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Dmitri was back a moment later, hands on his narrow hips “Where do you keep your extra sheets, baby?”

“Extra sheets?” I echoed dumbly

“Yeah, you know: big rectangular things Fit around a mattress?”

I rolled et the sheet concept It’s the extra part that’s throwing me”

“Seriously?”

“Here’s how us commoners do it, Squilliam Fancyson: once a week, we strip our beds and take the linens to the Laundro with all our clothes We wash them We come home We put them back on the bed Ta da! Clean linens”

“Oh hed, hands still on those sexy hips “You dork! You just ebob reference!”

“Yeah, and guess what? You just got a Spongebob reference Dork” I smiled at him happily

He blushed and started to say, “Well, that’s because I have–”

“Nephews Uh huh That’s my excuse too” I winked at him and rolled off the bed, then pulled the soiled sheet off the mattress and tossed it in my laundry hamper

“Please don’t tellto the Laundromat now,” he complained

“Nope Us poor folk have learned to irabbed a big quilt froan tucking it in under the edge of the mattress He went around to the far side of the bed and helped me, then tossed my pillows and blankets on top of it, and we cliainst me and closed his eyes

“Are you going to sleep?” I asked

“Nope It’s like, eight o’clock I’y so you can fuckan arm around my waist

“You’re insatiable You know that?”

“I do know that And like you’re not”

I grinned and said, “Maybe we should change it up next ti to be really sore tomorrow”

“I hope I am sore”