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 Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:40 pm
Stella caught the shift in his expression, the corners of her lips twitching upward before twisting firmly down instead. She wasn't getting the reaction she wanted, but at least there was a reaction.
"Well," she said, voice small but clear. "How do you normally taste things?"
Oh, she hoped that she didn't have to spell it out for him. That would take all the fun out of it.
Fingertips trailed over to the nape of his neck with her thumb grazing the corner of his jaw. "I don't - I don't know much but I feel like you might be able to teach me something."
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:33 pm
Hermes frowned at this question, feeling Stellarite's fingers sliding down his face again. She was too close, he knew, but he couldn't quite discern what it was that she was trying to achieve. A part of him thought he understood, based on how she was touching him, but perhaps he was overthinking it.
At least until she asked. Then it clicked, and Hermes raised a brow.
"You want me to kiss you," he said, and it wasn't really a question. "So you can 'taste' an Order senshi?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:47 pm
She had never met a boy who could stand to be this close to her and not touch her and Stellarite couldn't decide if she was intrigued or annoyed as a result. Hermes mostly let her touch him experimentally and didn't seem inclined to stop her but she also couldn't tell how he felt about it. For all of her observance, the senshi lent her nothing when it came to dissecting him.
Somehow, she made herself blush in response to his words.
"I mean - " she paused, taking a moment to glance away and carefully lick her lips. "Is that so bad? You've been so kind to me and I - what better way to taste?"
Give, she thought and then, stop thinking and just do.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:33 pm
He could see the pink flush across her cheeks, which was curious in and of itself, mostly because Hermes hadn't been close enough to anyone to see such things clearly. His eyes flickered across it, a slight frown of thought on his pale, angular face.
"I'm sure there are other ways," said Hermes, but he saw the expression on her face and felt the confusion growing.
It was just simple physicality. There was no need for it to be anything more than what it was, and if she wanted something so useless as a kiss, then he would give that to her. Hopefully it would sate her curiosity, and that would be the end of that.
Silently, Hermes leaned forward. He lifted a hand to tilt Stellarite's chin up, and then he pressed his lips lightly against hers, cool and detached.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:22 am
Stella felt as though she'd been waiting a lifetime for him to make his decision. At one point she'd nearly used the hand she kept gingerly on his neck to pull him down to her and close the distance between them.
In the end, she didn't have to because he was leaning in and a slight smile teased her mouth as he tipped her chin up. Her own touch pressing more firmly, to keep him there as she tried something she'd been wanting to do since Alkaid had explained how to drain energy.
The lightness of the kiss wasn't enough and the woman pulled him a little closer, kissed him a little more surely than he'd been kissing her so that when the kiss broke, she could claim any breathlessness was from the kiss and not from the way she'd been stealing his energy.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:27 am
Hermes could not remember the last time he had kissed anyone that hadn't been related to him; and even then, casual touches to the cheek did not count as anything more than greetings or goodbyes. Touching was not something he did on a regular basis.
He felt her fingers on the back of his neck pulling him more securely down, and her lips were warm and firm against his own, Hermes inhaling a breath that felt strangely strained. There was a peculiar throbbing in his chest that he couldn't quite figure out, his mouth tingling.
He pulled back after a few seconds, frowning slightly as he licked his lips, Hermes' eyes flickering as he tried to regain his thoughts. They felt sluggish in his head.
"There," he said. "Did that work?"
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:00 pm
Unlike the man, touching was something she did with frequency and ease. Most of the time they were casual, experimental touches like the ones to his jawline and neck before they'd kiss. Sometimes, they were clearly intentional and often provocative. When she was Stellarite and not Penelope, she was more hesitant.
It was part of the charm and persona she tried to construct.
Carefully, she moved the hand pressed against her chest and tucked it into her pocket, to hide the decently sized ball of energy she had acquired from her casual touches and more forceful kiss. Her other hand left the back of his neck and trailed down his chest, toying with one of the point of the collar draping over his shoulders.
She licked her own lips in return, looked up with him with big, bright blue eyes. "Yeah," she mumbled, gaze dropping to his mouth while her own shifted to smile softly. "I think I got what I need."
She took a singular step back, though her touch didn't stray. "Hermes? I -" she stopped, then shook her head. "Thanks?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:34 pm
It was strange, how off-kilter he felt; Hermes was not the sort to get off-kilter, and the feeling was not pleasant. It was almost unbalancing, his brows drawing together in consternation as he tried to figure out why he felt so tired.
Maybe the simple exertion of overthinking; though Hermes overthought everything, so perhaps that was not the case.
Stellarite's hand was still on his chest, fingers flitting against his collar. His eyes drew lower to watch the movement, then went back up to her face, her expression as confusing as the rest of the situation that he found himself in. Hermes lifted a hand and rubbed at his temple.
"For what?" he asked, his expression flickering. "I did nothing extraordinary."
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:28 am
She pressed her palm flat over the space of his chest where his collar draped. "You've been so nice to me..." She answered, blonde brows knitting together like she couldn't understand why she said thanks. "I thought - I mean." She swallowed hard and cast her gaze down.
"I guess you could have kissed better." There was a lilt of a tease in her tone when she glanced up at him. "But chaste and pure feels like you." She pulled her hand away to touch her lips.
"Are you okay? You look a little - " Stella wanted to say drained but it seemed inappropriate. "Maybe you should call it a night?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:32 pm
She was given a quizzical look, as though Hermes couldn't quite comprehend what she was saying. Pale brows were drawn together, and the lingering sense of weariness had yet to abate, which made him feel uneasy and a little unsteady on his feet.
"I don't see how kissing has levels of good or bad," he said, taking a step back from her, his eyes flickering to the gesture of her hand as it brushed her lips. Hermes dropped his own hand from his temple and then lifted it almost a second later, frowning to himself as he pushed hair back from his face.
"Yes, perhaps I will sleep early tonight," he said. "I assume you are capable of heading home yourself."
It wasn't really a question, Hermes clearly distracted.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:42 pm
"You don't - " she stopped, clearly in disbelief that Hermes didn't think that there were differences in kisses. As an expert of kisses, if she said so herself, Stellarite was shocked. "I can promise," she said, bringing the volume of her voice down again. Meek, she reminded herself, you need to be meek.. "There are good kisses and there are bad kisses."
She wet her lips.
"If you - if you want lessons sometime, when you feel better.." She offered as coyly as she could muster even as she backed away from him. She toed a teal heel against a crack in the concrete. "Yeah, I'll - stay safe Hermes," she said in that quiet voice again.
Inwardly, she was grinning at herself for having played some boy easily.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:10 pm
He was distantly aware of her offer, Hermes still trying to sort past the odd weariness. A hand ran through his hair, and he took a breath, casting a sideways glance at her as she looked up at him from under her lashes.
"I doubt I'll need assistance, but thank you," said Hermes distractedly. "Be well."
He thought, maybe, as he slowly made his way home, that he'd taken this powered up thing too far somehow.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:59 pm
"If you change your mind, let me know."
Stella didn't think he would, but she wouldn't have minded if she got to meet up with the man again. It was easy enough to trick him into thinking she was docile and harmless, but the decently sized orb in her pocket told her otherwise.
All and all, with Hermes bidding her a good night with well wishes, the lieutenant considered it a good night and decided to head home in turn.
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