I'm Yours
Chapter 8: Muddy Love
The next morning, they got up early for they wanted to shower and get breakfast before the hiking through the rainforest excursion that Rufus had paid for when booking their Hawaiian vacation.
"You know, to save time, maybe we should shower together," Rufus said, wrapping his arms around his wife from behind as she went through her suitcase on the bed.
She smirked. "That's an idea." She turned around, and draped her arms over his shoulders. "It would also conserve on water. I'm always up for a good opportunity to stay green."
Rufus grinned. "I'll go get the water nice and warm for us." He brought his lips to her left ear, and gently sucked on the lobe before purring, "Then again, I'm sure we'll somehow manage to turn the heat up no matter what the temperature of the water."
Lily took his face between her hands, and looked him in the eyes. "Yeah?"
He nodded. "Mmhm."
She gently stroked his hair. "How would you suggest we do that?"
He let his hands slowly run down the sides of her body. "I think we can think of a few ways."
She smiled, then kissed him softly on the lips. "Go get that water going, then get in and wait for me. I'll be right there as soon as I pick out my outfit."
He nodded, then kissed her. "Don't be long," he said, reluctantly pulling away from her.
"I won't be. I promise," she said as he slipped into the bathroom.
He got into the bathroom, and turned the water on, messing with the temperature until he found it the perfect mixture of coolness and heat. Then, he took out his shaver and shaved. After that, he went to the bathroom, flushed, washed his hands, and brushed his teeth. Finally, he was ready for his shower.
"I'm getting in now. Don't keep me waiting too long. I'll need help getting my back!" he called out before stepping into the water. He titled his head back, closed his eyes, and moaned at the relaxing warmth of the water hitting his back. "That feels good," he said quietly.
"Darling, that's not going to make you feel nearly as good as I'm going to make you feel," Lily said, stepping into the water just then.
He opened his eyes, and brought his head down to look at her. He licked his lips at the sight of her naked body. He held his hands out, and took her into his arms, his hands resting on her hips. "You are so beautiful," he breathed.
She smirked, then took his hair gently in her fists. "And you're so incredibly sexy. Now shut up and kiss me."
His eyes lowered and darkened with desire. "That's not all I plan on doing to you," he told her.
She stared him deeply in the eyes. "Less talk, more action," she ordered.
He let out a sound resembling a growl and pushed her against the titled wall, the water facing their backs.
He picked her up, and she wrapped her legs tightly around his waist.
They wasted no time in their lovemaking not because they were worried about not being on time for their hiking excursion, but because they simply couldn't resist the other any longer.
When they were done, they stayed in the same position, just kissing each other, and enjoying the feel of being so close.
After a bit, Rufus set his wife back down, and they washed up, helping to wash each other's backs when they got to them.
They saved their lower region for last, deciding to help each other out with that, as well.
Needless to say, by the time they finished washing, they were making love again, not even noticing that the water was going cold. It was like Rufus had said—it didn't matter the temperature of the water, for they were their own sense of heat.
Finally, they were dressed and ready for the day.
"You look so cute in that outfit of yours!" Rufus said to Lily. He placed his right arm around her waist, and kissed her cheek.
She smiled, and looked down at her khaki cargo shorts that went to the middle of her thighs. Her shirt was a tight, rose pink, ruffly blouse that went to just below the waistline of her shorts. On her feet was a pair of grey hiking boots. "Thanks! It's not usually my style, but I figured, since we'll be hiking, my Nicole Miller and Christian Louboutin attire simply wouldn't do!" She grinned at Rufus.
"And your hair like that really turns me on," he purred, gently kissing up the left side of her neck. Her hair was simply just in a messy up do, but he loved it.
She grinned, and gently pushed him away. "Not until tonight! We've done enough of that. If we make love again, we'll be late."
Rufus grinned. "Would that be such a bad thing?"
Lily placed an arm around his waist. "All that money you paid for it will go down the drain if we skip it."
Rufus turned serious. "Good point!"
Lily rolled her eyes. She knew that would get him.
They headed out of their room, and out to find a good place to eat breakfast. They had to take a taxi since nothing was really in the vicinity of where they were staying. Lily tried not to get annoyed that Rufus hadn't taken much thought into the hotel they got—other than how cheap it was of course. What was done was done. She didn't want to ruin their honeymoon simply because he had been too cheap to pick somewhere nicer for them.
It took them an hour and a half to get to the restaurant, order, get their food, eat, and then get to where they had to catch their shuttle bus that would take them to the rainforest.
Luckily, they didn't miss their bus. People were just boarding as they arrived.
"Talk about cutting it close!" Rufus said as he handed the tour guide his ticket.
"I guess we spent too much time getting ready," Lily said, handing the tour guide her ticket next.
They boarded the bus, and sat down in their seats.
"Or get up earlier. It's so hard to though. Complain as much as you want about our room, but you can't say our bed doesn't feel like we're sleeping on a cloud," Rufus replied.
Lily nodded. "All right. I will give you that. The first bed sure didn't though."
"Lucky for us, they changed beds," Rufus said.
"Yeah, after we came crashing down on ours," Lily said dryly.
"You're still on that?" Rufus asked, looking at her in surprise.
Lily held her hands up in defense. "I'm just stating the facts, Rufus."
Rufus rolled his eyes and let it go. He wasn't going to ruin their honeymoon just because Lily couldn't let a minor mishap go.
"Hello, everyone! My name is Kai, and I will be your tour guide for the day!" said a pretty Hawaiian girl, who looked to be in her late twenties.
"She's pretty," Rufus said to Lily.
"Prettier than me?" Lily asked, looking at him.
Rufus couldn't tell whether she was seriously concerned that he might find Kai prettier than her, or if she was testing him. Either way, he knew the right answer. He took her hands in his, and looked her in the eyes. "You know there's not a woman on this earth whose beauty can even come close to comparing to yours." He meant it too for, in his eyes, Lily was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Lily took his face between her hands, and kissed him. "I love you."
"I love you too," he said, feeling so much love for her, he felt his heart could burst.
They kissed again, then turned their attention back to Kai.
"We will be heading to the Ho'olawa Valley. There, we will be hiking for two miles. Along the way, we will see the beautiful rainforest, which of course is what you're all here for, right?" Kai asked.
Everyone on the bus cheered. Even Rufus and Lily decided to get in on the fun.
Kai continued. "Also on the tour, you will see several waterfalls ranging from ten to forty feet high. There, you all will be allowed to spend sometime to do some swimming, or simply to just dip your toes and cool off."
"That will be nice. Today sure is hot!" Lily said.
Rufus nodded. "A far cry from New York."
Lily nodded.
The shuttle ride wasn't too long, and soon, they were off of the shuttle and getting prepped for their walk. They were given backpacks, water shoes, mosquito repellant, and rain gear. Also, they were allowed to purchase towels in the gift shop.
"We should have thought to bring our own," Rufus grumbled as he dished out fifteen dollars for two towels.
"Well, at least we have these pretty towels to remind us of our honeymoon!" Lily said cheerfully.
"I'd rather have the money," Rufus said. Being a man, he didn't care that the towels were sky blue with a palm tree and Hawaii stitched onto them.
And so their tour began.
Kia began telling them about the sites as they walked. "With the lush bamboo, tropical rain forests, freshwater streams, and numerous waterfalls, pools, ferns, flowers, and fruit trees, the area is a playground of beauty and adventure."
Rufus wished he had gotten more into shape for, it was only a few minutes before his legs started to ache. The uneven terrain and rocks were not helping anything. "My legs are killing me!" he muttered to Lily.
Lily latched onto his arm. "It's tough, isn't it? I thought to lose some weight, but I didn't think to get into shape!"
"It's still fun at least," Rufus added.
Lily nodded. "Yeah, it is. I'm looking forward to when we get a break though." She slapped her neck. "Ugh! I think I'm being bit already. Since when do mosquitos come out during the day anyway?"
"Apparently here. They gave us mosquito spray. I guess it's because we're in a woodsy area. Want me to get your spray?" Rufus asked her.
Lily nodded. "Please."
So, Rufus went into her backpack and got out the mosquito spray. He handed it to her.
"Thanks," she said, taking it, then spraying it on her neck, legs, and arms. She turned to Rufus. "Want me to get you?"
Rufus shook his head. "Na! I hate smelling that stuff on me. It will wash off anyway once we get to the waterfalls."
Lily shrugged, and handed him the can. "Suit yourself!"
Rufus took the can, and put it back in her backpack. Then, he zipped the backpack back up.
They then continued behind their tour guide and tour mates.
Rufus slapped at his skin no more than ten minutes later. "I'm getting eaten alive here!" he complained.
Lily rolled her eyes. "I offered you the mosquito spray!"
"Well, I wasn't getting bitten then!" Rufus defended.
Lily sighed. "Fine, we'll stop, and I'll get your mosquito spray out for you."
So, they stopped, and Lily got our Rufus' mosquito spray from his backpack. She handed it to him.
"Thank you," Rufus said. He prayed his neck, legs, and arms, then handed it back to her, and she put it back in his bag. "You ready now?" she asked, once she had zipped his bag back up. She sounded annoyed.
"Hey, you can't be annoyed with me when you needed to stop too," Rufus said.
"Yes, I can, because I gave you the opportunity to get your spray when we stopped for me, but, oh, no, you were fine!" Lily said.
"I told you, I wasn't being bitten yet!" Rufus defended himself.
"You didn't like the smell of it is what you told me originally," Lily noted.
"Who cares? What does it matter?" Rufus asked.
"What matters is that we're getting behind our tour!" Lily said.
"Well, then, walk faster if you're so concerned!" Rufus snapped. He was getting annoyed by her constant nagging.
Lily glared at him. "Fine, I will! You can just stay back here and continue to get eaten by the mosquitos!"
"Sounds better to me than being nagged by you!" Rufus shot back. He was only halfway sorry for saying it.
Lily shot him a nasty look, then stomped off on ahead of him, extremely ticked off.
Lily didn't get far before her foot got caught on a root, and she tumbled to the ground, falling flat on her face in a pile of mud.
Rufus covered his mouth and smiled, just moments away from laughter erupting.
Lily groaned, and lifted herself up with her hands. She glared at Rufus. "Don't you dare even think about laughing!" she warned, pointing at him now with a mud-covered finger.
Rufus looked at her, on the ground, covered in mud, propped up by only one hand, giving him the death glare, and he couldn't take it any longer. He burst into laughter, laughing so hard, it had him bent over in hysterics. "Didn't you see the root, Lil?"
Lily glared at him even harder, as if trying to shoot daggers at him through her eyes now. "Yes, Rufus, I saw the root, and decided to take a nose dive and a mud bath for the fun of it. Of course I didn't see the damn root! Now help me up!"
Rufus laughed even harder. "Well, look at that! Lily Humphrey swearing in public."
Lily continued glaring at him. "If you ever want to touch me, make love to me, or see me in lingerie, or naked, you will stop laughing, and help me up right now," she said, her voice colder than ice.
That shut Rufus up. He rushed over to her, and held out his hands.
She took one hand and then the other, and let him help her up off the ground.
"Are you all right?" he asked, having calmed down now.
"I'm covered in mud, Rufus. What do you think?" Lily asked, the nasty glare at him still not gone.
Rufus sighed. He knew there was only one way out of this. He didn't want Lily being miserable, so he decided to take the fall—literally. He ran over to the root, and forcefully tripped over it. Then, he rolled around in the mud, just to make sure he got extra muddy.
Lily was the one to cover her mouth and laugh this time. "Rufus, what have you done!"
"I didn't want you to be the only one covered in mud. Can't have my wife feeling embarrassed all by herself now, can I?" Rufus asked, grinning up at her.
She giggled. "Rufus, now we're both going to be all muddy!" She ran over to him, and held out her hands to him.
He pulled her down, and she fell on her butt beside him on the ground.
"Rufus!" she scolded. Even so, she was still laughing.
Rufus laughed too, and soon they were both laughing hard, finding it hard to stop.
Finally, they calmed down.
Lily took his face between her hands, and kissed him. She then rested her forehead against his. "Thank you for doing that for me."
"You're welcome! I'm sorry I called you a nag," he told her.
"I'm sorry I nagged you," she said with a grin.
They smiled at each other, then kissed. Then, they helped each other up.
"At least we can wash off when we get to the waterfalls," Rufus said.
"True!" Lily agreed.
They then quickly walked hand-in-hand to catch up with the rest of the tour, being careful this time to watch out for roots.
Finally, they got to the waterfalls.
"This is the fun part! You all may go play in the falls. You can stand under them, swim in the water, or simply just dip your toes. You will have a half hour to enjoy them. So, enjoy!" Kai said with a bright smile.
"Let's go wash this mud off first, then we can our clothes out to dry in the sun while we swim," Rufus suggested.
Lily nodded. "Good idea!"
They set their backpacks aside, then headed over to one of the waterfalls that wasn't yet occupied.
"You really want to do this?" Lily asked, looking at her husband, and taking his hand.
Rufus nodded. "We might as well just do it and get it over with. The sun's so warm, it will dry our clothes off quickly. Besides, it's either this, or walking around caked in mud all day."
Lily sighed. "Let's do this."
So, hand-in-hand, they stood in front of the water fall.
"On the count of three," Rufus said. "One. Two. Three!"
Lily squealed as they stepped underneath the waterfall, still hand-in-hand, and felt the cool water splash down onto them. "It's cold!"
"At least the sun warms it a little," Rufus said.
They let go of each other's hand, and turned around and around in the water, using their hands to help get rid of any excess mud. They helped each other get rid of the mud that they couldn't reach on their own.
"Good?" Lily asked him.
He nodded. "Am I good?"
"No mud in sight!" Lily said with a nod of confirmation.
They quickly stepped out of the water then.
"Burr!" Lily said, shaking off the excess water.
"I second that!" Rufus said, shaking not only to get off the excess water.
"The swimming water is warmer," a kid said to them then, as he past by.
"Thanks," Rufus said.
Lily was already by the backpacks, stripping off her clothes to reveal her swimsuit underneath. It was the red string bikini Rufus had picked out for her.
Rufus licked his lips, and headed over to her. "You look so incredibly sexy in that," he said as he stripped down to his swim trunks.
Lily smiled at him. "Even drenched with water?"
"Especially drenched with water," Rufus told her.
She smiled. "As do you."
Rufus grinned, and they kissed.
They rung out their clothes out, then lay them on a flat rock that the sun conveniently was beaming down upon.
"Okay, it's cold. A kid just told me the swimming water is warmer," Rufus then stated.
"Well, then, let's go swim!" Lily said. She ran off to the water.
Rufus ran after her, right behind her, admiring the view of Lily in her tiny red bikini in front of him.
"It feels good to be clean!" Lily said after dunking her hair backwards in the water, then bringing it back up, clear of all mud.
"I don't know. I think you're still dirty," Rufus said, a hint of mischief in his tone. Then, before Lily could respond to that, he pressed a hand down on top of her head, and dunked her back under.
Lily came back up, gasping for air. "Oh, you are dead, Rufus Humphrey!"
"Not if you can't catch me!" Rufus said, quickly swimming away from her.
Lily swam after him. It took two laps around the water, and they were both panting for air, but, finally, Lily caught up to him, and dunked him under the water. "There!" she said when he came up, gasping for air, "we're even!"
Rufus coughed, then shook the water from his hair. "All right, truce," he agreed.
They grinned at each other, then kissed.
They continued to swim for a bit longer, even going underneath another waterfall, and kissing underneath it in each other's arms.
They took some pictures of each other, and Kai took some of them upon request.
Eventually, their time there was up, and they had to dry off and get dressed.
"Well, at least our clothes are just damp now. They're not soaking wet anymore," Rufus said as he grabbed his clothes from the rock.
"They're going to be cold to put back on," Lily stated.
Rufus sighed, and nodded. "I know but, in this heat, they should dry pretty quickly against our body heat."
They redressed, then sprayed some more bug spray on each other.
"I'm not taking a chance this time. I learned my lesson!" Rufus said.
"Good!" Lily said as she sprayed herself.
Once the spray and their towels were back in their bags, they headed off through the rainforest again.
Before the whole bug spray and tripping incident, Rufus and Lily had taken pictures on their way to the waterfalls. They had even taken one of each other covered in mud just for laughs. Now, they took more pictures as Kai told them about the geographical and historical aspects of the rainforest. It started to rain at one point, but, luckily, they had the rain gear in their bags to keep them dry. The rain didn't last long anyway.
They didn't see any animals other than some pretty birds and a few insects. They did see a rainbow however, and even had a nice lady on the tour take a picture of them together, their arms around each other, and the rainbow behind them.
They also saw some pretty flowers along the way. Lily seemed to really like those, and took a good ten pictures of the flowers alone. Rufus was only halfway interested, and took only two pictures of them.
Finally, they were back where they started. This time, Kai led them into a building that had a buffet table at one end of the room, and a long table with chairs at the other end of the room. The tour included lunch, and now it was time to eat it.
They enjoyed it a lot. It was coconut chicken and coconut shrimp. The side dishes included white and brown rice, green beans, corn, and mashed potatoes. For drinks, they had fruit punch, piña coladas, strawberry daiquiris, sodas, waters, teas, and coffees. For dessert, there was pineapple upside down cake. It was all delicious to them both.
After lunch, it was back onto the shuttle, and then, after a short drive, they were back where they had picked up the shuttle.
"So, now what my Love?" Rufus asked once they were off the shuttle and had said their goodbyes to Kai. He took both of her hands in his own, and spun her around.
Lily laughed. "Well, why don't we go do some more exploring? I was thinking maybe also we could see another show tonight."
"Your wish is my command!" Rufus told her. "We'll go explore, then find out what shows they have."
Lily kissed him, loving how accommodating her husband was being to her. She then looked at her watch. It was only two o'clock. They still had a good nine hours left of the day and, being in Hawaii, she was determined to make the best of it.
They ended up having a fun rest of the day complete with shopping, museums, and even horse back riding. They ended the night with a show called Ulalena. Like the first show, it was recommended to them by the clerk at the front desk of their hotel. They figured they had had a good recommendation the first time they asked, so the second time should be a good recommendation as well. The clerk didn't disappoint them. It was a Hawaiian acrobats show with songs and dances. They both enjoyed it very much! Their package even allowed them to hang out with the cast, and meet them afterwards. Then, after they had done that, they went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for dinner. Dinner was included in the package. They chose to go to the late dinner after the show since they had wanted to do a few more things, and didn't make the before the show time slot.
Dinner was amazing, and they had a really good dessert. They split a caramelized banana cream pie that Lily had gotten, and a chocolate sin cake that Rufus had ordered. Both though they were in Heaven when tasting the desserts.
After dessert, they left their money for the bill and the tip, then took a cab back to their hotel. After paying and tipping the driver, they headed up to their hotel room, only stopping to greet the front desk clerk, tell him they had loved the show, and thanked him for recommending another great show to them. They then exchanged goodnights with him, and headed up to their room.
When they got in their room, Rufus headed into the bathroom, went to the bathroom, washed his hands, and brushed his teeth. When he came out, Lily headed into the bathroom.
Rufus smiled to himself, knowing that she must be getting something sexy on for him.
He stripped down to nothing, and climbed underneath the covers, ready to see his wife emerge in something he knew would drive him wild.
Sure enough, she came out moments later with another one of the lingerie he had picked out for her. This one was the dress that had a collar-like top to it that wrapped around her neck, leaving a semi triangular shape of bare skin over her collarbone. The bottom of the triangle was one black strip that covered only her nipples. The rest was all mesh except for more black strips across her body after every six inches—give or take a few inches—of the black, see-through mesh. The dress went to the middle of her thighs. The only thing she had on underneath was the black mesh G-string that came with it. It was lined in black with mesh all down the middle. She had on black knee-high stockings with black guarders, and on her feet were black heels with a black ankle straps.
Rufus licked his lips. "I picked it out. You're beautiful. You're my wife. I love you. I think we both know the drill. You know what I want to do. I know what you want to do. So, lets just get to it, all right?"
Lily smirked. "Not very romantic, I must say." She slowly sashayed over to the bed. She stared down at Rufus for a moment, then grinned. "But I like the way you think!"
Rufus grinned at her too, then pulled her down into the bed with him.
Lily squealed with delight, then moaned as his lips ravished hers.
His hands roamed slowly up and down her body, then he pinned her down beneath him and started kissing down her neck. He pushed aside the strap covering her nipples, then let his tongue and lips cover them instead.
She gently fisted his hair in her hands. "You know, I spent all this money on this lingerie, and it never stays on me very long."
Rufus paused from what he was doing to look up at her. "You can keep it on. All we have to do is get rid of these..." He took her shoes off and dropped them to the floor. "And this..." He reached up underneath her dress and slowly pulled down her lace G-string. He swung it around his finger, then flung it across the room.
Lily giggled. "Now what?"
Rufus grinned. "Oh, don't you worry about a thing, Mrs. Humphrey." He ran his hands slowly down her body, and licked his lips as he enjoyed the view. He then looked her in the eyes while shutting the lamp beside them off. "I've got plans for you."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Rufus responded by sinking down below the covers.
Lily gasped when his mouth made contact. "Oh."
She closed her eyes, and enjoyed the perks of being on her honeymoon.