Melisande draws him up the stairs, if he follows willingly, as though she is pulling a fish up a line, reeling him in with a string that is entirely invisible and every bit as hard to break. She smiles at him, though, her eyes lazy, relaxed, like a cat sunning herself after a large meal...or after the battle for it has been won
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He's almost breathless if she releases him from that kiss for a moment. "Well... I think there's a part of me that... well, ah, likes it rough," he admits, somewhat awkwardly. The memory of Muraki's scalpel tracing the lines of his chest comes to mind and he still can't help the mixed feeling of horror and arousal that brought on. "But ah... s-save that for... some other time. You could, well, tie me up with something soft, maybe a silk scarf..." He blushes as he says this, as if he's almost embarrassed to admit he's read some novels involving naughty things like that.
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He pulls back from her kiss long enough to catch a breath. "You... scare me just a bit," he admits, still breathless. "But it's a good kind of fear: maybe even a holy fear..."
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It's a sumptuously furnished, spacious, and luxurious room, soft, red and black, almost opulent. But with good taste, always. Melisande likes to live well, and it shows.
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"Please, be at ease..."
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But once she backs him against the dresser, she's likely to feel him tense up again, just a bit, partly from surprise, and partly from that healthy fear.
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