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just the two of us (lobco & thk)
It was her second winter here in Prismatica.
It was hard to believe that she had been here for over a year now. Time had passed so quickly she had scarce noticed it for so much had changed in such a short amount of time. The changes were largely all for the better and these days Lobco found herself doing much better than she had in a long, long time. Sometimes it felt unreal, sometimes her own lack of belief that it was ok to be happy and have hope set her back but all in all?
Lobco was happy.
She was happy for all the wonderful friends that she had found--people who reminded her of what love, respect and gentleness were, she was happy to finally be because of all that had happened with Danny who never made her feel weak or stupid, she was happy to have her future back. She could make her own decisions about her life, from as large as what she wanted to pursue vocationally, to as small as what ribbon she wanted to wear for a walk.
She was happy to have met and have by her side, Hollow Knight.
It had been several months now since they had become partners but sometimes it still felt like just yesterday and it was with barely restrained excitement that Lobco clocked out for her workday at Roman Holiday. They had all been kept quite busy now as the days had gotten colder and while she certainly appreciated the extra Chroma and Demichroma it brought she had been eager for today to be over for she had reserved a private bath for the two of them after work.
Without changing out of her uniform she hurried to the entrance to see if Hollow Knight had arrived.
It was hard to believe that she had been here for over a year now. Time had passed so quickly she had scarce noticed it for so much had changed in such a short amount of time. The changes were largely all for the better and these days Lobco found herself doing much better than she had in a long, long time. Sometimes it felt unreal, sometimes her own lack of belief that it was ok to be happy and have hope set her back but all in all?
Lobco was happy.
She was happy for all the wonderful friends that she had found--people who reminded her of what love, respect and gentleness were, she was happy to finally be because of all that had happened with Danny who never made her feel weak or stupid, she was happy to have her future back. She could make her own decisions about her life, from as large as what she wanted to pursue vocationally, to as small as what ribbon she wanted to wear for a walk.
She was happy to have met and have by her side, Hollow Knight.
It had been several months now since they had become partners but sometimes it still felt like just yesterday and it was with barely restrained excitement that Lobco clocked out for her workday at Roman Holiday. They had all been kept quite busy now as the days had gotten colder and while she certainly appreciated the extra Chroma and Demichroma it brought she had been eager for today to be over for she had reserved a private bath for the two of them after work.
Without changing out of her uniform she hurried to the entrance to see if Hollow Knight had arrived.
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It was still somewhat thrilling to have the strength of will to decide, and to not feel guilty for nurturing it. Or, at the very least, feel only a little guilt.
When she came, the Hollow Knight straightened up slightly. It was an unconscious move, similar to the way a smile might brighten the face of a more expressive being. That was only strengthened when it immediately knelt to be on more of a level with her, and raised its hand in greeting.
And the other for her to take, if she wanted.
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"Hollow Knight! I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long?"
She turned slightly to face the receptionist and gave them a slightly embarrassed smile.
"Adrian. This is my partner I told you about. Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight, this is Adrian. Would it be alright if we go ahead to our room?"
Adrian cheerily waved at them and nodded.
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Gently, it held her small hand in its own, and gestured for her to lead them on. It kept its shoulders curled and its spine bent so it could more easily hold her, but also so it didn't bash its horns against the doorframes.
It was little wonder that the Root remained stationary, until She felt She had to move.
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Such as being able to bring your partner to a private bath.
The room that Lobco brought the two of them to was one of their smallest--no need to get one of the fancier, larger pools given the size of their party. The walls and floor were a soothing terracotta color, with the exception of the area right around the pool, instead painted in deep hues of sky and marine blue in a swirling pattern, almost like interlacing tendrils.
It was left sparkling clean for them, the water already filled to the brim. A pleasant, sweet, but no overpowering scent filled the air from all the soaps, bath bombs and perfumes laid out on the side of the pool for them to choose from.
To one corner were lockers and after closing and locking the door, Lobco nodded to them.
"Would you like to hang your cloak up?"
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The Hollow Knight removed its cloak, unfastening the ties its sister had so expertly woven into the fabric. It swung the cloak from its shoulders in a rippling spiral of fabric, admiring even now the excellence of her craftsmanship. Wherever she was now, it wished her well.
Once the cloak was safely stowed away, the Hollow Knight came to the lip of the pool. It reached down with one long finger, testing the water. Warm. Pleasant to the touch. The ripple that spread out from its touch reminded it so sweetly of the springs in Hallownest.
Carefully, it lowered itself into the water, slipping in with the minimal amount of disturbance it could make. It was large, and the bath hardly a pool, but it found if it sat down, it could submerge most of its body.
Gently, it raised one hand, steam rising from the black carapace, and held it out to Lobco, to help her into the bath as well.
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She understood--or at least from what she had gathered that the bugs of Hallownest didn't really have a concept of nudity. It wasn't particularly alarming--after all she felt no need to wear clothing when she was in her shrimp form or any derivative of it. None of the animals back home wore them. Most of the animals in their natural form, however, weren't bipedal in the way Hollow Knight, Knight or Grimm were so it definitely felt different seeing them without their cloak.
With one hand holding her towel in place, Lobco made her way over to Hollow Knight and took the offered hand gratefully, slowly lowering herself into the bath letting out a small, contented sigh as she did so. After a long day at work this was a blessing.
"Thank you."
Even nicer was being able to spend time alone with Hollow Knight. She had every intention of inviting Grimm, Grimmchild and Knight as well some day, but she wanted to enjoy an instance just with her partner.
She grabbed a loofah and one of the soaps and held them up to Hollow Knight.
"May I?"
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If it had had a heart, it may well have been thundering in its chest. As it was, that blossoming brightness of its soul flared above the ocean of void inside of it, causing ripples across the dark surface. The disturbed water did not turn turbulent, however, but instead lapped at the feeling, turning it soothing.
Accepting feelings was just as new as luxuriating, it seemed.
So it nodded at her, but before she could begin, it lowered its head until it was close to her face. Though it could not kiss her, it nuzzled the blunt end of its mask against her hair as it brought up a fingertip to touch the bow of her lips.
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Wanting to do more, she stood up so she could reach their head and, setting the loofah aside for a moment, gently took their head in her hands so she could press a kiss to their mask. First one to the end of their mask, then a little below their eyes, and finally one above them, where the crack in their mask began.
"Love you." She whispered, eyes crinkled as she gazed at them before scooting behind them, sitting on the edge of the bath and grabbing the loofah once again.
The shrimp lathered up the loofah before finally beginning on their back, wiping it slowly in gentle, firm, circular motions.
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Love you, it signed just as she slipped around behind it. Her touch was gentle and soothing against its carapace, and it leaned forward, resting its arms against the lip of the bath as she washed its back. Such intimacy was heady and strange, even in a place where it had become somewhat used to touch.
Its back arched slightly, before it stretched out its neck and spine to their full extent, once again rather like a lazy cat.
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Lobco had to bite her lip to not giggle at the sight. The mannerisms of the vessels were so curious to her. Were other bugs of Hallownest prone to this type of behavior as well, or was this something innate to just them? Grimm technically wasn't from Hallownest and she and Hornet had only ever had short chats together so she didn't really have much more to go off of.
Whatever the case may be, she couldn't help but be charmed and it was encouraging to know she was doing a decent job. She was a masseuse here and not a bath attendant so this was a bit of a first.
Them stretching forward made it much more easy to reach the rest of them. Their shell was so sleek and pretty--it wasn't hard to clean down at all but she still took her time, wiping up and down their back, applying more pressure and sliding the loofah beneath them to lather up their front.
Eventually she slid back into the water so she could move forward and reach their shoulders and neck. The towel around her was losing its grip which she knew would happen eventually...with a little bit of shyness she finally just pulled it off and set it to the side.
So as not to dwell too much on her own nudity Lobco let the loofah float on the water and placed both her hands on Hollow Knight's shoulders. Massage was significantly more difficult when all the muscles were protected by a hard exoskeleton, but this would be fun and a learning experience.
A rush of Chroma raced through her as she placed her hands upon their shoulder. There was no need to warm them up, with the heady heat of the bath's water rising up around them but instinct them her run her hands across them all the way, sliding up and down, left to right, thumping. There was no tissue she could grab but she gave a small squeeze along their shoulder and check before she paused.
The space where their shoulder and arm connected was ridged, as most of their joints seemed to be. That looked a little promising but she was a little worried it might be uncomfortable to be touched there. Experimentally she brushed her hands there, watching to see how it was received.
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Lobco slipping her towel off only added to that. It hadn't taken long for the Hollow Knight to realize how important clothing were to the majority here, and how sensual removing it could be for them. For Lobco to do it around them spoke volumes for her comfort, and to be a source of that for her... If it could have sighed in pleasure, it would have.
She still wanted to dote on it, and so it didn't have time to wrap its arms around her, skin to shell, but that could come later. It kept itself stretched out, enjoying the feel of her hands on it, and the warm water lapping against its shell.
And then came the brush to the jointed segments of its body.
It jolted at first, similar to an involuntary muscle twitch. The Hollow Knight turned its head to look at what she was doing, flexed the joint slightly, and then laid it back down. It bowed its head to her to try to show that it hadn't minded the touch.
In fact, it had been quite pleasant.
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She began with their left arm, massaging it as best as could, and letting her thumb roll over each of those sensitive joints. When she reached their hand she couldn't help but thread her fingers through theirs, lifting it and placing it in the palm of her other hand.
There were no palm lines to trace but she still enjoyed outlining their hand and the smoothness of their shell. To be able to touch them like this filled her with a confused mix of giddiness, contentment and nervousness. When done with that hand, she moved around them to their right arm and repeated the process. When she finished with their right hand instead of placing it back down she held onto it for a moment, holding it against her cheek.
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When she held its hand to her cheek, it lightly curled its fingers against her. It raised its other hand to lightly touch the bow of her lip. Equally as gently, it soon brushed its finger over her lips - the closest it could come to giving her the kisses that she so freely gifted to it. ]
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It was almost embarrassing how much of an effect it had on her, the way it filled her chest with butterflies and almost made her eyes well up.
She closed them and took a deep breath to steady herself, kissing their finger. Lobco didn't want to give them the wrong impression.
"Thank you, Hollow Knight."
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All was put right when she kissed its fingertip. Some tension it had held at the sight of her tears went out of it. It brought a second finger to joint the first one. Soon, it had dipped its head and curled its back, and laid the blunt 'snout' of its mask against her head, allowing her to press herself against the curve of its neck and shoulder.
It would give her the gentleness she deserved. She worked so hard to do the same to it; it wanted to try the same for her.
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The shrimp let out a happy hum and at the affectionate bump to her head, and her antennae responded in turn by patting against their head. She was lucky.
She was so, so lucky to have had the chance to meet them, that they can be together right now.
"I'm ok, please don't worry. It felt really, really nice."
It was a little embarrassing that she'd let herself get so emotional over something so small but it felt easy to be able to speak honestly with Hollow Knight.
At the very least about this.
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But such things weren't the case, and could never be. It let the frustration sink into the Void, be lapped and consumed by that comforting emptiness, and instead held the pleasure rippling on the shores above it. Like a pale, luminous moon above a dark ocean.
It let its shoulders slump in response to her words, as if having exhaled a great and comfortable sigh. Perhaps that would do. Lobco was so good at parsing its body language by now. It tapped her lips lightly with each smooth, cool finger, pressing another 'kiss' there.
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A touch, another one--each tap to her lips. It was such an adorable gesture. The press was met with a kiss in turn to each fingertip until the last one, when she finally leaned in to press a kiss to the side of their neck.
"..."
Could she? Would it be alright to ask? Was she ready? She felt certain she was, and she really wanted to but would it be ok to ask?
"Um...Hollow Knight..."
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It nodded once, to show that she could go on.
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Now that she was here, with Hollow Knight so kindly and patiently encouraging her to speak up, Lobco wasn't sure how to go about this. Directly asking 'can we have sex?' was horrendously unromantic but she also knew that hinting and skirting around the question might not come through to someone raised as a vessel. That though leads to question of if it would be okay to ask?
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With what the two of them had been through, they had talked about boundaries in the past; especially in a place like Prisma, sex was a topic they had? to discuss. As much as Lobco had come to love this place, there were still many times the influences of that came about because of the Moonblessings worried her. So, while nervous at first, they had talked about it and she ended up so beyond grateful for how they had listened and asked without pressing her too hard for information.
In turn she had learned about them, how their body was sexless, and how they did not have sexual function as most others did. Would it be alright to ask this of them when there wouldn't really be a way for her to make them feel as she could feel? Lobco's experiences had only ever been with someone who took and demanded.
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...agh. This was hard. How did people do it? How did sex just naturally happen? Honesty and communication had worked wonders for the two of them since they began their relationship, so she should say voice all her concerns after asking, right?
Right.
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Wait. Maybe this wasn't the best place to ask this. While it certainly wasn't against the rules for people to get intimate in the baths she knew that was still extra work for the cleaning crew. Not to mention if they did go through with it she'd be in this body and it's not really the most comfortable place for lovemaking.
"Go to your place afterwards. I mean. Could I spend the night with you?"
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It watched as she worked through what it assumed was a difficult question. Gently, it reached out to touch her cheek, steady her. Had it lips, it may have given her an encouraging smile. All it had were gentle gestures.
Slowly, it nodded its head to her, knowing that that wasn't what she had meant to ask - not in its entirety. There would be a further question she would want to pursue there, and it would be happy to answer for her once they arrived.
time skip mayhaps? O:
Lobco leaned her cheek into that hand, giving them a sheepish, apologetic look. It seemed to her that they had caught on that that wasn't exactly what she had meant to ask. She would try again once they had gotten to Hollow Knight's home.
Hopefully with a little more success.
Even if not the idea of spending a night with them was still something she looked forward to, regardless of what happened, and that helped to assuage her worries as well.
For now? Well, for now she picked the loofah back up to finish what she started. Best to make use of the time they still had remaining for this room.
oh lord we're skipping
The house was somewhat bare, with the few items it had been gifted reverently displayed on the otherwise bare shelves, with its old, broken nail and tattered, ragged cloak in prime spot. Nestled atop the ragged fabric was the shining icon of the Pale King.
Beside that was a small incense burner, which the Hollow Knight gently disentangled its hand from Lobco's own to light. The scent was slightly spicy, with a smoky, tea-like scent to it otherwise.
That done, it turned back to her, took her hand again, and led her over to the couch. It was clean and comfortable, though obviously not much used. It was sure to fluff the cushions with one hand before she sat.
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Once inside, Lobco gave a cursory look around the apartment. She remembered when she had first come here, back when they had taken care of some baby dragons. The apartment was still spartan--or at spartan as it could be in this futuristic city, but she could see the tell tale signs of something entirely Hollow Knight.
Her eyes lingered on the idol atop their cloak as Hollow Knight lit the incense, until they took her hand once again, and she smiled, following them over to the couch.
"Thank you for letting me stay with you," She signed with her free hand, "and sorry if I acted a little strange back at the bathhouse when I asked. There was something more I wanted to ask but I wasn't sure if it was the best place or if it would be..."
She trails off her hand stilling as once again she tries to work out the best way to phrase this. The free hand goes to her cheek as she feels it warming up once again.
"If it would be selfish...but. I wanted to ask if. If we could have sex." The redness is reaching out to the tips of her ears now and she can't quite look at them.
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Sex was no sacred topic to the Hollow Knight. Its Mother and Father were lovers, and bugs were not precisely prudish about a natural act. It understood the mechanics and the end results. While it was equipped for neither, it could form something to approximate the former without issue.
What made sex important to it was the value Lobco placed on the act. It knew her trauma as she knew its own. Something that should have been a mutually pleasing joining had been tainted for her. It spoke to her strength and newfound comfort that she could broach the subject.
And she wanted to have sex with it. The affection it felt lapped gently at the ocean of Void inside itself, making the light of soul that hung above shine in brightest joy.
The Hollow Knight raised a finger to place under her chin, turning her face up to meet its mask. Slowly, deliberately, it nodded its head, so that she could not sorry that she had misinterpreted the answer. It then lowered the muzzle of its mask to her lips, as of it could kiss her as she kissed it.
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The shrimp gave a shy little laugh against their mask and kissed them, raising her hands to caress their face. Excitement and nervousness twisted her stomach in knots; but it was not the fear that usually plagued her in the past when someone got too long, solely simple performance jitters.
"Thank you, my knight." She gave them another kiss, then a small moment of hesitation before she shifted herself onto their lap, embracing them.
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The Hollow Knight had no right to be proud of her, and yet it felt so overwhelmingly so. She was an inspiration. A beauty.
One of its large hands gently rested on her waist, supporting her. The other tilted her chin up again, making her look. It wiggled its finger at her, not in a chiding or refusing way, but questioning. Then it pointed down, to where her hips were against its smooth pelvic area.
What did she want it to have?
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Now that this was happening she had wished she had thought ahead a little more since she's really not sure what to do or say. She can get more or less what they are trying to say to her but the truth of the matter is she doesn't really know and more importantly she feels something like this should be left up to Hollow, it is after all their body. She doesn't want to feel like she is shoving off the choice but she can't really make one without taking their feelings into account.
"Ah. Is there not something that you are most comfortable with or prefer?"
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However, it knew that this was not just about sense, biological or otherwise. Lobco felt things like this with a passion it couldn't conceive of, and not just because it had tried for so long not to feel or think. What she wanted might be very different to what 'made sense' to have.
As it had no preference, and no feelings of discomfort one way other the other, the Hollow Knight reluctantly lifted its hands off of her, and quickly signed.
"No. Shall I try different ones?"
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She takes the hand they used to sign and kisses their palm.
It does not escape her that they are very likely trying to consider what may be most comfortable for her as well due to her trauma but Lobco doesn't correlate what happened to her with the type of equipment Hijoushiki had. His actions would have hurt all the same, and she knew very well that any type of person could be capable of such acts.
But she pushed those thoughts away, not wanting them to ruin the moment.
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She had said that they had best try different ones. All right. The sensible thing, it thought, would be to create the obvious parts. That meant the aedeagus.
The shell near its pelvic area softened as it returned to Void. The Hollow Knight concentrated on changing its body. The easiest thing to make where the shadow tentacles it had been taught, and so it started with those.
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Though instinct made her a little embarrassed about starting so directly at someone's crotch, curiosity won out and she watched as Hollow Knight altered their body. She hadn't often seen them do it, as they hadn't experienced much need to. It was so different, and apparently so much more versatile than her own abilities.
She watched as the tentacles grew, face becoming even pinker. A hand reached out to touch their chest and began to slide slowly downward, before pausing.
"May I?"
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It raised a hand in the sign for go ahead, the gesture only slightly shaky as it enjoyed her slow movement.
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When she reached the tentacles she slid her fingers against one with the utmost gentleness, uncertain as to if they were sensitive or fragile. She ghosted along the curve of a tendril before curling it around.
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... it didn't have the time to think of something like that. Not when she curled her hand around the tentacle, and held it so tenderly. If the Hollow Knight could have let out a breath, it would have. Instead, its head tilted back a little more, and its large horns gently tapped against the bath in a little thunk.