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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 3, 2007 11:01:26 GMT -5
"Good, because it suits you," I told her, returning her smile. "I can't picture you as the maiden with eternally downcast eyes, that's all. You can't see much if you're only looking at the ground."
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 3, 2007 11:18:50 GMT -5
My face was still cupped in his warm, strong hands. "If I was, I would definitely be missing out on this." I replied, quirking another little smile.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 3, 2007 11:30:08 GMT -5
"Me too," I reminded her jestingly, winding a coil of her hair around my finger. "Or is that regret I hear?"
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 1:00:01 GMT -5
"Regret?" I asked, a little confused. "What would I regret?"
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 9:32:33 GMT -5
"Being here, rather than at the home you miss," I replied simply, offering a small smile in return for the one she'd given me earlier.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 12:05:57 GMT -5
"I don't regret it, not in the least." I replied. Almost in slow motion, my hand came up. Hesitating once in midair, I tucked a stray strand of hair behind his ear. I ended up not wanting to let go, the tactile was so enthralling.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 12:24:43 GMT -5
My smile widened and softened at her touch, which I leaned into lightly, if unabashedly. "I'm very happy to hear that," I told her, for I'd been worried that my nature and actions had nearly driven her off, and that was something I didn't want in the slightest. Normally I would have shown thanks with a small kiss, but she likely wouldn't welcome that, and I bit my lower lip self-consciously, if only for a moment.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 13:14:53 GMT -5
My hand burned where his skin brushed against it as he leaned into my movements. But then something passed across his face, and he bit his lip. I drew my hand back, afraid I had done something wrong. "Then why did you look uncomfortable, right then?" I asked, my voice barely above a murmur.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 13:28:23 GMT -5
A small chuckle of surprise left my throat at her actions and I shook my head, mourning the loss of her warm touch. "Nothing you did," I assured her honestly. "I just have a somewhat indecent d'Angeline thought for a moment- one where I kissed you."
I wasn't one to be ashamed of my desires, but I worried that such an admittance would cause her to retreat again, and ruin any sort of friendship that had developed between us. Still, it wasn't in me to lie, especially when she would likely know I was.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 13:40:24 GMT -5
I flushed again, but I didn't otherwise react. Well, aside from my breath hitching ever so slightly. "Is... is that an indecent thought? Here in Terre d'Ange, I mean."
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 13:43:39 GMT -5
"No, not in the slightest," I replied with another smile, stroking her cheek and down her neck. "Not in this sort of situation at all- but Aragonian ways are different, I hear, and I worry I'll offend you. I've grown to think of you fondly, as a friend and comforter, and I would hate for my d'Angeline traits to put that in peril."
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 14:23:56 GMT -5
I did it before I could think about it. Before I could second guess myself, before I could become nervous. I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his ever so gently. His lips were soft and velvety, and it set my heart racing, even from that little contact.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 14:43:58 GMT -5
It seemed self-control could reap its own rewards and I had to fight back a small sound as I lightly pressed my lips back against hers, a rush of pleasure flowing through my blood. This was a road I understood, though still full of adventure- but this one would have to be walked slowly, and yet I relished it nonetheless. Her mouth was sweet and I kept careful hold of my restraint even as I sought to barely deepen the kiss, stroking her neck lightly all the while.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 15:55:45 GMT -5
My hand went to his chest, both to touch him and to assure myself that I could move back at any time. His lips grew firmer against mine, his hand moving along the sensitive skin of my neck. I followed his subtle urgings, deepening the kiss for a long moment before I drew back. My lips tingled as I opened my eyes slowly. I hadn't remembered closing them.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 16:57:33 GMT -5
Her hand on my chest nearly seemed to burn and I gave a small gasp, even as she pulled away and my own eyes drifted open. Part of me wanted to pursue, to press my lips back against hers, but she'd pulled away and I let her. Immediately I missed her warmth being pressed so close and shivered a little as I lightly licked my lower lip, giving her a curious look.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 17:15:12 GMT -5
"No offense taken." I replied with a smile at his quizzical look. My hand moved up his chest, and a ran a single finger along the soft skin of his neck.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 17:20:19 GMT -5
Smiling more widely I nodded, as if in solemn understanding, then trembled anew as I leaned into the small caress. "And if I were to start such a thing, rather than you?" I asked, teasing, raising a brow and running my thumb over her lips. "Just to see if the same thing would happen?"
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 4, 2007 17:33:46 GMT -5
"I... I would imagine you would get much the same results." I said, for some unknown reason shy again. "But I would think you might like to test it."
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 4, 2007 17:40:36 GMT -5
Smiling again I leaned closer, running my nose across hers for a moment. "You're so beautiful- and sweet," I told her in a sincere whisper before again pressing my lips to hers, enough to be felt but without a terrible amount of pressure while cupping her cheek lightly and stroking her skin with my thumb.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 5, 2007 13:16:58 GMT -5
He teased me with his closeness for a moment, his compliments sending a buzz of pleasure through me. And then his lips were against mine again, and my mind twirled with the contact. My hand moved up slightly higher, all my fingers now moving against his skin.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 5, 2007 15:54:37 GMT -5
It was an awkward position to be in, caught between wanting to deepen the kiss as she responded and my concern that she would become anxious or angry if I did. In the end, I compromised, a small sound of pleasure and encouragement leaving my lips as I pressed them just a hair more firmly to hers.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 5, 2007 16:36:43 GMT -5
I instinctively knew what the little sound he made meant, and pressed my lips to his more firmly. Unsure if it was the correct thing to do - I had only ever seen my parents kiss thus - my lips parted just slightly as my hand stroked his neck and hair.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 5, 2007 17:52:35 GMT -5
Blood seemed to pound in my ears as responded without seeming hesitance, my fingers trailing lightly through her hair and then across her neck, one to rest there and one stroking her cheek. She seemed to be enjoying this as well, which made me nearly giddy- and then her lips opened slightly, and the taste of her breath filled my senses. My own mouth opened just a little to match hers, the kiss growing deeper as I fought down the rising moan to another small sound, lower than the first but with the same feeling.
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 6, 2007 15:51:51 GMT -5
He tasted sweet, of the apples in the pie we had eaten for desert. I realized that I didn’t want to stop this. And with that realization came the knowledge that I should. My training screamed to me that I needed to stop, that this was no way for a maiden to act, kissing a man thus. I wasn’t supposed to be marvelling at how he tasted. This was a slippery slope straight to sin. Not only that, but I was scaring myself with my responses. They were suddenly coming much too easily. I went still against him for a moment, then pulled back.
I drew in a shuddering breath, trying to control the impulse to press myself back against him. “I’m sorry Landis, but this is all so fast.”
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 6, 2007 16:20:01 GMT -5
AS soon as she stiffened the fact that things were about to end was driven into focus- then she pulled back and I relaxed my arms though I continued to stroke her cheek. "Why are you sorry?" I asked with a small smile after she'd spoken. "We all do what we should- and what we must. Thank you."
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 7, 2007 10:07:52 GMT -5
“I’m sorry because I don’t know if I’m making mistakes or not. Are all D’Angeline men so accepting?” I asked. I tilted my head into his caress. His entire manner put me at ease, even as my blood burned and my mind battled with my urges.
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 7, 2007 15:43:37 GMT -5
"By my reckoning you've made no mistakes," I told her with a smile. "And done nothing worth apologizing for."
Her question almost made me chuckle and I thought for a moment about the men I'd known. "Some are," I admitted. "The good ones worthy of a woman's time, I'd say. The others, not so much- but they usually get their come-uppance sooner or later. In Terre d'Ange very few are swayed to doing something they don't wish."
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 9, 2007 12:21:43 GMT -5
“It is said you charm men and women with your angelic tongues until they more than wish for your attentions.” I told him with a teasing smile. “You haven’t bewitched me, have you?”
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Post by Landis de Verreuil on Nov 9, 2007 18:49:08 GMT -5
"No more than you've bewitched me, I should hope," I teased lightly, gently twisting a strand of her soft, smooth hair between my fingers. "Though I promise if I did it was truly unintentional- but not something I'd regret."
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Post by Mercedes de las Aragonia on Nov 9, 2007 19:49:05 GMT -5
"If you have, I might not regret it either." I said, then blushed, looking down.
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