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Bella goes to bed, happily exhausted. She can make stuff! Not a lot of stuff, not yet, but still. She will be able to solve Brilliance's food problem and if she can figure out how to scale up she will be able to solve the world's food problem.
The next day is, alas, also a school day. She bids Brilliance good morning while she brushes out her hair. +Hey you.+
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"Okay then." Pause. "Huh, I expected this to feel more momentous. Interesting."
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"There's a fair amount of cultural baggage associated with the first time somebody has sex. Mostly girls," shrugs Bella. "It's stupid, but I expected it to have more subtle effects on me than it appears to."
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"So apparently I'm a little more insulated from toxic memes than I thought, go me."
She parks the car, looks around, and says, "Nobody'll see us go if we head for Planet Rainbowsand now."
She parks the car, looks around, and says, "Nobody'll see us go if we head for Planet Rainbowsand now."
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"Okay," says Brilliance. "Should we bring a blanket or something, though? I mean, sand's pretty comfy, but it gets in places."
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"Oh, good point." She hops out of the car, goes inside, and locates a picnic blanket. And, after a moment's thought, a packet of tissues.
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He activates the dimensional transfer, then slides out of her pocket and shifts human. Out of habit, he includes clothes.
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Bella spreads out the picnic blanket.
And sits on it. And looks thoughtful.
And sits on it. And looks thoughtful.
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He plops down beside her and gives her a hug, leaning his head on her shoulder.
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Snuggles! These are probably part of the normal course of events, right?
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Yes! Also they are fun.
"I've never kissed anybody before, either," he says lazily. And then giggles. "Well, not on the mouth. You wanna?"
"I've never kissed anybody before, either," he says lazily. And then giggles. "Well, not on the mouth. You wanna?"
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"Yeah."
He is really cute.
She kisses him experimentally. And then a little less experimentally.
He is really cute.
She kisses him experimentally. And then a little less experimentally.
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Bella likes being ice cream. Bella really likes being ice cream. She wriggles a little closer.
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He wraps an arm around her shoulders, runs his other hand lightly down her face, and kisses her some more.
+This is fuuuuuun,+ he says happily.
+This is fuuuuuun,+ he says happily.
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+Oh good.+ She was nervous, but this has mostly given way to relaxed lissome warmth. (The droplet on the elastic around her wrist helps, though she's not as aware of it as she is when she's attempting to walk or run.) Her hands drift around; one winds up in his hair and one around his waist.
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+Mmmmmmmm I like it when you touch my haaaaaair,+ he says, closing his eyes briefly between kisses.
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Bella threads her fingers through said hair. +It's soft,+ she says.
Her other hand meanders a couple inches down.
Her other hand meanders a couple inches down.
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+Mmmm,+ says Brilliance, resting his head on her shoulder again and stroking a hand down her back. +That's nice. You're nice. I like you.+