Liri moved off of him gently. He lay there panting and she kissed him. "I love when you let me do that," she murmured.
He kissed her head. "We should get up, prepare for tonight."
"We have a minute or two," she answered.
"I wanted to ask you about last night."
"Yeah, sorry about the impromptu orgy in your training room."
He snorted. "Been far worse done on the bridge. And I expected something like that was going to happen eventually with your aura and all these lawless pirates anyway." He put his hands behind his head, "I wonder how many Jorif went through on that adrenal. He's going to be in my face about it since I took him down last night."
"You did take him down last night. That was pretty hot."
"Yeah? You like watching me take people out?" She nodded and he pulled her up to rest her chin on his chest. "I'll punch people more often then."
She giggled and rested her hands on her chest, his head tilted to gaze at him.
He stroked her lekku softly, "So what was that last night with Bere?"
"I figured we'd idly mentioned it and if you wanted," she shrugged.
"You only care if it happens behind your back?"
"Pretty much. I mean, tonight is going to get out of hand. You know that, right?"
Andronikos blinked, "Hadn't really thought about it."
"Rev, c'mon. I'm going to be dancing for you and then you'll touch me and that bridge is going to frenzy."
He looked at her, "So you don't mind if we get caught in it?"
She shrugged, "As long as there's no one you don't want me touching."
Andronikos thought and then shrugged, "I'm not the jealous type anymore, Lir. I know you're mine." He grinned at her, "You'll never get what you need better than from me anyway." She slapped his chest at that and he chuckled. "You're making a liar out of me though. I told Jorif you'd never touch him."
"I won't if you mind."
"One stipulation." She nodded. "At any point you're with someone else, you're touching me too. Don't care how."
"We do it all together."
"I'd prefer it. If the aura takes us both and we get lost in it, so be it, but I'm going to make the effort to be with you."
She nodded again, "Me too."
"So what's the story with you and Bere, anyway?"
"We were dancers together. I rescued her from more than a few overzealous customers. She was never afraid of the powers I was starting to get and she protected me when I was struggling to control them. So when I got word that you'd been spotted on Nar Shaddaa, I told her to keep her eyes open for you."
"Do you mind, that she had me when we were apart?"
"A bit," she admitted. "But I wasn't exactly celibate myself and I'd tossed you out, so I don't have the right to be."
"So why her last night?"
Liri shrugged. "She and I have been together before, so I figured since we've all been with each other it would be a nice wedding gift for you."
Andronikos' eyebrows raised, "Wait. You slept with Bere?"
She sighed and looked into his eyes, "You can't possibly understand what it was like, Rev. We had nothing. We were nothing. Once my powers started up, everyone wanted my favor because I could protect them, but it was a lonely time before and after that. Everyone wants to use you." She tilted her head, "I took comfort where I could."
He hitched her closer to him so he could kiss her. "Got me now."
"That I do," she said, smiling. "The only man in the world I can trust."
"Is tonight really going to be okay with you if we let ourselves go?" he asked her.
"Last hurrah before we get married?"
"Give me a straight answer."
She smiled at him, "I feel like we're solid enough. I wouldn't mind because you'll always be mine, even when you're touching someone else and I'd rather choose this, ease into this with you, than have one of my moods strike me while we're in a cantina on Nar Shaddaa with complete strangers."
Andronikos looked at her quizzically, "That could happen?"
She nodded. "My power is growing. I've been..." she hesitated. "Briefed on how this is changing and what could happen. I'd rather find habits that keep us together if this ever happens, rather than get taken by surprise."
"Did Decimus brief you?"
"He explained what has happened to others who used passion as their base of power, but I'd heard about it in the Sith archives first."
"Of everyone there, I'd rather you and he stayed at opposite ends of the room."
Liri blinked, "Anthru? Why?"
"Two Sith all riled up is going to be difficult enough, but Decimus is attracted to you and I..." He thought about how to put it. "Whatever happens, happens, but I'd rather be the only one who does the 'crazy shit,' as you put it, with you."
She still looked perplexed. "What's your problem with Anthru?"
"Not with him, just with you and other Sith. I'd rather you stuck to just sex with other people."
She nodded then, "Why?"
Andronikos struggled to put into words why those things made her his, why he didn't want her with another Sith, although watching her aura take down a Jedi would be very amusing to him. "Let's just keep it a boundary. Other Sith could set off your aura or something in a new way."
Her eyes widened, "Oh, I hadn't thought of that."
He was relieved, but he let none of that show. She was probably picking up on it anyway. "It's also," he hesitated. "I know your limits. I'm not comfortable with you in the hands of someone who might push you too hard. Sex with them, sure, fine, but the other stuff can get out of hand if they're new to it." He shrugged, "And if they hurt you or did something you didn't like? I'd kill them."
She tilted her head, "So just sex tonight."
"Together."
"Always together," she answered him, leaning forward to kiss him. The kiss deepened and Andronikos rolled over to pin her to the bed.
He pulled up, "So honeymoon on Nar Shaddaa?"
Her eyes widened in alarm at him and she shook her head almost imperceptibly. He knew what she meant. She wasn't shielding and who knew how many people were monitoring them. He rolled his eyes at her. "I already got a room at the Star Cluster," he murmured.
She blinked, relaxing. "That sounds perfect."
"There's a giant tub," he kissed her. "A fully stocked bar," he kissed her again. "A couple other surprises you'll find out about later."
She smirked. "Not easy to surprise a Sith," she said.
"I've never found it to be a challenge."
She hit him then, a mild slap on the arm and he pinned her arms down then.
"Behave, or we're skipping the party," he growled.
"We have hours until then," she said, her eyes lighting up.