It was the middle of the day when he heard his custodian comeback from the outside wasteland. Normally they would be asleep by this time but she chose to linger outside a bit longer. Explaining that it was to ensure that their current shelter wouldn't be ransacked by any passing undead terrors in the area. An sure enough it proved to be a valid point for when the Signless saw her come inside the abandoned hive, her clothes were covered in a assortment of rotten colored fluids.

Though upon further inspection she didn't suffer any wounds unless he counted the awful smell as a major source of trauma. Despite it, he smiled and welcomed her back all the same.

"It's good to see your getting better at slaying those creatures."

She gave him a pleasant smile in return like she always did before saying, "Well someone has to protect you."

"Ugh! You know we could've just barricaded the place up before going to sleep right? An I'm freaking ten sweeps(21 years) old now! It's not like I can't fend for myself!" He huffed while pointing at her in vain with the ladle he had been using earlier to help make some stew for the both of them.

The older troll chuckled at him before reaching over to ruffle his hair a bit while asking, "Hmmm so did you wait this entire time for me to get back before you'd eat?"

"Pshh no." As soon as he said that his stomach growled causing him to take a step back from her saying, "Oh I think you missed one of those dregs out there! Did you hear that!?"

"Maybe." She humored him before shutting the door behind her and locking it, "But I doubt it'll get through that."

A couple of minutes later they were further inside the building, going down a flight of stairs carefully until they reached a room that the Signless spent his time preparing for her return. With a pot close to a upstairs grate that would let any smoke escape out of the room. Fortunately the smog from the burning pit didn't linger in the air as much as the smell of the food did.

Granted he never did figure out how to fight as well as his guardian but he held no doubts that he grew to be a better cook than her. As the notion became more evident as he spotted her licking her lips at the stew. He quickly went to fetch them some bowls and utensils while she changed out of her dirty clothes while he left the room.

In the meantime he was sort of grateful they found this place to take shelter in. The structure had several floors filled proper furniture making him believe that the place used to be owed by a high ranking member of the caste system. Though given the state of the bloody walls, broken chairs, and the occasional dismembered limb, the previous owner probably left the place given the surrounding undead.

Which was a shame since he felt they could live out here for a bit, but given these state of affairs it looked like new terrors might crop up within a couple of days. He sighed at that as he picked up some bowls from the bottom of a shelf. The place even had a great venting system along with a couple of working water fixtures. Speaking of which he'll need to checkout the water later so he can clean his custodian's clothes.

Upon re-entering the room with the pot, he then placed a bowl on the short table located in the middle of the room. It used to be surrounded by broken chair legs and some blood but he cleaned that up in no time along with the walls. Afterwards he replaced all the empty space around the flat top with all the pillows he could find in the building until it was a nice and even ring.

"Loved what you did with the place." The Dolorosa said as she wrapped her body in one of their brown traveling robes while sitting against several cushions.

The Signless poured some stew into the bowl, handing it off to her while quipping, "I think I understand your tastes more than you give me credit."

"I hope so." As she tried his cooking.

Though by the time he poured himself a helping she was already done with her portion. An without saying a word he took the empty bowl from her hands and gave her his in return.

"Oh thank you dear, I didn't realize how hungry I was." She nervously laughed while vainly trying to hide the color from her face after the gesture. He rolled his eyes in response as he fixed himself a bowl.

During the meal they talked about what their plans would be after they cleaned up her clothes and rested a bit. Telling him that they would be getting out of the wasteland soon and would be back to traveling through the normal roads.

"What was our reason for going through here again?" He asked.

"Well there is a annual festival of sorts that's going to happen by the end of the week that I wanted you to see. Unfortunately where we were wasn't going to let us arrive there in time if we went the normal route." As she said that he couldn't help but notice her shuffling around a bit in her very cushioned seat. He also took note of the fact that during their whole meal she had been rubbing the back of her neck periodically but he didn't speak up.

Until she started to give him more details about what the event was about. The Signless cut her off mid sentence asking, "Are you alright?"

"What?"

He moved right next to her and placed a hand on her head, "It's just you've been acting restless in that one spot this entire time for no reason. Are you getting sick or something?"

She turned her eyes away from his, "No, it's not that, it's nothing."

"Bullshit what's wrong?"

His hand was still touching her, though now it was rubbing the back of her head, "Look I want to help if I can. You've always done the same for me countless times so why not let me return the favor if you are sick."

"For the last time I'm not sick. I never get sick, period." She glanced back at him but it still didn't explain why her face looked so flushed.

"Then what is it? Did you get injured out there? Did the sun finally cook your think pan? Better tell me now because I'm already making a list of crap that I plan to yell at later whether inanimate or not!" The remark making her smile again.

"Okay... Well if your fine with it.. I guess I'm just a bit sore?"

"What from the fighting earlier? In that case I'll go find more pillows." Though as he was about to conduct the fluffiest of hunts, her hand gripped his.

While looking back at her eyes she said, "No I don't think I need anymore pillows."

"Then what can I do?"

Nervously she suggested, "Maybe a massage?"

"Whats a massage?" He asked since the concept wasn't something he had heard of even in normal conversation before. Given that they mainly stick to themselves when traveling the lands.

She let go of his hand as he sat back down next to her eager to learn this new lesson. Explaining it as a movement where one person helped the other by rubbing or kneading the person's muscles or other parts with their hands. All for the sake of taking off some of the built up tension a individual will gain from working too much.

She even pointed out that sometimes it could cause a person to not get proper rest by strained neck muscles or restlessness if the body isn't used to sleeping and rest. All the while he nodded along until she was finished.

"Okay so is there a pain in your neck or shoulders that I could take care of?"

She nodded to him.

"Alright then turn around." He demanded.

"Just give me a moment since your new to this I need to make this easier for you." A second later she unfastened the top part of her cloak a bit as he gazed at her grey back. She kept her hands on her lap while the rest of her was covered below the waist. At the time he couldn't understand why she looked so nervous about the whole thing but he chalked it up to her expecting him to screw this up. Leaving her in a much worse condition than what they started with. If that turned out to be the case he had on good authority to shout at himself the next time he saw a mirror.

Subtly he placed his hands on her shoulders and began his work. Starting to get a feel for it based on how his custodian reacted, giving the occasional low pitched yes when he had hit the spot. Soon he figured out that it was nicer for her if he put a bit of pressure into the lower part of his palm into rubbing her shoulders and the back of her neck. Though for the life of him he couldn't understand why her hands were moving underneath her cloak while he was helping her out.

After a bit of time she asked him to stop for a bit so he could rest his arms. He told her that it was alright but then he noticed how the Dolorosa's face seemed to look even more flustered than before. Worse a single drop of sweat traveled down the side of her face as they argued. Despite saying she wasn't ill, the way she looked now said otherwise.

"Look is this even helping? Because you look even worse than before!" He shouted though he mentally kicked himself since it's not the best idea to yell at sick people if your trying to help them.

"No! Believe me when I say this but you are helping me. This-is, just how a person's body generally reacts." She claimed.

He gave her a suspicious look in return before asking, "Is there somewhere else that I could work with? So we can speed this up?"

She silently nodded while giving him a look that made him feel confused as to why it showed a mix of worry and interest towards his suggestion.

"Alright where?"

She turned her body towards his own while she closed her eyes and politely gestured towards her chest with a single hand. He noted how her face looked much calmer than it did before he asked, "So it's your rumble spheres next?"

"Yes." She replied while moving her body further from the covers of her cloak. Making him notice how she presented herself with chest forward as her un-robed bottom curved out past her. In the meantime her hands rubbed against her inner thigh just before he gently began to caress her breasts. His guardian's breath hitched a bit as he started to experiment with the massage.

Though for some strange reason his own body was starting to act in a weird way. Feeling his face start to warm up as his hands started to loose control slightly, but once he noticed the change he immediately grabbed on to her chest in his haste.

Nervously he started to ask, "I know we've been going through this desert for a couple of weeks now and you've done a great job at dealing with the undead creatures that lurked here. But-"

"Yes." She asked as if nothing was wrong at the moment as he pressed his fingers further into her breasts. Feeling her skin push between his digits as he spread them out along her very bountiful bust. Trying to look away for something to take the edge off of whatever he was feeling but found himself looking down her fit form. Soon to observe how his custodian's hands had started to rub something else further towards her body between her thighs during his question.

"Okay." He tried to start again, "Are you sure this is the best way to relieve a week's worth of zombie hunting stress?"

She lovingly answered, "Absolutely."

He honestly didn't know if that was the right answer to the situation he was in. Though as they continued he noticed how she started to release a low moan as he thumbed her nipples. Prompting him to let go of her and at the same time finding himself breathing properly again. This provoked millions of questions within his mind about what was going on between them but more importantly.

What was going on inside his leggings?

At the moment the Dolorosa opened up her eyes as soon as he let go. Seeing how the younger troll was still looking at her with a blend of curiosity and discomfort. Though her own eyes glanced down briefly to see a mound start to grow just below his waist. Not wasting the opportunity, she closed the distance between them in a heart beat by embracing the still confused Signless into a hug.

"Oh don't worry yourself to death dear, your doing a great job." She whispered into his ear as she pressed her naked body against him. Feeling her breasts smother themselves between their bodies as her nook grinded on the fabric separating it from his bulge.

He stifled out another comment, "Are we done now because I think I need go to go lay down after this.."

To which she disagreed with, "Actually I think it's my turn to repay the favor."

"Sorry but my shoulders are just fine."

She chuckled at that before leaning off of him just a bit as she started to untie the bindings on his outfit. While adding, "Like you've seen before, there are other 'areas' that a person can build up stress in."

In just a couple of seconds she pulled his clothes past his waist as a bright red appendage erected itself free from restrain. They both looked down at it as she moved to grasp it, feeling it's smooth and warm girth inside her grip. The Signless let out a slight sigh at the action an said, "I don't understand why it's being such a nuisance now of all times."

"Well I know a couple of ways to fix that." She mused while beginning to slide her hand up and down along his tenta-bulge. Feeling him release a slight gasp as she pumped him with a grace he wasn't familiar with. At the moment she moved closer to him as she worked and ever so subtly kissed his cheek. Causing his face to light up even redder as he asked her to stop.

He even mumbled, "I'm too old for stuff like that."

"I'm not." She replied before briefly taking the time to increase her speed. Not just by adding more movement to her hand but also putting the rest of her body into the task by pressing her chest onto his toned torso. Letting him feel her breasts squeeze and rub upon him as his erection felt the same under her guidance. She was pleased to see he was starting to accept the whole affair once his hips started to move slightly in rhythm with her strokes.

Until finally he released his pink essence all over her side and a couple of pillows. His breathing was as hard as his length which is still in the grip of her hand. Much to the Dolorosa's pleasure it felt ready to go even further than her wildest imaginations. Seeing his substance covering a portion of her hand still, she started to spread it over the bulge. Giving it a nice and slick coat from tip to base as the Signless started to wonder what she planned next.

Quickly she placed both her hands on his shoulders while suggesting, "You wanted to lay down right?"

An soon he complied as his body rested on the floor with his head on a nearby pillow. While his custodian mounted herself just above his erection as he felt her ass come to rest just above it. He didn't know why but he felt it grow even harder as her rear cheeks seemed to tease it while she moved her forearms to rest above his shoulders.

"Now this is something I want you to remember encase you ever find yourself in a romantic quadrant, do you understand?" She started.

He nodded though he didn't understand what quadrants had to do with any of this. All he knew was that at best red was reserved for couple who kissed or embraced one another which he assumed was a hug. While black was just a rougher version of it while the paler shade was something more platonic. Which was what he often imagined them being in.

"Good now whenever you find yourself with a capable partner who likes you for enough. Then at some moment you may want to suggest what we're about to do, since it's normally something that helps both parties relax or find that delusion called peace of mind." She finished.

Once again he nodded and smiled back to her, "If it's something to help you calm down and forget about your burdens then I'm all for it."

For some strange reason after he said that she looked a bit unsure about something. Though he calmly started to rub the outside of her thighs that straddled around his waist. It caused her to come to her senses as she lifted her waist over his bone bulge. Angling the spot she was tending to when he was massaging her chest. So that it was meeting the tip of his member.

Soon she brought it down upon him feeling it cover not just his extra limb but his entire being. It filled him with some unknown pleasure as it did her, from the way her expression seemed to smile as she bit her bottom lip. Then in a couple of second she began to pump up and down on him as they both started to feel the effects immediately. As she brought herself closer to him, her face and bosom rested on his form. Feeling her mouth push hot air into the nape of his neck while she moved her hips even faster.

The sensation was unbelievable as their bodies pushed into another. Driving the point even further as he found himself thrusting into the air as she came back down on him. The feeling driving him to want this go much faster if only to help his guardian sooner rather than later. Sliding his hands to reach further beyond her thighs and grab her ass.

Giving it a firm squeeze as he worked into moving faster under his own influence. The Dolorosa moaned into his body at what he assumed was the right call as she didn't stop him. In fact she wrapped her arms around his neck with her hands snaked in between the pillow and his head whispering her approval. Though soon he felt a familiar presences build up inside him as they persisted.

He knew he was about to expel more of whatever he had inside him but still he bit down a small part of his tongue to fight it. In the meantime the Dolorosa felt his length throb inside her again and again as her walls pumped over it. The fact that she hadn't done something like this in sweeps was becoming more apparent as they both seemed about ready to finish this.

Then after a couple more thrusts she clinched down on him as he erupted inside her. Their fluids coating and filling each other's respected part as they both yelled out in enjoyment. Their colored essence leaking over the Signless's waist as she held on to him. After the pleasure started to die down, they found themselves passed out inside each others arms for the rest of the day.

The two of them started to stir once again in the middle of the night but reluctantly they didn't change the position they were in. The Dolorosa still naked and on top, as the Signless rubbed her back as they laid on the floor together as time pasted.

In a couple of hours the two would get up and go about their business as if nothing ever happened. Though the young troll saw this as another valuable lesson from his custodian. While her on the hand wanted him to be quiet about the whole thing. Fortunately he would never tell a soul about it but they would always remember this moment for the rest of their lives.

One week later...

A hulking individual opened the door to his spare hive out in the desert, he normally didn't bother with the place since he normally lived closer to the coast. Though since he was escorting royalty this was a acceptable pit stop. He just wished the most powerful person in all of Alternia would stop complaining about the heat. His nerves were already fried from the stupid idea of her wanting to travel like a expendable commoner. Though fortunately anything that crossed their paths met the multi-bloody end of his clubs.

Needless to say the Grand Highblood just wanted this job to be over so he could go back to subjugating the local populous. Despite his good intention however he found the most disturbing scene inside his hive.

The Condesce remarked, "Man your second place doesn't look half that bad despite the first bottom floor looking like it had a party going on down there."

Though when she looked over to the large brute he was silent as he stared at the spotless walls.

"Hey you listening over there big guy or are you just upset someone left you a new pot of leftovers?"

"I will ki..."

"What?" She demanded.

Suddenly he roared at the top of his lungs, "I WILL KILL WHOEVER CLEANED MY HIVE!"


Author Confessions: So I'm shaking off the rust after being away from writing for so long by messing around with some ancestors. All in all I think this was a good warm up. Though if anyone was wondering why I did this pairing it had something to do with a old picture drawn by a artist named Mindwipe (or PlanetofJunk) years ago that I sort described through this story. Either way hoped you enjoyed and hope you found a couple of puns in the story.

So see ya later!