*walking through the castello, and notices him through a window. She makes her way to the training area and leans against a wall behind him,

watching him carefully with a small smile*

*after doing a few more manoeuvres, he notices Lucrezia's presence and stops, his eyebrow lifting at her and the corner of his mouth*

*curving into a smirk. He's breathing somewhat heavy from the vigour with which he's been training, but his charm is still oh so smooth*

Salve.

*her smile widens* Salve. *she walks slowly towards him, casting an appreciate eye over him as she does so, and stops just in front of him*

(( what time of day is this? morning? night? day? ))

((Hm. Noonish))

*eyeing her just as appreciatively as she walks towards him, he throws the sword down nonchalantly, the tip embedding into the ground. He*

*steps closer to Lucrezia, putting his hands on her waist and looking down at her* I trust you slept well last night, cara?

*laughs lightly* Hmm. For some reason I was rather tired. *presses herself closer to him, her hands resting on his chest*

*chuckles, leaning down to brush his lips against hers* I wonder why that would be...

*kisses him gently, wrapping her arms around his neck. When she pulls away from the kiss, she raises her eyebrows in mock innocence* I have

no idea. *rises onto her toes to kiss him again*

Hm...How mysterious. *He kisses her, his hands moving from her waist to her back, holding her against him* This may warrant an investigation

*nods, feigning seriousness* I think it might. A rather thorough one.

Ah, yes. *he smirks, leaning down to kiss her neck* Quite thorough.

*laughs breathily as he kisses her, her hands curling in his shirt. After a moment, she leans away from him slightly* Bastiano, you know

Cesare mustn't find out, don't you?

*lifting his head from where he was kissing her neck, he looks at her, raising an inquisitive eyebrow* Why?

*takes a breath, trying to decide how best to explain* He's ... very protective of me.

*furrows his brow, nodding slightly* That would be why he hired me, no?

Of course, but... He doesn't like other men to get too close to me... *looks up at him, biting her lip a little, gauging his reaction*

(( Bast: He wouldn't be the first protective brother I've had to deal with ))

((Go for it! Have him say aaaaaaanything~))

*purses his lips slightly, thinking* Wouldn't be the first protective family member I've had to deal with. *smirk*

*laughs humourlessly* Yes, but ... *purses her lips* Did I ever tell you about my husband?

*frowns slightly* No

*looks at him reassuringly* Don't worry, he's not around any more. He was killed.

*she pauses, hoping he might make the connection so she doesn't have to say it*

*he is silent for a moment, at first thinking "how is that something to not worry about?" but then realizing the connection. He inclines*

*his head slightly* I see. If you're worried about me, cara, it is unnecessary. I am not an easy man to kill.

*smiles half-heartedly* No, I imagine not, but... I'd rather he didn't try it. And ... I care very dearly for him. I don't want him to be

upset by this.

*sighs a little, nodding* Very well. I will not do anything to draw his attention to us.

*smiles genuinely, softly, and brings her hand up to touch his cheek lightly* Thank you. *stands up onto toes again to kiss him sweetly*

(( Yeah, like Cesare wouldn't hear Lucrezia screaming Bastiano's name in the dead of night XD ))

((Ahahahahahahahahaa XD XD XD))

((He'll have to find ways to keep her quiet then ;D))

(( Hahaha! Like what? XD ))

((You don't honestly want me to voice my ideas for keeping her mouth busy, do you? ;D))

(( ... ))

((Ahahahahahahahaaha XD))

((SO. Vaguely related, how kinky would Bast like his sex?))

(( Hmm... I don't know. Like what kind of kinky are you thinking about? ))

((Anything! Bondage or something.))

((Okay, yeah, pretty much just interested in bondage. XD))

((I am shameless.))

(( I think he wouldn't be opposed to bondage ))

(( \o/ result.))

*a wicked gleam crosses his eyes as he looks at her, smirking* Though to do this, you might have to keep from screaming my name. *he leans*

*down to nibble at her bottom lip teasingly*

*raises an eyebrow, smiling playfully* You shall have to stop me from doing so then.

*grins devilishly* Oh, I do love a challenge.

And how do you propose to keep me from ... voicing my appreciation of your actions? *tugs at his collar, bringing his head lower and closer

to hers, and kisses his jawline lightly*

Hm... *he nibbles at her earlobe lightly* I suppose I'll just have to make sure your mouth is otherwise occupied during those actions.

*gasps breathily, her hands slipping into his hair and gripping tightly* Occupied? How so?

((Arrrgh. Just realised what time it is and when I need to be up tomorrow ;; ))

(( Early? ;A; ))

((Very ;n; ))

(( You should sleep, then. ;3; We can get up to sexy shenanigans tomorrow or Wednesday ))

((Yeah... Okay, I'll head off and return for sexy shenanigans, as you put it ;D another day.))

((Love you! Good night! <333333333333333333333333333333))

(( Okay! Love you more! Night! <33333333 ))

(( That awkward moment when the only agreeable way you can think of to keep Lucrezia's mouth busy is by snogging. :| ))

(( Despite any number of more risqué things that could be possible. ))