Party for 2 (D3 EE closed - Hideos Yurt)

[Ide Amaya]

"I think I would like that," and in her imagination she was picturing a stable - a real one - loose boxes knee deep in straw, hanging racks for hay, a proper stable yard where bridles and saddles and brushes were neatly arranged on racks and hooks, and (of course) a paddock large enough to exercise the steeds every day. She was still getting the landscape wrong, painted in dry desert colours, like the arid lands of her youth.

[Seppun Hideo]

"I thought you might" Hideo commented with a smile "and I am certain the Miya would allow it. You would treat them well, look after them, feed them. The animals would grow up ready to serve the heralds of the Imperial families well prepared. Just remember your husband while you're raising the horses from time to time neh?" He chuckled.

[Ide Amaya]

Musing, "every day I could brush their coats until they gleamed and their manes and tails were soft as silk." Breathing in, "the only thing that would make my day complete would be returning home to you."

She thought for a moment, "even if you don't come to love the scent of horses, you'll soon not notice."

[Seppun Hideo]

"I had already decided that I wished to become accustomed to horses Amaya-chan. Finding someone as passionate about horses as you are just confirms this in my mind" Hideo gave her a gentle squeeze "I intend to learn to ride, and learn to enjoy being around horses.

[Ide Amaya]

"I shall have you in riding leathers and smelling like a Moto in no time at all," she teased in her soft voice.

[Seppun Hideo]

"I think I would prefer the elegance and grace of an Ide, the one I have met was so wonderful she took my breath away" Hideo quietly replied as he nuzzled into Amaya gently "and still does to this day. I would make a point about being second choice when compared to a horse, but the way your eyes sparkle when you talk about them, I don't mind."

[Ide Amaya]

Murmuring happily, "you'll never be second, Hideo-San, I promise that."

[Seppun Hideo]

"So I can be an equal? You are too kind Amaya-chan, I am truly honoured."

He sat back slightly, putting her hand to his chest.

'And you shall be first in here always" he added in a whisper.

[Ide Amaya]

She presses her hand against his body, feeling the rise and fall of his breathing. She thinks he might be teasing her, but discards the thought as unimportant. After a time, she slips her hand from his chest, around his side and across his back. She silk ripples smoothly under her touch.

She nestles into his neck, her cheek flattening one side of his kimono collar and, trapped by the other side of the robe, her breath lightly brushes his collarbone.

[Seppun Hideo]

The feeling of her hot breath on his neck sends a small tingle down his spine, and he can certainly feel her pressed against him more. Unlike before though, he can't quite help himself as he wraps him arms wrap around the girls waist, pressing her against him more as he places soft little kisses along her neck, and strokes her lower back gently.

[Ide Amaya]

This time she has some inkling of the effect she's having on the Imperial. She does not try to move, but, "Hideo-San?" she queries in a small voice.

[Seppun Hideo]

"Yes my dear Amaya?" Hideo whispered into her ear, placing a gentle kiss on it as he rested his hands at the bottom of her obi

[Ide Amaya]

His breath on her ear sends a tingle through her neck and scalp. "Is this... quite all right?"

[Seppun Hideo]

"What do you mean?" He whispers back between trailing a few kisses down from her ear and along her neck

[Ide Amaya]

Unknowning of his intentions, she instead takes his answer as affirmation. "Nothing, Hideo-San, it's nothing."