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 Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:16 am
Juniper had been working herself up to talk with Anella. She wasn’t sure what there was to be nervous about, but she felt unaccountably so. After all, it had been Anella who had wanted to go to the battle on the hill, Anella who had gotten to be a fully realized Knight, while she remained a super level senshi. Not the worst she could be, but not great either.
Wanting to get stronger was a good goal…and hopefully her girlfriend would think that her new pastime of punching the heck out of chaos was a good goal too.
Well, newly revived pastime, really. It had been her attitude before as well.
She had brought back some pastries a cups of hot tea from Anella’s favorite cafe and entered the living room, giving the woman a smile. “I brought bribes, if you’re interested. I want to talk about some things and I’m not really sure how you’re going to react so…take your tea and this delicious smelling cheese danish and make small talk with me until I get all of my courage gathered, okay?”
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 11:41 am
Anella glanced up from where she was on the couch, stretched out and posed awkwardly to paint her toenails. She’d planted one foot against the table and eyed the tea and pastries.
“A bribe,” she repeated, and it was clear that she was already sold. She didn’t move from where she was sitting on the couch, but there was enough room to sit comfortably on either side of her.
“Well, I won’t say no to tea and danishes. As long as you’re not breaking up with me or having an affair, I don’t think you need any sort of courage. But come over here, we can talk about anything. Want me to paint your nails? I’m almost done with mine. You can feed me while I work, if you want.”
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:41 pm
“Don’t I always want you to paint my nails, Nell? No, no it’s nothing bad like that, why would I want to break up with the most beautiful woman in the world, or have an affair with someone who’s not you? Though, I wouldn’t mind like, playing that we’re having an affair, you know, you put your hair differently and I pick you up in a bar or something. We haven’t done that in a while, and I’d like to try and flirt you into our bed.” She grinned and sat down next to Anella, setting the tea on the coffee table and holding the danish to her lips.
“No, I want to talk to you about going out again. I’ve gone out a few times since all the crazy s**t on the hill that one time. I think…I want to start doing it more regularly. I mean, I do like just pretending it all doesn’t exist but…I also really like punching the s**t out of those assholes.”
Juniper looked at her girlfriend and grinned, the expression only a little sheepish.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:27 pm
Anella could have laughed at the idea of roleplaying some fantasy affair, and though the smile was on her face she reeled it in a bit when Juniper told her that she was going out again.
“Is that the big secret?” she asked, and she sat up a little straighter. The brush was still pressed between her index and thumb. Juni, I thought you were going to tell me something bad. I’ll go out with you, any time. Anywhere, too. If you want to power up, that’s fine. You know I love seeing you in those shorts.”
She hadn’t gone out much, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t willing to. She’d had thoughts since the invasion on the hill, but hearing Juniper talking about it made it more real. It was something palatable when she was the one bringing it up.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:52 pm
Oh. Was it really going to be that easy then? Juniper allowed herself a grin, and then flopped bonelessly against Anella, giving a soft keening groan. “Seriously? I’ve been agonizing over this for weeks, and it was that simple? Somehow I wonder how I got so lucky, no. That was the big secret. I thought you’d scold me and like, I don’t know. Guess I was wrong though. That’s good.”
Leaning over, she kissed Anella on the tip of her pretty little nose and looked far more relaxed when she grinned. “If you’re cool with it, that’s great. We should try to make a date of it. Maybe on Friday nights? Unless we’ve got a real date. But, God, it is so satisfying to punch them right in the mouth, you know? I know you know…but do you know?”
Juniper hesitated and then took a bite of the pastry, waggling her brows.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:08 pm
Anella blinked. “Weeks? Why? I’ve been saying I need to exercise more. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wanting to get stronger. I think it’s good for you. Us. I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to you,” she said honestly, and leaned against Juniper until their shoulders were touching.
“I’m lucky that I haven’t had to use the power I’ve got in a long time. But to be honest, I know I’ve gotten rusty. I didn’t belong on that hill. If something had happened–”
She drew in a breath. “Ugh. Well, nothing’s going to happen. We’re going to get in top shape. We’re going to get tough. We’re going to punch people right in the mouth.”
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:27 pm
Juniper stared at Anella and snorted, coughing as the bite of pastry went down the wrong pipe. “s**t. Yes!” She pulled away, coughing and trying to clear her airway, and finally looked back at Anella, face red with tears in the corners of her eyes. “Ah. Wow. Yes. Right in the mouth. Oh my god. How did you. You’re so funny. But you know you can’t say things like that when I’m eating.”
But, she was grinning again, and nuzzled Anella. “Right in the mouth. It’s a promise. Now. Open up, and let me feed you my bribe while you do my nails, and then we can think of a game plan. If you want, maybe we could go out tonight? Practice our punches?”
She would avoid Anella’s mouth though. At least with the punching bit. For other things…well. She wouldn’t avoid her mouth for kisses, that was for sure.
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 5:47 pm
Anella laughed now, loud and boisterous. “If you don’t know that I’m going to say things like that, you shouldn’t live with me. I can’t help what comes out of my mouth. Or hardly what goes in it,” she said, leaning forward to shamelessly take a bite from the danish.
Her cheeks puffed out while she was eating but she smiled and winked, and seemed like she was hurrying so Juniper could give her that next bite.
“We’ll finish our nails and all these treats you’ve brought, and then we can head out. I’m excited. Maybe one of these days we’ll wind up on Venus or Tortali, too.”
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