Escaping

[Leyna de Somerville]

"I prefer company too, but being alone is nice sometimes. I usually take a long bath, lots of hot water and oils," I told him, smiling.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

Smiling back slyly, I said, "I could see how you would like that, though I think your bathing alone would be a sad thing to miss from an observational standpoint."

[Leyna de Somerville]

I blushed slightly, but forced myself to keep my head up. I reached over and smacked his arm lightly.

"You are terrible," I told him, laughing. "Is there nothing we can talk about that you can't use to make me blush?"

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"But you look so lovely when you blush," I said with a mock apologetic air and a bit of a pout. "What should we talk about instead, so I can't see that becoming pink come to your cheeks?"

[Leyna de Somerville]

I urged Soir just a bit closer to Noche, much to her dislike since she was still trying to ignore him.

"You are far to handsome and manly to pout," I told him, smiling and reaching over to caress his cheek.

"We could talk about me watching you bathe," I suggested, as I let Soir move back to where she wanted.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

At her touch I let my mouth return to its smile and raised an eyebrow. "We could, but I don't remember that you might like to see that- I don't think of the male body as attractive, so it's hard to remember that others do. If you wanted, I'd certainly let you watch, but you'd have to help me wash my back."

[Leyna de Somerville]

"I think your body is very attractive," I told him, smiling and refusing to blush at my own words, I was getting enough practice blushing at his words. "If I help you wash that makes it more of a doing than a watching, and then it might lead to other things."

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

Blinking innocently, I said, "Like what?" I was wondering how many words I could pare down to and still make her blush. "Besides, that wouldn't be such a bad thing from my end- I'd have a clean back and you close enough to touch, and that sounds very nice."

[Leyna de Somerville]

It was taking a major amount of will not to blush yet, though I knew it was a losing battle.

"But I would be all wet, and my dress would be soaked, and I wouldn't be clean," I told him, trying to sound matter of fact. "It would probably be better if I just watched."

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"Oh, you were planning on wearing a dress? I guess I would have to be clothed when I watched you as well in that case. That completely changes things, you're quite right- I can wash my own back so you don't end up drenched."

[Leyna de Somerville]

I'm not sure which happened more quickly, the progression of images that flashed through my mind or possibly the fiercest blush I had ever had rising to my cheeks. The thought of him naked, watching me bath was incredibly erotic and engrossing.

"Yes," I finally managed, my voice sounding odd even to me. "It would be less mess that way." I was purposefully not looking at him, not sure how to get these wonderful images out of my mind.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

She turned almost a scarlet hue as I saw her eyes become slightly glazed with lust- then she turned away and I bit back a chuckle. It wasn't right to be amused by her discomfiture, but she looked so sweet that I wanted to comfort her anyway.

Nudging Noche closer to Soir I caressed her cheek with my hand. "Why does that idea embarrass you so much?" I asked quietly.

[Leyna de Somerville]

I almost moaned as his hand touched my cheek. My body was burning with desire.

"The idea doesn't embarrass me," I told him, softly. "It excites me… very much."

I bit my bottom lip, to think of how to explain my tendency towards blushing.

"This is all still new to me. I am not used to having these thoughts and there being a possibility of actually acting on them." I looked up and met his gaze. "I promise you, I'm not embarrassed about anything I have done with you."

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

""I'm glad," I said with a grin, my own blood starting to burn slightly as I continued to run my thumb over her cheek. "Both that you're not embarrassed and that the idea excites you. Everyone has their fantasies, but acting them out can be a wonderful thing."

[Leyna de Somerville]

My grip on the reins relaxed, trusting Soir to keep going in the direction we were head. I turned my head into is caress, reveling in his touch.

"I've never… I mean… it's all been impulsive with me. I haven't had time to build up fantasies and try to act on them," I confessed. "I seem to just let my impulses direct me."

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"Then you get the fun of finding fantasies as you go," I said as I let my thumb gently brush over the corner of her lips. ""Your impulsiveness suits you, makes you even more bewitching."

[Leyna de Somerville]

I wanted very much to draw his thumb into my mouth, but our positions on horseback made it a little dangerous. Instead I softly kissed his palm.

"What about you?" I asked him. "What are your fantasies?"

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"Being with you outside in the spring," I said as I caught her eye. "And other ideas too numerous to mention. What about you? Anything you've heard of but not yet had an opportunity to do?"

[Leyna de Somerville]

"The point was too mention them," I said, chuckling. "I think I want to try almost everything. There are some of the more involved activities that people with Mandrake or Valerian tendencies engage in that don't really appeal to me, but other than that I want to do it all. I don't want to be left wondering what else there is to do."

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

Nodding, I said, "That makes sense- but there are so many things in the world, it would take a lifetime to try them all. In a sense, I think everyone wants to try everything at least one, occasionally twice just to make sure they don't like it." Chuckling, I ran a hand over the curve of her ear.

[Leyna de Somerville]

The desire coursing through my body was almost painful, but I was enjoying it. I was enjoying the feeling of wanting and not yet acting.

"Spring is a long time away, tell me something else you want. Please," I said, meeting his eyes again. "I want to be a part of one of your fantasies. Or don't tell me if it would ruin it, just let me be part of one…" My voice trailed off, partly from a lack of words to express what I meant an partly from the wave of need that surged in me.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"You can have any one of my fantasies you wish," I said low as I caught her eyes, my gaze probably burning with the desire that suffused my skin. "I want you in all of them, as much as I want to be in yours."

Picking up a strand of her hair, I let it run through my fingers. "I'd like to rip you from a gown as I felt you ripping my clothing from me, to live for a little while in pure passion- no thoughts, only feelings. That, amante, is what I would like to do to you."

[Leyna de Somerville]

A needing, wanting sound escaped me as I gasped at his words. I wished desperately that we were back in my room..or his room…

I pulled Soir to a stop and leaned across to kiss him. I needed at least this much, the taste of him, the feel of his mouth.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

At the sound that came from her mouth my eyes widened as I fought the urges that rose in my blood. Noche stopped as Soir did and I reached out to cup her head in my hands, pressing my lips to her with a hunger that, while great, wasn't even a fraction of what I really felt. My lips were controlled in their movements, but my skin burned and I tried to press as much of her body as I could into contact with hers.

[Leyna de Somerville]

I kissed as long as I could, waiting until my body was screaming for breath before I released his mouth. Even then I did not lean back into my saddle.

"This is the only time in my life I have ever wished I was in a carriage instead of on horseback," I told him, running my hands over his arms and chest.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"I know, me too," I said, my voice a little hoarse and breathless. With a grin I brushed my lips against her ear as my hands moved over her sides. "Don't say that too loud though, Noche and Soir would be saddened. Though if I always get this reaction from you I may have to tell you my fanstasies more often."

[Leyna de Somerville]

"I think you should just keep telling them to me so I can help fulfill them," I told him.

I kissed him again, fierce and passionate, burying my hands in his hair. When my body screamed for air again, I released him, this time settling back in my saddle fully.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"I don't think I've heard a better plan in my entire life," I said, a little dazed as I settled back onto Noche. How she managed to completely bend me to her will was anyone's guess, though maybe an easy one. Revelling at the taste of her on my lips I urged Noche into a walk before I could do anything terribly out of control.

[Leyna de Somerville]

Soir began moving when Noche did, which was fortunate for me since it kept me from having to think. I took a few deep breaths, savoring the taste of him and then trying to gain a little control over myself.

"What was the best gift you ever received for your natal?" I asked him, trying to steer us back down a conversational path that wouldn't end up with us riding back into the City naked.

[Nicanor de las Aragonia]

"Noche," I answered, smiling. "What about yours?"