Residential Level: Jade's Quarters

"Selaya...move," Ael declared, accompanying her words with a vigorous push to shift the muscular feline draped across her lap. Feeling pins and needles tingling in her lower legs, she turned back to face Z'har, green eyes meeting his own black ones as she leaned against him. She smiled slowly as she reached out and gently brushed her fingers along his jawline.

When she spoke, her voice was a low whisper, meant only for him, "My dear Admiral---with all your other advantages, you ask this of me as well?" One dark eyebrow arched mockingly, though sparkles danced in her eyes. "You are taller, stronger, and faster, not to mention other things, and you think I could pose this much of a threat?"

She moved closer, seating herself with him, and draped her left arm along his shoulders, while running her fingers through his hair with her other hand. Finally she kissed him.

"Fine. I'll do it."

"Really?"

His answer intrigued and surprised her. While she was confident in her own abilities, she was also pragmatic in her approach to life.

"And why is that?"

Ael was silent for a moment before answering, and when she did it was with a slow smile. "Am I truly so dangerous? So distracting that you cannot focus on other things?" She slipped her fingers through his hair till she reached the tie he used to keep it back from his face. She deftly removed it and let his dark hair fall loose before running her fingers through it.

After a few moments of silence, Ael finally replied, "I don't know about that. I can imagine a great deal..." but all the same, she smiled warmly, sparks of light dancing in her eyes as the two of them enjoyed a quiet evening together.

"I assume you know that isn't all one-way by now though." She shrugged. "I wouldn't trust just anyone with my life, and I did rely upon the word of a certain old acquaintance," she slid her hand to his bicep and squeezed firmly before poking him in the chest. "Of course, I wouldn't deny that I have never courted death at certain points of my life."

"It is getting late," Ael whispered to her Zabrak companion.

Though she could have stayed up later, she decided against it since there was work to be done the next day and ruefully got up. Her joints were a bit stiff, so she stretched them out, before quickly changing into a loose robe.

"Join me?"

Ael knew he did not need sleep, but that didn't mean that she had to be alone until she fell asleep necessarily.

She rolled her eyes in reply and slid over closer to the wall to make room for him. "Oh I wouldn't call it gracious," she replied as he joined her, "a toll shall be levied, and if you are unable to pay---well then," the diminutive female smiled slowly as she leisurely folded her hands behind her head.

"Oh it is vastly expensive," Ael replied deadpan, turning towards him and reaching up to run her fingers gently down his chest. "You'll be paying for some time to come I daresay." The corner of her lips twitched, as she solemnly winked at him and then smiled.

Sometime in the wee hours before dawn Selaya slipped out of the room to hunt for food. Jade herself woke up as the sun was creeping over the eastern mountains. She looked over at Z'har, still ostensibly reading through data-files, though she doubted he had been 'present' the whole night, or what was left of the night after she'd fallen asleep. However, it didn't really bother her as she propped herself up on an elbow, kissed him lightly, and then got up and began her typical morning routine: stretches, shower, dressing, etc.

While twisting her hair deftly into a low knot at the nape of her neck and fastening it with the jet and gold hairsticks he'd given her on Mondder she finally turned to look at him.

"Plans for today?"

She had a good idea of what would catch his attention, and she most definitely used that to her advantage. 

"I have to make a trip to the archives," Ael replied musingly as she looked up from her datapad. She'd picked it up to skim through the recent information on the academy itself, most notably the notations of recent arrivals and departures. "So, if you'd like we can go that far in company," she looked over at him with a smile and flash of green eyes, "and then I'm sure we'll run into each other later."