Wardroom
Taharial blushed at what Tsuguka seemed to be hinting at "Well my wings don't that that long to dry they are water resistant so it is all quick drying, so lets go." She smiled and looked at Tsuguka and giggled "well we can tag team a shower to make it go quicker and get back here fast" she stood up and pulled Tsuguka with her "so we get our uniforms first then get into the shower and we can sort out everything then get back here before everyone is here."
She pulled her lovely Neko out of the wardroom and blushed darkly "It is good to be alone together again, you are so much more adorable when you are just with me."
Tsuguka allowed herself to be dragged along, alrough it was a little awkward seeing as she seemed to be the heavier of the two. As usual it was just plain difficult to tell what she was emoting, with an expression that barely changed at all.
Standing in the corridor seemed to cure her of a little bit of the rigidity, however, and she breathed a sigh of releif to be out of the line of sight of the Shosho.
Timidly, her dark features made a little glance over, green eyes seemingly flashing in contrast. "I don't know what to say." A small shrug, but not an agitated one. "But you do make me feel at ease."
Taharial smiled and kissed the red Neko's lips and smiled "I am glad that I can make you feel at ease" she smiled softly and walked down the hallway with her companion and giggled cutely as she flicked her wing into the girl's face softly. She smiled and walked towards the rooms "So are you sure you want to shower together?" her red eyes shone with hope as she looked at her lovely Neko "I would like to love."
"Of course." The crimson nekovalkyrja made a slightly weird face, as if trying and failing to smile; In actuality, she was trying to avoid sneezing as a result of Tarial's fluffy wings brushing up against her nose. "Showering together is efficient. It makes perfect sense on all levels."
When Taharial reached her room she smiled "Let me just get a clean uniform, I don't remember how long I have been wearing this one" she blushed when she said "I-I have just been busy and forgot to come back to swap my clothes, I am not some disgusting girl." She smiled "Go get your outfit and meet me in the showers, she slides into her room and gave her companion a wink.
Rubbing her face to regain a little composure, Tsuguka made a more resolute pass the second time and actually managed a small warm smile for once. The eyes were closed, slightly enlarged fangs bared, but it was a technically smile. She really wanted to send Taharial the right signals somehow. The grace and flow the red-winged girl carried herself with could only be as the result of years of practice, as far as Tsuguka's distorted world veiw could gander. She felt worse than ill-prepared, she felt unqualified.
"I'll meet you there, Rial." Was a last soft word added to the end of her address, which Tsuguka almost bowed towards the empty doorway habitually.
It didn't take long to get back to the sleeper modules, and even less time to pick out a new uniform from her well organised locker of clothes. But Toyoe had more than enough material to fill her imagination along the way...
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Taharial smiled as she was in her towel trying to sort out her hair "I should have done this earlier even with that shampoo my hair is still knotted" she grunted when she finally got the knots out and she smiled "That is much better." She smiled and done her hair into her usaul ponytail and looked at her "want me to do your hair love?" she smiled as she quickly got changed before she wallked over to her companion.
She smiled as she giggled "You are such a beautiful Neko, I am a really lucky woman to even know you" her wings fluttered and poofed out massively "Oh this funny." She started to play with Tsuguka's hair putting it into different styles "Say what you like."
Tsuguka made fast work of putting the skirt and tights of her type-35 on, through the upper half was left off as she dealt with the intimidating task of her wavy waist-high hair, buffetted up to a large frizz by the heat. She was digging out some hair straighteners by the time Taharial started having a go, finding herself a little confused by half the options offered to her.
Truth was, it looked really strange even seeing the red neko out of uniform, let alone with a new slightly sheepish demeanour brought on by the recent memories of what she had seen of her porcelain-skinned companion moments before. The comparision of grace between them was not an understatement. The robust, athletic frame of the nekovalkyrja really was worlds appart from Taharial's much more enthralling, womanly form.
"Can you help me straighten it?" Was the simple request made, her head arcing to one side, eyes making a quick shy glance before receeding back to the floor. "Only so many hairstyles look right with..." A pause as she faced back to the angel, eyes still meek, placing the ends of her fingers to the sharp diagonal shapes on her cheeks. "..Erm, these..."
Really did feel bewitching, just having those mesmerizing ruby eyes gazing down at her.
Taharial smiled and nodded to her red skinned companion "Yes I think that is fine, that will look nice with your face" as she picked up the straighteners she blushed remembering what she had seen of Toyoe and she smiled. It was something that she was happy to do with her again if it was required, she shook the thoughts from her head as she didn't want to burn her companion as she straighten the hair that was in front of her.
She smiled "I couldn't help but notice you stared at my tattoo a lot, I guess you want to know why I have it... Well it represents me before I become a Medic, I was kind of more violent and dyed my wings black, this is to remind me of my past and to let me know that there is always more than what is on the outside of people."
Tsuguka didn't move from her posture since Taharial was still working on her hair, but made a somber sort of face whilst she absorbed what the woman was saying. It was a bit difficult to comprehend how natual-born organics even remained the same as much as they did. Their lives were just so much longer. It made the neko think of all the life experiences Taharial must have had, both good and not so good. Was it right to pry without knowing how deep the rabbit hole went? It was not a situation she had ever encountered before.
"What made you change? From who you used to be, I mean?" Fluffy triangular ears moved outwards on their own. Could have been nerves, could have simply been avoiding the heat from the straighteners. "It feels like there is so much about you that I know nothing of..."
Taharial leaned close to the ear of the the neko and whispered "I will tell you one thing, my nickname of the butcher came before I joined the Army not while I was training" she looked down "That may tell you why I don't share my past, it isn't really good to share horrible stories with people you like."
She sighs and then nuzzles on the girl's ear as she giggled cutely then pulled away so she could continue with straightening her companion's hair as she smiled "Your hair is so soft and nice." She smiled then when the hair was straightened she removed her band that held her hair in a ponytail and used it to tie up Toyoe's hair into a ponytail as taharial's hair fell to her waist "How does that look? I think it suits you."
Tsuguka looked a little forlorn for a split second before smiling at Taharial's face pressing to the side of hers. She had always know there was something more going on. They had touched on her old nickname in the past, but nothing ever came of it. She wondered if, subconsciously, they attracted each other because they were more similar under the surface than either of them had expected.
Further words from her winged partner dragged her out of the contemplation, and her hair looked remarkably different in Taharial's mirrior before she even recognized what was going on. She tightened it up a little higher to meet the sharp apex that the ears and cheekbones made, but overall seemed keen.
"I trust your judgement." The remark was a little off-kilter, but her turning upon the cabin chair, facing into Taharial's chest, made it clear she was trying to avoid feeling too outclassed. Standing upright, she made an active effort to straighten out the angel's uniform collar before placing her body closer, hands around the woman's curvy waist, her head to one side of the neck. "If you feel like giving me your things, I mean..."
Taharial smiled and wrapped her arms around her companion's neck as she giggled "That you for helping out, my uniform is always hard to make perfect but you have done it." Sh grins at the little comment that her companion said and she giggled more "Well I will give you my 'things' when we have a lot more alone time then just this little time, because I think we should be getting back to the others."
She gently pulled away "H-hey would you like to borrow some lipstick, I have a few but I always use the black one" she smiled as she added the black lipstick to her lips "I have a pink, this black, a red and lilac colour" she smiled and showed the girl the lipsticks "That is if you want one of these, or I can just share the one I have already put onto my lips with you."
She giggled "We should be heading back as we can't be late or people will start talking that we are doing naughty things, plus you can parade your new girlfriend around the others of the ship." She giggled then turned paler which just made it look like she would faint "I m-mean I didn't mean to say girlfriend, now I scared you, I am so sorry."
"I'm fine with being girlfriends." Tsuguka took a break from throwing her jacket on to fix a stray ruby hair encroaching across Taharial's forehead, completing the movement with a warm kiss there. "But lipstick is just inefficient. I'm Nekovalkyrja."
It was almost a rasping sort of giggle, but hushed with embarrassment. The red neko knew she could just throw up a new hologram and change her skin colour, but that just didn't feel true to herself at all. The attention she got from the elysian still made her feel truly pleasant regardless.
There would be more time to experiment, more time to research, the lynx considered, whilst rapidly perfecting the shape of her jacket's shoulders and fastening up the front. Most of it still made zero sense to her, but at least she was no longer facing it alone.
"Rial." It was just the name, whispered softly, just because she wanted to say it again. A hand grasped that of her partner, and she moved to take her outwards, back into the main corridors. "Let's go."
Taharial blushed as she let the Neko sort out the hair that was out of place, with what the Neko had said, the girl had said yes to being girlfriends, she was so happy about this but she waited until th girl was done with her coat then have her a big lovely hug "Well then we are girlfriends."
She was shocked when she was dragged from her room by the Neko but she knew that it needed to be done so walking hand in had with Toyoe she walked back to the wardroom she had gotten suddenly shy as she had never walked into a room with another girl while holding hands. She smiled as they entered though and felt calmer as she knew that Toyoe was with her all the way, she moved towards where they were sitting before and sat back down there moving over so Toyoe could sit down as well.
She had given a salute to the people who were in the wardroom and smiled "Nitô Hei Taharial Chasan and Nitô Hei Tsuguka, reporting back."
