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Aloy threw her pack on top of her stash as the door to her bedroom slid shut, and plopped down onto her bedroll with a heavy sigh, not bothering to discard her armor. There was no use; she would have to leave again first thing in the morning and it would be easier to just roll out of bed and go. Beta had offered to work with Gaia to decrypt the data Aloy had returned with, so that she could get some much needed rest; a few months ago she would have refused and insisted on doing it herself, but things have changed, she's changed. And Beta was better at those types of tasks anyways.
Aloy closed her eyes and tried to will herself to sleep, she was truly exhausted, but every time she had a moment to think, she found her thoughts straying…
To one thing in particular….
One person….
Seyka.
Aloy had left Legacy's Landfall a little over a week ago and had plans to reunite with Seyka in another week, but still, she had missed the marine as soon as they had parted ways. Which was new, missing someone after only just seeing them. It was also a little embarrassing. Every time she thought about Seyka, or the two days they had spent together after their reunion, Aloy's stomach fluttered and her heart ached with longing.
It didn't help that she had barely had time to talk to Seyka over the focus, having been busy searching nonstop for answers about Nemesis or helping the occasional person in need. The last two days she had been delving deep into an old world ruin, with shitty reception, so they hadn't spoken at all.
But now she was back at the base for a night, not in a ruin buried deep in the earth, and it was still a decent time for a call. She wasn't going to get any sleep lying here pining anyways, so she might as well see if Seyka is available, right?
Aloy clicked on her focus, scrolling through her short list of contacts and just reading Seyka's name had a humiliating feeling of giddiness rising in her chest; not to mention the very pleasant tingle settling low in her belly.
And lower still.
Aloy rolled her eyes at herself, letting out a deep breath. It felt silly, to be nervous now that her and Seyka had laid bare all their feelings and their bodies; were officially together. Yet here she was.
Ridiculous.
Her eagerness outweighed any unpleasant feelings, however, and she knew once she was talking to Seyka, she'd feel relaxed; the marine always had that effect on her. Mostly.
Aloy pressed the call button next to Seyka's name and after a short time her call was answered, Seyka's projection appearing in the air above her and by the look of it, she was lying down getting ready for bed too. Seyka's dark hair was fanned out around her head and a blanket was pulled up to her waist. She looked tired, but content.
"Well, hello there, Sunwing. Funny thing-I was just thinking about you" Seyka said, greeting her with a sleepy smile that Aloy found extremely attractive, her stomach flipping at the sight.
"You were?" Aloy asked, Seyka's casual appearance and smooth voice taking her off guard, even though she had been the one to initiate the call. She ignored the heat rising in her face and cleared her throat "I mean, Hi, Seyka…I was thinking about you too… obviously…that's why I called."
Seyka let out a soft laugh, smiling wider "I was. And that's sweet, I'm glad you did" she looked thoughtfully at Aloy "How are you? Find what you were looking for in that ruin?"
"I did. Lots of information that could prove relevant and the encrypted data I was looking for. Beta and Gaia are working on decrypting it now and it should be done by the time I wake up tomorrow."
Seyka sighed in relief "That's great. hopefully it give us something to work with."
"I think it will, it's promising." Aloy didn't really want to talk about any of that right now, she wanted to escape from the heaviness of it, even for a few minutes, and bask in Seyka's attention instead, so she quickly changed the subject. "And how are you? How was your day?"
"It was okay. Usual Quen drama around here" Seyka drawled with a roll of her eyes "But I've been sticking with Kina and Alva whenever I'm off duty. Took down a slaughterspine this morning too."
Aloy smiled at her girlfriend "Oh, by yourself?"
"Mm-hmm" Seyka nodded "had to find something big to take apart before I punched a stuffy Quen. Surprised?"
"Not the least bit. About you soloing a slaughterspine, or wanting to punch a stuffy Quen" Aloy said with a soft laugh.
"I am predictable, if anything."
"Hardly. You're full of surprises. Tell me how you it took down?"
"You've fought plenty of slaughterspines. Like that time you tamed one and we watched it duke it out with the Thunderjaw before we finished them off? Nothing could be cooler than that. I don't want to bore you."
Aloy shook her head. "You could never bore me. I want to hear how you did it."
Truthfully, Aloy just wanted an to excuse to listen to Seyka talk. She missed her dramatic stories and the sound of her voice. How she obviously embellished certain details to impress Aloy or make her laugh. How she was funny or cocky one minute and sweet the next. So, when the marine took her bait, regaling Aloy with her slaughterspine story, she gave Seyka her full attention.
Or tried to.
"If you really want to know-First, I took a lesson out of your playbook, and set some traps. Nice and sneaky. Then, you know how much I love a ropecaster…"
Seyka had a theatrical way about her, animated and vibrant; especially when she talked about a good hunt. The way her face lit up as she met Aloy's eyes, even over the focus, had Aloy feeling a lightness she hadn't felt since she'd last seen the marine, and she was almost surprised at the sense of relief it gave her. As Seyka got to the climax of the story, using her valor surge rigged spikethrower to blow the slaughterspine to smithereens, Aloy found herself very distracted by that familiar cocksure smirk she wore and couldn't help staring at it, remembering other things Seyka could do with her mouth….
Before her and Seyka had reunited, Aloy had foolishly assumed that once they finally addressed the tension between them, and did something about it, the aching hunger that plagued her every time she thought about the other woman would calm down. Show her a little mercy.
She had never been so wrong.
Instead, it increased tenfold, along with her feelings of fondness for Seyka. Because now she knew exactly what could feed that hunger; it wasn't a vague fantasy haunting her dreams anymore, it was a tangible reality with memories attached to it. Real and solid as Seyka's weight on top of her had been and she could not, for the life of her, stop thinking about it. Especially now, with the image of the woman she longed for right in front of her.
Memories of soft lips and strong hands clouded her mind…
It wasn't until there was a stretch of silence that Aloy realized Seyka had finished her story and was waiting for a reply, she cleared her throat with an awkward laugh. "Sounds like a great fight. You always know what you're doing. Told you-you could never bore me."
"Oh yeah? I was worried I lost your attention for a minute there, but I'm going to be generous and assume it wasn't out of boredom." Seyka said knowingly, and for a moment Aloy thought Seyka was going to comment further on how obviously flustered she was, but instead Seyka's expression turned shy, in that way that always made Aloy's knees weak. Even as she was lying down.
"I know it's only been a few days…" Seyka said, her voice soft and affectionate "But, I've been missing you."
Aloy's heart fluttered in her chest. "I've…been missing you too"
"And it's a little lonely in this bed without you, with all these memories keeping me awake."
The reminder of how they had spent their time in the bed Seyka was currently laying in made Aloy's entire body heat up. She had found herself distracted by the memories many times over the last week, just like she had been a moment ago. She hadn't really thought about if Seyka had been feeling the same way, though… But now she did; and that brought a whole new array of very interesting thoughts to the forefront of her mind.
She found herself wondering if Seyka dealt with her restlessness the same way she did and that sent a bolt of electricity right between her legs, so jarring the next breath she pulled in was embarrassingly unsteady.
Aloy wet her lips, not able to hide her curiosity "Keeping you awake?"
"That's what I said." Seyka stated calmly, but there was a clear suggestion behind her words, made all the more obvious when she added "Until I do something about it, that is."
Aloy's brain scrambled when a vivid image of Seyka touching herself flashed in her mind, and she wanted to ask for more details. Wanted to admit to doing the same thing, but instead she stupidly found herself saying "I-I hope you’re getting enough…sleep?"
She wanted to smack herself.
However, Seyka bypassed her idiotic question. "Alva told me a funny story today…"
Aloy was too startled by the sudden change of topic to object and insist that Seyka please tell her more about what exactly was keeping her awake, and what Seyka was doing about it. Worried she had come off as uncomfortable, when the opposite was the real reason for her blunder, she stayed silent, wondering where the marine was going with this next story.
"…She said she knew two Diviner's back home, a couple, who had been cited by the Board of Overseer's for 'inappropriate use of a Diviner's focus' and 'unauthorized use of an encrypted channel'."
Aloy's eyebrows shot up "Really? 'inappropriate'? Like they… Did what exactly?"
"I think you can guess, or do I need to spell it out for you?" Seyka said with a smirk and a wiggle of her eyebrows, which was somehow goofy and kind of sexy at the same time.
Seyka's meaning clicked.
"Oh…I suppose you don't, I can't imagine the Quen Imperials approve of that." Aloy said with a laugh, it was a funny way to break sacred law in her opinion, and Seyka must have thought so too, because the marine cackled, before saying
"They had to pay a hefty fine and go to something called 'HR sensitivity training' before getting their focus's back" Seyka shook her head "The Quen really are no fun, huh?”
“What’s ‘HR sensitivity training’?”
“I’m not really sure, but based on what Alva said, I think it’s some type of psychological torture. Stuffy imperials droning on about appropriate behavior and what not until you bleed out the ears.”
“Oh-“ Aloy wrinkled her nose “-yuck”
“Tell me about it, I’d rather swab the deck of a hundred Imperial Navy battleships than suffer through that” Seyka said with a laugh “Anyways, I obviously had to ask if these Diviners Alva 'knew' happened to be her and her lovely Federa, but she just played coy with me…I have a feeling our friend is a little less innocent then she pretends to be, though."
Aloy smiled in amusement at the story and shook her head at the ridiculous Quen laws, but also, her heart rate accelerated as she quickly caught on to the possibilities this information opened up. Possibilities she never would have considered, but now her mind raced with them and she couldn't think straight. Not with Seyka smiling at her like she was right now.
Unsurprisingly, it was the marine who spoke first.
"…It gave me an idea, one that I can't get out of my head." Seyka tapped the focus at her temple "I'm assuming you know how to make an encrypted channel on this thing?" .
If Aloy's brain hadn't already felt hazy with lust she might have hesitated, felt too shy, or that it was a bad idea; but with how much she had been missing Seyka and the incessant throb growing between her legs, it sounded like a very, very good idea.
Like the only idea.
"Yeah I do." She answered quickly.
"Okay." Seyka nodded thoughtfully "I have two more questions."
"Yeah?"
"First question, are you somewhere safe?"
"I am. I'm in my room at the base for the night."
"Perfect. Second question…" Seyka smiled, lifting an eyebrow "…want to help me break some more sacred Imperial laws?"
Aloy let out a flustered laugh "You do have a way of persuading me. Give me a moment…" Aloy's heart was beating a mile a minute and her hand shook as she lifted it, swiping through her focus settings to create a new encrypted channel and sending an invitation to Seyka "…just…um… hit accept on the pop up."
A few seconds later they both received a notification that the channel was now completely private, all recording and incoming calls blocked.
"So… we're completely alone now?" Seyka asked, she had seemed so calm before, but there was a subtle tremble to her voice now.
"Yeah, we are." Aloy answered quietly, staring up at Seyka's beautiful face, at her body floating above her. She wished she could feel the weight of it. The heat of it. She almost could; when she thought about it hard enough, imagining Seyka's strong body pressing her into the mattress, her skin scorching hot against her own. But the memory was fleeting, what she could feel was the deep flush on her own face, a tingle of heat spreading through all her limbs and blooming into a hot and heavy throb between her legs.
But despite her clear desire, there was an anxiety rising in Aloy's chest at the same time and Seyka was as observant as ever.
"You look nervous." Seyka said, her voice curious, filled with care. "I'm not pushing you into anything, am I?"
"No! Not all." Aloy reassured her. "Maybe I'm nervous…I've never done anything like this before. Never even considered it a possibility. But I do want to."
Seyka smiled "That makes the both of us. I doubt many have for the last thousand years, besides the naughtiest of Diviners, apparently."
Aloy huffed out a small laugh, she would lock away that information, just in case Alva decided to tease her about Seyka again and she needed some ammo to shoot back. But that wasn't a concern right now, or something she cared to dwell on.
She shook her head "I'd rather not think about them right now, would much rather think about you."
Seyka gave her a big toothy grin "And I would rather think about you."
"So, where do we start?"
"I'm not sure." Seyka chewed her lip, then said. "Tell me how you're feeling."
Aloy answered with the first thing that came to her mind.
"Hot." And immediately felt like an idiot, but Seyka didn’t seem to think so, giving Aloy another soft smile.
"Yeah, you look it too. Like you've been delving in a ruin for days, all sweaty and rugged…" For a moment, Aloy felt worried about her appearance, if she had known this was the direction their call would take she might have cleaned up a little. She was sure she had dirt on her face, but then Seyka added, her eyes raking slowly over Aloy's figure on the holo.
"…looks good on you. I like that armor too." Aloy had been in the desert, so she had opted for an old pair of Oseram armor, something sturdy and breathable that just happened to show some skin.
"Thanks" Aloy said quietly, as she studied Seyka's appearance more closely too, it was the first time they had used the holo since they had parted, and Aloy was pleased to see that a few of the darker marks she had left on the marine's neck still hadn't completely faded. They trailed down the side of her throat and disappeared underneath the tank top she was wearing, but Aloy knew exactly where they led. Could remember leaving them like it was yesterday. Could almost smell the scent of Seyka's skin. The taste of it's salt. The sounds Seyka had made when she had bitten into it.
And Aloy still bore Seyka's mark as well, Beta had made sure not to tease her about it again, but Sylens had given her an especially judgemental look when they'd seen each other. Not that she gave a fuck. Absentmindedly, she brought her hand to the fading bruise on her neck and pressed a thumb into it, just to feel it ache.
Her next exhale came out in a shudder.
Seyka took notice of Aloy's prolonged silence, of her eyes carefully studying her, of her thumb massaging the hickey on her neck. "Shard for your thoughts? Based on the look on your face, I bet they are pretty interesting."
Aloy met her eyes "I was just…remembering some things."
"Like what?"
"Like…" Aloy pressed her thumb against the bruise on her neck again "…what it felt like when you left this. What you tasted like when I did the same thing."
"Oh-fuck." Seyka cursed under her breath, her fingers twitching where they rested on her stomach, and the reaction had an intoxicating thrill filling Aloy's chest, she leaned into it, speaking again
"I was also thinking about how good you look right now. And wondering…How you're feeling?"
Seyka was as blunt as ever "I'm feeling really tuned on."
Aloy sucked in a breath, heat streaking down her spine. "Already?"
Seyka let out a soft sigh "Yes. Like I said, I was already thinking about you."
"Me too…I..feel turned on too." Aloy breathed "What exactly were you thinking about?"
"Lots of things" Seyka said wistfully, her expression of lust softening into something more tender "Not to completely change the mood, but I was thinking about how much I missed you, thinking about how much more fun taking down that slaughterspine would have been if you had been there. And just hoping you're safe and all that…counting the days til I see you again"
Aloy smiled at Seyka's sweet confession, that feeling of loving warmth filling her chest, but it didn't quell the ache between her legs. Instead, it made her long to kiss Seyka, to lay in her arms.
She sighed "I think about those thing too."
"But-" Seyka leered, raising a perfectly curved eyebrow "I was also thinking about how we had hardly left the bed your last day here… and what I might do if you were beside me now."
Aloy swallowed. Hard. "What would you do?"
One of Seyka's hands moved to lift up her shirt, not all the way, just revealing her stomach, her fingers tracing idle patterns over the muscles there. Aloy watched her hand as Seyka spoke again "More than anything, I want to kiss you. Feel your lips and tongue against my own."
Aloy nodded, her voice almost a whisper "Me too. I want that too."
"What else do you want?" Seyka prompted.
"Um…" Aloy looked at Seyka's shirt, it was pushed up to just under her breasts. "I want you to take your top off."
Seyka lifted herself onto her elbow and quickly whipped her shirt over her head, throwing it somewhere Aloy couldn't see, not that she cared to look anywhere but Seyka's now naked chest. She could see the rest of the hickey's she had left, on Seyka's sternum and on the flesh of her breasts. Seyka slowly ran a hand over her body, trailing up her abdomen until she reached a nipple, pinching it between two fingers and letting out a soft moan, that Aloy found herself echoing as she watched intently.
"Shit, Aloy, the way you're looking at me is really turning me on." Seyka breathed, sounding desperate. She met Aloy's eyes "No pressure if you're uncomfortable with the idea, but I'd love to see you too."
Aloy hesitated for only a moment, remembering the channel was encrypted and she was safe in her bedroom for once. She felt extremely overheated all of a sudden, and could already feel her nipples straining uncomfortably again her chest wrap. She kept thinking about Seyka's wet mouth on them. She quickly untied the rope from around her vest so she could shrug it off, before impatiently pushing up her chest wrap, not bothering to remove it completely. Her hand immediately moved to cover a breast, dragging a blunt nail over the peak just like Seyka would do.
"You look gorgeous" Seyka said, her hand still exploring her own chest, her neck, moving up to press the pads of her fingers against her lips and taking them into her mouth. Dragging her hand back down to her breast, her hips subtly squirming under the blanket, which immediately caught Aloy's attention.
"Seyka…" Aloy whined, pathetically. "I really wish I was there with you."
"Me too." Seyka's free hand slid down her stomach slowly, stopping just below her navel where the blanket still covered her lower half. "I want to take care of myself while you keep looking at me like that, that okay?"
Aloy had already assumed that's where they were going with this, but the way Seyka always stated her intentions so clearly was appreciated. Aloy was new to all of this, sharing this type of intimacy with another person, and Seyka was careful about the boundaries she pushed.
And maybe even more so, it was incredibly intoxicating, the way Seyka's confidant bluntness made her feel cared for and wanted. She closed her eyes briefly as the feelings washed over, and wet her lips before answering. "Yes, I want you to."
Seyka's legs shifted under the blanket, bending her knees and spreading them, her hand slipped under it, a filthy sounding moan escaping her as her fingers pressed over what Aloy knew was her clit. Having already committed that particular sound to her memory.
Seyka choked out a breathy "Fuck, Aloy, I'm so wet." And Aloy felt it deep in her bones, crackling like the tip of a bolt arrow.
She watched, hypnotized as Seyka's hand moved under the blanket, delicious sounds that made her dizzy coming from Seyka's lips. After a few minutes she decided she needed to see more.
"Move the blanket?" She asked, her voice gruff, her desire making her feel bold, for the moment, anyway "And take off whatever your wearing under it."
Aloy had half expected Seyka to make a comment about her impatience, but Seyka seemed to be as hazy with lust as she was, her hand stopped whatever it was doing under the blanket to throw it to the side. Underneath she was just wearing a pair of small undergarments, quickly shoving them down her thighs and kicking them off, before bending her knees and spreading her legs again. She was completely bare now and she gave Aloy an absolutely wicked smile.
"Better?" She asked.
"Yes. You're beautiful. And…really hot."
"So are you." Seyka said, her hand moving back between her legs, slowly teasing her folds, before slipping her fingers between them with a sigh. Aloy could see less details than she would like, in the saturated colors of the focus hologram, but it was still more than enough, just seeing Seyka like this. To know Seyka was thinking about her. She watched silently, biting her lip until she tasted iron and then Seyka spoke again, her voice low, tripping over her own words.
"T-tell me-tell me what you would do if you were here."
Aloy swallowed, trying to gather her thoughts enough to settle on something. She was still getting used to all this, didn't have the same confidence around stating her desires as Seyka and her thoughts were cloudy with lust. Scattered and frayed in a way she had come to decide was very pleasant. She wanted to keep feeding it and was determined to give Seyka what she wanted. As she watched Seyka's hands moving between her legs she became aware of exactly what she wanted to do.
Remembering the feeling of Seyka's cunt grinding shamelessly against her mouth. Of her heady scent and the taste that had blossomed against her tongue. Arousal dripping down her chin and fingers curling desperately into her hair. "I want to taste you."
Seyka just let out a whimper, the hand between her legs moving faster and Aloy suddenly became aware of the ache of her own body again. She had been so busy staring at Seyka she had almost forgotten it, but now it was back with a vengeance, her clit was throbbing and she was uncomfortably wet. Clumsily, she undid the belt buckle on her skirt of armor and loosened the drawstring on her pants, she lifted her ass off the bedroll and pushed her pants and smalls down past her knees, just enough to spread her legs. Too impatient to remove it all.
Seyka stilled her own hand for a moment, watching with fascination as Aloy pressed two fingers between her own legs, teasing her clit.
"Are you wet?" Seyka asked, her voice husky.
Before Aloy could stop herself she let out an awkward laugh, not that Seyka and her question weren't sexy, but the absurdity of the situation suddenly caught up with her and she found herself equal parts aroused and amused. Not believing that she was actually doing this now that her hand was between her legs.
Seyka didn't seem offended though, instead she started laughing too. Her smile so wide the corner of her eyes crinkled. Beautiful.
"Sorry, stupid horny brain" Seyka said with another laugh, even on the holo, Aloy could tell she was blushing. Which was extremely endearing.
After a couple more moments of laughter, the awkward tension dissipated, just leaving the other, more interesting type of tension. The kind that had gotten them into this situation.
"Don't be" Aloy said with one more laugh, that quickly turned into a groan as she brushed over her clit again, before moving down to the ample wetness at her entrance, finally answering Seyka's question "Yes. I am…very wet"
"By the tides, Aloy…" Seyka sighed, her hand resuming its work, all awkwardness between them quickly forgotten. "I wish I could feel it. Wish I could fuck you."
Seyka said it with such hunger it made Aloy shiver, she felt her cunt clenching at the words, imagining Seyka touching her instead; she pressed a finger inside of herself and then a second, when that didn't feel like nearly enough. It felt so good, and she moaned Seyka's name, swearing that that word in her mouth had its own taste. Bright and sweet as her tongue shaped it.
Aloy slowly started to pump her fingers in and out, rubbing her clit with the heel of her hand and curling her fingers to reach the spot inside she hadn't even known about until Seyka had shown her. It sent tendrils of heat curling around her hips every time she pressed into it. It wasn't long before she could feel an orgasm approaching. The sight of Seyka's hand moving between her own legs, just as furiously, her fingers obviously inside now, her hips rolling with every push made Aloy feel desperate with want.
"Fuck…" Aloy grunted as her gaze flickered up Seyka's body, who was still roughly palming her breast and her eyes were fixated between Aloy's legs. So, she spread them a little wider, which to her glee, was met with a crude curse of approval from Seyka. For a few minutes their panting and moans synced. Aloy could hear exactly how wet she was every time she pushed inside of herself, wondering if Seyka could hear it too. Hoping she could, because she wanted Seyka to know exactly what she did to her.
While Aloy still wished to feel the press of Seyka's body against her own, her hands against her skin, firm and confident whenever she touched Aloy; she decided there was something uniquely hot about the position they found themselves in right now.
Their eyes met again, and Seyka mumbled. "Shit-shit, I'm gonna come."
A second later, Seyka's hips stilled and she arched off the bed, moaning Aloy's name loudly, a beautiful expression of pleasure on her face. Seyka’s hand continued to move slowly between her legs, easing herself down as she watched Aloy finish.
It was the swipe of Seyka's tongue against the corner of her lips that was Aloy's undoing. The simple, subconscious movement reminding Aloy of how the combination of lips and tongue had felt against her cunt, against her clit. It had felt like nothing she could have ever imagined, but she could now. And she did. The memory of liquid heat devouring her, brown eyes staring up from between her legs.
The coils of tension inside Aloy broke, a hot flash burning under her skin, she felt herself become impossibly tight around her own fingers. She let out a desperate groan before finally relaxing in a panting, sweaty mess against her bedroll.
Seyka's breath was still coming in tight pulls too, and her naked chest was heaving, the marine let out a soft laugh and ran her hand through the messy hair at the top of her head, letting out a deep sigh. "Wow…kind of can't believe we just did that, but it was hot as blaze fire."
Aloy laughed too, that happy, satisfying lightness that always swept through her after an orgasm with Seyka taking her over "yeah it was…and it was your idea."
"Good idea though, right?"
Aloy rolled her eyes affectionately "good idea, as usual."
They grinned at each other, taking in the sight of the other sated and disheveled. And then Aloy yawned, a lazy exhaustion settling over her body.
"Tired?" Seyka asked softly.
"Yeah, it's been a long few days" Aloy answered, stretching with another yawn, before pulling her clothing back on. "But I have a feeling I'll sleep pretty good after that."
"I hope you do" Seyka smiled and then added "Kind of wish I could snuggle you, though"
Aloy wished she could too, love swelling in her chest at the soft look in Seyka's eyes. "You know, you really are big softy." Aloy teased as she pulled her blanket over herself and cuddled into it, smiling up at Seyka.
Seyka rolled her eyes. "Only for you."
"I don't believe that for a second."
Seyka just acknowledged the comment with a knowing smile "Do you want to fall asleep together, you know….like we used to?" She asked, referencing the handful of times they had fallen asleep while talking on the focus, before they had reunited in Legacy's Landfall.
"Yeah, that sounds perfect." Aloy said and Seyka grinned at her again. The marine didn't bother to put her clothes back on, she just snuggled under her blankets and turned onto her side and Aloy did the same. It was almost as if they were laying next to each other now and they both closed their eyes.
"Hey…" Seyka whispered after a few moments and Aloy opened one eye to look at her.
"Yeah?"
Seyka was looking at her shyly again. "I love you." She said in a soft, tentative voice. They had said it before, once, but it was still new to both of them and Aloy felt her stomach flip, a fluttering in her chest.
Aloy answered, equally soft. "I love you too, Seyka."
After a week of restless attempts at sleep, Aloy slept peacefully.