Chapter 8: DATE TIMES!
"So you're the famous Kimihito?" Armen asked happily, almost relieved to meet him but more excited.
"The one and only" The kind man crooned softly.
"What's it like? Having six of them?"
"Well to be honest, every day is an adventure and there's always more to learn than the last. That's...daily life with monster girls I guess..." replied honestly.
"Wow...I wish I had your confidence...I just...up and ran away because I didn't know what to do...you must think I'm pretty pathetic..."
Kurusu gave him an accusatory stare, which evolved into a caring smile and responded;
"its not unusual to be afraid of them at first...you survived your first full moon night with them however, so you must care about your girls a great deal".
"I-I do! I love them all! They're like family..."
"Well if you feel as much for them, Then tell them! Get your girls together and let them know you care for all of them equally, they probably reacted as much because they felt you didn't care about them all too much. Trust me, I made the same mistake pal, just try your best to be as reasonably fair as you can!" Kurusu reassured him.
"Yeah! You're right!" Armen jumps up, a new sense of purpose and confidence fueling his morale, he gives kimihito a bro hug and sprints off with a " thanks dude! I owe ya!"
"Heheheh...good luck kiddo." Kimihito chuckled softly.
Armen rushes back him with newfound hope that his girls would see a side of him they needed, a side that would cater to their every need, to understanding them, to letting them know he loved them all equally, and he was gonna get his point across even if it killed him, and he knew exactly what to do.
He flung the door open and let out an excited;
"GOOOOOD MORNING GIRLS!"
The four liminals stirred in their sleep, Astraea stirred in her sleep, her wings twitched, her tail jerked and her eyes dilated at the approaching sunlight shining through the windows, ariya groaned softly, naturally as a lamia and a reptile she was sluggish in the mornings and shakily uncoiled her self around her own body to meet Armen's greeting with groggy eyes and bed head. Meanwhile both Stella and ember had embraced eachother...both under the false pretense that they were snuggled up to Armen to such ember mumbled "its not even 11 baby...1 more hour..." while she snuggled up to Stella's soft ample bosom, Stella let out a soft moan, waking up to find ember snuggled up inbetween her breasts, rather than being completely disgusted she giggled at how cute ember was when she was sleeping.
"I'm not Armen ember...but...I didn't know you liked me this much..."she cooed suggestively, stroking her hair.
"Huh?...Armen, since when is your chest so soft and bouncy?..."ember mumbled, half asleep. She slowly opened her slitted eyes to realize that she was snuggled up to Stella's boobs.
"Ahehehe! Morning sleepyhead..."
"AUGHH DISGUSTING!" Ember growled, kicking her away. "Oh! I can't believe I was snuggled up to her...oh my gods I'm gonna be sick!" Ember rubbed herself down thoroughly and violently, even going so far as breathing fire on her hands to decontaminate herself.
Stella let out an annoyed groan"Good morning to you too charcoal breath..."
"Master?...why are you so jovial this morning...d-did something happen last night?!" Astraea exclaimed, frightful as to what transpired and if they'd taken advantage of him.
"No no no no! Absolutely not girls...nothing happened...but...I feel like I should apologize to you all."
All of their heads reeled up and their collective rainbow of eyes trained solely on him.
Armen went on to say"I made all of you worry...about if I even still cared about any of you, you had every right to be scared girls but the truth is that I love you all, and...the thought of marrying you all is overwhelming. You're all so beautiful and sweet and you have such lively and energetic personalities...and...I don't feel like I'm worthy of such angels..."
"Armen..."Ember crooned, she was the first to get up, she walked up to him slowly with a hurt frown on her face, she punched him in the gut making him lurch over before she wrapped her arms around his neck"you idiot! Don't you get it by now?!..."
"Wh-*hack* what?..."
"You're so dumb!" Ember cries out, squeezing him tighter"y-you're the only guy I want...you're the only human worthy of me...I don't want anyone else!"
Embers confession made his heart quicken, he couldn't help but wrap his arms around her wings and snuggle into her chest. The girls' resolve was anything but complacent, Ember's burst of emotion made then jealous somewhat, but one by one they came out with their own responses.
"Ember is right master...you are the only man worthy to be my master...I would accept no other at this point...they would never live up to your kindness and strength..." Astraea remarked proudly.
"Yeah what featherbrain said!"Stella butted in obnoxiously"besides...your blood is just way to addicting...all others would just taste like watered down juice compared to you! You're stuck with me forever sweet thang!"
Finally was Ariya, she looked in the verge of crying her face was so red, as if she'd known what had happened last night or could at least have recalled it somewhat"y-yes master...I-I just want to repay you for rescuing me...a-and I...i...I want to be with you too..."
"Girls..."Armen sniffled while his eyes filled with tears, he couldn't help it, here they were admitted they all loved him and would never leave even if he told them too, and it was simply too much for him to handle.
"Just shut up you dumbass..."Ember cooed"and accept that we love you..."
"I...thank you girls...thank you so much..."Armen wept, composing himself he let out a happy chuckle and responded"cmon my lovelies! Group hug!" Words he would come to regret, as he was enveloped in a sea of supple flesh, struggling desperately for air as. He tried to get away, being pulled from one set of plushy mounds to the next as the girls squabbled over who got their turn with him next.
Until, Ember did the unthinkable...
"YOU WHORES ARE ALL GETTING IN THE WAY AND IT PISSES ME OFF TO NO END! IM SICK OF HAVING TO SHARE HIM WITH ALL OF YOU! HE'S MINE! HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE" she took Armen's face and smashed her lips against his.
"M-MMPH!" Armen squealed, trying to pull away, only managing to flail around desperately, slowly giving in to Ember's soft lips, groaning softly as he hung limp in her arms.
All of the girls gasped and let out horrified shrieks.
"EMBER WHAT THE FUCK?!" Stella snarls, her wings unfurling.
"THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNCOUTH!" Astraea reprimands her, her wings quivering with rage.
"T-THAT KISS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!" Ariya struggles out, garnering a look of sheer confusion from the rest of the girls and even Armen, making her shrink back with complete embarrassment and fear, her face as red as a cherry as her long thick tail darted erratically back and forth.
Ember pulls away with a satisfied sigh, smiling deviously at the rest of them.
"Ehehehehe! You snooze you lose ladies!"
All at once the remaining liminals assaulted the poor boy, instead of smothering him in silky flesh he was overwhelmed with a barrage of moist lips pecking violently at his face, Armen tried desperately to pry himself away, but would ultimately get dragged back to his lovely, yet dangerous prison of love and over affection. When he'd have about enough he crawled out of the pile of lovestruck monster women and let out a loud"ENOUGH!"
Making all the girls freeze, preparing themselves for his assertion, all of the smiling and giggling over the state of his lipstick smattered face.
"Girls...I understand...I really do! But THIS cannot go on!"he gestured to his face"now...due to some wonderful advice I'd just received...I've come to a catharsis I belive will give all of you a fair piece of my attention that you all so very much crave. Starting today! I will go on a personal date with each of you individually, giving you all as much time as you feel is necessary to bond with me! How does that sound?"
Each of the girls were silent, their faces showing the desperate want of him they all unanimously felt, but also looked as though they were collectively thinking of the types of scenarios in which they were all on dates with him, and in a flash they were clambering over eachother to tell Armen who he should go with first, until he raised his hand and responded;
"I've already made my decision on who i'm going out with first...to make this simple and easier, Ariya, I'm going with you first, Astraea you're second...Stella, you're third...and Ember..."Armen smiled snarkily"you're last...any questions ladies—AGHH!" Armen gagged as Ember threw him up against a wall.
"Give me a good reason why I shouldn't skin you alive and flambé you..."She snarled,none to pleased with being in last place to Stella of all people...or monsters.
"Because I'm saving you for last sweetheart..."Armen tapped ember's nose with his index finger, her face twitched, her long forked tough pulled out of her mouth and she let out a coo of happiness, her knees knocking,her tail wagging wildly back and forth, and her wings slumping to the ground. Armen was happy her found this weak spot when she attempted to smother him last week, he had no idea she loved having her nose booped so much, and he was gonna use this more often on her.
"Aaaaarrrmennn~ n-no fair!" She drawled out.
"Life's not fair sweetie pie...you be a good girl and I'll give you an extra lamb chop tonight~"Armen crooned, scratching the spot in between her horns again.
Ember let out a soft growl, nuzzling up to his chest with practiced adoration, showing no sign of letting himself go any time soon.
"You're signing your own death warrant you jerk..."
Armen smiled and turned back to the girls"we'll start in a few hours..." he announced.
"Why in a few hours?...—-" Ember asked, but before she got an answer Armen collapsed onto the floor, snoring within seconds.
"—...oh...that's why..."
— 4 hours later—
After a brief nap on the floor of the living room, Armen got himself ready for his date with Ariya, at first he was unsure of where it was he would take her or where she would even want to go given her timid nature and fear of people. But he had a certain idea of what she would like to do, so with newfound confidence, and a spritz or two of cologne, he strutted out of his room.
He just so happen to walk in on what seemed like a powwow between the ladies, and their attention was on Ariya alone, and said basilisk looked absolutely terrified, chastened even, willing to do whatever she was told of only to keep her very life.
"Got that ruby eyes? No cuddles, no seductive stares...and absolutely...no...kissing..."Ember hissed jealously, still envious of her position at the bottom of the dating pecking order.
"Relax bright eyes!" Stella crooned, patting her shoulder"we have a schedule, each of us will have an hour with him! Just have fun! And don't worry about old charcoal breath!"
"Don't push your luck blood sucker..."Ember retorted.
Ignoring the bickering Armen handed Ariya a gentle hand"ready to go my dear?..."He cooed softly.
Ariya cooed and blushed bright red, Turing away from his face so not to meet his gaze, paralyzed by his charm and grace, so very much paralyzed and shaken by him, that she squeezed his hand"y...~yess..." She blissfully sighed.
"Remember Ariya, one hour..."Astraea remarked, the basilisk nodded and pulled Armen along out the door, eager to finally have her time with him.
—-
Ariya clung to Armen's arm smiling contentedly up at him, her glimmering rosy red orbs flashing with adoration, and her heart rate quickening at her opportunity, she was too shy however, she was more content to just be by his side any given moment of any given day.
"So Ariya...where would you like to go?"
"H-huh? O-oh...anywhere will do master! R-Really"
"Cmon big eyes there's gotta be somewhere you wanna go!"Arden urged the wide eyed, innocent serpent woman with a nudge which made her shrink with embarrassment, blushing 50 shades darker.
"Uh...Umm I-I uhmmm..." she mentally scorned herself, she hated being so timid, it was time she became more confident around Armen, he deserved the best side of herself she could give him"I-I want to go to a coffee shop!" She exclaims, feeling warm blood pulse through her veins as her heartbeat quickened.
"A coffee shop huh? How cute...nice and quiet..."he grabbed Ariya's hand"sounds great sweetie! I know this awesome little spot my friend Tio and I used to go all the time!"
Ariya's expression brightened, she smiled happily up at Armen, letting herself be pulled along with a blissful coo. What the two of them didn't know was that not too far away three jealous stares very fixated on the duo from behind an alleyway.
"Grr I hate this!" Ember growled"why did she get to go first!?Look at her! Being all smug and lovey dovey! Giving him this big old kobold eyes! Aaugh! She's just relishing in it!" Her claws begin to dig into the brick lining of the alleyway wall, causing little fissures to form.
"Calm yourself Ember, you know the rule we established, we cannot intervene for one solid hour..." Astraea reprimanded her.
"B-but she..."She stutters.
"Zip it firespitter! You'll get your chance!" Stella stuffed her head behind the alleyway, but Ember wrestled her way out of her grip glaring at the both of them.
"Are you both seriously okay with this?! You've got to be mad right?! I mean come on!" Ember felt injustice for this course of action, she wouldn't admit that she wanted Armen all to herself, but she still didn't take kindly to this situation.
"Ember...Armen is just trying to give us all a fair chance, he cares about us all enough to do so and we shouldn't sully his decision. Of course we're mad! Why wouldn't we be? But we also understand that we're re all in the same boat in loving him! He doesn't have favorites when it comes to us...he loves us equally..." Astraea tried giving her a dose of morality, which made Ember immediately fall silent. She sighed billowing a cloud of smoke, mulling over her head Astraea's words.
"What happened to our life?...just me and him?..."she whined quietly.
Armen was busy with Ariya and her timidity, as soon as they'd entered the shop she was behind his back shivering like a chastened puppy. It took some work, but he'd managed to get her to a table without her slithering out of the shop at mach speed. She even feared the waiter, who bet well must have been the absolute sweetest demon he'd ever met, completely harmless. After she'd left Armen wanted to get to the bottom of this issue.
"Ariya...what's wrong? You're more skittish than usual.
She whimpered, looking up at him shakily"t-the stares...from everyone, they're all looking at me..." Armen looked up to see the baffled,intrigued faces of the patrons of the store, they looked more of curiosity and wonder than accusation or criticism.
"Ariya...no one hates you here. These people are just curious,none of them are criticizing you..." Armen gave her a soft smile.
"But e-everyone hates basilisks...a-and...—eep!" She squeaked as Armen placed a gentle hand on hers.
"Ariya...you shouldn't be afraid of everything and everyone...those days of having to fear humans and believing that everyone is out to get you...those are over...you're safe now, I won't let anyone hurt you...ok?"
"A-ahhh...ok..."She cooed, finding her gaze fixated on him, her breath hitched and her face heating up exponentially, in that moment nothing more mattered than him"a-Armen?...-"
"your parfaits!" The deamoness chirped, sliding two fruit and ice cream parfaits at the couple"enjoy you two!"
"Oh awesome! Gotta say Ariya, never pegged you the parfait type! Especially not the mixed parfait type"
"Heh...w-we'll I've kinda had a soft spot for sweet stuff for a bit...I'm not strictly ovivorous like most lamiae..."
"Ovivorous?"
"An egg eater..."
"Oh! Huh...may explain why you avoided those eggs I gave you..."
"Yeah, I can't have too many...my scales start flaking off prematurely if I do..."
"I'll keep a mental note" Armen began taking small bites of his rich treat, noticing that Ariya was doing something rather odd with her food, she held it out toward her face and was using her forked tongue to flicker about around her forkful, perhaps it was her way of tasting her food before tasting it, as a snake does when tracking down its prey. Then she took in her mouthful and squeaked happily at the taste, wriggling her snake half giddly.
"I take it your sense of taste is better than most lamiae?..."
"Yeah it is! Even the most subtle flavoring I can't make out easily! I-it's just that my sense of smell is kinda weak so I use my tongue to sniff around"
"You lamiae Just Jeep getting more and more interesting..."
"A-Armen..."she whimpers, fidgeting about , it was then Armen noticed cream covering the corners of her mouth and he chuckled.
"What? W-what's wrong?.." she asked.
"You got cream on your face..."
Ariya was tempted to shrink back in fear, in embarrassment, but she just couldn't, she couldn't be a coward in front of the man she adored anymore. It was now or never.
"A-Armen!" She lunged up, eyeing him intensely with a flustered scowl on her face, her lips quivering.
"Y-yeah?!..."he exclaims, startled by her gusto.
"C-could you?...could you get it off?..."She puckered her lips and closed her eyes, holding out her face for him to clean, but in reality, with how naive she was, this is how she though people would have had their first kiss.
"U-uhhmm...s-sure..."Armen slowly got up and cleaned her cheeks and lips, it was only then that he realized how cute her shiny red lips were, how light reflected off her glossy creamy skin, and the shape of her childlike face, so innocent and pure, still so much to learn. Armen felt himself getting closer and closer, now all of a sudden finding it hard to resist her, then he noticed she was shaking and whimpering softly, as if she were scared or forcing herself to do this. Armen felt pride, joy even that she was willing to fight her fear to admit what she felt for him, it was so sweet.
He cleaned off her cheeks and put a finger to her lips, making her squeak and plop back down in her seat"a-armen?..."
"Ariya...you've changed so much since I first met you...it's alright...you don't have to force yourself to do something...ever, I appreciate that you trust me so much with yourself, but you should make the choice for yourself in your own time...ok?"
She's felt somewhat that she'd failed, but was reassured by the care and warmth of his smile and eyes. She smiled genuinely again for the third time and responded"ok Armen...I will, I promise..." she looped her tail around his leg pulling him closer to the table while she leaned in.
"A-Ariya?.."
"But you know...I like you most...more than anyone...you're my armie...—-" she reached for his face, but didn't get far until Ember's clawed hand came down on the wooden table, leaving a large indention in the shape of he clawed hand in the middle.
"Times up you slutty worm..."she growled at her.
"W-what?! B-but we just got here!"
"She's right Ariya...Times up" Astraea walked up alongside Stella. Armen gave them a deadpan glare.
"were you three...watching us?"
The three liminals all avoided his glare occupying themselves with the passerby, their own personal grooming or their whistling skills, Armen wasn't buying any of it. He let out a deep guttural sigh and got up from the table, He then noticed Ariya looked incredibly depressed, almost regretful of something, so he did the only thing he felt would reassure her. He bent down and gave her a quick peck on the cheek when the other girls weren't looking, she gasped and stared at him with glassy eyes, her face as red as a tomato, 'back to normal' he guessed, but it was only when she smiled brightly at him that he realized she understood, she was really learning and changing...and it made him so proud and happy.
Next was Astraea, but of course she already had plans for Armen, not even letting him decide, she wanted to go flying with him, all over the city. His fear of heights made Armen hesitant, but he pulled himself together for her sake, he had to train his mind and body to live up to his girl's lifestyles and natures, but even then, flying is scary! He spent the latter part of their time soaring above Fukushima clinging to Astraea's arms, which she minded none to much, she barely got to spend much time with him, what with all the ruckus the others caused, she was always left on the sidelines, and she was gonna take advantage of his attention in this one hour even if it killed the both of them...though more preferably not...
"Are you enjoying the view master?..." She crooned, sweat dropping with a faltered grin when she saw the state of her fickle master, he was practically sweating bullets, a fixated wide lipped grimace on his face and both shrunken pupils fixated on spinning city beneath him.
"Huh?! O-oh yeah! It's great! The best one ever! OOH DOGGY IS IT AWESOME!" Armen trees to sound encouraging, but coming off as mildly sarcastic. Much to Astraea's dismay.
Astraea sighed and said"it's alright master...you don't have to lie...I'm always the odd one out amongst the girls...always the voice of reason...the straight laced, stoic, conservative type always stigmatized and borderline insufferably boring...I understand of you don't agree with some of my decisions...and I understand if you view me as not even remotely close to what you look for in a liminal significant other..."Astraea murmured dismissively, feeling as if she should have given up a long time ago"I suppose I should never have expected you to see me as anything more..."
Armen found his fear flying out the preverbal window, someone else needed his best side now, even though he felt like he was supposed to be scared, he just wasn't anymore.
"Astraea...no...it's not like that...it's just that the other girls...require a lot more attention, you on the other hand...you're so calm,collected and sure if yourself and know that you don't need to be that open or crazily forward to get my attention, you're who you are, and that keeps my attention! I mean come on! You're a griffin for god's sake! What could be better?! You're smart, and polite, and stoic when necessary. But you have a very sweet soft side, it's almost childlike...and it's so cute Astraea...you're a great girl and an amazingly beautiful catch...you're gorgeous...don't forget that ok?.."
Astraea's heart hammered in her chest, her breathing became hitched and her gaze turned hazy, she was enraptured by the power of Armen's words, instantly reminded of why she fell in love with him again.
"Oh master...you're such a beautiful soul, who knew human men could be so caring and sweet...despite the fact there are four of us you bequeath to us your undivided attention...all of us derive special treatment from you and you don't mind whatsoever...it's the kind of men like you that...that women fight over—-m-master?" It was only the Astraea noticed that she'd let go of Armen, and said apple of her eye was plummeting toward the ground, she dived and caught the screaming man by the chest and cradled him to her ample bosom, nuzzling his face with the ferocity of a dog.
"Master! master! oh master! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I should have been paying attention to what I was doing! IM SUCH A LOVESICK IDIOT! I ALMOST GOT YOU KILLED! I'M SORRY IM SO—"Armen put a hand to her mouth and turned slightly with a chastened smile"it's ok Astraea...b-but can we discuss this on the ground?..." he practically begged, small tears present in his eyes.
"Of course we can master...whatever you may want it is my job to ensure it—"she angled herself to attempt to glide to the ground until small shrieking blue blur shot past her throwing off her balance as she tumbled through the air toward the park tree line, Armen held on tight to Astraea, but realized in the head of the moment he was holding onto something or someone else...more importantly...a pair of slender legs.
When Armen opens his eyes again he noticed they were on the ground again, and the view he was getting was among the stranger ones, all he was seeing was tan, it was dark, but he heard birds chirping"w-what the?..."when he'd heard his voice being muffled he realized something wasn't right, he'd pulled away and his eyes bugged out, finally finding out where his head was, it wasn't Astraea his face was pressed up against the small firm butt of a harpy, he gasped and sat up noticing Astraea slumped over on a tree branch, obviously unconscious, but then he looked back down at the harpy girl, she was slender, looked like a 14 year old by her physique alone, she had light blue neck length messy hair, a black shirt and two huge bird like wings with small thumb claws splayed on the ground, she groaned in pain while she tried to get up with Armen helping her out of courtesy.
"Owwieee...I these goggles make the world all spinny..."the girl pulled two aviator's goggles off of her face exposing her huge chestnut brown eyes who found their way up to Armen's face.
"Who are you?..."
The girls mesmerizingly huge eyes brightened and she gave him a childlike grin"Papi! I'm papi! Papi the harpy!"
"Papi?...w-where's your host family?..."
"Host?...oh my master! Um...I thought he was following me—"
"PAPI!" Kurusu cries out.
At hearing the man's voice Armen's expression brightens"HEY KURUSU!"
"Oh hey Armen! I'm so sorry about Papi...she's hyper energetic and can't stay in one place for very long...plus when she starts flying It's hard to catch up to her!" He heaved bending over to catch his breath.
"MASTER!" She screeched with joy, tackling kurusu adoringly, straddling his torso.
"Papi easy! I'm catching my breath!"
Armen smiled at the two, only then realizing that Astraea was still stuck in the tree. He got on his feet and pulled Astraea by her arms trying to leverage her out of the tree, which worked too well and managed to get him pinned underneath her rather heavy body, he flailed about trying to wake Astraea up pushing and slapping her arms. Astraea slowly opened her eyes and held her bruised head, but she felt a stirring in her bosom and looked down to find Armen struggling to breath under the weight of her breasts, she quickly rested up and picked up the wheezing young man, screeching in his face asking if he was alright.
On a nearby park bench Armen sat with kurusu, chatting it up once more, while Papi checked Astraea up and down marveling at her beauty.
"You're so pretty!" Papi said, making said griffin blush.
"Thank you sweetheart, you're quite adorable yourself!" She bopped Papi on her nose which made her giggle.
"You're wings are all big! And long! I bet you make the wind go WOOSH! Don't you?!"
"Yes I do sweetheart! Care for a demonstration?" Astraea asked spreading her massive wings.
"YEAH!" Papi spread her wings and the two of them took to the air twirling and looping around each other like a pair of graceful aerial acrobats cutting through the air with the agility of fighter jets.
"Thanks for catching Papi Armen...she can be a handful sometimes!" Kurusu chuckled nervously with a tentative hand on his head.
"Of course pal! I owed you as much...you gave me great advice earlier today..."
"I help when I can...but I have to thank you as well.."kurusu said.
"Why?..."Armen asked.
"well because you reminded me of myself when I first became a host Armen, it was rough, but it was worth it to see all those bright smiles on the girls' faces...that griffin of yours is quite the stunning one, absolutely beautiful..."
"Well your little harpy is quite the charming little ball of sunshine!"
"Don't tell her that or she'll cling to you forever..."
"Hahahahaha!" Armen chuckled, breathing a steady breath.
Kurusu let out a deep, thought provoked sigh and responded with a stern expression;"you've heard about all of the liminals being smuggled here haven't you?"
Armen nodded"Smith and Jones told me about something like that, but I wasn't aware of how many, I just met one of them...she's my newest homestay...when I asked her how she'd gotten here she told me that a strange man had brought her here, through the forest I think"
"Mmm...well it's possible, many liminals brought here are released in the forest before mon find them smith told me..."
"But why? What's the purpose of bringing unregistered liminals here to Japan of all places?..."
Kurusu's expression sank, and he gave Armen a grimace"for their parts...Smith told me liminal parts are worth thousands, millions even on the black market! Some are sold to shady corporate individuals to make quick bucks or exploit the girls through conventional unsuspecting means ...while others...others are just used for their particular race in the "entertainment" industry..."
"What the hell is wrong with people? They're living creatures as well..."
"Well some don't see it that way, people nowadays only see a liminal as an extortionate being or a tool for lust...there isn't much respect for them anymore...or hope for them to be seen as equals..."
"Kurusu...that isn't true! We care! You and me! Right?"
"Well yes...I suppose there is still us..."
"Of course there is! Kurusu...just because it's rare doesn't mean hope is lost! If enough people can stand up for this justice can be served...it just..well, it just takes the right person!"
Kurusu was in thought for a second looking over Armen curiously, but then he smiled and chuckled softly.
"What's so funny?..." Armen asked.
"Nothing really...It's just that, it's been much too long since I've met someone as genuine enough to care about another's wellbeing, it's refreshing is all..."
"Hey man...you always have a friend in me kimihito!" Armen held out his hand.
"Yes, I think I will..."kurusu held his hand out to grasp Armen's firmly, the both of them sharing a type of brotherly smile.
"You know Armen, I plan on taking the girls to a spa that just opened recently in about a week from now, Well, if Smith signs off on the place as being liminal friendly, I'd like you to bring your homestays along. They might hit it off! What do you say?"
"Sounds awesome!"
"Great! Well, I best get Papi back home, she's got a bad habit of flying off unexpectedly"
"Oh is that so?...cause she's gone..." Armen informed him, pointing to the confused looking griffin searching for the little harpy. Kurusu let out an exasperated sigh"you gotta be joking..."
"Don't worry kurusu we can help you! Astraea is an expert in tracking, she told me she once spotted a rabbit in this park from 200 feet in the air!"
"Wow..."
"Yeah talk about an eagle eye huh?!"
"No kidding..."
After their chat Armen and Astraea searched for about an hour with kurusu, trying to track down the elusive little harpy, they searched half the city almost, until they all felt like idiots when they found her at an ice cream stand, sampling all 38 flavors consistently. Suffice to say, his date with Astraea was...eventful.
Of course now for Armen was the date he dreaded the most...it was Stella's turn. And he was not looking forward to whatever she had planned. He grinned and bared and decided to have them meet back outside their house in 1 hour while he helped wrap things up and set a date for the spa day with kurusu. After he had Astraea fly them back to the house, he met up with Stella who was standing at the door, but in the oddest fashion, she was wearing a holding which covered the skin on her arms and black stock leggings to cover the skin of her legs.
"Hey Stella...what's with the get up?..."
"Oh you know, just a little sun protection!" She uttered that sentence in a more chipper voice than she intended, she hated the fact that she was a vampire for this very reason.
"Wait...so is that legend about vampires actually true?"
"Unfortunately so..."she holds out her hand to the sunlight which immediately began sizzling as if she were being burned my acid, she let out a throaty hiss and retracted her limb.
Armen found himself cringing slightly at her despair, regretting not knowing of her crippling deficiency, and at that moment...he had an idea.
"Well I know how we can fix that..." Armen bolted inside to his room to look for something, leaving a confused Stella hovering about the door. Armen came back outside with an umbrella, extending it over Stella's Head, she stuck her hand out slowly, awing at the revelation.
"Why didn't I think of this?" She asked herself.
"Cmon night princess..."Armen held out is hand.
"My pleasure..." she took it gladly, grinning almost too giddily...finally she had him all to herself, no one could get in the way.
Armen knew exactly where to take her, her problem was that she couldn't come out at even the best time of the day, so to fix it, he decided to take her to a tailor, but not just any normal tailor.
Armen and Stella finally made it downtown and to the small shop Armen got recommended to by Jones a while back.
"Hello?...anyone in?" He called out, the reception desk was vacant, no one in sight even, the store itself looked like it had been abandoned, yet it was open for the public. Stella's eats peeked up and her pupils dilated like a cat's, something wasn't right about this place. Just then a small threat of white material fell from the ceiling, upon closer inspection as Armen picked up the thread, it was sticky yet firm and silky"huh...this looks like spider—-WHAAAGH" Armen screams sad threads shot down from the ceiling. Stella attempted to grab Armen but failed and stared up at the dark ceiling angrily.
"Armen!" She called out, the expression on her face morphing to rage, even the color of her face contorted to that of a classic vampire, her fangs came out and her claws extended, ready to attack whatever took him.
"Ugh what is this stuff?!" Armen cried out, holding completely steady when he heard bizarrely jovial laughter echoing from above him.
"Fu fu fu fu...seems I've caught another helpless insect in my web..."a black clawed hand came out of the darkness above him, caressing his face tenderly, whoever was laughing had her lips close to his ear, covering his face with her claws"guess who?"
"Wait...that voice, that laughter! These webs! RACHNEE?!" He exclaimed, trying to turn around, managing to get an eyeful of the silver haired, crimson 6 eyed Arachne with the black zip up top that exposed her ample down blouse cleavage, her 8 jet black, glistening segmented spider limbs shimmering in the low light, her smile was one of satisfaction, superiority and playfulness.
Armen knew rachnee to be a trickster, using her webbing to"practice" her various knotting positions on poor unsuspecting liminals, resulting in very...sensual...situations, but he also ha da history with her, when he'd first came here she was one of the first liminals he met...well more like was hunted by, at first she was pretty alright with gagging him with her webbing, hanging him from a tree if she could because of her distrust, borderline hatred of humans. But as she got to know him
In the 3 hours they'd spent talking...she grew quite attached to him and his love for liminal culture, so let him go even going as far as ambushing him every so often to test out her knotting on him out of her sheer personal pleasure. Not the best relationship they had, but it was something at least.
"You got it cutie! What are you doing here? Haven't seen you aren't here lately..."
"Well I've had some liminals I've been taking care of for about 4 weeks now, I haven't had much time to get out. But actually that's why I'm here!"
"Oh? So you're with that sexy, thicc vampire that just walked in..."
"Y-yeah...that's Stella, and would you mind putting me down so she can calm down?"
"Heheheh...Whatever you say sweetie!" Rachnee pulled a mischievous smirk on her face, clipping a shingle thread which sent him plummeting to the door below, but Stella caught him midair"are you alright Armen?!" She asked worried.
"Yeah I'm fine Stella! Really!"
"Whoever the hell you are! Unless you don't want to get torn to pieces I suggest you show yourself!"Stella warned the mysterious stranger.
"Stella it's alright! I know her! she's the owner of this store!" Armen tried to convince her, while the massive black spider dropped from the ceiling, her lips graced with a beautifully devilish grin.
"How dare you try to hurt my Armen! You witch!" Stella growled, her irises taking on a black hue as she lunged at rachnee, only to be snagged and hung from the ceiling in a constrictor knot"no need to be all testy sweetie...my constrictor knot...my staple, trademark knot I use on almost everyone..."rachnee scuttled up to the flustered girl, gagged with webbing, one tired around her forcefully separated large breasts, around her wrists, one around her legs and another hugging the insides of her legs, Stella let out an involuntary moan, every time she moved, a sensitive area would be grazed upon.
"Y-you w-aahnnn..."she groaned sensually.
"Tch Tch Tch...you're a very cute vampire...you shouldn't be so testy...you'll get wrinkles on that cute little face"
"Rachnee...please let her go." Armen pleads softly.
Rachnee sighed and cut the thread holding Stella aloft backing up so she could catch her breath, Stella gave her a glare, which softened to a smile soon after when she responded"not bad Arachne! That's some fancy knot work! I couldn't even move!"
Rachnee looked confused for a second before her smile graced her lips once more"you're either super kinky, or just appreciate the finer aspects of knots..."
"Let's just settle on both for now!" Stella crooned.
Rachnee chuckled softly, she liked this vampire.
"So Rachnee, how'd you come to own a store?"
"Oh I don't own it, I just come here every now and again to deposit some silk webbing. So what can I do for you two?"
"Well you see, I was hoping that some kind of outfit-"
"To deflect sunlight off of her so she can walk around freely during the day could be made?"
"Y-yeah! But how did you—-"
"Lucky guess!" Rachnee got out a design book and gave it to Stella"take your pick..."
Stella flipped through the book until she finally found something she truly liked, it was a hooded silver cloak like dress, two long qipao like faulds, on in the front and back, long white leggings reaching up to the upper thigh, golden accents on the arms and gloves hands, cute ankle high boots, and even better, guard on the portion of the wing in direct contact with sunlight.
"This one..."
"Hmm...not a bad choice at all! In fact its one of our more popular designs for flying liminals."
"How much then Rachnee?"
Stella looked awestruck, was he really intending on going all out for her? Just so she could live life without worrying about being turned to ash during the day?
"Armen you don't really have to do this, I'm
Nocturnal by nature...it's ok-"
"Ahp bap bap bap!" He shushed her"But the things you love doing most I've noticed happen during the day...it's not fair to you Stella, I know you choose to be very positive and happy even when you're not your best. Now's no exception, and I don't like seeing you so upset so I'm gonna do something about it! Plain and simple, you have as much a right as any to live your life worrying not about stepping outside and burning to death. Stella, no matter how much of a troublemaker you can be, I've never views you as a nuisance,I'm doing this because it's the right thing to do, for your wellbeing and future happiness."
Stella was stunned, once reminded again of the man she met in that dingy, abandoned house, the warmth in his gaze, the kindness of his gentle yet firm tone made her face turn redder than it had in such a long time, in a sudden burst of joy she squeals with delight grabbing her hubby and twirling him around"thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouTHANKYOU!" her moist plushy lips found his cheeks and smooched at them with the rapidity of a submachine gun, keeping a firm hold on him so he couldn't get away.
"STELLA! Stella sta—hahahahahahpp! Stop it that tickles!"
Stela never relented instead buried his head In her prison of plush making sure she smothered him good."gods I should smother you! Why are you so perfect?! WHY DID I MEET THE PERFECT GUY?!"
Rachnee in this instance smiled at the couple, while she did take joy in sensually torturing her prey, there was something about seeing a pair; human and liminal happy that reminded her of her and her honey.
After their episode, Rachnee gave Armen a set date of 4-5 business days before fully tailored, this news was excellent for them both, as she told them it would get delivered directly to their house. With newfound joy Stella found her more seductive and predatory side bubbling back up at the realization that she'd had Armen all to herself, completely alone...and she had a devilishly sexy plan for him.
"Hey Armen...how about I reward you for being a sweetheart...?" She kneaded her breasts into his arm, her ruby red eyes glowing mischievously under the relative shade of his umbrella and the shade of her hood.
Armen's initial fear of a date with Stella came a bubbling back to the surface"what do you mean rewa—ARD?!" He screeched, as she turned into a shadow like wraith and lunged at him, grinding her body against his pushing him into a shop, her shadows wings dissipated and she smiled down at him with a sweet smile, picking him up with both arms, her body pressed against his"consider this your reward" she cooed pointing behind her.
All Armen saw were plus sized brass and scanty panties, it was all to clear where he was with the smell of perfume and the pink wall paint.
"A...a...LINGERIE SHOP!?" Armen psuehd himself away, adopting a blank mask, unable to process his situation."so yeah I'm just gonna stand outside..."
"OH NO YOU DONT!"Stella goes all shadow wraith again and scoops him up, bolting into a changing booth, grabbing some lingerie on the way. She dropped him down in the booth and she rematerialized in her black lingerie, sitting on his lap" here's the name of the game baby boy...wherever you look you have to touch...which means if you look at my huge, soft, silky smooth boobies you have to touch them..."she knew all of his hot buttons since living with him, she knew he couldn't resist when a girl shook her breasts in his face, so used that as a trump card to get him to do what she wanted. Stella knew Ember would be along any minute to ruin her fun, so she took advantage while she could.
"S-Stella this is all happening way too fast...—"
"Shhhh...quiet..."she took his hand and placed them on her large shapely rear.
"What are you doing?!"
"Do you like how soft my body is?...how smooth?..." she moves his hands to her thighs up to her stomach and to her sides.
Armen blushes 50 shades and tries to look away, not denying her body was incredibly supple and her skin was beautiful.
"Hey eyes on me!" She demanded, reaching out to grab his face, her eyes began to glow, she'd refused to use her powers to win him over again, but perhaps persuading him to take her would work"Armen, you know you love me...and you know you want me...why bother denying it...who wouldn't want a sexy ass vampire for a girlfriend. To be honest, no matter what you pick, I will never stop
Fighting for you...ever, at the end of the day, you're too good to just forget about...you may not want me..."she pressed her body against his, breathing heavily into his ear"but I want you...so bad.."she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek once more, smiling at him, exposing her fangs.
Armen just sat there, flustered and unquestionably aroused, but he managed to pull himself together enough to say"you're a very sweet girl Stella...sometimes I really wonder if you're some vicious, reviled agent of Satan, a harbinger of chaos, or just a very sexually open, sweet young girl...and I think you're both to be honest. But that's the best part about you, you know the kind of power you wield, and you choose to repress it for my sake because you wanted to...well for lack of a better term...fall for me naturally...you really are one incredible girl."
Stella blushed and wore a lustful smirk on her face"you know I'm riding you later right?..."
Armen's eyes shot wide open"w-what?!"
"Oh nothing! nothing! Putting lingerie on me would be enough..."she put some into his hands and pushed him out of the booth, peeking out, giving him a flash of her lulling huge bosom"make sure you stay right here sugar blood!"
"U-umm...okay..." just then a sonic boom and a small tremor shook the ground, Armen turned to the doorway, sighing nervously at the dragon woman stomping toward the door with a scowl that could only be described as 'intuitive incandescent fury' she let out a growl, shoving aside a car of which its front number was all but destroyed, and next of course was the glass door of the store which she yanked much too hard and send skidding into the street, she stomped further into the store and reached Armen in a matter of steps, grabbing the lingerie in his hands and burning it to threads"H-hi Ember..."
"Where...is...she?..."she growls, her voice deep and hoarse enough to make hi start sweating both from her scaring glare and the heat emanating from her mouth at her barely restrained fire.
Armen pointed to the booth in front of him of which Stella popped out of with an ecstatic "tadaaa!" Wearing very scant panties that were connected by literal threads, and a bra with pads only on her nipples, Ember without thinking punched the vampire through the wall, leaving nothing but her legs with striped white and black leggings lulling put limply.
"Let's go..."She rumbled deeply. Armen made sure he payed for her lingerie and left Stella the umbrella so she could get home all before Ember grabbed his arm and took off home with him.
When the two of them got back, and as soon as Armen opens the door Ember stormed in and headed for her room, Armen stopped her by saying"Ember Wait! We still have you next!"
She turned with a bitter scorned expression"WHY?! I bet you were so happy to have that vampire grinding her body all over you! When you forget your own purpose for even dating her! I bet you wanna bang her all night don't you?! you disgusting little man!"
"Ember...what's wrong with you? Why are you so mad?..."
Her eyes began to tear up and She sniffled silently"you're such an asshole! I was the first! ME! What happened to just us?! Our relationship?! You're supposed to be my boyfriend! MINE! Why should I have to share you?!" She let loose on Armen, all of her jealously and spite for him bubbling up in a violent vocal release.
"Is that what all this is about?...because you're last?...oh my...Ember, babe...I saved you for last because I care about you the most and I wanted to spend some quality time with you. You're my first liminal...you taught me how to become a host, you opened your hardened heart to me, and you gave me something to fight relentlessly for...Ember, don't ever think you mean any less to me, because no matter how much the others may take my attention, you always get the most of it. You're my dragon girlfriend...I chose you long before all of this...I just, didn't want everyone to think I cared not for them, I love you all, but I love you most..."He crooned, Ember's eyes were wider than they had ever been in her life, he'd finally said it, finally said he loved her, it was too much for her to handle. She just grabbed hold of him and held him on her arms while she cried into his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Armen! I shouldn't have said all of this horrible things to you!"
"Shhhh...shh...it's ok...they didn't mean anything, because I know how you really feel..."
"Armen...I love you, I love you so much...I love you!" She droned, hugging him even tighter.
"I know Ember...I know..."
"I uh...I'm sorry for...you know..kissing you earlier..."
"It's ok, you're a really good kisser actually..."Armen blushed, Ember giggles and looks down at him adoringly"c-can I do it again?..."
"Of course you can...e—"he was cut off by her slamming her lips into his, he groaned softly but fell into it, letting Ember do what she wanted. It wasn't a long kiss, just one to get her point across more firmly, she puked away with a gasp, pulling her lips into a seductive smirk.
"Even better than last time..."Armen mumbled, dizzy from the lip lock, tripping over to the couch, remembering his special present"c'mere sweetie...I got a present for you..."
Ember's ears perked up and she hopped onto the couch, snuggling up to his arm"What is it bae?..."
He pulled out a blue disc case, a video game case"I know how much you love video games...and this is one of my favorite game series's.."
"What's...Monster Hunter World?" She asked quizzically.
"Ohhohoho...you'll find out..."