A Feather Stolen
A Good Morning
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Anoel's cheek nuzzled into Lylac's shoulder as she clung to the other girl's body in her sleep. She still never got around to buying a new set of pajamas, so she was just in another loose shirt.
She'd given Ly her first set of jammies to keep.
But the more Ano slept like that, the more she started to realize that comfortably warm body was still there.
Curled against her side in the middle of her bed.
The small realization suddenly brought Anoel out of her dreams as she tightened her hold slightly around Ly, double checking that she wasn't imagining things before peering out with cracked eyelids.
Ly was still asleep in her short arms… and she actually looked peaceful for a change.
Warm, clean, fed, and… startlingly cute.
Ano hadn't ever seen Ly asleep like this yet, not with a relaxed expression. So this was a first.
A lot like the firsts they had yesterday on the roof.
Anoel glanced to her propped scroll on the nightstand and squinted her eyes slightly, finding the time. They were up late last night, so it was late morning. Almost afternoon.
But Ano wanted to stay like this. For as long as possible.
She just… knew they had to eat soon.
The young girl placed her hand gently on the bed to lift herself up slightly, keeping from shifting the bed too much as she slipped her arm from beneath Ly's body.
Two loose arms suddenly clung to her own waist a little tighter, but they weren't tight enough to pull her back down.
It was just a needful clinging to a warm body, and Ano was suddenly starting to rethink getting out of bed just yet.
Even just to bring food back up for the two of them to eat.
Ano leaned back down and brushed a small, stray strand of blonde hair out of Ly's sleeping face, wondering how much longer the thief was going to be asleep.
With half a thought to just poke Ly in the cheek, Ano decided against it. She quietly moved closer instead, maneuvering herself to curl back up and rest on top of Ly this time.
The phoenix found a new warm pillow in the crook of Ly's pale neck as she closed her eyes, letting her body rest down against Ly's own before fully relaxing back into the girl's warmth.
Maybe just a few more minutes like this…
10, maybe 15 minutes passed before the slightest hint of stirring emitted from the girl beneath Ano, drawing the info-broker's attention as she heard a little yawn.
Ly's body relaxed before she made an attempt to stretch, her shorter legs extending out as far as they could reach as her arms did the same.
A tiny groan escaping the girl's parted lips as she did so, only before her body relaxed once more.
Ano couldn't hold in the adoring little giggle coming out of her throat at Ly's cuteness, nuzzling playfully into the girl's neck to remind her she was on top of her.
"That was cute," Anoel whispered teasingly, slipping her hands beneath the small of Ly's back to take a tighter hold of her body pillow.
"Are you always gonna do that?" was the tired reply Ano received as she felt delicate fingers navigate through her wings.
"You're too cute not to." Ano held her breath for a moment as she started to squirm a little, grip starting to constrict a little more around Ly's waist. "A-Am I too h-heavy?"
She felt Ly's head shake a little. "No… you're really light." Her fingers continued to play with Ano's feathers, while they were exposed to the thief.
Anoel's breath hitched for a moment as Ly's hand found its way into the crook of her wing, the phoenix's grip suddenly locking like a vice while the rest of her body tensed up.
Ly's body flinched in response to the sudden clamping around her waist. "D-Did I hurt you…?"
Anoel's buried face quickly shook as her breath quivered a little, the response she wanted to say earlier getting lost. "N-No. My w-wings are j-just sensitive there…"
Ly's hands hesitated for a moment, before slowly backtracking toward the sensitive spot. "Where...? Here?"
As she enunciated the word, her thumbs on either wing firmly massaged into her crook of her wing.
Ano's breath sucked into her throat as she stuffed her face into Lylac's neck, whining softly at the teasing as the hands she kept wrapped tightly around Ly's waist started to tremble.
The bare legs she still didn't know what to do with quickly entangled into the sheets and locked around Lylac's legs beneath the covers now too.
"I think I know how to stop you from leaving…" the thief whispered gently, the smallest hint of a smile in her voice as her effort to rub the sensitive spots doubled.
Anoel's whines only got a little louder as she started to grow limp on top of Ly's frame, squished face murmuring an impulsive retaliation against Ly's warm neck. "B-Bite me."
Her usual comeback response.
"If I did that, I'd get feathers in my mouth…" Ly responded innocently, but with her actions in this moment, she was anything but.
Ano whined louder now. She didn't mean it like that, thinking it'd probably hurt as her tight grip finally grew fully lax and her clinging body just forfeited all control over to the fingers rubbing into her feathers.
A small, almost purring rumble started to filter out of Anoel's slightly parted lips as the girl blushed heavily. Her red face quickly pushed into Lylac's shoulder to try to stifle it and hide it.
"A-Are you… purring…?" Ly asked surprisedly, her dexterous fingers continuing to massage the area still. "I didn't know you could do that…"
The purring was starting to melt into a rumbly, purred coo as Anoel's whining grew silent, face getting redder as she tried to defend herself.
"I-I'm not… p-purring…"
And she did just that. Pathetically. And in a meek voice.
"I think it's cute…" Ly commented earnestly. "I only thought feline faunus could do that. That's what my uncle taught me."
Anoel grumbled out a muffled, embarrassed whine as her chest continued to purr softly against Ly's own, the rumbling growing constant. "G-Guess not…"
She had an uncle?
Ly steadily continued to rub her fingers in small circles on Ano's wings, gradually moving away from the spot before working her way back toward it, content with laying there and keeping Ano unwillingly pinned against her.
Ano's breathing had already grown shallow as she melted on top of Ly, growing completely limp now as she closed her eyes and lost her ability to speak.
She just mumbled occasionally in embarrassment, trying to break up the purred cooing incessantly rumbling out of her chest and throat.
After several minutes of them stuck there in that position, the day transitioning into the early afternoon, Ly finally stopped just long enough for Ano to pick her mind up out of the gutter.
"I'm hungry."
The words dully sifted into Anoel's hearing after a while and she finally started to gain some semblance of control over her muscles again.
She just… felt so loose and relaxed. And really, really hot.
"T-Then bite me."
The response took Ly by surprise as she choked out a response. "H-Huh?"
Now that she could finally move, Anoel nipped at Ly's slender neck and sucked a little skin between her teeth, nibbling a gasp out of Ly's upturning lips.
"Just like that," Anoel murmured.
She could feel the heat rising out of Ly's cheeks as the girl struggled to formulate a response that couldn't even be interpreted as actual speech. "Y-You… I-I…"
Ano hummed playfully as she pushed weak arms against the bed, prying herself away from the intoxicating warmth pressing up into her. "You found my sensitive spot. I'm going to find yours."
Ly's constantly shifting eye color was a strong indicator of her confused state, and the blush dusting on her cheeks and nose only affirmed the raging embarrassment she felt.
"But I think I just did," Anoel finished with a cheeky smile, pressing her hands into the bed at either side of Lylac's head as she dipped her lips down again.
Aiming for the other side of Ly's neck this time.
The girl squirmed beneath her, before bracing herself against an attack she couldn't defend against. "N-No…"
The denial slipped into the air as gently as Anoel slipped back down against Ly's body, forcing the smirk from her lips as she kissed the side of Ly's neck.
The side she hadn't been cradling for half an hour now.
Small lips took vengeful advantage of the sensitive skin there as she peppered it with slow, just barely moving kisses, eventually making her way down to Ly's slender collarbone.
Ly's breathing shuddered heavily out of her parted lips as she became red hot, submitting to the caustic, delicate kisses with bated breathing.
The phoenix planted one final kiss there before moving back up, suckling another bite into the sensitive skin just above it to match the one she left on the other side.
"There. Now we're even," Ano stated lightly, nuzzling Lylac's hot cheek on her way up before leaning over the girl beneath her. Keeping their faces just a centimeter apart, and never dropping that satisfied smile.
A breathless response escaped Ly as she meekly nodded, trying fruitlessly to avoid Ano's amused gaze.
"Y-Yeah…"
Ano chased the small tilt to Ly's head just as quickly as she made it, the phoenix's eyes brightening when she got Lylac to look back up at her.
It was almost too cute…
"Can I get a good morning kiss now?" Anoel asked softly, wanting Ly to be the one to start it this time.
The thief's head turned briefly to the scroll on the nightstand, blonde tresses swaying a little as she eyed the time before returning those eyes back to the info-broker. "It's afternoon now…"
"Kiss me anyway."
The girl did as she was asked and met Anoel's lips with her own, Ano's heart lurching in her chest as she reciprocated the deepening kiss.
When the young phoenix finally pulled back, Ano couldn't help but break into a smile at the way Ly's cheeks were flushed and her breathing came out in short breaths.
"Is it bad that I wanna stay in bed and do this all afternoon?" Anoel asked breathlessly, dipping back down to brush the tip of her nose against Ly's.
"It's… an intriguing offer…" Ly replied slowly. "But I'm hungry…"
"So am I," Anoel offered back, giving a cheeky smile. "For you."
Ly's already heated blush turned a darker shade of red as her eyes averted slightly. "I-I'm serious…"
"I am too," Anoel replied back, her smile falling for a moment as she gave Lylac a serious gaze. But she quietly started to shift her weight and pushed against the bed, sitting up on Ly's waist. "We can eat, though. We missed breakfast."
Ly nodded a little as her eyes met Anoel's again. "Does Niro's dad do lunch?"
The small info-broker gave a steady nod before smiling again. "He does every meal, but we'd have to pay for it anyway. Wanna go out somewhere?"
"Yeah, I've always seen food in storefronts, but never had the money to buy any before," Ly responded as she sat up, resting on her elbows as her eyes fell to her coat draped on Ano's desk.
Anoel's grin grew excited as she climbed off Lylac to let her sit up, sitting back on her folded legs beside the girl. "I'll let you lead the way then. Wherever you want to go, we'll try it. I'm really hungry anyway, so we can try a couple things if you want."
"I don't know if I can nibble that fast…" The thief replied meekly as she tilted her head down slightly, pulling her left leg up against her chest as her right dangled by the edge of the bed.
"We have all day," Ano said with a small giggle, watching Ly be cute. "So come on, your clothes are washed and folded by your coat. We can head out as soon as we're changed too, because I don't have any responsibilities today."
Ly smiled before shuffling to her feet and padding her way over to the desk, kicking off the pajama bottoms as she walked.
Ano watched for a moment before her cheeks went a little red, admitting to herself that she wanted to stare more than actually get changed herself.
But she quickly reasoned that out of her mind and slipped out of the bed herself, walking the opposite way Ly did to bound her way to the dresser. She had a little bounce in her bare step, tugging her shirt off as soon as she got there before rummaging through her hanging clothes.
Lylac was pretty quick at getting changed, already pulling her shirt over her head before Ano pulled on a pair of pants. The girl pulling her coat over her shoulders not long after Ano did the top button at her waist.
The info-broker quickly pulled out a hanging shirt, her black wings draped to the floor and unwrapped for now as she considered what she wanted to wear. She was always so picky with shirts…
Because those are the things that are brushing against her wings at all times of day.
Ly leaned against the desk, eyeing Ano neutrally as she patiently waited, didn't stop her pink and blue gaze wandering a little before quickly snapping to the floor.
Anoel didn't wear anything beneath her night shirt… so her standing in just her jeans and her wings draped to the floor really tempted her attention back to the closet.
But after a few long moments, Anoel put one of the two shirts back she was holding and threw a soft white tank-top on. Her black wings wrapped back around her torso and cupped her chest like a thin, skin-tight corset, the thickness of her wings disappearing beneath the white cloth.
She quickly grabbed at her usual brown jacket to throw overtop of her clothes, plopping herself down at the bed again to slide into a pair of socks and slip into her boots, jumping back up as soon as she was done.
"Sorry, most shirts are uncomfortable. So I'm still trying to find a good quality brand to get," Anoel said, turning back to Ly to meet the girl's lifting gaze.
"It must be nice having a choice of clothes to wear," Ly commented lightly, staring down at her older, worn clothing. "I don't really own much else but these."
"C'mere then," Anoel stated firmly, making her way over to the girl leaning against her desk before lightly pulling her toward her closet. "We should go shopping after we eat. I'll help you pick out some nice stuff to wear too, and a lot of my current clothes should fit you. So I don't mind sharing."
Ly's eyes brightened a little at hearing those words. "I wanna do that. I was gonna try to save for a new coat anyway."
"I can help you pick one out then," Ano offered, giving the girl a wide smile.
Ly smiled and nodded in response to that. An earnest gaze in her eyes.