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Hailing from La Noscea as she did, Veronyka was no stranger to natural hot springs. Many a time during her youth, she had made her way to the hidden hot springs at Bronze Lake, usually with V'kebbe, to relax and enjoy a peaceful little getaway. She'd gone there with Minfilia, too, later, only it had been significantly different when she'd felt able to act upon the arousal that she felt towards her hot springs partner. V'kebbe had often sat with her chest thrust out, showing off her body, but Veronyka had always felt as though she shouldn't, as though to break past that boundary of friendship would lead to disaster. Knowing what she knew now, she knew that it likely would have. Say she had begun dating V'kebbe, then what? They would only have been pulled apart thanks to Veronyka being chosen as Hydaelyn's champion. No, best to remain friends and always wonder what might have been.

But with Minfilia, Veronyka had been able to unabashedly ogle the breasts on display before her, to cross that distance, to kiss and touch and taste. Those were some of her more pleasant memories, in truth.

But the Bokaisen Hot Springs, she was swiftly discovering, were different. They were still natural hot springs, yes, and pleasantly warm. Unlike the springs near the Fisherman's Hovel, however, these hot springs in Kugane were much more populated. Populated with very naked people, such that a younger Veronyka may have looked away, refused to go near them, lest her face combust at the sheer brazenness of it all. Not out of judgement, no, she hadn't grown up in Limsa to become a prude who turned her nose up at others' bodies. No, rather, it was out of embarrassment at the fact that all these people could see her, could judge her.

Now, though, it was a changed woman who strode into the springs, bare feet padding over the stones, to leave her warm towel by a small cubby where they could store their belongings. Lyse watched, no small amount of pride on her face, though she did grin at Veronyka's blush as Lyse's bra came off and went into the cubby along with her belongings.

"What?" said Lyse, pushing her chest out. "If guys can go around with their tits out, why can't us girls?"

"Because they... distract me," said Veronyka, turning her flaming face away. She cleared her throat. "There are private areas of the springs, right?"

"I'm sure something private can be arranged for the warrior of light," said Lyse. "Want me to see if I can?" Veronyka nodded, then let out a sigh of relief as Lyse headed off in search of an attendant.

Moments later, a much-relieved Veronyka was led into a secluded little part of the springs framed by wooden partitions and plenty of bamboo.

"Thank you," said Lyse, bowing respectfully to the attendant in the Doman way that they had been taught. Veronyka copied the motion, trying to ignore the way that Lyse's breasts swung with the movement.

"Anything for the warrior of light and her companion," said the attendant in a chipper voice. "Couples often request private sections." With that and a wink, she was gone, leaving a still-blushing Veronyka with her girlfriend, who grinned at her.

"Man, I'm glad that worked," said Lyse, sinking down onto the seat just below the water. She hummed her delight. "Ohh, this feels good."

"If using my title can get us this, what else can it do?" Veronyka wondered as she joined her girlfriend. Her fingers strayed to the back of her bikini top, wondering if she should take a leaf out of her girlfriend's book, but then she returned her hand to the step. Her heart threatened to burst out of her chest at the thought of being seen in such a state of undress, no matter how slim a chance that might be. She simply couldn't risk it.

Veronyka's gaze, though, kept slipping to her girlfriend's near-naked form, starting naturally at her bared chest and then drifting down, over her toned abdomen, revealed as Lyse stretched her back, and then lower, lower, until they landed on the prominent bulge in Lyse's red bikini bottoms.

"Man, this is nice," said Lyse as the warm water did wonders for her sore muscles. "It feels like we've been walking and fighting forever, I swear it was never like this before." She opened her eyes at Veronyka's silence, only to beam as she saw where her girlfriend's gaze was directed. She cleared her throat. "Babe, my eyes are up here." Still no response. "Babe. Baby. Veronyka."

"Do you think the kojin blessing works for hot springs water too?" Veronyka asked. Lyse felt (and saw) her cock jump at the question.

"Uh," said Lyse, and now Veronyka looked at her as she moved to kneel in front of her girlfriend. "I mean... only one way to find out?" Her eyes followed Veronyka's tongue as it traced her lips, then tracked Veronyka's head as the miqo'te dipped her head below the water, her brown hair spreading around her like seagrass. Lyse's heart jumped to her throat, a strangled sound leaving her at the first touch of Veronyka's questing fingers over her clothed cock.

Within moments, Veronyka had untied the strings at the side of Lyse's bikini bottoms, pulling her cock out and stroking her hand along it. She looked up at Lyse, or tried to, then scowled and batted at her hair. Lyse laughed. Looked like the blessing worked, then.

But all too swiftly, Veronyka went to work, her tongue lapping at the tip of Lyse's cock while her hand twisted around the base, sending jolts of pleasure straight to Lyse's cock, stiffening it further in Veronyka's hand. Veronyka kissed the tip, then grinned and pressed more kisses up and down the length while Lyse dug her fingers into the stone beneath her.

"Fuck, Nyka," Lyse groaned while her girlfriend teased her. Her words seemed so loud above the gentle sound of Veronyka splashing in the water, loud enough that she blushed and covered her mouth with her hand. Maybe she could disguise her moans as those of pleasure from how good the springs felt, though a part of her knew that it was a futile hope. That attendant had looked far too knowing about the pair wanting a private part of the springs, warrior of light excuse or not.

Still, Lyse sank further beneath the water, biting into the flesh of her palm as Veronyka's tongue now stroked along the length of her, her hand dropping from Lyse's cock to her balls, squeezing gently as her lips gently brushed the tip of Lyse's cock. Lyse could barely stifle that moan, her hips now bucking, Veronyka's other hand grabbing her thigh in an attempt to anchor herself. At least she didn't have to worry about finding a position while also dealing with coming up for air every so often.

Even as Veronyka found a position and slid Lyse's cock into her mouth, though, Lyse could feel that she was losing the battle thanks to the sheer arousal from Veronyka being so brave, so brazen, going far beyond her comfort zone to give her girlfriend head in what was really a very public place. Anyone could suddenly see or overhear, could pass by their little area, could accidentally catch an eyeful of Lyse with her cock and tits out and the warrior of light with said cock in her mouth. Lyse gave a muffled shout into her hand, hips bucking, and Veronyka grabbed hold of Lyse's hips and tried her best to swallow what she could. Lyse suspected that most of what Veronyka got was water from the springs, but she appreciated the attempt.

Veronyka surfaced, pushing her hair out of her face, and moved up Lyse's body to kiss her. Lyse stroked her hands over her girlfriend's body, up her soft sides to make Veronyka shiver, her girlfriend moaning into her mouth.

"My turn now?" Veronyka asked once their lips had parted. Lyse gave a quiet chuckle.

"Babe, you're incapable of being quiet," said Lyse. "If I go down on you under the water, you'll scream the place down." Veronyka blushed.

"Okay, you've got me there," said Veronyka. "But... later?"

"Later," Lyse promised with a peck to her girlfriend's lips. "I'm so bloody proud of you, Nyka." Veronyka grinned, tail swaying behind her in the water.

"What, was it that good?" Veronyka asked. Lyse huffed a laugh.

"Yes, but I meant more that... I know how hard it is for you to be intimate in public," said Lyse. "So it just means so, so much to me that you're willing to be brave, to go out of your comfort zone, for me."

"Maybe you're teaching me to be brave," said Veronyka. "And maybe, when I'm with you, everything else kind of... fades away. That's how comfortable I am with you." Lyse felt tears prick her eyes, the smile so wide that it almost hurt.

"Oh, c'mere," said Lyse, and pulled Veronyka into a tight embrace, one that the miqo'te gladly returned. To be someone's source of comfort, to be more than just a burden, to actually matter so much to someone... it meant far, far more to Lyse than words could ever say. Maybe, one day, she would find the words, would find the way to say it, to tell Veronyka exactly how much she meant to her. Maybe. But for now, she could at least show Veronyka how she made her feel. And that was enough.