Elisa is passed out for two whole days as Ido keeps checking her over and over again. He looks at the data on the screen but nanotech is far out of his expertise unfortunately. He looks over a small blood sample he took, but he still can’t make much of it. Ido is asleep in an awkward position of leaning on the desk with one arm up and slumped over. Elisa slowly starts to open her eyes with a soft groan. He doesn’t hear the sound as she sits up in bed. She hisses in pain as she feels as if she’s being stabbed with way too many needles all over her body. The nanotech is adjusting to her movements, overwhelming her senses. She crumbles back into bed trying not to shake as even that hurts. Her whimpers wake up Ido and he’s over her in an instant.

“Elisa?!” He says looking her over. She’s still shaking as she looks up at him.

“Ido…” She whispers. He gently caresses her face and smiles at her.

“What is it? Are you in pain?” He asks.

“The…the…things…inside me…”

“The nanotech…you’re body has to get used to it. I’m sorry I don’t know much about it. It’s technology that’s far to advance for me.” He explains. “I could give you some pain medication if you want.” He says. Personally, he wouldn’t advise it, but he doesn’t want her to be in anymore pain than she already is.

“No thank you.” She whispers. “It feels like something is crawling inside me…I’m so scared.”

“I’m sorry Elisa. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t find you in time.” He rasps.

“No….Ido don’t be sorry…I don’t blame you…” She says. She thinks back to her time in the lab and tears of shame come to her eyes. She was so quick to try and go back to Nova while Ido was looking for her. “If anything…I should be sorry.” She admits.

“For what?” He asks surprised.

“I saw Nova…on the computer…and I begged him to take me back…and he…he...” Her voice falters as tears of shame roll down her face. “He told me that he purposely sent me to Iron City…to see how I faired in the wild as he put it.” She sighs. She buries her head in her hands as she starts to sob softly. Her shoulders shake as Ido rubs her comfort. “I wanted to go back to him and you were out there looking for me.” She says completely ashamed of herself. “I’m so sorry Ido.” She cries. He gently pulls her hands away from her face and wipes her tears away.

“It wasn’t your fault. Nova is all you’ve ever known. It’s only natural that you would want to go back to him really.” He says. “You shouldn’t feel ashamed. Just by admitting this to me means you’ve changed so much.” He says encouragingly.

“How?”

“You’re being honesty with me…and honesty goes a long way.” He smiles. She looks at him and doesn’t see any anger in him instead she sees forgiveness and understanding. She reaches out and touches his face. He feels warm and comforting.

“I didn’t hurt you did I?” She asks.

“No…you scared Hugo, but we’re alright.” He chuckles.

“I remembered you’re aurora…that golden color.” She says waving her fingers in the air around him. His energy was far different from Nova’s; in fact they were basically opposites. Not to mention Nova’s energy changed colored which meant he was extremely powerful. Nova’s energy was cold and black most of the time, like a halo of darkness that surrounded him. She knew things were going to get much worse when it turned blood red and hot. The first time she saw that happen she did everything she could to make sure it didn’t happen again. Most of the time it didn’t, but sometimes he came to her with his energy like that and knew nothing good would come of it. Ido’s energy was warm and comforting in gold. She’s hasn’t seen it change since she met him, even when he kicked her out in anger. He takes her hand and kisses her palm bringing her out of her thoughts.

“Are you hungry? Do you need…blood?” He asks quietly.

“No thank you…I don’t feel hungry…even for that.” She says shaking her head. She nearly gags as she remembers Chase shoving blue blood down her throat. She looks around and she instantly wants to get out of the clinic bed so she gets up again.

“What is it?” Ido asks.

“I want to get out of this bed.” She says. Ido helps her up and supports her but she doesn’t feel weak…more like…heavy, she decides. Ido helps her to the bedroom that they shared before she was caught. He helps her back into bed and she sighs as the feeling of the soft mattress. She remembers how she would be on her best behavior so that Nova could let her sleep on a mattress. Eventually, he put one in her cell finally. She thanked him profusely for it…in more ways than one. She brushes the thought out of her head as Ido climbs into bed with her. Ido would never hurt her and she knows that for a fact. She curls up next to Ido as he too feels soft and comfortable. “Is Alita ok?” She asks.

“Alita is fine. She’s been worried about you too. She’ll be happy to see you in the morning.” He smiles. He holds her close as she rests her head on his chest. He kisses her temple gently and rubs her back to help lull her to a peaceful sleep. He holds her close and soon he’s asleep too.

He’s walking around in the lab in his dreams. He wanders arounds when he hears whispers and soft laughter off in the distance. He walks in that direction before he comes into the room and sees two figures. They’re whispering still, but then they go silent and look at him. It’s Elisa and she’s pressed against Nova! He chuckles darkly as he wraps an arm around her.

“Ahhh Ido my old friend.” Nova mocks. Ido grits his teeth as he gets closer to them. “I see you found my latest creation…Elisa.” He says rubbing her shoulder. She doesn’t look to be frightened of him at all. In fact she’s clinging to him. “Isn’t she beautiful?” Nova asks. “She’ll be so strong when I’m done with her. She’ll be able to transform into whatever she wants. That’s why I gave her the nanotech.” He says proudly.

“Let her go!” Ido snaps, reaching for her, but she pulls away as if she’s…disgusted by him.

“Did you really think she could want you?” Nova chuckles. “You, who cause your own daughter’s death?”

“Leave Alita out of this!” Ido shouts in fury. He growls as his appearance shifts into his bounty-hunting clothes with his sturdy hammer in his hands. “Elisa get away from him.” Ido pleads.

“No.”

“What?!” He gasps.

“I said no. Nova is my master…I love him.” She says a little too sweetly to Nova. His jaw drops as she leans up and kisses him while Nova just stares at Ido…like the fight is over already.

“You see…you mean nothing to her. I won.” Nova grins. Ido is frozen in shock when Nova snarls and a blade is shoved into his chest.

Ido wakes up with a yelp and covered in sweat. He glances at Elisa and she’s facing him with her hand placed over his own. He wipes his forehead before he gets up and changes as the sun is up and he has to get to work for his patients for the day. Thankfully, Alita isn’t up yet either as he makes himself some coffee and looks over his notes on Elisa. There’s not much for him to learn. It isn’t long before he hears footsteps and Alita has woken up. She yawns as she comes up to him with her black hair looking a little poofy.

“Morning.” She mumbles giving him a hug.

“Good morning.” He smiles kissing her cheek.

“Is Elisa ok?” She asks.

“Yes she’s still asleep.” He says.

“How is she?”

“Still shaky, trying to process everything.” He explains.

“Ido?” A small voice calls out. They both look to see Elisa is now awake too.

“Elisa!” Alita cheers, before she basically tackles her into a bear hug. Elisa is caught off guard at first but she quickly returns the hug.

“Hi.” Elisa mumbles softly. It’s at least a good minute before Alita lets her go.

“Are you ok? Are you hurt? Do you need something?” Alita says talking a mile a minute.

“I think I’m ok…I just feel off.” Elisa shrugs.

“It’s the nanotechnology.” Ido adds.

“So…that stuff is permanent?” Alita asks. Elisa holds out her hand that turns into metal claws.

“Yes it is.” She says sadly. Ido catches her tone, far from the girl he saw in his dream. He should let that go. It was only a dream and Elisa was being honest with him. Still…he can’t shake the thought from the back of his mind for the moment. Her hand returns to normal and it takes a few seconds for the tingling sensation to stop.

“Why don’t we make some breakfast? You should eat something.” Alita suggests. Elisa nods as Ido watches the two girls and he can’t help but smile. They both need a female friend for each other. Ido hopes it will last a life time.

Xxxxxxxxx

Elisa does her best to adjust back to her life with Ido and Alita. She helps when she can, but she notice’s Ido is being distant from her. The thought makes her upset but she hides it well, of course. She figures it was probably because of what she told him, of how she wanted to go back to Nova just like that. She feels so ashamed of herself for it. Now she wishes she had never told him. She tries to think of something that will distract from that.

“Ido…do you…do you to go hunting tonight?” She asks like a frightened child.

“No.” He says firmly as she hides her flinch. “No, hunting. Not after what happened.” He says looking at her.

“But don’t you need the money?” She asks.

“The clinic is fine right now and some patients have actually paid with credits instead of fruit.” He chuckles. She only nods before she leaves him alone. She goes off to hide in the basement. Ido has other parts that he has built and saved for emergences only. He even has another bot body ready for a total replacement surgery. It’s nothing like Alita’s beautiful body but it’s not all junk either. Elisa knows Ido put it together with the best parts he could find. Elisa envies him in some ways. She wishes she could create and save like Ido does instead of destroying and killing like Nova made her do. She huddles down in a corner with her knees up to her chest as tears brim her eyes. She can’t help but wish she never met Ido and Alita, and then she wouldn’t have caused all this misery and pain for them. Maybe Ido doesn’t want her here anymore…not that he’s seen her true nature…how she’s nothing but a monster. She bows her head and starts to softly sob.

This scene isn’t unfamiliar to her. She remembers how she curled up in the corner of her cell and softly cried after she made her first kill. How tears of hunger ran down her cheek when Nova starved her for days on end as punishment. Tears of sadness escaped the corner of her eyes when he shouted and beat her as she didn’t want to disappoint him. Now she’s crying tears of shame as she’s disappointed Ido instead. She tries desperately not to think about it as she wipes her eyes. Instead, she focuses on her hand. Again, she turns it to metal, but she lets the metal grow. It goes further down her arm, past her elbow, and up to her shoulder. She repeats the process with the other arm. She closes her eyes and thinks of certain details in her mind. She feels the tingle again, but it stops quickly. When she opens her eyes she gasps with smile. Her arms look just like Alita’s. Her arms are silver though instead of the pale, porcelain white color and she doesn’t have the gold either. Instead the flowers are a soft blue to match the color of her unnatural eyes, but the embroidery matches perfectly to what she saw on Alita. She takes a deep breath and focuses again. Her legs tingle, starting at her toes and it makes her giggle for a moment as the feeling goes up her body, all the way up to her neck. She jumps up excitedly when she sees that her body is all covered in metal and flowers.

“Ido!” She calls out, running back upstairs. “Ido! Ido look! Look what I did!” She says excitedly. He looks up and stares at her in shock. He gets up and looks at her. “I’m sorry I couldn’t get the colors right, but it matches Alita’s body perfectly right?” She says.

“Yes it does.” He says softly as he lifts her hand up. Her hand even feels like Alita’s as he looks her over.

“Do you like it?” She asks.

“Why did you do this?” He asks.

“I wanted to try something different. I wanted to see what I could do. I wanted to be…to be like you and create something.” She answers.

“It’s beautiful.” He rasps. She got every detail right, down to the last flower petal. Her eye for detail is truly spectacular.

“Would you like me better this way?” She asks him. He stares at her caught off guard.

“What? No. Why would you think that?” He says confused. Her eyes drift down to the floor.

“I don’t know. I thought…maybe it would make you happy.” She whispers. Slowly the metal fades away to reveal her completely organic skin again.

“You don’t have to change yourself for me. You’re fine just the way you are.” He says sincerely. She only nods her head in silence. “You have an amazing eye for detail.” He chuckles.

“Thank you Ido.” She nods. “Did you like it thought?” She asks.

“I don’t know…it was fine.” He says quickly. “I need to make dinner.” Ido says brushing past her. Elisa stares at her hands as tears run down her cheeks. He didn’t like it at all. He seemed almost repulsed by it. She looks at him as he starts fiddling around in the kitchen. She retreats back down to the basement and back to her corner just feeling numb all over. What was she thinking? She’ll never make him happy. She just stares at the floor as she hears Alita come in just in time for dinner. She asks Ido where Elisa and they call out for her.

“I’m not hungry.” She shouts to make them stop. The night goes on and Alita goes off to bed. It hurts even more when Ido doesn’t look for her and goes to sleep later.

Xxxxxxxxx

Alita could tell something was up between Ido and Elisa. She was very quiet and kept out of his way while Ido was…polite…for lack of a better word that she could think of. She’s very confused by this as she knows Ido cares for Elisa very much. So why is he pushing her away? All Elisa knows is how to be a servant and that’s just how she was acting now. Why wasn’t he correcting her? She had to think of something and fast because the tension in the air was driving her insane. It was easier to talk to Elisa first as she took her out for ice cream. Alita got them both big chocolate sundaes before they sat down. Elisa was slow in eating hers.

“Is something wrong?” Alita asked.

“No…I don’t think so.” Elisa lied.

“You don’t have to lie to me. I won’t get angry with you I swear. I’m just worried about you and Ido.” Alita says honestly.

“Why?”

“Because I know my dad really likes you, but ever since we brought you back you two barely speak to each other anymore.” She says.

“I’m sorry.” Elisa says quietly.

“Don’t be sorry, just tell me what’s going on, please.” Alita begs. Elisa keeps eating in silence and fear. She doesn’t want to make things worse, but Alita’s big pleading eyes make her give in.

“I think Ido doesn’t like me anymore.” Elisa whispers.

“What?! Why?” Alita gasps.

“I told Ido that…when I saw Nova I begged him to take me back…that I wanted to go back home to Zalem even though you two were out looking for me. I had to tell him the truth. I just wanted to be honest with him because…because I was so ashamed of myself.” Elisa whimpers. “I felt like I didn’t deserve your help after what I did and I just wanted to apologize.”

”Hey, hey, it’s ok.” Alita says rubbing her arm. “Being honest is a good thing. It really is and it was very brave of you to admit that.  You can’t blame yourself for wanting to go back. I mean…he…controlled your whole life. He…is all you’ve known. He trained you to be loyal to him and that’s all you were doing.” Alita says, carefully avoiding Nova’s name.

“The other I showed Ido something.” Elisa says. She looks around to make sure no one is looking before she turns her hand into what she had done before.

“That’s beautiful.” Alita gasps. “Hey it matches me.” She adds with a smile as Elisa turns her hand back to normal.

“I thought Ido would like it. I thought it would make him happy. Instead he was…repulsed by me.” She says sadly. “I thought maybe he would like me better that way but he said I didn’t need to change for him. I don’t think he liked it at all.”

“Well, he’s right, you don’t need to change for anyone.” Alita nods.

“It doesn’t matter anymore. I think I should leave…permanently.”

“No way!” Alita says firmly.

“I’ve caused nothing but misery for you both. It will be better this way.”

“Elisa don’t say that. I want you here with us. I like you a lot!” Alita says. “Just let me talk to Dad and we can figure this out.” She adds.

“Oh…ok…” Elisa nods. “Thank you.”

“For what?”

“For liking me.”

“You don’t have to thank me. It’s what friends do.” Alita smiles.

Xxxxxxx

Getting Ido alone was a little tricky but she managed to stay up long enough to sneak back downstairs when his insomnia was acting up.

“Alita what are you doing up?” He asks glancing at her.

“I can’t sleep.” She mumbles pretending to be tired as she sits across from him.

“Are you alright? Do you feel sick?” He asks touching her forehead.

“I’m fine dad.” She smiles. “I…I wanted to talk to you about something.” She says.

“What’s that?” He asks with a raised eyebrow.

“What’s going on between you and Elisa?” He almost frowns but his face manages to stay neutral.

“Nothing.” He says quickly glancing at his desk.

“Ever since we brought her back you barely speak to her.”

“It’s none of your business Alita. Just go back to bed.” He says.

“It is my business because I care for her too.” Alita pleads. Now he’s frowning as he looks at her.

“Did she put you up to this?”

“No! I put me up to this. You and I both know she’s terrified of making us angry.” She insists. “What’s going on?”

“She told me she wanted to go back to Nova. After all I’ve done for her all she can think about is going back to that…that…thing…” He mutters angrily.

“She doesn’t know any better! You and I both know he practically tortured her for her loyalty and that’s all she was doing.” Alita argues. Ido just keeps frowning.

“I thought she would have known better by now.” He sighs.

“That stuff just doesn’t go away overnight. Not to mention that we don’t know how old she is. She could be centuries older than us and all those centuries she spent under his thumb, being tortured by any means. A few weeks doesn’t just make that all go away and you know that!” Ido sighs as he rubs his temple. “She also told me how she changed into metal once.” Alita adds.

“She told you that too huh?” He huffs. “I don’t know what she was thinking. That was disturbing to say the least.” He states.

“I think she wanted to look pretty for you. She wanted to look nice…for you!” She says poking him at the last two words.

“I don’t care!” Ido snaps. “She’s already messed up as it is. I don’t need her turning into some type of…pleasure bot for me.” He mutters.

“She wants to make you happy Ido!” Alita nearly shouts.

“Yeah well look where that’s gotten us…nothing but misery!” Ido shouts.

“Stop! Stop! Just stop!” Elisa cries running up from the basement. Ido glares are her, un-sympathetic to her tears. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry…that’s all I can is I’m sorry.” She whimpers looking at Ido. “Alita is right. I just wanted to make you happy. You made Alita’s body…and I…I just thought you would like that’s all.” She rasps, her voice cracking. “I’m sorry about what I said about Nova. I wanted to be honest with you. I should have never said anything.” She says.

“Oh so you would just rather lie to me instead!” Ido snaps at her, getting up into her.

“No! You are my friend! I didn’t want to hurt you with more lies.” Elisa cries. “I wanted to make you happy because you are my friend.” Elisa whispers. Ido stares at her, his own feelings all over the place. “You and your daughter are my only friends. I’m sorry I hurt you so much. I just wanted to be good for you.” She whimpers. “I didn’t mean to cause any of this. You’re right, I have brought you nothing but misery. You both deserve better than this.” Her lip trembles as she looks Ido in the eye. “I will go and I will never come back so you can be happy again.” Alita bites her lip to hold back her whimpers as she starts crying.

“No…” Ido says grabbing her arm. Elisa looks up at him, almost trembling. “I don’t want you to go. You told me the truth…I shouldn’t be angry at you for that.” He whispers wiping the tears away from her eyes. “I am sorry Elisa.” He says caressing her face. His touch is gentle and warm. “I just…I don’t you to see me as new master. I don’t want you to change for me like I said before…back at the church. You never need to change for me because honestly I already think you’re beautiful.” Alita smiles brightly.

“You really think so?” Elisa whispers.

“Yes.” He nods. She smiles and wraps her arms around him in a hug. Ido holds her tightly. Alita joins in and they have a happy group hug. Elisa is still leaning into Ido as Alita goes back upstairs to really go to sleep now. Ido takes her hand and takes her back to his bedroom. “I was having these dreams. You were with Nova…you kept saying you loved him.” Ido says trying to explain himself. “It made me see you differently and I’m sorry.” He says.

“It’s alright. I understand.” She nods. They sit down on the bed and Ido pulls her into his arms. He kisses the top of her head.

“I’ve missed you.” He whispers.

“I’ve missed you too Dyson.” She whispers back. She closed her eyes to listen to his heartbeat. She opens her eyes again when he tilts her head up. He caresses her face again as she stares into his eyes. His hazel eyes that seemed to shift colors right in front of her. She felt her heart racing and she felt confused. She wasn’t afraid, but this was something else. He leans in closer and closer until finally their lips touch. Again, it’s very different than from what she’s experienced. His kiss is gentle, waiting to see what she will do and she finds herself wanting more as she leans into him. She thinks she hears him whimper as they kiss. She starts to caress his face with a shaky hand and now he’s the one leaning into her. When they finally pull away they’re both looking at each other unsure of what to do next.

“Was that…was that ok?” Ido finally speaks.

“Yes…it felt different, but in a good way.” She nods.

“Can I kiss you again?” He whispers. She looks at him startled for a moment. Nova never asked for permission, but she is touched by his gesture.

“Yes…I would like that.” She smiles. Ido leans in and kisses her again, still caressing her face with his fingers moving gently through her hair. She lets out a soft moan against his lips. She feels his tongue press gently, again silently asking for permission. She lets him in and they both moan. She can taste the coffee he had earlier as it was his constant companion for insomnia. Her hands run through his soft hair and start to go down to his shoulders. He pulls away for a moment with a sigh.

“Don’t be afraid. You can touch me.” He encourages as they’re back at it with the kissing. One of his hands rubs the back of her neck and shoulder as she starts rubbing at his chest. He groans into her mouth being touch starved for so long, but he needs to control himself. His kisses start to carefully go lower, down to her neck and shoulders but no further. He waits a moment every time he hears a whimper from her to make sure she’s not in pain before he kisses her skin again. He finally stops to just hold her, appreciate her warmth, before he starts to unbutton his shirt. His fingers fumble nervously for a moment before he gets a hold of himself and gets the infernal plaid shirt off. She looks at his skin, slightly pale as he doesn’t get enough sunlight. She reaches up and her hand is still shaking, so Ido takes it and kisses her palm before pressing her against his skin. He doesn’t have any bruises, but she can see and feel traces of scars along his chest and shoulders.

He watches as she sits up to look at him, now touching him with both hands. He hums softly and he stares as she leans in and kisses his shoulders and collar bone. He groans as she starts to kiss all the scars she sees as if her kiss could magically make them disappear. He smiles to himself at the tender gesture.

“Should I…take my shirt off now?” She asks him.

“Only if you want to.”

“I want to.” She nods and she lifts her t-shirt above her head and tosses it to the floor. Something tells her to cover herself that she is a traitor to Nova for exposing herself to Ido, but she doesn’t listen. She knows that she wants Ido to see her. She has a soft tan as she’s been outside a lot these past few weeks. He can still see some of the needle work that was done to her, but her scars are fading…healing.

“May I?” He asks her. She nods with a smile as he kisses down her neck and starts to touch her.  His hands graze her sides as they slowly go up to her breasts. He cups them gently as he kisses her skin and he feels her shudder. He feels her arms wrap around him as he kisses and licks her breasts before carefully suckling on her nipple. She moans softly as he licks and suckles softly from one breast to the other. He guides her down onto the bed and she stares at the ceiling in bliss. She feels like she’s floating almost at how gentle he is to her. She rarely felt such kindness before. He hums every now and then as her fingers graze over his back or run through his hair. He sits up to catch his breath. “I should take these off.” He says with a chuckle as he takes off his glasses. She giggles softly as he puts them on the nightstand and he’s back to kissing her again. She would honestly be content with just kissing him all night if that’s how it went…but she wanted more.

“Dyson…” She whispers so softly she thinks he doesn’t hear her.

“Yes?” He answers, proving her wrong. She tries to speak, but she doesn’t know the right words. Thankfully, he does it for her. “Can I take this off?” He says pointing to her shorts. She nods and again she is surprised at how he takes her shorts off, but not her panties. He leans down and kisses her hips and thighs, but never touching in between her legs. He wants her to be relaxed and comfortable. She’s still nervous when he finally asks. “May I touch you?” He whispers. Again that voice tells her to say no, but Ido waits patiently.

“Yes.” She answers. He takes her panties off and she blushes nervously as she is finally naked in front of him.

“I won’t you. If you want me to stop just tell me.” He says, holding her hand. She nods as his hand reaches and starts to touch her folds. She shudders and grips the sheets nervously. He’s careful with her, studying her reaction for any sign of pain even as her arousal grows. She gasps when he starts to rub gentle circles on her clit. She moans as she realizes he knows very well what he’s doing. He lets her catch her breath as he lays down in between her legs. She nearly yelps when he feels his tongue on her, moving carefully, exploring her. Her moans get louder as he licks her all over. She twitches when he licks at her clit. He pays special attention to that and she whimpers with her hips shaking. He rubs her hips as he continues. She cries out again when he thrusts his tongue inside her. They both are groaning now. He laps up as much of her as he can as he can’t get enough of her taste. Elisa moans as she stares at the ceiling, her fingers gently rubbing the back of Ido’s head. His tongue rolls around inside her making her moan more and more.

“Dyson…please…” She gasps. He pulls away when he hears her. He kisses her stomach before looking up at her.

“What is it?”

“I…I…I want more…” She says.

“More what? Just tell and I’ll give it to you.” He says caressing her face.

“I want you…I want to feel you…inside me.” She says. He nods and kisses her cheek before he gets up and completely undresses. She sits up and looks at him and they both are blushing. They stare at each other before they both start to laugh. “May I touch you?” She asks.

“If you want to.” He says. He nearly jumps when she starts to gently stroke his cock. He groans and rolls his head back with his eyes closed. She takes the moment to get on her knees and start licking at his shaft. Ido nearly jumps ten feet in the air. “Aaahhhh…Elisa…” He groans. She takes him into his mouth and he gasps, gritting his teeth to keep his legs from shaking obnoxiously. He’s breathing hard as her mouth keeps moving and he doesn’t dare touch her. She moves back and forth along his length while her tongue swirls around his shaft working wonders on him. She eventually moves away to catch her breath.

“Was that ok?” She asks.

“Hmmm?” He says in a daze.

“Was that ok?” She repeats standing up this time.

“That felt amazing.” He says finally getting back to his senses. “You didn’t have to do that though.” He says.

“So that was bad?” She asks confused.

“No, no…I’m just saying I want you to be comfortable, no matter how I feel.” He explains.

“Oh…” She says slowly understanding it. “But I wanted to…really.” She adds. He nods as they get back up on the bed and he gets in between her legs again. He looks up at her again and she nods. He slowly starts to thrust his cock inside her. She whines softly at the stretch, looking up at the ceiling. Ido stops feeling her tense up.

“It’s alright…I’m not going to hurt you…do you want me to stop?” He whispers.

“No…just nervous…” Ido won’t press for details, as he waits for her. “Ok…” She finally speaks. He starts moving again and she gasps when he’s finally inside her clutching his shoulders while Ido is panting softly. They both stare into each other’s eyes in anticipation. Ido moves his hips carefully and she starts to whimper. He leans down and kisses her again making them both moan.

“Ooohhh…Dyson…Dyson…” She whispers into his neck. He gasps and groans as he manages to take one of her hands and intertwine their fingers. He starts to move faster, getting a steady pace that makes they sweet and pant.

“Mmmm…Elisa…haa…Elisa…” Ido pants. She starts to move her hips as well, matching his pace as their bodies slap together. They get lost in each other’s eyes as the bed creeks softly. The tension is building in their bodies and they can both feel it, but Elisa can feel Ido with far more intensity than Ido can with her.

“Dyson…”

“I know…

He picks her up into his lap and she gasps as her arms wrap around him. They move almost frantically, gasping in each other’s ear. They’re so close now. Ido’s energy is absolutely radiant and it makes Elisa start to cry. He sneaks his hand down and when he rubs her clit she nearly shouts her release. Elisa holds him tightly with her mouth wide in silent gasp as she feels her body tremble. Ido stops to let her enjoy the moment. When he feels her start to relax and slump against him, he starts thrusting again. She whimpers and rubs at his skin, trying to help him like he did with her and before he knows it he grunts as he cumming as well. She holds him as they fall back down on the bed and they are both panting and content to just stay there. Neither one of them is in a rush to move. Elisa is nearly dozing before Ido starts to get up. He mumbles as he gets up carefully and puts his shorts on.

“I’ll be right back.” He says with a quick kiss. She’s half asleep as he cleans her up with a warm wash cloth. “Do you need anything?” He whispers in her ear.

“Mmm…some water please.” She answers with her eyes half closed. Ido comes back with a glass for her. She’s debating if she wants to get dressed again, but decides not to as they get back into bed and hold each other.

“How are you feeling?” He asks.

“Amazing…I…I don’t know how to describe it…but I know it’s good.” She answers. Ido smiles as that’s all he needs to her.

                 I do realize that tensions run high and tempers are quick on social media, in this day in age, and I'm an old fuddy duddy, but there are better ways to handle problems (especially in a relatively small fandom) than going right for each other's throats. I'm still not 100% on what happened or who did it, but there's got to be some restraint shown. Not every slight is an offense punishable by death and, although some things very much do, not everything requires a call out. The truth is that there's no easy way forward when mob mentality takes over -- most of the time, it just complicates things. I'm not sure what the answer is, but I know this isn't it.