Newlyweds - Ricken & Maribelle

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Who would have thought realm hopping would come back to have some extra benefits?

Due to much of their home land needing recovery from the recent wars, and the preemptive wrath of Grima, there hadn't really been much of a location for the newly married couples to spend their honeymoon. Then the brilliance of Anna shone through - why not use the beautiful resort found in the realm they once saved?

Ricken stood on the hot beach, gazing at the clear sky. He couldn't believe how fortunate he was. His family's reputation was slowly but surely being restored, the world was at peace, and now he was on his honeymoon with his... wife. With Maribelle.

He expected to wake up from this beautiful dream any second now. He even closed his eyes, taking a deep breath of the healthy sea air. If this was a dream, he hoped he would keep sleeping for a very long time. 

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[grizzly_tea]

"Well..." Maribelle was a little torn, she did want to make Ricken happy and it was actually really cute the way he said it was like a memento of their trip. On the other hand, she took great pride in her porcelain and unblemished skin, and was downright vain about it. "Maybe if you're good I'll stay in the sun a bit longer and get a little tanned for you. I still don't want any burns around the edges of my swimsuit, it makes it rather painful with all my layers and dresses." It had been some time since she was a child and learned that particular lesson the hard way, and it was not an experience she wanted repeated.

"That actually feels surprisingly good, almost like you're giving me a back massage. Hmmhmmhmm~" Maribelle let out a pleased little hum as Ricken continued to rub in the lotion, kicking her legs criss crossing back and forth in the air while he worked. "Darling, have you ever had the chance to do much swimming?" Ylisse was a land locked nation after all, and she wasn't sure how much traveling abroad Ricken had done outside of the war.

[mini_mage]

Ricken thought he would be endlessly nervous and sputtering as he lathered her body, but strangely enough, he found this calming. It helped that she was taking obvious enjoyment out of it. Her skin felt nice to touch, smooth and warm. He didn't even hesitate to work on her back. he let out another chuckle as she mused about rewards and layers, and was content to listen and nod along until she asked the question.

"Huh?" it gave him pause, and he slowed down his rubbing as he actually thought about it. "... Well... not really." he admitted. "I mean, sometimes Donny needed help fishing, so I'd get a little wet at riversides. But... there wasn't really a lot of opportunities to go swimming growing up, and during the war." He shrugged, despite knowing she couldn't see it. "... But how hard can it be? It's just moving around in the water."

[grizzly_tea]

Well that interrupted Maribelle's relaxation when she heard just how helplessly naive he could be about swimming. "Ricken have you ever been in a river with a strong current? The ocean can be much stronger than that sometimes, and swimming in it can be very difficult for beginners. Now there's no need to worry because I learned how to swim at a very young age and I can teach you, but you really shouldn't underestimate it!" The last thing she needed was to have her husband almost drown on her because he wanted to show off for her.

"Don't think that you'll be getting mouth to mouth resuscitation from me if you try anything too foolish either." Then again, if he asked for a kiss on the lips she'd probably still give it to him but that was besides the point.

She cleared her throat, and sat up so that she could give him instructions. "For a beginner, probably the most important motion to remember while swimming goes a bit like this... It should keep you afloat most of the time when you kick your legs underneath you." Maribelle swooped her arms to either side as if she were parting the air in front of her.

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He was going to argue that surely the resort wouldn't have such dangerous waters, and if she wanted to 'teach' him that was all fine and dandy - nooo! Don't sit up! There was still so much more to rub! Like her long, gorgeous legs! He mentally chided himself on being so dumb and ruining that golden opportunity. Him and his big mouth.He sighed heavily as the lecture continued, hands on his knees. Maribelle meant well, but she could really be bossy!

Yet he couldn't be upset for too long as Maribelle demonstrated the proper way to swim because... well, because without water, swimming looked very silly. He sucked in air through his teeth and bit down on his lower lip. Little snits escaped him, but he struggled not to dive into full-blown laughter. He was a dead man if she actually heard him laughing at her swimming attempts.

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[grizzly_tea]

Unfortunately for Ricken, Maribelle was rather oblivious to his libido and the fact that he might want to rub lotion over her silky legs never occurred to her. She was just the kind of woman who always put business before pleasure even on a pleasure trip. So teaching him seemed like the most natural thing to do so they could get back to their fun... Why was he biting his lip like that?

"You also need to remember to keep your head above the water, so posture yourself like..." Maribelle was half finished putting herself in another ridiculous position when unfortunately for Ricken, she realized what it was. He was trying not to laugh at how silly she looked demonstrating these motions in midair.

"Well if my lessons are so amusing perhaps I should let you drown instead!" Maribelle was just going to huff in a small fit of embarrassment before coming up with a suitable punishment.

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[grizzly_tea]

She smiled rather confidently to herself as she laid out on her back and shoved the lotion bottle into his hands. "Since I interrupted your chore to give you a lesson, you now have to put lotion on my front too!" Unfortunately for Maribelle... she really had very little concept of Ricken's libido. While applying lotion was a chore for her, it very well might not be anything close to it for her husband.

"I don't feel like going in the water anymore anyways, so you may have to apply two coats. With the white sand reflecting the suns rays, it burns off twice as fast as being in water." Surely he'll grovel for forgiveness after the first layer, and Maribelle being the benevolent wife that she was would of course forgive him.

[mini_mage]

... This was a punishment? Was she serious? He wondered for half a moment if this was some coy, seductive game she was playing, but he then quickly remembered this was Maribelle and the very notion of seduction might have made her faint. how strange for him not to be the naive one for once.

"Oh, I'm sorry." he murmured, trying to at least lay the part of the woebegone loser. "But I guess this serves me right. What was I thinking?" Maybe he was laying it on thick, but for the chance of literally laying it on thick on her body, he'd say anything. This time he squired a dose onto his hands and got to work on those luscious legs of hers. Life was good. Life was great.

"... Man, Maribelle..." Yet he couldn't just admire her beauty without words. "... I don't know how you do it. You'd think with all the fighting we had to go through, you'd develop some meaty muscle, but you're as slim as snake."

That was a compliment. He would swear to Naga, that as an animal-lover, this was a compliment.