Day 73
Cosima sighs happily, just enjoying a morning with Delphine. They had both been so busy lately, trying to get other things done. Being climbed on by kittens was a perfectly good pastime, when one was with Delphine.
"Ils sont adorables." Delphine coos at the tiny felines. And they are cute, Cosima has to admit. All tiny legs and little tails sticking up as they played and practiced pouncing.
"These kittens are going to be gone soon. Enjoy them while you can." Cosima reminds Delphine, waving a feather wand toy around with each hand as the five week old kittens leap and bat at it. Even Kiki plays, trying to teach her kittens how.
"But… won't they stay until they all find homes? All of them? They are still so little." Delphine looks immediately distraught at the thought.
"Scott called last night. They're all going to the vet tomorrow for vaccines and a thorough check up." Cosima tells her. "I also finally named all of them with Scott last night. Until now they've been numbered."
"You've named them?"
"Yeah." Cosima nods. "Scott said it was better to pick weird names so I don't want to keep any. I told him that won't be a problem."
"So what are they named?" Delphine looks up from cuddling what is probably her favourite of the kittens, a fluffy black and white tuxedo. "This one is such a mama's boy." Delphine comments, pausing to stroke Kiki as well.
"You're holding Fog." Cosima tells her. "The others are Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus, and Nimbus."
"Types of clouds?" Delphine looks back at her perplexed.
"They're fluffy. Even the two tabbies. Plus now that they're named they'll go up on the rescue's Facebook page and people will be clamoring to take these little dudes off our hands." Cosima tells her.
Delphine's face falls. "But… what about Kiki?"
"After these guys are weaned… they're supposed to be weaned… She'll go get spayed, recover here and then hopefully someone wants her." Cosima looks at Kiki who has flopped over and is letting Fog, who has scrambled out of Delphine's loving arms to nurse again. A couple of the other kittens go to join the milk bar and she shrugs. "Isn't Kiki supposed to wean them?"
"They eat food now. They'll stop eventually." Delphine points out. "Do we really have to get rid of all of them?"
"Delphine. We are not keeping six cats in my apartment. They are going to their new homes, probably in pairs, Scott said. Which is good for them. I think."
"You named beautiful kittens after clouds." Delphine looks at her accusingly. "Why didn't you let me name them?"
"Uhh... you didn't ask." Cosima wonders privately if Delphine has gotten far too attached to their little cat family. "Also Scott vetoed calling them Sativa, Indica, Haze, Northern Lights and Blue Dream."
"Euh… Good." Delphine responds. "It would be inappropriate. I am sure families looking for kittens wouldn't be thrilled."
"It's legal here." Cosima tells her smugly. "I can smoke as much as I want. Zero penalties." Admittedly, she'd done less and less as her relationship with Delphine had progressed. Still a good way to unwind some nights though.
"Je sais." Delphine sighs with a playful smile, leaning over to kiss her girlfriend.
"So… I will pack these guys up to go early tomorrow and Scott's coming to get them. They'll be back in the evening."
"He has a car?" Delphine brightens.
"He does… why?"
"I just… think it might be useful."
"Uhh if we could actually like ride in it with him without breaking social distancing? Yeah. But until restrictions loosen a bit we're out of luck. But he'll be the cat taxi, so that's good."
"We may be out of luck a long long time." Delphine looks at her somberly.
"Quarantine brought me you, at least." Cosima grins. "I am not sure we would have gotten the chance to know each other if not for this."
"Oh we would have. We'd have met here or on campus. It might have been slower in some ways. But this would have always happened."
"You sound very confident there Delphine."
"I am." Delphine nods. "You and I… we're inevitable." This touches her heart, and Cosima suspects it's meant too thought their sex frequency had decreased a little as they both spent more time working on their dissertations, and Delphine with her private clients.
"Mmmm… let's toss more toys at these kittens and go to my bedroom and shut them out." Cosima drops her voice teasingly. The door closing to avoid kittens jumping up and peering at them while they are getting busy is now a must. It was a mood killer to have a cat stare at her while she was trying to go down on Delphine, nevermind a kitten jump on top of her during the act.
"I can't stay." Delphine tells her apologetically. "I said spend the morning together, and I meant morning. I have to go."
Cosima tries to suppress the flash of anger that comes. "Another meeting with Dr. Leekie?" Cosima grumbles.
"Yes." Delphine confirms. "I was going to walk first. But I have to meet him again, he wants to discuss my fourth chapter in detail."
"Isn't that the one about working in multiple languages?"
"Yes." Delphine sighs.
"See? He's still at it. He knows you're not going to agree with him. And you're the only one between the two of you who has worked in more than one language." Cosima looks at her scathingly. "He wants to fuck you. You know that right?"
"Cosima!" Delphine looks at her annoyed.
"That's why he keeps trying to get you to stay for lunch. And go to his house. And two meetings in a week is weird." Cosima opts to confront Delphine directly. "It bothers me."
"Cosima… whatever Aldous does or does not want. It is not happening. I told him I was seeing someone."
"You did?" Cosima perks up.
"Yes. It came up when he said he was lonely. And appreciated having my company even if only on his back deck."
"Well… good." Cosima breathes. That was something anyway. "Does he know I'm a woman?" Admittedly, she wants to know that. Wants Dr. Aldous Leekie to know Delphine is involved with a woman, mostly because she suspects it'd make him back off, realize Delphine was unattainable.
"Why don't you come with me this time? You can see how very boring it all is." Delphine tells her dryly. "I won't even go in to use the washroom, because of social distancing. So there's that."
"Right… OK. You go. Dinner tonight?" Cosima tries to push her concern from her mind.
"I would love to." Delphine assures her. "Homemade or takeout?"
"Hmm you decide, just text me. I am kind of feeling Thai food."
"Thai food sounds wonderful. Just get us a few vegetarian dishes to share. Je t'aime ma chérie." Delphine leans in to give her a soft kiss, before proceeding to pet every kitten once and then moves to leave.
"So it's just you and me, fluffballs." Cosima looks around at the kittens. She moves to stand, to make herself some lunch and tea and try to get back to her studies.
"Owww…" Cosima yelps as Nimbus leaps onto her jeans and begins trying to climb her. "Oww… what are you doing?" Tiny claws grip as Nimbus tries to climb up her leg. She quickly scoops him up and puts him back on the floor.
"Neither you or I are ready for that buddy." Cosima tells the kitten, sighing. She should have seen this coming, kittens trying to climb her. The couch. The curtains… She imagined briefly what the next few weeks would hold until the kittens went to their new homes.
Cosima begins trying to work, she drafts an email twice to her advisor before she is happy with it. But she feels tense, unsatisfied. Maybe she should have initiated with Delphine early this morning. Maybe that is what she wants. She considers meeting her own sexual needs, but wants to wait for Delphine. Satisfying herself is less satisfying than usual. Which probably means she wasn't just after an orgasm.
She wants Delphine. Delphine's attention. Delphine's love. Delphine's body.
Cosima groans audibly looking over at her computer. She better get back to work.
"C'est parfait." Delphine tells her over dinner later that evening. "This… this is delicious."
"It is…" Cosima grins. "I made sure to get it from a good spot."
"So… what did you want to do tonight?" Delphine looks across the table, seeming rather flirtatious for the moment.
"I want to make love to you for hours." Cosima tells her bluntly. "I want to show you how much I want you. How you make me feel." She leaves out that she's approached mid cycle and is feeling generally horny.
Delphine merely smiles. "Oui. On peut."
"Good." Cosima groans. "I am very eager."
"You were the one who implied we were having too much sex." Delphine reminds her. "So I eased off."
"Yeah I was totally wrong about the too much sex thing. What was I thinking." Cosima states very seriously. "Could go for more."
Delphine laughs openly, and takes another bite of one of the vegetable dishes. "This is delicious."
"It is… all vegetarian. All fantastic. All for us." Cosima grins. "I'll take you there in person someday."
"Someday." Delphine nods. "I wish we could. I am sick of the pandemic."
"We all are, babe. All of us." Cosima sighs. "But they're working on vaccines, and maybe, maybe they'll have something before 2021."
"If they do it'll be the fastest one ever." Delphine acknowledges. She glances over, seeing the kittens asleep on the couch with Kiki. And she smiles. "There's hope."
"Yeah. Yeah but we can hope. All the official news says some level of restrictions until then, so we're all bent on it."
"Yes."
"But that's enough pandemic for one night…" Cosima smirks, she stands up to clear her plate and pack away the leftovers. She doesn't tell Delphine that she's made dessert, that she's prepared in case sex makes Delphine hungry again.
She pulls out the harness, dangling it where Delphine can see. "Are you in the mood for this?"
"I can be." Delphine agrees easily. "But… it has been a long time, Cosima."
"I will be like, super gentle." Cosima promises. "And I'll work you up first, it'll be easy." She doesn't want to hurt her, but between their usual passion and ovulation she sees no problems in getting any kind of sex from Delphine.
"OK." Delphine is giddy, kissing her happily. They move to the bedroom easily, quickly shooing the remaining cats and shutting the door. This was one activity she did not want interrupted.
She pulls out her new toy, and shows it to Delphine. It's unrealistic, she'd taken the hint from Delphine's choice that that might be preferred. It felt safer, at any rate. It is purple and rippled, but she thinks it's a nice enough toy.
"Oh it's a little bigger than the one I bought." Delphine notes, looking it over.
Cosima nods, she'd be cautious about that too. "Yeah is that OK?" She supposes she could send Delphine to get the other toy if that was going to be an issue.
"It should be fine." Delphine assures her.
She pins Delphine to the bed playfully, catching her wrists in her hands and pinning them above her head. As they kiss she enjoys how Delphine moves under how, how giving Delphine is, how much she seems to enjoy this.
"So hot." Cosima murmurs.
Delphine only smiles, beginning to undress, Cosima and then herself. Kissing along lace, and teasing along seams of carefully chosen undergarments only stokes their passion higher.
She finally slides plum lace off perfect thighs and dips her face to taste her. And finds herself enthralled with the look and feel and taste of Delphine's sex.
"You really are perfect." Cosima mutters, continuing to tease her before working her in earnest, Delphine trying to muffle her moans with the fingers of her free hand. The other tangled in dreads.
"Cosima… Cosima…"
Her hums in response and works her intently, wanting to make her gush and come. It doesn't take much, and Cosima finds herself excitedly lapping at a sensitive Delphine.
"Come up here with me." Delphine begs, pulling her up into her arms, kissing intently.
"You want to do that now?" Cosima laughs, feeling two of Delphine's long fingers enter her.
"Always." Delphine breathes, moving in to her intently, trying to keep their lips pressed together. Cosima climaxes faster than she expected, it's so easy to slip over the edge. She collapses back on Delphine's body, kissing her soft skin.
"I thought you'd want me to strap it on." Cosima murmurs once she's peaked. But Delphine is still running soft hands all over her body, her breasts, her hips, her back, her shoulder blades, her thighs, even grazing across her sensitive skin.
"I love every inch of your body. All of it." Delphine tells her firmly.
"Yeah? Good." Cosima sighs.
"I want you inside me. I love you… and I want you inside me." Delphine promises.
"With the toy or with my fingers?" Cosima asks. They could, of course, do both.
"I don't care." Delphine tells her. "I want you ."
Cosima presses a soft kiss to her lips and moves to stand up. She slips on the underwear style harness and securely inserts the toy. "I want this."
"Good." Delphine tells her, adjusting position on the bed. She starts out slow, testing Delphine with two fingers before slowly gliding the toy in.
"Oh." Cosima breathes, looking down at Delphine's face. "How is that?"
"Not quite comfortable… can we change position?" Delphine asks.
"Absolutely." Cosima pulls out and then lies down against her bed. "Get on top?"
"Yes." Delphine agrees, and she slides down slowly. She is still for a long time, face lifted and body tense before she relaxes. Lifting and lowering herself gently.
"How does that feel?"
"Different… and somewhat familiar." Delphine admits, she rides the toy for a long while, raising and lowering her body, rolling her hips, seeking stimulation from it.
"Is this… not doing it for you?" Cosima asks after a while. "We could try another way?" She is open to different positions. Cannot imagine any way she doesn't want to fuck Delphine.
"It's just… different. It doesn't stimulate me as directly as your hands do." Delphine whispers, she continues to move, shortening her thrusts and increasing contact.
"Well, this is all about you." Cosima reminds her. "I can feel the pressure of it against me, but this to me is all about your pleasure and getting to watch you."
Delphine nods at her, moving to adjust the angle. She moves for a few more moments then drops down almost grinding against her. "Roll me over." She whispers once she's leaned down.
"Yes!" Cosima responds delightedly, she rolls Delphine over, and begins the shorter thrusts she thinks Delphine is after.
"Stay in, as much as possible." Delphine instructs and they roll their hips, Delphine tightening against their movements until she breaks and comes against her.
"That was amazing." Cosima murmurs, kissing Delphine's cheek, she continues to move gently for a moment or two before pulling out.
"It was very good." Delphine tells her. "But now I want to feel you."
"You just had me." Cosima giggles, she kneels to remove the harness and then crawls back into Delphine's arms.
"I want to feel you. Your fingers inside me." Delphine tells her, "I want more."
"You can have as much as you want." Cosima promises. "My whole hand if you want it… I have lube."
"Not tonight." Delphine tells her after a hesitation. "Just… make love to me gently."
And Cosima does, it's easy enough to bring Delphine to an additional orgasm. And then she finds herself quivering with anticipation, watching a tousled blond head of curls work its way down her body. As her girlfriend's lips find her sex she cries out loudly. This… this was better than expected.