A/N: If you're familiar with my 'verse, and how Duo Lon became friends with the bunch(Read: Adel and Whip) in Nocturne, you're probably familiar with the dynamic these two have...though after 14 Nights they're definitely closer than 'Friends with Benefits.' That said, they still have some of that dynamic...just more. More-than-friends with benefits. I don't really think what they have NEEDS a name. But if there's one thing I like to try to show with them, is how they open up to something new, just a little bit, every time. You don't need to have read all of their material before to enjoy this, but suffice it to say they are a bit of a different couple-their first time came rather quickly; in fact it was a hookup in Summer Party, and was the first time for both of them.

Afterward, they got together every so often...growing a little bit each time, and discovering new things, as well as simply opening more. Despite them getting physical quickly, both started rather reserved, even behind closed doors in terms of how much they would wear. After going at it outside in 14 Nights(albeit on the side of a mountain in the middle of nowhere), that was another step...so I figured, why not a private outside time again, only this time a little closer to home? Their first spontaneous outdoor quickie, if you will, since the other instance I had just mentioned outdoors was more planned.

You may notice, if you're new a few HCd bits mentioned like tattoos...I always envisioned Duo Lon with eerie looking tattoos snaked up and down his arms since you never DO see his arms, and his torso is pretty scarred up from an old incident(Assassin's Hunt.) I always described him as being lean but very ripped build wise(there is a fair bit of art where he looks like he fills out that coat rather nicely-I don't count XIII's weird, gangly model, which was not like his original.)

He likes to dress down a little more around his friends, and has a taste for extremely evil sounding underground metal, which he got Leona into during their times hanging out.

As usual, I hope you all enjoy it. Oh yeah, very adult only for this one, heh. Let's say the plot is *really light* here.

"Want to call for a ride? Or wait a bit longer?" The soldier looked around, inhaling the crisp air.

"Hmm. Let's take a tram to the end of the line, and just walk the rest of the way." Duo Lon looked at the evening sky; it was completely clear, rather chilly, and very nice. Checking his watch, he saw it was only around five, so he figured they had plenty of time.

Zipping her bomber jacket as she looked up, Leona smiled softly and nodded. "I'm up for that." Her hair-up in its usual tail-blew softly in the wind.

The pair had just finished a couple of drinks at their favorite bar; once again, Duo Lon had been gone for nearly two weeks on his own business, as he would be. It was now late October, and the nights grew chill-Leona was wearing a jacket over her usual tank top, and Duo Lon had opted for a leather jacket over his own sleeveless shirt. Rather than being something fancy, the jacket was one you might see someone wearing at the very heavy metal bar that they liked to drink at. His hair was done in its simpler, doubled up tail, which he would often wear while travelling since it was easier to put up. Even doubled, it still went to his rear, though the front was worn loose as always. Setting up his braid could be a two or three hour affair, depending on if it needed to be washed or not, where wrapping it into its doubled tail took only about ten minutes.

She liked this. While she knew the assassin well, and had seen him dress casually more often than not, she still found it a contrast to his elegant style of dress when he was in tournaments, meeting new people, or on business. The times he had visited Heidern-before they had gotten to know each other-he had been always in his long, elaborate coat, and she was surprised to see him at the party as he was; a shirt with the sleeves cut off, and his arms adorned with their eerie tattoos.

Now, she was even more used to his more casual wear than she was the formal, given they usually spent their time together on downtime.

He had dropped his things at her hotel room before they left, and while having their second drinks, Adel had sent a message asking if they wanted to come to the Sky Noah. It was usually a fair trip to get to where they often docked it; a drive to the outskirts, and then down some small roads before reaching the field, and then a drive through the field until they would arrive at the giant airship's docking point. No one asked how they got permission; they assumed that it had to do with the Bernstein's vast wealth and what was virtually nobility.

Upon moving toward the tram stop, they thought they made the right decision. The evening was nice, clear, and crisp, and the two enjoyed the exercise anyway. They would take a tram to near the last stop, and from there simply walk through the woodsy groves and the field to the big airship.

Standing at the empty stop-it had a small nook where people could stand, a trash can with an ashtray on top, and an old bench-they checked the worn schedule to see when the next would be running through.

"Looks like about five minutes," she said.

"It's a weekday, and people are getting off of work. I figured they'd run fairly often."

While it was normally busy around, they were at a further part of town; the ride would be about twenty minutes or so to get them to the outskirts, where they would begin their walk.

"I don't think I've ridden one of these in ages," Leona said, her hands in the pockets of her jacket as she checked down the street.

"Me either."

It didn't take much longer for the tram to pull up. Silently, they got on, absently dropping some coins in the receptacle before moving all the way toward the back; the driver paid them no mind. There were only two other people on it at the moment, but they suspected that by the time they reached the end of the line there would be more, so they tucked themselves into the back corner. Sitting back and crossing one long leg over the other, his boot shoved up against a chair, Duo Lon glanced out the window as Leona sat near him, propping a leg up on the footrest in front of her.

They rode in a comfortable and familiar silence for awhile. They watched people get on and off, though not many wandered toward the back, choosing to leave them be. They supposed they cut a bit of an intimidating figure as a pair; the leather-jacket wearing, red-eyed assassin with the back of his hair in a doubled ponytail, and the blue-haired woman with a clearly military countenance.

They didn't mind this at all, preferring to keep to themselves.

"I only remember being through here once," he said. "I'm pretty sure I saw a music store down that alley, though."

"It's mostly just to go to the outskirts, I think. I only remember being through here once, myself. Mostly we're in the center." She paused. "You would remember the store, though," she said, the soft smile she would get often around him tugging at her mouth again.

"Of course," he smirked. Duo Lon had an uncanny knack for being able to remember a city from only being once through it.

"You can get us back to the Sky Noah, I take it?"

"Oh, yes," he said. "We do need to pass through a fair-sized bit of woods to get to the field, but I know the way."

"I don't mind the exercise at all," she said.

"Did you get on the field at all last week?" he asked.

"No," she sighed. "Had some sparring with the guys and Seirah...but nothing on the field."

"I wish I could have made it back sooner."

She smiled over at him, touching his hand. While out in public they did not tend to be too touchy, even after the vacation-they were still quite introverted while out and about, keeping to themselves. In the bar, they would sit either in the corner, or at a booth, tucked away and in their own conversations...sometimes just in silence, enjoying a drink. While they had coaxed each other out of their substantial shells around one another-and they were even a little more open around their friends-to call them extroverted would be an extreme misnomer.

Turning his large hand up, he gave it a squeeze, which she returned. He looked fondly down; he always felt like they had that bond, there, even at the party, the first time they had pressed their hands together, interlocking their fingers. Both trained heavily in combat and in the arts of assassination, they had seen much conflict, and had the scars to prove it. Their touch would not be the softest to an ordinary person, but to each other, it felt natural. Right, even.

Giving it one more squeeze before letting it go, she leaned back and looked out the window, enjoying the view.

Finally reaching the end of the line, the tram pulled into its stop, where it would proceed to change drivers to head back the other way in about ten or so minutes. Leona and Duo Lon both stood to head out of the back door, glad to be back out into the fresh, chilly autumn air.

Stretching, he pointed toward the general northeast and nodded. "Let's head this way. We'll be out of the city proper in the next half hour or so. Then I'd say it's...another hour to the Sky Noah?"

"It's about five-thirty now."

"Yeah, it'll be dark when we get there, but that's fine."

"Yeah, we've both done this before, I imagine."

Smiling over at her, the two started their swift walk...deciding to speed things up by dashing about the higher areas of the buildings, as they would. It allowed Leona to have a little fun, as she would dashing over and under things, the two keeping pace with one another.

They were barely even winded by the time they got to the highway that led out of the city, and soon after, they reached the fence that separated that from the woodsy area. Only having to pause to catch their breath for a moment, they noticed the sun starting to set, as it was now just a bit after six.

"Making good time," she said, watching the cars go by on the highway for a few moments before turning back to head into the trees.

"Very." He looked around, very much enjoying the view of the area; the trees were now all in various phases of orange, red, and yellow. Breathing in, he closed his eyes a moment, a soft smile appearing on his face.

"Bringing you back?" she asked.

"Yes," he said, before the two disappeared into the brush, and then into the woodsy area proper.

About twenty minutes had passed, and they were perhaps two-thirds of the way through, according to Duo Lon. The sun had set more, and the small forestlike area-it was larger than a grove, as it had underbrush, but not quite a full forest-looked particularly lovely drenched in the orange sunset, which caused the trees to practically illuminate. They had taken their time, not bothering to rush. They knew the other two were just hanging out.

"So you still haven't had luck finding that demo?" Leona asked.

"Not yet," the assassin replied. "I have tried. I even checked back at the place we went to in Shanghai. The shopkeeper remembered you," he added.

She smiled softly at that, grasping for his hand, which he took. Now that they were in private, they found themselves interlocking their fingers, grateful that they would get to spend a few days together again.

As he ran his thumb over the back of her hand, they started to walk a little slower, both seemingly eyeing a large, forked tree ahead of them.

They had not been at all physical besides this, yet. He had dropped his bags quickly, and then met at the bar; besides their usual light touch hello, the two had not truly embraced yet. Despite everything over the vacation, it was almost like neither of them wanted to act too...needy toward the other, even though they had been thinking about it.

As they approached the tree, however, they seemed to read each other's minds; Leona leaned against it, waving him toward her as they finally embraced. Leaning back, they met in a kiss; several times they kissed, each one deepening every time as eventually their mouths opened, the kisses now becoming full and intense. Duo Lon's large hand slid to the back of her head as her own slid under his unzipped jacket to touch him as she liked to.

It did not take long for them to begin heating up from this, either. As Duo Lon sucked at her lower lip as he would, nipping it with his slightly sharp incisors, their kisses finally broke, both of their mouths already slightly wet.

Leona had opened up a lot more the past few months. Starting from their first time in the attic-which had happened very quickly between them, especially for two very introverted people-their sessions grew more intense, and more open. Slowly she shed more bits of clothing around him-their first time they had done everything half dressed-and over the vacation, they had even started sleeping together naked. It took two months for her to get there, but she did...and he had been patient with her.

It was strange. She had found she had didn't mind being completely physical with him-the time in the attic at the party had left nothing to the imagination and had seen them experimenting with everything from oral sex to the two of them losing their virginity to one another-but it took her awhile to sleep nude with him. They had finally showered together after their third time...which had been after an incredibly intimate bonding.

At his home, they had gone at it on the foothills, about an hour away from his house. It was the first time they had done anything outdoors.

Now...she was getting tempted to try again; they both were.

Kissing again several times, he ran his hand down her face, allowing his nails to dance over her skin, as she always liked. Smiling up at him, she shifted a bit while leaning against the tree.

"Look…" she started, glancing around, as if she were making sure that they were alone.

He smirked down at her, looking around a little himself. "I hear no one, and I can say...the chances of anyone coming here is likely miniscule. And if for some reason someone made it here, I would hear them long before they got to us."

She slid her hand down his chest, hard abdomen, and then brushed his leg, where she could feel his trousers with some definite activity in the front, as she smiled up at him.

"I'm willing," she said.

"Same," he whispered, kissing her again, this time tracing down her chin and neck, nipping and licking lightly the whole way. Reaching her neck, he continued to heat her up as he would, licking lightly and biting ever so softly, tracing around under her ear again, kissing up underneath it, as he knew she liked.

He felt one of her hands pushing itself into his soft hair, as he continued to move. He knew he couldn't take his usual time as he would with her; but nor did he feel like rushing things.

Positioning on his knees, he lifted her shirt to give attention to her firm stomach, as he loved to do...his hands snaking around to her back to dig in, causing her to moan lightly. She managed to stay fairly quiet, but her breathing was definitely growing heavier, the feeling between her legs one of wanting the release that he was so good at granting her.

The sun now setting more, they could still see one another well; as he looked up, his smile grew slightly evil as his deft fingers undid her loose trousers, sliding both them and her underwear down. He almost decided to tease her through them this time, remembering how much he drove her mad the one time he did...but he knew they were a little pressed for time.

Still, he would not rush. Pushing them down around her waist, he continued kissing down her abs, taking his time as he reached her mound, kissing it as he allowed his hands to continue to scratch around her sides, one of them giving her firm, toned rear end a squeeze as well.

Duo Lon's warm breath alone was enough to tease her as she felt him kissing her mound, leading down to one of her thighs slowly; she spread her legs slightly as he managed to position his flexible body well. The ground was dry, so he sat his tall frame down, his legs behind him, as he pushed her open with his thumb-as always mindful of his nails around the most sensitive skin down there.

Leona and Duo Lon were not particularly well-versed in the art of the 'quickie'. Most of the time when they got together, they were in private somewhere, with as much time as they wanted...so they took it, since they only got to see every couple of weeks or so. This...was something a little new to them, but they were both interested in seeing where it went.

That being said, Duo Lon was not someone who would skimp on oral pleasure, and he nuzzled closer, giving the sinewy soldier his familiar and wonderful long, slow kisses between her legs, his very long tongue immediately stroking and rubbing at her. She was already substantially wet, and he could tell in the light of the sunset as he pulled his tongue back, seeing it glistening already from simply licking her for a few moments.

He swallowed, smiling; he had been awfully thirsty for her, he realized. Setting back some to allow his tongue to more lightly tease her, causing her to thrust toward him...though he held her back firmly, wanting to heat her just a little more, enough to make her really want it.

"Damnit," she muttered, rubbing his head as she looked down at him. The assassin spared her a wicked smirk, his tongue visibly flickering against her, which was pleasuring her immensely, yet not quite satisfying her yet.

Feeling he teased her enough, he grabbed her and delved back in, now seeking to satisfy her. She gripped his hair tightly as he continued eating her out, her head leaning forward as she tried to reposition to give him the best access possible. Her moans grew louder, as she began to whisper under her breath as she would, which in turn just made the assassin that much hornier for her.

"Fuck," she whispered. "That feels so good."

He moaned low in his throat. It almost resembled a growl, as whenever she would vocally push him on, it just drove him more mad. Pressing firmly into her wet folds, his tongue tickled her opening for several moments, thrusting inside of her quickly as he would rub it along up inside of her, pushing as deep as he could go as he sucked some more at the sensitive skin, enjoying the taste and scent of her feminine musk.

Rubbing his head, she looked down at him as she leaned against the tree; she could see him with his eyes closed and a content look on his face as he continued to pleasure her. She would occasionally buck her hips into him, getting him to press harder. The soft, wet sounds of his mouth giving her the deep and intimate kisses that he loved to give was one of the only sounds right now besides their heavy breathing, the moans, and the gentle rustling of leaves. Despite the chill, she started to sweat just a bit under the jacket due to his intense actions.

Knowing that he should probably move things along, he pulled away for a moment-her clit in his mouth as he sucked at it, causing her to swear more under her breath-he ran his tongue over her several more times as he drew her clit back between his lips and sucked harder and harder, knowing that she'd be coming soon.

Tightening her firm grip on him, her other hand reached to his jacket to give a squeeze, as his other hand dug his nails slightly into her thigh just a bit more as she liked. Sucking faster-his tongue rubbing against the sensitive organ more and more-she finally came with a low moan, her breathing heavy and rather uneven as the intense orgasm shot through her body.

"Yes," she whispered, thrusting her hips toward him as he pushed forward, continuing with his skilled mouth until he was satisfied the orgasm had passed-he knew when she finally stopped thrusting into him.

Taking his time to slurp up anything he could before finally pulling back and licking his lips, he wiped his mouth off somewhat as he kissed her a few more times between her legs. He stood as she caught her breath, her hands sliding up toward his shoulders.

"Had to rush a bit. You can sit on me again at the hotel," he said, rather bluntly...referring, of course, to the time where she had inquired about what it might be like to sit on his face...and then they proceeded to have a lot of fun afterward in her hotel room.

Leona grinned a little wickedly at this, chuckling under her breath as she kissed him deeply, pulling back as she ran her hand down his chest, through his sleeveless tank top.

"Careful telling me that," she said, running her hands up under his shirt, rubbing his cool skin with her fingers; the assassin leaned his head back, horny as anything after indulging in her just now. Her fingers-which were pleasantly rougher from battle, traced over his firm, dense muscle as she always liked to do. She always appreciated his deadly form; that feeling was mutual, to be sure, as he felt the same toward her. It was probably one of the things that had first attracted the two of them to each other. They liked how they could be rough with each other and have it feel good, not having to worry about really harming the other. The two even had similar types of builds; lean, hard, defined, and well-cared for.

Leaning forward to meet in a kiss again, she unzipped his trousers and began stroking his length firmly, causing him to grunt. Playing with the piercing on the head, she quickly knelt to at least give him some pleasure with her own mouth. Teasing the tip with her tongue as the assassin almost growled low in his throat, she flickered it over the piercing before taking his rather ample length deeply into her mouth, immediately sucking at him as she reached underneath to tease him in that particularly sensitive spot right behind the shaft.

Leona had heard that there were women that didn't enjoy giving head. While she supposed it wasn't for everyone, she didn't quite understand; she found she enjoyed it, as it allowed her to watch the usually taciturn assassin-someone whose emotions did not get the better of him-get rather excited. She liked being able to get him to falter just a bit on his usually iron-willed control.

"Mmmm…" he moaned, his nails running lightly up the back of her neck as he stood; his balance was such that he was capable of standing throughout this. He looked down at her as she sucked him; his nails started running gently up the back of her neck, as his hand would occasionally grab her head. His nails would always give her shivers, especially with how he would apply them to her. He was always careful to not go too far with them-light blood from her thighs or shoulders, but he wouldn't press hard around her neck. Still, it excited her. Leaning his head back, his heavy hair swaying in the breeze, he licked his lips and closed his eyes, occasionally pushing toward her. He could still taste her, which made him all the more aroused.

She didn't take too long; mostly just wanting to let him get some of the same pleasure that he had just given her, but after a few more moments-and a quick teasing of the tip in her lips as she sucked at it very lightly, sliding the piercing around with her tongue-she stood again and leaned back against the tree where she was.

Moving over to her, his hand went under her unzipped jacket-the pair were too heated up to even worry about the chill-and he captured her in a deep, sensual kiss as his free hand guided himself deep inside of her, where he sat for a few moments, enjoying the feel of being one with her again.

The kiss ending, his other free hand went around to her back where his nails scraped down her skin as he began to thrust up into her, one free hand finding her wrist to hold onto her, though this time he did not pin her as usual, but the two ended up interlocking fingers instead. While their sex was mostly of the rougher variety, for now, they mostly seemed to just be happy to be together again. Often during their sessions he would pin her arms against the wall; she loved to try to fight back against his strength. He had a lot of power in his body, and it was one of the things that turned him onto her, as he was capable of holding her down.

"Harder," she whispered. She uttered a low moan as he grasped her hair with his free hand to pull it some as he obliged, raising his leg to hold it against the forked tree as he indeed drove himself into her again and again, Leona leaning forward to bite some at his neck as she he did so. He continued, trying to hold back the best he could so he could feel her just a little longer. She clamped around him, holding him tighter, causing him to almost snarl.

The thrill of being outside, the pleasant surroundings and most importantly being inside of who was his favorite person to spend time with finally added up; a few more thrusts and he tensed up and soon came inside of her with that low, sensual growl that he had that she loved.

Holding each other tightly as she felt his familiar and pleasant warmth enter her, she grit her teeth and muttered under her breath again as he bit her shoulder, fairly hard this time. He thrust several more times as he finished, a few shivers going through his body at the intense orgasm.

Finally finishing, they looked at each other. Their lids were heavy, though they both had thoroughly satisfied expressions on their faces. Reaching his deadly hand up, he gently caressed her face as he stood there, still up inside of her as they kissed again, albeit more gently this time now that they were through.

Embracing a few more moments, they finally separated and grabbed whatever they had in their pockets to clean up with-thankfully they had enough odd tissues and the like. Things were a little on the messy side, though they managed perfectly well, and figured they could just finish up when they got to the Sky Noah. This all caused Leona to almost chuckle, since several months ago she would have never, ever imagined herself in such a situation. Not that Duo Lon ever imagined himself in a situation like this, either.

As they readjusted their clothing, before Leona went to zip her bomber again, she gently pushed the assassin to lean against the tree; the two embraced again, her head leaning near his a moment as she kissed his neck. He was about six inches taller than the soldier, but it wasn't so much of a height difference that they weren't comfortably able to reach one another.

He sighed, meeting her in another kiss, lighter than his previous-he didn't use his teeth or nails much at all after the fact. Looking at her after it broke, the sky telling them it would likely be dusk by the time they got to the Sky Noah, he smiled softly, enjoying the feel of her firm body pressed against his again.

"Didn't expect this...but I was glad to see you had the same thoughts."

She shrugged, scratching her hair, which had gotten somewhat messed up; both of them had to smooth it down due to the other grabbing it during their oral endeavors.

"I missed you," she said plainly.

"Same," he replied, pushing back some of her bangs, which fell back. He kissed her one more time, before looking to the sky. She could read his thoughts.

"Yeah, we should get there before they come out looking for us," she laughed.

"I think they know."

"Yeah," the soldier agreed. Stretching out-both of them feeling very good and rather relieved at this moment, they continued making their way through the now-dim woods, which they soon knew they would be out of.

"Hopefully they have some food there," he said.

"I think they always do, knowing Adel's appetite. Did you eat anything today?"

"I eat on the plane. Though I missed lunch, since I arrived at the airport at the last minute."

"Shanghai?"

"Yes."

"Let me guess why you were late…"

He sighed, Leona laughing quietly as she knew she was about to hear yet another one of his stories about Shen, no doubt, hanging him up somewhere. She zipped her jacket before finding his hand in hers, the two eventually clearing out of the trees, making their way to the field where they could see the lights of the Sky Noah in the distance, knowing they had a nice evening ahead with their much-appreciated companions.

A/N: Yeah I guess this was just a PWP, but I realized it's been over a month since I wrote anything naughty with them? I like writing them growing just a little more adventurous. These two are never going to be as adventurous as Adel or Whip(who aren't even THAT wild, to be honest), in terms of this sort of thing...but they were alone, in relative privacy, and wanted to connect physically again. Every little act helps them open up just a bit more. I don't think these two will EVER be open books, but just seeing them a little more laid back every time I think is a lot of fun.

Leona mentioning Duo Lon having a lot of power in his body: He's capable of restraining Shen with one hand in a team story; and casually, at that, when Shen went to smash a table. Duo Lon is scary.