Although Ruby had kissed over a hundred women in a hundred different ways, the pressure of this one little kiss reduced the normally overconfident pirate to begin to shiver and send tingles of both excitement and anxiety rushing through her body. A single brush of Nerice’s lips sent Ruby’s own red cloud into the water, freezing her a second before she sealed their embrace. “I..I..” Ruby raised her hand to Nerice’s cheek so she could feel the tremors that she couldn’t control. “I’m scared..”

  -That’s the sum of it all, fear. I finally feel fear..not out of some idea of terror…but the knowledge that I will love this woman with all that I have, for life. Life. We are a dyad…-

  Her thoughts raged and mingled with her ongoing etion, Ruby did the best she could to break the cycle of doubt stuck in her head.

  Waves of confusion and nervousness spshed into Nerice’s mind. Tanya’s hand shaking like she was sitting in freezing water. “Tanya…” Nerice brought Ruby close and gently whirled the couple nose to nose in the light passion of the moment. “...You picked me, my dymate..There is nothing to worry about, darling.” She whispered in the shallow distance between them. “There is nothing to fear, love. I am right here.” Nerice moved Ruby’s hand to her bare chest, letting her feel the same palpitations coming from her own pounding heart. “I am just as nervous, Tanya.” Nerice confessed and sighed happily.

  Centering herself on a little bubble of joy that formed in her belly, Ruby drew in a breath den with Nerice’s mind-altering scent and slipped her lips lightly over her partner's, allowing herself to relish the sensations that came while blending with Nerice’s blue lips. Initially closing her hazel eye, Ruby half smiled and reopened her eye so Nerice could see into her thoughts and have this memory without the darkness of her blindfold. “Nerice…” Ruby quietly rasped, “...I cim you..will you do the honor and cim me?”

  “Yesss…” Nerice said so low that it was almost inaudible.

  Pressing her lips firmly and gently to Nerice’s, Ruby felt her anxiety disappear with every tiny flex that her partner responded with. Seconds into their embrace, Ruby tasted the intermingling of their mutual pheromones and imagined the twin clouds becoming a lovely purple as they mixed. Purring deeply, Ruby slipped her hands along Nerice’s shoulders and then down to Nerice’s hips, curling her fists tightly as passion finally took over.

  Water lilies. Fshing through her mind and body, Ruby saw a series of delicate purple petals swim around her heart, connecting together by their shared own purple cloud. Laying in yers like flowered scales, Ruby caught the scent of the light and lemony lilies as they mingled with their essences. Magic. Unfettered and blessed magic was all that Ruby thought as she rolled her lips comfortably over Nerice’s and finally took the chance to swirl their tongues as one. It was after the petals melded into her heart and soul that Ruby pulled slowly away from their longing kiss, and a chill traveled her spine as their lips pulled apart. Content beyond any kiss she’d had before, Ruby quickly suckled Nerice’s lip and felt a little dolphin chirp of her own leave her body. “Nerice?” Ruby bashfully asked as though she’d never kissed another in her life, “...how..um..” Ruby sighed and returned her hands to Nerice’s cheeks.

  Grabbing Ruby into the tightest hug she could, Nerice knew she’d be crying if she could. “Tanya..I..P-p-perfect..” Her voice cracked and found herself smiling so wide her cheeks started to wonderfully ache. “Red and blue make purple..” She giggled and pstered Ruby’s cheeks with little kisses. “A very intense and unbridled passion…Thank…thank you for letting me..um see that, love.”

  { -“A perfect moment for a perfect kiss.”-}

  Marissa mentally interrupted the couple’s moment.

  { -“So happy for you both, and welcome to the sisters six, Tanya. Myself and the others will leave you two alone.”-}

  Marissa winked at the pair and tugged at the others, “Come on dies, let’s let them bond..”

  { -“Thank you, Marissa. From us both..”-}

  Ruby confidently used her telepathic ability for the first time to speak for herself and Nerice. Waiting until the other four left the area in their own pairs, Ruby swam with Nerice to the side of the enchanted pool. “It was my pleasure..I..I..suddenly remembered that you’d be able to see through my mind and memory, so..um..” Ruby nervously bit her lip, “...I left my eye open.”

  Swimming the length of Ruby’s red-scaled body, Nerice explored Ruby’s new form and stopped when she felt the skin somewhat altered on her left shoulder. “Tanya, I think…yes..I feel the ink. You have a tattoo of..humm..” Nerice hummed lightly as her fingers traced the outline of the ink. “..It’s a skull and crossbones. You are certainly a pirate my dear.”

  “I also seem to have grown a single braid of red hair in the process.” Ruby added pyfully and pulled Nerice on top of her, the need for another kiss foremost in her mind. Twisting her soft-finned tail into Nerice’s, Ruby caresses her dymate as though they were rubbing their feet. “Mmm, they left us all…alll…alone.” Stealing a third kiss, Ruby gently raked her nails along Nerice’s spine until she could draw her tightly to her bare chest. “It appears that my lovely blue sea princess has me trapped.”

  “Even though you are the one holding me, Tanya?” Nerice teased and twisted Ruby’s bck hair in between her delicate fingers tipped with blue-silver sea shells. “I never knew..how..” Nerice leaned close and in a hushed tone flirted with Ruby, “...how great, fulfilling that it would be..paired. Mmm, kiss me again, I love those velvet lips on mine.”

  Happy to oblige Nerice’s request, Ruby hissed seductively and added, “Velvet is one way, and red doesn’t quite convey what I want you to picture.” She lightly hummed a little tune to herself and felt Nerice squirm as she thought about the color of her lips. “Mmhmm, the brightest red glossy coral you have imagined. Here.” Ruby imagined some of the smooth stones she’d seen in her travels from various jewelry vendors. It was when Nerice drew a heavy hitched breath that Ruby kissed her and thought of red fireworks and their vibrant explosions illuminating a starry night.

  Flooded with images she’d only dreamt about, Nerice drove her hips into Ruby’s while a sensual whimper escaped from her chest. Frantically trying to speak while stuck to her partner’s lips, Nerice managed a few words between nibbles and tongue flickers. “Nep…Neptune’s…c..cr…crown, T-Tanya..” Nerice gasped desperately before grinding her hips into Ruby’s in little circles. Every image that crossed into her ‘vision’ brought another sparkle to her nerves that felt as though a handful of baby pearls whisked around in the pit of her stomach. All too soon, their test kiss finished and Nerice finally drew a non-aromatic breath, and mewled her satisfaction. “Do that forever…please…” Nerice begged and began kissing Ruby’s shoulders while still swishing her hips.

  Apprehensive to a small degree, Ruby danced her nimble fingers from Nerice’s back and tucked a few strands of loose blue hair behind her partner’s pointed ears. “I…um…” Ruby didn’t quite know how she was going to address the growing question in her head as her heart pounded with excitement with the prospect of tasting Nerice on multiple levels of passion. “Ner-”

  “I am not a virgin.” Nerice ughed and massaged Ruby’s temples. “Hummm, Do I seem that inexperienced?” Nerice teased and pnted a trail of kisses along Ruby’s neck. “You know we can read each other’s thoughts now.”