Behind them, Elara pressed both hands to her cheeks, pink hair falling around her face, her pink eyes very wide and her tail curling around her own leg in the specific way it curled when she was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do with her hands.
"They're— 'already'—" she started.
"'Mhmm~!'" was all Helena said, still pressed against Viktor's chest like she had no intention of moving for anyone.
Viktor looked over his shoulder. His dark eyes found Bella first, then tracked to Kaida, then Elara. His tail gave one deliberate, slow pulse inside Helena. Helena made a sound that wasn't a word. Water sloshed.
"Water's warm," Viktor said.
Bella was in before he finished the sentence.
