"Heeeey, Kaaazumaaa!"
"Hey, Aqua," the young man replied a little warily, as he entered the Guild hall to be greeted by a familiar sight of his blue haired girlfriend, drunk out of her mind. This time she wasn't accompanied by any of their work friends. Instead, across from Aqua sat a young slender girl with silvery hair, dressed for the beach and not for the late spring evening in the city. "Who's your new friend?" Kazuma inquired, causally slipping on the bench beside the goddess.
"It's Chrisss, Kazu, isn't she niiice?" Aqua slurred, and, not noticing Kazuma's wince at her butchering his name again, used the distraction to climb into his lap, which he, being a good boyfriend, had to assist her with. This of course ended with a warm, soft, beautiful body pressed against his chest, her alcohol infused breath tickling his neck. In other words, a mixed situation, but the pros outweighed the cons, as they usually did when it came to Aqua.
"Hey, Chris, I'm Kazuma," he waved his hand at the other girl, but found her glaring at him for some reason.
"Yes, I know who you are," was her cold reply. Fortunately, Aqua was very good at breaking tension, usually by speaking whatever was on her mind with no filter. This time, it was a rather innocent question.
"Sooo, Kazumaaa, where've you been? I've gotten so bored here before Chris came to my table!"
An innocent question, which Kazuma would give half his money not to answer, especially not with some strange girl trying to melt his face off with her eyes. So he tried to be vague.
"Oh, I've been hanging out with Dust and his buddies, didn't I tell you? I thought we agreed to make our own plans for the evening?"
At this his goddess pouted, her eyes even welling up slightly. Good thing he was already used to her mood swings.
"Yeah, maybe, but I was booored… None of our friends were here today, what was I supposed to do?" Oh no, her lip even started to tremble. Damn it, why was she a sad drunk today? Of course, Chris, whoever she was, decided to add fuel to the fire.
"And where were you hanging with Dust? Say, was it a certain club with peculiar employees, huh?"
This time Kazuma glared right back at her. That bitch! How did she even know?
"What club? You went to a club without me?" Now this was getting into dangerous territory.
"No, of course not! I just wanted to check it out for our next date, you know? But I knew you won't like it right away, so I left the guys and went back here to find you." Kazuma let out a relieved sigh. His explanation was vague enough and had just enough truth in it to prevent the explosion. Aqua even started nodding her head, though maybe she was getting sleepy. Of course, the scantily clad demon across from them (because this girl could only be a demon out to get Kazuma) couldn't let it go.
"Oh, I agree, I suspect Aqua wouldn't like this place at all. Especially not the succu-"
"Shut up!" Kazuma finally lost his patience and hissed at Chris. Fortunately, his impressive luck stats proved their worth once again, and their budding argument was interrupted by a loud snore. Glancing down, the young man could see his goddess already asleep, breathing (and drooling) into his neck.
Feeling safe again, he turned to Chris and whispered angrily, "What is your problem?"
"My problem is you and whatever you are doing to Lady Aqua!"
'Lady Aqua? Did Chris actually know?'
"What do you even mean?" He retorted. "Me and Aqua are dating, and whatever we are doing together is none of you business!"
"Dating?" Chris scoffed. "Aqua has no interest in things like that. You must be tricking her somehow!"
"What? Are you mad?" Kazuma was actually shaking with anger at the sudden accusation. Yes, Aqua may have been out of his league, just a little bit (a lot), but nobody ever accused him of manipulating her. She even initiated their first kiss, for heaven's sake!
"Hey, is there a problem?" Luna, his sudden savior, approached their table. "Kazuma, is Aqua alright? And you ma'am? I haven't seen you here before." She turned to Chris.
"I'm Chirs-"
"Yeah, she's just drunk-"
Both Kazuma and the girl answered at the same time. Ignoring Chris' glare, he continued. "I'll get her home, don't worry. We'll be here bright and early tomorrow, or actually, late afternoon more likely," he stuttered a little, embarrassed for Aqua, since it wasn't the first, or even the tenth time she blacked out at the Guild. Luna just hummed politely.
"More frog quests? I think we have a couple."
"Yeah, sure, why not? I think we are finally getting the hang on killing them from a distance without being eaten. And anyway, with Aqua's purification spell, laundry is no problem." Kazuma rambled, maneuvering himself and Aqua away from the bench and trying to awkwardly set her on his back. While he was definitely grateful for her curves, she was quite heavy to carry for long distances, though he learned early on to never ever tell her that.
"Hey, let me help you." Chris said, seemingly changing her tune for no reason.
Kazuma wasn't happy about this asshole knowing where they lived, but he had little choice, so he and Chris dragged Aqua all the way to their small basement apartment. Though he didn't give a damn about impressing Chris, he was still grateful that they upgraded from the stable a month ago. Blessedly, the silver haired girl kept quiet all the way and barely said two words goodbye, staying just long enough to creepily stare as he lowered Aqua to their bed, taken her boots off and covered her with a blanket.
In the morning (or late afternoon) everything started out great, with Kazuma heating some leftovers for breakfast using his handy Tinder spell, while Aqua cleaned herself using a wash basin in the corner. Ever since they managed to rent this apartment, bathhouse became a bi-weekly treat, as they couldn't afford to use it every day.
Kazuma couldn't help but smile as he was setting the plates, watching his hangover girlfriend scrubbing her body, letting the wet rug run over her belly, her breasts, even her armpits with cute little tufts of blue hair. Aqua was the first and only real girl he ever saw that close and casual, and while some things came as a shock to him (hentai or even porn was nothing, nothing like real life), he still found himself attracted to everything about the goddess. Even her body hair, which, after experiencing this world's razors, he swore to never ask her to shave. Apparently, stuff like that was new to Aqua as well, because in the gods' realm she never had to deal with bodily needs. Eating chips was more like a game to her there, while in the mortal realm she was much like any other girl, rainbow vomit aside.
They ate breakfast, washed the dishes together and had a pleasant stroll across the town to the Guild. That's when everything went wrong, since Kazuma couldn't help but run his stupid mouth.
"This Chris girl seems real creepy. Maybe you shouldn't talk with her anymore."
This was a big mistake. Aqua may not have been the sharpest, but she positively hated being ordered around. She barely even remembered Chris from yesterday, and yet, the situation quickly escalated, turning into a screaming match which ended with Aqua storming into the Guild hall, while Kazuma went in another direction to try and cool off.
He even walked all the way to the Succubus Cafe, but didn't go in. Truth be told, he hadn't even been tempted yesterday. Why would he need sexy dreams when he had a girl at home who was really enthusiastic about sex? Maybe they didn't go all the way yet, mostly due to the lack of condoms in this medieval hell, but the stuff they did was certainly fun and never boring. For having zero experience between the two of them, their imaginations ran wild and they managed to find something new to do every night. Kazuma's rather extensive knowledge of porn, filmed, drawn or written, was helpful, but not as much as he thought, because, as already mentioned, porn was nothing like real life.
Be it fear of lonely cold nights on the floor, or genuine worry for Aqua's state of mind, something made Kazuma turn back after an hour. He was prepared to apologize and try a more subtle way to get rid of Chris, who for some reason wanted to sabotage their relationship, and was already succeeding.
That's when his day turned from bad to worse, because Aqua wasn't at the Guild hall, getting drunk again, as he thought. After some inquires to Luna, he found out that his goddess took on a quest alone and was already on her way to some lake.
"Monsters? There are monsters in this lake?" Kazuma lost his cool very quickly at the mention of monsters and was giving poor Luna quite a fright.
"Y-yes, I think so," she stuttered. "I don't remember what kind of monsters, but anyway, the quest was only to purify the lake water, it's not like she has to kill them. I offered her a cage for protection, but she didn't know how to transport it, so-"
"And you still let her go?" Kazuma screamed back.
"Hey, what's going on here?" It was Chris again, the bitch.
However, after finding out what happened, she appeared just as worried as him, though certainly more composed. She asked Luna for directions and jotted them down on a small notepad she pulled from somewhere.
Kazuma wasn't willing to wait though, so right after getting a vague direction he took off, berating himself for leaving his sword at home. Truth be told, he and Aqua just wanted to pick a quest, then take their time getting ready and start on it the next day.
While Kazuma's stamina stats weren't the best, they still improved over the last few months, mostly due to all the XP he gained from killing giant frogs and other assorted "newbie" monsters. While the young couple still worked as laborers every other day, their adventuring careers were slowly but surely taking off, them still waiting for some big break.
This was the first time any of them took a quest alone, and for a good reason. Aqua was not a fighter (her God's Blow completely ineffective most of the time) and Kazuma could barely take a hit, only the goddess' healing spells and buffs keeping him alive.
After a few short stops to catch his breath, Kazuma finally arrived at the lake, thanking his luck yet again. Aqua was there already, casually sitting in the shallow water, not even bothering with Purification, just waiting for her holy aura to work on its own. At Kazuma's shout, she turned, but huffed and went back to splashing the water lazily around her. At any other time, her cold shoulder wouldn't have bothered him, since Aqua always lost patience first.
Now was not the time for her to stop paying attention to Kazuma, because neither was she paying attention to the things around her, including a couple of huge alligators approaching.
Kazuma never considered himself brave or capable of self-sacrifice. Apparently though, some things were instinctual, as he didn't waste a second before sprinting across the grassy bank and pushing the startled Aqua back and out of harm's way.
Unfortunately, his luck wasn't limitless, and the growling, tearing and three high pitched screams could be heard around the lakeside for the next few moments. The third person screaming was Chris who just managed to arrive only to witness a gruesome death. Immediately, she turned back and sprinted in another direction, soon disappearing without a trace.
Dark, endless void, check. A single chair, check. His tracksuit back on, check. Yep, apparently Kazuma died again. As if horrible pain of being torn apart by giant teeth hadn't been enough of a clue.
He had to wait a few minutes (impossible to tell how long without a watch) before a figure appeared before him. Aqua's replacement was dressed in rather modest robes and looking at him oddly.
"Hey, I'm Kazuma," he waved at her. Unfortunately, nothing more clever came to mind.
"I know," she answered softly. "I'm Eris, goddess of fortune. Nice to meet you, Kazuma Sato."
After a few increasingly awkward moments of staring at each other, she spoke again.
"Why did you do that? Why did you sacrifice yourself for Lady Aqua?"
Kazuma shrugged. It was hard to explain, but didn't hurt to try, especially not now.
"It's not like I had any time to think about it, or even make a choice. My girlfriend was in danger, so I acted. That's it."
"Do you- do you love Aqua?"
This was a hard question, especially since it was asked by a virtual stranger. Still, he tried to answer that one too.
"I think so? I don't know, I mean, she's my first and only girlfriend you know? Or even the only girl I spent any amount of time with, hell, the only person I had even been close to. I don't have anything to compare it to. My feelings, you know? She- she's not just a pretty girl that wants to have- have sex with me and stuff? Though that part is amazing, but she's also Aqua. It's not because she's a goddess, it's just- I know her. I've seen everything. The good and the bad. She's just there. When I think of my life, there she is. I-"
"Thank you, that's enough." While Eris's interruption seemed rather rude, her voice was trembling and her eyes were a little misty. "I think I've made a grave mistake."
"What do you mean, Lady Eris?" It didn't hurt to be polite, especially when she, unlike a certain other goddess, wasn't laughing at him.
Suddenly, there was a voice coming from nowhere, a voice Kazuma never thought he'd hear again.
"Hey, you stupid Neet, I healed your body so you better come back right now!" Aqua was trying to sound angry, but he could practically see her tears and that damn trembling lip of hers. "Don't make you goddess wait!"
Kazuma turned to Eris, who was now smiling softly at him. She waved her hand and a familiar magical circle appeared. That's when a thought struck him that just couldn't be ignored.
"Wait, Lady Eris, if I'm dead, does that mean Aqua can come back here?"
"I-" the junior goddess appeared shocked by his question. "I'm not sure."
"Aqua!" Kazuma screamed. "Can you hear me? What if they allow you to return now?"
"What?" This time his beautiful treasure screeched like a banshee. "This is not a vacation I can join you on! You are dead! Do you hate me so much that you want to abandon me forever?"
As if things weren't confusing enough, Eris joined their conversation.
"Lady Aqua! You have to consider Kazuma's offer. Maybe I can convince the Elders to let you return now that your purpose is fulfilled-"
"ERIS! You flat-chested moron, are you trying to take Kazuma from me? Wait a minute, I was drunk yesterday, but now I remember, it was you! How dare you?"
Now Kazuma was even more confused, but before he had time to think over Eris's frantic denials to Aqua, his girlfriend set an ultimatum for both of them.
"Either you are coming back right this instant, or we are through. You hear me, Kazuma? We are done. If you don't want to come back to me, maybe you don't care-" Aqua sniffed and audibly blew her nose. "Well, I care for you, and I want you back, so there. You decide."
He could just imagine the blue haired girl slumping over his body in complete exhaustion. Come to think of it, how did she recover enough of him from the alligators for healing and resurrection? Shaking his head, Kazuma looked at Eris, who was staring back at him in anguish. Apparently, she wasn't going to argue with Aqua anymore.
"Alright, Lady Eris. You heard what Aqua said. I don't want her to think I don't care, and besides, I actually like our life together. Guess we'll have to defeat the Devil King after all. See ya."
And with another wave, he jumped through the gate, never seeing now smiling Eris waving back.
Kazuma's return to life was celebrated by some screaming, a slap, and a lot of tears from his girlfriend. Then they kissed. Then talked a little. Then kissed again, with some light petting. Then talked some more. Then Kazuma noticed that he was completely naked, which led to Aqua's tears again, as she recounted the harrowing tale of recovering his severed head right under an alligator's nose, and regrowing his whole body again with her healing magic.
Finally, they were interrupted by Chris who, for some reason, was very late, but brought with her a simple gray cloak made of soft wool. Which she promptly offered to Kazuma to cover himself. This made him even more confused, but under Aqua's suddenly cold glare, Chris ran off with no further explanation.
And so they walked to the town, arms around each other, Kazuma wincing from stepping on branches and stones with bare feet, and Aqua just humming some tune, seemingly having forgotten the whole traumatic experience already.
Their return home was delayed by another weird experience of meeting a guy named Mitsurugi Kyouya who recognized Aqua as the goddess who sent him to this world. Which wouldn't be a problem, if only he didn't take an issue with Kazuma, thinking him some homeless drunk, whom gracious Lady Aqua was escorting to a shelter. This could have ended in a duel, with Kazuma weaponless and practically naked against a knight with a magical sword, but ended instead with Aqua's God's Blow, which for the first time ever proved to be effective against an opponent.
They left Mitsurugi on the ground, stunned, his two seemingly useless party members trying to help him up, and continued their journey home, with no further interruptions.
At home, in their small basement room, Aqua and Kazuma could finally relax and recover from their ordeal. After nearly losing each other, both of them wanted to be close, so they even used the wash basin together.
Despite or maybe because of his recent death, Kazuma never felt so alive, as Aqua lovingly washed the blood and the dirty lake slime from his skin, running the rug all over his chest, his arms and buttocks, and of course her favorite part of his body. Then it was his turn, and Kazuma took his sweet time with her full and perky breasts, lifting first the one, then the other, and even putting the rag down to use his bare hands, which wasn't an effective washing technique, but certainly effective at getting them both excited and breathing heavily. Aqua's ability to both create and purify water was invaluable at times like this.
Kazuma started on Aqua's butt and legs, but a couple minutes of thoroughly massaging her cheeks proved to be too much for the girl, who playfully slipped out of his hands and, still wet and naked, ran to their bed, with Kazuma hot on her heels.
Giggling, they tumbled together on the sheets and the next however long was spent rolling around and furiously kissing and touching every part of one another's body they could reach. At this point, Kazuma knew a lot about worshiping his goddess in the most amazing and unusual ways, like sucking the point just below her left ear which made her hips buck wildly up and down under him.
Which is when the last, and most pleasant surprise of the day was revealed.
"Kazuma," Aqua panted against his neck. "You can put it in."
"What?" He must have heard her wrong. With no condoms around, the risk was too high. They talked about it, several times. Neither of them were ready to become parents, especially to a demigod. If that was even possible, but apparently, the legends said it was.
"I learned a spell to prevent pregnancy yesterday," Aqua confessed quietly, hiding her face against his shoulder. It was one of the rare times the proud goddess appeared embarrassed. "Had to go to the succubi for advice, so you better not let my sacrifice go to waste!"
Kazuma raised himself a little and cradled Aqua's head in his hands, turning her blushing face to look at him. "You know about the succubi?"
"Of course I do, silly. I'm a goddess!"
Kazuma suddenly felt even worse for agreeing to check out the Cafe with Dust. But that was conversation for another time. Now he had a decision to make: whether to trust Aqua or not. It wasn't even a question.
"I love you, you useless goddess!" he suddenly said. Maybe it wasn't the best time or place for such a declaration, especially with them naked and sweaty, lying on rumpled sheets on a creaky bed in a small, barely habitable basement they rented for an outrageous price. But maybe it was the best time, and the best place, because Aqua was there with him and looking up with her most brilliant smile.
"I love you too too, you Hiki-Neet!" she responded in kind. Their old nicknames for each other, from the first few weeks before they learned to get along (and discovered sex, couldn't forget about that). The supposed insults held no power over them now, because after all, Kazuma wasn't a shut-in loner anymore, and Aqua's talents proved invaluable both on the battlefield and at home.
Of course, it wasn't just as easy as "put it in". Thankfully, due to months long mutual exploration, they knew that first time wasn't supposed to be painful, and Aqua had to be carefully prepared for the penetration.
While Kazuma's fingers had already visited Aqua's pussy, it had been no more than two, one was usually enough to get her going, with the young man's thumb or his tongue on her clit doing most of the work.
But Aqua, in her usual frank manner, confessed that she had already used three fingers several times when pleasuring herself, which wasn't really that shocking to Kazuma, since some days he was too tired from construction work and went to sleep before satisfying Aqua's urges. The fact that they both learned to live with, because the goddess' libido was higher than usual, but Kazuma was just a man, and a few drunk conversations with his work buddies helped calm him down and restore his self-worth.
So, this night, they dedicated a couple of hours for their usual, but highly pleasurable routine, using their hands and tongues to bring each other to several screaming climaxes (the lack of neighbors was one of the main reasons they chose this place).
Then finally Aqua got on her hands and knees and raised her enticing butt in the air, a position that they both heard was the best choice for the first time, and Kazuma carefully lined himself with her opening.
The first careful push made them both groan. Aqua with the sudden feeling of stretching and fullness, which, while not painful for her, was unusual and not at all like fingers she experienced before. And Kazuma, with the most intense pleasure he ever felt, as he was enveloped in something hot, wet and tight, Aqua's channel embracing him lovingly from every side. Checking with his girlfriend to make sure everything is to her liking so far, he pushed again, a little further. This time, both their eyes rolled from the unfamiliar stimulation.
Thus, little by little, Kazuma was sheathed fully in. They waited a couple minutes to get used to the sensation and then started moving, hesitantly at first, and then bolder, finally pushing furiously at each other with Kazuma holding Aqua's hips and the girl gripping the headboard for balance.
The wet slapping and clicking sounds were heard which, together with the strong smell of their excitement, made the experience all the more real and amazing for them.
At last they both growled, with Kazuma coming first, spilling inside his girlfriend and Aqua following soon after, with his finger on her clit thoughtfully helping her along.
Afterward, they laid there panting, entwined together, with even the usually energetic goddess exhausted to the point where she only had the strength to cast a couple of Purification spells to turn they combined liquids into clean water. Then they fell asleep, on slightly wet sheets, but with huge smiles on their faces.
It's been a good day after all.