>>>"Right now?"

”No, not now… unless ya want to?” it was late and he was tired but he also knew she couldn’t’ sleep. Did he want to go on another date right now? He didn’t know what he wanted to do anymore other than kiss the Princess. He liked that. A lot.

>>>"You could have just asked to kiss me, you know."

He smirked when she reached up his brushed lips. His pupils got wider while the purring got louder. Her hand then found his chest and his pupils returned to their normal shape the purring quitted down a bit. ”Sorry, I’ll be sure to do that in the future.” he said sheepishly. ”Wasn’t sure if ya did or not ‘nd got into me head a bit.”

”Happens a lot.” he said apologetically. ”Can I kiss ya again?” he smirked.

>>”No, not now… unless ya want to?”

"One was enough for today." she chuckled. Other dates could be left for other times. How long did dating count, anyway? Once they already moved on to making out?...

She liked the small signs. The purring, his eyes going darker, his tail flicking in excitement. The small things were genuine.

>>”Sorry, I’ll be sure to do that in the future. Wasn’t sure if ya did or not ‘nd got into me head a bit... Happens a lot. Can I kiss ya again?”

"Sure" she smiled, and rose to her tiptoes again. This time, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders as they kissed. Carrick was gentle, especially for someone carrying to beasts inside him, and the purring was kind of intoxicating. Amethyst kissed him, making soft, satisfied sounds, and her hands eventually moved from his shoulders to the buttons of his shirt.

>>>"One was enough for today."

He agreed then, not because she said it was enough but because it was late and most places would have been closed by now anyways. The Princess spoke wisdom.

>>>"Sure"

Carrick didn’t need to be told twice at least not for this. He leaned forward back in to the Princess while she wrapped her arms around his neck. Carrick’s hands seemed to move on their own finding her back. The purring got louder while his pointed ears listened to all the sounds she was making, they were a sound he was unfamiliar with but he knew he liked them. Her hands moved from his shoulder to his shirt, distracted Carrick didn’t think anything of it.

His legs still a little wobbly he stumbled a bit and shot one of his wings out to balance them so they didn’t’ fall. He smirked when he felt his wing smack something knocking it over, ”Sorry.” he said before locking lips with her again, while one of his hands found her hip.

Buttons on clothes were frustrating. Amethyst did not much care for them. Good thing she had the kissing to occupy her while her fingers worked on Carrick's shirt. His hands found their way to her back and he pulled her closer, losing his balance for a moment in the process. His wing opened and knocked some box over on her desk. The princess chuckled. Oh, the wings were going to be fun.

Once she'd worked the shirt open, her hands slid under it, touching skin. She stepped back and pulled him with her, trying to move both of them away from the window. And, ideally, towards the bed.

Still distracted with the Princess’s lips he found himself moving with her wherever she was going he was too apparently, Carrick didn’t wan it t stop. So much so he didn’t realize she was undoing his shirt.

Only when his shirt was open and he realized what she was doing what they were doing. She was still kissing him. Mismatched colored eyes opened lazily and he was next to a bed, her bed. Her hand on his chest and things slowly started to set in.

Very slowly, it was apparent because he stopped kissing her pulling his head back a little to study her. Her lips had a shine to them, which kept his eyes fixed on. His tail swayed behind him while the purring continued.

”Don’t like the shirt anyways.” he said smirking looking down at his now bare chest. ”Makes it easier to move while making out.” he agreed giving her a ‘finger gun’ ”Smart!” He was nervous.

She managed to work the shirt free and steer them to the bed before Carrick pulled back to look at her. Amethyst smiled. His lips had sapphire dust on them and so did hers. She wiped it off, scarring blue sparks between them. He was still purring, and the way he looked at her bade her want to purr too.

>>”Don’t like the shirt anyways. Makes it easier to move while making out. Smart!”

He made some weird gesture with his hands. He still felt a little off, as if he was nervous. About what? He had been meaning to kiss her, back at the park, and now he got to, and it felt nice. Amethyst smiled at him. He was right. Clothes made everything too difficult. She reached up, slipping the straps of her dress of her shoulders.

"Should we move the jewelry off the bed?"

>>>"Should we move the jewelry off the bed?"

Carrick was not ready for whatever she was expecting to go down. Inexperienced didn’t do it justice. When he was a kid he had more interest in magic tricks and instruments it wasn’t till Liz when he started noticing the opposite sex that way and now he was blatantly staring at the now fully nude princess. ”Whoa….” his jaw dropped while his eyebrows raised.

”W-what fer?” he asked playing dumb, because when it came to the situation he was about as dumb as it got. He closed his jaw the purring still emanating from his chest, as he looked over to the bed with the jewelry. Stones of every kind spread out on her bed.

Wanting to look at her as well he took a step back and managed to step on a shoe that he didn’t notice on the floor stepping on it and managing a hop step to make sure whatever he stepped on wasn’t damaged he opened his wings in a half turn only to loose his focus when he saw the princess naked again.

The shifter opened his eyes and was staring at the ceiling with something sharp digging into his back. He stopped purring. ”Smooth…” he said aloud.

The look on Carrick's face was very satisfying. Amethyst knew she was attractive, but she also knew that most non-Atlantean people were kind of weird about bodies in general. She liked being without constraining clothes. Carrick, on the other hand, looked like he was about to pass out.

>>”W-what fer?”

She blinked, and now felt just as confused. Did he not... get what she was asking? He enjoyed making out just fine. Making out on a comfortable bed was the next logical step. Then, he managed to take care of it all on his own as he tripped, and ended up flopping on top of the pillows. The princess laughed, sitting down next to him, sweeping some jewels out of the way.

"Are you alright? You seem a little... out of sorts."

Shifting his wing out from under him he nodded his head, ”Oh yeah,” he said trying to sound confident still looking up at the ceiling. She was sitting next to him, he could feel her near when he shifted his wing. His still under him caused an uncomfortable movement while still wearing some of his monkey suit. ”Why wouldn’t I be?” still staring at the ceiling.

His mind started to race and he glanced down to see the naked princess sitting next to him he started purring. ”Just a bit nervous.” he said truthfully, ”I think something expensive broke me fall.” he sat up and looked down at the shoe that caused him to fall and then the gem that caused a sharp digging in his back when he landed on it.

It was a diamond attached to necklace and a few other gems. He looked at it and then all the others there was a lot of jewelry. ”Sooo…” he said sheepishly looked back to the princess but doing his best to keep his eyes on hers instead of anything else belonging to her. ”ya make these?” he asked nodding his head to the jewelry.

>>"Oh yeah, Why wouldn’t I be? Just a bit nervous.”

Nervous. About what? The princess shifted as he moved his wing and ultimately sat up, trying to see what he'd landed on. Rolling around in jewelry was a nice idea in theory, but in practice it was rarely ever comfortable.

>>”I think something expensive broke me fall.”

The necklace had a large diamond surrounded by smaller gemstones. It was one she rarely wore, because it was not a part of a set, but it was lovely in its own way.

>>”Sooo… ya make these?”

"The diamond, or the necklace?" she chuckled, taking the necklace from his hand and wrapping it around her neck. It glimmered in the light. "I do make diamonds. Not many people know that."

"The diamond, or the necklace?"

”Yes.” he responded to her question. If she made gemstones why wouldn’t she learn how to make necklaces the question made sense to shifter. The necklace was lifted from his hand and found it’s way to her neck. Carrick eyed the neck and then started to purr louder.

"I do make diamonds. Not many people know that."

”Oh?” he asked curiously, running over a mental checklist of what was made from where. ”Toenail clippings?” he asked taking a stab in the dark. He had a feeling it wasn’t but anything to help him try and get his head right.

”Looks way better on you than it did in me back.” he said with a nervous laugh, his eyes were starting to wander again.

Carrick looked a little distracted, in a good way. The conversation was nice, but she had the feeling it was a distraction from what they had been up to in the past few minutes. She did give him a hint about diamonds. She'd done the same with concubines before, but it seemed lie Carrick would need more... facts.

>>”Oh? Toenail clippings?”

"That's not even a liquid" she pouted. Toenails, indeed.

>>”Looks way better on you than it did in me back.”

"I know, right?" she smiled, running her fingers absent-mindedly over the necklace. "Well, you are in luck. I can tell you how I make diamonds. Or I can do one better and show you." she added with a suggestive look.

>>>"That's not even a liquid"

Carrick smirked when she pouted, ”I don’t even know how my powers work. Ya think I know all of yers?” he said with a chuckle his eyes followed her fingers then deviated on their own. ‘Mate!’

>>>"Well, you are in luck. I can tell you how I make diamonds. Or I can do one better and show you."

Raising his eyebrow at the princess not sure how he should respond. Was this a trick she was playing on him? Maybe he should just ask to kiss her again instead of picking the wrong one. Was he supposed to guess?

He frowned, ”Depends… not gonna hock a loogie are ya? Cause if ya are… just tell me?” he thought that was the right answer. Carrick couldn’t imagine the princess hocking a loogie. Gross.

‘Mate!’ Carrick suddenly started putting things together, was the voice in the back of his head warning him or telling him? His jaw dropped again, ”Wait… what?” he asked nervously.

>>”I don’t even know how my powers work. Ya think I know all of yers?”

The princess pouted again. She didn't explain to many people about how she made gemstones, but she'd thought he would have put two and two together now. Apparently not. Oh well, at least she would get to explain in a fun way if he didn't.

>>”Depends… not gonna hock a loogie are ya? Cause if ya are… just tell me?”

"I don't even know what that means" she stated. It didn't sound very elegant. Carrick seemed to be confused, and then something slowly was beginning to dawn on him. Amethyst chucked at the look on his face.

>>”Wait… what?”

"Oh, stop blushing. It's okay" she smiled, reaching for his hand. It was easier to show than tell.

>>>"I don't even know what that means"

Being so nervous about the situation Carrick was about to go into proper loogie techniques and what made the best kind before realizing the situation. He kept his mouth ajar though instead because that was clearly a better option than talking about spitting boogers. She was a Princess and naked.

>>>"Oh, stop blushing. It's okay"

She reached for his hand and when she found it Carrick held onto her hand and then cursed, ”Fer **** sakes.” he looked down realized that was a mistake then looked away from her his face even redder than before.

”I-I’m probably gonna be beating meself up over this fer the rest of me life… but…” he sighed loudly and inhaled a quite a bit of air, ”Got a confession ta make, earlier when I said I was a musician so I’m popular with the ladies, that might have been a stretch…never been with a woman before like this…” he gestured to him and her then the bed and then looked back at the Princess, ”I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, what do I do with me hands and is the tail gonna get in the way? he stopped and looked up as if hearing something.

Carrick’s mind had never been a quite place and for the first time ever it was deafening, ‘Fight! Mate!’ beast form wasn’t happy about the situation. ”And now the angry guy is mad at me. Keeps telling me to” he took on the voice of his beast form in his mind, it was low and rumbly like every breath he was on the verge of a roar ”Mate!”

Carrick put his hands in his head, ”I like ya Princess, worried I’m gonna ruin it.” he said honestly. She was naked and he was covering his face. The rest of his mind was silenced with another loud roar. ”Eejit.” Carrick said scolding himself.