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The evening was quiet. A soft breeze sent the trees outside swaying, a dance that never seemed to grow old for the ancient defender gazing out the window. Fu Hua smiled softly and returned her attention to the sizzling pan in front of her. The smaller serving looked a bit strange to the woman. Usually she cooks for three, but tonight Mei would be away on business. That just left her and a certain excitable white-haired Herrscher. Fu Hua tensed as her ears picked up a quiet rustle outside the door over the crackling of hot oil. A quick glance at the kitchen clock told her that she only had a few seconds to brace herself before her girlfriend-
The door slammed open like a drum announcing the coming of a storm. At least, if that storm was a woman very eager to return to her lovers. The woman on the other side gleefully announced “Hua! I’m hooommeee!!” in that happily sing-song way of hers when she is brimming with energy. Without pause the white-haired woman dropped her keys on the nearest flat surface and dashed towards where she knew her partner would be, arms thrown wide. Fu Hua turned just in time to catch the bundle of energy flying her direction at mach 5. In all honesty Fu Hua was just glad she hadn’t used her void powers to teleport on top of her again.
“Kiana be careful! Hot oil!”
Kiana immediately released the other woman, jumping back with a slight remorseful look flitting across her features, “Sorry!”
Fu Hua sighed, “It’s alright Kiana, no harm done.” The woman’s expression immediately shifted to that of a predator about to pounce on its prey. Fu Hua hurriedly fixed her with a withering glare, “This time.”
Though, Kiana being Kiana, that didn’t dampen her spirits all that much. However, she acquiesce, her arms flopping to her side in defeat. “Awww, I just can’t help it! I miss you so much while I’m away, I need my daily dose of Hua as soon as I get home!”
Hua rolled her eyes, though she couldn’t hide the fond smile that bloomed on her lips. “Alright, let me finish this,” She leaned forward and gave Kiana’s lips a quick peck, “Then you can have me.” It was only when the Kaslana quirked a pale brow that Fu Hua realized her mistake.
“Why Hua..” Fu Hua’s mind raced for any way she could believably backpedal as Kiana quickly gained an insufferably smug smirk, “So forward of you! Did you miss me that much?”
Heat bloomed across the warrior’s face, “That’s not what I meant!”
Kiana leaned in close until her little bird’s blush had almost reached her neck, “Don’t worry birdie, I don’t bite… much.” She grinned at the way Hua’s eyes widened and dipped down to Kiana’s lips as the Herrscher ran her tongue over her teeth.
Fu Hua inhaled sharply. As much as that particular pet name annoyed her, her mind was… currently occupied. Her girlfriend chuckled, “Alright, I’ll let you get back to it, cutie!” Her smirk broke into a bright smile. Though to Hua’s dismay, she wasn’t safe from her girlfriend’s teasing just yet.
The sound of flesh hitting flesh announced Kiana’s leave as the girl’s open hand made contact with the martial artist’s toned rear-end. The resulting yelp was music to the herrscher’s ears and she quickly retreated before Fu Hua’s hand could latch onto her ponytail and exact vengeance. “Love you, Hua! Cyalaterbye!”
Fu Hua glared after the retreating flash of white, adjusting her pants with a huff. That woman… the memory of Kiana’s tongue tracing her teeth flashed through her mind and a slight blush returned to Fu Hua’s cheeks. Hua turned her attention back to dinner, attempting to ignore the wave of heat that shot through her core.
Dinner had been rather uneventful. Kiana was her usual self, gesticulating wildly as she regaled her lover with tales of her most recent mission in between stuffing her face with food. Fu Hua was content to simply listen. She smiled to herself, it gave her more time to eat. This time was over soon enough, Kiana somehow able to finish first despite talking non-stop. Smiling at her girlfriend, the former valkyrie had jumped up with a cry that she would help clean up. Her eagerness diminished only slightly after Fu Hua had firmly shot down her quick and easy method of teleporting everything using her void powers.
Kiana sighed as Fu Hua got up and moved to walk past her to put leftovers away for when their other partner got home. “No Herrscher powers in the house, I knooowwww…” Kiana sighed. “You never complain when Mei uses hers in bed, though.” She added smugly.
“I-” Fu Hua huffed, turning sharply and continuing to clean up as if Kiana hadn’t said anything.
Kiana immediately doubled over laughing, hands holding her sides as if she was attempting to quite literally hold herself together. “Can’t even try to argue with that? Mei really has you wrapped around her finger, doesn’t she?” At this point Kiana was leaning against the wall. Her legs trembled with the strain of holding herself up through her laughing fit.
Fu Hua set the dirty dishes down in a pointedly deliberate way, as if she was trying very hard not to break them, and pointed an indignant finger at the white-haired woman, “You’re one to talk! Ever since St. Freya I’ve had to listen to you spout all sorts of things about what you want Mei to do to you! And when my sentience was connected to your mind for a good few months… You had no idea how to shield me from your thoughts!” Fu Hua shuddered.
“Ha!” Kiana guffawed, “That one is on you, class monitor, you never taught me how to do that! Or maybe…” Suddenly Kiana’s arms were wrapping around Hua’s waist from behind. Hua suppressed a shudder as Kiana’s breath flowed over her ear, the thought to reprimand the woman for teleporting behind her suddenly the last thing on her mind. “Maybe you liked being able to hear those thoughts, hm?” Kiana made sure to lean in just enough that on the last few words her lips grazed the shell of her girlfriend’s ear.
Fu Hua had to bite back a gasp, “Because I wanted to make sure I could be there for you if your thoughts turned… harmful! You know how those months were.”
Kiana’s head dipped down and her smiling lips pressed ever so lightly against Hua’s exposed neck, “Yes but this isn’t about that, little bird. This is about how you’re complaining that you heard every lewd thought I had but never taught me how to stop them from reaching you. But… I will forever appreciate your assistance from that time. Shall I show you?” Kiana traced her tongue up the side of Hua’s neck to her jawline, relishing the whimpers that broke through the woman’s attempts to restrain herself.
“Kiana…” Hua gasped, a hand reflexively grabbing onto her partner’s hair. Kiana’s hands were creeping up her abdomen, leaving the skin beneath her touch on fire in their wake. As those hands eagerly dove beneath her shirt, Hua realized her girlfriend’s touch was, in fact, unnaturally warm. “Kiana are you…” Another gasp broke through her words as the heat washed over her chest.
“What’s wrong, Hua?” Though she couldn’t see it, the smirk on Kiana’s face was carried in her voice, “The Phoenix can’t handle a little heat?” Kiana drove her teasing home with a nip at the shorter girl’s pale skin.
Fu Hua tore Kiana’s hand out of her shirt with a grunt and spun until she could close her own grip on Kiana’s collar. Kiana smiled down at the furious glare the ancient warrior was sending up at her. It would have been a lot more convincing had she not been red in the face and panting in obvious arousal.
“Kiana.”
“Yes, my lovely little bird?”
“Bedroom. Now.”
Kiana awoke with a start. The bedroom was quiet. The room was awash in that lovely peaceful feeling bedrooms can have on the occasion you’re able to wake to a sunny morning beside a loved one. Kiana squinted against the soft light filtering through the curtains, blinking in a poor attempt to drive the drowsiness from her mind. Slowly but surely she regained enough cognitive function to understand that her brain had woken her to a noise. However as her eyes darted around the bedroom, the only person there was Fu Hua. Kiana’s eyes lingered on her sleeping partner. The woman’s chest rose and fell gently as she continued to sleep peacefully. Kiana’s lips lifted into a soft smile that she had grown quite used to wearing whenever she saw the two women she was closest to relaxed and at peace. The morning light fell across Fu Hua’s face, her complexion that was usually creased with a worry and tension that never seemed to truly leave, was now smooth and relaxed in the comfortable embrace of sleep. The rays lit up the edges of her light-gray hair in a halo of light. The white-haired woman quite easily forgot what she was doing in the face of such beauty. A quiet chuckle fell from the herrscher’s lips. Fu Hua had been quite embarrassed the first time she’d seen Kiana’s lovestruck gaze directed her way. They had been out in the city for lunch and Kiana was fairly certain if Hua had noticed a few seconds later, she would have choked on her food.
Kiana’s head tilted as a nearly indistinguishable noise crept through the door. The only conclusion she could reach was that it was what must’ve woken her up and that was enough to finally break her fixation on her girlfriend’s face. Still fairly groggy, she practically stumbled through the door and slowly made her way down the hallway to the main living space where she could only assume the noise came from. She only needed to move a few steps before the noise pierced clearly through her waking fog. The rushing of water blending with the clinks and clatters of dishware. Someone was doing the dishes? Why? Kiana winced as she stretched her leg out in just the wrong way, the pleasant ache in her thighs making itself known. Oh right. A self-satisfied smile lit up her face as she rounded the corner into the kitchen. Hua always made the prettiest noises once she was riled up.
“Well somebody’s happy with herself this morning.”
Kiana’s head snapped up at the lovely deep tones that greeted her, “Mei!” The Kaslana eagerly stumbled her way into the taller woman’s arms.
Mei giggled, her muscled arms holding the girl tight as Kiana crashed into her, “Miss me?”
“Mmhm…” Kiana nuzzled against Mei’s neck, the action always elicited a fond stroke of her hair from Mei. Mei acquiesced to the silent request and gently stroked a callused hand through messy white hair. Kiana practically purred at her touch. The warmth of their bodies entwined as the women melted into the other’s embrace, simply enjoying a moment in their lover’s arms.
However, all good things must eventually come to an end. “Kiana.”
“Hmmh?” Kiana mumbled into the crook of her girlfriend’s neck. If she had been a bit more alert she may have noticed the older Herrscher’s grip slowly tightening around her.
“You know, I came home to quite the mess left in the kitchen.”
Kiana tensed. She knew that tone of voice. She was in danger. “Oh well, um, you see Mei-” the girl squeaked as the arms around her tightened and squeezed her close.
“Did you get too impatient again, Kiana?”
Kiana craned her head back, able to just barely look Mei in the eyes. Those beautiful, absolutely stunning violet eyes that she could just spend hours getting lost in-
“Kiana.”
The herrscher blinked and those once soft violet eyes were now sharp and expectant. Not simply waiting for her answer, but demanding one. Kiana flashed her a lopsided smile. “Y-yes Mei? I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.”
Those lovely eyes narrowed, unamused. “You, dear, left a trail of clothes to the bedroom that I had to clean up, as well. I nearly tripped over your panties walking to our room.”
Kiana snorted, “Okay but that’s kinda funny.” The arms tightened again, “Okay okay! I’m sorry!” Kiana quickly backpedaled through gritted teeth, legs kicking in the air as she struggled in Mei’s iron grip.
Mei gently released Kiana from her imprisonment, setting her back on her feet with a satisfied look on her face.
“Honestly, it’s not my fault, you know how cute Hua is! I can’t resist!”
“Oh really?”
The now very much awake woman nodded vigorously, “You know how she’s just so adorable you can’t help but tease her? And then her reactions are just so adorable you have to keep doing it? I may have… gotten a bit carried away…” Kiana looked away sheepishly, “and started groping her while teasing?”
“Of course.” Mei sighed. “Please just finish cleaning up beforehand next time?”
“Yes ma’am!” Kiana gave her girlfriend a mock salute, a wide grin shining on her face.
“So loud…” A new, quite sleepy voice chimed in behind Kiana.
“Good morning, Hua.” Mei smiled, putting down the last of the dishes.
Kiana giggled as Fu Hua stumbled towards the taller girl like a zombie, “Looks like I’m not the only one that needs some vitamin Mei.”
Fu Hua groaned at the terrible joke but continued stumbling past her into the kitchen regardless. Mei, distracted by the groaning mass of bedhead shambling towards her, failed to notice a certain troublemaker’s eyes dip low as Fu Hua walked past. A small smirk made its way onto Kiana’s lips as she quickly reached out and claimed a handful of Phoenix cheek for herself.
She squeezed. “Honk.”
The other two women froze. Fu Hua turned, pulling Kiana’s prize from her grip. “Kiana, what…” Hua’s words petered out, the groggy woman squinting at her girlfriend with the most confused look on her face. Kiana, for her part, looked absolutely delighted. “Ugh, whatever. Mei, please…” Fu hua released a pleased sigh as those strong arms finally pulled her into an embrace.
Looking over Hua’s head, Mei gave Kiana a bemused huff. “I love you two.”
“Awww Mei, I love you too!” Kiana beamed, “Group hug!” With that, Kiana leaped at her girlfriends.
Mei only had time for her eyes to widen in alarm, “Kiana wait- OOF!” The blur of white hit them with all the force of a hurricane. The trio of lovers unceremoniously crashed to the ground, the Kaslana giggling all the while. Kiana seemed quite content with their position on the floor, hugging both women as much as she could. In the collapse Fu Hua had shifted to the side, leaving her nuzzling into Mei’s side instead of her chest.
“You know,” Mei began softly, “It’s not the most comfortable place ever, but holding you two like this is very nice.” Fu Hua mumbled her agreement and nuzzled closer to Mei’s side. In what seemed to be a never ending sequence of antics, one moment they were cuddling peacefully and the next Kiana craned her neck to give Mei a mischievous grin. “Kiana…” Mei growled.
Kiana’s hand slowly lifted and hovered just above the older girl’s chest.
“Kiana I swear-”
Her hand fell and squeezed, “Honk.”
“Hua love, let go for a moment please, I have a Kaslana to punish.”
Kiana batted her eyelashes, “Oh nooooo don’t punish me.”
Mei bared her teeth at her girlfriend’s teasing. The younger Herrscher’s eyes widened, her Herrscher abilities allowing her to detect a sudden spike in honkai energy. The source was made obvious when those wonderful deep red horns materialized on Mei’s head.
“Kiana.”
“Y-yes, my lovely, darling Mei whom I love oh so much?”
“You have 10 seconds.”
There was a flash of orange light and suddenly the girl was gone. A grin spread across Mei’s lips, the excitement in her eyes bordering on what could almost be described as a feral glee if the one bearing it had not been Raiden Mei.
Fu Hua groaned, pushing herself to a sitting position. “You two are much too… energetic… this early in the morning.”
“You’re one to talk, my needy little bird.” Mei’s piercing gaze jumped to the much sleepier woman.
Fu Hua could only pout, attempting to ignore the spike of arousal that shot through her upon meeting Mei’s cold gaze. “At least don’t break anything after you’re done sparring this time.”
“I make no such promises when it comes to keeping our little troublemaker in check.” Mei made a show of checking her nails, seemingly unbothered by Kiana’s whereabouts, “Kaslana’s can be such a handful when you have to handle all that energy alone, you know? We’ll be back soon, little bird.” Mei chuckled as Hua’s head snapped away in a poor attempt to hide her growing blush. Mei casually stalked to the front door, leaving Hua to contemplate her life choices on the floor of the kitchen. The door slammed shut, and a blast of thunder nearly forced Fu Hua to cover her ears.
The warrior sighed. A bemused chuckle falling from her lips as she stood and began rooting around for some breakfast. Though, her poor attempts to get what Mei and Kiana would be doing soon out of her head left her rather distracted. They always got a bit… pent up after a good fight. The blush on Hua’s cheeks only deepened at the thought. What if they came back before getting all that energy out? Kiana had seemed rather insistent on teasing her to no end since last night.
We’ll be back soon, little bird.
Hua froze. Mei’s words bounced around her sluggish brain a few more times before they really clicked. Her head fell against the wall before her with a small thump, the small movement somehow carrying all the weight of the world. The ancient MANTIS groaned to herself, “I’m not going to get in any proper exercise today, am I?”