Chapter Three: "The Double Life is Sweet and Spicy"

"As a Normal Man, I Learned The Meaning of Death,
As a God, I Learned The Meaning of Love.
As Both, I Just Want to Enjoy These Peaceful Days."
—No Matter How Many Lives I Have, I'll Always Seek To Protect You—
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IN TEMPEST.

Rimuru looked up at the clouds from where he lay. He snuck off from the village and went to explore the woods a bit. He couldn't remember how many days it's been since he came to this world, especially after time traveling back from the end of the world, but it didn't matter. He liked these little moments that trickled by. Every second was precious.

"Master." A deep, smooth voice said from above. Clad in an impeccable butler's suit and holding the most gentle smile, his ever faithful demon butler stood. No matter how many times he snuck off, he would always find him. No exception.

"Diablo. Come sit with me." Rimuru smiled up at him and patted the grass beside him. His long sky blue hair flowed with the slight breeze and his once sun-kissed eyes were now a glistening red of blood, fire and life. To all demons, his eyes were the color of creation. No mere ruby could compare. And his smile was the pure and simple. The contrast scratched at the arc demon's heart like no other.

Diablo knelt down and sat next to Rimuru. "I have brought you snacks." With a flicker of his wrist, a small wooden table laid on the grass and held several small plates full of mochi, cookies, cut tiny sandwiches and so forth. Immediately, Rimuru's eyes lit up and his fingers already snatched a mochi away.

Munching happily, Rimuru's soft cheek bulged slightly and Diablo had a burning itch to just poke at it. "Thanks! Mm, I love this flavor. Green tea and strawberry?"

"Yes, they even added a little of the Dryad's famous sweet nectar jam."

"Oh, so that's why there's a sweet little twist I couldn't make out. I better buy a jar for later."

The two talked about sweet nothings and soon the sun began to set. Time passed by too quickly yet again.

While Diablo slowly put away the plates, taking his time to do so as his master relaxed, Rimuru peeked at the Arc Demon. If it weren't for the demon's nature that made having a strong master the greatest honor, Rimuru would have long promoted Diablo to a rank that suited such a powerful Arc Demon capable of leading his own armies. He could be training his subordinates and building a home instead of serving him here like this.

When the red-orange of the setting sun hit Diablo's face, a shimmer of red shone in his dark eyes like they were the only light in the abyss. At this moment, those eyes turned to lock onto him until Rimuru's face burned. The demon smiled as a fang peeked out and he said with a sinful turn, "Shall we retire for the night?"

Rimuru felt a shiver go down his back and his toes curled slightly at those words. He glanced away shyly as his face burned brighter. "You…You better be gentle or I'll hold back like 'I' am with Lina. I still can't believed you have the parallel life skill."

"I am eternally grateful towards Raphael for that. Now then, I shall take that as a yes." Once more the plates disappeared as fast as they came to who knew where. Diablo jumped to his feet in one fluid motion and scooped up his lord's body in his arms without restraint and laughed freely.

Rimuru nuzzled his face in his chest in part to hide it. It was the only time Diablo would stop being just his loyal butler and acted like the king of demons he truly was. Well, to him, he was just Diablo. Despite his solemn aura and strict his adherence to his own rules and philosophy, he was burning with a raging fire and a loyalty to match. With a strange habit of watching him eat. Dedicated during the day, wild at night, suddenly he understood what his married friends said about feeling spoiled. No matter how many times they've embraced, it always felt new. Well, let's just go with the flow~ After all, his philosophy was treat each day as his last!

Diablo chuckled as space began to warp around them and they slowly disappeared into that other dimension.

A fire ran deep down the demon's body and he had one thought:

Soon, they will enjoy such happiness on earth as well and we will be united on all fronts. Yes, very soon. 'I' will make sure of it.

They disappeared.

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MEANWHILE ON EARTH: TOKYO:

Lina's plump lips pushed forward in a pout as she knew what was happening on Tempest. She glanced slyly at Satoru who was helping with dinner and knew he felt it too. "Satoru, Dear, are you done with the plates?" She already finished cooking up the katsu.

"Y-Yes." His neck tinged red as he brought out two plates of rice and salad and Lina placed the fried pork katsu on top with sauce. "Smells delicious!" True to his nature, Satoru sniffed the tantalizing aroma of fried pork katsu and almost drooled. He smiled with content as he brought the full plates to the table in the living room. Nothing was better than a delicious homemade meal!

Lina giggled. "I am happy you like it!" On both Tempest and Earth, she has been studying cooking just for this smile.

The two knelt down on the cushions and Satoru wondered if he should upgrade the apartment so it could fit a full kitchen with a dining area. Maybe Lina would like a balcony to plant flowers? Realizing what he just thought, his face burned bright. His friends would always say how the day they got married was the day their homes expanded and bills grew, but he never imagined he'd join their ranks. Every morning, she woke up with a smile and every evening, they cooked together. He looked forward to coming home after work now. Then at night, she would always say, "Let's go to bed" just like they were living together for years when it's been weeks.

Although he basically accidentally proposed by Tempest's standards, they weren't officially married by Japan's standards, but nevertheless, he truly felt the life of a husband. He wanted to have an official dating period in case she changed her mind and so they can get to know each other naturally. Well, except for the fact that they had double lives and lived together on day one. At least, he didn't go all the way yet because he wanted to show her he wanted to know her heart first — except their double lives selves already crossed that line — ahh let's just forget that part for now!

While he didn't know how to even think of the big word that was marriage and tended not to think of the future in situations like this, he couldn't help but imagine a future with her. A future…

As if on cue, Lina tilted her head and blinked at Satoru's blushing cheeks. "Husband? What are you thinking? I want to know too." She said 'husband' so easily, but he stopped trying to correct her when she had that innocent 'did I say something wrong?' face on. Her thin, black devil's tail whipped about curiously like a cat. Sometimes, when her emotions were tickled, her tail liked to pop out. It was a Lina thing.

Satoru tried to act cool and took deep breaths, but his heart pounded. Damn it. She was getting cuter and cuter! Especially since they were doing that thing on Tempest every night, he was more sensitive than usual to Lina's presence. Even with the mental wall between lives that could block off sensations if they didn't focus on the other side, he still found himself looking sometimes. It was like being told not to look behind him — there was that natural itch. Before meeting Lina, he was used to the itch and lived peacefully as the grand sage virgin Satoru, but now…

Living parallel lives had strange effects. Both his Rimuru side and human side thought so.

Lina observed Satoru longer before a wicked grin spread across her face. It seems doing 'that' nightly and sleeping next to Satoru while clinging on him has finally took its toll. Fufufu. "My dear," her voice drawled out with a sultry tone, "You look troubled. Here, take a bite." With 'innocent' eyes, she took a piece of katsu with her chopsticks and bit a tiny piece before placing the rest on Satoru's lips.

Satoru couldn't help but stare at the tiny bitten part of the katsu and immediately his thoughts ran towards those soft, plump lips as she nibbled off the edge of the food. The way her white teeth peeked out between those full lips as she snapped off the meat and chewed. It was only a second, but it lasted an eternity. He gulped. Why was it so hot in here?

Lina's dark eyes narrowed mischievously and she opened her mouth, "Now say ah. Yes, there." She placed the food on his tongue as she slowly dragged the chopsticks across his lips playfully.

Satoru suddenly felt how intimate this act was as Lina removed her chopsticks from his mouth and watched as she picked up another piece and placed it in hers. She licked the ends of the chopsticks when she was done, that pink tongue curled up swiftly before it disappeared. His throat went dry.

Today, Lina wore a thin white dress and it clung to her large breasts while she moved. She wore a white bra reluctantly, but he could still make out the outline of the bra and her long dark hair fell down in waves that accentuated her round breasts and long neck. When she leaned forward to tuck a strand behind his ear, he could see the hem of her neckline dip so those two ample breasts revealed themselves. She looked up at him from under her delicate long lashes and said, "There. All better." Then as quickly as she came, she sat back down and ate as normal.

Satoru snapped out of his reverie and ate as well, but unlike his god self, he was a mortal man here with very mortal needs. It was hard to endure. He felt his pants tighten up and he fidgeted a bit while thinking about sumos and politics and cars like he was a monk reciting mantras.

They had gone on plenty of dates already in these past weeks as Lina 'wanted to enjoy everything but also pass the human mating ritual already' as she said, but he didn't want to show how easily bothered he was by her presence. It was like getting caught with his pants down. Sure, they had Tempest, but there was a wall so while he saw and felt exactly what the pair were doing now, it didn't affect his life here. Or it shouldn't. Gah, that itchy sensation…

Cars. Engines. Law books. Boss in a toupee. Ommm.

"Satoru? There's nothing left on your plate." Suddenly, the 30-*something* year old virgin (he didn't want to think about the exact years) realized Lina was standing over him and he was eating air since he already ate everything while chanting stupidly.

He scrambled to his feet and took his plate and Lina's while shouting, "I'll wash the dishes!" Trying to move quickly so she didn't see what was under his pants, he ran to the kitchen. It took a while, but that eager thing finally started to go down. Damn it, he was worst than a teenager! Lina would laugh.

As a man, he wanted to at least seem mature to that powerful, intelligent woman sitting in his living room so if he revealed that he got hard just by watching her eat, it'd be the death of him!

No! He must calm down!

As long as he didn't focus on Tempest, their actions didn't affect him, but…but…he couldn't help but think of that when he looked at Lina. He imagined Lina under him this time and he got hard again. "For fuck's sake." He started to finally pick up a dish to wash it as a distraction when he put it down again. Tch.

"That looks painful."

"Yeah, it is. I — L-L-Lina!" He sputtered out and sure enough, Lina stood behind him with knowing glance. Her lips spread in a wicked grin.

"Let me help you." Without hesitation, she laid her long fingers on top of his pants and scratched slightly at his zipper. Satoru moaned and flushed deeper at how easily he was affected. "Do not worry. I am very happy to see you like this with me. I feel the same. You just don't see it because I am female here."

Satoru's eyes widened and stared at the demoness's erotic face. Her dark eyes glistened as her cheeks grew red. Her plump pink lips spread apart a bit as her tail flickered to his side, trailing that heart-shaped tip down his shirt and it ran in little circles.

"I want to slice this cloth off, but that will cut into the budget." Lina was quite practical at this time as her love, for some reason, actually liked to work and refused to use their resources on Tempest to live in luxury. There were many ways to make money in this world, but Satoru liked his life and she was happy no matter what. That also meant there was a budget and sometimes she would secretly make a few trips involving blackmail, bounties and pathetic human 'underworld' gangs that lived in fear to pad their savings a bit. Just a bit. She always acted with her precious Satoru's morals in mind so when she saw vermin, she crushed them. Savings and stress relief, all done!

So Lina amped up her charm and leaned forward, one hand on the counter, the other ran up to his chin while her tail whipped around his neck softly like a cat nuzzling its owner. "Won't you let me come closer?" Her hot breath tickled his ear as her long hair fell on his shoulder.

"I…I…" His brain off-lined as the beautiful demoness's breasts barely scraped his chest. The fabric between them seemed trivial. His senses went haywire and his blood pumped while his skin burned hotter and hotter. This woman drove him mad just by breathing. Everything about her dominated him.

Lina immediately went for the attack as he hesitated. With a hunch of her shoulders, her dress's neckline fell lower and more skin revealed themselves. The white flesh seemed too bright against her dark hair that caressed them at the edges and the padded tips, barely constrained by her thin bra, pressed against his body every so slightly. "I love you, my husband. Our dates are always fun and our lives are quite comfortable living together, don't you think? Unlike those trending magazines, I am a demon of Tempest and an honorable one. I do not like to share my man and I won't be disloyal. My heart and soul belong to you, but won't you become mine?"

"Please give me an answer." Her black eyes glowed with a red light and she lifted his chin so he couldn't look away. "I am serious about you. While I'm sure you said the vow of eternal bond in the manner of the dating ritual humans have here, I was serious about my end. To me, I regard you as my love and only soul I bound to. But I won't force you to choose me nor can I. So please, I can't wait any longer. Will you let me know your answer? Do…Do you accept me, this lowly demon as your wife, my…Satoru?"

Satoru looked into Lina's eyes and his heart soared with a burning blaze. He couldn't describe it. Both on Tempest and on Earth, 'she' was the only one who could move him like this. Her smiles when they laughed about sweet nothings, her burning desire, her honest heart. Everything about her was beautiful and perfect — so perfect, that as a mortal man, and not as the god, he didn't feel worthy of her. But he wanted to be. He wanted to be with her. So he said, "I want to be with you, Lina. Will you marry me?"

"YES!" Without any hesitation, she flew forward and kissed him passionately as if she were a tsunami that was barely held back all this time. "Yes, I do! My Satoru."

"Mmph!" Satoru grasped her waist and ran his fingers through her hair as her lips took over him. After a long minute, they finally parted and their heavy breaths mingled. The dishes were forgotten as Lina slid her nail down his neck and traced a button.

"Now, shall we finally head to the bed?'

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AUTHOR NOTE:

DONE —

JUST KIDDING!

No, really. I promise I'm kidding.

H-Hey now, just drop that frying pan. C-Calm down, okay? It's not the end yet!

Soooo as you probably noticed, I put in some hell of a cliff hanger. Well, the emotions are complete, but the curtains closed on this chap's sexy scenes. But they'll show next chap for both Rimuru and Satoru. So stay tuned while I try to work while working. Also will slowly update other stories as I slowly come back to regaining normality.

Slowly.

Not one year slowly (Sorry reborn and twelve nights and Tokyo shinobi fans, I will do better. These last few months will really tell me how busy I'll be, but gonna try update stories when I can. Got some written down.)

As always, thanks for reading and if you want to leave a secret inheritance, chat, say I'm evil for cliff-hanging or just got a new puppy, please review! Wink. Hahaha

Have a safe everyday and eat rocky road ice cream with a brookie (brownie cookie).

Ah.

I can't wait to move. Delays again.

BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! DATTEBAYO!

Anywhoo, also learning to drive (I got issues so put it off) and feeling like Satoru caught in Lina's headlights. Wish me luck. Anyone facing challenges too? Like writing fanfic or trying to catch up on One Piece? What, is it like, 700 chaps or more? Ughhhhhh. Cry.

Ciao ciao,

WitchySkies