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Snippet 12: A chaotic time with Ayah and Joy, or 'I have to deal with a jealous tomboy and a teasing chaotic sorceress'
"Why would you even think she is fine to stay, John!?"
I could technically understand why Joy was this miffed. I mean, who wouldn't be when your former nemesis (now converted into a force of chaotic good) is entertaining the very individual you are meant to protect?
It wasn't exactly a situation I could fully relate to, but I could see the general issue with it... and, at the same time, I could see the general amusement that Ayah was experiencing as she started to get cocky at the circumstances. Truth be told, I was glad that no super-teasing was unfolding with Ayah preferring to just nudge at me, clearly trying to use the closeness as a reason to piss off Joy. She could go beyond, she had the cruelty to go further, but she also had the intelligence to know that, the moment she did that, it would be me pushing her away. And no playing cards with me again.
Which is why most of the attention was at the game we were busying ourselves with. One that Ayah was losing soundly but the sorceress knew how to play off as still a win. I mean, my dares were the ones that caused the gnomes and statues to appear thus producing a healthy amount of chaos, but hers, as she was keen to proclaim at the beginning of each dare, were... interesting.
"If I win, you shall call me 'your mistress'!"
Pretty normal.
"If I win this time around, you shall bow to me as your queen!"
That's a bit suspicious.
"My winning prize shall be you submitting your signature to the Chaos' charter."
The what now? "There's a charter?"
She nodded. "We might be tribe-limited but contracts are a fine part of our culture."
...Fair point?
"I win and you shall share the bed with me!"
"I... why?" I asked with a confused tone.
"Are you confused by a chaos sorceress trying to seduce you into her superior faction?"
"...Touche."
"JOHN!?" Joy remarked angrily, clinging from my other side. "She is evil?"
"Evil is subjective," I argued logically. "Plus, you're ignoring the bit where she is here to annoy you and not sowing chaos in other activities."
Ayah chuckled. "This is funnier."
Growling, the Gazelle Prime held one of the mightiest pouts someone could hold. And it was... adorable.
The next few hours were particularly tense, but far from actually becoming an escalation due to the two playing carefully to not be the ones to cross any lines. I was the 'middle point' in a way, and the moment one acted too excessively toward the other meant either getting kicked out of the flat or reprimanded for behaving like a brat. All in all, not my worst situation but far from my expectation of proper peace.
I braved through the day with small issues from both, Ayah taking shots at Joy and Joy trying her best to hold against them and return the favor. It came to a point that trying to involve Joy in the card game almost got to blows and I had to stop them for good and 'go to the corner' until they learned to be less vindictive on each other.
The day passed and by the time it was night, I managed to calm the two girls down with some food I had prepared for the occasion. Anything that was made of good meat for Joy, and anything that was devilishly spicy for Ayah. They were both satisfied... and then they plotted the next situation quite cleverly. Both were going to share the bed. With me in the middle. That was the recipe of disaster and I had my own doubts this was going to end well for all of us. I made a little prayer, hoping that this wasn't going to become what happened with Naerie and Hope and... I was surprised by what happened next.
The next morning started fun. I would have expected something scandalous to unfold as I opened my eyes. Something that would have left me grumbling in annoyance as these two were being so competitive that it would have been expected for them both to try something on me. Much to my surprise, amusement and chance for future blackmail, I was provided the craziest scenario. I knew these two were incredibly tough to one another but... Ayah and Joy were cuddling.
Joy's mouth was pressing by Ayah's neck while Ayah was nuzzling with her cheek to Joy's forehead. Both women looked at ease, as if this was something that put them both at peace. I was barely connected to this, with both lightly holding onto my right arm. I managed to get out of the bed, retrieve my phone and take a picture of the scene, smiling eye to eye at the sight and... freezing up when I heard the noise of another camera going off right behind me. I was further shocked when I heard footsteps approaching and an arm wrapping around my shoulder.
"Jo~ohn, we found yah," Hope hummed melodiously, her hold tightening as Naerie calmly grasped my left arm and nodded.
"And we formed an agreement."
"To share ya."
"And make sure that you are treated as nicely as possible."
"Shin?" I argued, and Hope giggled.
"We found a solution with him, and he was fine with it. Especially since he has quite a long month before him."
"...What?"
Before I could press more on the topic, I found my body restrained with reinforced ropes, turned in a human salami and brought to a car that Naerie drove away from the flat, knowing well enough this was going to get Ambar miffed about all of this. Now, I should have been more worried about this development, but perhaps it was the fact Hope was giving me a lap pillow, patting my head and promising I wasn't going to get killed by snu-snu that made my reaction quite mellow.
Still, this was definitely going to raise some hell once the others learned what was up...
AN
Next up, Ambar and Grace to the rescue!
