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Simply Being Loved [Log]

Date: Friday September 13th
Characters: Sadie and Benjiro

Time moves so strangely, folding and expanding with perception until days slip to nights into weeks then to months until a whole year has turned to history in so many moments amid the routine. Although they had met nearly two years ago, it had not been until the Kings and Queens dance that Sadie and Benjiro had decided to transition to something beyond friends. Now, a full year has passed since that night when he first felt the earth move from her kiss. Celebrating to the exact date for their first anniversary in the middle of the week would have been difficult and inconvenient, and they agreed to delay to the start of the weekend.

After Sadie had finished with her classes for University, Benjiro was there waiting on campus to pick her up and ferry her home to change in comfort. Together, they went to dinner at a restaurant in downtown Mossgate with reservations held at one of the high quality venues that has a somewhat more relaxed dress code. Not that Benjiro is not dressed well with a crisp new button top and slacks with a tie, but he feels inadequately dressed without a fitting vest. Benjiro had looked into the floor plan prior to making the reservation, so with a little extra in advance, he had secured a table off in the corner where they could talk more freely.

Not wasting time, Benjiro whisks her away into the evening for a long drive on his motorcycle with her riding up front. Driving away from Mossgate, away even from Moss Manor, Benjiro takes Sadie along an empty road to seemingly no where at all with the sky darkening by the second. He pulls off the road by a tree to park the bike, and makes an odd request; to wear a blindfold for the surprise he has waiting. Once Sadie agrees, he hands her a cloth from his pocket for the task, and waits for her to tie it on to then lean down to kiss her cheek as he scoops her off her feet with a promise, “We’re not far.”

He moves swiftly through the familiar path at a walk that takes advantage of his enhanced strength. The sound of moving water becomes more clear as they travel until they stand beside the river itself. Easing Sadie to her feet, he slides the blindfold away with his breath held in anticipation.

There, beside the water, Benjiro has constructed a temporary haven. Layers of blankets occupy a space on the grass beneath some branches with netting hung around them in a curtain, and with those blankets is a large basket. All around them, the branches of the trees are shining with faerie lights, strung carefully to cast a glow above and sparkle on the ripples of the river.

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The whole anniversary celebration, from being picked up at university to the meal was fantastic, fabulous food and the best company that Sadie could ever hope to have. She never would have been able to guess that Ben had planned something else for them and so his turn away from Mossgate comes completely out of left field to Sadie. Combined with the blindfold Ben hands her once they arrive in the forest Sadie can't help but tease.

"You know, you didn't have to kidnap me just to get me to wear a blindfold?" The excited widening of her pupils before she ties the blindfold over her eyes has nothing to do with the lower light.

The sounds of the forest could not compare to the sight in front of her as Ben helps her blindfold off, it's truely breathtaking. Sadie gasps and her breathing hitches as her hands come to cover the way her jaw hangs low in shock. Sadie is frozen at the care and attention of her boyfriend, rooted in place at his gift. So thoughtful and perfect and all Sadie can do is stand there, tears prickling at the corners of her eyes.

Edited 2019-09-15 23:02 (UTC)

At her side as she takes in the lights and arrangement, the hours spent planning and setting the spot are rewarded by the way she responds with the catch of her breath and stunned expression. As the emotion wells into a shine at her eyes, Benjiro reaches his hands to cup her shoulders in a half hug, “Sadie...” Patiently he waits for her gaze to turn his way with a warm smile at the ready.

“Come on, there’s a little more to this,” he encourages her as he slides his hands in a brush at her arms to take her hands and lead her walking backwards to the sheltered blankets. One hand released, he draws back the overlap to open a way inside for her. He kneels down on the edge of the blankets beside her before drawing over the basket. There is a small giftbox on top of a small bundle held in a roll with a ribbon and bow. Beneath, a set of towels, bottles of water, and a box of her favorite candy.

"More?" Her eyes are wide as she looks to Ben for confirmation, "Oh Ben, this is already so much!" It's so much, it's dazzling, The shaded blanket, the lights, the basket of goodies and the presents. The floodgates open and Sadie hugs Ben fiercely, tear rolling down her cheeks.

"I love you so bloody much."

The tears pinch at his smile as a flash of concern softens his posture and his arms open to her without a thought. Arms winding in close, Benjiro minds his strength as he squeezes with more pressure than he usually allows, and he answers her words with a soft voice, “I love you too, Sadie. So, so much...” Giving her a moment to breathe without his arms moving away, he goes on, “...I won’t deny I am trying to spoil you. But you should know most of these things are borrowed. I did a little tinkering to get it out here, but we’re here so we can spend time together doing something we both enjoy.”

The present he made her involved far more effort, but that can wait until she is ready.

"I know, I know, but it's just so pretty and this must have taken you quite a while to set up and plan." She sniffles, genuinely touched by it all, "It's a lot but it's perfect."

"I'm going to have a tough act to follow next year that's for sure."

Benjiro does not try to deny it had taken hours to string the lights and set the scene for their evening here, but it had all been worthwhile the moment she first saw it. Bowing his head to kiss the top of her head, he responds softly to the description of ‘perfect’, “That’s all that matters.”

The comment regarding their next anniversary celebration gets him to laugh once and he lifts a hand to brush lightly in her hair with his fingers, “At least you have a year to figure it out. Though, I’m pretty sure anything with you will make me happy.”

Only once Sadie begins to relax more through her arms and shoulders does Benjiro reach to the basket with his other arm kept around her. He nudges the gift box aside, and picks up the rolled bundle to hold beside Sadie in offer, “This will clear all of this up.” Should Sadie take it and undo the ribbon, the bundle unfolds into a teal swimsuit of her size.

Edited 2019-10-09 17:57 (UTC)

The reveal of the swimsuit has Sadie looking up at ben with pupils that are wide and round in excitement and earns him another sweet kiss as she stands up to hold the swimsuit against her. The perfect size and such a beautiful colour.

"This is brilliant, Ben, and we should get right to it before we do anything else!"

The lingering arm around her loosens to give her the space needed to untie the ribbon and unfurl the suit, and it drops free as soon as she leans to give him a welcome kiss on her way to stand up. Pleased to see he had been correct in sizing the suit, he admires the color in the way it compliments her skin and hair.

“Probably. It shouldn’t be too cold yet, but that won’t last,” he answers in agreement. Hence the pile of blankets for when they finish. Reaching into the basket and inside a towel, he pulls out a pair of swim trunks for himself. Then, his attention turns to his button up shirt, and his smile fades into a look of concentration as he delicately starts to undo the buttons from the top down. Ripping off a button would put a flat note to the night, so he has to go slow.

Sadie speedily divests herself of her current outfit and she quickly and efficiently pulls on the swimsuit, spinning in place as she admires the fit of it. Ears wiggling happily Sadie then tasks herself with admiring another important sight, that sight being Ben's broad shoulders which are still frustratingly covered by shirt.

"Would you like a hand with that?" Sadie slides up behind her boyfriend, arms snaking around his waist as she leans on his back and purrs, "I've had practice if you were worried about my ability."

As a gentleman, he is careful to keep his eyes on his task while she is changing, but not enough of one to turn away completely so as to miss the chance to look at her legs in his peripheral view. The distraction certainly does not aid his progress.

Halfway down the shirt when Sadie speaks up to make her offer verbally with an accompanying hand to his waist and audible purr, Benjiro flinches at the shoulders as his hands pause and his cheeks color rapidly. Turning his head to look at her, he has a shy smile, “I would never doubt your skill. ...and yes, I actually would appreciate a hand.” He would never ask, but he has less reservation about accepting a kind offer. To make it easier, he moves to stand up slowly.

Sadie's purr drops in register and she plants a light kiss right between his shoulder blades before circling round to Ben's front and deftly undoing the remaining buttons. Buttons undone, Sadie slides her hand across Ben's chest under the shirt to push it off his shoulders and happily ends up with her arms about his neck.

"Much better," Purring and a tiptoe and Sadie is now in the perfect position to pepper kisses along Ben's jaw, each kiss crepping closer and closer to his lips.

A year into their days as a couple and every kiss from her like that one at his back still gives him a shiver. He murmurs a soft word of gratitude as she finishes the last button and gives the collar a nudge off so her arms can circle his neck instead. Naturally, one of his arms is brought up flat to her back with his hand resting at the back of a shoulder as his other hand finds her waist. His eyes close at the sweet dusting of kisses along his jaw. Once her lips come close enough to brush the edge of his lips, he tilts his head to make that direct connection for a kiss with shared effort.

Once that kiss breaks, he whispers with one eye peeking open, “...right to it before anything else, hm?” His tone is teasing, but he takes a chance to return the favor as he kisses back along her jaw and slips the last right below where her jaw and neck meet.

Rather than separating, he keeps hold of her with only his hand leaving her waist to lean forward as he steps his feet back half a pace. It brings him down to her height, and gives him space to work his way out of his pants and pull off his socks and shoes.

Edited 2020-04-11 18:38 (UTC)

Ben's kisses send Sadie's toes curling and she has to fight the urge to start kneeding her claws against his shirt which would certainly ruin the fabric,the urge becomes harder to beat back when Ben graces her with sweet kisses.

"What can I say, I know what I like and that very much includes you. Oh!" Sadie mewls happily at the kiss at the edge of her jaw, her arms tighten about Ben's neck.

"You are The Worst." Clearly he is anything but, her pupils large enough for Ben to see himself reflected in them as he leans down to Sadie's height and the mottled flush of her skin tell a very different story as she rests her forehead against his and taps their noses together.

"Need any more help there?" Sadie asks cheekily.

The reaction she gives to the last sneaky kiss under her jaw is precisely what he had sought, and he gives a throaty chuckle at her contradictory words. He would apologize, but that would be insincere. His own heart rate has already been elevated through moments of the evening, but now it has skipped up a gear.

Coming down to see her flushed excitement, his own face still feels heated. At her offer, his lips split into a toothy grin, “Tempting, but I think I can manage. We both need to cool off with a dip.” He does indeed make the swap from boxers to trunks, his toes lifting the trunks from the ground to his hand with a bend of the knee. As he does, he keeps her attention with foreheads together, “You’ve been ridiculously patient while I get control back, and I promise we can indulge again soon. I’m almost there...just, not yet. Not tonight.”

Fully prepared for swimming, he straightens back into standing as he steps close with his body and puts his hand to her waist, “But anything else...simply name it.”

Oh well that absolutely deserves another kiss and does a very good job at stopping Sadie's gaze from wandering, nothing is coy about it as Sadie places the kiss directly on Ben's lips, "I'm so proud of you, Ben, you've been working so hard at it and I'll be ready when you are."

Removing her arms from Ben's neck as he stands to his full height Sadie regards the river thoughtfully. "Anything else huh?" The river looked deep enough...

"I want you to throw me."

Edited 2020-04-11 23:42 (UTC)

The kiss is accepted and reciprocated, eyes closing briefly to enjoy the rush. The compliment that follows is met with a warm and hopeful smile, “Thank you... I have a few ideas for when that day comes to keep you safe.” He would not risk her well being for anything.

Once her arms come down from his neck and shoulders, he releases her to slide out of his shirt sleeves and fold the garment to drop to lay on his discarded pants.

“...pardon?” he starts when her request catches him by surprise, but his smile remains, “Throw you where precisely?”

"Since the moment we met, I've felt safe with you and I know that that will never change." Sadie tells Ben with absolute certainty. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Mossgate is bloody weird. Sadie was safe with Ben. Some of the unchangeable facts of the universe.

"Into the river," Sadie points at a section of the river that looks particularly deep, "I bet you could get me so amazing air time."

That unwavering confidence in him from Sadie is praise unlike any other. It will stick with him when he is alone in the quiet of the night - when his fears whisper the loudest. And all he can do is smile.

After all, he made an offer, and that demands his attention.

Benjiro follows her indicating point and his smile grows into an outright grin, “It may take a few attempts to find the ideal arc, as we should work up to the maximum height where you don’t quite reach the bottom on the other end.” He already has a rough idea of how deep it is from when he initially was scoping out this part of the river for their private celebration.

Sadie's ears wiggle atop her head eagerly as she matches Ben's grin, "I don't mind being yeeted a few times. It's important science afterall."

"I'm ready when you are!"

“Science demands much of us all,” he says with a more somber tone, but immediately grins following. He considers the target then Sadie. The harness is back home in his work shed, however, there are many ways to tackle this problem since there are less restrictions on the outcome.

“Cannonball position then if you would,” he requests. Once she is curled appropriately, he picks her up by her pelvis and sets her on his shoulder. Walking a few strides down river and nearer to the bank, he lobs her straight off his shoulder from beneath into an arc to sail up at a roughly 60 degree angle.

The water on the other side is chilled but not freezing.

Sadie giggles as she curls herself up into a ball, her giggles continue as Ben easily picks her up and carries her to the river. The moment she's airbornthe giggles expand into a screeching cackle as she plummets into the river that Sadie doesn't even both to try and control as she splashes down towards the river bed, sending plumes of bubbles up to the surface as she rights herself.

She quickly breeches the surface to reassure Ben that she is okay still cackling away, her ears flicking wildly to dislodge the water.

"That was brilliant!" She She crows as she scrambles up onto the bank, "One more time, please Ben!"

The anticipation builds as he hears Sadie giggling away up on his shoulder, but it is when her cackling rings in the air that he himself breaks into laughter. Her enthusiasm is infectious, and he is still laughing when she returns to the surface quickly for his peace of mind. He knows she can breathe down there, but being certain she had not in fact collided with the bottom is reassuring.

Walking into the edge of the water to meet her, he offers a hand up onto the bank and grins, “Sadie, I could do this all night. In fact, I might join you after this next one.” Curious of the landing, he asks as he holds both hands open at the ready, “How far from the bottom did you sink?” Depending on how much safe space remained, he could adjust the arc higher and with a bit more power to it.

Sadie happily takes Ben's hand and gets ready to be thrown again, "I was a foot or two from the bottom. You should definitely join me, it's refreshing in there and I don't want to be the only one having all the fun."

Following her as she prepares with a cannonball form, he lifts her to his shoulder in the same manner as before. The water dripping off her makes no difference in how stable he keeps her there as he replies, “So only a little higher. Got it. And I promise I’ll come next time, but I can’t jump us that high.”

“Ready?” he asks to confirm before sending her into the air on nearly the same path with a slightly higher angle and a touch more force behind it.

Sadie feels like she's vibrating from her purrs as Ben picks her up and prepares herself for another throw.

"We'll have to see how big a wave we make although we might wash the tent away if it's too big." She grins, "Ready to go! Three! Two! One!"

Sadie's flight is much the same as before except her hoots are even louder as Ben delivers on his promise of more airtime before she plunges into the water. Once she floats back up to the surface she shifts to floating on her back and pats the surface of the water the same way she pats the bed to get Ben to snuggle.

"Come on in, the water's lovely!"

They should not be capable of sending a wave that far onto the shore, but the thought is entertaining nonetheless.

Benjiro follows her countdown cue and launches Sadie with calculated precision to maximize her flight. Her boisterous sounds, amplified in this second go, draw stronger laughter from him. She comes more slowly back into view, but Benjiro is relaxed as he stands to observe with a delighted smile.

The pat and her verbal invitation split his smile into a grin, and he walks back into the trees. After giving himself enough distance, he sprints back into view and leaps up and outward to sail through the air and crash into the water surface with arms and legs extended up and curled respectively with a resounding exclamation, “やったあああ!” The height of his jump does not match Sadie’s, but his strength shows - as does his weight when he sends a heavy splash into the air on impact. He aimed near Sadie, but not so close she would get doused by the splash.

Coming back up, he laughs as he treads and pulls his arms through a few strokes to catch up with Sadie, “Oh that felt good!” He doesn’t often get to let loose, but in the water is the one place he can.

Edited 2020-04-22 17:29 (UTC)

Seeing Ben clapping up has Sadie sitting up properly, bright eyes tracking his movement as Sadie cheers him on.

"GO BEN GO! BOMB! BOMB! BOMB!"

Sadie gets to enjoy the sight of Ben's strength at work and woops appropriately as he makes far bigger waves and Ben's clear enjoyment feeds Sadie's excitement and mischievousness as Ben swims over.

"It definitely does feel good," Sadie unashamedly admires the planes of Ben's arms and torso and the way the water drips off of his hair as her next works drop down into a very familiar register, "But it could feel even more good..."

Sadie moves in closer to Ben, her flirty smile a promise of things to come as she raises her arms to drape them over Ben's shoulder and...

Slap!

Sadie slaps the water between them sending a burst of water towards Ben's face as she dives below the surface, cackling all the while as she starts to swim away.

Cheerful smile fueled to stay as he gets close to Sadie, he takes note of where her gaze is drifting when her pitch lowers in an alluring manner. Caught off guard by the change in tone, he stares dumbly as she swims in close with her arms reaching...

Only to get startled by the sudden splash right into his face. Inhaling a tad of it as a result, he coughs a few times as he starts to laugh. That little trickster!

“Hey! You get back here!” he calls from the surface before sucking in a deep breath to plunge downwards after her. As an experienced swimmer, he had a good chance of catching her prior to gaining his strength. Now, it is almost guaranteed. As such, he is putting forth the effort to gain on her, but not so much as to make the breath he took a waste.

Following any turns she takes, he waits until he could make a grab for her ankle to instead put on a burst of speed to swim around beside her and further still to put himself in her path as he turns to face her with a smirk.

Edited 2020-04-22 23:14 (UTC)

Sadie knew even before she started this that she wouldn't win Ben had always been the better swimmer of the two if them, not that Sadie was bad but Ben was very good and had only gotten better. As always, the thrill of the chase was just as good as, if not better, than the end result. Sadie snorts in amusement as she continues to swim, clearly she'd always been somewhat feline even before the Echo changes.

Despite her zig-zagging Ben does eventually shoot past her, Sadie excepting her loss with grace by sticking her tongue out at Ben and swimming closer to poke his cheek followed by a quick peck in the exact same place.

"You win," Despite their current watery surrounding Sadie's voice is nearly as clear to Ben's ears as if they were surrounded by air, "Claim your victory prize if you must."

Sadie ragdolls dramatically in the water, the current of the river just enough for her to drift and bump against Ben's chest as she sighs dramatically.

Her stuck out tongue makes his shoulders bob in a silent laugh, and the poke followed by the kiss softens his smirk to a warm smile. Hearing her voice so clearly beneath the water is still quite fascinating in a beautiful way.

Of course, her dramatic surrender from words to the limp drift in the current makes him give up the last of his breath in a laugh made only of bubbles. Only the addition of a fainting couch could ham it up another notch. Lungs beginning to ache more deeply for fresh oxygen, he scoops her into his arms in a cradled hold and kicks to the surface. Inhaling deeply from the cooling night air, he takes a couple breaths before he actually releases Sadie only to duck under the water and instead come up and catch her into a hold folded over his shoulders. She can talk underwater, but it would not translate into the air.

Turning his head to smile at her on his shoulder as he treads the water, he comments, “If I had a way to keep breathing, it’d be really fun to give you a pair of flippers.” That would make for one long, difficult chase.

Edited 2020-04-24 13:43 (UTC)

Surfacing still felt a bit weird with the lack of change in her breathing but that doesn't detract from her laughter as Ben hikes her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Next time we should bring some scuba gear because that honestly does sound fun," She agrees, gently brushing the wet strands of Ben's hair off of his forehead, "There must be something we could do now that could increase your submersible time..."

Sadie pauses for a moment as an admittedly ridiculous idea comes to mind. Ridiculous and exciting all at once.

"Ben, do you know how much oxygen humans exhale?"

At least between both his shoulders she has room to lie.

His head leans to follow that touch to brush his hair into a slightly neater style. A soft nod given in agreement, he replies, “I’m certain I could rent it after the water starts to warm in the spring. The river will warm before the ocean after all. As for doing something now, I don’t have any hose on hand or else I could go really low tech.”

Then, Sadie asks him another question with a very telling look that has him raising a brow with a smile at the ready, “...at sea level the atmosphere is composed of nearly 21% oxygen. Humans use about 4 to 5% each breath. So no less than 15% oxygen, which is actually the composition of atmosphere around 2,700 m above sea level. There is a town in the States that high.”

Edited 2020-04-29 00:02 (UTC)

"Okay. So." She glances back to the river, "This is going to be a really stupid suggestion. But. What if I supplied you with oxygen under the surface?"

A blank sort of expression falls over his face as Benjiro reasons through the idea without an explicit explanation. She only has to wait a tick before she can feel a flicker of his muscles that stays as a mild tension, “You know what? Stupid sounds good to me.” His smile spreads wide with those words, her excitement seeping into him.

“For the sake of science, we should definitely find out if that could work.”

Ears wiggling away Sadie grins, "I shall just have to transfer oxygen to you often to make up the deficit."

Tapping Ben on the arm Sadie then poses dramatically, pointing back at the river, "Alright then Ben, let's be 'aving you! Engage yeeting mechanisms!"

Less can indeed be more sometimes, and Benjiro would never argue against more kisses to compensate for less oxygen per shared breath.

Not having quite left the river, he takes her dramatic command as a challenge to launch her from the water surface. More strength will have to come from his arms, and he has the strength to spare. “Aye aye, Captain!” he replies with enthusiasm, and diving under briefly to free her from his shoulders, Benjiro comes up again behind her and lifts her from the water by her hips. He waits only for her to tuck for safety, then promptly launches her through the air upstream back to the original point of entry into the river. There is a touch less height in this throw, but he manages the distance perfectly.

With a grin, he dives under the water to swim after her.

The throw might not be quite as high but it is certainly no less fun for Sadie who once again whoops at the top of her lungs as she's sent flying. Sadie doesn't rest on her laurels though, as soon as she's submerged she starts swimming with the current deeper into the river.

It's almost silly how quickly Ben catches up to her but Sadie is content to float in the current starting up towards the surface, quiet and serene until Ben needs an oxygen top up.

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Hell week over, time for cute!