Harki and the Heinous Pants (part 5)

Writers: Bree, Yvonne
Date Posted: 19th April 2007

Characters: Harki, V'kelo
Description: Harki and V'kelo come to an agreement... of sorts
Location: Dragonsfall Weyr
Date: month 3, day 2 of Turn 4

Mistake or not... well, Harki's brain didn't want to process that right now. V'kelo was an interesting man without the Heinous Pants, and had managed to reduce her to a languid, supple stretch of skin and half-heard purrs. She lay in a mess of bedfurs with the brownrider's arms around her, listening to his heart and reveling in how wonderful she felt.

V'kelo's voice broke through her pleasant musings. "So... I suppose you'd stop being so wonderfully cuddly if I tried to find my pants."

"Enjoy it while it lasts. I'm not usually like this," she said, then stretched. "And you're not going to find them."

He tightened one arm around her and tucked the other behind his head.
"I don't know... I'm pretty thorough when I want to be. I bet I could find them."

"Nope! Your pants are gone for good." The greenrider smiled.
"Sucker."

V'kelo made a thoughtful noise as his fingers brushed up and down her side. "Gone for good, hmmm? Now how could you have managed that in the short time before I showed up at your door?"

"Nuh uh. That's a trade secret."

"Trade, huh?" V'kelo tickled her side. "I didn't know there was an entire trade centered around stealing a man's pants."

"Hey!" She writhed to get away from him and ended up kicking him in the thigh by mistake. The tickling stopped long enough for her to get a word in. "Trade as in Craft, you dimglow! But you're not getting the pants back."

"A craft full of stealers of pants?" he replied lazily, tightening his arm again and ignoring the ache in his thigh. "I'd hate to imagine the master's project you'd have to complete for promotion in _that_ Crafthall."

"Ha ha." She let him snuggle close and closed her eyes. Holding out for so long had probably been a bad idea.

"You know you think I'm hilarious," V'kelo replied lazily. "So are you going to start running away from me again? Because I sorta like being pantsless with you."

**Aaargh! Commitment!** Harki sighed - she didn't know _what_ she'd feel like doing tomorrow, let alone whom! And if she said something, it would create _expectations_, and those were annoying. "Why are you so chatty? Isn't it supposed to be women who are chatty after sex?"

"Awww, is this after?" V'kelo gave her an absurd looking pout. "I thought we were just taking a break before we continued."

That was a better idea than _talking_. Harki rolled over so that she could kiss him quiet. "I dunno. Are you more interested in the whereabouts of your hideous pants, or me?"

There was little question about the answer to that question, but V'kelo made a thoughtful face. "Well... I suppose I could always get new pants, but there's only one of you."

"You're not getting new pants like _those_."

"I'm not?" V'kelo tightened his arm and pulled her closer. "I suppose if you _really_ feel that strongly about it..." And it wasn't as if he had to tell her first, anyway. He could just find some suitably ugly pants once she started ignoring him again.

"What do you prefer, ugly pants or naked me?" she asked, breaking it down into an equation that he'd hopefully be able to understand.

V'kelo hardly hesitated. "May the pants find much joy in their new home."

Last updated on the April 19th 2007

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