Chapter 2, Liara
The door clicked. Blue!
Smiling, Karli looked forward to the moment when her other half would find her in the tub.
A few seconds later Liara walked in, wearing a classic asari dress, high collared and long sleeved, white with forest green trims. All asari have some elegance to them, but her step was as sensual as ever. Shepard subconsciously held her breath when she saw her, appreciating the way the dress accentuated her luscious curves. My goodness - gorgeous as always!
"Hello brown eyes, enjoying your bath?"
"You bet, feel like joining me?"
Liara looked tempted. She longingly stared at her lover's warm exposed flesh and felt a small tingle at the base of her skull. "I... I would love to, but I need to tend to the broker network for a few hours... sorry."
A bit disappointed, Shepard quickly reminded herself that Liara had many things on her plate right now, and letting her work was a way for the asari to relax and unwind.
"Alright love, you go work, but I... need one... thing..."
Liara recognized the alluring tone in her human's voice. The very first time they had joined, Karli had been awestruck by her race's very alien ability to share feelings, memories, thoughts, even physical sensations. Shepard had gotten more used to the bond over time, and when she used that tone, she really longed to feel their connection, needed to feel Liara as part of herself...
The asari smiled. She needs me, she wants me, she enjoys me.
It felt good to be wanted.
A very large portion of her life she had spent on dig sites on remote worlds, and looking back now, she had been lonely. Years on end she had spent figuring out the Prothean secrets, and then, like a lightning bolt in a clear sky, she had met this woman who had actually touched working Prothean technology. Falling in love with a human female had been the last thing she expected, meeting Karli had been a seismic event that turned everything upside down.
She stepped down in the warm water, and sat next to her human.
"Blue! Your clothes!"
"I do not care about clothes, I care about you", Liara whispered.
The Asari took Karli's hand and laid it against her cheek. She looked deeply into the human's eyes, as her own eyes swirled to black and she gently entered Karli's mind. Her lover was waiting, eagerly opening herself. Liara was there, like a soft, warm light. The human had gotten used to the bond, still it never ceased to amaze her.
Their physical selves embraced, but they were hardly conscious of the fact. The barriers between two individuals evaporated. Karli could feel all of Liara, her love, her hopes, her desires. The human touched her shining spirit, so vivid, her physical self trembled in the warm water. And she was an open book to the other. She gladly surrendered her entire self in the bond, sending strong emotions towards the asari... love, want, need...
There was no more Karli, there was no more Liara.
There was only together.
Could anything be more beautifull than this? They were one. Their star shone so bright, the world was blinded. Nothing mattered, the core was love eternal.
With obvious difficulty Liara let go of the bond, and of her lover's hand as she left the tub. Realizing she could not wear her wet dress all throughout the apartment, she started to take it of. After a few seconds, a fun thought came to her, and she slowed down, making sure to give Karli all the good angles on her stripping act.
Liara hid a secret smile. This always gets her!
Looking Shepard straight in the eye, she teasingly ran her left hand over her shoulders, her chest... Shepard watched with her mouth open. She had seen Liara strip before, and something in her sensual movements always... hypnotized her.
Liara dropped the last of her clothes, slowly, and stepped back in the tub while Karli stood up.
They were both totally naked, only inches apart.
Their eyes locked while they stood there, completely open to each other, completely vulnerable. The air between them breathed peace and comfort. Time was frozen solid.
Liara leaned into her partner, enjoying the touch of the warm, soft human skin. Her lips were almost on her lover's ear. "I love you Karli Shepard, you are my reason to exist." She placed a gentle kiss on Shepard's cheek, and raised an amazingly blue arm to touch the human. Her hand hovered for a second, then found a pounding heart. "I am here forever."
"Come sit with me again" she asked Liara, gently touching the hand on her breast.
"But the broker's network..." The Asari protested weakly.
"Pfffrtt!" Smirked Karli. "You start a strip act and expect to walk away? Come sit with me again." She was not going to accept no for an answer, placing her hands on Liara's hips, and gently pulled her down. After the events of Crucible day and the nine months she'd spend in a coma, Shepard relished every second she could spend with Liara, even more than before.
"Aye aye Commander." Liara said with a knowing smile on her face.
Shepard sat down, her left hand still on Liara's waist, and wrapped her right arm around the Asari, very slowly and carefully stroking the ends of her crests. Liara's body trembled. "Oh!" She said in surprise, her bright blue eyes on her human.
Smiling, Karli continued her loving gestures, knowing that in asari culture this was a very intimate act. She pulled with her left hand, and Liara gladly nudged forward. She put her legs over those of Shepard, until they came to a full embrace, their bodies locking together.
Shepard cherished the contact, she could feel most of Liara, but still tried to get closer, running her left hand almost forcefully over the asari's back, while pressing their cheeks together.
Her skin so... alien, soft and cool, what a magnificent creature! How did I deserve such happiness? My heart might give out from total overload. Mmmm... she feels good... my blue Goddess in disguise...
Shepard didn't want to break the moment, but she could not hold the news any longer.
"Liara, we have to talk about a few things."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"This morning the realtor from Thessia called" This will make her smile...
"And we have bought the house."
"What?... that... that is fantastic news! Why didn't you tell me right away?"
Karli laughed: "Because I am selfish, and needed the meld first."
Liara's smile was a thousand suns. "Thessia... that makes me very happy!"
"I know... are you ready to move to Armali?"
"Wonderful... and that also means... "
Liara stopped talking and quickly joined with Karli. An image of a small girl immediately formed between their minds.
Yes my sweet human - our daughter! Let's have a baby soon...
I am so excited! Can't wait to see a little Liara!
Hold on she may just look like you...
Nah you know that ain't true!
Through the bond Karli felt Liara's total happiness.
Human, do you have more life-altering news for me?
That's enough for one day, don't you think?
Definitely enough!