midnightstar | Shionne and Alphen in Menancia

They've all come a long way since Calaglia, both in terms of distance and... other things. Things Shionne was forcing herself not to acknowledge. Because what would the point be to acknowledge those thoughts when she couldn't act on them - when at the end of this journey, she had no future? Ah... but that was something she hadn't - couldn't - tell the others, who she's begun thinking of as more than just 'tools'.

Particularly Alphen.

It was the hardest to think of him when she knew how much she was keeping from him. Much to her frustration, however, the group had decided to take a break for a little while since Shionne's pace had been pushing the others quite a lot - and they did just gain two new companions. Shionne was avoiding them as much as possible, deciding to go for a walk through the city almost...baffled by how accepting the Dahnans and Renans were.

It was ... nice. But it felt so alien to her, at the same time.

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Shionne arched her back slightly at the change in touch, her hand ..semi accidentally gripping his rear while it she was feeling adventurous with where she touched him, "hah...it.. the way you touch me makes me feel so good too." She hoped she was giving him similar sensations - the comment afterward earned an unconscious purr as she nipped his ear lightly, 'You .. won't be bored of it? Or me..?"

There was a slight jump but of surprise rather than discomfort. Honestly Shionne could surprise him like that any time if it's what she wanted. Alphen would gladly welcome it really.

"Never. How could I be bored of the one I want to spend all of my life with?" HE made it quite clear after all. Alphen slide his other hand around her bottom, pulling her flush into his lap as he pulled his lips up along her neck almost as if to get back at her for the purring.

"You're stuck with me forever~"

Ooh, that was a good reaction. And it wasn't from pain. She was about to repeat the gesture, though she was caught off guard with him pulling her into his lap - so she shifted her arms around him instead, in order to hold him closer - even of that meant he got a small mewling moan from him trailing his lips up her neck. It tickled, but it also felt good. She breathed a soft laugh, nuzzling his ear as she mentally tried to remember the things she read about what the male protagonists in romance novels were said to like when things started to get.. steamy.
She tilted her head a little in order to nip his earlobe with another purr, "I'm okay with that though, if you are~" Soooo, she nibbled his ear a bit more to see what his reaction was.

Oh he liked that. Turns out his ears were quite the soft spot for him given he spent such a long time with his head encased in that helmet. So having such deliberate and intimate attention lavished upon them got a very vocal reaction out of the man. Though while he allowed himself to enjoy that moment, his hands didn't grow idle instead his thumb brushing past the peak of her breast by accident more than anything else. A kind of directed affection and attention from him as well.

"Of course I am okay with that. Because its you~"

Oh even better, that's another new spot she could remember. Hearing those reactions made her proud to be ableto hear them from him - it just made her want to do it more. Even as he got a small squeak of surprise at that 'accidental' brush, then a pause, "Nng.. do that again.." she all but breathe the words, even adding in a puff of air against his ear. And as 'forever' goes.. she smiled down at him, "Then, to forever together." She rather liked that too; being with someone forever.

He enthusiastically complied since that sound she made was so erotic yet cute at the same time if that was even possible. How could he not want to see what other noises she might make if he kept going for that approach. So he brushed his thumb again, then he pressed it down onto the nub, then rolled it around in a semicircle before following through with a light flick. Though his hand was doing work he was starting to wonder how she would react if he did it...in a different way.

She had half anticipated making that soft squeak again - but when he changed the way he touched her, she uttered a shuddering moan instead, her breath brushing against his skin as she shifted her own angle to trail kisses from his ear to his neck, her free hand starting to fist in his hair. Her body was even starting to squirm just a bit, her hips unconsciously pushing into his.

Oh the gripping onto his hair and grinding on top of him got a very deep rumbling growl of approval out of Alphen. After all it made all of his senses flare up with positive feedback. SHe was so warm to the touch and even with the clothes still in the way he felt her so keenly they might as well have already shed all of their clothes.

"Shionne~" he groaned this time, the voice heated and passionate but not pleading her to stop what she was doing.

Shionne was getting so much positive reinforcement! Which was a good thing he wasn't pleading with her to stop or anything, because she definitely wasn't. She didn't know how those noises he made were such a turn on , as she leaned into him, the soft hiss of his name turning into a sultry purr she didn't even know she could make, "Alphen.." was followed by a lingering kiss, then a nip..and then a gentle bite at the curve of his neck while she brushed her tongue against the skin, testing his reactions.

She was likely the only one surprised by how much more loud Alphen was getting because of those experimentations of hers. Because everywhere she touched and kissed or even licked him, Alphen felt as if his mind would melt away with pleasure a little more as her name became a chant on his lips more and more. He loved this. The only way that could be more obvious would be if he just bluntly said it but moaning her name in increasingly wanton tones felt far more fitting.

It was a thrill for Shionne, not just to know she would make him sound like that too, but hearing him say her name like that was..very arousing. Moreso than she ever expected - it might be why she was having a hard time stopping. But she suspected Alphen didn't want her to stop anyway. Though it probably should be no surprise when her hand accidentally brushed over the front of his pants, even going so far as to tug slightly on them.

He ABSOLUTELY did not want her to stop. Because this was better than any dream he'd had with her. IT was all so real so passionate and the only outlet he had for said passion was the moans of her name that were like a prayer to him now.

Then her hand touched a part of him that was...well not used to such direct attention and he flinched for a moment before finding his hips pushing into her hand to get more.

"I love the way you say my name," she panted faintly, resuming her attack on his ear, her hands moving more boldly - though there is a moment of pause when she felt the way his hips pushed into her hand, and it truly hit just how worked up they were getting. She gripped the edge of his pants, her whisper a touch hasty and flustered, "Alphen..can I...?"

"Then I will keep saying it in an infinite amount of ways." Except for angry or cross since that was such an alien notion to him at this point when it came to SHionne. But then she popped another question and while she was flustered to ask he nodded firmly and pulled her closer still with his free hand.

"Yes. Not only can you but I actually really really want you to."

She caught her breath at that, though it was followed by a happy, nervous smile and she leaned up to press her lips against his in a sweet kiss, her hands pushing down the offending material, both to get it out of the way and to get a more ..direct touch.

He kissed her back just as lovingly and his hand kept fondling and lifting up her breast while he let out a muffled groan when her hand was almost directly touching that very noticeable part of him. If she had any doubt how excited he'd gotten because of her, that was going to put it to rest.

Just the feel of his fondling hand was bringing out similar soft moans, though that reaction when she touched him had her suddenly stop, a moment of panic and worry that she hurt him immediately springing to her first thought. Although her next thought surmized - based on the books she's read that might NOT have been pain. "Did.. that feel good, Alphen..?" She hoped anyway. Tentatively she felt her face prickling a bright blush as she lowered her hand to brush her hand against him lightly, then more firmly, turning her attention to press kisses against his neck. It was almost amazing to see - and hear - his reactions to the smallest of gestures she did.

He had not meant to scare her with that intense reaction so as soon as he found his words he immediately answered her back.

"N-No it was something so far beyond good..." Alphen moaned before reaching up to gently caress her cheek.

"I was just caught off guard how amazing it felt. Don't stop~"

She relaxed immediately once he confirmed it wasn't pain, the smile reappearing on her lips, "Okay.. I won't stop." She promised, with perhaps... too sultry a purr. She hadn't meant to say it that way, but it almost seemed to imply 'even if you beg me', because she wanted to make him feel that good all night. And for every day and evening afterward. Her hand moved tentatively at first, partly because she wanted to be careful of accidentally hurting him, and partly out of curiosity - after all she's never touched him that way before. But she was slowly getting more confident with how she touched him, humming soft moans of his name in between kisses.

Oh...oh that purr made his blush just as overwhelming as Shionne's in an instant and it stayed at that consistently once she started moaning his name while also working her magic with that soft warm hand. This was such an overload of pleasure and love on both sides he was having trouble thinking of what to do with himself other than to keep going.

"Shionne~" He moaned back his own fondling and caressing growing more disorganize and wanton since how could he focus on anything else.

She was certainly taking his moans of her name as encouragement - in much the same way that she hoped he was taking her own noises as encouragement, her moans getting louder and more frequent, her body shifting on top of his until she was grinding more against him, her hands starting to fumble with her own clothes.

Alphen could not help himself seeing it any other way. Because it was one of the most beautiful ways she had ever used her voice and then things got even more exciting as she pretty much straddled him before he even noticed it because of how absorbed in the moment he'd gotten.

"You...really drive me crazy...in the best way."

There was only one teensy layer of clothing between them now, though Shionne was so wrapped up in the passion and love for the man she was straddling that she wasn't even that flustered. Hearing him moan her name was so alluring she wanted nothing more than to hold him close. She smiled happily at the latter ocmment, nuzzling into him, "I was going to say the same about you.. the way you sound realy makes me want to.." do all of the things to make him happy. No, to make the both of them happy. "I want to make you feel.." incredible? "Loved~"

That was the only reason he had been able to keep control to an extent. Because that little bit cloth still there did not block enough of her body to drive him past that point of control.

He had to bite back his kneejerk first response to that statement. He already felt so loved by her. But he knew what she actually needed to hear and he gave her exactly that. With that trademark Alphen special touch.

"Then that makes me the luckiest man alive. Considering you're the only one who can do that for me."

Exactly what she wanted to hear - she smiled even more brightly and leaned in to kiss him, her hands reaching down to push the rest of her clothing off, even if it made her tremble slightly when she lay against him fully. "I'm the lucky one." She was about to be with the man she loved completely and utterly, and while she was a little nervous about it, the knowledge that he was so devoted to her made her feel a little less 'scared' about it.