Chapter 18
The aftereffects of the attack on the club were greater than I expected, at least personally.
I walked out of one of the side alleys near Afterlife, heading back to the club after dealing with something for Aria, the dull pounding of music in the distance audible. The only evidence of it was the small splash of blood on my forearm, a not uncommon occurrence. It had mostly dried by now, so it was hard to spot on the dark armour, but it would be obvious to those who looked for it.
The club was in full swing and a line stretched out from the door for blocks. At least business is still good, I could see no fewer people than before. Hang on, I squinted my eyes and compared the end of the line to the buildings around it. There was actually more people than normal, a far cry from the rather empty first few days but a welcome sight regardless.
I walked sedately towards the entrance, my feet taking me towards one of the staff only entrances through sheer force of habit, but there was something that had changed. The moment I was in clear view of the people waiting in line, the whispering started. People were glancing at me obviously, all conversation halted, and even my quiet footsteps could be heard. I almost stopped walking, wanting to retreat from the attention, but continued anyway. I refused to show how uncomfortable the attention made me. I walked calmly all the way to the main entrance, my shoulders back with people whispering amongst themselves about me. Even Aria's employees displayed similar behaviour. Seeing me as a beast just waiting to be unleashed.
"F-Fury." The bouncer nodded, holding the door open for me to walk through. I kept my eyes forward, averted from the cowering people to my left and ignoring the hunched shoulders of the Turian acting as tonight's bouncer. I nodded to him, but made no further conversation as I stalked into the club.
It was a similar situation inside, and while I didn't mind the attention at first, it had quickly worn thin. The moment I came into sight, I could hear my name echoed all around me. For the first time since I adorned my armour, I felt more comfortable out of it than I did in. It was tightly packed inside, people standing nearly shoulder to shoulder with each other. That made it far easier to see how people backed away from me now. I was an object of curiosity to them, but the moment my head turned towards them they would avert their eyes.
Despite the crowding, it was easy for me to make my way through the ground floor as a path opened up before me, the sea of people parting. I resisted speeding up my slowed pace, no matter how much I wanted to be out of the crowd. My shoulders were tense now, but I did my best to keep my movements the same. It was a little easier to keep the same balanced gait after all my time with Bari and the girls.
Finally, I reached the entrance to the staff section of the club and I made my way into it leaving behind the frightened crowd. The tension within me eased and I was able to just breath. At least, that was the case until one of Aria's staff flinched at the sight of me. I supressed a sigh at that, not even here am I free of suspicion. Most of the staff were good at acting unaffected by my presence, but I could tell it was only an act. The employees who would be comfortable with it aren't the ones who work inside the club. There was a subtle tension among them while I was in my armour, something that disappeared when I was walking around as Jack. Done with the whole charade, I marched towards where I figured Vassen would be, my movements sharp and forceful. Seeing my mood, people got out of my way without even hiding it. One Salarian with his head buried into a data-pad had to be dragged out of the way by another employee.
To my relief, Vassen was exactly where I thought he would be, his office. Aria may be the leader of Omega, but it was well known that Vassen was the one who dealt with the day-to-day stuff. He had long since asked to be informed about whatever I could tell him about my little moonlight walks, as a heads up, and this was one that Aria didn't mind him knowing about. Vassen was conversing with a Quarian I think is his assistant? I saw her around him enough for it. She was a small thing with a soft voice that was rather pleasing to the ear, when I could. The instant I stepped into Vassen's 'office' she squeaked and her entire body froze. Vassen chuckled but turned his attention to me, knowing who it was just from the Quarian's reaction. He reached out with a cloth he kept on hand for me, which I took.
"Evening Fury, have a nice walk?" I shrugged, wiping the blood off my forearm. It was still pretty fresh, so it came off without much resistance. I'm not sure there's a point in keeping my armour clean with how often it happens, but I do so anyway at Aria's request.
"It's done."
Vassen hummed, reading a report on his data pad that I assume held the details of the mission I just completed.
"Any trouble?" he asked, the gall of this man.
"… No." I replied flatly. He chuckled at me, delighting in my annoyance. He had been doing that more recently and I'm not sure how to feel about it. It was nice for someone to treat me normally as Fury, he probably knew better than any other exactly what I had done considering he normally cleaned up after me, yet he was never even wary of me. It's unfortunate he chose to be cheeky about it though.
"Aren't you going to greet Fury, Treena?" Vassen faux scolded his assistant. We all knew she was terrified of me, but Vassen always liked to do this, the bastard. The Quarian moaned at the unstated command, gripping the data pad she held closely to her chest.
"g-good eve-ning, Fury." She croaked out. It was better than the first two times where she said nothing, so I nodded back. I didn't much care about her either way. She was nice enough, but if you could barely say two words to me I was uninterested. Many of the Quarian's reacted in the same way to Fury now, so I took no offence. It was still annoying.
"I'll send you a report tomorrow, I'm going to bed." I informed Vassen, then turned on my heel and left the room. The tension within me that eased while talking to Vassen returned with a vengeance, and it only abated when I was under my showerhead, water streaming down my form.
The sad thing is, this reaction to Fury had been what I desired for years when I was younger. I wonder when that desire changed, and why it bothered me so much now.
"Good morning!" Bari greeted me, cheerful. I blinked at her blearily, my eyes heavy and my mind still sleep-addled.
"Morning." I mumbled through a yawn. I didn't bother resisting her, Bari was too energetic at this time, she could use a little more lethargy. Unfortunately, my hopes were not to be.
"Come on Jack!" Bari grabbed my hand and yanked me forward, pulling me into the room. There was a few other dancers inside as well, thank god they all looked as tired as I did. I wasn't the anomaly, Bari was. Speaking of, she had let me go after dragging me towards the other and bounced into the centre of the room. I just slumped into the wall behind me, groaning. Peros shared a grimace with me, and we leaned against each other.
"You all know the drill girls, let's start with dancing! Come on." Bari grinned at us all. I'm relieved to say that I wasn't the only one who raised my middle finger. Bari was unperturbed by our reaction though and somehow had us go through a routine I had been learning for a while. It was almost a ritualistic dance, one done in pairs as it was the middle step bridging the dancing and the fighting parts of Jia'nor. For all of Bari's pomp about how learning to dance was important for fighting, many of the dances I had been taught had nothing to do with fighting. There was a clear difference between the dances that were part of Jia'nor, and the dances just for an audience. I was more comfortable with the former, but the latter did hold a small thrill for me. I had been learning this dance for a while now and only fumbled a few times. We were finished now, all stretching out and I had an honest smile on my face. These dances clearly had something to do with fighting, but doing this in a group? It was fun. I liked being around the other dancers more than I thought I would when this first started. I'd … I would call them friends.
"Did you hear Fury went on another mission last night?" Rialle asked, clearly wanting to gossip now that we were all awake. The smile fell off my face at the reminder, how there was a part of me they didn't know about. They didn't know I was Fury, and that would create a barrier between us for reasons only known to me. I couldn't just tell them either. Keeping my identities separate was important now, I have undoubtedly made enemies as Fury but even more than that, I liked having people who I could talk to. Who didn't hesitate to even look at me.
"Really, what was it?" Peros asked. Rialle shrugged. "Then what good are you? For all we know she was delivering Aria's mail. Who knows what Fury gets up to." Peros teased. I snorted, drawing attention from the others. I could almost see the lightbulb going off in their heads.
"So, Jack, you wouldn't happen to know, would you? Considering how close you are to Aria, surely you would know more about her bodyguard than we do." Peros asked me, fluttering her eyes as I froze.
Fuck.
What do I do?! Feign ignorance?
"… I don't know anything more than you." They all snorted at that, hey!
"Bullshit, you're a horrible liar. Now spill!" Bari demanded. Mission failed. Half-truths then? It's not lying so worth a shot. Considering my facial tattoo, it would be obvious to any Asari how close I was to Aria. I would definitely know more about Fury then, so my lie was rather stupid in hindsight. I sighed at the situation I was in, before looking back up to find three sets of eyes begging me, matched with pouting lips.
"… Fine. Fine!" I ignored the cheering. "Yes, I do know her. I'm not meant to say much but ask and I'll tell you what I can."
Since they're asking the questions, I can only tell them as much as I need to.
"How old is she? Is she a matron, maybe a matriarch. Ooh! Is she Aria's lover!" Peros asked, asking question after question. I'm sorry, the fuck? First of all, lover? Ew. Don't get me wrong, Aria is very attractive, but I could never do … that with her. Secondly though, Matron, Matriarch? Did they think that I, that Fury, was an Asari? What gave them that impression?
Walking into gunfire unconcerned with a barrier enshrouding me came to mind, something even they couldn't do. Okay, maybe I could see where they were coming from. I am very much not the norm when it comes to human biotics.
Them thinking I was an Asari was certainly interesting though. Still, I have some questions to answer.
"I'm not quite sure how old she is, but she doesn't seem young. I don't think they're lovers, Fury has walked in on Aria when she was with company and never seemed to mind, probably had to guard her a few times when it was happening too." That was very uncomfortable to listen too.
"Aww, what else do you know about her, anything embarrassing maybe?"
"Not admitting to anything there. Feel free to ask her yourself though." That got me a round of shaking heads. I would hoped that would make them give up, but I know better.
The three badgered me for a while longer, before Bari finally broke it up.
"That's enough girls. It may come as a surprise to you, but Jack likely knows less than you think. I've known about Fury since she first became an enforcer, she was private and revealed little even then." Bari revealed, to the others surprise. Mine too. Bari knew about Fury back when I was an Enforcer? That was back when I didn't even have a … shit. Does she know?
"How would you know it was her Bari, if she's so private?" Peros sounded sceptical, but Bari just grinned widely at her, a twinkle in her eye.
"That's simple, she liked having me dance for her." We all stared at her, shocked, but perhaps for different reasons. I sat there silently as the others moved on to pestering Bari, unable to say anything.
She knew. She knew, and I didn't know how to feel about it. I didn't want any of them to know, but Bari did, she had always known. All along … she had known, even right after the attack. She had known, yet she didn't treat me any differently. I finally calmed down, having realised that. She hadn't revealed me earlier when she had the chance, so she wouldn't now.
The others eventually left after badgering Bari enough, leaving both of us behind. She didn't say anything at first, just sitting next to me instead.
"You knew?"
"Of course I did. One thing you aren't is subtle," Bari chuckled, "I was working the night of your first attack, just after you got here, back when you were still a bouncer. You rushed off to attack them, came back covered in blood and shortly after you were no longer a bouncer." That was far before I started seeing Bari, how'd she remember me? I raised an eyebrow at her.
"You were by far the smallest bouncer we had, yet one of the most effective. I was curious, and you fascinated me." Bari shrugged. "That interest made me remember you and I noticed when you stopped working as a bouncer. You were obviously still an employee, so I figured you became an enforcer. It made sense to me." I can see what she means, it wouldn't be hard to figure out if you were paying attention to me, which she was.
"As you probably know, your exploits as Fury were well known. People like to gossip and working as I do lets you hear things so I was well aware of all the rumours. I didn't put it together until you got your tattoos and admitted you were a biotic to me. The pieces clicked and you even had the same body shape as Fury." Bari's more observant than I thought she was, she may be downplaying it but that sort of information gathering is impressive.
"So, you don't mind …?" Bari snorted, wrapping her arm around me, and squeezing.
"Of course not, I live on Omega don't I? If I cared about how dangerous people could be, I'd be a gibbering wreck. You never displayed any urge to hurt me, so I didn't care. I trust you Jack." Bari then stood up and walked towards the exit.
"Will you tell anyone …?" I needed to hear her say it, even if I already suspected the answer.
"Why would I? You would be furious." Bari winked, then left the room chuckling. Did she just …? You, bitch. I was alone now though, so I didn't have to hide the laughter it drew out. I was going to have to use that one sometime, at least once.
"How about the one where she used a singularity to float a ship?" Peros asked. I shrugged
"That wasn't it, the ship was exploded, not lifted." Bari interjected. I paused, thinking that one over. Technically, Fury didn't do it, but I did. How did Bari even hear such a coincidental rumour …, did she start that one? I looked over to her but her face gave away nothing.
The last few weeks have been painful for me, all people seem to want to talk about is Fury. Apparently my show got people interested, so they researched her, but as we know Fury has only existed for a few years and doesn't have much of a background to speak of. To my irritation, this lack of information made people even more interested and rumours began spreading in the last day or two. Most of them were hilariously inaccurate, but a few were close enough to the truth and the girls were currently grilling me about the validity of said rumours. Come to think of it, I should probably answer that last question.
"Maybe. I don't know why you keep asking me girls, I didn't exactly go on the missions with her and she's not exactly talkative." I sigh, exacerbated. I hope they get the hint soon, they've been worryingly persistent. Bari has been less help than she could have been as well, often spouting the most ridiculous rumours of the bunch. I think she might me making them up, how else would she hear a rumour of Fury apparently having a thing for Quarian's? What the hell did I do that would give anyone that impression. Don't even get me started on the supposed 'haram' she has spread across the galaxy. It's not like I'm the protagonist of the filthy books the other read, which they had shown great persistence in introducing me to. I eventually read a few of them, if only to shut the others up. They weren't … horrible. They certainly gave me a few ideas …
"Enough about Fury, I think. We all know most of those rumours are fake, aside from the ones about the other massacres of hers. I know those to be true for a fact." Bari held her hands up to shush the others "… Yes, we have talked about Fury enough, doesn't mean I'm done gossiping though! I've got something else for you all that I thought was interesting. Did you know …" Bari trailed off, even as we all leaned forward, even me. Something about the way she said it drew you in. "As of yesterday, we have a human spectre!"
A human spectre? That's new, interesting as well. But at this point, I'd latch onto any topic of discussion that I could. Anything to get away from the constant chatter about my alter-ego.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"One Commander Shepard." Bari spoke as if I should know who that it. Are they … famous? Of the others around me, only Peros was similarly confused, the other two seemed to recognise the name. Bari was still staring at me, waiting for my reaction.
"I have no idea who that is." I tell her and the rest gawked at me.
"The hero of Elysium?" I shrug.
" … Really?" Bari eyes were wide, and she wasn't the only one staring at me in surprise. Even Peros was. "You don't know about one of humanity's heroes, who saved a colony almost single-handedly?" Nope. Sounds impressive enough, but I wasn't really interested much in specific people, especially humans, back when I still researched things. There had been a definite limit to what information I could find online about the different races in general. Anything about technology quickly flew over my head and it didn't feel worth the effort to learn anything more than how to use it. When both avenues fell through, I quickly lost interest and moved my attention towards improving my biotics more. This was shortly before I became an enforcer, where I was too busy for any research of the sort. The others were still staring at me, the silence having become a tad uncomfortable. I resisted any urge to fidget, waiting for one of the others to break the silence.
"Might want to look her up then, she might interest you. How she became a spectre is equally as juicy too! She proved that another spectre, Saren Arturius, is apparently a traitor. She had proof and everything!" This time everyone gasped at the information, even I was shocked. I knew that name, he was the council's top enforcer. Him being a traitor can't be a good thing for the council, but I doubt it will matter much here on Omega.
So, turns out I was wrong about Shepard being unimportant to me. She was able to draw away attention from Fury, and for that I'm grateful. I had long been tired of hearing about myself by the time everyone else moved on to Shepard.
It's been a few months since the night of the attack, and while some things change, others stay the same. The club has finally been fully refurbished, taking so much longer than normal as Aria had decided to upgrade the security infrastructure instead of just rebuilding it. That was something she left me in charge of, which was quite interesting, if tedious. I really don't understand technology all that well, which is unfortunate when you're overseeing the installation of automated defences. I had to borrow Vassen's assistant almost the entire time just to understand what was going on. Whenever I was unsure, I would ask her questions.
It was a bit of a hassle to constantly ask her questions, but as Jac was the one in charge of the installation, Treena wasn't nearly as skittish. She was still shy and reserved, my close relation with Aria making her nervous, but she eventually got used to me. I'm glad she did too, as her expertise was invaluable to me. I really don't think I should have been the one in charge of the renovations, but Aria was insistent. By the end of the couple of months the installation took, Treena was far more comfortable with me. I was rather laid back with her, if distant, and Treena was able to quickly work with this professionally. I wouldn't call her a friend, but I could at least consider her an acquaintance now.
That was the only new thing I did though, Fury received no missions, I think Aria's still punishing me. It's annoying how it's getting to me a little bit too. My Jia'nor lessons have been going well though. I'm progressing steadily through the movements, and the sparring we've been doing is going well. Speaking of …
I stepped forward, my body contorting backwards to duck under the strike heading towards my head. One of my hands latched onto Bari's wrist, grasping it firmly as I let my balance go, leaning back fully. I felt her try to resist the motion, pulling back on the entrapped arm even as her left knee raised for a strike to my torso. Using the leverage her arm provided and her larger size, I pulled my body perpendicular to hers, using the torque to pull her more intensely even as I dodged the knee strike and found myself behind her.
It was just Bari and I tonight, we were both free and Bari had asked if I wanted to spar with her. I said yes of course. I rather enjoyed our spars and I hadn't done anything interesting all day.
I didn't waste the opportunity I had as I wasted no time in planting one leg and pushing the other between hers. I twisted my calf around her front leg and tugged on it. At the same time, I launched off my planted leg into Bari's back, using the two points of leverage to throw her to the ground, her form entangled with mine. The impact may have jerked me, but it had to of hurt her more. Even so, she twisted around before I could properly pin her, thrusting her hips up hard enough to throw me over her head.
She only had so much strength though, so I ended up with my legs still sprawled on top of her and to my good fortune, my legs had pinned her shoulders. It may have been luck, but I would take it as I pushed off the ground so that I was once again lying on top of her, my legs bent at the knee with my feet hooked under her sides. Bari tried to get her arms out from underneath my legs, but her efforts proved useless as my legs held firm. Her legs tried to wrap around me as well, possibly to pull me off, but my small stature gave me an advantage here. She couldn't reach me, so all her legs were doing was making it harder to stay on top of Bari. Not hard enough though, as Bari was firmly stuck beneath my form. Had I done it? I think I've won, there's nothing she can – What?!
I hadn't registered exactly how we were positioned, with my legs spread over her arms. Bari, out of any other options, had lifted her head up and rubbed her nose firmly into my crotch. I was already feeling somewhat aroused from the physical exertion and the pants I were wearing were thin. Thin enough that I felt her nose brushing directly over, and somewhat digging in. The unexpected yet pleasant sensation surprised me and I froze at the sudden contact, in doing so Bari was able to free her arms from beneath me. Her now free arms proceeded to wrap around me and spin us around so that I was now beneath her bigger form, my back to hers. She pinned my arms behind my back, then proceeded to sit on them, effectively finishing the fight. It technically wasn't over, but Bari was big and strong enough that I wouldn't be able to escape without using my biotics, which would defy the spirit of the whole spar. At least the ground was padded, it could be worse.
I was disappointed that I lost, again, but I wasn't that disappointed. I almost won, and I would have if she hadn't done … that.
We remained there for a length of time, both of us breathing heavily. We were both rather slick from sweat, having just finished the fifth spar of the night, and I couldn't help but feel myself stirring. I had long gone limp by the time Bari relaxed above me, having reached some arbitrary countdown. Her legs moved off my arms, and she now knelt with her legs on both sides of me as I rotated around to face her. Bari's skin was flushed, her skin sweaty and the crop top she wore was soaked, clinging tightly to her form. My eyes trailed over the barely hidden curves and the toned stomach revealed to me, drinking in the sights until my eyes found hers. Her pupils were dilated, almost masking the iris.
"That was … a dirty … trick." I accused her, panting.
"I had no … other options." Bari was panting as well. She grinned down at me though, wetting her lips with a dart of her tongue that caught my eye. I … don't think we're quite finished tonight.
"Were there … really … no other options?" I swallowed deeply, blinking slowly up at Bari. She moved her hands so that they were planted directly beside my head.
"There probably … was, but I couldn't help … myself. It looked so … inviting~" Bari purred, even as her head begun to lower. "But I do agree … that I was … a bit rough with you. I think I could do better." Her eyes were almost entirely black now and I could feel a rush going through me.
"I'm sure … you could." My voice came out soft, breathy. Her face was hovering just above mine now. Her breath was intermingling with mine, the warm air brushing over my face. In the last moment, Bari stopped moving, her lips freezing less than an inch above mine as I stared into my eyes. Why was she hesitating?! Just do it already! I waited only anther moment to see if she would, but nothing so I guess it's up to me. I raised my heads of the ground, closing the distance and our lips met. They were soft, warm, and so very enticing. The first touch was soft, but any hint of Bari's hesitation vanished as she pressed her lips firmly against mine, taking over our kiss. In no time at all, I could feel her lip's part against mine and her tongue prodded my lips apart, before meeting mine. My eyes had long since closed, and nothing else mattered to me right now. I distantly heard something, but it didn't matter right now so I ignored it in favour of the pretty girl above me.
After a long, pleasurable minute, Bari pulled her face back and I opened my eyes. We were both panting heavily and I had to swipe my tongue around my lips to capture the saliva left behind.
"You interested in more?" Bari asked, having regained enough breath to speak.
"We are not stopping now," I glared at Bari, "you got that?" Bari chuckled in response.
"I think that can be arranged" she whispered, her face once more above mine as we resumed making out. I was certainly enjoying it, but I wanted more, so I reached my hands around her back, stroking her sides as I slid them down to her ass which I gave a squeeze. Bari moaned into my mouth, losing her focus for a moment that I didn't waste. I separated our lips, moving mine to her neck and giving it a nibble as I continued to mould the flesh of her ass with my hands. It was very nice to, nicely toned and pliable beneath my fingers. I may have gotten too focused on doing so though, as Bari grabbed onto both of my arms and sat up, pinning them to my sides with her thighs.
"I can't let you have … all the fun." Bari's face was properly flushed know, clearly showing her desire. She cupped my face with her free hands, thumbs stroking my cheeks as she stared down at me. I could free my pinned arms if I really wanted to, but I was interested in seeing where this went.
"Now, what should I do with …," Bari trailed off sliding her hands down towards my chest, "… you?" I jerked as she cupped both boobs and squeezed. I squeaked at her action but managed to largely supress it.
"*tut* *tut* *tut*, oh we can't have that." Bari tsked at me and then she found both my nipples and pinched them, tugging gently. I couldn't help the soft moan I released at the sensation. "There we are…, good girl." I don't know what was turning me on more, what Bari was doing or what she was saying. Hearing her say that was … wow. Bari played with me for another minute before finally stopping, much to my dismay.
"Oh, have a little patience Jack. Your top's getting in the way. I'm going to let your arms go, any you will do nothing but lie there, understand?" She stared down at me sternly, her lips were twitching though. I nodded, fully willing to go along with what she wanted, so Bari let my arms slip out from between her legs. Bari took hold of them in short order, positioning them above my head. She then grabbed the bottom of my crop top and pulled it up and over my head, practically ripping it off my arms and throwing it away from us. Bari then grabbed both of my wrists with one hand, pinning them above my head. This left me lying there, my chest exposed to the world.
"There, isn't that better?" Bari smirked, gazing down at my bare front hungrily. Before I could respond, she lowered her head down and nuzzled her face into my chest, her eyes smouldering up at me. She then moved her lips to one nipple and gave it a kiss, before her tongue stuck out of her mouth and circled it teasingly. The movement was slow, languid, but the wet trail it left behind only excited me more, heightening the sensations. I struggled beneath her, trying to get her to do more, but she just continued the same slow motion. She stared up at me, amused.
"'Why are you such a tease~" I whined. Bari grinned up at me, halting the motion.
"Because you're fun to tease, you give the best … reactions." At the last word, she took my nipple into her mouth and bit down on it. A jolt shot through me and I properly moaned at the mixture of pleasure and pain. It was mostly pleasure, and the small bit of pain only enhanced the sensation for me. Bari grabbed my other breast with her free hand, interchangeably squeezing it and tugging on the hard nipple with her fingers while she continued her mouth's ministrations. Bari continued doing this for minutes, and she was good at it. Good enough that I could feel myself beginning to approach the end. Done with holding out, I closed my eyes and relaxed back into the sensation, fully willing to enjoy it. It was only here that she stopped, sitting back up.
"Really Bari?" she shrugged, unrepentant.
"Yep, we aren't even close to being finished. Now then, I think this has been a little one-sided, don't you?" she stared down at me accusingly. It was by your own choice you –
Oh, hello. Bari had just grabbed the bottom of her own crop top, pulling it off in one smooth motion and leaving her similarly bare as I was. She chucked the top in a random direction but to my surprise she didn't stop there, bending down and grabbing her pants at the waistband, she pulled everything down her legs and stepped out of them, kicking away the last of her clothes. She returned to her full height and stood there, legs spread shoulder width apart with one hip cocked as she stared down at me, her hands on her hips. She was a vision to see, her blue skin glistening with sweat over her toned form. Her chest sat perkily on her, despite being decently bigger than my own. There was no sagging anywhere, and as far as I could tell she had no excess fat on her. All that was left was toned muscles and womanly curves that are really working for me. Seeing I had properly appreciated her form, Bari nodded and returned to her previous position, taking hold of my arms once more.
"Now, how about you show me a little appreciation, hm~," Bari hummed. She then slid herself forward until her centre was right above my face. I could just see her face peering down at me before my eyes refocused on her core. It was a beautiful sight, hints purple peeking out between slightly parted lips. She was clearly aroused, moisture almost dripping onto me and the smell was something I remembered clearly, musky, sweet and so very enticing. I needed no further guidance to bury my tongue inside of her and lick. Bari moaned as I stuck my tongue in deeply before wriggling it around. Her taste coated my tongue as I licked her roughly, making sure to give the little nubbin at the top a flick with my tongue every now and then. Bari hunched over my head, losing her concentration as the pleasure overwhelmed her. She also released my arms, so I moved them to grasp her ass again and shoved her crotch firmly into my face, making sure to shove my tongue in as deeply as I could. Bari only moaned even harder, her hands buried in my hair as she writhed above me.
"… *moan* Don't, don't stop *mnnh*. Yes, *ahh* right … there!" Bari suddenly tensed above me, I knew what that was, but instead of stopping I withdrew my tongue and flicked it rapidly over her clit, as fast as I could. This only made Bari shudder even more as she rubbed her crotch back and forth over my face, riding out her climax. After more than a minute, her trembling finally stopped and she slumped above me. I was still lapping at her core slowly, savouring the taste and letting her recover.
"Good, very good girl." Bari panted, climbing off my face, and lying next to me. She immediately spooned into me, laying her head on my chest, and positioning one leg in between mine. She laid there recovering her breath, her chest squished into my side with her hand on my stomach, stroking it in circles. Her foot also started sliding up and down my legs teasingly. Both movements were rather distracting to me, pulling my thoughts elsewhere. Well, she started it. I lifted my hand off the ground and placed it directly on her ass, giving in a soft and slow squeeze.
"* mnnh*, you showed me your appreciation all right," Bari moaned into my neck, "How about I do the same?" her lips found my neck once more, even as the hand on my stomach began sliding down. It quickly reached the waistband of my pants, slipping under it and my underwear in one motion that left her fingers directly touching my core. I almost moaned at just the contact, I was so aroused. I could feel Bari's fingertips gliding over my centre, making the lightest of contact that left me shivering.
"You're so wet jack, so warm. I wonder what would happen if I just-" Bari swiped one finger directly down my centre, barely entering me up to her first knuckle. All the same, the motion made my hips thrust up from pleasure, trying for more. Bari just pulled her finger back and rested her hand flatly over me, massaging the sensitive flesh firmly, making me squirm.
"No, no, no. Not quite yet, you're still a little overdressed, don't you think?"
I wasted no time in pulling my pants down my legs, underwear accompanying it. My hands could only reach so far though with Bari lying half on top of me, so I used my legs to shove the clothes as far down my legs as I could. They got stuck at my ankles unfortunately.
"Oh, we can't have that." Bari said, her foot stroking up and down my leg once more except this time, she hooked her toes into my pants and pushed them the rest of the way off. She then kicked them away then placed her leg back between mine. It was different though, she leaned much more heavily into it, enough that I could feel her core resting directly on my thigh, the wet warmth distinct.
"There, now spread your legs for me," Bari commanded. I obeyed and let them open wide, baring myself to the air. This also slid my thigh more directly between her legs, sliding her core along it as she wrapped both legs around. "Good girl." Bari whispered, finally slipping her finger back into me. This time though, she put them in as deeply as she could and I moaned at the feeling. Her fingers wasted no time in finding a certain rough patch which she immediately began to rub. I tensed at her touch, letting out a long keening moan. Bari rested her head back on my shoulder and I looked over to find her eyes lidded, grinning lazily at me. Bari's fingers thrust in and out of me rapidly, her pace never slowing down and I quickly began approaching the peak from earlier. She was relentless, and I couldn't stop moaning at the sensation.
"You're going to come for me Jack, you're going to come hard. Don't resist me, just let it go," Bari whispered into my ear just as I was beginning to peak. With the last word, her thumb begun rubbing my clit and that proved enough to push me over the edge. My entire body tensed up and I clamped down tightly on Bari's fingers. Even though my mouth was spread wide, the only noise coming out of me was an almost silent moan. The world flashed white before me even as Bari kept up her motions. I don't know how long it was before I came to, Bari's fingers moving in an out of my oversensitive core slowly. I flopped back onto the ground, limp and exhausted and Bari finally withdrew her fingers for the last time. I could feel her drawing her arm up and I looked over just in time to see her place her fingers fully in her mouth, sucking on them tightly as she withdrew them with a pop.
"Tasty." Bari commented, licking her lips and I couldn't help it, I flushed, turning my eyes away. I could feel her laughter with her form pressed against mine, before I felt her teeth nibbling on my ear, gaining my attention.
"You enjoy yourself?" I nodded immediately. That was very enjoyable, it had been too long since I'd last seen Rielle.
"I did as well, I hope you don't mind my initiative, you seemed interested but weren't getting the signals. I figure you just didn't understand." Bari commented.
"That sounds accurate. I would like to do it again, just not tonight." I was tired what with the sparring we began with.
"And I would be happy to oblige." We laid there for a few minutes before a thought popped into my head. When she said she was interested, did she mean just physically or …?
"We still friends …?" I asked, looking over at Bari. She blinked at me with furrowed brows for a moment before she huffed, amused.
"Of course, Jack. I'm not looking for anything non-physical right now, so we'll just be friends with benefits. Some very nice benefits." I sighed relieved, and I smiled a true smile at her, pleased. Bari paused for some reason, but she smiled warmly back at me and kissed me on the cheek.
"Come on, we should both go get cleaned up."