Tattoos On My Mind

Double Date

So I was without my computer for three weeks and this is the first thing I've written in a while so if it seems rusty I'm sorry. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter of mostly dialogue. This also includes Lilith/Maya so if you'd like to avoid that here's fair warning.

"There they are," Rhys heard Fiona say enthusiastically; he immediately stilled when he saw who it was that she was pointing to.

"The two sirens are the other part of our double date," he said questioningly even though the evidence was all around him.

"Of course," Fiona said nonchalantly. "And they do have names you know."

"Right," he said not managing to keep the tinge of fear out of his voice.

"That's Maya," she said pointing to the blue haired woman in question who seemed to have an annoyed look on her face.

"And that's Lilith," she added pointing to the red haired woman currently sitting casually with her feet on the table.

"We need to talk," he said trying to sound as casual as possible while grabbing her arm and pulling her outside.

"They should be here by now," Maya said from her seat at the table.

"Maybe they got "distracted", if you know what I mean," Lilith said raising her eyebrows in a suggestive manner.

"Clearly the most likely scenario," Maya said sarcastically.

"Although if their sex drive is anything like yours then I suppose it could be possible," she added with a more serious tone.

"Not my fault that you're such a sexy badass," Lilith said again motioning with her eyebrows.

"If those eyebrows are meant to suggest that we go at it right here on the table then I feel obligated to tell you that there are other people here right now," Maya said barely suppressing a sigh. "In case you didn't know."

"You're no fun," Lilith said showing mock hurt. "Besides, I don't think Moxxi would care if we started going at it right here; she might even join in."

There was another suggestive motion with the eyebrows.

"Because a threesome is definitely what I came here for," Maya said putting her head in her hand.

"It doesn't have to be just a threesome," Lilith said with a smirk.

"Can you just get your feet off the table so we don't look like complete slobs when they show up," Maya said trying to steer the conversation in a less sexual direction.

"We're pretty much the height of society on Pandora though," Lilith pointed out. "Not much I can do to change that."

"Fine, you do you," Maya said reluctantly. She shut her eyes and began to quietly meditate hoping that Fiona and Rhys would show up quickly.

Rhys was pacing back and forth outside of Moxxi's trying to think of the best way to put his fears to Fiona, because she clearly wasn't getting it.

"If you dragged me out here just to show me your improved pacing skills I must say I'm unimpressed," she said with a smirk.

"This is not a laughing matter," he said plainly.

He decided to just come out and say it, "I don't even want to think about what two sirens could do to me if they found out that I was ex-Hyperion."

"Really," she said laughing. "That's what you're concerned about."

"I feel like my physical wellbeing is worthy of being concerned about, yes," he said not understanding why she was laughing.

"You really think I haven't already told them," she said. "Because that was one of the first things that came up when we were planning this little get-together."

"Oh," he said slightly shocked. "And they took it well?"

"Yes," she said confidently. "Jack's dead and with Helios crashed and burned there's not much left of the corporate Hyperion left on Pandora to hate; and they trust me not to be involved romantically with a psychopath."

"That's comforting," he said unsure.

"Come on," she said pulling him back inside. "We shouldn't keep them waiting."

"Well, well, well, look who finally decided to show up," Lilith said immediately upon Fiona and Rhys getting within earshot. Maya slowly shook herself out of her meditated state and prepared for a long, long night.

"Someone decided that he needed to practice his pacing outside for a while," Fiona said with a smirk nodding towards Rhys.

"I happen to be quite proud of my pacing ability thank you very much," Rhys said trying to act natural.

"Everyone needs their own method of stress relief," Maya said. "Have you tried meditation before?"

"No," he said.

"Trust me," Lilith said. "It's not all it's cracked up to be."

"That's only because you refuse to use the methods I tell you to," Maya scoffed.

"There's only so much clearing of your mind you can do before there's nothing left," Lilith replied with a smirk.

"That doesn't even make sense," Maya said shaking her head.

"Taking Eridium on the other hand," Lilith said reveling in the memories. "Now that's something that really takes the edge off."

"They can't even use it like you can, hell even I can't," Maya said. "Besides it's probably best we don't get anybody else on this planet addicted to drugs."

"Eridium is much more than a simple drug," Lilith started to say again slipping into her memories. "It's, it's; you wouldn't understand anyways."

"Man I could really use a fix right now," Lilith blurted out.

"Lilith," Maya said disturbed. "You said you were going to try and cut yourself off from that stuff."

"And I am," Lilith confirmed. "It's just." She was once again lost in the memories.

Maya recognized that her girlfriend was a lost cause for the moment and turned to face Rhys. "Nice robot arm, have you met Gaige yet; I'm sure she'd freak out if she saw that."

"No he hasn't," Fiona answered for him. "He just got here, but I assure you that the opportunity for comparing robot arms will not be wasted."

"Robot arm," Rhys said with a sigh. "It just sounds so simple when you put it like that, I had to go through a lot to get this."

"Oh I'm sure you're Hyperion buddies made you jump through every hoop and agree to every piece of fine print before they let you get a toy like that," Lilith said rejoining the conversation.

"That's actually exactly what they did," Rhys said trying not to sound too uncomfortable at the use of the term buddies.

"So Fiona tells me you have a cult worshiping you too," Lilith said switching topics without a second thought. "Not all it's cracked up to be is it."

"No it isn't," he said nodding.

The rest of the night passed by filled with conversation and laughter over a fine Pandoran dinner of pizza. It was the first time in a long time that Rhys could remember actually having fun with people outside of Fiona, Sasha, and Vaughn; it was good to meet new people again, especially when those new people weren't also plotting to ruin your career.

Lying in bed he turned to Fiona and said, "Tonight was really fun, never actually been on a double date before."

"Glad I could help you cross that off your bucket list," she replied with a smirk. He smiled back then turned to prepare for sleep.

In another bed Lilith turned to Maya and said, "You think they'd be open to a foursome?"

"Why is everything about sex with you," Maya replied not completely ready for another round of this conversation.

"You try going all day looking at you and restraining yourself," Lilith said. "It isn't easy."

"You'll live," Maya said before returning to her peaceful inner reflection.

"Really," Lilith said annoyed. "You're just going to leave me hanging like that."

Cocking one eye open Maya said, "You're the one that keeps talking about multiple sex partners, clearly you won't be satisfied with just me."

"You're a cruel woman," Lilith said before slamming her head back against the pillow.

So two sort of announcements for things I could potentially be doing in the Borderlands fandom. I could do some more Lilith/Maya stories separate from this fic if people want to see that and I have enough inspiration. I'm also thinking about turning the chapter 2 universe with Fiona dead and Rhys searching for revenge into a multi chapter fic but that also rests on what inspiration I have. Anyways I hope you liked this. Probably will be returning to just Fiona and Rhys in the next chapter.