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RESPITE BATH HOUSE - EARLY EVENING
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Vix makes her way into the bath house after closing up her stall, following a slight hint and her own intuition. "Hmm...something tells me it's a bath house kinda day..."
Nesseth happens to be relaxing in one of the public baths at the moment, his lizardy upper half the only thing in view as he just soaks in pleasing warmth. His frills flex slightly as he relaxes, his eyes closed for the time being as he feathers the edge of dozing off, like most times when he visits the bathhouse solo.
Vix makes her way into the public bath, and softens her footsteps upon recognizing Nesseth. She smirks as she carefully sneaks up to him...
Nesseth takes absolutely no notice of Vix sneaking up on him as he continues to unwind after a long day. His head tilts to the side a bit as he starts to doze off slightly.
Vix silently slips into the water next to Nesseth and pokes his face. "Hiya, Nesseth~"
Nesseth jumps at the poke and lets out something of a half-snore as he jolts awake. "H-huh? Wha...?" He blinks around a bit, only to smile at Vix after a few seconds, "Oh, uh... evening, Vix. It's... still evening, right? I didn't fall asleep all night in here?"
Vix gasps playfully. "Oh, it's actually morning~! You missed dinner and a lovely night with me~"
Nesseth blinks and sits up straighter. "W-wait, I did sleep all night? Ah, damn it... how late is it? Shoot... h-hang on...!" He looks around hastily and makes to stand up rather quickly. As he stands up, the water washes away, quickly revealing him to be sporting a shapely (and likely very familiar) pair of stripe-y okapi legs instead of his normal ones.
Vix giggles as Nesseth splashes her. "H-hey, I'm just kiddin'!" She blinks. "Wait a sec, when did you get so curvy?"
Nesseth pauses, now partway out of the bath. "...You're just joking with me? Oh, uh..." He glances down at Vix's question and blushes under his scales, "Er... about a day or so ago? Erika and I kind of had an issue with a fruit in her garden, um... again."
Vix giggles again. "With Erika, hm? What happened to her, then?"
Nesseth settles back into the water after a few more seconds, then gestures at his lower half. "She's got my lower half, right now. Scales and all."
Vix scoots a little closer and lightly gropes Nesseth's butt. "Yep, that's hers alright~"
Nesseth squirms a bit at the grope. "H-hey! Take it easy, it might be her butt, but I'm the one that feels it!"
Vix smirks and squeezes a little more "Oh, is that right~?"
Nesseth 's tail bumps against Vix's hand as he wiggles a bit in place, but doesn't make any move to get away from her. "Y-yeah, that's right!"
Vix hums and messes with Nesseth's okapi tail. "Guess she's got your tail, too...I'm jealous~"
Nesseth chuckles a little and relaxes a bit as Vix's hand moves away from his rear. "I do miss my tail a bit. Missing it kind of throws my balance off, but Erika's kind of got the same deal going on."
Vix nods. "Yeah, I'd have trouble even standing up straight if my tail got switched out..."
Nesseth nods. "Exactly. I think we spent a good while just kind of trying to keep our balance when we got up the next morning after the change happened."
Vix giggles. "Better to stay in bed, I'd say~. So you didn't skip work?"
Nesseth shakes his head, but laughs quietly. "Nah, couldn't. I don't want to give Louma any reason to get on my case right now. Kind of a personalized wedding gift to her in a way."
Vix hums. "Mmm, so that's why you opted for a bath today~?"
Nesseth tilts his head a bit. "Kind of? I kind of just felt like soaking a bit on the way back from the barracks, rather than walking all the way home."
Vix leans against Nesseth and rests a hand on his thigh. "You can lean on me tonight, darlin'~"
Nesseth hums warmly and leans against Vix with a happy smile. It doesn't take more than a moment before he slides a hand around the feline's waist and gives her a soft hug, too. "I like the sound of that, dear~"
Vix gives Nesseth a light kiss and sneaks her hand between his legs. "Already tried switchin' roles~?"
Nesseth shivers at the sneaky touch, but doesn't do much to oppose Vix's movements at all. "Y-yeah, in a way. Erika, er... wound up with a bit of a stiff problem when we woke up. We... kind of helped each other out a bit, in a way."
Vix smirks and blushes. "I can help ya out some more, too, if you want~"
Nesseth glances down towards the water's surface, but he's clearly looking towards Vix's hand, then smirks as he glances over at Vix proper. "Judging by where your hand is... I think I know what kind of help you're suggesting~"
Vix hums. "Helpin you walk home~?"
Nesseth gives Vix a teasing little tickle on her belly with the hand wrapped around her waist. "Well, that, and whatever's going through your head regarding after that~"
Vix giggles and moves her hand somewhere more innocent. "Of course, we should finish our bath first~"
Nesseth sticks his tongue out a bit and then sneaks a bit of a kiss as his own hand wanders down along Vix's belly in a teasing manner. "Of course. But don't expect me to not do anything in turn because of you~"
Vix eeps. "We'll get in trouble if we do it here~"
Nesseth chuckles again, a grin on his face. "Yeah, I know, but it's fun getting you all wound up~"
Vix strokes Nesseth's tail instead of squeezing his butt again. "Well, there's plenty of ways to do that~"
Nesseth tilts his head curiously. "Oh~? Care to tell me so I can do an even better job of it~?"
Vix giggles and whispers something rather spicy in Nesseth's ear.
Nesseth 's frills flex, clearly intrigued by what he hears, and he smirks as he leans in to give Vix another kiss. "Saucy. I like that~"
Vix blushes. "We'll be sure to give it a try~"
Nesseth hums warmly as he relaxes against the side of the bath again. "Though, we should probably clean up before we get into that. And get home too, of course."
Vix sinks a little more into the water. "Mmm, just a few more minutes here first~"
Nesseth nods and smiles as he lets his eyes drift shut again. "A few more minutes soaking does sound really nice~"
Vix snuggles a little closer to Nesseth. "Especially when it's with you. Curvy butt or swooshy tail~"
Nesseth hugs Vix close against his side as the two get nice and cozy together. "You too, dear. Of course, it kind of makes sense, considering what we got up to before, remember~?"
Vix smiles. "Bath time and fun time, eh~?"
Nesseth winks playfully. "Exactly. No surprise that we love snuggling together while soaking like this~"
Vix purrs as she relaxes in the moment with Nesseth, putting aside horny thoughts for now. "We can keep being flirty later, eh~?"
Nesseth chuckles and nods. "There'll be plenty of time for it on the way back home, yeah~"
Vix sighs happily and settles against Nesseth's shoulder. "Ahh~"
Nesseth snuggles up comfortably beside Vix in their shared bath for a bit, without a single care in the world... at least until they decide they've soaked for long enough and actually get to washing up before heading home together.