*Exhales* "Aaahhh....I feel amazing after soaking in that mineral tub. Thank you and Alima for helping us get cleaned up Jaheim! And are you really okay with giving me some of your father's old clothes?" Firion humbly asked.
He was buffing his white hair as he responded. "Its no problem at all! Like I said, I am indebted to you after you saved me, Alima, and Emani yesterday. Also I know what kind of person my dad was and he would have been more than happy to share his stuff! I'll tell you more about him later!"
After getting thoroughly cleaned, Firion was putting on what is called a dashiki to the yumboes. It was black shirt with matching pants that had a ornate golden lion, wax pattern on it.
He has never worn anything this fancy looking and was glowing handsomely in it.
He then mused to himself how Kaida was fairing in the women's bath and if she was enjoying herself. She looked liked she was about to cry earlier when he told her that they have to bathe separately, he felt much guilt leaving her with such a pitiful expression.
Suddenly something caught Jaheim's attention and offered something to Firion that he had not considered for some time. "Hey....how about a quick shave?"
The next scene shifts to Alima and Kaida stepping out of the woman's bathhouses in their Junai clothes!
Alima danced outside, she loved feeling the morning air on her fresh skin! She was also wearing a vibrant yellow tube top with a matching bloomers that was complimented by a long skirt that flowed in the back. The wax stains of the outfit reflected sunlight motifs.
"The baths here are the best! I feel so rejuvenated after being on patrol for five days straight!" She said with a stretch, but then suddenly she yelled, "KAIDA! ARE YOU ALMOST FINISHED YET?!?!"
"Uuuuummmm....I am finished Alima....but this dress...its so...nice...are you really sure I can have it?" Kaida's voiced echoed from behind a courtesy wall.
She rubbed the center of her forehead with slight annoyance and responded, "It is fine! For the last time...I told you that dress is too blue for me and blue is really not my color, I look good in yellows and pinks. Besides don't you want to show Firion and go to the beach?"
Very carefully Kaida stepped out from behind the wall, and she looked absolutely stunning. Her hair was freshly combed and her outfit was a teal bra partially covered by light blue sash that draped over her left shoulder while also serving as a modesty skirt that accentuated into a dress.
She caught the eyes of multiple people who were shocked at her foreign beauty...except the blue horn is not someone who likes this sort of attention at all.
The many eyes focusing on her and the different emotions she was sensing was giving her anxiety to the point where she felt a little fear.
Alima saw her friend's pitiful state, and forgot that Kaida mentioned that her upbringing was rather isolated, while the attention was not malicious, it was clearly overwhelming.
She was gonna say something until suddenly a familiar person came up from behind by shielding the vulnerable deva from the over curious stares.
"She is my wife, and she is not use to strangers. Please allow her some space." A clean shaven Firion politely tells the onlookers, but now they were focused on him!
Many women blushed at the sight of him! The sight of such a handsome man and his lovely wife made some of them wonder if they were of nobility.
Kaida was awestruck herself! Though she recognized his hands and touch immediately, she had never seen him shaved before, and almost seemed like someone else.
He hovered over her and smiled as he caressed her face with her eyes reflecting her wonder.
"Do I look that different to you Kaida? Or do you prefer me with my beard" He asked with a warm expression.
She reached up and felt the skin on his face. She never realized it could be this smooth! But at the same time she missed feeling his hair bristles. But then she wondered, how did he feel?
"Firion will always be the Firion I know and love. However you choose to change will always be the man I love!" Kaida stated with her warmest smile, and she immediately gave him a full embrace to show how happy she was just to see him!
Her answer made his heart flutter again, no matter what the question is, she always shows him how much she loves only him, and to Firion that was more than enough.
He picked her off her feet and carried her in his large arms while she blushed at his chivalrous gestures.
Alima stood marveling at the couple until she was suddenly lifted off her feet as well!
Jaheim held her in his arms as her face turned bright red! He also let his hair loose which flowed freely and majestically.
"What? You were looking a little envious, so I thought I should do something romantic too! He said with a radiant smile.
She pouted a bit, but was also noticeably blushing erotically.
"I wouldn't mind if you let your hair out more...your mane always looks so manly!" She confessed as she ran her fingers through his white locks.
Jaheim was also thinking to himself, ("Firion was right about the tip about the hair! Washing it with cold water makes it way more manageable! And now Alima has her sexy face on!")
Though Kaida and Firion were staring at them now, they couldn't help but admire their relationship.
Next, they were finally at the beautiful beach, despite it still being slightly cold outside, some people were swimming in the shallow banks while children splashed around at the tide coming in.
Kaida just peered at the horizon, she just couldn't help but be amazing at how vast the ocean is! Slowly the water would creep up to her feet and recede back into the shore, it was such a new phenomenon.
Firion was observing the water as well and noticed a small crab running by and carefully picked it up.
"Look Kaida! This is a salt water crab! Its similar to the ones you would see from the brook that was by your home." He carefully presented the little crustacean as is ran around on his palm.
She use to play with crayfish and crabs growing up, and didn't hesitate to touch it despite the pincers, but Firion remembered how other little creatures never bothered her either, she could even pick up spiders without being bitten.
Alima and Jaheim went off to go get something to warm up with and said it would be a surprise!
Quietly they sat together on the sand as they watched shore, with Kaida sitting on Firion's lap as his arms were wrapped around his wife to keep her warm!
"This place is really nice. Though I know its not our forever home, meeting people and learning new things can be as scary as they are fun." Kaida stated as she was looking up at Firion.
He smiled as he replied, "You know, for someone like myself who has lived for over four hundred years, this truly feels like I am experiencing the world for the first time myself. I think we both have much to still learn."
He leaned down to her face as she caressed his clean shaven jaw, and slowly she guided him to her lips which was met by a deep kiss.