A/N: Been a short bit since the last chapter of this~

Do enjoy~

Wholesoul Love

Chapter 3: Heart

The muffled tweeting of birds was the first thing Aether heard when he woke up.

The sluggish stirring of his mind was hastened by the noise from outside; a party of some sort going on in the next building over and spilling into the street whilst some other group was in the next block over making a ton of noise. Yet they couldn't drown out the slow twittering of birds, the noise being the true reason Aether cracked open his eyes.

The blond drew in a slow breath, his skin warm under the thick blanket and enticing him to squirm; his heels dragging across the sheet and finding cool spots that felt just divine against his warm skin. The air itself was mild but not unwelcomingly so and he almost pushed the quilt down out of habit, had he not remembered he wasn't alone in bed; the thought luring his gaze to the right. To where Furina still slept by his side, eyes gently shut and her breathing soft.

Aether smiled quietly at that and shifted onto his side, the motion making the bed creak faintly before he wrapped his arm around her, cuddling himself into her. The act made Furina stir, however, a cute scrunching of her nose preluding her slow, prolonged inhale followed by a deep exhale – and then her eyes fluttered open. They stared at nothing for a moment before registering his presence, flitting up to meet his gaze.

''Morning.'' Aether warmly whispered.

Furina's cheeks dusted pink and a small smile curled at her own lips. ''G-Good morning.''

Under the cosying quilt Aether leaned down and pecked Furina on the lips, eliciting a soft hum from his girlfriend as she reciprocated almost immediately. She rolled to face him and ran a slender hand up his jawline, fingers teasing the back of it before settling on his nape, pulling him deeper into the kiss. His own hand landed on her lower back, pressing the thin material of her nightgown against her warm flesh and furthering the moment, the slow smack of their lips and heavy breaths the only thing to be heard.

Furina though just got more eager, an undercurrent of excitement to her movements as she wrapped her right thigh around his, practically pressing herself against him. Though unexpected he hardly resisted, his lips connecting with hers in more and more impassioned smooches – when she went further, her tongue pushing past his teeth and entering his mouth. He fought back with his own, their tongues tangling messily yet excitingly, his hand sliding lower down her back until he was nearly grabbing her ass.

When Furina broke off the kiss with a small gasp; panting and flushed in the wake of such a kiss. She met his eyes and looked away, self-consciousness suddenly rearing its head and quelling her momentary audacious streak – embarrassment once more taking root.

''A-Ah, my apologies...'' Furina sheepishly said as she avoided his gaze.

Aether murmured an 'it's okay' and kissed her lips, eliciting a soft mewl from his partner as she reciprocated. Alas this time it didn't lead to a frenzied make-out session but a quiet pulling away instead; his companion smiling shyly at him before sitting upright.

''W-Well, ahem...'' Her cough did little to dim the blush on her cheeks. ''How about I make us some coffee?''

''Sounds good.'' Aether replied, smiling when Furina all but leapt out of bed – her blush darkening as she tried to hide how totally not flustered she was. ''Don't trip on the boxes this morning?''

''I-I won't!'' Furina laughed sheepishly, waving him off.

Aether shook his head in amusement and shifted back a little; propping himself up against the pillows as Furina left the room, her movements audible as she made her way into the kitchen. The little noises filtered through the air peacefully and he let out a long breath as they happened, doing his damnedest to ignore the raging stiffy he was hiding under the covers lest it make Furina more embarrassed than she already was. Morning wood could be a pain like that, at times.

It had been several days since his 'interaction' with Focalors in the dreamscape. He hadn't had another dream with her since, unfortunately, but he didn't let that stop him from spending his time with Furina. From waking up in the same bed as her to having dinner together or most commonly sorting through her mountain of things; they spend most of their days together and not, parting ways only when official business required them to. But by nightfall they'd always be back together again.

Drawing in a deep breath Aether exhaled it back out again, sitting upright. He had some stuff to do around Fontaine today – Navia needed some help gathering materials outside Fontaine and Chevreuse wanted more munchies – so he couldn't afford to just spend the morning laying in bed. Nor did he want to when Furina was through in the kitchen doing all the work; the thought tempting him out of bed, his bare feet padding across fluffy carpet through her apartment.

The rattling boil of the kettle quickly became evident as he neared, then stepped into the kitchen. His eyes swept across the pristine marble-topped surfaces hosting a myriad of gadgets and devices no doubt purchased by Neuvillette to help Furina adapt to living on her own, be it a kettle and stovetop to a fancy-looking toaster and oven, much of which hadn't gotten much use yet. The window at the end of the long kitchen let rays of sunlight spill over the ivory counter-tops, glittering off of it and illuminating Furina's form warmly, her thin nightgown almost seeming transparent in that moment.

Aether meandered up behind her and snaked his arms around her, feeling her tense momentarily before relaxing the next, her lips curling up into a smile. Not a word was said but he felt more comfortable hugging her, knowing she didn't mind; a soft hum escaping him as he rested his head on her shoulder.

Furina was the first to break the silence. ''Should we have pancakes for breakfast today?''

It was such a light-hearted query that it made him smile, washing away any miniscule troubles he had. ''Sounds good. Want me to start whipping it up?''

''If you don't mind. Oh, I also got some more berries yesterday evening, I've been dying to have some of that with cream~!''

The enthusiasm made him chuckle and pull back, though not before leaving one last kiss on her cheek – relishing her squeak as flusterment took hold once more.

She really was too cute, Aether could only muse as he fetched the frying pan.

X-x-X

Nightfall eventually came as it always did.

The day was full of laughter and fun, along with more than a few moments of intimacy – lasting only briefly until embarrassment made them pull apart, flustered by how bold either of them were being. Distractions offered themselves in the form of some afternoon shopping or, more keenly, the eternal pile of items that needed sorting through. If nothing else they'd cleared the bedroom completely, leaving just the hallway and living room populated by the numerous boxes.

Now though the time for sorting through things was over. Dinner had been had at the local restaurant the pair of them were fond of frequenting and some light reading took place on the bean-bag, as was their nightly routine – culminating in the completion of their current action novel. Leaving them to wonder what to read tomorrow.

''Perhaps Tales of the Winterlands? I heard it's quite popular in Snezhnaya. Legend has it the book actually fell from the sky, having fallen out of a passing train soaring through space.''

Aether chuckled at the mental image. ''I'm pretty sure that's just a legend. I don't remember ever seeing any space trains lately.''

Furina sighed at that, her voice heard partially through the closed bathroom door. He hung about just outside and leaned up against the door-frame to her room, dimly listening to the fluid jazz music playing over the gramophone in her room. The slow piano notes, the deep lulls that led into a string of higher notes, it was elegant in a way that perfectly described Fontaine. Though hardly a music connoisseur he enjoyed it all the same, his eyes running over the walls as the warm glow of the bedside lantern lit them, the curtains all drawn shut and making her room feel quite cosy indeed.

The distinct click of the bathroom door though brought his attention back onto Furina – and he momentarily lost the ability to speak as the door swung wide. Contrary to the nights before she had not donned her flowing nightgown, but instead wore something more casual – a pair of pale blue shorts and a loose top. It was almost tomboyish in fashion but fit her so well he couldn't find the words to phrase it eloquently, leaving him flustered by the sight of her in such clothes.

''Um... do I look okay?'' She tugged on the hem of her t-shirt, which barely covered her midriff. ''Since we're moving into summer, I thought I might as well pick something more comfortable for the hot weather...''

''You look good.'' Was all he could think to say, giving his head a shake. ''Scratch that, beautiful. Amazing. I uh... wow, you really look good in anything.''

Furina flushed, a shy sort of half-smile curling at her lips. It left his heart fluttering all the same and he offered her his hand, prompting Furina to oblige; the gentle brushing of their hands enough to leave both red in the face. Yet still he held hers gently and led her through into the bedroom, knowing somewhere in the back of his mind this night wouldn't end with just a kiss before bed. He tried to quench the thought, the anticipation, but some instinct stirred within him, preparing him for what he intuitively knew was coming.

Like a gentleman easing his companion into her chair he sat Furina down, the gesture earning him a soft giggle from Furina, her butt shifting across the quilt until she could squirm her way under the thick blanket. He joined her, sliding in from the other side as the music played away, the lamp left on as Furina shifted up to him – her eyes telling of her want even if she wasn't confident enough to voice it out loud. Truthfully he wasn't either.

So he forewent speaking and let his actions do the talking. The distance between them became null and his lips soon touched hers, eliciting a soft moan from his partner as she threaded her arms around him, shy but receptive as she smooched back. The gentle mashing of their lips was as enthralling as ever and he could probably do it forever; losing himself in Furina's intoxicating charm, in just holding her and showering her with love.

However he wanted, craved more – to shower her with a love deeper than a simple kiss. It was that thought that made him break off the kiss, the gentle breaths they shared permeating the quiet – before with a soft grunt Aether shifting on top of her. Just being in such a position left Furina blushing like mad, her smile adorably fragile and eyes wide, trying to not show how flustered she was and failing miserably.

If anything though, that just made her cuter in his eyes.

Their lips connected in another kiss, drawing a softer moan out of Furina – one that wobbled in pitch as his right hand ran up her side. He did it slowly, giving her time to stop him, but when she didn't he let it disappear under the material and further up and up. Only when he reached the demure hill underneath did he slow his hand and gently cup her breast, small and perky but ever for fitting for Furina.

''Mm- ah...'' Furina drew back from the kiss first. ''Aether...''

He broke off the kiss and admired her flushed face, though his eyes were quick to flit south. A tug was all that was needed to lift her shirt up to her collarbone and expose her smallish breasts, her left kneaded gently under his palm – his mere touch enough to make Furina let out a shuddering breath. It fed his budding arousal and in a moment of daringness he leaned down, kissing not her lips but between her breasts.

The audacity made her gasp, her lips pursing not a second later as if to hide the embarrassing sound, but he didn't let it stop him. With excitement pumping through his veins he planted another kiss upon her flesh, his left arm winding around her waist as he trailed kisses over to her right breast, his lips smooching her soft flesh until he found her nipple – and took it into his mouth. The act alone earned him a mewl from his partner but the look of bashful delight on Furina's face sold it.

As did the moan he got out of her when he sucked. It sent a pleasant shiver up his spine and he caught her nipple between his teeth, gently rolling it about or lashing at it with his tongue. She ran her fingers through his hair in response, her moan feeble but enchanting and tempting his lips away from her chest, and instead down her front; one kiss after another leading him down her bare stomach.

'She's so beautiful.' Was the most prevalent thought in his mind, unspoken but unquestionably present in his mind. 'Furina...'

He ran his hands down her figure, tracing her hips as he sunk his fingers into her shorts and pulled them down. She wasn't wearing anything underneath he soon learned, eyes tracing her groin down to her nether lips. He planted a kiss on her groin and pulled her shorts down all the way, weaselling them off of her feet and running his hands back up her bare, creamy legs, feeling her thighs tense as she whimpered in embarrassment.

Yet she didn't stop him, her fingers holding his hair gently as he eased himself between her legs – and a squeak fled her lips as he lashed at her slit. It was a teasing stroke, and one that enticed Aether to give another, more proper stroke – preluded the multiple more than followed. He drew on his experience with Focalors and gently lapped at her sex, his hands keeping her thighs from squashing his head between them, tempting as that may be.

''Hah, Aether, that- nnyaah~'' Furina pushed her head back into the pillow, moaning. ''T-That feels...!''

Aether replied by teasing her opening with his tongue, eliciting a delicate cry from his lover. He relished it; bringing his right hand in and spreading her petals with two fingers, opening her up and letting him eat her out with greater ease, his tongue lubed with saliva as it lashed along her sex. He went further up without needing to be asked, his wet appendage soon teasing her clit and eliciting a short cry from the ex-Archon, her legs jerking on either side of him.

The sight just emboldened him further; his fingers grazing down and teasing her entrance before dipping inside; thrusting in deep the second she moaned. Her voice spiked into a squeak and she covered her mouth with both hands, not that it did much to muffle her ensuing moans as he licked at her clit – teasing the sensitive bundle of nerves while his fingers pumped into her sex, feeling her insides clench around his digits desperately.

He relished the sensation, shifting further up just to kiss her groin, feeling her tense under his lips as he so gently took the lead with her. His lips came back down soon enough, brushing over her clit before his tongue lashed around it, tempting her with the sensation but not gratifying her quite yet, the motion gaining confidence as he repeated it and fed the anticipation building within Furina – until he gave her clit a proper lick, eliciting a gentle cry from his lover.

''Ahh, Aether, how are you so good at- mnya~''

Aether blushed and didn't deign to answer that particular question, busying himself with fingering Furina – his digits curling and pressing up against a spot that left Furina trembling with pleasure, The way her insides clamped and clenched around his fingers only encouraged him to keep at it, barely giving her room to breathe as he teased her trembling insides, her gasps building until a squeak or squeal escaped her, aided by a quick suck to her clit.

Both her hands clutched at his hair then; fingers weaving between blond locks and pulling him between her shaking legs. He pulled his fingers out then to hold them, squeezing the soft flesh as he brought his tongue down on her entrance, licking and lapping with a vigour that left Furina crying out. Dimly he wondered if anyone else in the apartment building could hear but quenched such thoughts immediately, focusing entirely on Furina as he ate her out, her nectar greedily lapped up by his tongue.

''Aether, Aether!'' Furina cried out breathlessly, her back arching. ''Wait, t-this is too, ah, wait, ah-!''

Her gasping breaths built, spiked – and her voice cracked as she cried out, cumming on his tongue. He pulled back in time to avoid her squirt and jammed his fingers into her instead, eliciting an even shriller squeal from Furina he finger-fucked her mid-orgasm, her whole body jolting and convulsing under him as he fried her mind, her hips lifting off of the bed as he kept moving his digits.

Until he yanked them out, a short gasp escaping Furina right before she collapsed against the bed, her demure bust heaving with every lung-filling breath she drew. He savoured the sight, his own breathing heavy from exertion and his gaze tracing the delightful swell of her chest. Gradually his attention shifted south, tracing her tummy down to her glistening slit. Shivers and spasms ran through her figure enchantingly and as she lolled her head to one side, looking up at him, he couldn't help but be taken by how downright beautiful she looked.

''Aether...'' The feeble way she called his name, how she outstretched a hand to him – it was too much to resist.

The bed creaked under him as he eased himself atop Furina, his throat tight with embarrassment but the dire need aching within him compelling him forth. As if sensing that Furina tilted her head to one side, a flustered smile on her lips as she opened her legs for him, her eyes flitting down to his cock as he peeled his boxers down and let it out. Despite shyness slowing him down he got into position all the same, one hand grasping his cock just so he could rub the tip along her slit, earning a feeble whimper from Furina.

''Ready?'' He murmured then.

Furina bit her lip. ''M-Mm.''

His tip rubbed along her opening, her nectar sticky against his head – and then he claimed her. The hot, slick embrace of her insides welcomed him and Aether moaned as he eased himself into her, hearing Furina gasp then whimper as he popped her cherry. He took it slow because of that, mindful of her discomfort as he eased himself into her, stopping just halfway and pulling back. Furina whimpered but he pecked her lips to soothe her; tempting her hand back into his hair and pulling their lips together in a clumsy, if impassioned kiss.

One that lasted just a few moments before they broke it off for air, left panting from it. He leaned over her on one hand as his other ran up to her chest, groping her small breast and running his thumb over her nipple almost idly, coaxing a little whine out of Furina herself, her thighs pressing into his hips. A sensation that just encouraged him to keep moving, his thrusts slow as he sunk into his lover's wet, clenching tunnel, the novelty of being inside of her making his unfathomably intense.

''Furina... hng...'' Aether managed to grunt out.

No further words were said. With a tug she pulled him down, their lips mashing in another messy kiss even as he slowly pumped into her, her tight insides strangling his cock but her moans taking on a lighter, less pained note. He eased himself into her accordingly, his thrusts gaining momentum and sheathing his cock in deeper each time, fuck a slew of breathless noises out of the ex-Archon as he rutted into her.

Until soon he was buried practically balls-deep in her, his full length sheathed inside of Furina. The way her inner walls clamped around his length, the sticky heat of her insides, it all just deprived him of words and left Aether moaning – foregoing thrusts as he hilted in her and grinded up against her, the aching relief it brought making Furina shiver and squirm. Their lips drew near but both were too busy panting to let them connect, prompting him to give her a quick peck on the nose instead as he propped himself upright, hands taking hers and holding them down against the pillow.

''Does it feel alright?'' Aether puffed out.

Furina flushed, chin dipped but eyes on his. ''I-It feels... mn, incredible... keep moving, please? It doesn't sting as much as before...''

The soft, almost shy mumble she made brought a smile to his face, and with a whispered affirmative Aether complied. Though caution remained he dared to pick up the pace, his shaft sliding between Furina's tight walls only to hilt back between them a split-second later – the constant, earnest tempo utter bliss. Even getting a blowjob from Focalors couldn't compare to the sensation, his fingers digging into her knuckles as he buried himself in the delicate Fontainian under him, their flesh audibly smacking together.

Even as the jazz music continued on, the delicate piano notes ringing through the air, the sound of their clapping flesh remained audible over it – as was his husky grunts and Furina's feminine gasps, voice light as he made love to her. The more he moved the easier his rhythm became, his muscles seizing up and his hips slamming forth, slotting himself into Furina and fucking a cry out of her.

''Ah, A-Aether!'' Furina cried out, and he groaned as she leg-locked hm – feet crossed and refusing to let him pull out.

There was no time to wrestle free and his hips wouldn't stop moving, an overwhelming need churning up his length and hastening his thrusts – the lurid squelch of his penetrating cock filling his ears and driving him to the brink. The sopping tunnel he slammed into tightened blissfully around him as Furina cried out, her thighs pressing into his hips and her hands clutching at his, hand-holding him desperately-!

''Hyaa~!''

When Furina climaxed. The sight of his lover spasming under him, shoulders jerking inwards and head tipping back, was unfathomable hot – and instantly pushed Aether over the edge. Two pumps was all he could last before the dam broke and he busted his load inside of Furina, driving himself up to the hilt inside of her and erupting inside of her; untold amounts of cum ejaculated within her clenching, slippery depths.

Desperate pleasure made him buck and rock his hips, his thrusts half the norm and interspersed with hurried, clumsy grinding motions, a moan forced out of his throat as he felt her squeeze him so snugly, like she was drying to drain his balls dry. The lewd thought was the icing on his orgasm, a violent shudder twitching up his back and making it arch; his exhaled breath laden with a moan as his thrusts ceased.

Under him Furina whined, the final squirms of her orgasm rippling through her as she relaxed, the quick rise-and-fall of her bust catching his eye – her smile doing that better and tempting him down, their lips meeting in a deep kiss.

One that left both of them panting by the time they broke it off. Furina forewent words and just brought his right hand to her cheek, nuzzling it in breathless affection and smiling up at him, her mismatched blue eyes full of adoration. He didn't look away nor try to evade it, simply kissing her forehead and pulling out, allowing him to flop down next to her.

''Wow, that was...'' Aether managed to puff out.

''Mm.'' Though wordless her hum conveyed her overabundance of affection all the same, doubly so as she snuggled up against him.

Smiling he wound his arm around her and just basked in the afterglow with Furina, the jazz music drawing to its quiet conclusion as it reached the end.

Within minutes the bedside lamp would be flicked off and darkness would blanket the room.

And under the cosying covers the couple snuggled away, sleep coming easily.

As did dreams.

[END]