Sea of Words

I dislike making time systems, so it's gonna be as vague as possible or just based on Earth time.

Alandra smiled at him, shaking her head slightly. The bells at the bottom of her hair chimed with the movement.

"Seres, I was just coming to get you. "

He nodded at her, raising an eyebrow in question. She stepped out of the doorway and his eyes were drawn to the ship's insignia on her left shoulder. A sun engraved on a flask, it was the favored ship of his parent's science expedition.

"We'll be on the planet in a few minutes," she said. "Do you have everything? We won't be coming back for at least a planetary rotation."

He nodded again, tapping the bag dangling from his right shoulder as he stepped through the doorway. He paused, licking his lips and swallowing.

"Thank you for taking care of me"

Alandra smiled and inclined her head, before striding off to leave him alone with the suits. He watched her until she turned the corner and then turned to look at the suits.

His own was in the farthest corner. Mostly black with a few shades of blue, it contained a small radio clipped to the belt. He stepped up to it and turned the dial to make sure it worked before removing the suit from the hook and laying it on a nearby bench. He unzipped it and stepped in, finally relaxing for the first time in days.

He wasn't home quite yet, but he was one step closer.

Words cannot express my frustration at this scene.

"He wants you, you know," she whispered as she let the hand slip down to press against his chest. She pressed him down into the grass and he gasped, stared at her with wide eyes.

"We both do," she said and kissed him, nipping at his lips until he let her in. Her tongue licked into him, scraped against his teeth as her body settled on top of his. He could feel every curve of her. His skin felt too hot where they touched and when she drew back, he was left gasping for air.

"Mito," he whispered, managing to find his voice, "what?"

"Aww, Mito, why'd you start without me?"

His brother's voice. Loud and cheerful as he walked across the grass to join them.

Cold slipped down his spine and he stiffened beneath Mito, already reaching out for one of his Hiraishin seals. She looked at him, opened her mouth, but he was already gone.