Completed Take My Hand (Marxander)

[Tallis Ishtari]

75 of Spring 513

After kissing Marx on the cheek, Tallis tried to get out of bed without disturbing Marx. Slowly he tried to lift his arm off of her without her waking. This was the first time they had slept together so he was unsure if she was a light sleeper or not. The only thing that was obvious was she had slept in if she had been an early riser. Yet again his ignorance about Kelvics was showing.

His fingers grasped the covers so that he could at least move it off him so he could slip out of bed. Doing it just right so that the cool mid-morning air would not go under the covers. He was certain that would disturb her sleep. The bed moved the moment he lift his leg just a fraction of an inch. It was another thing he was trying to avoid.

His intentions were noble. Tallis just wanted out of bed so that he could prepare a small breakfast for both of them. It just seemed that there would be no getting around not waking her. So he rested his head in the palm of his hand to watch her sleep. Leaving reasonably early to roam the city and then to his parents’ home would be delayed, just for a little while longer.

[Marxander]

Vaguely in the back of her drowsy mind, she heard him shifting around, seemingly trying to attempt to escape from the bed without waking her. With complete aburptness, she rolled like a log, or perhaps an alligator doing a death roll, stealing the covers from Tallis' body. She muttered, now wrapped in her warm, little cocoon "If you wanna go, just get out." She was a rude morning person.

During her night rest, she thought about a lot. Most of it in truth was just her having fun, but the rest was of what to do. She figured that she actually didn't know much about Tallis' work, so maybe some investigating was in due order. She could go see if she could find some odd job, just to do a quick little run through of how everything worked in Ravok. Maybe she could get an idea on what to do for later.

[Tallis Ishtari]

The blast of cool air hit his warm body like a slap in the face. “So much for keeping warm.” He thought to himself. He had hoped to have slipped out of bed without disturbing her, but that was out of the question. A smirk curled across his lips as did the glint of amusement in his eyes. “Grumpy… aren’t we.” Then with a playful slap on her backside Tallis rolled out of bed.

He was used to the cool mornings if Ravok. They were almost always cool. As soon as his feet hit the floor a chill run up his legs. Slowly he padded his way to the wooden cupboard and searched for something appropriate for a quick meal. He had a few rolls from his last visit home, and some fruit. In another cupboard he had some dried meat. It wasn’t much, but at least it was something.

After putting what he had on the table he pulled a wooden chair over and sat. His head tilted as he watched Marx get a few more minutes of sleep. “Are you planning on sleeping all day?” He said playfully as he bit into a piece of fruit. “It’s a good thing there is always someone home at my parents place, and if it gets too late we’ll miss a the good opportunities to grab a few extra coins from someone’s pocket.”

[Marxander]

She groaned when he slapped her ass "Not grumpy.." She tucked herself into the bed more, not wanting to get up but when hearing of his family and how they would have to visit his home, she untangled herself from the blanket. Watching her struggled and squirm as random body parts of hers made an appearance one at a time. It was probably funnier then watching her struggle this her pants the night before. Once out, she rolled herself to her feet "I told you I like sleeping, didn't I?"

She promptly sat on his lap, taking a bite of his own fruit, the juice of which tried to trickle down to her chin, but a swift tongue caught it before it went too far "Besides, I have to go out after we go see your family. I want to see what you've been getting your hand into. You can still go pick someone's pocket though. Just call me out if you want me."

[Tallis Ishtari]

With a raised eyebrow, he was curious. What did she intend to do? He wasn’t sure if he liked the idea of her roaming around the city without him. After last night’s experience though maybe should could handle herself. She knew what to look for in who might harm her. It seemed most animals could tell who was good and not so good, or in some people in Ravok, evil.

“I think my sister will glad to see you. She is uhm….curious about people. My youngest sister, if she’s home, is a bit on the quite side but no less curiuos.” Tallis looked at Marx’s face as he spoke to see her reaction to his quick assessment of his sisters. His arms wrapped around her as she sat in his lap. Getting used to having her in his, or now their, apartment was going to be easy. He liked having her in his lap. How she was getting along with the cool morning air was obvious as he glanced at her bare breast.

“As I’ve said before, I don’t think my parents will be home. So you will have to meet them some other time. Unless of course you want to stop by their store?” He was hoping that she would want to meet his parents later. He was nervous about her meeting his mother.

His brows then met. “What did you mean by call out to you? You're not going out on your own are you?”

[Marxander]

She could tell in some general sense about people. She would have to rely on that while she was out. She listened to him describe his sisters, and was glad. She had never had sisters, or brothers for that matter, so seeing them, knowing about them would be cool. She wondered if they would at all be like Tallis. If they were, she supposed she would like them. It also made her wonder just how much they knew about Kelvics. She smirked, she would give them a hard time about it if she could then.

In the cool morning air her nipples had turned a bit hard, but it had gone without her notice. She ate out of his hand, chewing and swallowing the friut before she answered his many questions "I'm sure we'll get along fine then. I'm quite curious too. And by calling out, I mean, if you need me, feel like you need me. I'm emotionally bonded to you so I can feel your emotions, so if you express your need for me, I'll come. But I need to go out. I'll be fine. If I need to, I'll run. It won't be hard, just tiring, which I hope not to do, because as much as I would love to meet your parents," Her nails went up and down his arm, spiking up the hairs there "I of sort had other plans for you tonight."

[Tallis Ishtari]

A tingling sensation arose in his groin area when she said “other plans”, it didn’t help both that he had noticed her rock hard nipples, and she was sitting in his lap. He could get really used to it. “I’m glad that we will have some time tonight.” He said with a warm smile. It wasn’t hard to tell where his thoughts were for the moment, but if he didn’t get his mind on other things they would never leave the apartment.

After a bit of his own fruit he focused on expressing in his mind that he needed Marx. “Sort of like that?” He felt something there, barely. Not knowing what she was feeling made him wonder if he would be able to call out to her at all. “If you didn’t feel anything I can understand… Maybe I have to really mean it… like be under duress or something.”

The uneasiness of not knowing if your bonded partner felt anything of your need would be maddening for him. Seeing any sort of harm happen to her would eat at him forever, but one thing he was certain of though was that she wasn’t that adventures to meet his parents.

With a glance out the window he was starting realize that they had better be leaving soon. He need some cash to put something on the table for dinner tonight, or he would be taking some food from his parents place, again.

[Marxander]

She nodded, rubbing his shoulders at his stressing over it "Yes, I felt it, calm down. You'll have to feel it a bit stronger the father I'm away, but I'll keep you on my mind if I can so I'll remember to check. I can always feel you, but I can put it to the back of my mind when I need to focus on other things, so you don't have to worry."

She too looked out the window. She felt his stirring press against her briefly at one moment and smiled, getting up. She slipped on her dress, relieved to find it dry. She laced up the top "But, for now, come on. We have to go, the sun doesn't wait for the people afterall."

In Kelvic bondings, humans had a more difficult time learning and feeling their partners, it was common to get nervous about it. The thing is, Kelvics were made for humans, while they simply were introduced to them as a new mating/loving source. It wasn't built like that for them, even amongst other humans, they had a hard time reading each other. So it wasn't surprising that he couldn't feel her. It would come in time though.

[Tallis Ishtari]

As Marx slipped on her dress Tallis stuffed a roll in his mouth and walked across the hardwood floor to the bed. His shirt was still there were it lay at the foot, barely. He gave it a sniff and decided it didn’t smell too bad and slipped it over his head. Then continue to munch on the roll. It wasn’t much of a breakfast, but it would do.

After finishing the roll in two more bits he held out his hand for Marx to take as he opened the door. He hadn’t expected any nasty surprises when he opened the door, and to his relief there wasn’t any. Though there was still something lingering in the air. He couldn’t place his finger on it as to what it was. Not wanting to waste what was left to the day he gave a twitch of his head toward Marx. “Are you ready?” He would not say anything to her about what he noticed. If she brought it up, then maybe he would say something, but not beforehand.

His glance looked in a precautionary way down the hall toward the stair. Whatever might have been there was there no longer. He would do his best not to dwell on it and decided that it was probably just the neighbor’s cat having a spray around the hall marking it’s territory.

[Marxander]

She took his hand, going down the hall. She smelt something in the air, but couldn't put a name to it. She had never come across it before. She dismissed it, thinking she must have missed it from the first couple of times she had been in the hall. It was probably just something in the air of Ravok, or something leaking out from one of their neighbors' rooms.

They walked down the stairs, she still smelt it linger. What could it be? She turned her head around in different directions trying to locate it's source. Whatever it was, it had been long gone, yet, why was it still here? It gave her an uneasy feeling. She squeezed Tallis' hand, still walking down the staircase "I'm sorry if I'm just noticing this now, but do you smell that? I can't tell what it is. I've never smelled something like that before."