sing_for_me | Noctium

[When Alex pulled her hand away, the lamia followed, sluggishly and only slightly graceful. But she stopped before she returned Alex's embrace, her human mind finally hesitating.

The rest of her, though, had different ideas. While Kaede lingered out of range, palms pressed to the floor, her tail looped around Alex--slowly, and with a decently large buffer of space so she resembled a donut of snake. Her scales sometimes scraped against the floor too--she was wiggling her tail backwards, it happened.]

[ She sees Kaede coming near, and then suddenly stopping, leaving her arms hanging up awkwardly. Her lion-like ears twitch when something suddenly wraps around her, and she’s not quite sure how she feels about the very scaley hug.

But…it was still a hug, wasn’t it? ]

Erm…is it helping?

[The tail didn't squeeze, at least, now torn between instinct and Kaede's mind scrabbling for control. But there was enough to curl around twice over, and gave her human torso something to rest on. She flopped over onto the cool scales, as much as she itched to get closer. Some parts of her that hadn't been exposed to the cold yet shivered a bit in open air, but Kaede wouldn't allow herself to get more comfortable.

The very end of the lamia's tail kept flicking, though the cold-born sluggishness made it look more like a lazy wag than an agitated flick. No rattle, either--just stripes like a harmless garter snake. The dangerous part of her was in the least monstrous half. Though...Kaede wasn't doing a good job of looking dangerous, except as maybe a sullen pile of scales to trip over.]

Enough.

[ Not quite sure how else to help her, Alex reaches over to stroke her hair, letting her rest some more. The poor thing looked like she could use it, and if Alex was being honest, she could too.

Oddly enough, she finds herself comfortable enough in this makeshift nest of a snake to start nodding off, losing the battle of keeping her eyes often after a few more minutes. ]

[Kaede mumbled after a sluggish moment, her alarm muted and the sound delayed. Something was touching her head, she should be Concerned. But it was soft, and warm, and now that she'd laid down getting up seemed like an impossible effort. So little rumbly noises they remained.

With nothing shooing them away, the coils twine closer and closer to the Warm Thing. Still not tight enough to squeeze, but enough to consolidate all those cold spots. Sorry for the cold scale touches, Alex.]

[ She’s surprisingly not bothered by the scale-y embrace, finding some comfort in it. It’s not until some time that she stirs again, not realizing how tired she had been. A yawn escapes her lips as she tries to rub the sleep out of her eyes, one hand resting atop Kaede’s.

Alex can’t find the heart to wake her yet, shifting to brush some of the hair from Kaede’s face as she watched the young woman sleep. ]

[Once Kaede was out, she was out; it took a lot of energy to keep up her hyperaware paranoia, and once she had dropped her guard, all that exhaustion caught up at once.

The lamia mumbled sluggishly when her hair was brushed, a sound that rumbled through her scales.]

...little longer, Aiko. 'M tired.

[The stripy end of her tail draped over Alex's hand and wrist, a reciprocal squeeze.]

[ And how could she not let her sleep?

But…Alex needed to go and continue helping out, so she carefully tries to wriggle away, fingers pushing gently against Kaede’s tail. Her legs made it harder to away though, her hips catching around the ring of scales. She continues to wriggle though, hoping the fur of her legs don’t itch. ]

[The striped lamia shifted a bit when poked, scales twitching as if dislodging some little insect or bit of dust. The touch of fur mollified her somewhat; it was like a soft cloth on her scales. And it was getting harder to keep her grip on it. Kaede mumbled again in sleepy protest, curling a little closer around the now moving warm thing. Nooo, stop moving.]

Oof!

[ Okay that was tight. Alex tries to find purchase on the smooth scales, her fingers sliding awkwardly over them. ]

K-Kaede…!

[ It was a trap. An adorable trap. ]

[The touches on her scales intensified, no longer light, intermittent things but constant scrabbling ticklish things. The lamia didn't quite squeak (yet), but it certainly set off a wiggling, squirming reaction. Her coils loosened and lost their grip, wriggling about like an eel in shallow water. As she jolted back to wakefulness, her body lagged behind, movements sluggish and erratic by turns.

Now she did squeak, trying to get away from the unintentional tickles.]

W-woah!

[ The sudden wave of scales jostled Alex about, almost causing her to fall over. She looks at Kaede, almost as surprised as the poor lamia was.

Was that by any chance… ]

Sorry, are you…um…ticklish?

[The circle of coils broke up into a squiggly line as Kaede scurried away, covering the sides of her human torso. She didn't get too far before stopping, but Alex was free now!]

I'm not!

[A bit too vehement of a denial, hm.]

[ Alex falls ever so gracefully onto her face when Kaede suddenly scrambles away from her. She sits up, rubbing her sore nose as she watches Kaede pull away like a cornered animal. A very tall and long, cornered animal. ]

…

[ Should she just pretend to not know this now? ]

It’s…not a bad thing to be ticklish.

[Someone saw her being something that wasn't cool and collected, how mortifying.]

It's--but. [Further dinging her image of the hardened monster, the lamia's tongue flicked out a moment. She snapped her head back, almost going cross-eyed to look at it like it had betrayed her.] You better not tell anyone!

[ Alex’s lips twitch as she tries to stop herself from laughing. ]

…Is there someone who wants to know?

I don't--know, just-- [augh]

[The lamia retreats her torso, though the rest of her is more sluggish to follow. With a grumble, Kaede rested her elbows on one of the coils, propping herself up and rubbing at both temples at once.]

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