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Several uncountable, horribly long hours later, you find yourself pacing about in your living room. Wearing tracks into the floorboards as you walk from one corner of the room to the other, trying to burn off all the nervous energy that's built up within you.

Gosh, this anticipation is just killing you. It's strangling you slowly. How long has it been since you've seen your love in the flesh? Since you've held her slim hand? Since you've held her to you, cradled her head to your chest? How long has it been since you stared into her gorgeous eyes, since you heard her sweet voice calling out your name?

Weeks? Has it just been weeks? It feels like it's been months.

You miss her, you miss her, aaaaaaah-

"Mistress, lady Shikinami's just arrived," Lupe pokes her head in from the kitchen.

"Good, good. Good. Start carving up the roast, get the soup off the stove, get the good wine out," you rattle off as you run a hand through your hair, drumming your fingers against your thigh in a nervous patter. Gosh, you're nervous. "And get the maids to send Kaina up already!"

"Understood," Lupe bows, and the kitchen door slams shut. Probably so she can give out orders to the maids you've got working as your serving staff tonight.

Tonight… You've opted to make tonight a smaller affair. A more subdued affair. It's you and Kaina, and just a few maids on call to serve dinner and provide after-dinner services like water, wine, clean clothing. Or other things.

It might be therapeutic to pet some fluffy cat ears together with your girlfriend. Or some cute puppy ears. Didn't she look like she wanted to pet Lupe's ears the first time you met? And you could do other kinds of 'petting' too, heh… Maybe Kaina'll want to 'experiment' with intimacy on a practice dummy later? You could give her all kinds of pointers...

"Alice?"

You start, jerked out of your thoughts by the sweet sound of Kaina's voice. You blink rapidly, refocusing your gaze on…

On…

Piercing green eyes bore into your own. Kaina's cherubic, angelic visage looms across your vision. Your love tucks a lock of her silky blonde hair behind her ear as she studies you intently, a small frown marring her perfect lips.

"Kaina~!"

Your reaction, of course, is immediate. Upon seeing your girlfriend again after so long?

Kaina takes an involuntary step back as you swoop in and tackle her, clinging to her like one of the mutated octopi lurking in Terminus City's harbors. She remains standing though, her legs firmly planted to the ground, immovable even as you glomp her. Your angel. Your brave, valiant knight who tirelessly protects all of these mud people who infest the world…

Ah~!

You missed this, you missed this~!

"Kaina~! Kaina, Kaina! You're here!" You cheer as you nuzzle your face against the crook of Kaina's neck, enveloping your arms around her slim waist. Her skin's so soft and delicate~! She smells so nice~! She's really here! Ah, hugging the girl you love is the best. The best!

A hand snakes around your waist, tentatively patting the small of your back, a gesture that sends warm tingles up your spine.

"… I missed you too, Alice," Kaina whispers in your ear.

Hee.

Kaina shrugs now, tensing up. "… I have a gift to give you before… Can you…"

"Oh. Okay~!"

A gift. A gift! The girl you love's brought you a gift~! A gift she's personally prepared for you!

Ooh, what could it be? What could it be! What could it possibly be?

… You're still a bit reluctant to let go of Kaina though. Hugs are nice, hugging Kaina is even nicer. Still, she's got a precious gift for you. So you do end up untangling your arms from around Kaina. Your precioius love shifts, and the plastic tube strapped across her back shifts with her. Huh, it's like the kind of thing you'd use to roll up a painting -

Kaina opens her gift, rolling it out, and you feel your breath hitch as you behold… A painting. A landscape painting of a very familiar beach, frozen in time. The sun's only just set over this beach, a silver sliver across the water hinting at the moon's presence. Swathes of indigo, dark blue, and black lend the backdrop a cool, mysterious atmosphere.

The riotous colors all across the rest of the painting though? Those dazzle and pop, dots of red, orange, yellow and white paint streaked across the backdrop to create flowers of painted flame.

And far below, you see… Two figures depicted. One with pink hair, and one with golden blonde. Two girls, holding hands as they watch the fireworks explode from above…

… Oh.

Oh!

Did she…

"This is the first time we kissed, isn't it?" You say, a little bit of a tremor in your voice as you stare at this gorgeous painting, depicted in detail that's almost beyond photorealistic. It's actually uncanny just how much Kaina's depicted here. It's breathtaking, how sublime her use of color is. How precise her brushwork is...

The painting you're seeing here? It's like it was plucked right out from your memories...

"… It is. Do you… Like it?" Kaina asks, shifting about nervously.

Do you like it?

Do you like it?

"I love it," you say fiercely, whirling about to stare Kaina straight in the eyes. Then, of course, you lean in and kiss your love right on her cheek, giggling as she blushes. Ah, she's so cute…

"Good. I'm… Glad you like it," Kaina mumbles out.

"How long did you – No, you can tell me about this gift later. Later. First? We need to have dinner," you clap your hands together, excited beyond all measure.

Gosh, you're in a great mood right now!

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You hum happily as you watch Kaina poke at her dinner. The peppery, gamy smell of duck wafts into your nostrils as you tuck away into your own meal. Dinner tonight happens to be duck confit – slow-roasted cured duck, served with garlic and potatoes roasted with delicious duck fat. Ceramic ramekin of savory French onion soup steam off to the side. Onions simmered in meat stock, deglazed with white wine, served gratineed with delicate bread and cheese floating atop the soup.

It's sumptuous fare, but you do like to keep an excellent table when you dine.

"Lupe's in the kitchens getting dessert ready. Pumpkin pie – You like pumpkins, don't you?" You ask Kaina. Honestly you're paying more attention to your love, and less to your food.

Kaina hums next to you. You watch, fascinated as she chews and swallows, then wipes at her lip in a dainty motion. She's so pretty, everything she does just looks freakin' elegant…

"… I think I do, yes," Kaina admits, flicking her gaze back to you.

"Good!" You smile, then dig back into your meal. Well, actually…

… There's something you sort of wanted to do. Shouldn't you be feeding your love more than you are? It's not enough to be sharing a meal with her, you want to be feeding it to her…

Kaina looks up briefly as your seat scrapes against the floor, as you move so you're sitting next to Kaina instead of across the table from her. She tenses up briefly as you lean against her, your breasts nudging against her arm.

"… Alice…?" Kaina looks a little confused by how close you are to her. She hasn't quite twigged onto what you're doing, but that's okay. Kaina's cute when she's confused too.

You maintain eye contact with your love as you spoon onion soup into your mouth. You don't swallow the warm mouthful though. Instead, you lean in and kiss Kaina. On the lips. So you can feed her, mouth-to-mouth.

A little trick you picked up from the adorable maids who were molesting each other, when you invited Sveta over to that lewd sleepover~!

It doesn't take too long for Kaina to catch onto what you're doing. Soon enough, she's opened her own mouth, and you immediately thrust your tongue in between her lips, enjoying the taste of the soup… And of Kaina's sweet saliva. You 'feed' Kaina for a few seconds, kissing her deeply. Her tongue's clumsy, her lips are just a hair slow to part…

But she returns your arduous affections with her own. Silverware clatters onto the table, discarded, as Kaina puts her hands to better use. Probing fingers wander down your back and onto your plump asscheeks. Dextrous digits dig into your fleshy buttocks and squeeze.

You let out a lewd, mewling moan into Kaina's mouth as your love gropes your butt, kneading it like she's rolling out dough.

Hey, hey! Hey! That's pretty daring! You're actually surprised. But it's a good kind of surprise! It's nice to see Kaina getting more assertive and greedy…

Finally you have to pull away. Kaina pants lightly as you do, little strands of your saliva flecking the corners of her lips. Her probing fingers lift off your body, hovering just above your butt.

"… Was that okay?" Kaina asks shyly. "I thought it… It seemed like an appropriate thing to… You did say you wanted to be more… Intimate tonight, and I…"

"Was that okay?!" You repeat, bemused by Kaina's reaction. Honestly, this girl…! "Kaina, of course it's okay. Do you remember what I said, on the beach? Didn't I say that you can touch every part of me?"

"… Yes," Kaina murmurs, her gaze growing distant as she replays that moment in time. "You said that I could touch every part of you. As much as I'd like. To my heart's content. So…"

"So that hasn't changed," you finish, reaching down to take Kaina's hands now and placing them on your breasts. Kaina involuntarily squeezes, flexing her wrists. You bite your lip, feeling that familiar heat beginning to build in your loins as Kaina hefts your perky titties. "Besides, that's the whole point tonight, isn't it?"

"Ah. So it is. Then I can…" Kaina gives your breasts a tentative squeeze, sending a whole host of warm, fluffy feelings scattering down your spine. Dinner sits forgotten on the table as Kaina turns to fully face you, mashing her lips against yours in a clumsy make-out session. Her tongue's still a bit too stiff and awkward, she's shoving it into your mouth without any real technique. And she's pawing at you pretty roughly as well, her nails grazing against the delicate skin of your boobs as she slips her hands under your shirt so she can give your breasts that much more of a squeeze.

But it's to be expected. Kaina's a novitiate in all things intimate. You knew that, heading in tonight. Really, just the fact that she's trying so hard, that she obviously wants you as much as you want her…

All the skill at bedsport in the world can't make up for the warm feeling of giving yourself over to the girl you love, who loves you as passionately as you love her.

… It's a little surprising how hot and steamy things are getting. You haven't even gotten through dinner yet. And there's still a delicious pumpkin pie waiting to be shared with Kaina!

"W – Wait," you pull away now, that thought springing to mind. You choose your next words carefully. They sting as you say them. "… Wait."

"…?" Kaina blinks. Her own top droops off one of her shoulders, exposing the lacy bra she's got on underneath. Her pink lips are parted, still stained with light smudges of your lipstick and shiny droplets of your shared saliva.

"… We shouldn't go any further here," you say. "It'll be more comfortable in the bedroom. And we've still got… We've still got dinner. And dessert."

"Yes, that's… That's right," Kaina agrees. "But does this mean I have to take my hands off-"

"No, you don't have to take your hands off of my breasts Kaina," you giggle. You kick off your shoes, shucking them so you can nudge at Kaina's shin underneath the table with your bare toes. Kaina smiles faintly at the affectionate gesture.

"… It'll make eating more difficult though."

Yeah. That's true. You sigh, pulling away just a little. Just so Kaina has enough elbow room to pick her silverware back up and go back to eating her meal, spearing up pieces of savory duck so she can fork them into her mouth.

"I was nervous, earlier. Before… Before," Kaina admits suddenly. "When you said you wanted to… Do things with me. But then, when I saw you again, my own curiosity started to outweigh how nervous I was. About what it'd be like to… To do things with you. And how the mechanics of that would work, and..."

You feel your heart flutter, just hearing Kaina's heartfelt, sincere words.

"I was feeling a little nervous earlier too," you admit, feeling like all kinds of butterflies are frolicking away in your tummy. It's a ticklish, nervous, happy feeling. "It's normal to feel like that, Kaina."

"… I still don't really know how to…" Is that a blush dusting Kaina's face with the tiniest hint of pink? Heh.

"Don't know how to what?" You ask.

"… I understand the general mechanics of sexual intercourse, but I've never experienced such a thing before. And I've never felt the need to… To…" Kaina's blush deepens.

Wait, hold on.

"Kaina have you ever masturbated before?" You ask, tilting your head briefly.

Kaina shakes her head. "… No. But I have read anatomical textbooks. And some internet articles. I understand that between men and women, a man's penis goes into a woman's vagina in order to perform reproductive functions, and typically serotonin and other hormones are released during the act of sexual intercourse to create a pair-bonding experience that enhances-"

"Kaina, we're both girls," you reach up, gently cupping Kaina's face with your fingers. Your heart flutters as she nuzzles her cheek into your touch. "And I'm not exactly equipped with that kind of thing. You've seen me naked, remember?"

Although, if Kaina's into being penetrated… it might be worth looking into modifications that'd give you something akin to an organic strap-on. Or tentacles. Unless Kaina's the one who wants to do the penetrating. If it's Kaina who's the one doing the penetrating? If Kaina's pinning you down, forcing your legs open so she can fuck a baby right into your welcoming womb-

Slick arousal drips down your wet lower lips, moisture beginning to puddle in the delicate fabric of your panties. You lick your lips, feeling that familiar heady heat beginning to boil over in your head.

… Hmm. Something to prioritize for research, maybe.

Scissoring's a possibility too. Weren't you working on that medicine that'd let girls have babies with other girls…?

"I'm still aware of… I retain anatomical knowledge of what another girl's erogenous points might be. However, I realize that I haven't studied any… That academic knowledge in no way makes up for…"

Ah. This is where the root of Kaina's nervousness was stemming from. It's not because she was embarrassed. Not because she had any hangups about having sex with you. It was because she was genuinely worried she wouldn't be able to make the experience enjoyable for you.

That's just…

… Endearingly dorky, really. She should be worrying about how good she'll feel. Wait, is this the first time she's doing anything sexual? Well, anything with the intent of it being sexual? Does… Does Kaina even know how she feels, herself, when she's aroused? Does she even know what arousal feels like?

… Gosh, you've got your work cut out for you here…

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