Odd Duck, Alcove A1, Noonish

[withoutverona]

Romeo lay on his bunk, staring at the ceiling as he contemplated what had happened the day before.

It was sudden, and probably Yurika and Rikku were right that it was a bad idea. But he could not deny he had meant what he had asked, even as some tiny part of him was grateful to be turned down. He just hoped it would not come at the cost of Yurika's life, or what freedom she had.

He was not, however, grateful the whole mess had made radio, and hoped Yurika had forgotten to listen.

[OOC: For one then two, please. And is this icon not crazy hot, even if he is too old in it?]

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[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Ohaiyo, koibito!" Dōjima said, sticking her head into his alcove to smirk at him. "Are you home?"

[withoutverona]

She didn't look about to yell, so he managed half a smile and raised himself on his elbows. "I seem to be so," he said. "Are you visiting? Come in."

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

She didn't need to be asked twice. Kicking off her shoes, Dōjima quickly made herself at home on his bunk. "I think I'm going to kill some squirrels," she announced. "Last week they told about, well, you know, and then last night. I don't care how much Reno likes them, they're icky little voyeurs."

[withoutverona]

"I know?" he asked, blinking at her for a moment before his brain kicked in. "Oh, that. Well, at least I'm the one who looks the fool this time."

"The squirrels are far more interested in our love lives than any rodents have the right to be, and I speak as someone who was one."

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"They also have an unhealthy obsession with poor Teyla-san," she mused, shaking her head. "I feel bad for your roommate."

Yurika sighed, moving to straddle his lap. "You aren't a fool, Romeo. It was...sweet." Impulsive, perhaps, but sweet.

[withoutverona]

"I just feel lucky the squirrels don't follow her home to serenade at the window, poor girl," Romeo sighed, reaching to wrap his arms around her waist. Having a Yurika on his lap was an excellent cure for his funk.

"I meant it," he said. "I understand your answer, but I did mean it."

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"I know."

"You're my passionate, bold Romeo," she teased, leaning in to nuzzle at his neck. "Have you ever said something you didn't mean?"

[withoutverona]

Romeo had to think about that, which was much more difficult with nuzzling in progress.

"To spare feelings, or simplify," he shrugged. "They've not sainted me yet. As a habit, no. Especially not with you." He had learned that lesson. "But so you know, I did not ask ...." he wavered. It was not the time to talk about Juliet. "I don't ask just anyone," he finished, and followed it with a kiss in hopes of closing the subject.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"If you were a saint, you wouldn't have a girl in your bed," Yurika pointed out, dodging the kiss for just a moment so she could poke his nose. "I didn't think you did. Radio has not mentioned it, anyway," she said teasingly.

But yes, subject closed, and he could have a kiss.

[withoutverona]

"Prayer of st. Augustine," he teased back once they separated from the kiss, murmuring against her neck.

Mmmm. Skin. " 'Give me chastity, but not yet.' "

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you'll have to teach me that prayer," she gasped, biting her lip as his mouth moved against her skin. "I think I'll rewrite it. 'Yet, never give me chastity.' I think I like that better."

[withoutverona]

"Do you?" he asked, amused. "I may as well."

He bit a line down her neck and started tugging on the bottom of her shirt. Chastity could definitely wait.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

That earned him a loud moan, and Yurika squirmed in his lap. "No one's here," she whimpered, lifting her arms so he could pull it over her head. "I checked."

[withoutverona]

"Lunchtime," Romeo reminded her quietly, pulling the shirt off and looking beyond her out of the corner of his eye. Curtain closed, good.

He reached high on her thighs, fingers disappearing beneath her skirt. "So is the cabin rule suspended?"

He was trying very hard to make her say yes.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

She whimpered again, eyes closing as she tried very hard not to squirm against those fingers.

"Mmmayyyyybe." Yurika licked her lips, forcing her eyes open to smirk at him. "You aren't going to touch anything that's not me, are you?"

[withoutverona]

A shift of his fingers to try harder to make her squirm, and: "I'm having too good a time just touching you," he said. "I need nothing else."

He might have, though. For example, his shirt? That could come off anytime.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Her hands reached for his shirt, tugging it up as she gave in and rocked her hips against his insistent fingers. "Good," she whimpered. "Need."

[withoutverona]

He reluctantly moved his arms for just long enough for that shirt to come off, then went back to what he was doing with one hand while the other reached to unclasp her bra. "Need," he agreed in a low voice, closing his eyes.

He kissed her like the kiss was his oxygen.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Yurika moaned into the kiss, deepening it as her hands came up to tangle in his hair and pull him closer. The only thing in her world that mattered right then was touching him, and nothing outside the bunk existed.

Which is why it came as a shock when Alea slipped under the curtain of the alcove, hopping up on the bed to join them with an inquisitive mrow? .

"Cat!"

[withoutverona]

"Dammit," was Romeo's less than poetic observation as he tried to very rapidly switch gears.

He flailed at the cat with one arm. "Go home, Alea."

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Shoo!" Groaning, Yurika slipped off Romeo long enough to pick the cat up and set her on the floor. Yanking out the elastic from her ponytail, she tossed it across the room, sending the cat dashing through the curtain after it. "And stay out!"

This, however, was an excellent chance to get rid of her bra for him. Very, very, slowly taking it off as she climbed back on top of him. "Now, where were we?" she purred, leaning in for another kiss. Cat (and half-open curtain) already forgotten.

[the_merriest]

Lunch break! And Rikku was kinda worried about Romeo, 'cause he proposed and all, and he seemed to be taking it okay, but maybe he wasn't? And she was kinda worried about Dojima, too, since ... he'd proposed and all. And again with maybe not taking it as okay as she seemed to be.

Luckily, they were both in the same cabin, so she was gonna knock and see if either of them were in there. If not, well, she'd tried, right?

She knocked on the outer door. "Hello!" she called in brightly, cracking the door a little to peer in. "Anybody home?"

[withoutverona]

Rikku! And ... Yurika's bra was off and his pants were half undone and Romeo was starting to think the cabins were cursed.

Unfortunately, this gave him the giggles.

Possibly more unfortunately, his method to try to stifle the laughter was to pull his girlfriend closer for another kiss. Hey, it kept his mouth busy...

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Yurika's eyes went wide at the other voice, possibly squeaking slightly in surprise. Crap! Rikku!

She wriggled in his lap as she tried to keep from laughing/crying, body shaking with suppressed giggles as she kissed him to try and stay quiet.

She just let her hands continue with their work. She could either work at his fly, or start flailing. Flailing was loud, so the first option seemed best.

[the_merriest]

Alea scampered over happily. Hey! Someone to pet her! Pet her!

"Hi, kitty," Rikku cooed, scooping her up. "Who's such a good kitty? Yes, you are. Is your mommy home?"

She didn't seem to be. There were muffled noises from one of the alcoves, but maybe someone was taking a catnap.

Crap, which alcove was Romeo's, and which was Dojima's? This one had the curtain open, she could just peek in and --

...

[withoutverona]

Romeo's eyes were closed, but he heard something, some motion, and he pulled away from the kiss to see what it was.

Inwardly, he groaned. They should have seen this one coming.

"Hello?" He froze and glanced helplessly at Yurika, not sure what to say. "We were - "

And now he was just going to turn magenta, thanks.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Normally, Dōjima would have no shame and could laugh this off.

This, however, was Rikku, and one of the few people that Yurika respected enough to care what she thought. With an embarrassed 'meep', she grabbed at one of the discarded shirts.

Oh god.

"Um, hi?" she offered lamely, the same shade of scarlet to match Romeo. "Let me just, um, yeah."

[the_merriest]

"I didn't see anything!" Rikku said, flailing. Badly. "I should've knocked, I'm sorry, I was just coming to say hi and I didn't knock and I'm so sorry! I have your cat! I'm so sorry! I didn't see anything, honest!"

She certainly couldn't see anything now, with her eyes glued shut like that.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"It's fine!" Yurika replied quickly, trying to pull her clothes back on. "Hi! Yeah! I'm sure you didn't see anything, because there wasn't anything to see, and thank you for bringing Alea back, and I..."

Yurika needed to shut up. With every word, she felt like she was getting smaller and smaller. Which might be good, since then she could just crawl under the bed and die.

[the_merriest]

"I'll go!" she said quickly. "I -- so you can -- get back to -- what you were doing! Weren't! Doing! 'Cause I didn't see anything and I'll knock, next time, I swear! I'm -- I'll go!"

She was headed for the door, not even realizing she still had Alea in her arms.

[withoutverona]

Romeo had managed to wiggle free, wondering in passing why his girlfriend felt lighter, and he was fastening his pants with one hand as he rose from the bed. "Rikku, wait," he stammered "I mean - the cat. You've got her still."

The damned cat. He should let her get out and rot.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

"Rikku, wait!" she called, shrugging into her shirt. "Romeo said! The cat! And!" This was so damn embarrassing. Half-falling-half-bouncing off the bed, Yurika yelped as she tripped over her own feet and -

- it wasn't exactly Dōjima that hit the floor.

[withoutverona]

Romeo heard her fall and turned to see if she needed help up.

Except ... there was no girl.

There was a rabbit.

"Koibito?" he asked in utter bewilderment, holding out a hand to the creature.

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Hey, when did he get so tall?

Yurika nosed at his hand for a moment before looking up at him forlornly. Hi? Hi. Hey, why aren't you petting me?

[withoutverona]

Um.

"Rikku!" he called again at her departing back. "Yurika is ..." He would save it for later; now he had a bunny.

Who, apparently wanted him to stroke her, so he ran a hand down her furry rabbit back. She felt, strangely enough, precisely like a rabbit.

"Hello, love," he whispered. "Next time we should listen to our instincts about the cabins."

[the_merriest]

"It's okay, honest, I didn't see anything," Rikku said, opening the door and then -- shutting it again, without leaving. Cat! Right. She walked to Romeo's alcove and peered in, eyes squeezed shut. "I have your cat?"

She braved cracking one, and ... okay, that wasn't what she expected to see. So she opened both to take in the scene.

"You ... got a bunny?"

[dojima-hime.livejournal.com]

Pettings! Yurika wriggled her nose happily at the new person. Hi! She looked nice...Yurika wouldn't mind getting pettings from her, too!

[withoutverona]

Romeo gently scooped Yurika the rabbit into his arms, where she twitched happily "I have a Dojima," he told Rikku, still rather scarlet. "Would you .... like to meet her?"

And, possibly, if she held the rabbit, he could get a shirt on. That would be nice, too.

[the_merriest]

Rikku set Alea down on the bed, reaching for ... Dojima. The bunny. Right!

"Hi, there," she said, scritching her adorable little bunny ears. "So, uh, from now on? I'll knock."

She promised.