Note for readers:
This is my first ever submission! Let me know your thoughts.
This scene actually happens immediately after the conclusion of a novel I'm working on. At the moment, the book is called 'Blame.' If you're interested in reading it, you can let me know on here (that's possible, yeah?) - I'd love to hear some reviews on that.
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The soft light through my sheer curtains awoke me in the late morning, still warm and cozy in Kris's arms. Rather than wake her I decided to lie there and enjoy her warm embrace as the shadows shortened along my walls and floor. I felt guilty for having fallen asleep the previous night. I imagined Kris sliding her bra off her shoulders, hoping to reawaken me with the touch of her nipples on my back. I imagined her slumping against the pillow, crestfallen, when I continued to doze. I imagined her falling asleep unsatisfied after treating me so well.
I rolled onto my back, careful to keep Kris's arms around me. Her eyelids, which still sported traces of makeup, fluttered softly. Her pale breasts moved gently as she inhaled and exhaled. I pressed my palm to her chest and rubbed her in long, smooth strokes, pausing at the top each time to squeeze her shoulder muscle. Her eyes opened slowly. I crooned to her: "You were unbelievable last night."
Kris gave me a sleepy smile, lifted her arm from atop me, and wiped just under my eyes with her thumb. "You got some makeup," she whispered.
"Oh, shit. I do?" I rolled away and leapt to my feet to check the damage. Of course! I hadn't removed my makeup last night.
"Nooooo," Kris complained, still sleepy, from the bed. "Come baaack heeere." I rushed into the bathroom and slathered my face in makeup remover. The mint-colored cream remained on my face, setting, when I heard a soft knock at the door. I removed a toothbrush from my mouth and mumbled "who is it?" No one responded, but a slender, creamy hand pushed the door open. Kris walked in and picked up her toothbrush, totally bare except for her underwear. I looked down. I remained naked. I finished my routine and replaced the makeup remover in my medicine cabinet, next to a tube of avocado oil that I sometimes used on my hair.
Hmmmm.
Kris spat toothpaste in the sink. I leaned over to her. "Come back to bed. I have something special for you."
"Spetha? Wha?" she mumbled around her toothbrush.
"You'll have to come find out," I responded with a wink, "but..." I grabbed the avocado oil. "it involves this."
I returned to my bed, and Kris soon followed. I patted the spot where she had slept and instructed her to lie face down. Then I straddled her butt as my knees sank into my soft comforter. "Do you like warm oil or cold oil?"
"Huh..."
"OK. cold?" I squirted some of the oil from my tube directly onto the small of Kris's back. I saw her grip tighten on the pillow where she had laid her head.
Then I squirted a little into my palm and rubbed it between my hands. "Or warm?" I asked, placing my hands on her back and rubbing the warm oil into her shoulders.
"Ohhhhh. Warmmm." The downy pillow slurred Kris's speech.
I began just underneath Kris's ears and worked her neck and shoulder muscles with my fingers - all the way down, then back up, then down again. Then I sat up a little and ran the flats of my palms all over her back and down to her tailbone. I used long strokes from just above her butt all the way to her shoulders, then under them a little bit to her collarbone, then back down.
"Ohhh," I heard Kris's voice from somewhere inside the pillow. I worked up and down her back, over her ribcage, back onto her shoulders, then down her arms. I lifted each of her hands and squeezed the pads of her fingers, massaged the webs between them, pressed my thumbs into her palms. The lubricating oil made the process so easy and smooth.
I slid back over her shoulders, pressed into her lower back with my hands, and lifted myself off of her butt. Then I settled a little further down her legs, applied a little more oil, and began stroking her glutes. I let my hands slide right underneath her underwear until my fingertips poked out the waistband at the top. I applied my strength to the pressure points in the muscle by pressing the heels of my hands into them. Kris grunted appreciatively. Then I scooted even further down and massaged the backs of her legs. Long strokes took me all the way down to the backs of her knees, which I handled with special care. I lifted her feet and applied petrissage to her calf muscles; I stroked her shins, I squeezed her heels and worked the soles of her feet, the pads of her toes. I rubbed the tops, then pressed the sensitive skin between the toes with my thumb and forefinger. I massaged the sole some more. I moved down to the ankle, pulling and squeezing gently. I moved back up Kris's legs, past her butt, up to her shoulders. I resettled my weight on top of her strong glutes. I leaned down, rested my elbows on the pillow, and worked my fingers under her coppery curls at the base of her neck. I used all ten fingers to knead and caress her scalp, first at the base of her head, then behind her ears, then at the back, all the way up to the top. As I reached the front of her head and rubbed small circles in her temples, I heard Kris speak again: "Bless youuu."
"Turn over and I'll do your face, too," I promised. Kris nodded.
I dismounted, and Kris turned over onto her back. Her breasts flattened a little against her ribcage, and her underwear stretched across her hip bones. I combed my fingers into her hair a little and massaged her brows, then her cheeks, with my thumbs. I moved down to her jaw and worked in small circles at the joint of the jaw. As it relaxed, Kris's mouth fell open a little. I moved down to her ears, squeezing the cartilage between my fingers and pulling downward just a little to activate the tiny muscles. Kris gave a soft moan. I moved underneath her jaw and began, ever so gently, to massage the underside and front of her neck with light strokes from bottom to top. I tickled her a little under her chin, then kissed her there. I then moved my hands to her collarbones, to her shoulders again, then out onto her biceps and forearms, kneading down to her wrists.
Kris hadn't spoken since I turned her over, but she did make little noises often enough to let me know that she appreciated the touch. I rubbed the sides of my thumbs along her pecs with some pressure, just above her breasts. I tickled the valley between her breasts, rubbed the front of her ribcage, then kneaded and caressed her stomach and hips. I stroked the fronts of her hips with the heels of my hands, pressing down from my shoulders. Then I turned and applied my hands to the fronts of her thighs, all the way down to her knees. I took each knee cap between my fingers and moved it in little circles. Kris bent her knee in surprise at the first one, but then reassured me that she'd like me to do the second one, too. Then I slid my hands up the outsides of her thighs, back to her glutes, and pressed there again from this angle.
I returned to her torso, pressing the muscles between her ribs, and lightly grazed the undersides of her breasts with my thumbs. I felt Kris's breath catch. I lowered my head, allowing my soft curls to tickle her chest and neck.
"Do you want your breasts done, too?"
"Mmm."
I lifted her breasts from the sides and kneaded them in my hands. First the sides, then underneath, then on top. Finally, I squeezed them in my palms and devoted both my hands to each one, one at a time, caressing around the base and working up to the nipple, then grazing that with my fingers and squeezing it a little, too. Kris moaned as I did this. She moved her arm and laid it across my calves as I knelt above her. "This is the best."
I leaned down, caressed her shoulders, and kissed her lips, then her eye sockets, then the tip of her nose. Then I placed my mouth beside her ear and asked "Where you would like additional attention?"
"Mmm...more on my tummy, please," Kris gurgled.
I returned to Kris's tummy and stroked up and down, squeezing her sides. She twisted a little to give me better access on each side, and I added a few kisses around her bellybutton. Then I slid back up so my lips were near her ear again. "Can I undress you?"
Kris opened her eyes slowly. 'But I'm und..."
I slid a finger into her waistband and snapped it gently against her skin.
Kris closed her eyes again and let a smile cross her lips. "Oh, Tati, yes, do it."
I moved down the bed, knelt behind her butt, and removed her underwear from her legs. As I did, I heard her voice above me; "Oh, Tati, I can't wait."