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Later that evening.
Janelle stands at the edge of the bath, staring down into it as it fills with water once again. There's a sense of anticipation, her heart beating rapidly. She's already stripped off her clothes, her sense of modesty long gone when she's with Liseth.
"We have no evidence, yet, I feel as though I'm standing on a threshold..."
Liseth'erend'oreana smiles, her tail already dipped in. "Well... I guess there's only one way to find out. Well two if you count 'do not bath with me ever again', but I think we both know how much that is desirable."
Janelle shakes her head, "It is not desirable, no. I am... quite aware of how far I'm willing to go to be with you, love. But there is still something that makes me hesitate."
Liseth nods, her smile softening. "I understand. If I felt like I could change further every time I bathed, I would probably feel the same hesitation. But since it's not me... all I can offer is my presence." She offers her paw to Janelle as she backs into the pool.
Janelle puts her tiny paw into Liseth's. "Your presence is a considerable help. Doubts and fears do seem to melt away at your touch, ma'am." She takes a deep breath, looking back to the water, and lets Liseth guide her into it.
Liseth does exactly that, being so careful when touching Janelle. Such small being she has fallen for... but fallen she definitely has, no doubt about that.
She only lets go once Janelle is sitting comfortably in the water. "I just wish there was more I could do... but I think we have had that conversation already. So I'll just be here with you, for you."
Janelle relaxes, letting the hot water soothe her, feeling that same warmth fill her, "We have already, yes. I... simply needed a moment before doing this knowingly, willfully. We didn't know what would happen, but now we do. Even if the bath is not the thing responsible, I will treat it that way. Because, now it's a decision. It's my choice to join you here. It's my choice to change."
Liseth looks at Janelle with a combination of mild surprise and respect that makes her heart beat. "So... you are choosing me. For me. Despite..." She waves a paw vaguely towards Janelle. "I... I am honored."
Janelle scoots closer, putting her paw against Liseth's side, "I do not say 'I love you' lightly. Everything you have told me about kobolds makes me believe these changes are for a reason, and if that reason is to let me get closer to you, then I am indeed choosing you."
Liseth finds herself at a loss for words, and instead she just moves her paw to keep Janelle close as she looks down at her with a cloud of somewhat conflicting emotions.
Of those emotions, love comes on top and while it might just be the low lighting of the room, for a moment it looks like the dragon glows as she smiles at her lover. Human, kobold, she doesn't even care anymore.
Janelle presses against the dragon's side, doing her best to hug her, blushing at the feelings filling her as she looks up at Liseth, "You are beautiful, love."
Liseth actually swallows, the regal dragon long gone as she's turning into soft putty at the touch and words of Janelle.
"Y-you are as well. In all of this... That fact is still true."
Janelle chuckles softly at Liseth's reaction, surprised at the feelings of the her movements, the warmth and strange vulnerability that Liseth is showing her, and she knows, showing her alone, She rubs her hands against Liseth's scales, "Oh, my love... my sweet, beautiful dragon. Thank you."
Liseth nods, shifting her position to allow, or really, move Janelle on top of her, the small woman finding herself sitting on the dragon's belly. In many ways the most vulnerable position possible given their size difference.
"I... I love you, Janelle. I'm... I'm yours."
Janelle finds herself no longer in the bath water, but instead now held atop Liseth, atop her belly. But the warmth doesn't diminish. The dragon's words do more to warm her soul than the hottest bath water, as she begins to softly cry, "As I am yours, at your service, ma'am. And by your side, forever."
Liseth finds her breath catching again, and she just nods dumbly. "O-only if I am at your service, and at your side... forever."
Janelle rubs Liseth's belly with her paw, resting her head against it to listen to the dragon breath, to hear her heart and feel its beat through her body, "Agreed."
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