At first, Tarkus didn’t quite understand why Tanith wanted to go out to the river, just the two of them by themselves. But slowly before long, she revealed the truth of the matter to him. While the royal baths were fine and dandy, they didn’t really give her much private time or opportunities for personal interactions. More specifically, no alone time with her “big lovable dino” as she so eloquently put it. So, with the father-to-be more than convinced, they managed to book an outing, away from the prying eyes of the Citadel staff. Fortunately the main military guard wouldn’t bat an eye at the decision, not with her in the company of her “Esteemed Royal Guard” as Tanith had taken to calling Tarkus, much to his amusement. They walked for what felt like hours to Tanith even though it was just a few miles down the road, mostly due to the rather ample belly she was now sporting that wobbled as she walked. Tarkus could see that she was struggling along. He wanted to help though at this point trying to carry her like he used to would probably spell damaging his back.

“You ok?” he asked as he slowed down his walk to match his pace with hers.

“I’m fine,” she said, sounding mildly out of breath. “Guess my legs just aren’t used to the duress.” Without a word, her mate closed the gap and placed a hand on the small of her back. Without a word, she leaned against his shoulder. “Thanks, Tarkus.”

“Anytime,” he said as they continued walking.

When they finally arrived at the river’s shore, the pregnant dinosaur surveyed the water.

“Think it’s warm enough?” she asked.

“Only one way to find out,” Tarkus said behind her. Before Tanith could turn to ask what he meant, her mate, naked as the day he was born, ran past her, and performed the mother of all cannonballs into the water. Tanith had to bring up an arm to shield herself from the following splash that followed. After a moment, Tarkus resurfaced, donning a cheeky grin.

“So, how is it?” she asked. She half expected him to immediately start shivering, but he gave no such reaction.

“Eh, it’s not that bad if you just hop in,” he said, sounding almost amused.

“Well…” she said, uncertain and unmoving for a moment before finally she started to remove her garments save for her top. She stepped towards the edge of the water, and daintily stuck a foot into the water. She immediately went wide eyed, her whole body tensing to the point even her billowing belly clenched in response.

“Cold! Cold!” she cried as she retracted her foot and hopped back. She looked at Tarkus still floating on the water’s surface, a look of betrayal on her face.

“Told you you should have jumped in and got it over with!” Tarkus called out.

“Why you-!”
“Come on, come to me,” he said, offering his open arms to beckon her to him. Once again, she frowned, but eventually relented and entered the water. She started to wade towards him, her scowl only growing as more and more of her body was slowly exposed to the slightly cold water. Until finally, she reached Tarkus who readily wrapped his arms around her.

They may have been warm-blooded, but the residue warmth his body was providing was comforting only insofar as the river’s cold.

“Miss the royal baths yet?” he asked, smirking down at her. Despite herself, she splashed a bit of water in his face which he took in stride. Though she did enjoy being in the comfort of his arms, that wasn’t making the water much warmer.

“It’s still a little cold,” she finally admitted out loud to him. Tarkus, rather than being annoyed, took it in stride.

“Here, I got an idea”

Once again, before she could question him further, he reacted by leaning back, submerging the bulk of his body underwater while bringing the majority of her on top of haim, and by extension, above the water. She now had a private lizard boat all to herself.

“You sure you can do that with all of...well, us on top of you?”

“Eh, I can float,” he reasoned.

“But how can I see “Esteemed Royal Guard” when he’s almost underwater?” Tarkus went to counter her, but stopped himself.

“Well, there is one other thing I could try.” Carefully, he disengaged from under her, while still keeping her hands on her hips to keep her relatively in place. Instead of letting her go however, he interlocked his arms behind her knees and hoisted her up. This brought her much closer, and by extension her belly even closer, which was now pressed firmly against his chest. His head came to rest gently atop the maternal curve, his amber eyes meeting her blue ones.

“Better?”

“Much,” she said with a smile.

“Still missing those baths?” He asked again.

“I don’t know, I think we might have to do this a few more times to be sure, make it a regular thing”

“I’m down for that” Tarkus agreed with a grin. After a minute she finally spoke up.

“I think I’m ready to get in the water proper now”

“Well, then I don’t think you’ll need this,” he said as his hands creeped up and slipped under her top, pulling it up with them.

“You horndog,” she growled at him, but offered no resistance as her glorious breasts slipped free as her top was pulled over her head. He just kept his big smile before the two closed close gap and kissed.

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Very overdue commission piece for  Viper9000

Tanith belongs to  Viper9000

Tarkus belongs to Zomb983

Story by  Raydis

Art by  Derrysome

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