Room 330, Thursday Evening

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It had been... well, definitely some kind of week. The very distracted sort of week, in fact, where Evan had alternated between trying to study and trying to work off some of that excess energy that he had all pent up since Monday. He'd even called in on what would have been his first day of work, explaining to his new boss that there was no way he was going to be able to do his job in the middle of all of this pollen.

Calling in pollenated was completely legitimate around here, right?

This evening, he was smack-dab in the middle of 'working it off' mode. His books were all piled up on the other side of the room and he'd cleared a space in the middle of the floor, where he was doing push-ups. Lots and lots and lots of push-ups. Kinda pasty shirtless push-ups. Because, really, what else was there for it?

He was desperately hoping this whole thing would wear off before the visitors could begin arriving to the island tomorrow.

[OOC: Expecting one, but open if anyone wants to visit Evan beforehand.]

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When she jumped, Evan nearly did, himself, blinking at her with wide eyes, and then down at the book, and then back at her again.

"The other book seems important to them? Or their progress?"

Focussing wasn't normally this difficult, was it? And this was an angle he'd never really considered Sholeh from, before. He licked his own lips, and then attempted to turn his gaze back to the reading material in her hands. Book. Book. Book...

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"They're trying to mimic the progress from the other book in their own house," Sholeh said. "It's all very confusing. I guess the pilgrim in the other book goes on a long quest that the girls want to do as well? But they can't go anywhere because they're poor? I don't really know any of the places that the pilgrim travels, though."

She brought the book closer to him, showing him a page she'd marked, as she leaned closer. "It says he traveled here to Vanity Fair, but that's another book too! I'm hopelessly confused!"

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"Another boo-- Oh! You're thinking about the magazine now, right? Ignore that, that one has nothing to do with it," Evan replied, biting the inside of his cheek. Laughing would be unhelpful now, especially with her so close...

Wow, was she ever close.

"... The book they keep talking about is allegory. The places he goes to... they're not actually real places, you know? And a lot of the allegory is... well, his name is Christian. I mean, it's all rather..."

Um.

"Rather..."

Where was he going with this, again?

"Blatant..."

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She pulled away, trying not to pout at him. "Sorry, Evan. I'm not at all conversant with your blatant Christian allegories."

Hormones made for a bit of a mood swing.

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Evan was going to just smack his forehead against a wall a few times after she left, if that was okay?

"I didn't mean to say that you should be," he replied, cringing slightly. "You're not from Earth, how would you? I just mean, the book that they keep talking about isn't subtle. There are people in it named things like Obstinate and Help and Hypocrisy. There's a city named Destruction and a Valley of Humiliation and..."

He licked his lips, not quite able to look away from hers.

"It's not like they include the whole book in that one."

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"Okay," Sholeh said, slightly mollified. "The book just acts like I'm supposed to know all this stuff its referencing and why it's important to the rest of the book."

She huffed, though leaned over and rubbed her cheek against his to show he was forgiven for his accidental slight.

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"One is all tied up in the other, and you can't really appreciate what it's saying unless you understand the references first," he murmured, nodding and closing his eyes. Her cheek was warm against his, and soft, and inviting. "It makes the assumption, because the first was almost two centuries old when the one in your hands was written, but..."

He leaned his face back against hers and smiled. Her hair tickled at his cheek, and she smelled like... well, like herself. It was distracting, at best.

"But not even everyone from Earth pays attention to Christian Allegory..."

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"Mmm," Sholeh agreed, nuzzling his cheek still. His skin was smooth against hers, save the soft ridge that followed his cheekbone up and provided a slight contrast. "I see."

Or she was just making words, one of those.

Her head was slightly tilted, baring the side of her neck, her hair tossed over her other shoulder. If Evan looked at the back of her neck, he'd spot a smattering of golden freckles on the skin there.

"I like it..." The book again. Really.

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Oh no, her freckles. He could vaguely remember trying to count them, once, when he was somebody not entirely himself. Now, the idea of counting them seemed like an insurmountable task. He wanted to explore them, yes, but counting? Too slow.

"Y-yeah?"

She liked it, and he was nuzzling his face into the crook of her neck and inhaling.

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"Oh yes," she agreed softly, head tipping backwards. She was certain now that she wasn't talking about the book anymore, but not entirely sure if he knew that. "Very much."

Her breathing sped up and she found herself resenting the boning of her light corset and the tightness of her high collar. Maybe she should wear clothing more like Zhahar's, light and breathable and so easily moved out of the way....

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Evan wasn't completely hopeless. The way she was breathing and the tilt of her head were hints enough. And even if they weren't, he was feeling very much the same way, himself.

Which was probably why, in a fit of daring, he murmured "Sorry," and gave her throat an experimental nibble, just above that high collar of hers.

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"Oooh!" It was another one of her surprised squeaks, but far breathier than the ones he usually heard. It was followed by another sigh and a few creeping fingers that tugged her collar down, giving him more room to explore.

"No need for apologies," Sholeh murmured.

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"No?"

Well, if he didn't have to apologize, then the best thing to do would be to keep kissing, right? Especially with the way she moved her collar down like that, exposing more skin for him to nip at and appreciate.

"You're so pretty, Sholeh. You are."

So he was going to just keep kissing, okay?

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Okay!

"No, Evan, I'm--ohhhh." Her instinctive denial was cut short by the feeling of his teeth against her neck. That hadn't been something she was prepared for!

...Though if he wanted to do it again, she didn't think she'd mind at all.

"Shouldn't I be...?" Doing something? Anything?

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"Be?" Talking was hard. Evan's mouth had to be doing a thing, see? "Be..."

He actually didn't know what they were talking about. He did now, though, that kissing her neck was nice, but he would much rather move around her so that he could kiss her on the mouth.

She wouldn't mind if he did that, right? Because that was exactly what he was moving into position for now, stepping around the chair and then leaning over it to be closer to Sholeh still.

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Oh! Oh, this was something Sholeh could do to help! This, right here!

Evan leaned over her and she tipped her face up to meet his, already opening her mouth slightly before their lips even met. A hand rose to hold his cheek and guide his face down to hers.

"Oh, Evan," she breathed.

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"Hey, Sholeh," Evan breathed back, leaning his face into her hand for a moment before, in a fit of embracing the manufactured courage that the island was providing, there, he moved forward to press his lips against hers.

A good, proper kiss. Kissing! His girlfriend! They were kissing!

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Wow. Oh wow. Why didn't they do this more often? Sholeh would ask him, but that would require her to move her mouth and that was just silly.

There was very important kissing to be done.

Such very important kissing also required her to lightly hold his shoulders to make sure he didn't go anywhere. She liked him--and his mouth--exactly where it was.

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The encouragement was welcome, too! Evan hummed happily, settling into the kiss. He had no idea if he was actually any good at it, but he was certainly enjoying it, and the way Sholeh's hands closed around his shoulders, and the way he could get a little closer to her still if he just shifted his weight a bit, kneeling on the floor before her and stretching upward like so...

He wanted to be really, really close to her.

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Close was good. Close was almost as good as kissing! Maybe not quite as good, but Sholeh had vague memories of a time when closeness had been even better--though she had been wearing fewer layers between them that time.

Many fewer. Like...none at all. Just skin to skin and the closeness had been wonderful.

She stretched upwards and she leaned forwards, her hands tentatively sliding over his shoulders to his back, pushing herself that much closer still...

The desk chair tilted forward with her weight, creaking a bit on its pivot.

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It creaked a little more still when Evan wrapped his arms around her, just the once, and straightened his back slightly. He paid it no attention. He was thoroughly lost in the kiss, and the way her hands felt on his back, and how much he wanted to just pull her into his lap and maybe keep her there forever...

He hummed softly, to let her know that he was quite happy with the situation as it stood. In case she'd been worried.

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Sholeh hadn't been worried, but the confirmation was nice anyway. Her answering noise was indicative of the same. One leg made its way out from under her skirts and hooked around his thigh and each breath pressed her chest against his, making her breasts tingle under the many layers of fabric that separated them.

She shifted forward, trying to get closer yet--and the chair finally gave up, toppling over and spilling Sholeh onto the floor.

Or, more accurately, onto Evan.

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... And suddenly, Evan was on his back on the floor. Evan was on his back on the floor with Sholeh on top of him, and he was blinking up at her, wide-eyed, with his arms around her and his heart thumping in his ears.

"Whoa... Are you okay?"

Because falling was a bit of a moodkiller.

For... a second or two. And then he found himself keenly aware of the fact that he was shirtless, and his girlfriend was on top of him.

"... Hi."

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"I'm okay," Sholeh said. "You kinda broke my fall. Thank you."

And what better way to thank him than by giving him another kiss? Sholeh couldn't think of any!

Kissing in a chair and leaning against one another was nice. Kissing while you were lying on top of someone and they were topless? WAY NICER.

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So, Evan was going to just stay down here. On the floor. Here on the floor was where he was going to stay. Forever. Just so long as Sholeh was okay with staying, too. Was she?

She should be. That would be kind of awesome.

And if his fingers tightened a little around the fabric of her dress and clung on, well, maybe that was just his way of letting her know, since his mouth was otherwise occupied.