I Really Like You

Writers: Aaron, Devin
Date Posted: 17th May 2025

Characters: Saedyna, Tirraze
Description: Saedyna asks Tirraze out on a date.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 4, day 18 of Turn 12

Saedyna smoothed her dress down and tried to calm her nerves. The
fabric was a deep blue that complimented her eyes and she wore a gold
necklace and earrings set with blue stones. She'd changed her clothes
four times before settling on this outfit. Not among her fanciest, but
she'd save that for the Gather. _If_ Tirraze wanted to go.

Before she could lose her nerve, she knocked on the door.

Tirraze opened the door before Saedyna had to wait very long, and her
eyes widened.

"Oh. Well, hello, Saedie." Saedyna looked absolutely stunning. And
Tirraze was still in her underthings. "Would you like to come in?"

For a moment all Saedyna could do was stare. Tirraze was hardly
wearing anything. And she'd called her 'Saedie' again. After a long
moment, she finally got her brain working and stammered, "Y-yes, I'd
love to." She stepped into Tirraze's weyr.

Tirraze closed the door behind her, and then, feeling brave, greeted
her with a sweet little peck on the lips.

"You look amazing. Are you going somewhere? Or is this all for me?" She grinned.

Saedyna absolutely melted at that brief kiss. Tirraze did like her! It
gave her enough courage to speak. "It is for you, actually. I wanted
to ask you to go to a Gather with me. You know, together. As a date."
Her heart pounded and she held her breath as she waited for an answer.

Tirraze's heart fluttered, and she smiled broadly. No one had ever
actually asked her on a date before.

"Well. I guess I'd better put some clothes on then, hadn't I?"

"Oh no, not right now. It's on the Restday." Saedyna's gaze drifted
over Tirraze's body, enjoying the sight of her in her underclothes,
then her eyes guiltily snapped back to the bluerider's face.

"With you all dressed up like that, I thought I must have lost track
of what day it is." Tirraze grinned, stepped closer, and wrapped her
arms around Saedyna's waist. "So it really was just for me." She
kissed her again.

The kiss went on for a while. It definitely _hadn't_ just been the
flight. Saedyna's fingers slid through Tirraze's short hair as she
reveled in the feeling of their lips pressed together. "I really like
you," she admitted with a blush.

"I really like you back." Tirraze grinned. "I thought it might be
obvious at this point. But it's nice to say it out loud. And hear it."

"Did you . . . like girls before?" Saedyna asked.

"I don't know, maybe?" Tirraze had never spent a good deal of time
thinking about it, and she had not spent a lot of time warming anyone
else's bed. "I never really thought about sex that much before. And
there wasn't any particular girl before you. Maybe... Maybe I needed
to see myself like _this_ before I could see anyone like I see you? Or
maybe Riamorth really did just change me."

Saedyna frowned thoughtfully. "I don't know if I liked girls, either.
But I think I started liking you after you cut your hair. It wasn't
just that, it was that you got so--so _confident_."

Tirraze grinned for a moment and then gently grasped Saedyna's shoulders.

"Do you want to see what I was planning to wear to the Gather?"

"Yeah." Being with Tirraze made her feel so . . . fluttery. It was nice.

}:I like the way you feel with Riamorth's,:{ Avarith said. }:You
should mate with her again.:{

Tirraze slipped away to her bedroom armoire and just a little while
later, she came back in a fancy three-piece suit, black with a Dolphin
Cove blue vest and ascot, and a white shirt.

"What do you think?"

Saedyna put a hand to her mouth, staring with wide eyes. "Oh . . . oh
Faranth, you look amazing!" Men in suits could look pretty good, but
Tirraze in a suit _did_ things to Saedyna. She closed the distance
between them, sliding a shy hand over the vest, then she pulled
Tirraze into a kiss.

When at last the kiss broke, Tirraze smiled and added one last sweet
peck on the lips for good measure.

"I'm glad you like it. It feels... nice. Right. Like the haircut."

"I can't wait to be on your arm at the Gather." Saedyna traced a
finger along the ascot, imagining how good they'd look together, like
a lord and lady. Then she tried to summon her courage, biting her lip
as she looked down at Tirraze. "As much as I like you in this . . .
you _did_ say we could try having sex again, to see if it's as good as
the flight." Her heart pounded at the thought, at saying something so
brazen out loud.

Tirraze leaned in and stood up on tip-toes to nibble Saedyna's ear and
said softly into her ear,

"Then, why don't I help you out of your dress, my lady?"

She couldn't help it. A giggle escaped Saedyna, mingled surprise and
delight and shyness. "Please do my . . ." She hesitated. 'Lord' didn't
seem quite right, even though she'd just been picturing that. "My
brave dragonrider."

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