abs just barely beginning to give testament to her mood. She smiles a moment when his lips meet hers, and then closes her eyes to kiss him.

Again, he paces himself. Her lips, her skin... she has always been everything to him. Now, though... she is something new. Something impossible. Something perfect.

I love you, my Guardian... he thinks, his hand trailing slowly down those tight, training-honed abdominals.

I love you, too she returns, more in embracing feeling than words. She wraps her arms lightly around his neck. She can't even begin to reach around his shoulders, really, hence his neck being such a common target, along with his waist when they're standing.

Kaies nuzzles her, kissing her cheek, her neck, losing the fight against his need at last. His newly safe fingertips settle just above the v of her mons, and he sends her warning of what he intends to do to her next, not through his mind but by teasing his fingertips in that direction. Her warmth against him is all he knows, and all he cares to know.

Her cheeks warm again, but...this time, they're not alone. The whole center of her being is warming, bit by bit. Though she's blushing, and pauses just a moment, she ultimately just kisses him again, clinging to her beloved for all she's worth.

Kaies accepts that as a sign to continue. He deepens his end of the kiss and slowly, so slowly it feels that he will never reach the destination, slides his fingers over her warm, soft flower.

The result is immediate. She gasps quietly, thus pulling back from his face just a little. The admittedly shocked gleam in her suddenly wider eyes is far from unfavorable, though, just...reacting to a touch she's never experienced before in her near century of life.

Kaies gazes into those eyes, his expression soothing, watchful. He does not move to kiss her again, not just yet, only lets his fingers move in languid, fondling circles. Testing her. He'll stop in a heartbeat if he thinks she wants him to.

Her breathing is...maybe a touch shaky, and much quicker. In a good way, though. Her arms wrap a little more tightly around his neck again, and her eyes are closed, just...feeling.

Kaies knows that this can take some time. Again, he fights to curb the desire to hurry, and leans down to resume kissing her, moving down to afford her chest and neck the same treatment. Patience, and love, and Felina... that's all he needs.

She of course has to let him to a bit, grudgingly, to do this. Her claws stay lightly in his hair. Sometimes still, sometimes stroking idly, and at moments reacting to her own body, though ever careful to not scratch. It's so simple...why exactly does it feel so good...? Something Yue said flashes through her mind. Stop worrying about it, and let him do that. She lays back and just...feels, eyes half open, half the time.

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It's a long, long time before Yue ventures a knock at the door. A very tentative knock, and he makes a point to test the energy levels to make sure nothing's surging first, of course.

"Mm..." Felina opens her eyes a little from where she's curled against Kaies beneath the satin sheets, wrapped tightly in arms almost as big as her waist. "Do you suppose we should get that?" she inquires a touch wearily, joking of course.

"Never," he smiles, still unable to believe where they are and what they've done. "If it is important, they will knock again."

A second knock sounds at the door. Kaies chuckles. "Let them knock." He curls his arms more tightly around her.

Felina grins. "Going for five?" She kisses his forehead. "Really should get that." Smiles at him, and slips out of his arms as highly flexible tiny catgirls are rather skilled at doing. "Coming!" She doesn't manifest a robe for a few steps, for Kaies's benefit. Does, finally, as she heads into the front room of the suite, cinching the waist just as she takes a moment to compose herself and then opens the door a little. "Hi, Yue."

Yue looks her up and down. Grins a little. "Congratulations. I thought I would bring some pie for you two." He holds up a platter with a whole baked blueberry pie. Smiles some. "You're gonna need your strength."

Felina blushes, and giggles a little, but takes it gratefully. "Thanks, Yue...for your help and the room, too, of course." Smiles at the angel. He really is a good friend. Also, she's in a very good mood right now.

"Of course. I never thought it would actually happen, really, but... fabulous work, Felina. I'll want details later." Winks, and turns to head back to the 'party'.

Felina smirks a little. She was going to ask about Momo, but...later. For now, she shuts the door and turns back to Kaies. "We have pie," she declares.

Kaies sits up, gloriously naked still, and makes no show of pulling his pants on to walk around. "Pie," he laughs, "we can handle."

Consider what they'd just done--mostly, what he'd just done to her--Felina doesn't have the same reservations that she normally would, and just grins as she heads back over his way. Actually, she's grateful that he doesen't dress. His body really is beautiful, is in entirety. "Oh, pie is always worth handling," she smirks. "Mara has taught me well on the matter of baked goods."

"There's a table over there... shall we have pie together, then, my love?" He's not even looking at the pie.

Really, she's not sure whether he means the blueberry thingie she's holding or not. But then, she's up for anything he wants. "That sounds perfect." Smiles. 

He drapes his arm over her shoulder then, and walks to the table with her. Real pie, this time. Kaies isn't good at clever words concerning loving her.

"So... do you want to visit the party soon?"

"Probably a good idea," Felina notes, smiling, as her senses point the way to where some dishes are stored--some chilled, a nice touch--and heads over to the table with them, a pair of forks, and a knife for cutting. Sets them on the table and sits down, crossing her legs and quietly thrilling at the peculiar little ache that results. "I really should see if Momo ended up accepting the fact that her birth does indeed have an anniversary each and every year, and that some of think she's worth celebrating. I wanted to ask Yue, but he was gone too quickly."

Kaies sits next to her, ponder her, and pondering the pie. "Do you want me to come along, love?" He adores her, but is aware that not every aspect of her life requires him. It's a tensile line, but he tries to give her plenty of freedom to do her own thing, anyway. "I could certainly busy myself with the other people. Or tend the bar for a coin." Winks at her.

She grins at him as she serves up pie for the both of them. "Whatever you like. If it looks like it should be a private conversation, which it may, I have no compunctions about shooing you off somewhere."

"I'd like to be with you every second," he smiles at her for serving him... something of a switch, though he doesn't point that out. "By the way... are you feeling alright, love...?" The question is important. He's huge, and she's tiny. He'd worried about it only a little when they were entwined, though, so absorbed was he in her soft squeaks and whimpers.

"A little sore," she admits, laughing sheepisly. Grins at him. "But in a good way. There's more than one kind of sore."

"Of course, my love." She's a trooper, too. He takes up a fork, glancing at the pie only briefly. "I wish I had the words to thank you, Felina. For everything."

Her smile gakes a softer, more thoughtful quality. She takes a bite of pie, considering. Finally... "I think you more than had that covered, Kaies..." looks up to him. "I could spend a lifetime just...trying to thank you for everything that you've done for me." Smiles. Eyes travel down to her pie. "That's a lot of the reason it was so important that today went right, eventually..." up again. "To let you know how much I'm grateful to you, and how much I love you, even though I'm not always the best at saying it." Grins a little after a moment, amused, and ends up smirking a little at her food. "Not that the enjoyment was anything close to one-sided, mind you. This evening was...heavenly."

Kaies chuckles, considering, overflowing still with his feelings for her... and remembers what she'd said about standing on his feet. "May we make this a habit, lover?" He takes a small bite of pie and puts on his best cute face.

She has no choice but to grin at the pie face. "I think that may be a good idea."

"I think so." Kaies looks down again. He can't look at her, only he must if he is to stay sane. Looks back. "You were wonderful, too. You are wonderful."

She smiles, after a moment. "I must be, to have somehow ended up with someone like you." Takes a bite of pie. Grins. "Thanks for practically clinging to my ankles when I left Ceracka."

For just a second, Kaies isn't sure how to take that. Smiles anyway, trusting that she doesn't mean anything critical by it.

"They are nice ankles. I couldn't stop myself," he chuckles, looking underneath the table. "Very nice, as it turns out."

She doesn't. It's just an observation...if he hadn't tried so hard to come, well...tonight wouldn't have happened. Finishes her pie. Blinks. "Wow. That was really good. We'll have to compliment whoever made it. I need to get a shower before we go back, though. Pause, then a slight smile as she looks back up to Kaies. "Want to come?"

Kaies blushes a little bit, the red starting at his chest. It's a strange honor to be asked, for sure. "Very much so," he admits, smiling at her. Smiling for her.

Felina grins a bit at the chest-blush as she stands up, and holds out her hand.

He takes it, slowly rising, eyes locked on hers. He loves her so much... he can barely breathe. His throat is tight, his chest heavy, eyes moist with tears that won't fall.

She just smiles at him...after a few seconds, turns away to let him unwind just a little, and heads off towards the shower, dropping her robe about halfway there.

He watches her walk for a moment. Worships her form, and her cute little tuft. After a moment, though, he trots that way... wondering if he'll get to hold her a little more. Hoping so.

Oh, he should. She'd nudged the water on when she'd first gotten him up, so the quick-heating thing is already steaming nicely. She turns just a moment to smile at Kaies, and then disappears inside.

Her smile sends his heart to singing again. He follows without much delay, stepping into the warmth, searching for her. 

She grins in the thick steam. It's a big enough shower to...steps back and out of his path. Hee. Let him search.

He smiles, pondering. She's messing with him. He stretches out his long arms, searching for her. "Now," he quietly ponders aloud, "where has my beloved gone...?"

Small and quick is helpful. A claw taps lightly high on the back of one of his shoulders, and she's as quickly not there. Has to consciously avoid giggling, though.

Kaies turns of course, looking around. "Felina?" He reaches out where he thinks she is, missing of course. "Gah! Missed her again!" Smiles. This is so silly, and yet so fun.

"Quicker," she prompts softly, a grin in her voice, and moves again.

Her voice gets his attention, but Kaies figures Felina is smart enough to move after giving herself away like that, and reaches to the right of where he heard the voice.

And, thus, he catches himself a smirking, amused serinian. "Hi."

"Hello." His arm loosens a little, so as not to restrain her, even as he wraps the other one around her. "Fancy meeting you here, Felina."

"Utter coincidence," she assures. "I don't come here that often."

"Such a little smartass," he chuckles. Holds her a little tighter. Isn't really sure what to do, but knows he likes where he is.

Felina smiles, and is happy here, too, letting the steam and warm water run over them and start to clean up from earlier. Eventually, she reaches for the soap and actually finds a fancy bottle of body wash. Blinks. Oh kay. That's different. Figures out how to get it open. "Mm...smells nice."

As if Yue would have plain soap anywhere near his holdings.

Kaies just stays right where he is, watching her, listening to her voice... letting her take the lead this time. He pushes his heavy hair away from his eyes. It's miraculous that nothing horrible has happened to interrupt them.

Even if this evening's been wonderful, Felina hasn't suddenly learned this whole cutting loose thing perfectly...not that she's not trying. First she starts washing the oil from her own body. Eventually, she pauses, considering, and then smirks at Kaies. Gets some more of the stuff on her hand, and reaches up to brush it gently down his chest. "You need to clean up, too, you know." grins a bit.

"Oh?" Looks down. "Right... I was a bit distracted." Smiles at her, and gets to it - washing the same oil off his own skin, and the sweat from his hair. Mostly, though, he's just watching her smirk. Somehow, it makes him feel that much better.

Felina smiles, and is happy to help with this. It's much more fun washing him than washing her. "Much more of you to cover. Need help," she note.

"You will not hear me complaining, my love." Though, having no claws means he can return the favor. And does.

Felina smiles a bit, and just enjoys the proximity, washing out her hair. "You know, I was more or less horrified when I found out that you'd had your claws removed...just because I know how it must have felt." Smile softens, and she leans back against him. "This evening, though, I'm glad you did."

Kaies finds himself kneading her muscles again, instead of just scrubbing her, without realizing he'd been doing so. "I will suffer whatever it takes for you to be happy, Felina. Mara was as gentle as she could have been, though."

Felina melts a little. By god, but that feels good. "Heh...Mara's great that way, yes, and..." pause. Fingers to bridge of nose. "Er...Momo just had some kind of breakdown and stormed out. I should...probably see if I can talk to her." Grudgingly. Smiles up at him sheepishly.

He smiles right back. "Give her some time, my love. If she is anything like I think she is, she won't want to talk to anyone for a bit." Kaies has grown rather accustomed to this sort of thing, hanging around with Felina and Mara. At any given time, one has to expect news that should not be common knowledge. He holds onto her shoulders.

She smiles a bit. "Yeah...you're probably right. I like you, you know? You're smart."

"I am rather fond of you, as well." His hands meld over her shoulders, caressing their way down her arms. He's starting to stir - how can he not? - but says nothing about it. This moment is more important.

Felina smiles at that. The tiniest bit of guilt twinging at her for not running after Momo, but...he's right. Of course he's right. So, she just relaxes into the moment, enjoying quietly. Oh, yes. It's good, much like him.

After a few seconds, Kaies takes a knee in front of her. Holds her, though the temptation is to do more. He does use it as an excuse to begin washing her legs for her, though.

She smiles. Can't blush, already flushed from the hot water. She's not sure where this is going to go, but...hey. All the more fun to find out. Thus presented with a rare opportunity, she calls a bottle of shampoo over and begins scrubbing his scalp with gentle fingers and claws.

It feels nice, actually. Felina really does know her hair-care. Kaies's lips brush her belly now and again. And again, a little more firmly. Her legs, by now, are quite clean.

His head's quite rinsed, too. Felina finally has to smile at him. "I think that's clean...any other attractions down there?"

"Endless attractions, my love, endless." He's not sure whether she means him or herself, but he finds himself moving upwards, intent on giving her as much attention as she'll let him.

She's meant on herself, and smiles faintly. Keeps scritching his hair lightly...hair feels so interesting under running water.

As do many things. Kaies's softly kissing lips wrap at last around one of her darkened tips, and he stays right there, loving her, loving this.

She shivers, just smiling faintly, eyes taking a far away gleam. Why did she have trouble with the concept of being intimate with Kaies again...? She's quite forgotten. Smiles, kisses the top of his head, and closes her eyes, just smiling and feeling.

If she lets him, he'll be there for quite a while. He switches sides now and again, one hand falling to her bottom to hold her closer.

She wraps her arms down after his back, scratching slowly and with the utmost gentleness. The heat and moisture from teh shower has softened her claws a bit, not to mention made his skin too slick to accidentally catch, so it's an unusual opportunity. A contented smile is set across her lips, and she just gazes down at him. Yeah. He's too perfect to be real.

The claw scratching certainly isn't helping his own state. But he's here for her, not himself, and ignores it. Squeezes her a little, and hugs her close at last.

Her arms wrap tightly around him as well. Today is also too perfect to be real.

"I am yours, Felina," he assures her, petting her a bit more with every word, "just... tell me what you want me to do?" Including 'that's enough' oddly. He just wants to know what she wants.

Her smile softens after a few moments. "You've been catering to me all evening, Kaies. I want you to do with me...whatever you want to do with me."

He ponders this. They're supposed to be cleaning up, but...

"Would you be opposed to being lifted, my love...?"

"Lifted?" She tilts her head. "No of course not." Smirks. "You could hold at least one of me per arm, so I'm not too worried."

His smile on just precedes his arms cinching around her waist and under her bottom. Carefully, of course, he rises with her, holding her tightly to himself. Just holding her, for now.

She smiles, and drapes her arms over his shoulders, entwining her hands lightly behind his neck. "Hi."

"Shh..." And he kisses her. Simply, deeply... lost as ever.

Felina reddens at this, and smiles faintly. Kisses lightly, and lets herself be kissed, and...life is just grand.

He holds his end of it for some time. Kaies cannot help but think that the here and now may be the only chance they get, knowing their lifestyles - though of course he keeps this quiet. With that in mind he holds her a little more tightly, gazing into her eyes again. Asking permission.

She smiles just a little, and nods as slightly.

Kaies hugs her tightly, just for a second. She means so much to him, so endlessly much, and today feels almost as though it could never have happened in an imperfect world. His words and mind echo his love for her. Meanwhile, his arms lower her a bit, settling her over him. Eyes locked onto hers, iron muscles tightening, straining to hold back, Kaies enters her again.

She gasps a quiet, whimpering gasp. Slight pain, but...only of the best possible sort. Kaies's sort. She wraps her arms around his chest as tightly as she naturally can, eyes becoming more or less unfocussed, a slight smile to her lips. Just...giving herself to him. The tips of her toe-claws are just barely brushing the ground.

His strength is more than sufficient to keep her aloft. His sleek, powerful legs spread a little to keep balance, to give more power and control to his motions. All for her, every gasping breath for her.

He steps with her, carrying her to the smooth tile wall of the shower, and braces her gently against it. Eyes burning, sparkling, pouring with tears hidden in the mist, he leans into her again.

He isn't the only one whose eyes are wet with more than water. Felina is just...lost now. Gasps, squeaks a little when he charges forward again, so much more inside her with the wall there. So much more...a part of her. It's an incredible feeling on so many levels. Her claws tighten a bit to his back, but still don't threaten to puncture.

He wouldn't mind if they did. Not really. His lips brush against her face, but only gently - it's difficult to kiss in this position. He increases his pace, little bit by little bit, trying his best to keep her reassured and feeling safe. Her warmth enveloping him makes it tough to think of anything else, but... he tries, bless him.

At this point, she really...doesn't mind if he just lets himself go. She can feel her body tightening again, responding and warming on levels she hadn't previously known existed. Her breath is quick, fast, and more or less interrupted by each strokes, something between whimpering sigh and a quiet, whimpering moan making its way from between her lips.

And he does, finally unable to control his natural instinct any longer. His gentleness wavers. For her, his muscles strain and shove, for her his skin burns, for her his heart hammers against his chest. His breath catches tight in his chest, pressed to hers, so warm, so slick, so glorious together...!

Something inside of her melts. Something else tightens. And something else is the man she loves so much, so much...a part of her now, in a moment she never wants to end. The incredible closeness, the hardest and tenderest of feelings, the most glorious pain along with the most delicious sensations. She gasps, and cries out once at a hard shove. Her claws tighten, finally piercing skin a little, as her body warms rapidly, and she feels more and more as though she's floating, anchored only by the utter reality of this.

Her little gasps push Kaies over the edge of his endurance. She's always been his strength, his safety net. As long as he has known her, she has been his everything and now is no different. Together, in body as well as mind this time, a single complete being of warmth and thrilling agony. His eyes squeeze shut, lips part, voice cries to the heavens, to her, to her as his hips draw so tightly together that his spine aches. He can feel her body wrenching deliciously over him, owning him.

It's all that she can take, and all that she needs. Another cry, and her body begins to react of its own accord, tightening intensely and jerking against herself, against the wall, against him, without her direct instruction. There is no thought in her mind right now, only utter feeling, heralded only by a quite, gasping moan.

Kaies holds as long as he can for her, prolonging the feeling shared between them, the wonderful jolts of man and woman at peak. Existence is a blur, a jumble of sensation, and Felina is at the center of it, and he at the center of her. One final, straining shove and he rests against her, weeping quietly, body only just beginning to relax.

Felina pants ever-so-quietly, eyes glazed, again wearing that slight smile on her lips. Focuses a little, finally, and just...stays with him. Clings to him where she's pinned, just holds, and allows just how much she loves him to wrap around his mind. She's already decided that she likes this part. Before that separate again, him still inside her, just...together, in a very real, tangible way. She half-kisses, half-nuzzles his cheek, and relaxes where she is.

It's a few moments before the wave of feeling lets his eyes begin to dry. He kisses her with affectionate lips, but briefly, eyes a little unfocused. Holds onto her for dear life. Who would have thought that a day beginning so precariously would end up so beautiful, so pure...?

"Felina, Felina..." can't bring himself to say any more, not yet. Just cuddles and clings to her.

Felina just holds on, enjoying him, enjoying being here, overwhelmed by her own feeling for this incredible man. Finally, quietly... "I hate to ask...and I mean, I really hate to ask. But I can't feel certain parts of me." She grins a little, still softly. "Would you be so kind as to let me down, my love?"

He laughs softly, nodding. "Never," though he does, of course, hugging her tightly in the process. Smiles at her. "Cleaning up, yes... are you alright...?"

"Well, that's a silly question." She smiles at him. "So much better than. How are you, love...?"

"I'm..." Kaies smiles at her, still fighting those tears of happiness. "Looking forward to spending a lifetime with you. But first..." he picks up the soap bottle. "Cleaning."

Felina looks down for a few moments. What she says next...surprises even her. "That's kind of presumptuous," she observes softly, setting a hand lightly on the soap bottle hand and gazes up at him, golden eyes entreating. "Unless...that's a proposal?"

Kaies hadn't really been considering that when he said it. Not that he hadn't considered asking her, but... he knows Felina. He never thought she'd even entertain the notion. But... this is definitely an uncompromising position to say the wrong thing.

"I..." trails off. Looks away. Looks back. "I thought I could come up with something more clever," he admits, sheepishly, "but... yes, Felina. It is." Slowly, so slowly it leaves him aching, Kaies descends to one knee. "Felina Dey'ono..."

Her breath catches in her throat. What...did she just do...? Inward pause. Something she didn't hesitate at, that's what she did. She can swear that her heart isn't beating, and she just gazes down at her lover with rapt attention.

Kaies's throat tightens, tightens, with such pressure that he can hardly form the next words. He's not worried that she will say no. He's not worried at all. He just... can't get over the enormity of trying at last.

"...will you allow me the honor of being your husband...?"

Felina can't speak at first. Swallows hard...swallows back tears. Nods. After a few moments, just barely manages... "...yes. I will."

He hadn't heard it. Surely not. Had he? He looks up at her, his expression giving away every emotion in his head. Disbelief, wonder, joy, bliss... he nearly forgets they're in a shower. Still, he reaches for her, just to hold her this time.

Felina smiles tightly, and practically jumps into him, just...clinging, head pressed against his neck. After a few long, long moments, she sniffles quietly, and then tries to bite that back. Bites her lip.

"It is alright, Felina," Kaies assures her, holding her tightly to himself once more. "It is alright to cry sometimes, my love. It is...!"

Outside, Yue taps gently on the door. Not enough to be heard, really. He just felt a gigantic spike in the energy near the two of them, and was worried.

Felina smiles, just a little...face tightens, and she sobs quietly against him. "We're getting married," she whispers...can't believe it. She's getting married, and to someone so wonderful...? It just...doesn't even process.... She becomes vaguely aware of Yue's presence after a few moments. Has no intention of moving, but quiet, wordless affirmation that they're okay does follow after a few moments.

The fallen angel smiles in the hall, and takes leave. Good. Very, very good.

Kaies holds her, as long as she needs, in the warm mist of the shower room. He's been married once. It was pure bliss, until his own stupidity and ambition had ruined it.

Never again. This time, everything will be perfect.

It's awhile before she stops crying, and still longer before she finally leans back, a strange smile set upon her face. "We're getting married," she repeats, nodding as though to make it true.

"We are," Kaies nods, smiling some. "Imagine when we tell your brother and Mara."

"Saea isn't going to know what to say..." Felina giggles at the thought, laying her head comfortably against his chest. "Mara...it will seem like someone switched her alcohol out for crack." Blinks. "What do you suppose she thinks when it comes to wedding dresses?" Pauses. Looks up at him, grinning a goofy grin. "Want to elope?"

"There is nowhere we could go," he laughs, snuggling her right up even though they're soaking wet, "where Mara could not find us. Oh Felina... I cannot wait to see the look on Korliss's face. He is so fond of you..."

Felina smiles, still faintly. She's more interested in the look on Kaies's face right now, brushing the damp tendrils of hair away from it. "Mm...he would be a good one to give away the bride, maybe?" Blushes a touch at the word "bride." "Er...wait." Blinks. "What's a big brother supposed to do, anyway?" Looks up at her new fiance. "We've been engaged fifteen seconds and I'm confused!"

Kaies chuckles, hugging her a little tighter. She's so fun sometimes... almost Mara-esque. "Saea will certainly want to give you away. Korliss can preside over the ceremony, if you are not opposed to having a vampire elder perform our rites. He certainly has the rank, and has done so before.

Felina smiles. "I think that would be very nice." She cuddles up happily to her lover. "I hope you don't mind pruney hands, because you're staying awhile..."

Kaies smiles, too. "Let's get clean, love, and I will hold you somewhere dry." Smiles more brightly. "You might catch cold."

She smiles at him. He's so sweet. Knows bloody well what her immune system is like, but worries anyway. "Sounds good, then."

He nods. Kisses her cheek, and sets to washing her up.

Felina smiles, more or less in dreamland. She's set out to get laid, but...wow...engaged. That's...something else. She washes in return, which is...a little easier, since they just finished up certain other tempations, and before long, she's getting back into her suit after considerable debate..although her hair has quite had it, and gets brushed out, a bit curlier than usual.

Kaies is still buttoning his cuffs, but is more or less dressed when he returns. "Your hair looks fine," he assures her, reaching out to touch it. "As ever, my love." He's half tempted to ask her how she feels, for the tenth time or so. Deigns not to, and pulls on his shoes instead. "What do you want to do first, Felina? There is the matter of Momo, yet."

"Mmm...that's probably the first thing, yes. It may be better if I track her down alone." Smiles at him. "We have a lifetime to hang out, anyway." Looks down. "How do ladies even move in these things? I'm reminded now of why I'm not a lady." It shifts into a "pants" version of itself. "Better!"

He nods a little bit. "That we do, my love. I will busy myself around here. Surely Yue will not mind my presence, and you are probably right."

"I'm sure he won't, no." Felina smiles, and jumps up on a footstool to kiss Kaies's cheek. "I need to track him down to ask about Momo first, and I'm about eight-five percent sure that he'll jump me to ask about what happened here before I have the chance to track him down, anyway."

Kaies warms, nods to her. "Alright, love. I will be waiting for your return."

Felina smiles. "I can't wait." She hops off the foot stool. "You would pick a short chick to marry." Grins, tying her hair back into a curlier-than-usual ponytail. "See you in a bit, Kaies. Enjoy the rest of your evening." And she heads back out into the seven suns inn.