'Gods this is boring.' Tataru thought to herself bitterly as she went over the Scions weekly spending.
It was the middle of the day… her day off to be precise.
And why exactly was she currently in the front room of the Scions 'secret' headquarters doing menial paperwork instead of enjoying her day off? Oh it's simple really.
It's because Minfilia had asked her to this morning and she couldn't exactly say no. Especially seeing as not two weeks ago she had gone for a few drinks at the Quicksand and didn't come back until noon the next day absolutely reeking of alcohol and such, which was then promptly followed with an awkward conversation with rather disappointed Minfilia as to why she was attempting to sneak into the living quarters of the Waking Sands while extremely hungover and smelling of spirits.
The conversation only got even more awkward when Minfilia noticed how haphazardly dressed she was as well as the love bites on her neck. All in all, she was banned from going to the Quicksand for a month. Which was unfair in Tataru's opinion. When Thancred pulls something like this everyone just laughs it off, but her? Oh no when she does it she has a drinking problem and she needs to learn self-restraint… She wasn't an alcoholic damn it! It was one time!
Now how was she going to find out that cute redhead's name? And while yes it did seem kind of.. bad that she never got the girls name. But when she woke up the next day hungover and with her face buried in the most amazing pair of tits she's ever seen, only to then realise it was nearly midday and that she was supposed to have returned to the Waking Sands hours ago. Asking for a name was the last thing on her mind, especially since Red(The name she was referring to the redhead as for the time being) was still sleeping.
Tataru sighed wistfully, who was she kidding. What were the chances she'd ever see her again? Seeing as she was an adventurer and all it seemed unlikely.
So here she was, sitting here waiting for this random, rinky dink adventurer that had caught her colleagues eye to show up, while moping over the fact that in her haste she missed a chance at getting to know this amazing(and attractive!) women, And as much as she would love if she turned out to be said adventurer that she was waiting to walk through the door some time today, the chances of that are-
"Excuse me. This wouldn't happen to be the Waking Sands would it?"
Tataru froze. Slowly raising her gaze from the ledger she was absent mindedly reading through to the door her eyes widened.
A young Hyur woman stood before her. Garbed in a light yet sturdy looking chainmail, padded trousers, a pair of slightly worn greaves and a pair of similarly worn gauntlets hanging from her belt. All of this was topped off with the rather large axe that she had strapped across her back.
It..it was her?
Rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things, Tataru looked back up to the woman who was staring at her with a mildly shocked/confused expression.
It was her.. IT WAS HER!
Tataru stammered for a moment, her face flushing a bright red before passing out cold. Gods if this turned out to be a dream she was gonna be pissed.
-Several weeks later-
Tataru let out a tired sigh as she walked briskly towards the showers. Today had been a long, annoying day filled with her filing reports, updating their records, reviewing what had been purchased this month. The last one being the most infuriating of them however.
She swore that when she found out who the hell had bought 30,000Gil worth of dodo meat at 500Gil per five ponze she was going to string them up by their fucking toes! She didn't care if it was all high quality, dodo meat was definitely not worth that much no matter how free range or if the damn birds were fed only the finest grains. It was still just dodo meat Twelve damn it! It's not like it was god's damn caviar.
Thal's balls, her inner merchant was screaming at her to find who did this. And it was times like this when she remembered something her grandma once told her when she was ten,
(Flashback)
"Remember hun, when I was younger I was a bad person, I was a bad egg. I used to hurt people with my hands physically, I used to attack them in the eyes."
Tataru looked at her Grandma quizzically "What does that have to do with being a merchant?"
The older Lalafell just smiled softly and patted her granddaughter on the head "Everything."
(Flashback end)
Tataru stopped and blinked. Wait, what did that have to do with being a merchant? But then again, her grandmother was technically crazy.. And yet on the other hand she was one of the best merchants in Ul'dah back in her day. So she wouldn't be surprised if she did something along those lines.
With another sigh the lilac haired Lalafell entered the female side of the showers. If anything a nice hot shower would at least help her relax a touch. After that she would retire to her room, slip into her favourite nightshirt and curl up on her bed with that book she had been reading.
As she entered she heard the sound of running water. Thinking nothing of it, Tataru walked over to her locker and proceeded to undress herself and placed her clothes neatly in the hamper that was by the exit.
As she entered the shower section she noticed there was a lot of steam lingering but with a shrug she walked over to one of the shower stalls and turned the knobs so the water was just right. And if she had been paying attention she would have noticed the presence behind her.
Humming a small tune to herself as she relaxed under the soothing water, Tataru let out a surprised yelp when she was suddenly hoisted off the tiled floor and pinned with her back against the wall. Her eyes widened in panic before a pair of lips collided with her own, it was then she realised who was holding her.
She relaxed in Naruko's grip as she kissed the taller woman back. Her arms circling around her neck for extra support.
Naruko pulled away a moment later causing Tataru to let out a cute whine in disappointment.
"Why'd you stop?" She pouted cutely.
Naruko chuckled lightly before setting Lalafell woman back on her feet "And what, get caught by Y'Shtola again? Or gods forbid Minfilia? No thanks I'd rather not get a stern talking to for being indecent."
"Ok fair enough. But why the kiss?" Tataru enquired. Naruko shrugged "You looked stressed. In fact you still do."
Tataru slumped her shoulders with a sigh "You have no idea." She muttered as she buried her face in Naruko's side.
"Well… I think I have an idea on how to fix that." Naruko said as she gently petted the smaller woman.
-Later-
Minfilia walked down the hallway towards Tataru's room with a small grimace. She had noticed that the Lalafell was in a rather foul mood earlier and had decided to investigate.
It seemed that someone had ordered sixty ponze of dodo meat from a small business in La Noscea known for both their high quality of product as well as their ridiculously inflated prices instead of their regular supplier. Who it was she didn't know, but she could understand how that would anger the Lalafell woman. Especially seeing as only a week prior they had to buy a dozen new training dummies because Yda had broken their last few on a dare.
And then there was their most recent member and her antics. Honestly she had a feeling that Naruko was going to cause her quite a few headaches in the future, like the time they found out that the Sultan Sworn didn't like her that much. And for good reason.
(Flashback)
The Scions were seated at various spots in the common area of the Waking Sands. They had just finished discussing the recent events with the Sylphs and were now just passing time.
"So Naruko." Y'Shtola began getting the redhead's attention.
"Why is it that you are reluctant to go to the Royal Promenade in Ul'dah?" The Miqo'te woman inquired, getting the attention of her fellow Scions.
Naruko froze for a moment and looked away embarrassed.
"Well… It's a long story. Thancred, you remember that noble woman Lilira?"
Thancred gave a short nod "Yes, the young woman that I believe Papashan requested you to look for. To which both you and her were accosted by Voidsent."
"Exactly. So after that and you went on your way, I wound up escorting her back to Papashan because I didn't exactly feel fine with letting her wander back over to him and possibly get attacked again. Thing is she wasn't all that happy about that for some reason and she complained the entire way back. Though ironically enough, this led to her not paying attention to where she was walking causing her to trip on a rock." Naruko explained. Taking a sip of her drink she continued.
"So when we finally arrived I informed Papashan of the events that had occurred and such but she kept on cutting in with the occasional snide remark and that I had tripped her. To which I responded by telling her she shouldn't expect Papashan to not have people watch her all the time when she us out and about when she is acting like a spoiled little brat and that I tried to warn her about the rock but she ignored me. That shut her up for a bit but then she quite literally stood on a nearby barrel and screamed in my face how I knew nothing about her and what she has to put up with on a daily basis. Papashan was trying to intervene, saying that she was just stressed over something that had happened a few days prior but she just kept on and then I threw a few insults her way until she said something that I won't be repeating here. But let's just say it pissed me off enough for me to punch her in the face."
The others looked at her shocked. Even in the small time they knew her, Naruko never seemed to get angry so they could only imagine what Lilira had said to get such a reaction.
"But uh… It doesn't end there." Naruko continued.
"Remember that banquet that was held after I aided in the retrieval of Nanamo's crown. So when I was attending that Papashan came up to me and asked me not to freak out. I asked him why and all he said is you'll see. Shortly after that Nanamo addressed the guests of the banquet, not that I was paying attention seeing as I hadn't eaten all day and they had these delicious little pastries that had pork and apple in them I think. And then I felt a heavy hand on my shoulder which made me nearly choke on my food because me being the idiot I am had stuffed like three of the pastry things in my mouth. Apparently Raubahn wanted to personally thank me but the fact he was gripping my shoulder as hard as he was and the kinda scary look he was giving me, said otherwise. So we talked for a small while… and that's when Nanamo wished to introduce herself… or really I should say reintroduce herself." She said to their confusion. However a look of realisation quickly appeared on Y'Shtola's face.
"You see, earlier I had overheard that Nanamo had apparently had a bruise on her face from tripping over or something, I thought nothing of it but when I saw her I damn near shit myself. Because lo and behold she had a black eye and it was exactly where I had decked Lilira a few days prior." She finished.
"Wait so you're saying that you.." Minfilia began.
"Yep. I punched the gods damn Sultana in the face. And let me tell you, I had honestly expected her to tell Raubahn to tear my arms off. But instead she actually teared up and apologised for how she acted, to which I didn't get the chance to respond because the Echo decided to hammer me in the skull like an angry Goobbue and knocked me unconscious. Though funnily enough, she thought she caused me to have a heart attack and actually started to cry a little thinking I was dying/dead."
(Flashback end)
Minfilia remembered that the conversation had spiralled from there but still she had high hopes for Naruko… now if only she could convince her to actually put some damn pants on when she wandered around the living area. Seriously did that girl have no shred of decency?
Shaking her head, the leader of the Scions approached Tataru's room. But she stopped just shy of the door 'Hmm, is it truly that late already?' She thought as she gazed at the clock on the wall. Perhaps she should save this for the morning, chances are that Tataru was asleep and the last thing she wanted to do was wake the poor girl.
However before she could leave she heard a sound.
"Ahn.."
Looking around Minfilia couldn't discern where it came from,
"Oh.. Ooooh."
Minfilia frowned, there it was again but it was muffled. 'What is that?'
"AH! ahhh g-gods!"
Minfilia's eyes widened, it was coming from behind her. A fierce blush appeared on her cheeks, oh god's that was Tataru…
"Oho, you like it when I do this don't you?"
By the Mother! Was that Naruko?
"Yessss."
"Then how about this?"
A loud moan emanated from within Tataru's room. Okay, yep definitely talking to her tomorrow is what was going through Minfilia's mind as she hastily walked off with a bright blush on her face.
-Meanwhile-
"Ooh.. Harder please." Tataru moaned blissfully as Naruko gave her a message.
When Naruko said she had a way to relieve stress she won't lie she had expected something else entirely. But this was just as good.
"You know, if someone were to walk by your door they'd get the wrong idea." Naruko pointed out as she worked a particularly stubborn knot in Tataru's shoulder.
"I don't caaaare."
Naruko just rolled her eyes as she worked her way down Tataru's back. She had been at it for roughly an hour now and she figured she'd finish up soon.
She gently massaged Tataru's back before moving her hands to just above her rear. 'Now.. let's see if I still remember how to do this.' Naruko thought as she focused a small amount of aether into her fingers and then proceeded to gently massage Tataru's lower back.
The reaction was almost immediate.
"N-Naruko! Oh, oh goooods! Ahn!" Tataru cried out as her toes curled from the sheer bliss she was experiencing. Gods she was so close to exploding, just a little more!
Naruko let the aether fade as she sat back and observed her handy work. Tataru had her head to the side, her violet eyes were rolled up and she had a bright blush on her face with her mouth slightly agape as she gasped softly. Her body was trembling slightly from both the pleasure she was feeling followed by the sudden loss of said pleasurable sensation.
"W-why'd you stop?" Tataru asked shakily.
"Because if I use my aether to massage you for too long it can lead to some issues." Naruko explained.
"B-but I was so close!" Tataru argued as she tried to sit up. The sheet that was covering her lower half falling as she did so, leaving her completely nude.
"Oh really."
Tataru gave her best angry glare. But it just looked cute, and kinda hot.
The next thing Naruko knew she was being pushed onto her back "Wha-" her words died in her throat as Tataru seductively crawled across her body until she was face to face with her.
"Oh, so you like teasing people do you? You like bringing an innocent little thing like myself to the brink only to leave me hanging?" She said as she gently caressed Naruko's cheek before pinning her arms and taking her lips in a fierce kiss. Hells bells! When did Tataru get this strong?
Naruko gulped slightly and gave a small nod when Tataru finally released her lips. "Oooh. Naughty naughty. Hmmm we can't have that now can we?" Tataru said as she sat on Naruko's chest. She could feel the heat emanating from between the Lalafell woman's legs "Now Naruko. You," Tataru said as she inched closer "Are going to," closer "Finish me off. And you aren't leaving this room until you do so. So please, take your time." She said, flashing Naruko her usual smile as she pressed her glistening mound against Naruko's mouth.
'By the Twelve what have I unleashed?' Naruko thought as Tataru grinded her womanhood against her mouth.
What indeed. And suffice to say, the both of them were going to be having an awkward conversation with the others as to why they are walking funny in the morning. And the mystery of the dodo meat would remain just that, a mystery.
Well… That got interesting at the end didn't it?
Is this dirty feeling normal?
Anyway, I don't think I need to point out when in the timeline this plays out. But in case you are wondering, it is before Naruko and Nanamo got together. And no Naruko and Tataru are not together, it's more of a friends with benefits kinda thing… for now~ Who knows, I may decide to jump the shark and decide to Naruko with both Nanamo and Tataru…and maybe Krile. I dunno, I'll decide later.
Well that's all from me. I'll probably update In Crimson It Began sometime this month..hopefully.
See ya next chapter.
