Dangerous Desires

Shower? What Is That?

Alazaya looked around the males home upon entering it, beyond curious to see how the occupants of this realm lived. To be honest, she wasn't exactly sure she understood just by what she saw around her.

The house appeared open and spacious, at least on this first floor. To the left was what appeared to be a dining area attached to a rather large kitchen, while to the right was an area she believed humans referred to as a "living room", which had what she thought was nice furniture and a rather large fireplace, with a roaring fire already going inside of it. The whole area was separated by a set of stairs that led up to the second floor right in front of the front door. While the wood of the floor was dark, and the walls were painted in a dark blue, she felt the home so far gave off a rather warm and homey appearance.

She could hear the three males moving up the wooden steps behind her, so after a quick glance behind her shoulder, she moved off to the side to make room for them to enter into the house as well.

Alazaya couldn't make herself glance at any of them for longer than a moment, her Beasts writhing in what felt like anticipation inside her any time she did. She felt like she knew why, too, but until she knew more about these males, she wasn't going to give into temptation to be near them for longer than necessary.

Something both beasts were very annoyed about, let her tell you.

Still, she couldn't help but glance at the two new comers from the corner of her eye, either.They were both tall, again, much taller than her. They were also lean in muscle while also have wide shoulders and narrow hips. She wondered if they were twins? Was that even possible, when one had mocha colored skin and hazel eyes, with long dark eyelashes and short hair, and the other was fair skinned and had shoulder length blonde hair with blue eyes the color of a summer sky? She wanted to ask, but since she didn't even have their names, she wasn't sure she should.

With a slight sniff of the air, she could scent that the darker male had the aroma of fire and ash clinging to his skin, like a bonfire on an autumn night. The other smelled of the Earth of the woods, which made her feel both calm and almost relaxed. She couldn't tell what their animals were, but their scents alone were almost addicting.

Now that they were out of the rain, she could smell that the male who had found her also smelled rather good, but she didn't think it had anything to do with his animal. The leather and vanilla scent wafting off him now that they were in his home was straight up mouth watering, and did nothing to stop the heat that had been coursing through her since the encountered each other in the forest.

Said male cleared his throat and offered her a hesitant smile while nodding towards a door to the right of the dinning room area. "There's a bathroom in there, if you would like to change out of your clothes and wash up. I'll search through our stuff and see if there's anything we can find for you to change into for the night. We can talk when you come out."

Alazaya smiled and made her way towards the bathroom he indicated. "Thank you," she said simply, before shutting the door behind her.

Once alone in the smaller room, she leaned back against the wood and let out a whoosh of air. Goddess, what was she going to do?

Shaking herself out of those thoughts for the moment, she looked up at what the room had to offer, and frowned. While she knew what the toilet was from her childhood lessons, she didn't recognize what the large, floor to ceiling box in the corner could possibly be. It was large enough for two people to step into, with a glass door that would slide closed, but that was as far as she understood.

Worrying her lower lip in thought, she found the only other thing in the room was a counter and what appeared to be a basin to fill with water, and a rack that held maroon colored towels. But where was she supposed to get the water from? Did the Earth Realm have magical plumbing the way they did in the Beast Realm?

Turning, she opened the door and poked her head out. She couldn't hear anyone from where she was in the house, so she quickly stepped out and went to the other side of the staircase to find two of the three males talking on hushed tones. They immediately came to a stop once they saw her looking at them, and she winced. "I'm sorry to be a bother--"

"Not at all," the male who had found her in the forest interrupted her with a smile. "What do you need?"

She winced. "It's just, I don't know how to work anything in your bathing area. Or even what half of the things in it are for."

The mocha skinned male frowned at her. "What do you mean? There's only the sink, toilet, and shower."

She tilted her head in thought. "Shower?"

Their frowns deepened. "Yeah," the first male drawled. "To clean yourself up with?"

She blinked. "Is this an Earth Realm discovery?" she wondered to herself aloud. "Can you help me, please?" she turned back to them, their expressions perplexed. "I'm afraid we do not have such things where I am from."

It took a moment, each of them looking at her as if she were serious, before nodding. The mocha skinned male glanced at his friend before gesturing for her to lead the way back to the bathroom. "I'll help you get situated while Atlas gets started on dinner."

"Is there anything specific you would like to eat?" asked the first male, whose name she now knew to be Atlas. It fits him, she thought to herself.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I do not know the type of food the people of this realm prepare, but I am willing to try anything once," she informed them with a smile.

Alazaya led the darker male back to the bathroom, stepping aside at the door to allow him to pass her into the room. Once inside, he immediately went to the large box like structure, and began turning what appeared to be silver knobs. From above his head, water sprang from a faucet she hadn't noticed on her first inspection.

"How hot would you like it?" his deep tone caught her attention while he worked on setting the temperature. Maybe there is magic on Earth?

"As hot as possible, please," she responded. She had already turned back to the mirror that hung above the basin in the counter, and began working on the laces of her gown to remove it from her.

After a few minutes of working them, it came loose and dropped from her shoulders and onto the floor. But now she had to figure out how to untie the tight corset when she couldn't even reach all the little strings that kept it hugging her figure from the back. She let out a huff. "Do you happen to have a knife, sir?"

The male turned to face her, blinking at her now naked shoulders before refocusing on her face. "A knife? What for?"

Alazaya shrugged. "I'm not going to be able to work the small ties in the back, so I figured I would just cut it off."

He chuckled softly. "Why don't I see if i can help you get them undone first, before we destroy it anymore than it already is?"