Late morning on the 3rd of December. The stormy night has given way to clear skies, the snow that covers the town shining bright in the light of the sun. Outside the window, light winds carry wisps of powdery snow across the street. Yan Sun is lying with her back to the wall in the relatively small bed of their room-turned-makeshift home. She's barely moved since waking, her arm still wrapped around Jessica as it was when she woke
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up, pressed up against her back under the covers. Glad to have her back, she seems content to just enjoy her presence. A moment of peacefulness of the sort that tends to be a rarity with Jessica. The prospect of leaving the warmth of the bed to brave the winter chill that's seeped into the apartment overnight hardly encourages getting up either. So she remains there, studying the back of Jessica's head in silence, looking only half
Jessica has only had pockets of sleep throughout the night. Plenty of the night was spent staring up at the ceiling of their room, thoughts fixed on the past week. But eventually she managed to fully drift off and, currently, the only sign that she's alive is the soft snoring escaping her. Her splinted right arm is laying awkwardly across her side overtop Yan Sun's arm, probably doing little to provide Yan Sun much comfort.
Yan Sun is oblivious to just how troubled Jessica's sleep has been, having drifted off long before her. With most of the arm hidden away under the splint, she brushes her thumb gently back and forth across the fingers of Jessica's right hand as she lies there in silence, reflecting on the previous night, and eventually, everything that's come before it. She's in no rush to move, although eventually the activation of her
cybernetics causes her to lift her head a little from the pillow as she reads the message displayed through her cybernetic eye. A hint of frustration briefly interrupts her contented expression, and she shuffles a little to free her left arm from underneath the pillow and type up a response.
Jessica stirs slightly as Yan Sun shuffles, a low groan escaping her. It's not long before her eyes blink open as her peaceful sleep is disturbed by Yan Sun, but she remains entirely still, simply staring out across the apartment as she attempts to piece together the fragmented memories of whatever dream she was experiencing. She lets out a deep breath while she shifts in place slightly, a low, throaty, tired, "You move too much..."
Yan Sun blinks, her omni-tool fading away as Jessica speaks. A small smirk crosses her lips as she lays her head back down, wrapping her right arm around Jessica once more and pressing a soft kiss against the back of her head, voicing a quiet "Sorry..."
Jessica arches back slightly to lean against the kiss. Her head is a prickly assortment of stubble from the better part of a week having passed without shaving. "No you are not." she mutters, haphazardly flopping her stiffened arm back over-top Yan Sun's.
Yan Sun lets out an almost inaudible snort, the mutter causing her smirk to resurface briefly. She closes her eyes, brushing her nose and brow against Jessica's stubble as she gives her a light squeeze. "Got used to having all this room to move around..." she mumbles, her tone light-hearted.
Jessica presses back up against Yan Sun, face still half-pressed into her pillow. "Mmm. Is my bed now." she mutters, the pillow muffling her words slightly. As if to prove her point, she scoots back into Yan Sun to push her closer to the wall.
Yan Sun doesn't seem particularly bothered. She just shuffles a little to get comfortable again after Jessica steals most of the bed, making sure to put the blanket between her back and the cold wall. "Good to have you back..." she says with a slight snicker, the sarcasm of her tone undercut by the lingering memory of the previous night's conversation.
Jessica snickers to herself in turn before falling silent. Eventually it seems as though she may have even fallen back asleep when she suddenly begins to roll over to face Yan Sun, accepting that getting back to sleep is probably not in the cards for her anymore. Given the state of her right arm, she has to position it awkwardly between them to keep from laying on top of it and potentially causing more damage. Her tired eyes- one
Jessica brown and one milky white- remain little more than slits as she looks Yan Sun over, a small exhausted smile crossing her lips. Her left hand reaches out, coming to a rest on Yan Sun's side. And then, without warning or provocation, she bares her teeth playfully and jabs her thumb into Yan Sun's ribs, a low cackle escaping her. "This is for waking me up!" she taunts.
Yan Sun goes from sleepily relaxed to very, very awake in an instant, cursing loudly as Jessica's thumb attacks. She scrambles frantically to shove her hand away, likely hitting the right arm as well in the process as she flails, pushing Jessica away and bumping her own head and elbow against the wall as she reflexively tries to move out of reach.
Jessica's teeth clench tightly and she reels back as Yan Sun's swatting finds purchase on her splinted arm in the process of knocking her left arm away. "Gah!" she groans, reorienting her left hand to Yan Sun's chest to push her back against the wall as she cradles her right arm in close to her body. "You hit my arm, you bitch!" she whines, sucking in air as a sharp pain shoots through her right arm.
Yan Sun 's flailing stops quickly, although it takes her a moment to realize what happened. As soon as she does she winces, exclaiming an apologetic "Sorry!" as she reaches out towards Jessica's right arm, an apprehensive frown on her face.
Jessica frowns, reluctantly releasing her hold on Yan Sun as her gaze lowers to her splinted arm. "Why you are so fucking clumsy, kitty cat?" she asks, "Mmm?!" All things considered, however, there's a surprising lack of her usual frustration in her tone and it's pretty clear she's mostly playing up whatever pain she might be feeling. "You are going to break it even more than it is already broken!"
Yan Sun mumbles a displeased "I don't know..." before repeating another "Sorry..." as her gaze goes to Jessica's arm. She props herself up on one elbow, grasping the splint gently with her right hand. "Does it hurt a lot?" she asks as she looks up to Jessica's face again.
Jessica seems to relent a bit on playing it up when Yan Sun takes a sincere interest. She gives a dismissive shrug of her shoulders as she continues to study her arm. "Only when dumb fucks are hitting it." she responds, though a slight smirk begins to tug at her lips.
Yan Sun snorts, withdrawing her hand and pondering sitting up for a moment, before deciding against it and lying back down. "I said sorry!" she says, a smirk of her own threatening to surface as she studies Jessica. A quiet sigh slips out, followed by a tentative question: "Sleep okay...?" she asks, her mind as much on the inconvenience of the arm as the harrowing week Jessica has just had.
Jessica shrugs once again at the question. She slept, which is more than she could say about the days prior, and bad sleep is better than no sleep. "Mmm." she hums simply to accompany a brief, insincere nod as she rolls onto her back and brings her right arm to rest on her stomach. Her gaze turns back to the ceiling and she nests her head back against her pillow. "What you were doing while I was gone?" she asks, unwilling to linger
Yan Sun shrugs slightly, her hand moving to Jessica's stomach as well, her fingertips tracing along the splint as she considers her answer for a moment. "Nothing much, I guess. Mostly... stayed in the room, working on some projects." she says, falling silent for but a moment before adding an admission of "Didn't think you'd be gone so long... and your boss wouldn't tell me anything.", not wanting to obscure her worry during
Jessica rolls her eye, her head lulling slightly to the side so she can look to Yan Sun. "So you are bothering my boss while I am gone... Fuuuck you are obsessed." she sighs. "Too obsessed, even! Is gross." Despite the cheap jab, her smirk re-emerges, though she does her best to stifle it, lest Yan Sun see the small boost to her mood brought on by knowing someone was worrying about her. "I tell you I am coming back, yes...?" she
Yan Sun frowns slightly at Jessica's insult, but her annoyance is short-lived and the comment that follows causes a small smile to briefly cross her lips as she shuffles closer to Jessica, giving her a loose side-hug with her right arm and nodding. "Yes, you did." she agrees, once again propping herself up a little on her left elbow, looking down at Jessica as the smile returns.
Jessica gives a sharp nod. "Mmm. Then stop being so stupid." she says. Her left hand comes to rest over-top Yan Sun's right forearm, her fingertips gently gliding back and forth across it. "Besides, you are still owing me too much for me to not come back, mmm? My hat. My shotgun. My knife. You have still not paid me back for all of these. And do not forget that I save your life from hungry vorcha! So I own your skinny ass." she
continues, as if it should be enough of an explanation as to why she'd keep her word. Teasing aside, her smile fades as her gaze moves down to her hand and she continues to draw lines across Yan Sun's forearm. "...Besides-..." she begins, but what follows is an inaudible mutter that almost sounds like 'I missed you'.
Yan Sun snickers at Jessica's explanation, a grin spreading across her lips. Her gaze drifts down to the hand tracing across her arm, catching it in her own and giving it a squeeze. She seems about to respond when Jessica adds the 'Besides...', prompting a slightly confused "Hm?" as she looks back up at her face, not seeming to have caught the mumble.
Jessica scoffs loudly, a frown crossing her features at the thought of having to repeat herself. "I say-... Besides-... I am liking your tits." she decides on, her left hand moving to pinch at Yan Sun's chest. "Booooooobs."
Yan Sun squirms a little, her right hand moving to the bed past Jessica to avoid crushing the splinted arm as she hunches over from the pinching. "Y-.. yeah, yep. That's my boob." she says, her voice a little strained as she speaks through partly gritted teeth. Her right hand relocates to pry Jessica's away as her weight shifts back onto her left elbow. Her suspicions about the true contents of the mutter are forgotten for the
Jessica snickers as Yan Sun squirms, her smile re-emerging. As Yan Sun shifts her weight over her, Jessica leans up and presses a brief kiss against her neck before her hand is pried away and Yan Sun returns to her previous position. With a half-yawn-half-sigh, she swings her legs out from under the covers and puts her back to Yan Sun to scoot to the edge of the bed. The chill that sets in as her feet touch the floor causes her to
wince slightly, but she's used to the cold Aite winters. "So what we are doing for your birthday, slut?" she asks through her stifled yawn as she reaches out to her side with her left hand and arches her back in a lazy attempt at stretching.
Yan Sun sits up as Jessica scoots over to the edge, crossing her legs and wrapping her arms around her midsection from behind to hug her, shivering slightly from the chill as the blanket no longer shields her. "I don't know..." she says with a small shrug, resting her chin on Jessica's shoulder as her gaze wanders around the small room, a thoughtful look on her face. She snorts quietly as she realizes she's missed Jessica's oddly
endearing namecalling, a smirk briefly crossing her lips. "This winter fucking sucks..." she mutters with a glance towards the window. "We could just... stay in bed? Watch some vids?" she suggests, seeming keen on just spending some time with Jessica, after a week of uncertainty, and the emotionally draining night they just had. "...and... maybe tonight we go dancing?" she adds with a smile, lifting her head to study
Jessica leans back against her makeshift backrest. "Awwww, is the kitty cat afraid of a little cold?" she snorts as her left hand comes to rest atop Yan Sun's arms. "Stop being such a pussy." she adds, the pun escaping her. She falls quiet as she considers Yan Sun's question regarding plans before shrugging against her. "I am supposed to be having a date with a hot asari I meet at the bar yesterday, but I suppose I can cancel it."
Yan Sun rolls her eyes, giving Jessica a nudge. "Aw, I'm sorry for ruining your date plans." she says through a small grin, planting a kiss against Jessica's neck and tightening her hug briefly. "I'll make it up to you?" It's not hard to tell she's missed Jessica, and she makes no attempt to hide her affection, her lips pressing against the crook of her neck and remaining there as she nuzzles her. She lets out a sigh, her body
Jessica tilts her head to the side to give Yan Sun better access to her neck. She purses her lips, as if considering the offer. "Mmm. I guess..." she finally says with a deep, exaggerated sigh as if unconvinced. Her left hand lifts from Yan Sun's arm and she reaches back, cradling the woman's neck. "But she was really hot. So you are having a lot of making up to do." she snickers.
Yan Sun lifts her head slightly, her cheek brushing against Jessica's neck as she snickers. "Mmh... guess I'll have to do my best." she says, her grin quickly returning as she leans forward a bit to plant a kiss on Jessica's cheek, shifting her legs to extend one on each side of Jessica, dangling them off the edge, although she doesn't quite reach the floor from her position further back.
Jessica's right hand- wrist immobilized by the splint- moves to rest atop Yan Sun's leg as it slinks past her. She tilts her head slightly as she feels Yan Sun's lips on her cheek and quickly tilts to return it with a brief kiss on the lips but their positions cause the kiss to only partially catch Yan Sun on the lips. "Good. Because I do not accept disappointment." she continues playfully, drumming her fingertips against the back
Yan Sun 's grin widens as Jessica's head turns and she meets her gaze for a moment, albeit at an awkward angle. A snort of laughter follows at the comment. "Good thing we've got all day, right?" she says before planting another kiss partly on Jessica's lips and pulling her arms and right leg back to slip around Jessica's left and get on her feet. There's a bounce in her step as she heads over to the bathroom. Whether because of a
Jessica gives a loud snort, eye glued to Yan Sun as she starts towards the bathroom. She remains on the bed, lifting her left leg onto the edge and leaning back against the palms of her hands despite the slight ache that settles into her fractured arm. Eh, it'll be fine. What do doctors know? She bounces her right foot against the cold floor, her gaze only leaving Yan Sun once she has disappeared through the door.
Yan Sun isn't gone long, and soon enough she re-emerges, heading right back to bed, bouncing slightly as a result of almost throwing herself back in, still wearing her sleepwear - light blue top and white boyshorts. "Think you could get us some breakfast from downstairs and I'll pick out some stuff to watch?" she suggests with a smile, her cybernetics already lighting up as a projection materializes. On any other day she'd be
Jessica furrows her brow, her immediate reaction being to tell Yan Sun to fuck off and go get her own food. But she did miss her birthday. Some breakfast is the least she could do to make up for it. "Fuck off and get it yourself. Why you are so lazy? Mmm?" On the other hand, birthdays were never that big of a deal in her family. Her resurfacing grin betrays her intent, however. "Fine, fine. I will go and get food." she groans. As
she climbs to her feet, she pushes both shoulder blades back and winces as a loud POP sounds out when she cracks her back. "But I am not watching anything stupid!" she calls out as she starts towards the bathroom.
Yan Sun frowns slightly at the initial reaction, caught a little off-guard, but her expression softens as Jessice relents. At the final comment she furrows her eyebrows slightly, glancing up at Jessica for a moment before resuming her browsing. "Uhm... okay. I'll... try not to pick out anything stupid...?" she offers, smirking slightly to herself as she ponders what vids she can get away with subjecting Jessica to.
Jessica disappears into the bathroom and, soon enough, the sound of the sink can be heard. "I only like good vids! So only pick the good ones!" she dispenses sagely advice, raising her voice to continue their conversation between rooms, her speech impeded by the toothbrush in her mouth. "Not like your taste in dumb-..." her train of thought is interrupted by some loud spitting and she doesn't return to it until after she rinses
out her mouth. "...Dumb computer games! Good vids! So maybe I am thinking you should not choose the ones that you are wanting to choosing." As she exits out of the bathroom, she begins stripping her pyjama pants off shamelessly and kicks them over by the bathroom door as she rummages through the dresser for a pair of pants. As she plucks a pair of cargo pants from the drawer and begins to step into them, she glances back
Yan Sun looks up as Jessica re-emerges, a skeptical look on her face. "...my games aren't dumb..." she mutters grumpily as she returns her attention to the projected screen in front of her, offering no further response to Jessica's suggestion.
Jessica's grin widens, always pleased to have pushed Yan Sun's buttons. She moves on to slipping on her sneakers. "Mmm. Verrrry dumb. Just like you." she continues as she approaches the door, opting to leave her jacket behind since she's just heading right downstairs. As it slides open and she steps out into the hallway, she gives Yan Sun one last reminder of her meticulously mapped out plan: "Good vids."