Lovely and Nude: Redressing the Balance
Once I'd fished around in the bed clothes and found the phone, I of course knew exactly who was calling. "Hello," I said, smiling.
She replied, her voice mischievous, "Are you all lovely and nude?"
She prefers the soft consonants of 'nude'. I prefer the hard consonants of 'naked' -- just as she prefers 'penis', where I prefer 'cock' -- while I prefer 'hardon' to her 'erect penis', emphasis on erect in this context...well, not all of it works 100% but you get the idea.
Chuckling, I replied: "Of course."
It had been true, mere seconds before. In fact, I had just peeled on the tee, settling on the bed, and was still arranging the pillows on which I was planning to be propped atop the bedcovers with my laptop when the phone rang. So in real time, I put down the phone, peeled the tee up and off and arced it across the room into the corner. Honesty restored, so to speak -- and hardon at full sail -- I picked the phone back up.
She was still chuckling. Chuckles I would describe as mischievous, and lascivious. Apparently volunteering to be the lightening rod, so to speak, my hardon stood up: quivering at every nuance. We went on to talk about today, and yesterday, and immediate plans going forward. We were planning to marry in a few weeks, you see -- making it even more difficult to be separated because of 'work'. But it was not the first wedding for either of us, and we could and would sort it out.
Ringing off, still chuckling, I swung my legs off the bed and padded across to the kitchen -- plugging in the kettle. It was early spring, still chilly. The hardwood floor underfoot had yet to warm. So the chill was climbing my legs, causing my hardon to, well, slowly wilt. It was also, overall, chilly to the point of distracting. There were a pair of sock-slippers on the shelf by the island, knit by her aunt for me. Ridiculous things, really -- but easy to wear, and warm and cozy.
They also made a lie of my most recent text message (which I had sent her less than 2 minutes ago). To wit:
'Yes...
I'd send a pic for proof but you get nervous and delete them...
There's a couple of time urgent email btw...and if you promise to behave appropriately I'll see what can be done about 'all lovely and [sic] NAKED' later in the week xoxo' ( XYZ, 2019)
Which had been in mock reply to the message I had transcribed and sent less than a minute before that. To wit: