D11 LE slumber party (Expecting)

[Kakita Haruhi]

"Oh for sure! This can be how the scene could have played. And who can say that my memory involves more kissing than actually happened at this particular point. I just seem to have kissing on the mind."

She giggled. Happy. Eager.

And then her face took on a regal quality. She'd trained in acting at the Kakita academy, though her specialty was song and dance, and this was - alas - not a musical.

A long longing stare.

"Ah, Ryoko-sama, if only you knew who I was. You might begin to think me worthy of you. But tonight, I am only a peasant. But don't peasants love and marry as their hearts wish? You are so brave. And I ... I am running from many problems and creating more by running, but it prevents a great harm. Do I endanger you by clinging to you?" Her expression became guilty, knowing that she did and still - at this point - understanding her beautiful friend to be a traveling artisan. An alchemist.

She stared again.

"Maybe we only have this one night. Fortunes, help us!"

She shifted closer. The character was confident her friend was sleeping. Surely she could get close enough to enjoy the scent of her. To ... perhaps ... a single stolen kiss on her sleeping forehead.

She leaned closer.

"You cannot imagine how much I adore you. Your swagger. Your smirk. Your confidence. Your bravery. Your dashing reckless manner."

And stole a kiss!

[Bayushi Senshuken]

Senshuken’s turn arrives, and she slips into character with the lazy confidence of someone who pretends she hasn't been waiting for this exact cue since Haruhi started acting.

She doesn’t even move at first. She just lies back on the bed exactly as the Dragon Queen had been resting in the movie, arms folded behind her head, eyes closed.

The moment Haruhi’s lips brush her forehead, Senshu’s lashes lift a fraction. Not fully open.

The Dragon Queen inhales as though scenting the air, but it's in fact Senshu taking Haruhi’s scent in. She opens her eyes fully now.

“You dare,” she purrs, still unmoving, “to approach a dragon while she sleeps?”
A beat. Her smirk sharpens, unmistakably Senshu's underneath the character. "And worse… you steal from her?” She finally sits up, smooth and predatory, closing the gap between her and Haruhi. Their foreheads nearly touch.

“Insolent girl.” She murmurs. “If you wanted a kiss, you only had to ask.”

[Kakita Haruhi]

The princess blushed. Oh no! Caught! Insolent!

Shivering in the thrill of that predatory power. And their nearness.

"Forgive me, dragon-sama. How can I make it up to you?"

[Bayushi Senshuken]

Senshuken shifts fully into the Dragon Queen as if the role had always lived coiled beneath her skin.

Her expression turns feral in the most mesmerizing way. Not savage, but magnificently predatory. Brows lifted in amusement. Lips parted in a small, dangerous smile. Gleaming eyes fixed on her trembling little princess.

She circles Haruhi with her gaze alone, head tilting as if considering exactly how one disciplines a human who was foolish enough to kiss a sleeping dragon queen… and brave enough to want it.

Her voice comes out grand, pompous, dripping with royal indignation. “Make it up to me?” A soft scoff, almost a laugh. She leans in, slow and commanding, her nose almost brushing Haruhi’s cheek, studying her blush as if it were an offering. Her hand rises as though to seize Haruhi’s chin. But then...

Her whole face softens. The queenly severity melts into something warmer, quieter, devastatingly intimate. Her smirk fades into a gentler curve, eyes lowering with tenderness. Her voice dips to a whisper.

“… With another kiss, human sama?”

[Kakita Haruhi]

Haruhi is trapped by her gaze, her commanding aura. Heart racing. Oh, this was so ... she felt flushed and fluttery.

And then ... another kiss!

That she could give. A better one. The best kiss she knew how to offer.

She threw her arms around Senshu, hugging tight to her, as their lips met. Tasting. Savoring. Exploring. Seeking.

[Bayushi Senshuken]

And like a secret spreading from lip to lip till it becomes common knowledge, passion ignites slowly and soon takes over the two women. None of the two is pressing. None of the two is asking for what isn't offered by the other. Senshuken lets Haruhi place the boundaries. With both of them safe and comfortable within those boundaries, she leads this dance that leaves them flustered, sweaty and intoxicated by each other's touch.

Senshu gently rolls her body so that she can look Haruhi deeply into the eyes. And she smirks. "We're never going to finish this movie if you keep being so hot."

[Kakita Haruhi]

Haruhi relaxes against the bed. Deliciously overwhelmed. Charmed to be called 'hot'. And indeed feeling all kinds of warm.

"I do want to see them find a way," she declares.

"And it would give us a chance to nibble some of these snacks. Restore any spent energy."

"One game we could try is to pick a keyword each. So, I might pick 'dragon'. And every time the word is said in dialogue, I can claim a kiss!"

[Bayushi Senshuken]

"I know that as a drinking game, but yes, bring it on!"

Them she smirks playfully.

"Dragon!" She says with a grin. "One kiss, please. Yes, I'm cheating."

"Dragon. Dragon. Dragon. I'll continue if you don't stop me. Dragon. Dragon. Dragon."

[Kakita Haruhi]

Seven kisses later, Haruhi was giggling.

"I am imagining it was a code word that had the power to summon kisses even in public! And dangerously likely to be said since it is the name of an entire clan."

"I fear repetition of the word 'dragon' will henceforward either bring a kiss or ... relentless tickling. A risky gamble."

[Bayushi Senshuken]

Senshu joins her in laughter. "Imagine the Imperial Chancellor, magnificent and pompous, preparing to make an announcement." She changes her voice to fit the role. "From now on, the Dragon..." She keeps laughing. "Before he has time to say more, a courtier rushes for a kiss!"

She keeps laughing for a few moments. "Kami, yes! The movie. My code word for a kiss will be... human, I guess?"

[Kakita Haruhi]

Naturally, when she said 'From now on, the Dragon...', there was a tickling attack!

But Haruhi was giggling too much to pose much of a threat.

[Bayushi Senshuken]

Oh no! Threat detected! Senshu is so sensitive to tickling.

"Stop! Stop! Movie time! Don't make me fight back! My revenge is gonna be harsh!" Each word is followed by waves to giggles.

[Kakita Haruhi]

A giggling Haruhi turns her focus to putting the movie back on.

She makes herself a drink to carry back to the bed, and offers to make one for Senshu.

And then she snuggles back against her. Watching the couple find their happy ending, and alert for the words 'dragon' and 'human'.

Dragon is said almost immediately. She honors the original plan for when it is spoken by the movie characters. Kisses only! But she does vary where the kisses are taken. The lips, of course. But sometimes a wrist, her neck, her jaw, her cheek, her forehead, her ear.

[Bayushi Senshuken]

And kisses are exchanged for the duration of the move. Others gentle, others more fiery they land in different spots each time.

In the meanwhile, the human queen finds the courage to deal with her demons and the dragon queen with her feelings. Thankfully none of the two dies and the end promises a happy life for them.

Senshu claps her hands in front of her chest once and grins. "Another movie or a game? Unless you want to sleep."

[Kakita Haruhi]

Haruhi cheered at the ending.

The two princesses could live out her fantasies, even if they were too foolish for the real world.

"I don't want to fall asleep. I don't want to run out of time with you. But I am glad to know that if sleep overtakes me, I'll have one last chance to wake in your arms."

"How about a tremendously exciting action movie? All races and chases." She thought Senshu might like that.

[Bayushi Senshuken]

"Huh! Yes, I can be shallow like that." She laughs.

And so another movie they see, more games they play and the night claims them as its own, but this time they are snuggled really close go each other.

(thank you for the thread!)