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Ember slowly inserts the key into the nob and twists it. After going out to buy some snacks for herself, and her blue haired partner, potentially waking the sarkaz would be one of the last things she wants to do, especially with Xaihi being a notoriously light sleeper.
After successfully breaching back into their room, and quietly setting the bag of snacks onto their shared dresser. Ember finally gets a good look at her sleeping beauty.
The blankets to their bed have been kicked down. The suspect lying in the middle of the bed, clutching a pillow close to her chest with a heating pad sandwiched between the two.
Her eyebrows are furrowed even in her sleep, as if deep in thought, with her tail tucked between her legs idly beating against her stomach.
The sight makes ember heart ache. A confusing array of emotions reciting in her mind all at once, with the more.. impure ones being shoved down before they start to roam more. Now isn’t the time for that, her girlfriend is in pain, and easily irritated. Staring too long might bother her, not that she was awake to notice but…
After changing into a more comfortable attire, she needs to figure out a way to slip into the bed. Preferably without ending up on the couch tonight. Waking her up then getting into bed with her wouldn’t make much sense… But getting in unannounced could lead to her catching an unnecessary left hook.
After deciding that she was over thinking the whole situation, she ultimately decided to just wing it. Sucking in a breath, she slowly moved to start sliding into the bed, arms first.
She only got about a quarter of the way in the bed before Xaihi suddenly jumped up, sluggishly moving around, while mumbling incoherent words under her breath.
“Shhh it’s alright baby it’s just me” Ember whispered into her back making the sarkaz in question immediately relax her body.
“Ember…”
“Im sorry love I didn’t mean to scare you.” In all honesty she really didn’t, but she was kinda expecting that reaction, so she wasn’t too caught off guard. Xaihi tries to say something, but gets cut off by an involuntary pained groan as she wraps her arms around ember, burying her head in to the crook of her neck trying to be mindful of her horns. Squeezes so hard Ember considers going to a doctor to get checked for a cracked rib.
After managing to free her arms from the other woman’s vice grip on her, she grabs the heating pad and slides it back between them. She doesn’t care how hot she becomes if she can somehow limit Xaihi’s pain… even a little bit.
The sarkaz’s tail tucks between her legs and wraps around the sankta’s ankle, locking her in place. It somehow just now hits ember that Xaihi is shaking. Maybe from the pain, exhaustion, or the sheer amount of strength she is using to hold onto her. No matter the reason, it completely shatters her heart in two. She hates seeing the other woman in pain, especially when theres nothing she can do to help it.
Ember is fortunate enough to have short and relatively painless cycles, but of course it varies person to person, and its not like shes going to say this to Xaihis face not while shes in this state, at least.
As Xaihi’s breath starts to slow, Ember’s hands come up to rub around the base of her horns in the way she knows she likes. Earning a little yelp of shock before nuzzling towards her hand like a stray cat.
Every so often an occasional tremor racks her body in an uncontrollable rhythm. Pained and shaky sighs finding their way through tightly pressed lips, until finally, she manages to find a moment of solace and finally rest. ACTUAL rest with no tension this time( thank God for that, Embers heart probably couldn’t bear anymore breaking for today)
Ember feels her tail slowly loose some tension but stays wrapped around her ankle Xaihi’s warm breath tickling against her neck in a weird but comforting manner.
As Embers own eyes start to close as well. She slowly leans back and presses a small kiss onto Xaihi’s forehead. The sarkaz stirs but doesn’t wake, as Ember settles back into her previous position and eventually joins her partner in the dream land.
fin.