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Mobius knows that not everytime she sleeps in the lab it is Klein who carries her to a more comfortable place to sleep. Also, it isn’t Klein who places a warm sheet over her shoulders or adjusts her lab coat so she doesn’t feel cold when she is resting on top of her desk and the scattered leaves are also tidied away from her.
Mobius also knows that not every time the person who takes care of her lets her stay in the lab. She feels her body lifted, one arm under her knees and the other behind her back, and she is carried comfortably through the lodge with the unique scent of flowers being the only thing she can feel when she fits her face between that person's neck and shoulder.
She knows what's next when she and Elysia arrive in her room. Elysia could just lay her on the bed, put a sheet over her body and walk away, but it's Elysia and she never does so little for Mobius and Mobius also likes to be taken care of so lovingly despite never admitting it out loud.
“Can you stand?” Elysia's soft, melodious voice breaks the silence between the two women in the room. Mobius nods in confirmation and then her feet are touching the ground and Elysia's hands are on her waist, steadying. “Can you shower alone?”
Mobius knows she can, but that's not what Elysia is asking her. The pink eyes look expectantly at Mobius, Elysia's tense shoulders are hard to miss for someone who is always so relaxed and the hands of the first Flame-chaser pulls Mobius' body closer with her thumbs caressing the scientist's still covered skin. Elysia is asking if Mobius wants to be with her again tonight, one more time and it will be the last time. It's always what they tell each other the next morning.
Mobius' hands go up to the collar of Elysia's clothes and she plays with the fabric between her fingers, this is a dance that the two cannot stop. “A little help would be nice.” That's what she always answers before having her lips taken by Elysia's in a tender and affectionate kiss. Mobius never knows who is the first of the two to let their tongues enter each other's mouths and explore the place, but she knows that she is always the first to cede the domain of the kiss to Elysia.
She also knows the soft feel of the elf's hair between her fingers, it's always a delight to thread her fingers through the silky strands as she pulls the other woman closer to her, dragging her nails on the delicate neck and gaining a grip on her waist as her body was pulled close by Elysia's hands.
The kiss ends only when the need for air is bigger than the two women can handle, Elysia is the first to move away, placing several pecks on Mobius' lips and then all over the scientist's face.
"I didn't know that a little help would be a kiss." Mobius comments, running her fingers through the pink hair until she manages to release it.
“I needed my daily dose of Mobius.” She replied with a smile dancing on her lips, her hands moving up the smaller woman's body until they reached the first button of the shirt she always wore to work. “I'll prepare the bath for you…” Elysia played with the button between her fingers. “Take off your clothes for me.”
Mobius' cheeks reddened at the elf's choice of words, she would never miss the opportunity to upset Mobius in any way even at such an intimate moment as right now. That way, when the scientist was alone in the room, she started to take off her clothes while listening to Elysia in the bathroom humming some tune.
“Mobius, come in!” Elysia exclaimed happily, even though her voice remained casual, she appeared in the bathroom doorway also naked with her arms crossed beneath her breasts. "I'm going to enjoy and stay in the tub with you for a while." She explained when she noticed the confused look on Mobius' face. "I hope you don't mind so much."
Mobius didn't care. She enjoyed Elysia's company, she enjoyed it even more when the other woman took care of her, but she would never admit it out loud. She only admits this by reaching over and leaning her body up to place a quick kiss on Elysia's lips. "If you behave, I won't mind." She countered by walking to the shower and holding her hair back so she wouldn't get it so late at night.
“I always behave in the shower.” Another laugh left Elysia's lips that night and she was quick to approach Mobius and hug the other woman from behind, pressing her full breasts against the other's delicate back. "You who are so adorable when you're in my arms and I can't contain myself for so long."
Mobius knew that Elysia would always use those words against her, but she even sighed as she listened to them one more night and also at the kiss that was left on the back of her neck. "You always say the same thing."
“And you never complain at the end of the night or the next day or until the next night.” Mobius pulled out of Elysia's embrace and walked faster to the shower, she had no way of countering Elysia this time and hearing the woman laugh once more that night made her cheeks turn red.
As the hot water hit Mobius' shoulders, she noticed Elysia's shadow behind her, she moved so silently when the two of them were together that Mobius had to rely on her sight more than her hearing. "I'm going to start soaping you." Elysia muttered with the soap in her hands watching the water run down Mobius' body. It wasn't her fully formed body yet, but it was as beautiful as being Mobius' body and just being her managed to hold Elysia's attention longer than she cared to admit.
“You are so beautiful, Mobius.” Elysia praised her starting to rub the soap over the scientist's back, she could feel the muscles and bones beneath her skin even though her touch was the lightest of all. "It's like watching a flower bloom." She continued to murmur praise and turned the other woman to her and continued to rub the soap over her delicate body. “You are so stunning.” Mobius knows that it is always at this moment that Elysia kneels on the floor and kisses the skin below her belly button before continuing her care of the scientist's private parts. “I could spend days adoring every part of your body.”
Mobius knew it was a promise, one that she chooses not to commit and prefers to look away from Elysia's while the other woman finishes soaping her legs and stands up once more, taking a step back and allowing Mobius to get the soap out of her body. “Elysia…”
"You don't have to answer me, I'll never ask you for an answer." The elf's hand gently squeezes Mobius' shoulder. "You know it." It wasn't just Mobius who was sure of the footsteps of all their nights together, she should have already expected that Elysia would know everything too. "You can go to the bath, I'll join you soon." And Elysia turned her body with extreme delicacy, a care Mobius always feels he doesn't deserve, and a kiss was pressed to her forehead. Then on both cheeks before moving to her lips and lingering there briefly.
“Don't take too long.” Mobius asked and left the shower going to the bathtub previously prepared by Elysia.
The hot, scented water made all the tension in her muscles go away the moment she sat up. She tilted her head back, closed her eyes with a sigh of pleasure, and forgot about all the troubles she'd been through this week with her research. Every failure or expected outcome was forgotten as the only sound in the room was Elysia's humming and the sound of shower water hitting the floor.
Mobius doesn't know when she fell asleep, but she felt her body being handled in the water and it was enough to wake up some of her drowsiness and help Elysia into the bathtub and sit behind Mobius. Without any words or invitations needed, the scientist got between the other woman's legs and rested her back against the front of the other's body, her head resting on one shoulder and exposing her entire neck to Elysia. It was one of the parts that the elf most liked to mark Mobius.
“Such a provocative invitation from such a lovely woman.” Elysia whispered in Mobius' ear and felt the woman's body shudder against hers and it was impossible to hold back the smile that came to her lips. One of the first Flame-chaser's hands circled Mobius' waist and pulled her body closer to hers and the other hand went to her exposed neck and caressed it. "That's why it's hard for me to behave around you."
It's the first time that night that Mobius laughs and Elysia accompanies the other woman. "Sometimes I don't want you to behave." It was a risky choice of words. The scientist really prefers a well-behaved Elysia, only on the nights that the two dance around each other, they are nights that Mobius prefers that Elysia lead every step between the two. After all, the elf has a lot more experience than she does (Mobius likes to be taken care of by someone else and Elysia likes to take care of others).
Elysia doesn't miss the opportunity granted to her much longer. Her next move is to glue her lips to the soft, white skin and spread soft marks that wouldn't last until morning, but are still marks. They are Elysia's marks on Mobius' body and the scientist could be seen with them and everyone would know that she had spent the night with someone and when everyone commented on it, Elysia would smile because she is the only one who knows the truth.
Elysia shook her head away from those thoughts and away from Mobius' body as well. Tonight she wanted to take care of the other one and getting away from the scientist was the only way she knew she would be able to keep her hands to herself tonight. “You can relax more if you want.” She offered it to the other and the scientist's body somehow relaxed even more against hers and Elysia was comfortably tracing random patterns across Mobius' belly with one hand.
They'd been in that comfortable position for so long that it felt like hours, but Elysia more than anyone else in the barracks knew she'd spent no more than fifteen minutes in that position. "Mobius, it's time to leave." She whispered as if she didn't want the other woman to hear so the two of them could spend even more time together in that place. However, the scientist started to move her body forward and stood up, leaning on the sides of the bathtub and then going out to get two towels for them.
“Thank you, Elysia.” Mobius thanked her as she handed the towel to the other woman and the two of them dried off before heading back to the bedroom together and once again Elysia held the other woman in a hug from behind and the two walked together to the bed without wearing a single piece of clothing.
"You do not have to thank me." Elysia whispered lying on the bed and turning on her side so she could face the other woman. Her hand went to her green hair and brushed away some strands that insisted on falling into the other's face. "I'm always here when a lovely woman needs me."
Mobius knows those weren't the words Elysia wanted to use. She knows because she can see a flash of pain in her rosy eyes and a sad smile appear on her inviting lips. She knows and it's the only thing she didn't want to know about tonight's dance. Mobius also smiles sadly and closes their faces leaving a kiss full of feelings on Elysia's lips.
Elysia knew this was Mobius' way of saying that he would do for Elysia everything the elf does for her. When they separate and move around the bed until they find a comfortable position, they end up the same way they always did. Elysia is hugging the scientist from behind, her legs wrapped around each other with the elf's hands resting on top of Mobius' belly and Mobius' hands on top of Elysia's.
"Good night." Elysia wished for the other woman and left a kiss on her shoulder without waiting for an answer in return and she only received a squeeze on her hand to know the other heard.