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Chapter 20: Of Confessions and Acceptances
"So, your brother is currently renovating the flat?"
Hikari nodded, sitting beside me in a particularly simple green dress while we chilled by the couch. She had this curious grin on her face ever since I came back from my trip to Gossamer. After she was done 'accidentally' snuggling onto me, the girl had the decency to go back in the bathroom, finish drying up and change into a proper pair of clothes. Or the first thing that was within reach as far as I could tell since I knew she had a different touch of fashion to the fairly simple dress she put on. Something else was going on and I was in the mood to discover what it was.
"But why didn't he just call? Did he forget or-"
"I was the one supposed to call you." Her mirthfulness suddenly declined. "I kind of forgot since... I wanted to get things out quickly. And in a safe place."
"And you went for a shower too," I added, the Cat Prime nodding. "Okay, what is going on?"
"I... what? Nothing is going on and-"
"Hikari, I am not the standard dense character of some cheap rom-com anime. And I can assure you I can pick up when someone is hitting on me," I pushed back, causing her to give me a surprised look. And while she looked ready to engage into a more defensive approach at this, Hikari conceded to my pressure shortly after.
"I-I guess I kind of like you," The young woman admitted, shifting nervously in her seat. "Like, really like you."
"Does that 'like' mean 'I would like to try and date you' sort of thing?"
She merely nodded, her blush worsening at my flat guess.
"Well, that's... that's not going to work since that's not how you generally get someone's attention."
...
"It is not?" She inquired, surprised to learn that detail. "I thought that men like it when women are this bold. Just moderately so."
"Not all men and generally not many in this age and time," I confirmed truthfully. "The reason is that there are many bold women whose primary goal is not romance but intimacy."
Her eyes widened in awe. "Is that so? I always thought... You know, that makes some sense. After all, dad is a different kind of bold around mom."
"That's because they are already together," I reasoned calmly, the girl nodding as she listened to my knowledge on what I knew of this stuff. "
"Seriously, Hikari. Where did you get the idea that being this forward could land you in a relationship?"
"Dad? And... some comics," She admitted, and I frowned at that.
"Comics?" I could ignore the 'dad' comment since I was already told how flirty the guy was by his own wife. What really concerned me was the chance she had read genuine hentai doujins on the matter.
"A-A couple things I found on my brother's computer," The girl replied, her blush back once again. "He likes big women."
Oh well, that confirms it all, I suppose.
"Well, that explains something else on why you thought that strategy felt appropriate. Did you see the women react quite forward towards their younger partner?"
A nod, and I offered a smile. "That's because the oldest of two lovers is generally the one in charge. The dominant side of a relationship as someone that makes plans that can be seen as good for the whole couple."
"So, the reason why these women were so brazen is because... the young men were less experienced?"
I smiled and nodded, the girl's head tilting to the side as she thought about it.
"So, if a younger partner tries to be the one bolder, it could come off as... immature?"
"That's correct," I answered and Hikari huffed.
"So, how am I supposed to get to know you and... you know."
"Court me?"
She nodded and I was unsure how to really answer that without hurting her. The truth had to come out regardless and... I decided to go through another reasoning on how to break it to her.
"Tomorrow I will have a conversation with Hope. And I wanted to ask her to be my girlfriend."
Counter a confession with a planned one. Obviously a plan that could go so great and- Oh, who am I trying to kid here? It was a stupid idea from the very beginning and I tensed up when I saw the slight hurt on Hikari's face.
"You like Hope-nee like that? I thought she wasn't
"...So it would be an open relationship?" The white-haired girl asked, realizing a point that wasn't really that great for her in the long-run.
"Hikari, that is not something you want."
"But I want it," She shot back, getting quite worked up at this comment. "I want to be with you and, if it means sharing, I wouldn't mind. In fact, I think it would be nice to be close to big sis Hope too."
"I think it would be best if this discussion came up after tomorrow, if I even get in a relationship with Hope to begin with."
Hikari smiled hopefully. "Does that mean you will think about it?"
...
"Yes."
She grinned and gave me a hug. It was a bit difficult for me to tell her no for many reasons. Starting with the notion it would have been stupid to go the 'but your brother' or the 'you are quite young' when it truth she was 1) an independent individual and 2) the gap was quite small and it wouldn't be seen as anomalous. Still, for as good as this situation was turning, or 'nerve-wracking' considering how many dilemmas I was meant to solve by the next day, I could just beg the deities that looked after the Primes up to this point to throw me a bone and give me some assistance one way or another.
"...Can I actually ask a bit of an awkward question?"
I shrugged and she sighed.
"When I'm done showering or bathing, I take a long time drying up. Would you mind if... you helped me with that?"
"Hair or fur?"
"Hair and back-fur. N-nothing lewd but-"
"Sure."
She tensed up, "Really?"
"Yeah, it's not something too bold and-"
"Can we share the bed tonight then? We both would be wearing clothes, of course."
"...Hikari."
"I'm just asking," The Cat Prime blurted out nervously. "Please?"
...Fuck.
Well, it was just cuddling. With moments where her unconscious self would hump my leg a bit. At least we just slept. Nothing more, nothing else and... I had yet to keep my wits ready to handle that conversation with Hope. Morning came, and I was already contemplating if visiting her and telling her this in person while she was at home was a good idea.
It had to be, as my brain was actively refusing to see otherwise.
"Good morning," I greeted politely as a very sleepy Gazelle Prime yawned as she opened the front door of her flat to me. Hope was wearing a tiny dull-pink sleeveless shirt which barely hid her stomach and a pair of thin panties, which was her standard sleeping wear when the hot months hit the city.
"Hmm~ morning," She replied quietly, smiling as I pulled her in a hug. "Ss-smell good?"
"You definitely do," I blurted out, smoothing the tone by appearing a bit forward. "So, are you alone or?"
"'Lone. I have been thinking of a few things and... needed to be alone."
I frowned. "Anything you can tell me?"
The young woman sighed, leading me to the kitchen. "It's complicated. Sorta."
"Oh?"
"I have a question," Hope remarked, sitting back to her previous seat and resuming her breakfast. She was mostly done, with her glass now just a quarter-full with orange juice and her plate having two toasts with apple jam on them. "And it's kind of personal, but I want to just... ask it now."
Was she going to ask what I was trying to tell her? Part of me thought it was the case but... I could see it didn't have the same momentum it should have. No, it was something different.
"Go ahead."
The girl nodded and finally spoke. "Do you think Naerie is pegging Shin?"
I had expected a different question than the one I wanted, but this- this actually had me snorting while Hope smiled eye-to-eye.
"It's not a bad question," She defended herself. "You have to admit that, at this point, Shin has to have experimented a bit."
"I doubt that. Submissive he might be, Naerie is not the one to use strap-ons on him," I rebuked mirthfully. "And you sure have some unique thoughts early in the morning."
"Fair, and who hasn't those too? It's just a way to wake up faster."
"Or hornier."
"And hornier," Hope cheekily corrected back. "Plus, I was actually planning to see you later today."
"Is that so?" I hummed in surprise, hiding away the hopefulness.
"Yeah... Can you follow me to the bedroom? I need to dress up."
I saw she was done with the meal now, and I nodded before walking closely behind her. The bedroom didn't smell of sex. She didn't have any in quite a while which was confusing. I would have expected her to be busy in these few days but... I wonder what's up with her.
She removed her shirt, quietly throwing it on the bed before reaching for her wardrobe. "Hmm, we were talking about me wanting to talk to you."
"Yes."
"And I wanted to know if you had anything to tell me about what happened that night."
I tensed up a bit. "You mean the one when we visited Tila's newest restaurant."
"That's correct. I just feel like something is missing and..." Hope paused, her quiet stare moving from the shirt she was looking forward to putting on to me. "John, don't lie to me. Did I do or say anything I should know about?"
...
"Yes."
"And that is?" She asked, almost in a begging manner. And that... unnerved me. It was now or never.
"The very reason I am here today," I admitted, taking a step forward.
"...Did I tell you something that I should be regretting?"
"Maybe," I replied honestly, my eyes narrowing a bit. "But I don't feel I regret what I have to ask you about it."
"Did I ask you to love me?"
"You told me you loved me," I corrected softly, taking another step. "And I love you, Hope Ravenhurst."
Her posture tensed in clear unease. "I-I was just drunk. Confused- I... I didn't mean to-"
"Hope, please," I reasoned cautiously. "I get it, you are not happy to talk about this-"
"I don't want- I don't want to lose you too. I know what I want and while it's not the best I can get, it's the least I can do to avoid hurting others."
She tensed up as I reached out and suddenly pulled her close. Her green eyes were wide open, her lips parted as unease spread all over us.
"I... I can't lose you, John."
Her mouth was sealed shut as I pulled her in a kiss. No hesitation from both sides and her voice of doubt waned into silence as she just allowed this to happen- no, she accepted it and took part of it. I pulled away for a moment, lips still close to one another as I replied to that.
"I don't want to lose you, Hope. And I want this to work in the right way."
She blinked, quietly lying on the bed as we both fell onto it. "How do you plan to do that, love?"
"By allowing this to be love and not a cage to you. For an eventual ring to be a symbol of my devotion to you rather than a chain to bind you from being happy."
"...You want this to be open? You understand this isn't a healthy-"
"Oh shut it," I said, pressing my forehead against hers and staring right in her eyes. "Healthy? You think what you are doing is better."
"B-But I'm doing this on my own-"
"And that's why it's bad. A relationship is never about benefits, it's all about being good enough to balance the best and worst of us both. I have my own quirks, so do you. Do you think it makes me love you any less?"
Her breathing started to pick up pace. "John, you... you are not... please."
"I will not lose you, Hope," I promised again, tapping her lips with mine. "And I want you to know this properly."
The Gazelle Prime shivered, and was quick to realize what I wanted as she pulled my shirt off of me. Desire dancing in her green eyes as we both removed what clothes we had on. It all came natural, no delay, no foreplay- Hope's moans filled the room shortly after as we engaged in sex. I never once thought I would have ended up feeling this... 'compatible' with someone.
The word was so incredibly fitting with the situation that I just couldn't shrug it off from my head. One would expect for us both to be accustomed to fucking someone due to our own experiences, but there was something- something good that made the interaction even more intense. I thought of how it was with Naerie. How rough it had been back then with that foreplay but... it couldn't compare. The moment my length pressed and penetrated her slit, when her walls tightened around me, when I felt the perfect snug fit I found when I fully thrusted into her... it was peerless. It was amazing. Her cervix just so happened to be within reach of my tip, the full insertion resulting in the two meeting and sharing a kiss.
The interaction caused more shivers to go down the dark-haired beauty's spine. She was all shudders and moans, and I was not behind when it came to groaning in bliss as my cock was treated to a heavenly experience. The pace was fast, rough, we both were soon craving it. Her breasts were teased, her lips constantly subjected to long kisses where her tongues was happily clashing with mine. It was close to a fight, one that continued for several hours. Normally I wouldn't go for too many hours, but in this case I found myself unable to mind the time. And Hope shared the same feeling as we just erased any potential plan of the day. We didn't leave her flat at all as we remained the most by the bed, we shared some meals, we went showering frequently to keep up with the stench of intense sex that erupted by the full-day long fucking session.
A unusual womb tattoo appeared by magic, her eyes soon had pink scleras that seemed to give her energy through her own powers while I also felt something from within stir in me. Something hungry and accepting of the delicious woman in front of me. It was like a rougher version of my instinct, but still tame to me as I managed to keep up with the horny woman's needs. I came so much to her that I wondered if that would have been enough to beat the abysmal odds of leaving her pregnant. I explored her pussy, her ass, she cleaned my cock and balls with her tongue and bathed both with her earnest drooling. I teased her nipples, suckling them, then groped her butt and teased her back and tailbone.
So much lust- so much love~.
And while we were lost in that animal-like mating, our intense interaction was being witnessed by two spectators with different reactions in that regard.
"They are really going at it," Zip hummed, floating by the door while eating some popcorn from a can she just materialized. "What do you think?"
Beside her floated another nanozell spirit, this one a male that was doing his hardest to not stare at the situation. "T-They are really going at it."
Zippy giggled, moving closer to her fellow spirit. "By the way, would you mind if I helped you with that~?"
The male spirit held his groin covered with his palms, causing the girl to giggle.
"I-It wouldn't be proper."
"Oh please," She hummed, turning to stare fully at him, eyes showing desire while she yeeted the popcorns' bucket away. "I don't bite~."
The poor guy gulped nervously, but his attention was aimed soon at her exposed chest when she pulled her top off.
"So... wanna bang~?"
AN
Somewhere, for some 'unknown' reasons, a certain High Prime is giggling pervertedly.
P.S. Male spirit is Hope's 'shy guy'.