Lilium Derived from Latin lilia, which may have come from a corrupted pronunciation of a word from an extinct Eastern Mediterranean language Humility, devotion, restored innocence after death
"Lovers used to give these when they were reunited."
[which is nice, because she likes the feel of his hands. so much, in fact, her eyes are half-lidded while he continues and she leans against him a little closer. this really is about the point they're just chest to chest.]
It sort of is, but I'm giving you a break right now. [horrifying to think she may very well be serious. she has big plans for him for some point, but she's also content with letting him go back to exploring what he wants to try.]
[ their boobs are touching.... honestly he kind of likes the way she looks leaning into his touch, and maybe he dips his hand a little to brush a thumb against her lips while they are talking so much shit. the dichotomy of soft touches and whatever the hell they are saying ]
You're doing a lot for someone giving me a break. [ saying things, doing things. he doesn't mind. it has never been a secret that she can be pushy; if he minded he would not be here doing this. ]
[the boobs are touching...for as much shit as she's talking, she does seem to be a little too relaxed in his hands, lips parting slightly when his thumb swipes over them more out of a response than out of anything to say. this truly is the dichotomy of soft touches and dragging each other through the dirt, and especially because she doesn't reply immediately because this is sort of doing something to her.
cloud's never really this gentle with anything and while normally she's more invested in things being a little faster and a little more certain, this is muddling with her brain chemistry enough that it's looped back around to being intimate and appealing all at once.]
Hey, I could still be doing more here. You never know.
[ does it help if on top of the face pets he also starts tracing her leg again. does it. multitasking. the mouth opening for his thumb is--interesting, and he traces her bottom lip again with interest before taking it as an invitation and leaning in to kiss her again, soft. ]
You could. [ he'll acknowledge that, because his dick still remembers the grinding, thanks. but... ] I don't think you want to.
[this does not help, thank you. and by not helping we mean this means there's a tiny exhale against his hand and her fingers dig into the back of his neck just a little firmer. she doesn't reply right away because he kisses her, keeping him locked in place with her mouth against his for a short moment.]
No, I do. [that has not changed unfortunately, but she's at least thinking a little more clearly since they slowed down.] But I can wait. This is...nice, actually.
[again, cannot emphasize enough that it's nice because it's cloud choosing for himself and that seems to trump a lot of things right now.]
[ he meant he didn't think she wanted to right now, but that's fair. he can't say he doesn't... like hearing she wants more too? he hums as he looks at her, bright eyes half-lidded. nice isn't a bad term for it. ]
Just nice?
[ it is not a bad term but it doesn't mean he won't be a little shit anyway!! forever!!! doesn't even let her answer to kiss her again because he is finding out he kind of really likes kissing. huh. ]
[congrats to cloud for figuring out a way to make aerith calm the fuck down for like ten minutes. she's busy laying pressed up against him, arms draped over his shoulders and far too intrigued with whatever his fingers and mouth are doing.
ALSO SHE DOES NOT EVEN GET TO ANSWER BECAUSE HE'S KISSING HER? which is fine. she has decided that if that's what he feels like doing, she's not going to complain. this time when she meets him for a kiss, she does not pull off right away. on the contrary, even if it's still a slower kiss she's diving into it and holding his head in place to keep. doing that. these are choices being made here because unsurprisingly, she also likes kissing.]
[ that's fine just because it's a slower kiss doesn't mean it cannot also be a deep kiss if she wants it. he will go along with that. also what if cloud traces her lip with his tongue the same way he did with his thumb earlier. what if. he does that. hi. ]
[what if...well, what happens is pretty much the same thing that happened with his thumb, which is her lips part a little so his tongue can slide over her lips and she can meet him with her own. she's not really shy about it, but there's still not urgency to whatever this is. it's an encouraging little brush, and it's the pads of her fingers kneading softly into where his neck falls in line with his shoulders as she somehow rolls herself forward just a little more to be closer. hello.]
[ they cannot actually get any closer than they are at this point, what happens is just cloud leaning back a little further on the bed instead to try and accommodate her. or it's what should happen, but when he leans back a little he uses his hold on her leg to hike her closer? somehow? cannot emphasize how they absolutely cannot be more pressed than this guys stop trying!!! he's still got a hand cupping her face into this kiss, brushing her cheekbone this time as they go full make out with tongue now i guess. there's the slightest pleased hum, noise that only she can hear because she is that close. henwo. he is enjoying himself actually ]
[they really, really cannot get closer. and maybe they should not get closer, but it's okay. cloud leans back and pulls her with him, and there's an agreeable little murmur when she settles over him again while one of her hands slides up to cradle the back of his head. they really are going full make out and she's more than okay with this, and even when she hears him it means she's responding with a little more enthusiasm. she's keeping her cheek in the palm of his hand, eyes closed and body aligned with his while her tongue's busy making itself comfortable in cloud's mouth and guiding him along to show him what she likes.
then again, he's always been a quick study. it shouldn't surprise her that he picks up on it pretty fast, just like it shouldn't surprise him that the answer is a softer sigh into it. please continue and do not pull back anytime soon.]
[ it shouldn't surprise her, because he truly is a quick study! and he is studying her mouth right now. i hated writing that. he's studying her reactions and taking note of what she likes for real though, and he doesn't seem like he wants to pull back, which is good! what is breathing, no one cares, that's what noses are for.
anyway they cannot and should not get any closer, but cloud's moving his grip from her leg now that it is secured over him as far as it can go back to her waist. to pull her flush against him some more. YOU CANNOT MELD IT'S FRIDAY ]
[THEY CAN AND SHOULD NOT MELD TOGETHER and yet cloud's pulling her flush against him and it means she's tightening her legs around him a little further. maybe they can't meld, but somehow this does not stop aerith's hands from moving, slowly slipping from cloud's hair to dip into the back of his shirt and brush over the skin of his shoulders.
they're also close enough that she rocks her hips forward a little, something to encourage him to keep leaning back but enough that she gives off the message she doesn't want to separate. there's a hand shifting from her leg to her waist and it drags a small shudder out of her with the movement. what is breathing, they have noses and their mouths are still too busy to think about much else, but her fingers press a little into his skin, nails dragging over lightly and back up to the nape of his neck.
[ they should fall off the bed. unfortunately cloud is scootching backwards further on the bed, since she's sitting on his lap. he is getting dangerously close to not being able to keep sitting up straight and dragging her down on top of him on the bed, which. they should not do.
they're not there yet, though, and the hand inside his shirt is ... interesting, in an expected way. it's his turn to sigh into the kiss a little, approving. what he doesn't expect to also find interesting is the light drag of nails against it, and his grip on aerith's waist tightens a little. not enough to hurt but enough to be firmer. mm. okay. kind of into that. he lets his other hand drift over her jaw, back up her cheek, like a soft pet of approval.
is she into it if he breathes her name into the kiss because. uh. he does that ]
[fall off the bed and be judged by several plushies hiding under it yeah. however, cloud is going the wrong way to fall off the bed and that's fine by her. she's steady on his lap, following every move he's making and letting him more or less support her weight. she's also following along with any little sign of pleasure from him, any hints that what she's doing is enjoyable for him, and with the tighter grip on her waist it means she lets her nails scritch up his spine just a little, right at the back of his neck.
the approval pet is also nice, as is the way he says her name as if it's only meant for her to hear, and there's a responding, quiet whimper back into the kiss herself. anyway the other problem is now she really is trying to knock him on his back so they're not sitting up anymore, but it's mostly because she just wants to be as close as possible. it's just that there is no more closer. she wants to be in his hands as much as she can, fit against him in a way that's comfortable and she delivers the lightest bite to his lower lip in response just for funsies. just to see what he'll do.]
[ i'm going to be honest he is still following her lead so her determination to knock him on his back leads to him simply going along with it and laying back on the bed, dragging her along on to just lay on top of him. it is also partially because he kind of really liked the quiet whimper from her. this is dangerous territory, is what i'm saying.
he shuddered at the scritch up his spine and he's making the lightest noise of appreciation at the bite, so if she wanted to know what he'll do, there's that. there's also the way his hand drifts a little lower now that they're lying in bed, touching the butt... he did it he touch the butt... it's a light touch like he's not sure if he's allowed but it's THERE ]
[every now and then i remember they are literally 21 and 22 years old and this really is a danger zone, but here they are. here they are? cloud easily lays on his back and brings her with him, and she's laying flat against him to keep up with the kiss. her legs are sprawled on either side of his hips, skirt preventing her from going too much further but they're chest to chest so appreciate her boobs too, i guess. she has a harder time sticking her hands under his shirt this way, but it means they're trailing around to the front, featherlight touches over his neck and shoulders and the top of bare arms, mostly anywhere she can reach. she is also extremely unbothered by the fact she can feel his hand drifting. she's so unbothered, in fact, that when she feels the hesitance she carefully reaches back to take his wrist and bring his hand up a little higher on the butt. that's allowed.
her hand returns, fingers stroking over his jaw and teeth biting down on his lip again a little more, slowing down the kiss a little to explore and letting her tongue soothe over the bitten area. it's a soft suck of his lower lip, a swipe over the seam of his mouth and she's really, really doing her best not to squirm on top of him but honestly this is, again, dangerous territory. literally what are you both doing.]
[ they are making out lying down on a bed is what they are doing.
he appreciates her boobs. she can also appreciate his, except she is probably much more taken with his arms. that's fine, he's appreciating that she is dictating the butt is fine. since it's fine, he's, uh. well his touch is light but this is still a grope. he is appreciating her assets. get it.
he's licking back and even does an experimental soft nip of her lips of his own, his hand drifting from her face slowly to be a little more towards the back of her head, playing with her braid like he kind of wants to run his fingers through her hair there.
but also she's on top of him literally straddling him and she doesn't need to be squirming for him to be a tad affected, so he tilts his head just enough out of the kiss to break it and stare at her with half-lidded eyes from very up close. ]
Aerith. [ breathing her name half into her mouth again, but he doesn't actually have a follow-up; he thinks they should slow down because he doesn't want her to think he's pathetic if he gets too into this if you know what i mean, and more importantly because they said maybe later, and he wants to abide by that. but also. he doesn't like really want to slow down so. uh. idk, just looking at her like a dork. ]
[she can multitask and appreciate multiple things, and these things are his arms, his pecs, and the hand on her butt. not necessarily in that order. then again the groping does kind of make that jump a little higher on her priority list but it's fine.
all of this is so, so fine by her and there's a slightly louder gasp when he bites back, but when he breaks the kiss and looks up at her she lifts herself up just a tiny bit to stare into his eyes (equally half-lidded, because she's very much focused on how this feels at the moment thank you very much.) it's for that reason it takes her a second to register why, exactly cloud pulled off, and there's a coy little smile following.]
...still too much, right? [yeah they. they need to slow down even though she very much is interested in pushing his limits a little further.] S'okay. We can stop whenever you want.
[...she says this but her tone's equally breathy because, uh, it's a little hard not to be into what they were just doing.]
[ there is a very slow blink back at her coy smile. like when a cat is trying to show affection. he is still for the record groping her butt. ]
Didn't say I wanted to stop. [ that's important to note. he doesn't want to stop because he's enjoying himself, even if this is a little intense. he kisses at her jaw experimentally ] But we're...
[ doing a lot? going maybe fast? he's not sure. it's not like he feels overwhelmed or anything. nervous, a little. less so when he hears the breathiness of her tone, though. but. hmmm. he sort of shrugs like figure it out aerith you have called out my inexperience enough ]
[it's half-intrigue and half-amusement that she does not move his hand from her butt but it's fine. cloud's not being weird about it so she lets this happen, even when she tilts her head into the kiss to her jaw with a low, satisfied noise.
right. focus. be the braincell. you're a woman of integrity. you know how to apply limits. you have full control here.
you...have a very cute, kissable blond man under you, what the fuck do you mean things have to slow down ugggggh. she still stands by that they won't go that far because it's way, way too fast. but cloud says he doesn't want to stop, exactly, and she's letting her mind wander a little. they are doing a lot. that is true. but...but.]
Technically, there are things we can keep doing that aren't...you know. [actually having sex. she is not shy about saying it, she just thinks cloud would fluster like a baby virgin. they aren't kissing anymore, so she rests her cheek against his chest and shoulder.] But we're going a little fast, I get it. I guess I just got carried away because I've wanted to kiss you for a little while, and this week really...really kept us busy.
[they are both still healing from stabs and burns, but she has been careful for a reason.]
[ they're not kissing anymore so his hand kind of drifts back up to the small of her back when she rests on him, because they are not doing... you know. she's not entirely wrong that he'd get a little flustered, but he's not flustered by the concept of sex or anything like that. he's not even flustered or surprised when it comes to someone wanting him like that. but. at the same time it is different, if it's aerith, and if it might happen for real. so maybe a little unsure. a bit of trepidation.
not today is doing a lot of work to squash it. ]
It's been a rough week. But... don't worry about that. We haven't gotten carried away yet. [ he doesn't want her to think she went too fast--at least not on her own. he was going along with it. anyway. yet, was the point. although. he shouldn't ask, but he's curious, and-- ] Things?
[not today really is doing a lot of the work here, so that's nice. she doesn't mind that his hand moves to her back, and her fingers brush over his cheek lightly from her position on top of him with a little noise of agreement. yeah. yeah, it sure has been a rough week.]
And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't let us anyway. [a little quip, because she knows how cloud is. they're figuring it out together and she does think he'd pump the brakes on this if he really wanted to. but she hears him questions "things" and she tilts her head to look up at him, still grinning a little mischievously.]
But yeah, things. Wanna hear 'em? [now she really is just teasing him, but this is fun for her. she kind of likes the idea of walking cloud through things.]
[ he hums in agreement, because. yeah. he is very good at saying no. it is his favorite activity.
but. this follow-up is kind of a trap, probably? cloud tucks some of aerith's hair behind her ear and raises an eyebrow. a trap or a challenge both and cloud decides to just. go for it. why not. ]
... Yeah, I do. [ he thinks probably it will be embarrassing, but he does want to know. it's like when he was trying to get her list of little things out of her earlier. he likes knowing what she wants outright. ]
[it's a little bit of a trap, but it's fine. she's not going to let anything bad happen here, and when he moves her hair behind her ear she tilts her head to go with the motion. alpha week really is helping here, if only because it's helping cloud go for it while aerith herself is more comfortable following along with his pace.]
Well...[and here, her fingers trail down his jaw, a slow line over this throat and a little down his chest.] I do have two perfectly good hands. But that still might be a little bit overwhelming for you if you've never done this before. Or...you can try on me?
[she really offers this because she thinks this might be where cloud balks and she's fine with that, too. it's all about seeing what he's thinking.]
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It sort of is, but I'm giving you a break right now. [horrifying to think she may very well be serious. she has big plans for him for some point, but she's also content with letting him go back to exploring what he wants to try.]
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You're doing a lot for someone giving me a break. [ saying things, doing things. he doesn't mind. it has never been a secret that she can be pushy; if he minded he would not be here doing this. ]
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cloud's never really this gentle with anything and while normally she's more invested in things being a little faster and a little more certain, this is muddling with her brain chemistry enough that it's looped back around to being intimate and appealing all at once.]
Hey, I could still be doing more here. You never know.
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You could. [ he'll acknowledge that, because his dick still remembers the grinding, thanks. but... ] I don't think you want to.
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No, I do. [that has not changed unfortunately, but she's at least thinking a little more clearly since they slowed down.] But I can wait. This is...nice, actually.
[again, cannot emphasize enough that it's nice because it's cloud choosing for himself and that seems to trump a lot of things right now.]
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Just nice?
[ it is not a bad term but it doesn't mean he won't be a little shit anyway!! forever!!! doesn't even let her answer to kiss her again because he is finding out he kind of really likes kissing. huh. ]
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ALSO SHE DOES NOT EVEN GET TO ANSWER BECAUSE HE'S KISSING HER? which is fine. she has decided that if that's what he feels like doing, she's not going to complain. this time when she meets him for a kiss, she does not pull off right away. on the contrary, even if it's still a slower kiss she's diving into it and holding his head in place to keep. doing that. these are choices being made here because unsurprisingly, she also likes kissing.]
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then again, he's always been a quick study. it shouldn't surprise her that he picks up on it pretty fast, just like it shouldn't surprise him that the answer is a softer sigh into it. please continue and do not pull back anytime soon.]
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anyway they cannot and should not get any closer, but cloud's moving his grip from her leg now that it is secured over him as far as it can go back to her waist. to pull her flush against him some more. YOU CANNOT MELD IT'S FRIDAY ]
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they're also close enough that she rocks her hips forward a little, something to encourage him to keep leaning back but enough that she gives off the message she doesn't want to separate. there's a hand shifting from her leg to her waist and it drags a small shudder out of her with the movement. what is breathing, they have noses and their mouths are still too busy to think about much else, but her fingers press a little into his skin, nails dragging over lightly and back up to the nape of his neck.
i hope they fall off the bed at this rate.]
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they're not there yet, though, and the hand inside his shirt is ... interesting, in an expected way. it's his turn to sigh into the kiss a little, approving. what he doesn't expect to also find interesting is the light drag of nails against it, and his grip on aerith's waist tightens a little. not enough to hurt but enough to be firmer. mm. okay. kind of into that. he lets his other hand drift over her jaw, back up her cheek, like a soft pet of approval.
is she into it if he breathes her name into the kiss because. uh. he does that ]
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the approval pet is also nice, as is the way he says her name as if it's only meant for her to hear, and there's a responding, quiet whimper back into the kiss herself. anyway the other problem is now she really is trying to knock him on his back so they're not sitting up anymore, but it's mostly because she just wants to be as close as possible. it's just that there is no more closer. she wants to be in his hands as much as she can, fit against him in a way that's comfortable and she delivers the lightest bite to his lower lip in response just for funsies. just to see what he'll do.]
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he shuddered at the scritch up his spine and he's making the lightest noise of appreciation at the bite, so if she wanted to know what he'll do, there's that. there's also the way his hand drifts a little lower now that they're lying in bed, touching the butt... he did it he touch the butt... it's a light touch like he's not sure if he's allowed but it's THERE ]
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her hand returns, fingers stroking over his jaw and teeth biting down on his lip again a little more, slowing down the kiss a little to explore and letting her tongue soothe over the bitten area. it's a soft suck of his lower lip, a swipe over the seam of his mouth and she's really, really doing her best not to squirm on top of him but honestly this is, again, dangerous territory. literally what are you both doing.]
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he appreciates her boobs. she can also appreciate his, except she is probably much more taken with his arms. that's fine, he's appreciating that she is dictating the butt is fine. since it's fine, he's, uh. well his touch is light but this is still a grope. he is appreciating her assets. get it.
he's licking back and even does an experimental soft nip of her lips of his own, his hand drifting from her face slowly to be a little more towards the back of her head, playing with her braid like he kind of wants to run his fingers through her hair there.
but also she's on top of him literally straddling him and she doesn't need to be squirming for him to be a tad affected, so he tilts his head just enough out of the kiss to break it and stare at her with half-lidded eyes from very up close. ]
Aerith. [ breathing her name half into her mouth again, but he doesn't actually have a follow-up; he thinks they should slow down because he doesn't want her to think he's pathetic if he gets too into this if you know what i mean, and more importantly because they said maybe later, and he wants to abide by that. but also. he doesn't like really want to slow down so. uh. idk, just looking at her like a dork. ]
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all of this is so, so fine by her and there's a slightly louder gasp when he bites back, but when he breaks the kiss and looks up at her she lifts herself up just a tiny bit to stare into his eyes (equally half-lidded, because she's very much focused on how this feels at the moment thank you very much.) it's for that reason it takes her a second to register why, exactly cloud pulled off, and there's a coy little smile following.]
...still too much, right? [yeah they. they need to slow down even though she very much is interested in pushing his limits a little further.] S'okay. We can stop whenever you want.
[...she says this but her tone's equally breathy because, uh, it's a little hard not to be into what they were just doing.]
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Didn't say I wanted to stop. [ that's important to note. he doesn't want to stop because he's enjoying himself, even if this is a little intense. he kisses at her jaw experimentally ] But we're...
[ doing a lot? going maybe fast? he's not sure. it's not like he feels overwhelmed or anything. nervous, a little. less so when he hears the breathiness of her tone, though. but. hmmm. he sort of shrugs like figure it out aerith you have called out my inexperience enough ]
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right. focus. be the braincell. you're a woman of integrity. you know how to apply limits. you have full control here.
you...have a very cute, kissable blond man under you, what the fuck do you mean things have to slow down ugggggh. she still stands by that they won't go that far because it's way, way too fast. but cloud says he doesn't want to stop, exactly, and she's letting her mind wander a little. they are doing a lot. that is true. but...but.]
Technically, there are things we can keep doing that aren't...you know. [actually having sex. she is not shy about saying it, she just thinks cloud would fluster like a baby virgin. they aren't kissing anymore, so she rests her cheek against his chest and shoulder.] But we're going a little fast, I get it. I guess I just got carried away because I've wanted to kiss you for a little while, and this week really...really kept us busy.
[they are both still healing from stabs and burns, but she has been careful for a reason.]
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not today is doing a lot of work to squash it. ]
It's been a rough week. But... don't worry about that. We haven't gotten carried away yet. [ he doesn't want her to think she went too fast--at least not on her own. he was going along with it. anyway. yet, was the point. although. he shouldn't ask, but he's curious, and-- ] Things?
[ things, multiple? ]
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And I'm pretty sure you wouldn't let us anyway. [a little quip, because she knows how cloud is. they're figuring it out together and she does think he'd pump the brakes on this if he really wanted to. but she hears him questions "things" and she tilts her head to look up at him, still grinning a little mischievously.]
But yeah, things. Wanna hear 'em? [now she really is just teasing him, but this is fun for her. she kind of likes the idea of walking cloud through things.]
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but. this follow-up is kind of a trap, probably? cloud tucks some of aerith's hair behind her ear and raises an eyebrow. a trap or a challenge both and cloud decides to just. go for it. why not. ]
... Yeah, I do. [ he thinks probably it will be embarrassing, but he does want to know. it's like when he was trying to get her list of little things out of her earlier. he likes knowing what she wants outright. ]
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Well...[and here, her fingers trail down his jaw, a slow line over this throat and a little down his chest.] I do have two perfectly good hands. But that still might be a little bit overwhelming for you if you've never done this before. Or...you can try on me?
[she really offers this because she thinks this might be where cloud balks and she's fine with that, too. it's all about seeing what he's thinking.]
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