Kav walked across the commissary floor of his
ship carting a large box of odds and ends. He had a love hate relationship with
that ship. It had seen him through many battles, but she was pretty much
falling apart now and he spent more time fixing her than flying her anywhere.
This
mess hall wasn’t the original one meant to serve thousands of soldiers. He Aeon
and Nauhuel had built the smaller space on a lower deck that would accommodate
a hundred at most. The walls were painted blue-gray, the floor was made to look
like wood and the tables and chairs were made of metal and all recycled from
the old mess hall so they were the ones with the least damage. It was a more
intimate feel. If he had to say so himself, it was one of the nicer spots on
the old ship now although he imagined it still lacked any of the finer graces,
but then again, most of life lacked those things these days.
With his arms loaded up with boxes. He
purposefully made no mention of the fact that when he walked in, he found
Havana with her tongue down the Nahuel’s throat. He did however make a mental
note of how incredible she looked in the black leather, skin tight catsuit.
“Glad to know you’ll be joining us, Havanah.
Wouldn’t be an adventure without you.”
He moved in very close and exchanged an
equally intimate kiss with the gorgeous raven haired temptress before
continuing to a place he could set the boxes down.
“Glad to know you’ll be here too Nauhuel.” He
added as an afterthought.
He moved behind a bar set up to
serve food
and set the boxes down. They were filled with cooking equipment primarily
except that he knew somewhere, at the bottom no doubt, was a box of springs he
could use to jimmie the latch on…
“I’m not with
you.” Nauhuel spoke with a deceptive gentleness to his tone and moved around
the bar top to the same side Kav was on picking through the junk from the
boxes.
He didn’t look up or acknowledge his friend’s
statement. He had to believe Nauhuel would want to come with them. They’d been
best friends for too long and he just couldn’t imagine his life without him.
Havanah moved in behind Kav and wrapped one
arm around his waist, pressing herself firmly against his back. From the corner
of his eye he could see her stroking Nauhuel’s cheek.
“I have missed you, Havanah.” Kav confessed.
“Good lord woman, are you sure you aren’t
Cassarian?” Nahuel joked just before she leaned over and began kissing him
passionately.
“Yeah she just does a damn good job covering
up the blue skin every day.” Kav excelled at dry, sarcastic wit.
“I’ve never met a Cassarian I’ve even liked.
I don’t know why all you men go crazy for them.” She sounded genuinely
slighted.
“Hmmm and I’ve never met a female of any
species who ever liked a Cassarian.” Nauhuel laughed.
“If it’s just about the sex, I mean it’s not
like they do it differently or anything.” She pulled away from both men and
folded her arms across her chest.
“And you would know this how?” Nauhuel bated
her.
“I’ve had sex with a Cassarian woman and
while it was pleasant…”
Nauhuel choked so that if he’d been drinking,
the liquid would have shot across the room. Kav dropped a rather large cast
iron pot back into one of the boxes. It off balanced the box and the entire
thing hit the ground splattering metal cookware, a few books and an entire can
of black pepper across the floor.
“You’ve had sex with a Cassarian woman?”
Nauhuel leaned in as if to hear her better and spoke slowly as if she’d somehow
misspoken the first time.
“Well I’ve never been to the Cassarian home
world and last I checked, their men weren’t allowed off it.” She shrugged. “I
wanted to see what the fuss was about.”
“Good god woman, you never cease to amaze
me.” Nahuel shook his head.
Kav had nothing of value to add to this conversation
and thought better of throwing his acerbic wit in at this juncture. While he
was always more than happy to share an evening with Havana, even if that
included Nauhuel, he always considered the two to be a couple, in the most
basic definition of the term.
“It is more their stamina I think then their
technique, plus…” Nauhuel looked up, scanning the ceiling as if trying to find
words. “Well, truthfully, you should ask Kav. He’s the only one I know with an
ongoing relationship with one.”
Kav was bent over trying to pick up what he’d
dropped. He stopped mid movement and straightened, shooting Nauhuel a look of
death and not at all missing the spark of humor in the man’s dark eyes.
“I do not
have a relationship with Arliegh.
We’ve had sex… that’s hardly a relationship.”
He tossed the pots, pans and books back into
the box and started rifling through the next one.
“I’m sure Arliegh’d tell it different.”
Nahuel prodded him.
“Don’t start with me.” Kav held up one finger
of warning.
He looked briefly at Havanah and caught a
very similar spark of humor in her baby blues.
“Holy hell you two are made for each other.”
He smiled and shook his head.
It really would be good to have her on board
for more than just the fact she was one of the few women he knew, respected and fucked on a fairly regular basis.
The fact that she also enjoyed the company of Nauhuel, well, honestly, that had
never bothered him. In fact the three of them had…
“You need to stop.” He spoke politely and
moved her hand which had begun running up his back, under his shirt. “I can’t
concentrate when you do that. Its conjuring memories form that week we all
spent on the Riviera on Kanvore 6.”
Nauhuel moaned.
Havanah merely smiled.
“And that’s a problem?” She turned to
Nauhuel. “And what do you mean you’re not with
us? It wouldn’t be right me, Kav, Aeon and no you. You’re coming and that’s all I’ll hear on the subject.” She
bounced firmly on the balls of her feet in a rather adorable display of
fierceness.
That was the thing Kav found most attractive
about her. Yes she was designed by the creator himself for sex, but the fact
that she could tear a man apart in one second with her bare hands and in the
next be soft and innocent… it was a combination rarely found. He gave Nauhuel
mad props for being able to handle it long term. He didn’t think he would do as
good a job.
“I haven’t decided yet because Kav doesn’t
even know where he’s going, or if for
that matter of it. I’m no fool Havanah, I’ll wait and gage my odds.”
She exhaled sharply. “You’ll come. I know
you’ll come.”
Nauhuel raised one brow and it was all Kav
could do not to chuckle.
“Not like that!” She rolled her eyes then
took a step closer to Nauhuel. “Although… if that convinces you, I’d be happy
to…”
She didn’t get a chance to finish her
sentence because Nauhuel pulled her body to his and was kissing her
passionately enough that Kav started feeling aroused. He determined that for
now, single minded focus was his best tool. Once they were all out of Earth’s
atmosphere, then he’d have his fun, but for now, his main business was getting
this ship, and whoever would be on board, off the ground and out of the solar
system safely.
“Okay you two, cool down. This isn’t the time
or place.” He sounded like his grandmother all of a sudden.
“Yes mom.” Nauhuel maneuvered Havana to his
side and he draped his arm across her shoulders.
Kav tossed a soup pot at Nauhuel’s gut. Even
if he’d made contact, it would have bounced off the unnaturally taught abs of
his friend.
“Owe.” Nahuel whined then laughed as he caught
the pot.
Nahuel had never been forthcoming about his
genetics. Despite his human features, he wasn’t human. Yeah, he could have maybe passed for human if push came to
shove, the markings over his skill, across his back and down his arms could be
passed off for tribal tattoos of some sort, his skin tone was dark, but
definitely within the human color spectrum, and his size was just outside the
range of human, but not abnormally so. Still, he’d confided to both Kav and
Aeon during the battle of white-witch that he wasn’t human and wasn’t from
Earth. He hadn’t elaborated further, but the fact that he’d fought beside them
like Earth had always been his home nonetheless had bonded their friendship and
earned his undying respect.
“Okay
Kavman, if anyone can get off this planet, it’s you and I know that, but last I
checked, we were flat broke and getting this ship off the ground costs money,
so say I put aside my misgivings about odds of success getting out without
getting caught, there’s no currency.”
He seemed pretty sure of himself, but just
then Kav found his springs and that sent a surge of confidence through him.
“Yes, but I have a plan for that.”
He moved around the two of them and headed
for the door.
“And just what is that? If you don’t mind me
asking.” Nauhuel asked earnestly.
Kav stopped at the door and looked back at
his friend and smiled.
“I’m going to go steal from dear old dad of
course.”
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