Autumn sunlight spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows, spreading a warm wash of gold across the wooden lounge chair on the balcony.
Boer lay on his back, one hand tucked behind his head and the other resting loosely at his side. His short, silvery-white hair gleamed softly in the sunlight, his azure eyes half closed as he watched the few lazy wisps of cloud in the sky. His black everyday clothes draped casually over him, their hem hanging down and swaying gently in the breeze.
He seemed to have melted into the sunlight, as languid as a cat basking in the sun.
No, more accurately-
Like a black reclining bed.
Carina lay on top of him, both hands braced against his chest as she looked down at him. Her long, silvery-white hair spilled from her shoulders, its tips brushing his cheeks. Her furry fox ears stood upright atop her head, twitching now and then as though catching every faint sound in the air.
She raised her fluffy white tail and gently swept its soft tip across his face.
Once, then again.
Boer did not dodge it. The corners of his mouth simply lifted slightly.
"Boer-" Carina's voice was soft and sweet, with a little complaint in it. "You're so lazy! Why do you spend all day sunbathing?"
Boer raised his arms and wrapped them around the girl lying on him. He lowered his head slightly, buried his face against her chest, and took a deep breath of her distinctive, delicate fragrance.
Carina blushed faintly, but did not move away.
His gaze passed between her upright fox ears and settled on the legs swinging behind her-sheer white stockings encased her slender calves, and her feet wore high-heeled sandals. Her pink-polished toes swayed back and forth in the air, back and forth, like