Song Listened To :
Move Me by Half Alive
*Chapter 207*
In a slow and easy drum out of the heavy purring the two firmly maintained during the entire night, Gideon sucked in a thick, trilling breath and fluttered his eyes in dainty confusion over the strange sounds emitting from his head and chest. What usually was a dainty, fervent thump of purrs that came from Kepa's little figure was now replaced with the sheer size of Gideon's body, compared to hers. Nearly growling, it was heavy and thick against the inside of his nose. Just as Kepa warned, every cavity inside of his skull was sore and tender, due to testing out his new fire breathing abilities the night prior, though alongside the drumming of purring the two had held on to for nearly nine hours straight, Gideon's face felt numb in the best way possible. He wrinkled his nose, allowed consciousness to fully come to him, though he halted any sudden stirring and looked down to the bed next to him, nearly below him, in the act of slowly propping himself up on his bigger arm and elbow. What he found was something that had his heart swelling, the mere sight of Kepa before him was an answered prayer now so fervently combined with the desire to grin and laugh like he didn't have a single care in the world.
Although a humanoid, logical, intelligent creature, Kepa still donned more cat-like qualities than anything. Due to having nearly thirty more bones in her body than Gideon, she was incredibly flexible and bendy, and with this notion, the adorable little sprawl and curl she had dug herself into, right into Gideon's chest, was likely one of the cutest things Gideon had ever seen. In true cat-fashion, Kepa's head and shoulders were almost awkwardly folded underneath herself in a twist of a backbend, her right arm was awkwardly thrusted up into the headboard while the other remained firmly curled into the bend of her near-contorted neck. Her adorable purring was steady and thick, her whiskers lay sprawled upwards due to the gentle pucker her mouth and nose was held in, and to top it all off, her tongue was held in a pristine little blep out of her kissable lips. Gideon scoffed a shaky breath into her face and sagged back into the hot sheets directly next to her, nearly on top of her. He hovered his bigger hand just about the cusp of her furry shoulder, her precariously laid figure somehow perfectly sat totally melted into Gideon's body like a mess of puzzle pieces that just so happened to fit together. Gideon held his breath in wonderment and hovered his mildly trembling hand over her upper arm and shoulder, as if he was hardly deserving of even touching her lithe, angelic figure so innocently curled into his intense body heat.
Not being able to help it, he sucked in a shaky breath as his own purring came to a rolling stop. He could see the coding on her belly glow with their turquoise coding, her faded pink shirt was tossed and wrinkled up her body, and though she was still covered for decency, her naval was beautifully lined with the show of her circuitry, something that eventually dribbled up into her rib cage and likely to where her heart stressor mark was. Gideon finally heaved a long sigh through his nose, into her sweet face, and with bravery he continued to run with, he patiently rested his bigger hand flat to her belly and so gently began to pet her in easy strokes. After a handful of slow and easy pets, the feel of her velvety fur, Kepa began to suck in a huge breath through her nose, stiffen her spine and move into the action of taking a huge stretch. Before she could get away with it, Gideon cutely pressed his lips into the tiny blep she continued to don, as well as the squish of their lips, and with such, Kepa's floppy ears perked in plucked surprise as she peaked her tired eyes open. Upon merely gleaning the idea that Gideon was tight in her presence, she furrowed her brows, shut her eyes in a seal of sleepiness and firmly lapped her nose with her long tongue. In doing so, she gathered with the messy stubble on Gideon's chin, causing her sandpaper-like tongue to scratch up against the rougher sensation on his jaw. Gideon choked a silent little laugh as Kepa popped her eyes open in surprise, sniffled at Gideon's chin and mouth for a moment before sagging back and allowing said massive stretch.
"You're probably the cutest creature I've ever met," Gideon's deep voice croaked as Kepa's constant purring began to slowly subside, and as she flattened her ears and stretched in the rigid grip her spine suddenly stiffened into, as if on a cue, her figure squeaked the cutest little mew. Not just a simple squeak of stretching, Gideon raised his eyebrows in a held breath of floored delight at the proper meow that came out of Kepa's adorable figure, and it was here did he scoff a shaky little breath of disbelief as he donned an equally as unbelieving gape of a smirk, "I mean, you're joking, right?"
Gideon choked another quiet, sleepy little laugh as Kepa sagged out of her stiff stretch, though her hand and pawpads thumped against Gideon's shoulder. She playfully began to clumsily paw her hand and toe-beans about the side of Gideon's head and all over his face, as if to be searching for something. She squeezed her eyes shut and finally allowed her normal voice to croak a long, playfully annoyed groan out into the air. Gideon's hot breath coat their tight bubble as he laughed into the messy fumbling of her hand, he finally ended up puckering his lips and catching her palm and fingers in firm kisses as she came and went. She finally rested her whole hand over the left side of Gideon's face, opposite his pink, healed, though harrowing scars on the right side of his face. She shifted in her comfortable curl into Gideon's broad bare chest and looked as if she was due to snuggling back into another few hours of slumber, if Gideon would afford it for her.
"You don't come with a snooze button, do you," Kepa muttered playfully into the middle of Gideon's sternum, she smiled into his skin as he chuckled over the top of her head and wrapped his big, warm bare arms tight about her adorable little shoulders.
"Oh, I do, certainly... I love to sleep," Gideon grumbled into her messy white hair, and due to the wild splay of bed head, Gideon took note that her roots were a gorgeous, creamy dark brown. She was insanely beautiful, in any situation, it was something he could hardly even bear any longer. His heart wildly fluttered, he pushed a few kisses into her messy hair and relished in the feel of her legs beginning to return to a place of tangled, woven snuggling deep into his. Her tail lazily lifted, flopped back down to their shared sleep space and sagged the second her little arms grappled Gideon's much bigger midsection, as best as she could. Gideon heavily sighed into her hair and continued on with his grumbling sentiment, "My wrecking lessons, on the other hand, do not... I already unfortunately missed my morning routine with your parents. I hope they don't hate me for it."
"They don't, I texted my dad and told him you wouldn't be coming," Kepa mumbled warmly into Gideon's bare chest, she firmly sniffled deep into his skin and did everything she could to get as close and snuggled into him as she could; Gideon brightened in a mix of surprise and terror.
"...W-wait, what? You told your dad about-" Gideon stopped his train of thought and felt confusion hit his brain, though before he could spill more worries, Kepa lovingly tilted her head back, sagged it to their big, shared pillow and lovingly whispered up into his face and the underside of his chin.
"Yes, Giddy... As plainly as I could, I said that you had an awful nightmare at three in the morning and I came over to help you get back to sleep," Kepa tenderly explained as Gideon leaned back a little so he could properly peer into her sleepy, adorable little face, "I messaged him at around six or seven... Your alarm was blaring and I got up and shuffled around and was even making blatant noise and you were NOT waking up. I did what I had to do."
Gideon sagged his shoulders, scoffed a small little laugh of delighted disbelief and tossed his gaze over Kepa's shoulder, the fur on the cusp of it was a mess. Beyond it was her's and Gideon's phones, on his far nightstand, all plugged up and silenced. With a grunt of a reach, he swallowed Kepa into his one-armed embrace, tapped the touchscreen of his phone with his long reach and took note of the time, as his screen lit up, which read nearly noon. Gideon huffed a long, deflating sigh of mild nervousness as he came back to how he was laying, with Kepa snuggled deep into his broad bare chest and hot skin.
"Dad was understanding," Kepa whispered as she fluttered her eyes closed, "I told him that your alarms were blaring and you weren't budging. He agreed that if you're so tired that you're not waking up for nearly anything, then it's not worth it to interrupt much-needed sleep for counseling that can just take place tomorrow morning instead. He said that he hoped you'd feel better."
Gideon continued to sag with relief as his and Kepa's eyes fluttered to a gentle meet. Due to Gideon's black-out curtains, his room remained the same dimness that they had stepped into together at three this morning. Even though the noon-time sun was likely blaring down on palace grounds, the two would never even know about it due to how sealed, cool and cozy Gideon's cave-like bedroom was. He felt his heart swell with the idea that no one was out to get him, what would typically be a knee-jerk reaction to worry if this was going to be something that would ruin his life, ruin his standing with Sezeke, he fluttered his eyes shut and allowed Kepa's delicate, snuggly, kitty-cat ways to overtake him. She cutely lapped at his stubbly chin, once more, before pawing at his shoulder and managing to maneuver his head down so that she could cutely groom the shorter hairs on the side of his temple, right by his ear. Gideon visibly scrunched his shoulder and tried not to allow the tickling sensation to overtake him in whispery, secretive, giggly innocence.
"Thank you," Gideon mumbled warmly, Kepa hummed a cute noise amidst her chore. He allowed a wide smile to sprawl his face as a shy chuckle reverberated from his figure, it was here did he allow every moment from their shared-lucid space return to him. As warmly as he could, he encompassed Kepa's little figure deep in his huge embrace and silently swore to her that he could lay here with her for an eternity and it still wouldn't be enough time. His deep voice croaked her a new notion of changed topics, "... I-I had NO clue you could climb trees, like that."
"...Oh, in the lucid state?" Kepa inquired, she flattened her ears and ceased her grooming, she relaxed her head next to his as the two hovered with their noses touching. She shyly giggled on Gideon's lips and began to gently run her hand up and down the left side of Gideon's bare chest as she continued on, "I know your imagination is obviously limitless, but... To be honest, I really enjoyed that we had that HUGE field to just run around in."
"That tree swing was fun, too," Gideon whispered, with a slow reach, he tenderly began to stroke Kepa's cheek with his thumb in slow, methodical pets of sincere admiration.
"The crystal clear lake we could walk on," Kepa returned with an enchanted little smile, full reminiscing of the dreamland their souls got to play in while their bodies got full, needed sleep.
"I've never felt so rested in my entire life," Gideon quietly stated, though the confidence in his words was enough to keep the smiles glued to their faces in full agreeing, "We should do this again tonight. Same time same place?"
"Yes," Kepa whispered in smiling conclusion, though Gideon furrowed his brow and back tracked.
"Erm... Wait, never mind, we'll be staying in your bed tonight, didn't we say we would trade off?" Gideon pawed gently, though Kepa furrowed her brow and looked as if she was wanting to hurriedly answer Gideon's question, though hesitated. Gideon held his breath in a swing of uncertainty and felt terror rush him, though as he continued to stroke Kepa's soft cheek and gaze into her beautiful orange eyes, he felt a wave of new information hit him. He was well aware that the last time Kepa felt as if she couldn't communicate a need, their whole lives nearly fell apart. Gideon rushed to be her aid, he sucked in a readied breath and knew he needed to save the day, to be an open book, to adhere to her needs and respect whatever she was thinking about. He quietly though assuredly carried on in a kind, hushed tone, "Unless you're having second thoughts? You won't offend me, baby."
"No, I'm not having second thoughts about spending the night with you, I think... I'm having second thoughts about sleeping with you in my bed," Kepa started, it was clear she had further stipulations with her quivering little thoughts, though with the way she was almost hesitantly dancing into this conversation had Gideon feeling the urge to rush her with an even huger swathe of patience and understanding.
"Oh, that's fine. We can just stick to my bed if you want," Gideon assured with a nod, though he furrowed his brow and gently shrugged, "Well, then... You won't sleep at the lighthouse anymore?"
"N-No, I will, maybe some nights we can sleep separate, I just..." Kepa now began to look mildly embarrassed, and as the two began to unfurl from their snuggly laying position, Kepa began to grunt into a sit, in which Gideon followed.
They sat tight in each other's presences, Gideon straightened his arm and rested back on his bigger palm as his free hand reached up, once again, to so lovingly stroke the side of Kepa's cheek now with the backs of his bigger knuckles. Kepa heaved a trembling sigh and made clear, in her body language alone, that she had a big bout of information she wanted to get off of her chest, though was surely too nervous to do so. Gideon frowned as she cutely sagged her littler hand to the back of his much bigger one, that stroked her cheek. She fluttered her eyes closed through a shaky sigh and began to cutely nuzzle the side of her face into Gideon's big fingers and hand. He sat still for her as she finally ceased and held his hand with both of hers into her criss-crossed legs and lap. Gideon sweetly leaned into her bubble as they hovered close, with the gentle flex of his little lean, he pushed a careful smooch into the flat of her broad cat nose, lined with the softest dark brown fur. He eased her a shushed notion on her snout as he hovered.
"You can tell me anything, kitten," Gideon selflessly whispered, his half-lidded eyes peered down into her sweet face all aglow with the very dim lights about the crown-molding on his ceiling. He carried on as the two sat still inside their secretive bubble of unfolding confessions, "Anything you want, it's yours... What's on your mind?"
"A thought crossed my mind as I was trying to get back to sleep, after your alarms went off," Kepa started as she gently gripped Gideon's big hand with both of her little ones, "I think I want my bed, and any sleep overs at the lighthouse, to be untouched until... Well..."
Gideon furrowed his brow and now felt as if Kepa's thought had taken a turn into territory he now couldn't predict any longer. What he thought was a solid idea of just what Kepa could be nervous about was now something entirely different than what he initially assumed. He patiently peered to her as she carried on, each word caused her to grow more and more embarrassed, proven by her delicate, girly stammering and the flustered draw of her whiskers and ears.
"I-I want to, well..." Kepa now fingered her lip and grew to such an intense show of flustered shyness that Gideon felt as if he should hold his breath and patiently wait for Kepa to get this out of her body. She stiffened her lip, looked off in full nervousness and gestured to her sternum. Although worried and shy, she still finally returned her confident little gaze of promised smiling into Gideon's patient stare, "I want our first sleep in my bed to be reserved for when we..."
Gideon slowly raised his eyebrows and now felt the hit of hot realization begin to so slowly sprawl a wide, adamantly knowing little smirk across his face, and as Kepa took note of his scheming, sleepily grinning demeanor, she scoffed a trembling giggle and held her forehead as Gideon bobbed a teasing nod and knew to dampen her nervousness with every ounce of loving humor he was made of.
"Uh-oh, it's awkward," Gideon teased in a lilt of sarcastic caution as him and Kepa erupted into happy laughter with one another. Although impending lovers, their shared lucid space, inside their peaceful sleep, was filled to the brim with solid, friendly quality time the two were itching for, in a magical realm to boot. The two grinned like fresh souls, a youthful kiss of tight-knit camaraderie soaked their beings, and although said conversation was something they would typically dance around, Gideon grinned and was successful in catching Kepa's cheek in a firm kiss before carrying on through her shy, annoyed giggling, "Don't say it, you say the 's' word and the palace will fall apart."
"For when we have s-"
"No-AHT," Gideon grunted as he grappled her littler hands with his, which was still warmly rested in her lap. She leaned back, titled her head to the side and erupted into happy giggling as Gideon's grin broadened, "Don't say sex, it'll ruin us for days!"
"You just said it," Kepa wildly giggled, Gideon tsked himself a playfully annoyed noise and firmly looked off.
"God dammit," Gideon hissed, though he softened with a loving smile as Kepa loudly giggled and draped her arms about Gideon's broad shoulders in a lazy lean of a hug. Gideon rested the side of his head into her shoulder and sighed in relief as he rubbed her upper arm, "I can respect that. It's your own sacred space... The lighthouse is important, anyways."
"Thank you," Kepa whispered shyly into Gideon's shoulder, she sagged in relief and relished in the feeling of his slow rubbing to her upper arm that eventually cupped to her upper back, "Can I come with you to your wrecking lesson today?"
"...Ho-ho, preparing that lighthouse-bedroom-invitation, I see," Gideon continued to tease, Kepa choked into a huge giggle fit and grappled her arms about Gideon's neck in a bit harder of a lean into his half-sat figure. Gideon grinned and firmly rubbed her back as he playfully continued on, "Y'wanna see just what wrecking is all about before permanently trying it on?"
"I'd be lying if I said you were wrong," Kepa mused through her continued, girly giggling, a notion that had Gideon raising his eyebrows in high surprise.
"...Oh, I was totally joking," Gideon scoffed in smiling surprise as the two sagged out of their embrace and lovingly held eyes in the rush of impending adventures to come, "But, yeah... I'd love if you came and watched. Knowing my dad, and knowing our circumstances, he'll probably want to give you preemptive wrecking lessons, so I guess just, uh... Be prepared."
"Okay," Kepa sighed with a nod, and though Gideon wanted to dive on Kepa's notions about her bedroom, and the sanctity that all involved for her, both spiritually and physically, he gave her an almost apologetic look and smiled into it, knowing all's well that ends well anyways.
"Don't go thrusting that invitation in my face too quick, now," Gideon tenderly warned, "I still have a solid amount of code-therapy to go through, with Beaux... Swapping right now might not be-"
"Who said we had to swap right away?" Kepa dared gently, the seductive lick in her tone had the back of Gideon's brain rising from the dead embers he desperately had been trying to stomp out. His face sloped to prickled stun as the two firmly held eyes. Red cheeks, thumping hearts, Gideon scoffed a trembling little chuckle and shyly rubbed the back of his head as he looked off.
"... I don't know why I didn't consider that you can have sex without swapping," Gideon mused with a nod, he gave her a daring little side-eye of challenge and cutely snipped her a sweet little conclusion so skillfully laced with seductive tease, "Alright, little lady. I'll be on the lookout for neon lights."
"It's... Special to me," Kepa whispered shyly, her tone grew dainty and serious which told Gideon to immediately wipe away any sarcastic notions.
"I understand," Gideon returned lovingly with a nod of approval, "I DID tell you that I was happy to bend to your needs. If this is important to you, then it's important to me... Until then, we have a whole playground of lucid dreaming to look forward to, when it comes to my bed."
"Where should we go tonight?" Kepa rushed with a twinkle in her adorable eyes, it was clear she was desperate to build upon positive experiences before fully giving everything up; it was something Gideon felt a twinge of very tepid impatience for, though the more he marinated in the feeling, the more respected and cared for he felt. She was desperate to build upon their fragile trust, the foundation of heavy friendship their blossomed romance needed to lay nestled into, safe and sound.
"Wherever you want to, my love," Gideon assured lovingly, and as he pushed a kiss into her nose, once more, he whispered her a finalized few words for her heart and her heart only, "The whole of my imagination is yours to enjoy."
