Moonlight Lekku

[Choli Vyn]

"Yeah, it is-" her cheerful nod and oral agreement caught at her throat when Trextan's arm slid from between them and went looping up and over her shoulder. Her breath caught, and upturning her face to him, Choli tried to still her quickening heart. Yeah, that didn't work out. Not when having his arm around her shoulder brought her close enough to feel the tickle of his hair when the wind blew on her cheek.

Wait, what. What did Trextan mean about no nurses interrupting us? Wait, was it about that kiss again? So then, if there were no nurses here... was he going to then do anything that won't be interrupted?

"Umm," growing nervousness faded the green in her eyes and brought back the gold flecks in her eyes. Wait, was he going to kiss her then? No, he said he wanted me to tell him if it was okay... but...

The pink tip of her tongue slid over her lips in growing nervousness, and in her mind, she kept repeating,' what would Allyson do?'

"Yeah... the cafe. Could do that." Now she was stumbling over her words and her face contouring in an awkward flush of red that tinted her cheeks. Just... don't move, figure it out.

But that was the thing, wasn't it? His arm, the warm press of his side against her flank, even the way her nose tickled with a wayward strand of his hair floating against it wasn't terrible. Well, save for the thought that he surely must hear how loud her heart was beating then.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

Trextan wasn't going to move an inch towards kissing her without clearing the air somehow. Either she had to give some kind of signal that it was welcome or they would talk about it. Didn't even occur to him that he'd made it seem he was planning a move.

Of course his heart was now going at a pace to match her own. It felt good to have her weight against him, to have someone so close. She hadn't protested, so he didn't remove his arm. He just had to remember to breathe before he could speak again.

"Sure. Oh, I don't have any credits on me though. No pockets here," he said with a slightly forced chuckle. If she looked down to confirm that she'd probably end up even brighter red.

"Did you...Erm...Sort the other patch?" He asked. He shuffled slightly to make her weight move comfortable against his chest, with slightly more of her back against him.

 

[Choli Vyn]

Don't look, don't look, don't look. Medical patient scrubs did nothing for leaving things to the imagination. How could he not be conscious of it?

"Sort the other pants?" She managed to squeeze out quickly, only to be mortified that she said 'pants' instead of a patch.

"Patch! Patch. I meant patch. And no-- noIhavenot." The last came out in a jumble, the girl seeming to sink into her shoulders in utter embarrassment.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

Fortunately Trextan didn't have to say any words similar to 'nipple' right now. He went a little red at her slip though, but he had been the one to bring up the lack of pockets on his pants.

"My fault," he said softly to try and cover her obvious embarrassment. "I kind of stole your hands before you could fix it. This is... Nice though," he offered tentatively. Both hands gave a gentle squeeze to show what he was talking about. "There's no rush." It was a subtle probe to see if she didn't find it nice and wanted to be gone quickly.

 

[Choli Vyn]

"Y-yeah." Swallowing hard, choli did her best to keep her eyes at an appropriate level. They settled between his jaw and over his chest. It was nice. But also nerve wrecking.

Her belly gave a flip, and her fingers went curling a bit under his metal palm. She felt the flex of his palm over her shoulder, and the thought that it was a rather chilly afternoon completely slipped her mind. Now her focus went to all the places they were touching. From their knees, thigh, to the palpitating warmth of his chest that he'd settled on the right side of her back. A slight breeze swept both them and with their close proximity sent strands of her hair tangling up against his.

Should I say something? Just Stay quiet? It was like all her quips were gone and her brain congealing into mush.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

"You can work on the other one," he offered. His right hand didn't remove itself from hers. However the metal hand that was warming hers shifted slightly, it became less of a weight upon her own.

His left arm went absolutely nowhere. He started to grow anxious about his breathing now. It wasn't something he usually thought about and that was the problem. Now, knowing she could feel each move of his chest, he was thinking about it. Which meant the rhythm of his breathing became uneven. Which made him think about it even more.

 

[Choli Vyn]

[SIZE=9pt]Trextan may have suggested to choli to work on the patch, but his growing fear was spot on. Choli did notice his irregular breathing, feeling it come in and out against her at a quickening rate only to slow for a few deep breaths. Those of which sent the loose strands at the crown of her head fanning with every breath. Concern rose and it prioritized over her own awkward worries, "hey you okay?"[/SIZE]

[SIZE=9pt]Turning up to look at him, Choli gave a small shift, torso inclining towards him. Now instead of gold her eyes shifted into a hazel green with gray flecks in concern.[/SIZE]

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

Instead of smoothing out his breaths he held the next one in. Her eyes shifting once more entirely distracted his brain from concocting any sensible excuse.

He managed to look a little bemused, but forced up the left side of his lips. "I'm just being weird again, don't mind me." It was about as honest as he could be. "You know how you think about breathing and suddenly you can't do it right?"

His left arm was removed from her far shoulder as she twisted in, fingers fanning out against her back. Her sudden concern was very sweet, even if as awkward and slightly embarrassed as every other moment was determined to be in this hospital.

 

[Choli Vyn]

"Oh, I guess so." Honestly, Choli wasn't really sure what exactly Trextan meant by that. Granted, the Rogue didn't exactly ever have a situation where she over thought her breathing. Or had she? Now she was paranoid about it too. Wait, am I doing that too? Really, it was just a terrible chain of overthinking between the pair.

"Well... guess, I should work on my patch." Feeling his hand fanned across her back was warm, and perhaps a little tingly. She could feel it through the thin fabric of her shirt.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

Trextan took a deep breath and tried to stop thinking about it. Instead he focused on feeling her own chest shift up and down against him. In time his breathing started to match her own. With a final stroke of the thumb he took his prosthetic hand off her own, allowing her to work. It had seemed she'd needed her hands to work out his own patch so he assumed she needed the same now.

 

[Choli Vyn]

It was the time that would allow both teenagers time to gather their bearings. Even if there was a little bit of regret in having Trextan shift away, her hand once again subject to the small chill in the air.

"This should be faster this time around," talking seemed to have a cushioning effect in mellowing any tension between them.

"You were my guinea pig after all. " the corner of her mouth gave a small twitch, her dark head ducking down to slide up her sleeve and inspect the biopatch.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

"I'll remember that if you need to do anything more dangerous than a bio-patch," he chuckled. That chuckle reverberated through his chest and Choli.

He probably should have removed his arm to give her free movement to sort the second patch but he simply didn't want to. She'd let him do it, seemed content in his arm being there and he liked having her close. For once something seemed simple, even in the awkward behaviour. Having acknowledged it together meant it detracted from the situation less than it would have otherwise.

" Yes that gorge through to the wastelands does look safe... Why don't you walk through it first Trextan, I'll be right behind you... "

 

[Choli Vyn]

"Oh, I can be quick on my feet when the need demands it." She shot back, sending a flashing grin with pearly white teeth up at the lad. A big snort followed the scenario he painted.

"Well, someone has to go first." Another twitch at the corner of her mouth, the Force flowing through the young teenager as she manipulated the energy and the electronics on her own bio patch.

"So glad you decided to volunteer for anything that may come up in the future."

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

"I...Don't recall saying that. So same on your feet as in the air? Very fast but liable to fall over and end up in hospital? Maybe I will go first through that gorge." He shrugged. "Though we both seem to find trouble without trying."

She would see his eyes flick down to her smile and back up again. If she was still paying attention she'd feel him take deeper, slower breaths and hold them in. She was right there beneath him, tucked into his arm. He stayed quite still, smiling back at her. Once more he suddenly felt a little lightheaded.

Stop thinking about kissing the poor girl. She doesn't want to be bothered, leave her alone. warned a voice in his head that sounded a lot like nurse Mei.

 

[Choli Vyn]

A snort of humor and the dancing of light green eyes," I meant it more as a saying than reality-- quick on my feet. As in I can do things a bit faster with the Force if the need demands it." He'd taken it a bit more literally, but it was cute.

"Well, if we do this and get caught... we just might get in trouble again." Choli met his eyes. "Sure you want to risk it?" Perhaps almost in a light dare. He was breathing deeper, deliberately. It prompted her to be a bit more aware of her own, and she almost matched it. Well, sort of. Now her breath was quickening too. He was close, breath fanning over her now and then when he spoke.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

A lot of things went into his decision. His training under the sith taught him to take on challenges head on, to never back down. There was a lot of his father in him, his propensity to show off had led to him being shamed and taken from the Jedi Order after it nearly got a fellow student killed. He liked Choli; he wasn't about to back down from this.

"I'll risk it. If you want something it's always worth taking a risk for and this feels right," he said. Trextan didn't take his eyes off hers. Something told him that returning to his family roots to replace the saber built on a foundation of hatred poured into a synthetic crystal was the right thing to do.

 

[Choli Vyn]

The amusement didn't fade from her eyes, but she did lower her lids to peer at her shoulder again.

"Didn't think that was very Jedi-like," she meant to tease him, "if you want something to just take the risk for it."

"But I guess where's the fun in that?" Brows Rose in a light tease, the girl finishing up the adjustment on the bio patch.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

"No," he admitted, "that's probably not very Jedi-like." Trextan thought of Jacen and Adele just kneeling in the gardens of Sullust in absolute silence.

"I think...I'm probably most like a Jedi when people are in trouble." He looked and sounded very somber at first when thinking this through, but then a grin spread to his face as if he'd thought of something amusing.

"Like when a village needs more time to evacuate...Or a stubborn girl who's had a difficult time starts yanking needles out of her arm."

 

[Choli Vyn]

Now that brought on a flush of embarrassment. Choli had been rather impulsive then," Yeah well..." her fingers gave a small trace over her biopatch.

"Wasn't really at the top of my game then. Waking up a month missing and unsure of just what or where the hell I've been through kinda skewed my priorities. " it was said at a low murmur, no venom just embarrassed by it.

 

[Trextan Voidstalker]

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't joke about that," he said softly. His left arm gave a gentle squeeze that lasted a couple of seconds. She had an athletic build, lean for girl. He told himself he shouldn't have been thinking of that anyway.

"Like I said, no real harm done in the escape. Might have ended up here but we did good along the way. Now the important question is: have I got any credits in my cupboard to take to that cafe."