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[starshower]

[She catches her lip between her teeth at the sight of him as she continues to close that distance, eyes moving down, following the trail of droplets that skim over his muscles... and then back up... knowing full well what's hidden beneath the water's surface.

But she suddenly stops at the center of the pool.]

You don't always have to rush things, you know. You caught the rabbit, didn't you?

[flamekthunder]

I'm starting to think you want me to rush with how many times you've brought it up.

[Just an arch of the brow...

Before he just suddenly hauls himself backwards up over the ledge, sitting on it as as the water streams down from his completely bare body, legs casually crossed in front of the other.]

[starshower]

[Her breath visibly and audibly catches her in throat, and Tifa swallows it back down before continuing her pursuit, her heart racing in her chest as she nears the ledge he's perched on.]

Why would I buy all these things for you to enjoy... and then not have you savour them?

[She finally makes it to him, and her hands reach out to rest on both of his legs, the foamy bubbles that have followed her clinging to them both now.]

[flamekthunder]

[He doesn't move away this time even as she approaches, instead just waiting patiently with that wolflike gaze, as if watching his cute little rabbit just hopping willingly over.

Only then does he reach out to first run his finger over the strap before sliding down down down towards the top of her chest and continuing to follow the edge over her skin.]

Perhaps I like savoring something else.

[starshower]

[Her fingers massage gently and affectionately at his legs, running up and down them, her body naturally arching into his touch wherever it wanders. Her eyes flutter shut for a moment, and more of those bubbles start to drift up around them.]

You can still savour both, can't you?

[And though there is a kindling heat in her gaze when it connects with his again, there's something else—something softer—that swims within it as she watches that twinkle in his.]

[flamekthunder]

Maybe.

[A languid draw of the word as he had continues to dip down over her curves, lingering at the point between her cleavage.]

If you can convince me to.

[starshower]

[He'll feel her chest snag again under his fingers where they stop, and she glances down at them, and then back up, her cheeks a furiously deep shade of pink now.]

Mm... Am I not worth the wait?

[She drops her head so that it's resting against his chest, hiding away from him, her own hands now sliding up his sides.]

[flamekthunder]

[Honestly, he can. But right now he continues to tease her, his finger now dipping to beneath the fabric to slowly move inward with a light touch.]

And...what am I waiting for?

[He is voice is low against her ear, his other hand now moving towards her hip to pull her closer.]

[starshower]

[She happily indulges, the water splashing gently at the movement. She's so close now that a few more inches and she could kiss him...

... But tempting as it is to just lean in and steal his lips, she just stares at them patiently.]

Enjoying the things I got for you?

[She doesn't actually mind all that much, but it's not often she gets to tease him like this, or is confident enough to do so.]

It's nice to just sit back and enjoy once in a while, isn't it?

[flamekthunder]

Well...

[He eyes her for a moment, a very long moment, before...

He sits back, his hands now leaving her completely to brace against the stone floor instead.]

What did you have in mind then?

[starshower]

[Well, when he pulls back like that...! Tifa gives him a pout and reaches forward to grab one of his hands again.]

Nothing really.

[She giggles, trying to drag him back into the water to join her.]

I just never get to do this. You make it hard to.

[flamekthunder]

[Hah, see She needs to be careful what she says and wishes for.

But he will let her drag him back in the water.]

I'm still not sure what "this" is.

[And he makes it difficult because it's amusing to see her crumble so quickly and easily.]

[starshower]

[This!!! This is what she means when she says he makes it difficult!!!

Because now she's blushing trying to explain it, the water growing even warmer than it already is. Not scalding hot, but the difference is definitely noticeable as more of those bubbles start to fill the pool while she fidgets shyly.]

Teasing you.

[flamekthunder]

Oh... Is that what you were trying to do?

[Just a playful smirk as he moves closer, the water rippling around them.

Tifa, you may need to up your game—]

[starshower]

[Oh, she definitely needs to up her game around him. He's turning the tables on her now!?!? This was supposed to be her turn to tease him!

And now she's backing up from him towards the other end of the pool.]

Was that not obvious?

[flamekthunder]

Not really, no.

[Just smiling as he slowly follows her.]

[starshower]

[She peers at him with genuine surprise as she continues to back up, not aware of how close she is to the edge of the pool—]

Really?

[—until her back bumps into it, and she looks behind her as if that was completely unexpected.]

Maybe you should pay more attention.

[And now she looks like a rabbit caught.]

[flamekthunder]

[And now it's his turn to slowly bring his arms around either side of her, hands grasping the edge as he only keeps a very small distance way from them. Just enough for a small gap of water to exist.]

I just think you might need to work on your methods.

[starshower]

[Her breath shudders right out of her at the heat that suddenly envelops her. She'd been working so, so hard not to let him get the upper hand and now look at where that's gotten her. Trapped between him and the edge of the pool, the sound of the water splashing no more than a distant echo beneath the sound of his voice.]

And?

[Damn it, she doesn't mean to sound so breathless either, and she clears her throat.]

What sort of methods should I be working on?

[flamekthunder]

[Just a slight cant of his head, his smile never changing.]

Isn't that for you to figure out?

[And then he leans a little closer.]

My dear wife?

[starshower]

[She only barely manages to hold it together when she wavers, but she knows that is all he needs to wiggle his way in, because those bubbles are thickening around them. It really is becoming a bubble bath in here...]

Well. You have to tell me what you want first...

[Her voice is so quiet that she doesn't know if she's said it aloud.]

You're always telling me to tell you...

[flamekthunder]

[That smile only deepens as he continues to move in closer, inch by inch, with only a trickle of water now flowing between them.]

But that's not as fun. I want to see you try and figure it out...

[One hand that had been on the edge of the pool shifts to now be at her back, slowly running up her spine.]

[starshower]

Besides the obvious...

[She tries to give him an exasperated look, but it all but disappears the moment his finger trails up her spine, earning a shudder and a sigh out of her.

She takes in a sharp breath, reining it in. And failing.]

I wanna know what you want, too.

[flamekthunder]

I just want to see my little rabbit struggle.

[Tifa, he is never going to make this easy.]

[starshower]

[Her eyes are big and round and bright when she finally looks up at him again, and she chews on her lip.]

You are the worst, you know that?

[Tifa's hands lift from the water, the sound of it somehow exhilarating as it trickles from her fingertips when she brings them to his arms, running up the length of them, digging into his muscles on the way.]

I offer you everything, and that's all you want?

[She tips her chin up, parted lips offering themselves up to him.]