Thread: Safe & Sound [Merc & zPrimal]

The cool and welcoming temperatures of the studio were replaced by the sweltering, angry heat of the summer outside. Koa felt like she was suffocating in her sweater, but the new security team moved quickly. She was soon within the air-con controlled car, then the air-conned hotel, her nice and chilly suite, and now, as she emerged with her bathing suit on, she felt warm again. Seeing Eliot in the other bedroom, half-bent over his bag, head turned and eyes on her. It wasnt a sexual look, not lude in any way, and yet the way he was paused, for only long enough for her to notice, made her feel like she was desired. Her cheeks warmed, and at his response she nodded and moved over closer to the sliding glass doors to peer outside. The sounds of laptops being opened and chords attached from the living room were like a whispered symphony, and Koa glanced over her shoulder to see if shed get a glimpse of the agent shed been told was already in the hotel room setting up for their time here. There wouldnt be any such sighting now, as when Eliot opened the door and stepped out her attentioned returned to her new head of security. Wow. That was quite a change in his appearance. Although his posture remained, sending clear signals that he was a professional, Koa couldnt help but notice how much more approachable he seemed with a pair of trunks and polo on. She licked her lips and turned her head back around, opening the door and stepping through to the patio beyond. She walked over to one of the chairs and shifted its position so it was facing the sun and wasnt so close to the other. Lifting the towel from its seat, she draped it over the back of the lounger and then bent over to adjust the lean so that shed be practically lying down when she settled on it. Her head turned when she heard the glass door closing again, and she barely got a hint of long, slender fingers and black nails before the curtains were closed. Koa straightened herself up and glanced over at Eliot as he turned on the radio. Anything but pop music, please, Koa requested as she moved to the pool, not offering any reason as to why shed want to avoid the stations where shed hear her own songs. The water of the pool lapped at her toes, then her ankles and further up her legs as she descended into the crystal clear water. She was pale, her skin as perfect as the Queens china, which meant she would practically disappear under the rippling surface of the infinity pool if it werent for the striking contrast of her cherry-red bikini. It felt absolutely incredible to be nearly weightless, and she let out a soft but audible sigh as her toes barely skimmed the bottom while her arms fanned out around her like wings. Music cocooned them as Koa struggled to find something to talk about. She kept glancing up his way, but it was impossible to tell where he was looking with his sunglasses on. He didnt react to the times her eyes lingered on him, studying him curiously, so she assumed his were either closed or he was looking beyond her. The view from up here was ridiculously breathtaking. It was one of the things she truly and selfishly did enjoy about her fame. Moving over to the edge of the pool, Koa looked as though she were going to spill right over the edge, but her arms hooked over the thick polyglass ledge fearlessly as the water spilled over into the short reservoir below. The floor below had a large deck extending far enough out that no one would be able to jump from the pool, she noted with detachment. The deck had its own safety features, though she turned her head to glance over her shoulder at Eliot before her mind could detangle the possibilities. Suicide wasnt anything she ever really considered, but plainly dissected whenever she went to a new place. Like some sort of twisted hobby. His question weighed on her mind, and for a moment she didnt appear as if she were going to answer him. She shifted her position so that her back was to the endless city scape beyond, her elbows hooking over the glass and her hands barely dipped under the water. The position pressed her breasts out, back arching as she found the solid wall of the glass with her ass as she canted her head. No one was down on the deck below as the hotel was under strict orders to not allow for parties to be hosted while Koa was here. Whatever is on the itinerary is it. Whatever meet-and-greets are set up, and theyll be announcing a contest winner in about two weeks for someone to have a private dinner, backstage passes, all of that. A full date, basically. Auctioned off to the highest bidder, it was more like. The top ten spenders on her merch website would be entered into a select pool where the winner would be chosen, but according to the marketing, anyone could enter. Theres rarely any time for anything else, she said as though that was the reason she wouldnt have small, private functions with friends and family while on tour. Before they would linger on the subject, Koa raised an eyebrow and asked Are you not going to get in the pool?