Ember Tails, ch1 epilogue
#2 of Ember Tails
Well there were some loose ends to tie up before chapter two hit. Moving right along. ^.^''
The rest of the weekend went as might to be expected; a trip to the movies, homework, time at the park, some sparring matches between Zane and Keith, video games, homework - and both a secret and not-so-secret tryst between Zane and Kira. Saturday night was much like the night before, the Electrike slipping into his girlfriend's room after Keith and Mr. Sune had fallen asleep; the only differences being that this encounter was intentional, with him slightly more 'in control', and that neither fell asleep immediately after the mating, allowing for some pillow talk to be exchanged between the two young lovers. Sunday night, though...
The four 'mons had just come back from the movies, having seen "Howling Thunder Rolling", a new historical romantic action film based on the Kanto War. Kira was all a-twitter over the star of the film who most people considered just the latest in a line of blockbuster heartthrobs: a very handsome young Manectric by the name of Chase Wozniak. Zane was a little miffed at his girlfriend's fawning over the movie star - until she said something along the lines of how she could see him easily play the role, rubbing his shoulder at the same time.
If that pacified him, her film-induced playfulness during dinner embarrassed and excited him. She was sweetly flirtatious almost the entire meal, often quoting the movie at him, and her tails kept brushing up against him, (his leg, his side, and once or twice even flicking up and along his chin when she leaned the other way to "reach" for something on the table,) among a few other things. Finally, her father abruptly stopped what he had been conversing about and roughly told her to "please keep those tails under control!"
A shocked look painted Kira's face at the requisition, though quickly modified by the slightest hint of a smile; she knew what she had been doing, she just thought she was being more subtle than she actually was. When dinner was over, Mr. Sune declared (reminded, actually) that it was Kira's turn to do dishes. She gave an almost unnoticeable huff, but a moment later the table was essentially clear, the gold Vulpix having surprisingly piled almost everything into her arms and quickly taken it all back to the kitchen with a clatter. The sounds of running water and scrubbing followed quickly - and ended sooner than expected as well. The Espeon went into the kitchen and saw that dishware was cleaner than he had even seen.
As he marveled at her work, a slightly wet Kira slipped past him, found her boyfriend, and coaxed the Electrike back to her room as Keith watched the two disappear down the hall, shaking his head after them with a bemused smirk.
"Alright, kids, have a good day at school!"
"Alright daddy, see you!" "Yeah bye dad!" "Thanks for having me, Mr. Sune!"
"Sure thing, Zane, it was nice having you."
The car door closed and Mr. Sune began driving off, leaving the three of them to start walking toward their respective lockers, though staying together for now.
"You know, I think he was vastly mostly sincere saying that," Keith said with a grin, getting his sister and his best friend to laugh. As they walked through the middle school's commons, the heard a friendly gruff voice over the murmur of Monday-morning-subdued students.
"...with your breakfast. Pull your pants up, Jimmy! Hi there, Sarah, good luck on your test today! Ah, look, it's Keith and Kira! With a friend in tow this morning."
"Morning, Officer Nelson," Zane said, greeting the uniformed Wartortle. "I spent the weekend at the Sunes'."
"Ah, that must've been fun," Officer Nelson responded. "I take it you and Keith got some good sparring in, eh?"
"Yup!" Keith responded enthusiastically - he had just barely edged Zane 8-7 in all their matches over the weekend.
"Good to hear! And Miss Kira, you look even more radiant than normal this morning!"
"Thank you, Officer Nelson!" she said, indulging in the compliment by swishing side-to-side a bit as the three kids walked past. After they passed the main offices, Kira gave quick hugs to both boys before heading off to her English class, while Keith and Zane went off to their science lab.
"Sooooo, Zane..."
"That's a mischief-making tone if I ever heard one."
"haha... Well, ever since Saturday, I've been going back and forth on asking..."
"Oh, geez..."
"...since I know that, on one hand, I personally just can't think of my sister in a sexual situation - I know others could, but I can't - "
"I would seriously hope not," the Electrike said with a half-disgusted, half-amused sneer.
"Right - while on the other hand, you - I mean - sex, man! Twice! How was it??"
Keith's enthusiasm and wonder just made Zane laugh. "Thrice, actually - late Friday, late Saturday, and Sunday evening." He saw the Vulpix's jaw had dropped and just laughed again as they made it to their classroom.
Mr. Sune made it back to the house not long after, settling in to his home office and starting his computer up. As he clicked on the little Smeargle-tail icon on his desktop to start up the painting software, a message popped up on the bottom corner of his screen.
New e-mail from: Shana McKenzie
Click.
_Hi Howard, Thank you again from taking Christopher in for the weekend! I really appreciate it. I hope he wasn't too much trouble.
The weather here is actually looking fairly bad... I'm worried my plane might be delayed. If it's on time, I'll be back by early afternoon so Christopher can come home on the bus like normal, but if it's delayed, could you pick him up again? I can't fathom the flight being entirely cancelled, so I expect I'll be in at a reasonable time however much delay there might be; once I touch down in Hassenburg, I can drive down from the airport to pick him up and take him home._
I'll let you know more once I get to the airport here.
Shana
"Heh... 'too much trouble'... Depends..." The Espeon thought about informing the Manectric that the exact thing she had been worried about had happened but thought better of it, simply typing up a response saying he would be fine with picking up Zane again.
The young couple was on his mind as he started his design work, and after a trip to the bathroom he stopped outside his daughter's room. He considered it for a moment, then went it, looking around. The air had a slight hint of musk in it still, and when he glanced in the little trash bin he saw one source of the smell. At least it appeared they had used protection last night like he had asked...
Some of the slight scent also came from Kira's bed. Obviously. "Well, she gets to wash her own sheets."