well this is different

[Devyn Solway]

Zoe was not answering her again; something Devyn picked up Zoe did when she was really embarrassed or thinking about something. At least that was what she assumed, but either way it just made it worse for Zoe. When she did not answer Devyn would just have to ask again, probably even worse than how she asked. Devyn might move a little closer, whisper in a different tone, nibble on Zoe's ear, down her neck...Devyn had to rub her head because her mind was getting back to the gutter; as if it didn’t already live then. Either way Devyn blamed Zoe, since Zoe was clearly the reason she was going there. Sure she went there often on her own time and around others, but having a tease in front of you that you just wanted to tackle down onto your bed and make them call out your name did that to your brain.

"Cat got your tongue, because I don’t sadly." Devyn said with a small head tilt as she watched Zoe eat more rice. At least she looked like she was enjoying it all and getting some grain in her, which help build fat...right? Still, Devyn wanted to get more protein in her girlfriend. Since a person tasted like what that consumed the most, so the theory was. Devyn also forgot to think about it when the time would show up, so could not say for sure if it was true or not. Devyn was not going to force her girlfriend to eat the steak, whatever she didn’t finish, Devyn would be happy to help her out with. Zoe was flushing, clearing at Devyn's words about how Zoe would look in her pjs. She could not lend Zoe anything at all and have her girlfriend sleep in her own underwear that would be even hotter. Devyn kept that to herself however since she didn’t want to offset Zoe too much. Keeping to eating mostly her steak and opting to not even drink her beer, since she remembered that she didn’t like warm beer.

Zoe was turning even redder and Devyn had not even said anything, which made her smirk deviously and wonder what was going through Zoe's mind. Taking another bite out of her steak and moving to start crawling closer to Zoe. AS if getting closer would allow her to read Zoe's mind. Even if it was just really Devyn wanting to mess with Zoe and be closer to her girlfriend, since she did enjoy physical contact. Even more so when she had been feeling anger about the whole incident still, but didn’t really want to think or talk about it unless Zoe did. Devyn stopped her crawling when Zoe blurted out that she was a good cook, which just made Devyn grin. "Thank you and if there is something else you want me to cook for you next time, let me know. So long as it’s not baked goods." Devyn said the last part while making a face and sounding like she loathed making baked goods, and she did because she sucked at it.

Her mood switched however with Zoe's next question, it only for a moment as she lightly ran her thumb over her father’s ring that she was always wearing. "My dad did. We did a lot of hunting and camping so felt that it was important for me to know how to cook. Plus he would get home late sometimes and would be really happy when I had dinner made for him when he got back." Devyn said in almost a childlike manner with a smile, again for a moment before going back to crawling over to Zoe and attempting to lay her head in Zoe's lap. "So about pressure and friction. You don't even have to be undressed and you do nothing besides try to hold still while I let my hands do the work...well hand." Devyn said bringing back the subject, which was Zoe's fault because she did not answer her.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Of course Zoe noticed Devyn crawling closer. She watched her girlfriend cautiously, but didn't shift away. In truth, she kinda of wanted Devyn close as it was. Perhaps it was the opted for conversation topic that got Devyn to stop though. Zoe wasn't certain whether to be relieved or disappointed, though she ended up smiling at Devyn's offer. The smile faded as Devyn grew serious, talking about her father and how he'd helped her cook, or taught her or something. Zoe figured she needed to at least try something, bring her girlfriend's spirits back up, and there was certainly one way of doing that: "Well, maybe I'll have you cook me breakfast," she teased, then took another bite of the rice, "because I'll probably need the energy after a night with you, right?" Yes, more flirting back, and Zoe flushed. She knew she loved the girl, so she might as well. Though Devyn clearly was going to take that as encouragement.

She did, or was already on that line of thought. Zoe flushed, her mind reeling for a few moments. Hadn't she just been thinking about taking their relationship further? She swallowed another bite of rice. Devyn's hand was in her lap, making further eating rather difficult. Zoe reached for her bottle, tempted for a moment to pour it over her girlfriend's head.

"Devyn you know I haven't..." she said, biting her lip and looking away. Her experience in these manners was pretty much nonexistent. She shifted slightly, though making sure to put a gloved hand on Devyn to let the other know that it wasn't a sign she needed to move away. "Are you sure that we.... that we..." she bit her lip, took a deep breath. Zoe was eighteen; she was an adult. Okay, Devyn might have been a year younger though obviously more mature. This was what adults did. Zoe took another deep breath, closed her eyes, and let it out slowly. "I want you to," she said, making sure to speak clearly, "but only if you can promise me that you won't get carried away," she said this next quickly, looking into Devyn's eyes. "I don't want to have to call the doctors again," not least of all because Zoe doubted they'd be quite as forgiving the second time around.

[Devyn Solway]

Zoe had not moved away when Devyn crawled closer, which was always encouraging and made Devyn even more sure that Zoe did want her. That Zoe wanted to have a little fun and be close to her girlfriend. Yeah the topic of her dad could get her talking about him hours and it did make her happy, but recently it had hurt. Possibly due to the fact that Devyn herself almost died in a way and it just brought back the fact that people do die. That her dad died and that she had no one but the woman you could hardly call a mother. Yes she had her friends and her girlfriend, but they were not family, they were...people she cared about. So in a way they were like another form of family. Zoe suggested breakfast which was actually a pretty brilliant idea, and Devyn was going to do that. "Alright, breakfast in bed. Eggs, bacon, orange juice...anything else?" Devyn asked, seriously she was going to make Zoe breakfast in bed, or brunch. Devyn was pretty slow when it came to getting up so it would take her a bit before she would be in full wakeup mode and able to cook.

Her flirts are just getting better and better. Devyn immediately thought when the words left Zoe's mouth, causing Devyn to smirk deviously once more or even more. "You will need a lot more then energy when I'm done with you. Might need me to carry you and some medicine for a sore throat." Devyn whispered to Zoe looking at her girlfriend with that look in her green eyes. Zoe was flushing more and that was sort of a good sign in a way, at least Devyn liked to see it so it was always a win for her. Zoe starting to talk and basically as Devyn was taking it she was going to say something along the lines of 'i have not done it with a girl, I don’t know how.' Well that was what Devyn was for. She knew how to do it with both genders and since she was not allowed to go all the way with Zoe yet, she was just going to give her...lessons. Yes, Devyn was going to call them that. Make them seem a little less harmful, when they were not harmful at all. Cruel for Zoe might have been more on the accurate side of what to call it, but Devyn would suffer just a little bit as well.

Zoe moved, but kept a hand on Devyn, so she didn’t move from where she was, pretty comfortable in a way. The second part Devyn was not really sure what Zoe was getting at, maybe something about protection, or that if Devyn was sure if they should do anything. Well Devyn was going to say yes to the whole if they should it not, for obvious reasons. Devyn was about to say not to worry about it since Zoe seemed to be stuck on it and was even closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, what Devyn did when she was trying to calm down or push out thoughts. Devyn's did go still for a moment, looking at Zoe and blinking at Zoe saying she wanted Devyn to and all she had to do was promise to not get carried away. That was easier said than done, but heck Devyn was going to try. Moving to sit up and brush her lips against Zoe's for a moment, looking into her girlfriends eyes with a smile on her face.

"Cross my heart. If you say stop I will and if I start to feel to numb I'll stop you and myself." Devyn said, motioning crossing over her heart, understanding that Zoe didn’t want to have to go through the incident again, and Devyn didn’t want her to either. It was not fair to Zoe. Maybe she will get tired of how much I push her and break up with me. Devyn thought for a small moment as she shifted to face Zoe better. "Should I let you get done eating or are you going to let me teach you right here?" Devyn asked as a sly smile did start to appear on her face. Even if she asked the question, her hand was already on Zoe's lap and sliding up, and then along Zoe's hips; so long as Zoe didn’t pull away or stop her.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe nearly winced as Devyn listed off a much heartier breakfast than she'd have normally done. "I don't suppose I could just ask for fruit and oatmeal?' she tried, smiling a little nervously. Devyn might need protein, but Zoe certainly didn't. She ate meat, sparingly, and made certain to get vitamins and such on a regular basis. Though with the way Devyn looked and smiled, Zoe was beginning to wonder if she wasn't going to just end up giving way with that too: outright become a meat eater as well as everything else she kept doing for Devyn. Be bolder, be more sexual, be a carnivore, at least it was good, right? Pushing gently at boundaries and all that? And Zoe wanted it, on some level she knew that, though she also wanted more.

Though Devyns' comment did make Zoe frown. "why would I need sore throat medicine?" she couldn't help but say, her mind trying to go through possibilities. Did sex with another girl somehow involve drying out your throat or something? Zoe didn't remember reading anything about that before. No doubt Devyn would answer; Zoe would blush, and they'd pick up their flirting right where they left off.

Devyn seemed more than ready to push things right along though. Already promising to behave herself (as if Zoe really believed that. Though she supposed that even Devyn would've learned something after an extended stay in a hospital bed, surely). More shifting, with Zoe lifting up her hands to make sure that Deyvn could manage it as easily as possible. A question, a sly smile, and a hand on Zoe's hand that caused her to gasp. Zoe shivered a little as she felt Devyn's hand trailing up, but reached down to place her own hand on top. She didn't pull Devyn away, but she did raise her brows.

"I'm your girlfriend, Devyn," she said, for some reason sounding a little more British than normal. it might have been an additional layer of propriety that slid in. "That means that you have to seduce me," she smiled teasingly, before reaching up with the hand that had been covering Devyn's, then tapping Devyn on the nose. "You're off too a good start, but if you want to make the night special," and Zoe threw quite a lot of weight into that word, "then you're going to have to do more." This actually made Zoe feel good. Maybe they could both get what they wanted ,at least in parts. Zoe wasn't sure that she'd be able to sound this confident and in control if Devyn really took charge... though she'd probably also hold it against her... and truthfully? Zoe fully believed that Devyn liked her enough to rise to the challenge instead of trying to cheat around it.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn could not help but to chuckle a little at Zoe requesting to have some fruit and oatmeal instead. Zoe was for sure a delicate little girl, making Devyn have the desire to break her. Bring out that dark side or naughty girl that might have been hidden deep inside Zoe. It was just a matter of waiting. Not that Devyn wanted to change her girlfriend or anything, not in a real way. She just wanted to test to see what Zoe would come out to be as her true self, not really thinking that Zoe was a shy girl at heart. Shy girls didn’t make a move on that Aya girl, or do to Devyn what Zoe did in the laundry room. "I can do that. Whatever you want my girlfriend." Devyn said honestly, since Zoe had requested it, she had a right to pick what she wanted to eat. Devyn was just going to cook that other stuff for herself and leave bacon leftover for her roommates.

Devyn could not help but to give a small snicker at Zoe's question about why she would need medicine from a sore throat. "Well I might have been exaggerating a little, but I was more so implying that I would get you moaning and yelling out so loud that you would lose your voice." Devyn explained, having no problem at all answering this sort of question or really question. Zoe blushing as expected and always making Devyn smile a little more at seeing it. Zoe lifted her hands, which just told Devyn to go even more and she was ready to go but still hold back. Zoe letting out a wonderful gasp but then a hand coming down on top of Devyn's stopping it, but not moving it away. There was a raised eyebrow which cause Devyn to tilt her head a little, tilting it even a little more at Zoe saying that she was Devyn's girlfriend. Yes, they were going out, Zoe was her girlfriend, they were in an open relationship, and there was a condition. Devyn knew all of this so was not really sure what Zoe was getting at right away.

"Seduce you huh?" Devyn asked coyly, happy to do such a thing to Zoe, figured everything she was doing was already seducing Zoe. Zoe gave a teasing smile which just made Devyn want to pounce her right then and there and not even wait, but she held back like she promise. Smiling a little at being told she was off to a good start. Well I would hope I was not off to a bad one. Emphasis seemed to put on that word special, not like Devyn was going to get to go all the way with Zoe, this was just a lesson. Yes Devyn was going to stick to calling it that. Devyn looked at Zoe for a moment before looking away. She had to do more. That was a challenge. She had to seduce Zoe. What did Zoe like? Poetry and having someone sing to her, Devyn could do that. Sort of. She was not really that much of a singer, she was not bad, but she was not great. So she opted to just say a song that she knew and say it like it was a poem that could work.

"Alright, prepared to be seduced." Devyn said as if some awesome show was about to start. Devyn honestly didn’t know how to seduce this way. She was use to words and touched, that always worked out for her and when it didn't, well she didn’t do anything. Yet, she wanted Zoe and she had been challenged so she had to at least try. Moving to stand up and go over to her stereo, going through the songs for a moment before curing up the right one. A song by Nightstep called In Your Hands, that she hit play on and was going to attempt to sing and or say depending on how Zoe reacted to her singing to the song. The lyrics she felt were the most important and there was not even that many of them. "Wish I could breathe underwater. So I could dive into your sea. Wish you could sail into my harbor. So I could keep you close to me. Never give it all away to make somebody's day, that’s what they use to say. But I can give you more; you see you got the best of me. I am, floating on air. Cause you, blow me away. I am, floating on air. Floating on air. My heads in the clouds and my heart is in your hands." Devyn sang, could not help but to start to bog her head and the beat dropped, getting into it.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Moaning and yelling; yes, yes Zoe certainly was blushing at that, blushing and, well, wondering. She was normally so quiet, so what made Devyn think that she'd be loud during... was it something that got you being loud? Zoe considered asking, but she didn't want to come off as completely clueless. She seemed to recall reading about screams of passion in the various romance novels and so forth, but surely they exaggerated details to titillate the audience.

The coy question got Zoe smiling, though she nearly sighed with relief: Devyn was going to meet her conditions. Which actually made Zoe excited: she'd never been outright seduced before. Well, okay, Devyn did quite a bit of that, but that was sort of normal seduction. This was special. (though Zoe was certainly not going to give up her innocence tonight; she was not ready, things were not ready; it wasn't happening, not yet). Devyn even said to prepare to be seduced, so Zoe readied herself. she smoothed out her clothing and focused her attention on Devyn. The meal was, for Zoe at least, pretty well finished anyway. Plus, this sounded a good deal more appealing than steak and rice.

Music started playing, and Zoe raised her brows. First, she was tempted to say that using a song counted as cheating, and then she would likely have pointed out that this type of music was simply awful. However, this was Devyn showing an effort, so Zoe elected to at least hold her tongue for now, hands in her lap. Devyn sung, and she had a decent enough voice. Not particularly overwhelming, but to Zoe, the girl who loved her, each note sounded sweet. The lyrics certainly helped as well, as they were quite romantic. Floating, swimming, diving, it did sound a little... wet and lightheaded, but wasn't that how this sort of worked?

Zoe couldn't help but giggle as she saw Devyn getting into the music though. She was willing to wager that this was what Devyn did on her own, and she loved that her girlfriend was inadvertently showing that side to her now. She hid her smile behind her gloved hand, though those brown eyes, as expressive as ever, danced with merriment. "You have a lovely voice," she complimented, moving the glove to allow the words out. The smile would be better in that context, surely.

[Devyn Solway]

Zoe seemed to be ready for whatever Devyn had planned, not that Devyn really had a clue about really what she was doing. Where did that boy that Zoe went out with move off to? Devyn would like to find him and ask him how he sweep Zoe off her feet, even if she didn’t like the idea of having to get help when it came to seducing someone. It was just Zoe was different then what she was used to was all, but Devyn did end up going with people who were a lot older, more experienced then her, or both. Zoe was older then her, but only by a year and was not really experienced at all. It was all very interesting, how the two of them were even going out, and still together. Zoe had asked her after all and Devyn was not really the type to say no, plus there was something about Zoe. Something that made Devyn want to stick around and try 'new things in this relationship, even if the lazy side of her was not happy.

Devyn had to turn the music down and ended up stopping it when she started to get too into the song, knowing she would get lost within the music after a moment. Her music choice was not really a favorite of many and she didn’t really see it as being Zoe's style since it was more for club music, parties, and the like; which did not seem like Zoe's area at all. She gave a slightly embarrassed chuckle as she scratched at her neck and cleared her throat. "Thank you, but I think you are only saying that because you like me." Devyn teased, but she felt like it was true, since she did not think her voice was lovely, maybe nice, but not lovely. She cut off the music and walked over closer to her girlfriend, but remained standing and left distance between the two of them. Thinking of trying the whole poem thing. Hating myself. Devyn thought for a moment as she took a deep breath, mainly just trying to get into this other flirting mode.

"Now I poem." Devyn said simply and cleared her throat. That I'm just making up on the spot, but here goes nothing. Devyn thought as she closed her eyes and kept them closed as she would go to speak. "Beautiful brown eyes that seem to glisten. A giggle so cute I have to stop and listen. Skin so soft, even if felt for a moment....crap nothing rhymes with moment. Uh, I like to hold you in my arms and keep you close. Hey Zoe, I care about you the most." Devyn managed to get out, practically wanting to just die right there. That was bad. So very bad. At least she felt bad. Never again should she do poetry, it was just not for her and she felt like she should burn for that. Devyn scratched her neck after that for a moment, looking down at the ground and trying to figure out what to do next to seduce Zoe that was not her normal way of doing things. This really is a challenge.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

"Well, it's lovely to my ears, and that's all that matters," asserted Zoe. She smiled up at Devyn, the appreciation for what Zoe's girlfriend was putting herself through showing on Zoe's face. She could tell that Devyn was about to try something else, so she quietly settled down, listening and waiting to see what Devyn tried next. She suspected that, given what she'd said about her earlier paramour, Devyn was about to deliver poetry.

She did.
It was bad.

Zoe, however, managed to keep a straight face, instead looking up at Devyn. She smiled up at her girlfriend, seeing that awkwardness. Zoe rolled her legs a little, raising almost gracefully, and as she rose, she spoke:

"The wolf does not sing,
she doesn't know how to make golden notes sound in the night;
she knows how to hunt,
to stare,
to glower." Zoe walked a few steps, her eyes meeting Devyn's, her hands moving, letting the scarf fall to expose her neck, pooling at her feet. Her voice was breathy, almost rasping.

"Yet the mouse asks for a song,
asks to hear the wolf's golden voice.
the wolf tries.
she howls.
she barks," Zoe was a few feet away, her hat removed and tossed aside, her eyes locked on Devyn's. She reached a gloved hand for Devyn's, encircling her fingers about her girlfriend's.

"The mouse listens.
she says nothing.
the wolf squirms," Zoe lifted Devyn's hand up, kissing the fingers.

"The mouse cries, moved,
she looks to the wolf,
she climbs into the wolf's mouth," Zoe tapped Devyn's lips, smiling, "and the wolf can taste mouse.
but she doesn't eat."

Zoe paused for a moment, then smiled. "Because the wolf only wants to taste and to make friends, not consume her little mouse, right?" she said, her eyes dancing. She leaned forward, moving to gently press her lips against Devyn's in an affectionate, warm kiss, one that lingered just long enough for Devyn's lips to tingle yet again.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn just gave a small smile at Zoe and her still insisting that Devyn's singing sounded lovely to her ears. Which only proves my whole, 'its cause you like me' theory. Devyn thought but didn’t say anything on it since Zoe had a right to think and feel how she wanted. Devyn could not really stop her, she could say something about it, and in the end Zoe was going to do and feel how she wanted. Well Devyn felt more like Zoe would do more feeling then doing since Zoe was still not all that bold. She was getting there, that was for sure. Devyn being thankful on that part since she was really not used to making the first move on someone and because after the whole incident she didn’t know how Zoe would be. So the fact that Zoe still yes, seemed to still want to be close; it was all a good sign.

Still, Devyn was not feeling at the top of the world with her horrible poetry performance, having felt like it might have best to just stay silent. She tended to not care too much if her flirts or what have you didn’t work since most of the time it was just happening by Devyn being Devyn. In this case, she was trying. Trying to do something she didn’t really do and was not really her, and she failed. So yeah, her ego was a bit bruised even if Zoe didn't laugh or say anything. Finding herself no long 'in the mood' for what she was trying to seduce Zoe for. Green eyes looking down at the ground even as Zoe rose to her feet, eyes only looking up when Zoe started to speak. A poem, one about a wolf and a mouse. Devyn figuring that she was the wolf and Zoe was the mouse. Watching and listening closely as Zoe spoke and removed her scarf making Devyn feel a little funny.

Am I being seduced...or is it something else? Devyn thought to herself but was mainly focused on Zoe's words and the fact that Zoe next removed her hat. Devyn half tempted to say if she was going to get a strip show, but Zoe's words. Her girlfriend’s words were so heartfelt, easy to understand, and even with Devyn not being a huge fan of poetry (even less after her fail), she could not help but to feel a little moved by Zoe's words that came out a little breathy. Zoe took her hand, interlacing, Devyn gave it a small squeeze as she looked into her girlfriends eyes. Soft lips touched Devyn's finger, leaving them tingly. Then a gloved finger touched her lips and the comment how the wolf could taste the mouse but does not eat it. Then a question, one that made the small smile falter a little. I'm not that kind of wolf Zoe. Devyn thought, since she would be the one to snap her jaws shut and consume the mouse, and she wanted to.

Devyn closed her eyes at the kiss, kissing Zoe back, but letting Zoe pull away when she felt like she needed to; Devyn's lips tingling. She gave Zoe a smile, looking into those beautiful brown eyes that had so much life in them. "That was a very beautiful poem Zoe. Can you right that down and put it to a photo of me and you?" Devyn asked, even if her eyes did start to look away from Zoe's. Devyn felt selfish and in general not a good person. Zoe could do better, someone out there would give Zoe the love she deserved right off the bat. I know I don’t want her to just sleep with her, but once I do will I still desire her like now? What if I never sleep with her? Will I still stick around? Devyn was asking herself since she did know that she had a bit of a record. Cheating, breaking up with, and relationships that didn't last long. "We don’t...have to Zoe. I'm sorry if I make you feel like we do..." Devyn said in a simple tone, moving to give Zoe a kiss on her nose.

"I should clean up everything if we are done eating." Devyn said with a small chuckle, going to squeeze Zoe's hand once more before attempting to let go and move to clean up everything on the make shift table.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

It felt far, far too good to kiss Devyn like this again. Zoe moved her lips against her girlfriend, realizing with each passing heartbeat that yes, this was what she wanted, on so many levels. She wanted Devyn, but she wanted Devyn to love her first. The two emotions waged war within Zoe, and she fought them down as best she could, parting lips with the handsome girl who had claimed her for her own.

"Of course," she said, nodding, "unless you want me to write it on you skin?" the last was most definitely meant to be teasing, though Zoe wasn't sure about it. She took another deep breath, trying to steel her courage. This was already her pushing herself, trying to play Devyn's game. Zoe wanted to, on some level, wanted Devyn to realize that she wanted to, at any rate. Then Devyn was pulling away, giving Zoe a dismissive kiss on the nose. Zoe felt the anger well up, soon bringing moisture to her eyes, and she turned as Devyn moved to clean things up.

She stood in silence, fighting back the tears and the anger, trying to tell herself that Devyn didn't mean to be hurtful. This was likely Devyn attempting to hold herself back, to not be the wolf that ate the little mouse or something. Zoe kept trying to tell herself that, as she stood, there, watching her girlfriend pick things up, cleaning. It felt weird, like she'd been doing the seducing while Devyn acted awkward and weird. Hadn't they already agreed that this wasn't going to happen?

"Do you not think I want you?" Zoe asked, unable to keep it in. "No,' she shook her head, laughing, her voice wavery with the tears that were now slipping out, "that can't be it, not you. You're the sexiest person I've ever met, so there's just no way that---" Zoe raised a hand up, wiping at her face. Ugh, this was just... well, love, she guessed, or at least one version of it, a bittersweet version. Zoe nearly chuckled at her next thought: this would make a lovely poem.

[Devyn Solway]

It did feel good to kiss Zoe, it always did. Zoe's lips were soft and Devyn did like her, they were going out after all. Devyn wanted more, and that was the problem. She felt selfish about it all, knowing that Zoe had been pushing herself and here Devyn was not even doing it back. Well sure she tried the whole poetry and singing, but as soon as she didn’t do well and felt like...well crap for lack of a better word at the moment. Devyn could not help but chuckle a little at Zoe's words about writing it on her skin. "Sounds good to me. I have several tattoos already, could add another one to the collection." Devyn said simply, since she did have at least five tattoos, all of which she planned to show Zoe as some point if her girlfriend had not spotted them at all. She moved however to clean like she said she was going to, not seeing that she had hurt Zoe and the thought didn’t even really occur to her. Devyn figured Zoe would be relieved in a way that Devyn was dropping it and not pushing her.

Gather up the silverware, her empty plate, and what remained of Zoe's eating any remaining steak as she went to the kitchen to drop things off in the sink. Coming back to get anything else that belong in the kitchen, before returning and closing her bedroom door behind her. She didn’t say anything the whole time, lost in so many different thoughts and basically trying to distract herself for Zoe's sake. She should have someone who loves her. You don’t like love. The longer you try to hold out to see if it will happen, the more you are going to hurt her. Devyn thought to herself, being a form of her own conscious as she moved to work on getting the makeshift table put away. Green eyes remaining to the ground, as if not wanting to look at Zoe while her mind was working out how she should go about things. Should she come out and say it? Ask Zoe what if Devyn never ended up loving her? That sounded heartless, she could not ask that.

Devyn managed to get the table away as Zoe started speaking, her eyes going over to her girlfriend. Devyn went to open her mouth to say something but Zoe was answering the question for her. Laughing a little with a weary voice as tears started to slip out of her eyes. "It’s not like that Zoe." Devyn said as she moved over closer to Zoe, reaching out so she could pull her in for a hug, and moving an arm to rub at Zoe's back. "I'm sorry Zoe." Devyn said normal able to deal with tears but these ones hurt a little. "What can I do?" Devyn asked, that was her default question when she could not think of the rate words or actions to do. Ask the person what they wanted; it made it so much easier. Less room to fail and a higher possibility of making things better.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

There was Devyn again, wrapping her arms about Zoe, pulling her close. Zoe's own arms went up, wrapping tight about Devyn. Not like that, a gentle touch on the back, one that practically made Zoe sigh with relief. Sorry, what could she do? Zoe chuckled at that.

"Stop being stupid?" she said, her voice slightly teasing, slightly warbling with her tears. She reached up to rub at them with her hand, right where palm met wrist, sniffing again. She smiled up at her girlfriend, laying her head against her, just resting it there for a few moments. This was so grossly unfair, this whole complication. Why couldn't they just touch? Why couldn't Zoe just want to sleep with Devyn without the emotional difficulties? Why couldn't Devyn just love Zoe back? All of those seemed like such easy fixes, yet they stood in their path, stone sentries preventing any further progress in this mess that they were calling a relationship. Then again, that pretty well summed up relationships in general.

Zoe looked back up at Devyn. "Do you still want to do sexy things with me?" she asked, reaching over to run her hand over Devyn's stomach. "Or did I completely ruin your mood?" she really wanted to slide her hand over or under, her breath already deepening a little. How did you show someone that you wanted them? Zoe didn't know. Oddly enough, she had a better understanding of how to show love than lust, and she'd been showing that to Devyn for a while now. Maybe she should attempt to grope Devyn? Zoe was tempted to, but she couldn't help but think that one slight wrong touch and she'd hurt Devyn or embarrass herself quite fiercely...

[Devyn Solway]

Zoe's arms went around Devyn tight, which was a good sign that Zoe did in fact want a hug. You had to be careful giving someone a hug when they were upset because not everyone liked to be touched when they were upset. Yet Devyn was pretty sure that Zoe was fine being touched and enjoyed it. Devyn chuckled back at Zoe teasing, but Zoe was right. Devyn was being a little bit stupid with how she was getting herself all odd feeling just because she failed at poetry and was thinking that she was not good for Zoe. Even still, was she a little right that she was hurting Zoe, that she was not really good for her girlfriend? At least Zoe was not crying anymore or at least was wiping at her eyes. "I'll work on that, sometimes I forget to think with my brain." Devyn teased back, returning Zoe's smile, kissing the top of her girlfriends head when Zoe rested her head against her.

She really does not hide her emotions. Devyn thought to herself once more, as if repeating it in her head would make it click that if Zoe said she wanted something that part of her wanted it. That even if Zoe was forcing herself to do things for Devyn's sake that her girlfriend also wanted to do them. At least that was what she was assuming by putting things together. Devyn's eyes went wide for a moment at the question she really was not expecting Zoe to ask her. She would have blushed but her mind went so many places and she started feeling so many things that her body didn’t know what to react to first. Zoe's hand running over her stomach, not something Devyn saw as all that sexual since it was like a belly rub, but the way Zoe's hand moved made it feel different. The mood that had been gone was now back, maybe not at full power yet, but it was coming back as Devyn began to smirk, deciding how she wanted to answer this question.

"The mood is back, but the question is can you handle me doing sexy things to you?" Devyn asked her voice dropping into a whisper near the end. Yes, touching she could do, she was good at touching. The hands that were around Zoe started to slowly slides down Zoe's back, to her waist, and then even slower down Zoe's rump. A butt touch was basic enough to test out on Zoe. Pulling Zoe closer against her as she looked at her, still wearing that smirk. "Can you hand me working you up?" Devyn whispered as she leaned in close to kiss along Zoe's shoulder, even with it being covered. Zoe could still feel it through her clothing and that was what Devyn was going to use for now. The wondering game, round two.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

"yes, yes you do," agreed Zoe, though her lips twitched toward a smile as the words passed them. She kept moving her hand, enjoying feeling Devyn. They hadn't done that part before, had they? No, wait, Zoe had felt this before, with her bared flesh, actually. That had been how they'd wound up in the infirmary. How could she have forgotten something like that? She let her hands trail and move as best she could, wondering if she should be moving it or what. But the more clothing they had between skin, the safer they'd be.

A whisper, and hands trailed along Zoe's body. She trembled at the touch, trembled, but realized that she didn't want Devyn to stop, not this time. She wanted the hands to drift, and she felt them touching her, and she looked up into Devyn's eyes, trying to communicate that not only was this okay, but it was what she wanted. I'm actually ready for this... the girl thought, not quite believing it herself. Then again, hadn't Devyn been teasing it out of Zoe for ages now? And hadn't Zoe practically jumped Devyn not that long ago?

"I...I think I can," she said, not unable to keep the surprise from her voice. Lips touched her shoulder, though admittedly kissing fabric as opposed to direct skin. Zoe felt her legs going weak and wobbly though, and her eyes flicked to the bed. "We, um, we might want to get on the bed first though..."

[Devyn Solway]

The little teasing banter was nice, fun, made Devyn forget about pretty much all her thoughts that didn't involve this moment. The moment of having Zoe close to her and having Zoe's okay to have a little fun. No way could Devyn turn this down, even if she had not been in the mood she was pretty sure she could get herself in the mood pretty quick. Stare at Zoe long enough and picture what she looked like with nothing on, and if that didn't work well she had magazines. However none of that was necessary because her drive was back, even with knowing that clothing was going to be in the way. Everything was still work, it would just not be going all the way, teasing, but still just as effective and could get the end result that Devyn desired to hear from Zoe. Zoe's hand moving around, even if Zoe looked to be a little bit confused by what she was doing. Devyn would help her out, guide her along and show her how it was done.

Teach her everything I know. Devyn thought as her smirk turned to a sly grin and Zoe looked into her eyes. Emotions pretty much always easy to read with Zoe since her girlfriend did not do a good job at hiding it. Devyn still liked that about Zoe, there was less room for doubt about what Zoe was going through or her emotional state that way. "You think huh? I'll help you, don’t worry." Devyn informed her girlfriend, keeping her voice in a whisper but with a low growl starting to slip in. Zoe brought up the bed. Right, Zoe got all weak in the knees and Devyn didn't want to give her carpet burn or anything, not yet anyways. "Sounds like a plan. Gong to take anything else off for me?" Devyn asked as she removed her hat, and sort of walked out of her shoes, pushing her hips into Zoe to get her girlfriend to start walking back towards the bed. Growling low still as she would go to push Zoe back onto the bed.

Well, it was more of a lay down on the bed. Since Devyn knew she had to be careful with this flower. Sadly so was not going to be able to pick this flower clean yet, but she was planning on getting a few petals at least. Her hands moving to her own belt to remove it, not wanting to poke Zoe with it or anything. Really so long as one of them kept something on to block between the skin, then they would be alright. However Devyn was not going to push it, trying to play things carefully and let Zoe make her choice on if she wanted to remove something on herself or Devyn. "Should I play some music? Just in case?" Devyn asked specifically wondering if Zoe was loud at all, didn’t want the roommate to hear anything right. Still Zoe could have been quite like Devyn, she didn’t know since that sort of thing was hard to tell.