Sable's fingers dance across the pilot controls while Maya manages smaller nuances of the internal systems, and the ship glides down to the spaceport, landing gear extending from hatches and locking into place as she touches Maya down atop the pad. 

She hooks into the fuel lines for a last top-up before the trip, carefully shuts everything down, and heads out the boarding ramp into the spaceport, a few mental commands from Maya locking the ship up behind them.

The port is crowded and bustling, with people buying transport on ships, or negotiating cargo jobs, or shopping at little stores, or drinking at spacer bars. The smells of ozone and lubricants and sweat waft through the air as Sable weaves through the crowds.

She boards a train, watching the scenery go by as she heads for the Blue Hearts' cozy house out in the countryside, a little ways outside of the city, then takes an autocab from the station to her girlfriends' door.

Soon enough, she's standing on their front step and ringing the doorbell.

I bustle up to the door with a bounce in my step, and swing it open with a warm wide smile. 

"Hello, sweetie!" Sable grins, tugging Romana into a tight hug and kissing her softly. "Good to see you. Today's the day, yeah?"

I wrap my arms around her shoulders - she's so strong and bright and good; and I can feel her and hug her and it's so good - 

I blush fiercely, and meet her kiss with an eager smile and a doe-eyed adoring gaze. 

"It is! It still feels a little unreal, really, that I get to hold my Sable in my arms and that we get to..."

A faint little chuckle slips from my lips. 

"Indulge, like this? You've worked so hard and...~"

My fingertips brush along her cheek as I sigh admiringly up at her, before ducking my head into another blush.   

Fuck she's just adorable, all swept up in this.

"Yeah, it's pretty wild that we get to just have this now, but we do! It's pretty great. Took a lot of work, the improved neuralink was hard to get right, but... we're actually just set, now, and we get to just enjoy it."

She buries her hands in Romana's hair and presses their foreheads together, gazing softly into her eyes and smiling gently.

"I'm so glad," she murmurs.

I let out a long breathy sigh, and flick my eyes closed, a giddy little grin bursting to life on my face as I nuzzle up reflexively. 

"Yeah it's..." 

I lean back a moment, catching my breath, before darting back in to kiss her nose. 

"Amazing, really." 

I tousle my hair and caress down her neck. 

"Hope the trip was alright? Know it's a bit to the port, but there's just... something intoxicating about having you be - Home with me, you know? You should be my home and my hearth, my love and my life and."

I cut it off before I get too overloadedly blushy, biting my lip bashfully.  

She nods softly. "Yeah, the view on the way is pretty nice, and we'd cheerfully travel twice as far to come see you."

Her thumb brushes softly against Romana's cheek, and an eager smile stretches her face.

"Well, you all packed, or d'you wanna take some time to rest here together before we head out? It's up to you, loves."

I let out a quiet little murmur, and lean into her touch. 

"- I should make you some tea, at least." 

Her smile softens and she nods. "Tea sounds lovely. Lead the way, darling."

She takes her hand gently, squeezing it with gentle fondness then eager adoration, before she saunters off to the kitchen, leading the way. 

The kitchen is aglow with warm browns and polished stone, with a nice big island table at the center. She flits over to grab an electric kettle, quickly filling it up and starting it with the customary little thlup-thlup-thlup, the soft blue indicator light flicking on at her command. 

"Maya must be so excited, getting to do something more than a milkrun, shipwise. Though I suppose I could say the same about you, My captain~?" 

Sable bursts into a laugh and nods. "Oh void yes. We're absolutely thrilled. Finally something other than puttering about the Origin system, someone to show all the lovely things in the multiverse, and a chance to really stretch her wings."

She grins brightly as the kettle warms.

She sets out two mugs, and plops in the appropriate bags, and nods along with a smile. 

"Looking forward to it! No intinerary, no schedule, just us and the stars, and whatever we want to show each other."

I push a stray strand of hair behind my ear, and relax my shoulders down a little more.

"It'll be good to get out and about. A lot of us are kind of homebodies at heart, but getting to be aboard her and see your just - delight at exploring and wandering is going to be great. You're great."  

"Awwwww." She blushes and smiles, then pulls Romana into another kiss. "You're great. You've supported us and cheered us on the whole way, and this trip is the reward. And really, travel gets a lot easier when you can bring a cozy home with you the whole way."

She pulls her into it with a smile, kissing soft and sweet and kind. 

"Yeah...~" 

Amber foxy ears sprout from her head, her hair warming and straightening out a little and spilling a little further down her chest, her curves shifting to something a little softer and fuller as she settles in. 

I smile gently, and lean in to kiss her forehead, a tail lashing out to slide along her thigh. 

"...I suppose that makes it a bit of a pilgrimage, for you? Breaking her in and getting to explore the full glory of the inky night does seem like it would be on theme for you two." 

She sighs and leans into Amber's kiss. "Mhm! It's been overdue. We spent a night enjoying Kornephos' rings, and a few other sights around the Origin system, but we really wanted to save our first trip to old Earth for with y'all."

She smiles, tails swishing out happily behind her, before nodding firmly. 

"Yeah. I think... there's a difference between setting sail out to the open sea to see the sights, and feeling the fresh soil of the frontier beneath your feet." 

Her ears fold up for a while in lingering thought, before perk-flopping back out. 

"And the latter, I think, is a joy best shared." 

"It really is. Is there anywhere any of y'all are particularly excited to see first?"

"I don't think so? Places far away tend to feel pretty... ephemeral, for us." 

She wanders over to the fridge, and tap tap taps her fingers on the handle, before pulling it open to grab the milk. 

"Though... I do think I'd enjoy getting to tour a Japan. Maybe visit a nice shrine, see the cities up close and see Mt. Fuji, perhaps?" 

"Ooh, definitely. That'd be a lovely way to start, maybe a shrine, then Mt. Fuji, then duck through the bustle of Tokyo? Get a meal in the city, and then off to an onsen somewhere?"

I nod agreeably. 

"Something like that. Oh and... I'd love to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom, sometime. They really are rather beautiful." 

"Conveniently," she replies with a grin, "the multiverse is big enough that finding a Japan in the peak of cherry blossom season shouldn't be hard at all. That's a sight we've been looking forward to for a while too."

She nod nods, her ears flouncing with the motion a little.