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Shinobi and Vex (backdated to end of school year)
Vex and Shinobi, finding ways not to engage in conversation.
It didn't take long after everyone moved into grad housing for Vex to visit. Now that Illyana was moving into her dorm, it was good to know Shinobi had a room to himself. Of course, it was on the top floor. Surrounded by 4 of his dear friends. Which meant that every time Vex came to visit she might need to dodge knowing smiles from Shaun.
At least Shinobi promised better sound proofing than the dorms.
Vex knocked on Shinobi's door and waited to see which friend she would actually see first with everyone bustling around the building.
Shinobi rolled off the couch in his modestly-appointed living room (well, certainly modest enough by his standards) and shuffled toward the door at the knock. Idly, he wondered who it could be. His unique advantages aside, he rarely bothered to lock his doors, especially as they were still technically on the campus grounds. And he assumed anyone who cared enough to bother with a visit would also knew him well enough to simply let themselves in.
"Konnichiwa," he singsonged cheerfully as he pulled the door open. But his grin grew a touch wicked quickly enough. "Isn't this a pleasant surprise? Come to take in the relative opulence of my one-bedroom college apartment?"
“I am absolutely here for the opulence,” Vex said. “Do I get the tour?”
He stepped aside to allow her past, indicating the combined living and dining area with grandiose sweep of his arm. "By all means," Shinobi laughed. "After all, it counts for very little if I don't get to show it off, neh? Please feel free to take the fullest advantage of my gracious hospitality."
Vex wandered through, taking in the space. She circled back to Shinobi and slid her arms around him. "Nice, nice, I like what I see."
"It's a quaint little space, isn't it?" he inquired idly, hands lacing idly around her waist. He held her loosely, not tugging her any closer than she already was, though the glint in his dark eyes and the tension in his forearms suggested he might at any moment. "But I hope my living space isn't the only thing you like ..."
“Fishing for compliments so early?” Vex grinned and leaned in to kiss Shinobi.
He tilted his face to hers, arms tightening around her middle, drawing her up--if not by much, since there wasn't a tremendous difference between them in height--and into him. As their kiss finally broke, he murmured, "I'm always fishing for compliments, love. People saying nice things about me is my principal weakness."
“You’re adorable,” Vex told him. She leaned to brush her lips along the curve of his ear. “I can whisper more nice things to you later, but you’ll have to earn it.”
"I am many things to many people," Shinobi countered. "Adorable is just one of them. However, if we're negotiating the price of pleasant whispers ... " He nipped lightly at the soft skin at the base of her throat. "Where does the bidding start?"
“I’d like a demonstration of this soundproofing you spoke of,” Vex said.
"Your barest wish is my ironclad demand," Shinobi all but purred, twining his arm with hers and steering her in the direction of his bedroom. That was, after all, where the much-vaunted soundproofing was most effective. It was the obvious and logical choice ... "I'm sure you can come up with all sorts of creative ways to strain my vocal chords. Not that I don't have a few ideas of my own for testing yours ..."
Later, Vex snuggled against Shinobi, her cheek pillowed on his chest, long hair loose across his skin. “Seeing the merits of graduate housing,” she murmured. “This may beat the treehouse for combined privacy and comfort.”
"If it were anyone else, I'd suspect you of damning me with faint praise," Shinobi drawled, utterly relaxed on his back with one arm wrapped loosely around Vex. He traced idle circles on the small of her back with the tips of his fingers--sated but still full of thoughts. "But knowing how much you enjoy the outdoors--as strange a concept as that is--I will accept the compliment with all possible grace. Thank you. I'm pleased to see my profligate use of Sebastian's money gives you some small satisfaction."
Vex brushed a soft kiss against his skin. “I feel like sometimes you’re giving me English lessons in addition to French.”
Shinobi practically purred. "Honestly, I just do it to impress you. I might not be the perfect trifecta of brains, beauty, and fabulous wealth, but I can at least manage a degree of cleverness every now and then."
“I would never question your cleverness. You see too much.” Vex leaned up to kiss him. “Even if you’re outrageous.”
His dark lashes fluttered against he cheeks as the kiss broke, and his usual, lazy smirk returned. "Most people need more outrageous in their lives. You've been the exception that tests the rule, in that case, but I have a difficult time dialing it back. Force of habit, I suppose.”
”I’ve had outrageous covered for a while.” She grinned. “But your brand of it has grown on me. You’ve rather grown on me.”
"My particular charms are insidiously infectious that way. I've always thought so," he agreed, lips quirking. He then cheekily added, "Rather like a fungus, I think. Perhaps some sort of lichen."
Vex threaded her fingers through Shinobi’s hair and gave a gentle tug. “Please refrain from turning into anything botanical.”
"I'll consider it," he purred, "if you do that again. I'm extremely susceptible to physical modes of correction, you know. Though I cannot in good conscience promise to refrain from being infectious."
"Shinobi." Vex framed his face with her hands and leaned to kiss him softly. "If you want something you can always ask nicely. A well noted 'please' works wonders." Her fingers slipped back into his hair, stroking gently. "It can't always be a reward for bad behavior." Her lips brushed along the curve of his ear as she murmured, "You could be good for me as well."
"Now there's a notion that will require a serious re-evaluation of my ... well, everything," Shinobi said with a deprecating snort directed at himself alone. His circling fingers paused, though they still pressed warmly into the skin of Vex's back. "Nobody's ever suggested I could be good before--well, nobody but Nolan, and I fear I fall into the regrettable blind spot of his typically-acute ability to discriminate. Most everyone else is fairly unanimous in their lack of approbation. It would certainly be a challenge, if nothing else."
“I know you’d rather not be,” Vex said quietly. “But it can be selective. You can start right here.” Her fingers tightened slowly. “Maybe start with ‘please, Vex. More’.”
He was quiet for a moment. Then his grip against her back tightened ever-so-slightly, and his free hand drifted so hesitantly to her cheek, to trace the line of her jaw. Shinobi swallowed. "You might possibly be the most dangerous person I've ever met," he said, blinking. "And I ...
"Please, Vex. More."
She smiled, wicked and triumphant. Vex gripped his hair just how he liked it and tipped his face up for a kiss. "Good boy," she murmured against his lips.
Shinobi hummed contentedly, quite satisfied to remain where he was for the foreseeable future. "Don't take this to mean I've completely lost touch with my ungovernable roots," he warned, though his tone was warm and very gently teasing. "I may still claw the furniture now and then, just to prove I'm not a complete lap-cat."
“But you’re such a cute lap-cat,” Vex crooned fondly. She slid a leg over his and rolled on top of him. “And I promise there’s reward if you use your lips for more than protest.”
His hand moved with her, fingers falling from the curve of her back to the outer arc of her hip. "You do know how to entice, darling." Shinobi pressed his mouth to the base of Vex's throat, and began kissing his way up to the base of her jaw. He breathed, "I've never so thoroughly enjoyed being out-negotiated."
Vex smiled and rolled her hips. “Get used to it,” she threatened.
It was as much as he could do to suppress a groan, and he wasn't particularly inclined to effort to begin with. "I truly believe I could," Shinobi said, shifting beneath her. "Especially if you're going to keep using these kinds of delicious, underhanded tactics."
“Taking advantage of you has become a favorite pastime,” Vex admitted. She tipped his head for another kiss.
Shinobi broke the kiss, briefly, to murmur, "Please do take advantage of me some more. It's becoming my favorite pastime, too."
It didn't take long after everyone moved into grad housing for Vex to visit. Now that Illyana was moving into her dorm, it was good to know Shinobi had a room to himself. Of course, it was on the top floor. Surrounded by 4 of his dear friends. Which meant that every time Vex came to visit she might need to dodge knowing smiles from Shaun.
At least Shinobi promised better sound proofing than the dorms.
Vex knocked on Shinobi's door and waited to see which friend she would actually see first with everyone bustling around the building.
Shinobi rolled off the couch in his modestly-appointed living room (well, certainly modest enough by his standards) and shuffled toward the door at the knock. Idly, he wondered who it could be. His unique advantages aside, he rarely bothered to lock his doors, especially as they were still technically on the campus grounds. And he assumed anyone who cared enough to bother with a visit would also knew him well enough to simply let themselves in.
"Konnichiwa," he singsonged cheerfully as he pulled the door open. But his grin grew a touch wicked quickly enough. "Isn't this a pleasant surprise? Come to take in the relative opulence of my one-bedroom college apartment?"
“I am absolutely here for the opulence,” Vex said. “Do I get the tour?”
He stepped aside to allow her past, indicating the combined living and dining area with grandiose sweep of his arm. "By all means," Shinobi laughed. "After all, it counts for very little if I don't get to show it off, neh? Please feel free to take the fullest advantage of my gracious hospitality."
Vex wandered through, taking in the space. She circled back to Shinobi and slid her arms around him. "Nice, nice, I like what I see."
"It's a quaint little space, isn't it?" he inquired idly, hands lacing idly around her waist. He held her loosely, not tugging her any closer than she already was, though the glint in his dark eyes and the tension in his forearms suggested he might at any moment. "But I hope my living space isn't the only thing you like ..."
“Fishing for compliments so early?” Vex grinned and leaned in to kiss Shinobi.
He tilted his face to hers, arms tightening around her middle, drawing her up--if not by much, since there wasn't a tremendous difference between them in height--and into him. As their kiss finally broke, he murmured, "I'm always fishing for compliments, love. People saying nice things about me is my principal weakness."
“You’re adorable,” Vex told him. She leaned to brush her lips along the curve of his ear. “I can whisper more nice things to you later, but you’ll have to earn it.”
"I am many things to many people," Shinobi countered. "Adorable is just one of them. However, if we're negotiating the price of pleasant whispers ... " He nipped lightly at the soft skin at the base of her throat. "Where does the bidding start?"
“I’d like a demonstration of this soundproofing you spoke of,” Vex said.
"Your barest wish is my ironclad demand," Shinobi all but purred, twining his arm with hers and steering her in the direction of his bedroom. That was, after all, where the much-vaunted soundproofing was most effective. It was the obvious and logical choice ... "I'm sure you can come up with all sorts of creative ways to strain my vocal chords. Not that I don't have a few ideas of my own for testing yours ..."
Later, Vex snuggled against Shinobi, her cheek pillowed on his chest, long hair loose across his skin. “Seeing the merits of graduate housing,” she murmured. “This may beat the treehouse for combined privacy and comfort.”
"If it were anyone else, I'd suspect you of damning me with faint praise," Shinobi drawled, utterly relaxed on his back with one arm wrapped loosely around Vex. He traced idle circles on the small of her back with the tips of his fingers--sated but still full of thoughts. "But knowing how much you enjoy the outdoors--as strange a concept as that is--I will accept the compliment with all possible grace. Thank you. I'm pleased to see my profligate use of Sebastian's money gives you some small satisfaction."
Vex brushed a soft kiss against his skin. “I feel like sometimes you’re giving me English lessons in addition to French.”
Shinobi practically purred. "Honestly, I just do it to impress you. I might not be the perfect trifecta of brains, beauty, and fabulous wealth, but I can at least manage a degree of cleverness every now and then."
“I would never question your cleverness. You see too much.” Vex leaned up to kiss him. “Even if you’re outrageous.”
His dark lashes fluttered against he cheeks as the kiss broke, and his usual, lazy smirk returned. "Most people need more outrageous in their lives. You've been the exception that tests the rule, in that case, but I have a difficult time dialing it back. Force of habit, I suppose.”
”I’ve had outrageous covered for a while.” She grinned. “But your brand of it has grown on me. You’ve rather grown on me.”
"My particular charms are insidiously infectious that way. I've always thought so," he agreed, lips quirking. He then cheekily added, "Rather like a fungus, I think. Perhaps some sort of lichen."
Vex threaded her fingers through Shinobi’s hair and gave a gentle tug. “Please refrain from turning into anything botanical.”
"I'll consider it," he purred, "if you do that again. I'm extremely susceptible to physical modes of correction, you know. Though I cannot in good conscience promise to refrain from being infectious."
"Shinobi." Vex framed his face with her hands and leaned to kiss him softly. "If you want something you can always ask nicely. A well noted 'please' works wonders." Her fingers slipped back into his hair, stroking gently. "It can't always be a reward for bad behavior." Her lips brushed along the curve of his ear as she murmured, "You could be good for me as well."
"Now there's a notion that will require a serious re-evaluation of my ... well, everything," Shinobi said with a deprecating snort directed at himself alone. His circling fingers paused, though they still pressed warmly into the skin of Vex's back. "Nobody's ever suggested I could be good before--well, nobody but Nolan, and I fear I fall into the regrettable blind spot of his typically-acute ability to discriminate. Most everyone else is fairly unanimous in their lack of approbation. It would certainly be a challenge, if nothing else."
“I know you’d rather not be,” Vex said quietly. “But it can be selective. You can start right here.” Her fingers tightened slowly. “Maybe start with ‘please, Vex. More’.”
He was quiet for a moment. Then his grip against her back tightened ever-so-slightly, and his free hand drifted so hesitantly to her cheek, to trace the line of her jaw. Shinobi swallowed. "You might possibly be the most dangerous person I've ever met," he said, blinking. "And I ...
"Please, Vex. More."
She smiled, wicked and triumphant. Vex gripped his hair just how he liked it and tipped his face up for a kiss. "Good boy," she murmured against his lips.
Shinobi hummed contentedly, quite satisfied to remain where he was for the foreseeable future. "Don't take this to mean I've completely lost touch with my ungovernable roots," he warned, though his tone was warm and very gently teasing. "I may still claw the furniture now and then, just to prove I'm not a complete lap-cat."
“But you’re such a cute lap-cat,” Vex crooned fondly. She slid a leg over his and rolled on top of him. “And I promise there’s reward if you use your lips for more than protest.”
His hand moved with her, fingers falling from the curve of her back to the outer arc of her hip. "You do know how to entice, darling." Shinobi pressed his mouth to the base of Vex's throat, and began kissing his way up to the base of her jaw. He breathed, "I've never so thoroughly enjoyed being out-negotiated."
Vex smiled and rolled her hips. “Get used to it,” she threatened.
It was as much as he could do to suppress a groan, and he wasn't particularly inclined to effort to begin with. "I truly believe I could," Shinobi said, shifting beneath her. "Especially if you're going to keep using these kinds of delicious, underhanded tactics."
“Taking advantage of you has become a favorite pastime,” Vex admitted. She tipped his head for another kiss.
Shinobi broke the kiss, briefly, to murmur, "Please do take advantage of me some more. It's becoming my favorite pastime, too."
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If Shinobi is setting the precedent that his door is unlocked and open for visitors at any time then one of these days Shaun or Nolan is going to wander in to find Vex lounging on the couch with her feet propped on Shinobi as an ottoman—while reading a book. Oh hai, he was being a brat so now we’re having reading time.
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Clothes on when the doir is unlocked for sure. This all leads to future hellfire club shenigans ;-)
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I am so totally picturing Vex as the Black Queen now. Complete with leather corset. :)
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Precisely the correlation I was going for lol
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