Private It's Not a Date I Swear

[Valaine Valentine]

Tags - Vakhari Lutris

The young Sangnir frowned at the mention of Vakhari having difficulty sleeping because of the nightmares, but upon hearing of the purpose of the necklace she gave a nod of her head. "Oh it does? Thank you, in that case." she managed a soft smile in response before she likewise stood herself up. It seemed it was finally time for the evening to end. Valaine at least thought the night had some success, she did feel closer to Vakhari than before after all, and she had learnt just a bit more about her too.

"Now, are you asking that because you don't know how to sharpen a blade at all?"

The question caused Valaine to pause in uncertainty for a moment. Surely sharpening a blade was just... grinding a stone against the edge of it, right...? She stared back at Vakhari in her pause before closing her eyes and giving a shrug, "O- Of course I know how to sharpen a blade, I just don't want to mess up your work is all. I can be a little clumsy, you know? So it's probably best if you just did it really." she spoke, making her excuse.

After a moment she opened one tired eye to regard the doctor. "Are you heading back to the lab...?" she asked. "I'll come along if you are, otherwise I guess I should get some rest... It'll be a taxing day tomorrow for me after all."

 

[Vakhari Lutris]

Tag: Valaine Valentine

"Ya, need to head home... See if I can even get some sleep. Last thing I want to do is fall asleep while doing surgery on you, now wouldn't that be quite something?"

She huffs out a mild chuckle, lacking the energy for a real laugh.

"You got any place you call home? Apartment? House?"

Vakhari clicks her key, a rather fancy air speeder blinking its lights before hovering closer to her so she didn't have to walk all the way back down to get in.

"I can drop you off wherever."

Stretching, the girl makes her way over on into her ride. Planting herself on the lavish and cozy seat before gesturing for Valaine to hop on in. The doors and roof closing in as the speeder became a comfy private space, Vakhari yawning as she started to pull up the map.

"Or, do you want to just go to the lab with me? I do have a spot just for naps, catch some hours of rest.. Start the morning with coffee and surgery- well, no coffee for you of course."

She wasn't even sure Valaine owned or rented a place here, if that was the case then where in the world was she even sleeping?

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[Valaine Valentine]

Tags - Vakhari Lutris

Valaine smirked softly, "Mhm, that'd be bad..." she nodded in response.

"You got any place you call home? Apartment? House?"

"Uh-..." the young Sangnir paused for a moment. "Not... Really? I sleep wherever I can..." she answered truthfully as the speeder pulled up and Vakhari got inside. Valaine followed with a light nod of respect after being gestured to come along. She took the seat besides the doctor as the door closed behind her, sealing them in the privacy of silence from the outside world.

Valaine brushed a hand through her dark hair, pushing locks behind one of her pointed ears as she made herself comfortable. Said comfort of course involved scooting as close to Vakhari as she could without being yelled at while her tired eyes glanced to the window, peering out at the city from behind tinted glass. "You know, I've never really been inside a speeder like this before... It's pretty nice." she spoke idly as she turned back to the doctor.

"Did you uh, like it today? You know, meeting together for something to eat and drink. I did. We should do it more often." she smiled softly as she regarded Vakhari with hopeful words. "So uh, you know, thanks for coming, means a lot to me."

Valaine dared to thank Vakhari in a manner she felt fitting and although she was painfully aware of her teacher's distaste for physical contact, she tried to make it as obvious and careful as she could. She opened her arms and leaned to try and offer the doctor a comforting and warm embrace of appreciation if allowed. Though any sign that Vakhari was about to chastise her for getting too close to her again would see such efforts halted immediately.

 

[Vakhari Lutris]

Tag: Valaine Valentine ​

"Uh-..."

Mustering what energy she still has, the doctor once again raises a brow. Surprised expression as her hand just put in where she knew to go, having dealt with no real roof to call your own for a time it only seemed right to provide one for her student. In such troubling times, she needed Valaine as well rested as she could get her. That's what this was right? This twisting feeling in her guts? The feeling people got when seeing a baby animal... Pity.

Her more mechanical brain typically tried to disallow such feelings, the girl herself seeing them as obstacles in the grand idea she wished to shape the galaxy with. You could easily fall to pity when thinking about it all, but maybe that is why this grand ideal formed in the first place? Her more human core refusing to be silent?

Either way, her hand gently inputs directions to he- their lab. ​

"Not... Really? I sleep wherever I can..."

"I see."

With the directions given, the two could simply sit back as the speeder did the rest of the work. The windows automatically tinting to adjust to the neon lights as they began to head in that direction.

"You may stay at the lab, do not make a mess of it."

She says, the words would have rolled off the tongue of any Sith differently, however with Vakhari the Sangnir should have known by now that it was a simply stated request.
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"Did you uh, like it today? You know, meeting together for something to eat and drink. I did. We should do it more often." she smiled softly as she regarded Vakhari with hopeful words. "So uh, you know, thanks for coming, means a lot to me."

"Sure, it was no issue really. A simple request, maybe next time I will order us something at the lab?"

Vakhari could already think of all the fried and sweet hells know what things her assistant would find appealing, that feeling of pity lurking back again. As they began to approach the inner workings of the city, it was evident that the young Lutris was fading back into a sleep again, her tone more mumbly, eyes wanting to close.

The hug was offered, yet it was neither refused or accepted. Instead Vakhari went to sleep in the chair, leaning up against her assistant.

Who knows how little sleep she had gotten recently, though it was evident that despite this lack of rest she still came to this 'simple request'.



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[Valaine Valentine]

Tags - Vakhari Lutris

"You may stay at the lab, do not make a mess of it."

"Hey I like, barely make a mess." huffed Valaine lightly in response. "Though should you really start ordering food to it? I mean there's a break room sure but, I dunno, eating where we work doesn't seem that right to me." she answered, though she noted that the doctor seemed especially tired now.

After the young Sangnir had went in for her daring hug she watched as Vakhari just fell asleep, the exhaustion finally catching up to her as she held her lightly in a gentle embrace. "Ah-..." she voiced upon noticing, drawing back a little to wave a hand in front of the doctor's face. "Out just like that, huh...? You're gonna hurt your back sleeping in here..." she spoke softly to herself as she was more than happy to let her teacher rest against her for the rest of the quiet and comfortable trip in the speeder.

For just a moment Valaine's nature and instinct had surfaced as she glanced towards Vakhari's neck while she softly brushed her white hair from her face. She had tried to feed off the doctor once before and although she felt like she could deal with the consequences of it this time, she all but forced the instinctual urge from her thoughts as she lightly shook her head. She couldn't feed off her like this, not when she was placing so much trust into her, and especially when she seemed to be sleeping so peacefully.

When finally the speeder came to a halt at its destination Valaine opted to gently lift the very light doctor up and carry her back into the lab, to go put her to rest in her bed so that she could actually get a decent rest for once. The young Sangnir herself returned to the main room of the lab, peering over the instruments and the operation table that she'd soon be placed on. Her slender fingers lightly traced along the surface of the table as she let out a soft sigh.

Her own tired eyes were getting the better of her too, and so she chose one of the many hospital-like beds of the lab to rest in. Tomorrow would no doubt change the Sangnir forever, the day that she finally went under Vakhari's knife.