Drabble:25
POV:Third Person
Every year, the court had all service guardians go through exercise drills to ensure they were fit for duty. This year, Dimitri fell into a team supervised by Janine and Alberta. While working one particularly hot day, the male guardians shed their shirts, even the women stripped down to tanktops. All except Dimitri. After a particularly strenuous drill, even Janine asked him to lose his shirt, but he very politely declined.
"Belikov, I insist. The weather is terrible, and you are sweating like a pig. I don't want Rose to complain I'm treating you inhumanely.", she joked lightly. He again declined.
Alberta joined in too. "Dimitri, Janine and I are the only females here, and as far as I know, all males in our team are straight" she joked, trying to make him less uncomfortable. "So don't be shy. Take off your shirt"
Dimitri mumbled something about people watching. Looking around, the two women saw everyone else watching the trio with undisguised interest, ignoring their actual work. Their inquisitiveness along with Belikov's reticence caused Janine's temper to flare.
"You all get to work now!", she snapped at the men. "If I see any of you as much as glancing here, I'll recommend you for another drill. With Guardian Owen." The threat worked. Guardian Owen was notorious for being a hard-ass slave-driver.
"And you", she said, glaring towards the 6'7'' guardian. "Stop being a prude. It's hot out here and you're sweating. So take off your shirt. That's an order."
"I'll do it if you insist", Dimitri acceded, after taking a peek to ensure that only the two women had eyes on him. When they nodded, he added "But I'm sure you'll agree why I shouldn't." He sighed, but tugged off his shirt, leaving his upper body bare.
The two women gaped at him for a long minute, then exchanged a shocked look. Poor Dimitri looked at the ground pointedly, shuffling his feet. It wasn't because he had a great physique, which he did, but the sight that left the two women gaping was of the many bruises along his collarbone, shoulders and chest, all in various stages of healing. All of the same shape. It was very obvious how he had come by them.
Struggling to regain their composure, the two guardians looked away from Dimitri and the lovebites on his body. Taking the opportunity, Dimitri slipped on his shirt.
"Umm, Belikov", Alberta began uncomfortably. "You can start your drill now. And let's…umm, the last five minutes never happened, okay?"
Dimitri nodded sheepishly and walked away. And Alberta turned towards her colleague. Janine was still trying to come to terms with witnessing the evidence(s) of her daughter's sexual exploits. And frankly, it was both mortifying and unnerving.
"Janine, Rose is as much my daughter as yours, and that was frankly disturbing. But right now duty calls, so let's just pretend that didn't happen. Furthermore, let's avoid meeting by just us three anytime soon, copy?" Janine nodded weakly, shuddering slightly, then returned back to work.
For days after that, whenever either woman came across Rose and Dimitri, she couldn't help shuddering, which usually caused Dimitri to blush. It was weeks before they could hold an actual conversation without cringing. None of them mentioned the incident ever again.
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