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It's Party Time | Open to CR

who: Shiro, Keith, and close CR
what: Keith's birthday
when: Saturday
where: Shiro and Keith's house

A few days since the memories had stopped and a couple of nights of decent sleep and Shiro was back to his normal self. Now that he was feeling better, he remembered that he had missed something: Keith's birthday. Even Keith had forgotten it with everything that was going on. But Shiro needed to fix that.

As discretely as possible, Shiro had gotten an idea of who Keith's friends here were. Of course he also had some idea based on who had come to see Red when the lion had arrived. Some people had been generally curious while others had clearly heard about the lions from Keith and wanted to meet them in person. So he had used that as an opening to figure out how close Keith was to certain people. Once he had had an idea, he had begun to invite people.

The day of Keith's party, he made an excuse to get Keith out of the house for a while so Ed could come over. He needed help to get the decorations up in a short amount of time, plus surprising Keith wasn't necessarily the best thing to do so letting him know at some point there were people at the house was probably a good thing to do so Shiro would have to meet him or stall for time for everything to get arranged.

Which of course he did eventually have to leave to meet Keith once guests had started to arrive. Soon when he returned, it wasn't quite a surprise party for Keith... just a surprise it was for him.

However, Shiro couldn't leave without putting a party hat on Red. It was a party for her paladin after all so she should be festive.

[ooc: open to CR. Party crashers, be aware there are two robot lions - one the size of a liger - and if the host or guest of honor get annoyed with the party crasher, there will likely be a lion or two ushering them towards the door.

invited guests would be - Lola, Marinette, Ed, Hana, Al, Nico, Lyle, Genji, X'rhun. Shiro's going based on what he was able to gather]

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"Neither of us is alone, I couldn't be happier." Now, a lady would normally give the gentleman a chance to kiss her. However, Lola's fairly sure that if she waited on him it might take a while. So she's going to just move up a little closer. "Well, I could."

Maybe meet her halfway on the kiss, she's short and standing on tiptoes only adds so much? Also Lola is selectively ignoring Red because it just makes all this easier.

Keith's eyebrows raised up a little, but he got the hint. He leaned his head down towards her, resting his lips against hers softly at first. He was a bit hesitant, but, if her reactions where encouraging, he'd keep going further. He wasn't completely inexperienced at this... just out of practice.

Look he didn't run off, so this was already going pretty well in Lola's book. Being out of practice didn't bother her at all. Her hands ended up on his chest to help with balance and to add to the endeavor. She wanted to do that cute leg kicky thing from old photos but... no, that might be bad in this case. She kinda needs the extra balance of two legs under her.

She wasn't being too assertive, but she was definitely opening her mouth a little to see if that went anywhere.

[Keith actually did freeze up for just a second, but he took the maneuver as encouragement, so, once he got his head back in the game, he followed suit. He eased into it, letting her lead completely. He was a little nervous, honestly, because he's let himself get carried along before, so there was a hesitance to his actions.

Still, he liked Lola. So he wasn't reluctant to do anything because of that. He was a little nervous about being burned, and that was more of a deep seated issue long in the making than anything to do with Lola specifically.

Eventually, though, he slid his hands around her waist, resting them on the small off her back and holding her against him.]

Lola noticed, but fortunately he got over whatever... it was. She can't be too surprised, given what they have in common. Lola's just unwilling to give up when she can try. So she waits for him to get into it. Once she's sure, well, she really enjoys kissing. And if he won't add tongue, she will.

That lasts until his hands find the small of her back and she pauses. Now, at this moment she could just keep kissing him. Or she could ask what he was trying to do. One of these won't be super awkward.

...You can see where this is going.

"Were you trying to just hold me, or were you trying to grab my butt? Cause... I don't mind either way."

When Lola paused the kissing, Keith almost blushed because of her question.

"Uh... well, just hold you, right now?" Wasn't it too early for butt grabbing? Maybe? He wasn't sure. His last attempt at a relationship had been an utter disaster, so he was nervous about screwing this up because he knew he had issues reading other people. Though, her comment about not minding either way suddenly tossed him in the position of making a decision here, and he felt like his brain stalled for a second.

Why his thoughts turned to the fact that Red was still sitting there watching them, he wasn't sure, but... well, he used the break in the kissing to move things along in a slightly less exhibitionist direction.

"Hang on..." It really was like having a dog watching him or something, and he shooed Red out the door before closing it again, and then took Lola's hand. It was a loft bed, so they'd have to climb up there, but that was fine. And they could at least be comfortable, right?

The Lion gave an indignant twitch of her tail, and probably would have snorted if she had lungs to snort through a breathable nose with, but that and the little 'huff' like thought she sent in Keith's direction as she stalked out and into one of the other rooms to pout would have to do.

Lola wasn't sure where robot lions fell in the 'being watched.' It felt like a pet in the room which seemed fine. Not that she'd had that before. So she let Keith handle what is or isn't okay. With Red out of the room, Lola made sure Keith remembered she was there.

"So... you didn't want Red seeing you grabbing my butt?"

"Not just that..." Keith made a face. "It's like... she's in my head. It's not just her watching." It was hard to describe, but, without her in the room, it was a little easier to just not worry so much. "Come on." He led Lola back up on the bed. They didn't have to do everything, but it would be a place to be comfortable, and the ceiling was high enough that they wouldn't bump their heads while sitting.

"Sorry..." He wasn't sure if kicking Red out of the room kind of wrecked the moment, but he hoped not.

"Oh, yeah, I can see how that'd be weird." She didn't fully get it, but the parts of that she could try to imagine were definitely weird. Still, not an important thing right now. As right now they were getting into bed. Which was a little more than she expected from Keith, but still a welcome decision.

Lola tilts her head at the apology, "What? This is more comfortable for you, and you got me into your bed. What are you sorry for?" And to just kinda emphasize the point, Lola decided to move from sitting next to Keith on the bed to sitting on Keith on the bed. Which she can do cause she's really small.

Hey, it was better than trying to fit the two of them on his desk chair. He didn't exactly have a couch in there, and the floor seemed kind of... awkward. When Lola sat on him, though, Keith somehow managed not to blush.

"Oh, well... I meant just... stopping to let Red out..." He faltered a little, feeling like he had to explain, but not really sure if he should. He was going to take the lap sitting as a hint that she was okay with this. He put his arms around her waist, honestly not sure what else to do with them at this point.

Lola's very small, they could totally do that on the chair. ...Later.

"That just means getting back into it." Lola's smile was a little predatory, little playful, she leaned in to kiss him again. It was the simplest way to get back to things. Sitting down on the bed like this also meant the kiss was a lot more comfortable with the height mitigated by sitting.

In the middle of the kiss she casually lead Keith's hand down from her waist to a place a little lower on her. Like they discussed a little earlier. It seemed the easiest way to remind Keith that Lola was here willingly and entirely okay with fooling around.

Keith was a little taken back for just a split second, and then he nodded as she moved in. Lola wasn't wrong. He was actually glad for things being that simple. Subtext was just something he had a lot of trouble with it. But her being forward? He could appreciate that. It was a clear signal, and he took it.

He shifted, intending to lie down with her, but he was a little out of practice and it wasn't all that graceful as they sort of flopped over sideways with a clumsy thump. He flinched.

"Sorry..."

See, things were going so well, he only paused a moment at the whole hand on her butt thing. And he was into the kiss. And then he tried to do something smooth and suave and it came out awkward and goofy. Which she could deal with, but he apologized again. She sighed.

"Provided you don't knock me off the bed, pull my hair, or hit my head on the ceiling, you're fine." Lola's going to kiss him lightly, "Now, is there anything you want to do before you go to sleep?"

Lola's going to accent the question glancing down him to his clothes. But if he takes that the wrong way so be it. It was an open question after all.

Keith huffed a small nervous laugh.

"It's been a while..." he said.

As Lola eyed his clothes, his head automatically went in that direction considering their current situation. He felt his face get warm, and his eyes widened a little as he almost stuttered.

"Wha-... really?" Wait... how far were they going to go here? They weren't even dating. Was that even okay? Or were they dating? She'd bought the date with him at the auction, but that didn't really count as an actual date, did it? He mentally floundered a bit before shrugging slightly. "Well, I... I can..." He reached down and fumbled a little with the bottom of his shirt.

That was the implied hint, right? GOD he hoped he wasn't wrong.

"I kinda guessed that." Keith, Keith, it's really obvious. Lola already knew. She's fine with it.

Lola's not exactly shy, or overly dressed. Keith however is completely dressed and they're in bed. This seems like an uneven situation. She'll just give him a little space to decide how much clothing he wants off. Also let him move and get out of his clothes. "I'm not, like, planning to have sex. Tonight. But I figured you might wanna do other things. And cuddling is nicer when you're actually ready for bed."

It just seemed reasonable she take the lead, otherwise Keith might forget he's wearing clothes and they'd be all rumpled up by morning. Which would be the worst.

Oh... well, then. It was obvious. Great job, Keith. Now he really felt like an idiot.

He also couldn't argue with that logic. He nodded.

"Well, yeah... I'd think so, too." Taking that as a confirmation, he pulled off his shirt. In the dimmed mood lighting of the grotto pool at the masquerade, it might have been hard to see, especially with him mostly under the water, but, up close like this, Lola would definitely see a recent scar that ran from the top of his shoulder down and over his collar bone.

Yeah, that gets Lola's attention. Her eyes flick to the scar but she quickly diverts her attention away. Might be rude to focus on it. Especially since there are better things she can do with her time and energy. Like her hand on his abdomen and kissing him again.

Of course her eyes do dart to the scar a few times between kisses, but she's trying really hard not to focus on it. it's just kinda really obvious and she kinda wants to ask.

It did take Keith a few times to figure out exactly what she was looking at, and then... welp... He pulled back a bit.

"What?"

He kind of wanted Lola to actually ask. Plus, waiting for that might give him the time to figure out how much he wanted to answer about it. After all, he was pretty sure she'd never met someone who wasn't 100% human before, and he was a little nervous to find out what she might think of that.

"I just... didn't really get the danger to your life before." Lola's about as subtle as a train crash as she runs her fingers over the scar. She's still mostly just looking Keith in the eye. "What happened?"

She's not really getting he isn't human, but that isn't really where her mind is right now.

He frowned a bit, and dropped his own gaze for a moment.

"I was in a fight." It was the simplest way to explain it. "Maybe... later, okay?" He didn't want to talk about it now. He felt like it would ruin everything.

Keith reached up and took Lola's hand in his own, meeting her eyes again.

"I don't want to wreck the mood."

Though, if she insisted, he'd relent and tell her.

Lola nodded, her look still curious for a few moments before her smile returned. If he didn't want to wreck the mood, she could file this question away for later. Plus, she could definitely get the mood back on track. She sat up for a moment and oh-so-carefully removed one article of clothing. Making sure this time he did see it come off, but nothing under her nightgown as she did it.

Then curled up next to him as she resumed kissing. That bit of information had to be distracting in all the exciting ways right? That's how Lola thought this would work anyway.

Resuming kissing was a good thing, and Keith was definitely happy to go back to that. Having her cuddled up against him was good, too. He put his arms around her, pulling her against him. He wanted her close, to feel her pressed against him, sharing warmth. And, as they kissed, one of his hands roamed back towards her waist and rear end, while the other came up to play with her hair.

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