Hey, Comrade

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"Rose"

I stir a little, digging my head deeper into the pillow despite the warm breath ticking my ear.

"Roza..."

I feel Dimitri's calloused fingers against my cheek as he brushes hair back. They travel lightly over my face until coming to squeeze my cheeks together.

"It's time to get up Roza" he moves my cheeks to correspond with his words laced with a faint Russian accent.

I sigh dramatically and turn over, keeping the blankets trapped around my naked body to block the cold coming from the air conditioner. It was mid June and Dimitri liked to sleep in the cold.

Opening my eyes finally, I'm met with Dimitri's and his warm smile "What time is it?"

Dimitri replies with a hint of amusement "Nearly seven". We both had to go to our charges by eight.

I groan and shut my eyes again "It's only been five hours. I'm tired. We should have skipped on the sex"

He chuckles lightly and kisses my mouth softly "If I remember correctly you were the one who initiated it last night"

"You didn't have to oblige" I tease, staring at him with a twinkle in my eye. Unlike me he has redressed into his pajama pants and a tight red shirt that shows off his muscles in a way only I got to see.

"Like I even thought about saying no, Rose" He reaches over and wraps his strong arms around me, pulling me across the bed and on top of him.

The blankets fall off of my back and goosebumps cover my skin, but they almost disappear immediately when Dimitri's warm hands travel up and down. I swear he is never cold, it must be from growing up in Siberia and all its wastelands.

I smile and kiss the edge of his mouth "Well we still have an hour right now"

Dimitri leans up to kiss me and I respond hungrily. I'm only just deepening the kiss when he pulls away.

I frown and go in again but he shakes his head with a small smile "Save it for tonight Roza"

I grumble something incoherent and begin kissing his neck.

"Rose" He moves his hand off my back to grab my chin and lift my head to look into my eyes. His state bores into me making me shiver. That and I'm cold.

"Fine" I sigh, but he kisses me again anyway, short and sweet.

I roll off of him and out of bed, not bothering with clothes despite the cold. I walk slowly over to the door knowing Dimitri is watching me.

"I'm taking a shower" I finally make it out of the doorway and into the small bathroom but I stick my head back out from the door "Feel free to join me"

He doesn't though, and when I emerge from the bathroom Dimitri is seated at the tiny two person table shoved up to the side of his room. We still live in the same rooms as we had two years ago in the royal court. Only difference is that I don't think I have been to mine in over a month. Nearly all of my clothes and crap are here, so we are practically living together. As Dimitri points out all the time.