Pillow Fort Picnic

Aura was adjusting to what it felt like to be so close to Hella. It wasnt bad- not at all. Actually the best way she could describe it was similar to the feeling of butterflies in her stomach she got from being nervous but warmer and more pleasurable. Excitement rather than fear. Also it wasnt just her stomach. Every point of contact between them seemed to make it that much more enjoyable.

She gladly curled up against her girlfriend, nodding in agreement. "A very good thing," was her soft whispered reply. Her head would have been buried against Hella momentarily but the question made her freeze. Her body stiffened as she was reminded about that other part of her. Aura hadn't been thinking at all about it, but now she was nervous again.

There was a pause, with Aura looking into Hella's eyes as she tried to get ahold of how she felt, and then she bit her lip "Um... I- you... can." Aura did want Hella to be able to touch her face. It was just really hard to say so. She did close her eyes though. The combination of how nice it was to feel Hella running her hand along her face mixed with unease as she worried about what the reaction would be. She couldnt bear to watch Hella's face just in case she let slip that it was uncomfortable to experience the inhuman features.

Her lips parted a little bit at the touch even though Hella was just apparently feeling her face. When Hella got to the discolored grey portion of Aura's face she would have found it not as rough as one might expect. It was more... dense than the rest of the skin, not terribly unlike the leather hide of a rhinoceros or similar creatures. The small grey tendrils reached out to in turn feel Hella's hand in an mildly disturbing way before Aura focused on making them lie down again. She was in control but had to fight the ingrained instinct they had to reach and feel and test the things around them.

"Sorry... I um, know its weird..." she trailed off and then forced herself to open her eyes again. The eldritch ones snapping open far quicker than her normal one.

Hella didn't know it but she was the first person Aura had allowed to touch that side of her face other than a couple of the doctors she'd seen. And that had only been because it was mandatory.

So it meant so much more to her that she opened her eyes to look up at Hella's smiling face. No trace of horror or disgust in her face as far as she could tell. It drew her own lips into a small smile of her own and she relaxed the tension she hadn't realized she was holding.

Her blushing deepened just a hair, though there wasn't too much more pink her face could get. With Hella so close though she would be able to see that as Aura blushed her face tendrils sort of wiggled in response. Amusingly not terribly unlike a dog's happy tail. Just a little more alien.

Aura didnt speak at first, too drawn in by the kiss and too busy wrapping her arms around Hella and pulling her in close. Aura rarely seemed to read as just simply happy or content, but she was exuding that feeling now. The pet name was unfamiliar to Aura but the way Hella said it made it sound beautiful.

"I um, think I'd be prettier without all the... stuff, but thank you," came her soft whisper as a few tears of relief began to well up in her eyes. Hella was such a kind person. Aura didnt want to let go, didnt really want to stop the kissing either, and definitely didnt want to leave the pile of assorted pillows and blankets.

She did however have a tiny bit of playfulness in her now that the stress of letting Hella begin to know more about her less pleasant parts. Aura grinned slightly and then rolled herself over, rolling with Hella in her arms. Not particularly trying to be on top or below though. Just rolling in the pillows with her girlfriend and starting to giggle.

"I wish every day could be like this" She sighed happily as she tried to pull Hella along with her.

Aura's slight giggling gave way to laughter as Hella joined her in the somewhat childish fun. She really was having a good time and it showed on her face. All of it, even the eldritch portions. Aura looked up at Hella and smiled

"Who needs to, um, clean them up? Maybe we just leave them in a pile," she joked as she too glanced around at the mess. It was a good thing they'd ended up in her room rather than the living room. They'd really have to worry about the mess then. Meanwhile though her own hands had moved to encircle Hella's waist, though they were mostly just sitting there.

"I don't um, know a lot about how to do this dating thing. But... I think it's safe to say this um, is going well." Aura felt like she could just melt right there. Just curl up with Hella and... wait... what exactly was she supposed to do? There was a moment of panic as Aura started overthinking what was going on. The only thing that stopped her was looking up into Hella's face. The happy, comforting golden eyes and the now somewhat messy light pink hair. So pretty and so reassuring. With that Aura pushed thoughts aside and leaned on her impulses. Well, really she leaned up to try kissing... whatever she could reach really. That was what she felt like doing.