Reaching for Cassian's hand, Ruby guides them out onto the balcony and to the pool. It's overlooking the whole city but there's no one who can see them. Shimmying out of her underwear, Ruby winks at him and slides into the pool, beckoning him in.
Cassian smiles the entire way outside to the pool, raising an eyebrow when she steps out of her underwear but immediately following suit. She slips into the pool and he follows, occasionally glancing away from her to look at the buildings around them and the night sky. He looks back at her with a grin. "You're right. The view is spectacular." He swims over and gives her another kiss.
Ruby smiles into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and pulling him against her. She catches him looking out over the city and smiles at that too. She picked this place for a reason, after all.
"It is. That's part of why I picked it." And if she isn't just talking about her home, that's between them.
He lets his arms wrap around her waist as they drift in the water. This close and he doesn't look away again, instead letting his eyes drift across her features with a soft smile. "You're the better view, though, in my eyes."
"Flattery will get you everywhere." One hand comes to cup his cheek, thumb running across his lower lip as she just watches him for a long moment. "You're amazing, did you know that? I can't believe I got so lucky."
"Some of that I have no control over. Looks you can blame my mother for." He opens his mouth ever so slightly, wanting to press the edge of his tongue into the pad of her thumb. "I never wanted to be...an alpha." He captures her thumb between his teeth before letting it go with a small lick. "That's my terrible secret. Every alpha I knew was a bully or a jerk, and I didn't want to be either of those."
“Thanks mumma.” Ruby watches him as he makes his confession, holding his gaze even with the small, teasing bite that makes her lips quirk in a smile. She starts tracing his face carefully, memorizing each feature.
“You are what an alpha should be. What every other alpha should strive to be. You should never be ashamed of what you are.” She pressed a soft kiss to his nose. “I know what it’s like to not be what people expect. You never have to be anything except yourself when you’re with me.”
"I'll let her know that her work has been appreciated." She smiles and his stomach lurches. Is it just attraction that makes him wish this would never end, or a desire for something more from her? He's not sure.
He's excited to find out though, and that's a nice realization.
He closed his eyes as she kissed his nose, smiling softly. "I'll try and remember that." Next time he's full of self-loathing for a designation he'd never have chosen on his own, revulsion at his own innate alpha-ness. "I don't know how to be anything else, anyone else."
"I'm sure she'll like to hear it." Ruby is already so smitten and she wants the night to never end. Well, maybe it doesn't need to. There's no reason they can't try.
Kissing him again. And then again. Just because she can. And then she cups his face gently and encouraged him to open his eyes and look at her. "You don't have to be. I don't want you to be."
He tilts his face into her palms, first the left and then to the right, before he opens his eyes and actually looks at her. It seems dangerous, in a soft way, in a way that means he won't struggle as he drowns in it. Drowns in her.
"It's going to be hard to leave later." He kisses her back, just as sweet, before pulling her lower lip in between his teeth for a very gentle nibbling. "I want to make a joke about you having to chase me off with a broom, but..." He can't quite make it funny in his internal monologue.
"I never said you had to leave." It was the last thing he wanted, to chase him off and make him leave. Realistically, she knows he'll have to because life goes on and they can't hide away in her apartment forever. But for now there's no rush, no one else, no outside world they needed to be a part of.
Cassian goes quiet for a moment, throat working but no sound making it's way past his lips. His hold doesn't get any lighter, however, and his eyes show that he's overtaken with an intense emotional reaction to her words - in both languages.
"True, you never said that." He swallows and nods. "Si. Por supuesto."
Ruby smiles before she kisses him again. She'd heard rumours, heard people claim that they always knew when someone was the one they were meant to find but she'd always brushed it off as romantic dribble that people said when they were in love.
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"It is. That's part of why I picked it." And if she isn't just talking about her home, that's between them.
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"You're handsome and kind. Gentle in a way that most alpha's aren't. You make me feel safe, Cassian. Not many people do."
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“You are what an alpha should be. What every other alpha should strive to be. You should never be ashamed of what you are.” She pressed a soft kiss to his nose. “I know what it’s like to not be what people expect. You never have to be anything except yourself when you’re with me.”
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He's excited to find out though, and that's a nice realization.
He closed his eyes as she kissed his nose, smiling softly. "I'll try and remember that." Next time he's full of self-loathing for a designation he'd never have chosen on his own, revulsion at his own innate alpha-ness. "I don't know how to be anything else, anyone else."
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Kissing him again. And then again. Just because she can. And then she cups his face gently and encouraged him to open his eyes and look at her. "You don't have to be. I don't want you to be."
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"It's going to be hard to leave later." He kisses her back, just as sweet, before pulling her lower lip in between his teeth for a very gentle nibbling. "I want to make a joke about you having to chase me off with a broom, but..." He can't quite make it funny in his internal monologue.
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"¿Puedo quedarme contigo?"
spanish: can I keep you?
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"True, you never said that." He swallows and nods. "Si. Por supuesto."
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And then she'd met Cassian.
"Good. Because I don't ever want to let you go."