Mother's Intimate Loyal Faith: Chapter 2 - Restless: Day Or Night

Saturday morning, Ash woke up with energy to spare as he thought of the day that was ahead of him. It was rare enough recently that he was ever able to wake up in the morning without finding one of the girls in his sheets or having to worry when they might jump out and take him by surprise, much less waking up with determination in his mind. And that was all because of what had happened yesterday, after arriving here at the Aether Paradise, and being confronted by his host and her other two guests. They were the reason he was here, after all, and why he was so determined to make this a good day.

Without Lillie, Mallow or Lana around to steal his attention constantly, Ash was able to completely focus on the issue he was currently faced with. Impressing each of their mothers. During his rather awkward encounter with the three women, who he had come here under the assumption that they had already caught on to his sexual escapades with their daughters, had actually just learned thanks to his poor choice of words about his complicated physical relationships. And in a miracle, the three had somehow come to agree on friendly terms to give the young man a chance to prove himself worthy to stay with them. But how exactly he was meant to prove himself they didn't explain, so Ash did feel somewhat uneasy about what exactly he might have to do today. Regardless, his best behavior was a start.

Following a shower and a simple breakfast in his room, he set out into the mansion to find the three mothers in question. Ash only had this one weekend - two days - to make a good and lasting impression that he would take good care of the three girls in love with him, so he couldn't afford to be lazy about it for a second. Which explained why he was walking the mansion halls at 8 in the morning, something no other man his age would be doing unless being forced to go to work. That didn't apply to everyone in the mansion, though.

"Ash?" the trainer nearly flinched at the sudden familiar voice, stopping on the bottom step and turning his torso to look back up, noticing the curious expression of the mansion's owner. "What are you doing up so early?"

"I...I was actually gonna go look for you, actually," Ash scratched the back of his head with a nervous smile, piquing Lusamine's interest.

"Oh? And what for?" she asked calmly, Ash about to respond but pausing. He knew that women had generally spoken in specific ways so as to lure men into verbal traps, so he couldn't help but suddenly get suspicious. If he said he wanted to hang around her and try to impress her, would he come across as desperate? He couldn't risk it: this was his one chance to save his relationships with the girls.

"...I...Well, I was wondering if you needed any help around here. I know Wicke...suggested...I help out with some researching, but I'm not much of the brainy type. I'm more of a physical labor kind of guy, so I was just wondering if there was anything you needed moved around...like at the pier or something...?" Ash trailed off with a hint of hope in his voice. That sounded okay, right?

"...Hmm...I don't think there's anything that comes to mind we need extra help with..." Lusamine tapped her chin in thought, Ash's heart suddenly feeling as if it were sinking into his chest. Damn. "...Although, we do have a shipment of pokemon food coming in from mainland today. It won't be here for another hour, but-"

"Roger that, I'm on it!" the blonde eyed him curiously as he saluted to her, before turning away and disappearing through the front door of the building. She crossed her arms, her thoughts set on the young man.

She had met him years ago as one of Lillie's close friends from pokemon school, but now she could only see him as the man who took her first time. It's not as if she were consciously choosing to be judgemental of him, but a part of her refused to see him any other way. Her motherly instincts were being quite bothersome in that respect, trying to come up with some way of either scaring him off or helping her decide in an instant whether or not he was loyal to Lillie. But how far would that have to go...?

As the elevator stopped on the pier level, Ash stepped out across the tiles with his eyes searching curiously for a worker to talk to. A few minutes passed before he actually found someone, standing by the edge of the water with a clipboard, who seemed to be reading it intently. Perfect.

"Excuse me? Is this where that pokemon food shipment is going to be coming in?" the man in the Aether Foundation uniform glanced over to the trainer.

"Yeah, it is. Aren't you one of the president's guests for this weekend? You don't have to be hanging around down here, you can go relax in the conservation area or wherever you want," the worker explained, but Ash shook his head.

"I actually kind of need something to keep me occupied around here, for certain reasons. Plus I'd be glad to help out, if I could," Ash responded, the Aether employee giving him a quick glance up and down.

"...Well...I suppose if you're not opposed to it, then alright. The shipment should be here in just under an hour, I was going over the order manifest and seeing whether or not we would be needing an extra lift over there for it," Ash glanced over his shoulder in the direction of the employee's pointing finger, noticing a forklift parked beside a stack of shipping crates ready for use. "Though judging by this amount...I'm not thinking it will take very long, even with just one. So, you ever use one of those before?"

"Not personally, but...I've been told I'm a fast learner," Ash flashed a smile, listening as the worker began to explain the basic understanding of how to start the vehicle and operate it.


"It's 9 AM on a Saturday, just tell them I'll call on Monday, we can sort it out then...Okay, thank you. Goodbye," Lusamine sighed as she hung up the phone, rubbing her temple in exhaustion. It wasn't even noon and her clients were already giving her a headache. Why was she even working on a Saturday? She should've just refused the call and continued keeping an eye on-

"Miss president? Miss Marina is awake, and she would like to speak to you?" the blonde glanced up to see Wicke peeking her head in the doorway, the mature woman leaning back in her executive chair.

"Come in," Wicke gave her a nod as she opened the door, stepping in and to the side, allowing the blunette to move in past her. The purple-haired woman gave a quick bow, disappearing out the doorway and closing the door behind her. "Good morning, Marina. I hope you slept well."

"As well as I could, considering everything that I've recently learned..." Lusamine's lips curled into a small sympathetic smile, but it disappeared quickly. It was an entertaining thought, but at the same time, she was in the same situation.

"Yes...I suppose I'm in the same boat. And my clients won't even let me have one weekend to myself, apparently, so it might be a little more difficult than I thought to keep up our deal with Ash on my end," the woman explained, Marina glancing out the window to the side of the room.

"I suppose he's still asleep?"

"Surprisingly, no. He actually went down to the docks to help out."

"Help out? This early?"

"It surprised me too, but he was keen in asking me on any way of him being able to help out around here."

"Typical of a man: if he has to impress women, he goes straight for the physical work, huh?"

"My thoughts exactly. Though I'm sure my workers aren't complaining to a young man capable of helping out, especially considering his stature," Lusamine said absentmindedly, tapping her finger on her desk as she stared blankly at the wall. Marina arched an eyebrow.

"His stature?" she asked curiously, snapping her friend from her trance.

"...W-Well, what I mean is...Don't pretend like you haven't noticed, it's rather plain to see, but...Ash isn't exactly scrawny," the corporate woman responded, the blunette glancing away.

"...I suppose..." she didn't say much more than that. Or rather, she didn't want to, for reasons she felt Lusamine would try to pry out of her. "...So then, is Rosa awake?"

"I haven't seen her around the mansion...Wasn't she always bad for sleeping in?" the blonde gave a brief giggle to herself, joined by Marina.

"Not only that, but sleepwalking too. She always did cause trouble in the middle of the night," both women smiled. They may have all been friends, but they still had to poke fun at each other every now and then. You know, for balance.

"Well, we should probably let her sleep. In the meantime, I'm gonna go check on the shipment at the pier. They should've already docked and started unloading by now," Lusamine stood from her chair, moving towards the doorway. Marina arched an eyebrow with a sly smile.

"Check on the shipment? Or check on Ash?" the blunette asked, the blonde pausing as she grabbed the door handle.

"...Depends how it goes."


Ash sighed as he set down the last crate, wiping sweat from his forehead. He looked to his side where a pile of larger crates were gathered together, then to his front where there was a pile of smaller crates that he had been able to carry by hand. He was thankful for the electric lift, considering he would never have been able to lift those larger crates without it, or without the Aether employee's help with operating it. But in the end, it took just over two hours to unload everything as they stopped just after 11 AM.

"Hey, kid!" Ash glanced over his shoulder as he noticed the worker hop down to the ground from the seat of the lift, flashing him a smile and a wave. "I owe you for this. Thanks for the help."

"No problem, just glad to help out," Ash smiled back, glancing back to the crates. "So, do they just stay here or are we moving them to a storage room?"

"I am going to check to make sure it's all here, and then move it to storage. You can take it easy, I've got it from here," Ash almost looked disappointed as the worker began looking at his clipboard again.

"You sure? I can still-" the worker waved his hand with a smile.

"It's alright, kid, really. I don't want the president to get mad at me for making her guest do all the work around here, I gotta earn my pay, you know?" Ash chuckled, deciding that maybe he wasn't gonna budge on it. The trainer turned away in the direction of the elevator and started walking, wondering what he could find next to do. And unbeknownst to him, a pair of jade-colored eyes were watching him from around the corner of a shipping container in secret, making sure he didn't see them. After what she had just watched come to a finish, Lusamine didn't even notice as a smile crept across her face. But then an image flashed across her mind that she didn't expect to remember, as well as her earlier words with Marina, forcing a blush to creep onto her cheeks. She quickly shook the thoughts out of her head, turning to watch as Ash reached the elevator and activated the lift to go to the next floor. The woman quietly sighed to herself.


"Man, those were heavier than they looked..." Ash groaned as he stretched his arms in a circular motion, holding his shoulder in place. He watched as the doorway to the mansion started coming into view, beginning to wonder what the Aether Foundation president was up to. Maybe now she had something for him to help with. Nothing out of the ordinary as he walked in and started towards the stairway, his foot touching down on that first step. But then something stopped him. Pausing, he turned his head to look over the handrail at the floor below, remaining quiet. Then it happened again. A low...grumbling. What is that? Ash backed up off the step, turning the corner to move along the wall below the staircase, remaining attentive for the strange noise. Hearing it a third time, his eyes set intently on the broom closet door. This place...wasn't haunted, right? Lusamine never did mention that, and Lillie had certainly never said anything about it. But what else would this noise be? Then he found his hand on the door handle, beginning to turn it with extreme caution. He remained attentive, in an attempt to be ready for anything that he might see or have jump out at him.

But he certainly wasn't ready for the woman to fall out onto him, his arms barely able to react fast enough to prevent her from hitting the floor. Despite the surprise, as Ash laid eyes on the peaceful expression of the figure, he couldn't even gather any logic as to why this was happening. Dressed in a lime green night dress - which seemed surprisingly racy, but matched the maturity of her body - she was...asleep. In the broom closet. Standing up. He gave a quiet sigh, raising her arm up and over his shoulder as he supported her in a more effective way. Then he thought his heart was gonna burst through his chest as she suddenly shifted, unknowingly pressuring her prized assets against Ash's side.

"R-Rosa, stay still, will you...?" he asked the woman, but judging by her lazy smile and shallow breathing with her eyes closed, she clearly didn't hear him. He rolled his eyes. Well, he was supposed to make a good impression on these women while he was here...

"Almost..." Ash thought as his foot touched the top of the staircase, breathing a sigh of relief as the hardest part was now behind him. Still supporting the woman with her arm around his head, he had decided to be a good person and help her back to her room. Whatever reason she may have had for being asleep, standing up in the broom closet he may never know. But hopefully it wasn't important, or even anything. Maybe she just sleepwalks for all he knows, and he didn't exactly want to press the woman on why. Pushing down on the handle and forward on the door, Ash almost stumbled in as it suddenly swung open faster than he expected, barely catching himself before they would have collapsed onto the bed. Ash sighed in relief, gently easing the woman down so she sat on the edge of the bed, before moving her arm off of him and carefully laying her down on her back. As her head softly touched down on the sheets, the woman smiled in her sleep as she turned slightly onto her side, bringing her thumb up to her lips and biting the tip softly before it disappeared within. Ash gave an amused smile: this certainly was not something he would have expected from a mother. A few more moments of watching that sight and Ash would have thought she was just a child in a grown woman's body, as innocent and carefree as anyone was when they were born.

But things never went that well for Ash, for some reason.

Instead, Ash was taken aback as the woman's arms suddenly reached out and grabbed his shoulders, yanking him down onto the sheets. He opened his mouth to object, but was only shocked further as his face was buried between the softest pillows in the room. And I'm not talking about cotton ones.

"R-Rosa-!" Ash had managed to pull away for a mere second before her hands laced into his hair, grabbing him and pulling him back in. The man felt his cheeks start to burn as they registered the incredible softness of what surrounded them - No! No no no no no! He cannot think like that right now, this was Mallow's mother! He was supposed to be making a good impression!

Ash flinched as he felt something drag itself along his leg and up towards his waist, draping itself over his body before stopping to rest. Swallowing his breath, he was almost too afraid to look down as his eyes glanced downward, confirming his fears as he saw the woman's bare leg draped over his waist with the skirt of her night dress starting to hike further than he should be seeing. Hell, he shouldn't be seeing this at all! Why him?! Why now?!

"...E...Easy..." Ash whispered to himself, carefully prying his waist from her leg just enough to slip his hand between them. "Ah fuck..." he quickly muttered, unable to prevent himself from speaking his mind on the new part of the problem he was faced with as his palms seeped into the soft skin of her thigh. He bit his lip, desperately trying to avert his thoughts from the sexual temptation of this scenario as he cautiously lifted her leg off of him. The further her leg got from his waist, the better Ash began to feel as he now had a means of escape as he began to wiggle himself away from her.

Then his hand's grip slipped as he suddenly felt a warm breath on the outside of his ear, quickly followed by a greater warmth as something enveloped his ear. Her leg dropped back down so her thigh rested on top of his. Every nerve in his body tensed up as he felt something moist brush against his ear, the man struggling not to completely freak out and startle the woman as her lips suckled around the outside of the top of his ear, like a baby with a pacifier. And it only got worse as the woman's tongue got restless.

"A-Aaah, no- Hah...Rosa, stop- nngh!" he grunted as her tongue slithered further into his ear, clearly not caring about his privacy as it explored somewhere not designed to be explored. Ash bit his lip, feeling his mental state begin to slip with the combination of her smooth skin against his, her breasts still trying to smother him and her tongue looking to make his ear happy.

"Mmmm...ehehe..." Ash glanced up to see the woman's expression almost resemble a mixture of drunk and happy: like a child getting away with something they shouldn't be. Ash began to wonder if this is what her body was doing...Just what kind of dream- Oh, no. That's a dangerous place to go, he's not even gonna go there.

"Rosa...Come on, this is not something you should be doing..." Ash whispered, hoping the woman would suddenly come to her senses. But she only gave a drunken smile, pushing her cheek against his.

"Ehehehe...So soooft..." the trainer rolled his eyes, giving a sigh of defeat as she rubbed their cheeks together. He didn't exactly know how to stop this without waking the woman, but he always remembered being told not to wake a sleepwalker. Though she wasn't technically walking...so was it actually alright now? "...But soft is no fuuun...~"

"What are you ta-aaaaaa-agh!" Ash suddenly bit down on his lip hard, his eyes shooting open wide as his nose was pressed back into her bosom. But his reaction was because of the hand that suddenly grabbed between his legs. "R-Rosa-!"

"Ssssssshh...It's okay...Mommy's here...~" Ash's eyes glanced up in utter shock at the what the woman was saying in such a soft and soothing tone along with what her hand was doing. Is this what older women fantasized about? I mean, sure, Ash figured that every type of person had their own sexual fantasies, but this?

"S-Seriously, Rosa, let go, don't do- Mmmf!" he was silenced as his lips were forced against the bare skin of her upper breast, which sent a powerful surge of blood downstream within his body.

"Ehehehe...There we gooo...~" she giggled lazily in her slumber, smiling gleefully as her fingers ran along his shorts and traced the edges of his now-growing erection. "Don't worry...Mommy's gonna take gooood care of you...~"

"Rosa, ple-" Ash's voice got caught in his throat as he noticed her other hand hover over her breast to the side of his face, her fingers reaching under and grabbing the edge of the fabric. Oh no, please, anything but-

"Is baby hungryyy...?" and just like it had done in the past, Ash's control flew out the window of his mind. All sense of good disappeared in an instant, and all that was left was a stunned Ash staring at the sight of a fully matured woman's areola mere inches from his eyes. Ash's mind suddenly flashed back to the moment he was in that public changing room stall with Mallow, moments before he had gone over the edge of no return. The moment he was staring into those emerald eyes of hers, shining with a desire he had never seen before. But now, while his auburn eyes stared at the deeper pink skin of these glorious mammaries...He knew exactly what he wanted.

"Hahn!" Ash couldn't help but throb at the woman's gasp of arousal as his lips latched onto her revealed breast, his teeth sinking gently into the skin around the peak. He felt her hands grab the back of his head and pull him in closer: something he now didn't object to. He dragged his body along the bedsheets closer to hers, feeling her leg drape around his waist again and pull him closer as his bulge pressed against the inside of her thigh. She moaned again, turning to a sharp squeal as Ash decided to switch tactics, releasing the grip of his teeth and instead flicking his tongue over the tip. He felt it instantly harden within his mouth, poking straight out as if demanding attention, which Ash was glad to give. He pressured his lips against the skin of her breast, kneading into it like - and Ash could not believe he was actually doing or thinking this - ...a baby. He was suckling her like a baby. Barely a minute ago he unconsciously judged her for the possibility of a mother-and-child sex fantasy, but here he was now actually partaking in it. His erection suddenly felt so wrong now...

"Mmmm...Moorrree...!" he felt the woman's palms on the back of his head pull him closer against her skin, her opposite hand finding his at his side. He felt her intertwine her fingers with his, her palm against the back of his hand, almost feeling relieved at the sensation of her skin as opposed to something strange. But like I said, things never went that well for Ash. So instead, her hand forced his palm to slap against the thickness of her thigh, before dragging up along her leg and forcing him to register the feeling of each inch of her soft skin. This caused a twitch in his nether regions, which the woman happily moaned to as she tightened her leg's grip around him, pulling his waist closer against hers so that he prodded her more intensely. Ash winced as he began to feel warmer down below, thinking that he was getting close to releasing, but not aware that the heat was not even coming from him. "Mmm..Babyyy..." Rosa moaned as she grinded herself against him, as if hearing his thoughts and trying to drive him over the edge. And if Ash hadn't remembered her breast was within range of his mouth, she probably would have. But Ash knew a few tricks - conveniently enough - thanks to her daughter.

"Not this time..." he whispered to himself, smirking as he quickly clamped down on the tip of her nipple again. The woman's back suddenly arched, her head tossing back as she smiled in glee at the unexpected pleasure, though her eyes remained closed. How she was still asleep was beyond Ash's thought process, but not like that was of much use right now. Instead, he decided to extend his teeth's grip to enclose a little more skin around her areola, keeping a gentle grip as his tongue began toying with the hardened peak. He felt her hands squeeze hard on the back of his head. He felt her ankle dig into his lower back as her pelvis grinded against him as closely as possible, still burning like a furnace. Ash knew exactly what this meant.

Rosa's back arched as her vocal chords released a deep moan - one Ash did not expect to ever hear - as her muscles went into a series of spasms. But given Ash's usual sex partners, what he last expected was a blast of liquid in his mouth from a woman's chest. He pulled his head back from her breast, his eyes giving a curious look at her nipple which began leaking the white fluid, dripping down her skin and under her night dress. He latched on again, greedily sucking it down which made the woman begin laughing in a mad-driven state of lust. Ash pulled back with a groan as his dick twitched: which suddenly set his mind straight. He blinked, his senses all of a sudden flooding back to him all at once. Oh God, it happened again. He lost control to his lust - and with Mallow's mom of all people! If it were Mallow it wouldn't be so bad, but her mom!?

"...Mmmn..." Ash clenched his eyes shut with the urge to escape from his current situation, throwing all caution to the wind as he wiggled his waist back away from hers and snuck out of her leg's grip. But her hands stopped his head, and without warning, his lips were greeted by hers. To his surprise, it wasn't a sex-hungry kiss like he was used to with the girls, but more...gentle. Almost as if it were meant to make him feel comfortable. Slowly he began to peek his eyes open. Just a mental precaution, to make sure she was still asleep, that's all. Nothing weird about being kissed by a girlfriend's mom while she was sleeping and now wondering if it would really be such a bad thing that she could be awake-

Then he realized he was staring into her jade green eyes. And she was staring into his auburn ones. And they both looked equally surprised to see each other.

"O-Oh God!"

"Kyaaa!"

"Ha-Hang on, Rosa! Please, t-this is not what it looks like-!" Ash's voice got caught in his throat at the sight of the woman, now fully awake and clearly in shock of what she had just woken up to. Her fingers grazed her lips as she stared with wide eyes at the younger man on the bed across from her, her mind starting to register the lingering effects of her twitching muscles from the waist down. She glanced down, her cheeks flushing red in embarrassment as she readjusted her clothing over her revealed breast. "R-Rosa, please, you have to believe me this was not-!"

"Did...Did I...?" Ash's fearful expression softened at the woman's soft words, clearly embarrassed to speak but still desiring to do so. He noticed her hands drift down between her thighs, which began to shift uncomfortably, her eyes glancing away and refusing to meet his. Oh, that's what she meant...

"...uh...Weeell..." he wasn't in any way positive of how to say what she wanted to hear. If it were Mallow, he would never have to tell her that she came because her convulsing body was a clear indication, seeing as how he could reduce her to a twitching mess. But her mother...How the hell was he supposed to say that to her?

"...You...helped...right...?" Ash couldn't respond as the woman's shy eyes glanced up to meet his, which brought a warmth to his cheeks and a faster beat to his heart. Damn, she was just as adorable as Mallow. And with a charm of maturity? This woman would be dangerous to him, for sure. "...You helped me...you know..."

"...Aah...I-I think..." he couldn't help but be humble. A part of his brain was still telling him to make a good impression, after all, even if he did just make Mallow's own mother cum from just playing with her breasts. Rosa glanced down in a shy manner, her legs still shifting as her orgasm still lingered within her loins. She knew she had definitely been asleep during all of whatever just happened, because she would never had done that with a boy that Mallow liked...but something was off. Something felt...amazing. But she feared whether it was the orgasm...Or how she got it. "I-I...I should probably go-"

"Wait!" Ash fell back onto the sheets after turning his back to the woman and attempting to leave, now lying on his back and looking up at the upside-down embarrassed face of the older woman. He was about to question her as to why she just stopped him, considering how embarrassing this situation already was, but he was answered with the next words out of her mouth. "...It's...still hard..."

"Wha...?" Ash blinked as he realized. Looking down at himself, he noticed there was still a clear bulge in his shorts. His brain said to curl up into a ball and cover himself from her sight, but for some reason, his body refused to cooperate. "A-Ah, wait a sec, t-this isn't- That is, this isn't because of you- W-Well, I don't mean that, believe me, you are very attractive- Wait, no! I'm not saying you're sexy- Oh God...!" Ash sighed in defeat. Why was he even trying anymore? He had already lost this battle.

"...Hold still."

"Why would I- Whaaaaaaat are you doing?!" Ash's eyes shot open as he noticed her arm stretched over past his head, where her fingers now met with the fabric covering his shame. He glanced back so his eyes met hers, but her eyes showed no hesitation as he felt her hand slip in beneath the shorts. Ash gasped as he felt the warmth of her hand, followed by the feeling of it being freed from its confines and springing up into the air. Rosa's gaze immediately averted to it, Ash noticing a shine starting to form in those green eyes. One that he recognized from Mallow. "W-Wait a sec, Rosa-!"

"It's been years...since I last lactated..." Ash's eyes shifted in shock as he was greeted with the sight of not just one nipple, but now both of them, as the woman's breasts were freed from the confines of her night dress. She smiled warmly, which sparked a strange warmth in Ash's heart. That was...a mother's loving smile. He knew that all too well from his own mother, but how she was doing that along with her hand stroking his dick was beyond him. "...You managed to do it...and you enjoyed it, right...?"

"Wha...Why...are you doing this...?" he asked, grunting as her grip adjusted on his member. This was not good for Ash: she was no amateur.

"Because you helped me feel good...so I owe you that favor..." she adjusted herself so that she sat on her knees beside him, his head resting on her lap while her breasts were hung above his face. With such a close proximity, and not even clothes separating his face and her breasts, Ash began to feel his control slipping again. "And you enjoyed what you did earlier...So you wouldn't object to helping milk me again, would you~?"

"R-Rosa, wait-!" Ash was silenced as a nipple poked its way between his lips, surprising him. She leaned over him, the trainer noticing a smile on the woman's face, but not one like when they had met the day prior. It was like staring into the eyes of an older Mallow...eyes shining with anticipation, and a lustful smile.

"It's okay, Ashy...This will be our little secret, just between us, okay?" her tone had turned softer, much softer as if trying to lure an unsuspecting man into a trap. Ash couldn't protest with her nipple in his mouth, which caused a desperate struggle to fight the instinctive urge to play with it just as he would with Mallow, Lillie or Lana. "Come on, Ashy...Mommy's been alone for a long time...Can't you help a girl out~?"

And that was it. It was just like when Mallow begged him in that stall. Or when Lana insisted on helping him out on the water. Or when Lillie confessed and urged to become closer. Ash was helpless at the sight of those pleading eyes and lustful smile of all three girls. And now here he was, in the same situation, with one of their mothers. And he hated himself for not being able to fight it this time either.

Rosa gasped as she felt teeth clamp down on the tip of her areola. She smiled, glancing down and noticing the man's eyes no longer meeting hers, but being closed instead as his body now decided to focus on the opportunity she had presented to it. The woman struggled to hold her legs in place, feeling herself begin to shift uncomfortably beneath his head, trying to keep it together as his mouth began playing with her. But it had been a long time since she and her husband had split up, and she had never felt a connection to any other man, so in truth, she had actually been quite depraved of her old sexual nature. But she knew her daughter must have been good practice for Ash.

"O-Ooooh, yess...That's it, Ash-yyyyy!" her voice rose into a gleeful squeal, the combined work of his teeth and tongue playing with her one nipple quickly having an effect over her entire body. And Ash could tell this, so he took this moment to use one of his free hands to help the other breast that was being ignored. "H-Hahn!" the woman gasped, not expecting a surprise attack on her other breast as well, biting her lip as a wave of heat flashed down between her legs. Ash peeked one eye open and glanced to his side, seeing as how his head was resting on the bare skin of her thighs, his eyes noticed the lace undergarments that was covering the woman's pelvis but clearly not keeping in the intense heat that was being emitted. He smirked to himself, then grunted as he suddenly felt a squeeze on his lower body. He had almost forgotten her hand was holding his dick, and she actually had too: but she didn't now. "...Y...You...You must have certainly had a lot of good practice...with my daughter..."

"...Y...Yeah..." he couldn't help but be honest. Considering his situation: the combination of how horny he was, how horny she clearly was, her exposed breasts in his face, and his dick in her hand's grasp...how could he not be?

"So...You must really be keeping my daughter...satisfied...hm...?" he hesitated for a moment, before giving a nod. The woman smiled, closing her eyes with a quiet sigh of relief, which made Ash curious. Even now, was she still only worried about her daughter's happiness? "...That's good to hear...I'm relieved she found a man like you..."

"...uh...Thanks...?" now that he wasn't sure how to respond to. He didn't want to sound full of himself, but he had to show some confidence or he would seem like a coward. And he needed to be assertive in order to stay with Mallow. "...Look, Rosa...I-"

"But you've never had a real woman..." Ash opened his mouth to question her words, but instead of his voice coming from his throat, it was a sharp gasp extending into a moan. The woman smiled in satisfaction, slowly dragging the tip of her finger up along his shaft and stopping on the tip of his second head. "I'm sure my daughter's inherited my rather...needing, sexual nature..." the trainer grunted as her finger separated from his tip, now being greeted by her full open palm rubbing from the tip down along the underside of his dick, gliding along across his balls as well. The friction of her skin against his seemed rough, but at the same time, strangely gentle. "...And I'm sure you must be having plenty of fun, if you can keep up with her, that is..."

"...Of...course I can..." he replied in a light pant, starting to draw heavier breaths from her own teasing work against him. She smiled, lowering her head to that their eyes met closer.

"But what you haven't learned from my daughter...is that she herself has so much to learn..." Ash furrowed his brow at this, drawing in a sharp breath as he felt her hand down below take soft hold of the base of his member once more, as well as her other palm caressing his cheek. Then he felt it join her other hand. "...And since my daughter lacks that extensive experience...Then you'll need someone else to teach you~"

"R-Ro-" Ash felt his voice get caught in his throat as both of her hands suddenly started to softly twist around his shaft, one on top and one on bottom, stroking along the entirety of his length. Ash took a deep breath, his eyes meeting hers again as they shone, which prompted her hands to start moving faster. Ash felt the air escape his lungs just as quickly as it filled them each time he breathed, the woman's hands moving faster and faster by the second. He felt the familiar sense of his orgasm building within his family jewels, Ash's eyebrow starting to twitch as he braced himself for the heavenly release. But Rosa saw this, and she let go of him.

"W-What?!" Ash's mind started racing as he felt his head hit the sheets, raising it to look at the woman in shock and to ask why she had stopped. But instead of finding her in his sights, he instead felt a pair of soft and enticing pair of thighs wrap around his torso, as well as a pair of incredibly soft and pillowy sensations against the back of his head. Ash felt the sensation of his orgasm fading, which did sting a little, but it was negated by the new pleasure of being held by the woman from behind, his head resting on her bountiful chest. He glanced upward, hoping to meet her jade eyes, but was instead greeted by the feeling of her hand brushing against his cheeks as his lips were smothered by hers. His head fell back against her, succumbing instantly to the warm and savory sensation as he felt the warmth between his legs begin to come back. She pulled her head back slightly and opened her eyes, noticing him try to lean forward to meet her again, but she moved so his nose poked against hers.

"Ah ah...Relax...Time to see the real prize my daughter's never talked about~" Ash's whole body froze as she teasingly brushed her upper lip against his, gently nibbling it and pulling it away from him. That was it. Ash couldn't help it.

Rosa gasped as his hand suddenly found the back of her head, holding it in place as his head moved up so their lips met once more. Only this time was much more intense. The woman found herself quickly moan into the kiss, her eyes starting to roll upward as she felt the younger man get more assertive. She had finally lost the moment his tongue pushed through her lips, finding hers and starting the inner battle between their sex drives as Ash was determined to win. Rosa's horniness left her entire upper body in a daze, including her mind, but started a fire within her hands as they began to stroke/twist on the trainer's shaft as they had done earlier. Each second that passed, her hands moved faster, and their tongues clashed more feverishly, and milk began leaking from the tips of the woman's breasts. God, how Rosa had missed this.

The woman's eyes had finally gotten lost behind her eyelids as they rolled back into her skull, her mind unable to fight against anything Ash did. She was at his mercy. She had started this in an attempt to get a handle on what Ash was like in bed, to try and figure out what exactly Mallow had become so ensnared by, but she never imagined it was like this. His hands were so firm in preventing her escape, his lips assaulted like a professional but never caused actual pain, his hands along the outside of her breasts teased her in a way that even her ex-husband could never achieve: he was in complete control of her entire body. Never in her life had her sex drive lost to a man's until today. And she couldn't even think about the fact that it was her daughter's boyfriend who beat her.

Rosa was surprised as a deep and powerful moan escaped into Ash's mouth, her eyes snapping open wide and going blank as she felt a hand invade her undergarments, quickly plunging within her. This triggered her orgasm in a heartbeat. The woman's eyes rolled back again as her legs wrapped tighter around Ash's torso, nearly choking him as the muscles in her thighs convulsed against him uncontrollably, her tongue falling limp and useless against Ash's within their joined mouths. Juices soaked her panties, leaking onto Ash's lower back which he easily felt, as well as the milk squirting from the nipples on either side of his head.

Ash's orgasm had followed almost directly behind Rosa's, his semen eagerly exploding from his tip thanks to all the teasing. The woman's mind was in a daze, not even able to appreciate the warmth of the liquid as it splashed down onto her hands, arms and even reaching her thighs around him. Their lips parted as the woman fell back onto the bed in exhaustion, twitching as she rode out her first orgasm in a few years. She had never forgotten the sensation of this pleasure with her husband, even after so long...but she didn't expect this to be so much better.

Ash fell back as well, his cheek landing against her soft breast. His eyes caught notice of the white liquid oozing from her mammaries, his lips quickly wrapping around it and sucking, earning an intense moan from the woman. She smiled gleefully, her orgasm still pulsing strong through her body as she felt her breastmilk be sucked out of her, now registering the sensation of warmth on her legs and arms. She brought her hand up towards her eyes to look at it, noticing the familiar strong scent of a man's seed, the corner of her mouth twitching before she brought it up to her lips. After so long without it, she savored every last drop he had given.

A few minutes passed in silence as the two sat in this position, neither moving or speaking a word. They both wanted to say something, but also, they feared what they had done. Ash was already having sex with Mallow, so how in the hell could he let himself do this? And how could Mallow's mother face the fact that she herself had started it? Although, there was the fact that they technically never did- No, that doesn't matter! This was still all sorts of wrong!

"...Oh, God..." Ash was the first to come to his senses, sitting up. Rosa glanced down, noticing the wet patch on her underwear as well as a very easily noticeable wet spot on the sheets between her legs, quickly bringing them down to cover it. Though she felt her legs begin to shift uncomfortably...There was still a tingling warmth in her loins..."...Oh...my god, what have I done...?"

"...Um...Ash...?" the woman bit her lip. Come on...hold back...

"I mean...You're Mallow's mother, how could I let this happen? I didn't want this, I never planned this, I should never have done this!"

"Ash...?" she knew she couldn't do anything more. It would be wrong, both because of her age and for her daughter. She couldn't sleep with her daughter's boyfriend, what kind of slutty mother would be like that? But...Mallow's father was never that big...

"I only met you yesterday, too! And after hearing that you were gonna judge my character for the sake of your daughter, I knew I had to make a good impression! I just wanted to be a good guy so you believed that I cared about your daughter, and now I just betrayed her! What the hell is-?!"

"Ash!" to hell with it. She loved Mallow with all of her heart: but she could always beg for forgiveness.

"Wha- Gah!" Ash turned to face her as he as about to ask what was wrong, surprised as the woman suddenly pushed his shoulders. His back hit the bed, feeling the bed be pressed down on either side of his hips as well as his head. His eyes widened as he registered the sight of the woman's pleading eyes, her breath in a shallow pant, as she stared down at him. "R-Rosa?!"

"I'm sorry..." Ash winced as he felt the woman's waist suddenly drop onto his, his mind immediately recognizing the warm and smooth skin of her thighs against his, before she started grinding against him. Ash opened his mouth to protest, but it was invaded by the woman's tongue before he could say anything.

"R-Ro-" he couldn't pull back long enough to even get her name out as her lips continued to find his, her hands running up along his arms before finding his cheeks to caress.

"I'm sorry, Ash...it's just...been too long..." she whispered between kisses, the trainer still staring at her in shock. She gently bit his lower lip, dragging it up slowly over his upper lip, before releasing it and holding her nose against his, staring into his eyes. These eyes are a lot more lustful than earlier... "...I need...to feel...a man's embrace again..."

"What...?" Ash's heart jumped as he felt a familiar heat brush against the tip of his dick. No...She couldn't mean...

"Plus...I want to see...just how well...my daughter is treated..." Ash's mind scrambled into a panicked frenzy as he felt her brush the tip of his member along her entrance. A few more moments and Ash knew he would lose control for good. He couldn't let this happen, but why wouldn't his body listen to him and stop her?!

"...Rosa...Stop..." Ash grunted as her tongue poked out from between her lips, teasingly dragging along Ash's cheek as it got closer to his own lips. He felt them moisten the corner of his mouth, his eyes slowly closing as his mind started to go blank.

"This will be our little secret...okay...? No one has to know...not even Mallow...~"

"For heaven's sake...I should've realized sooner that you would try something like this, Rosie."

"That's it, sweetie, call me Rosiee-YEOW!"

"You shouldn't be calling anyone 'sweetie' here, Rosa."

"...Huh...?"

Almost as if Ash's prayers were answered, he felt the heat disappear from his pelvic region. The weight of the woman disappeared from on top of him. What was...going on? Cautiously, not wanting to subject himself to the wonderful image of the woman's exposed breasts again, he peeked one eye open. Then the other snapped open in shock.

"Really, Ash, when we said that we would determine whether you're fit to be with our daughters, this is not what we had in mind..." Marina glanced away as she pointed downward, still holding back the hormone-driven woman by her ear. Ash's eyes shot down in horror, his throbbing member still pointing skyward, before quickly rolling himself off the bed. The two women winced as they heard a very disgruntled noise from him, assuming he had not planned that kind of landing, before hearing him shuffling slowly behind the bed. In a few moments, he rose to his feet, one hand clenching between his legs with a very pained expression.

"Marieeee, what are you even doing here? We were having fuuun-" Rosa stopped with a cute squeak as the blunette's fist collided with her head, the other hand dragging her to her feet.

"Just get dressed first," Rosa pouted at her friend's stern tone, mumbling to herself as she fixed her sleeping attire to cover herself like it should. The blunette's eyes fixated on Ash. "Now...I'm not even going to ask why this was happening...No matter how much I would like to know exactly what was going through both of your minds..."

"Oh come on, Marie, you should've felt it~" Rosa's lips spread into a drunken smile as she fell into a daze, her thoughts flashing back to the various pleasures she had just been through. Marina gave a quiet sigh to herself at the woman's reaction, glancing back to Ash.

"That itself is the biggest problem here..." Ash felt his palms begin to sweat as the woman's eyes squinted at him with a more intense look, starting to move around the bed. "I'll probably only get the typical man's response from you about all of this...But regardless...Any explanations for this?"

"...Ah..." Ash was done for no matter what he chose. If he answered truthfully, they would hate him for betraying their daughters. If he blamed Rosa, Marina would never believe him. If he came up with some other lie, they would just label him a horndog trying to cover his tracks. He was screwed. Marina continued to stare at him as he silently debated in his mind, wondering which would be the path of least destruction. But he couldn't do it.

"Oh, Marie, calm down!" the pair looked surprised as Rosa stepped between them, the woman pulling Ash's head into the side of her breasts, much to his evident embarrassment. "It's not Ashy's fault that this happened, it was only because I pushed him! If I hadn't been moving in my sleep, then it would never have gone past him sucking my breasts-"

"S-S-Sucking them?!" Marina's cheeks flushed red. Ash slapped his palm onto the side of his face as the opposite side was pressed against Rosa's soft skin, trying to hide his face of shame. "W...Wha...J-Just exactly what did you t-two do here?!"

"...Well...I must've been moving in my sleep, and I kind of forced him into sucking my breasts...Then I woke up just as he helped me...you know..." Marina's cheeks burned hotter as she watched her friend rub her cheek with an embarrassed smile, looking down at the man in her grasp admiringly. "And I remember feeling so hot...So I kind of...went further with it, and...I wanted to return the favor for him..."

"...Return...t-the favor...?" Rosa only wrapped her other arm around Ash's head and pulled him in closer in response, giving a happy giggle to herself. Marina was dumbfounded.

"It had been so long since I was last with my ex-husband...And then when I saw Ash's, I...I just felt that urge...But it's not like I went straight to it, of course I played with it a little first...~" Marina stared with wide eyes as her friend started rambling to herself about the pleasures she had felt, how it was amazing to hear a man moan over her again, how warm it was, among other obscene things. And Marina could not make any sense of any of it.

"...A...Ash..." the man gulped. He pried himself away from Rosa's breasts for a moment, glancing over to the blunette. Her eyes were closed, cheeks still a visible shade of red, and appeared to be trying to maintain her cool, though it was failing since her fists at her sides were clearly trembling. "...I...Is what she said...all of it...?"

"...Y...Yes..." silence. Not one of the three spoke another word. It took more than a few minutes for anyone to even make a move, Rosa finally deciding to release Ash. He straightened himself out, rubbing the back of his neck as he looked at the floor in shame, afraid to make eye contact with the clearly angry blunette. Although...Why was she being so quiet? Ash's brain tried to stop it, but his body moved on its own so that his eyes glanced up to see how she was reacting. Surprisingly, she looked calm. Too calm. "...M-Marina...?"

"...Just...Don't go any further than this, okay?" Ash and Rosa blinked in utter surprise as the woman simply turned away from them, walked towards the door, and then left. Not another word. The pair glanced to each other.

"...I gotta be honest...I expected a lot more...yelling..." the green-haired woman said slowly, Ash giving a cautious nod.

"...Same here..." both continued to stare at the door in surprise, almost expecting the woman to have come to her senses and charged back in to scream at them for what they did. I mean, Ash was having sex with both of their daughters, and now she just caught him screwing Rosa too...So why didn't she yell?


"Is this the same one from last week?" Lusamine asked, the Aether employee walking beside her giving a nod.

"Sure is, and he's only gotten more aggressive since we brought him here," he explained, the woman giving a quiet sigh to herself as she looked ahead again.

"Well, if he continues to disturb the other pokemon, then we have to find out what's wrong before he causes actual harm," the employee nodded as the pair stopped, their eyes focused ahead on the topic of their conversation.

"Arcaaaa!" two Aether employees flinched and backed off as claws crashed against the metal bars, a fierce growling sending them back even further. Lusamine watched the claws drag off of the bars of the cage, looking through the gaps to see the rather large wild dog baring its fangs, growling as its eyes glared at the employees. The blonde jumped slightly as it suddenly crashed the side of its body against the cage.

"Miss president, you should stay back," Lusamine ignored the employee who moved in front of her defensively, her eyes still focused on the canine.

"How long ago did you decide to use the cage?" she asked, the employee beside her giving her a curious glance.

"I suppose it's been nearly an hour now, but it woke up from sedation only a few minutes ago. That's why we decided to call you to see for yourself, maybe see something we can't," she narrowed her eyes on the pokemon in the cage, who crashed itself against the cage more and more. She gave a quiet sigh to herself.

"Then we should move this arcanine down to the labs to examine, just in case. To keep the other pokemon from potential harm," she said, turning away. She began to walk away as she fell into thought: this arcanine had been here for just over a week, but ever since it came here, it's started becoming increasingly violent. It had been injured in the wild of Alola, so Aether employees decided to take it back here to take care of it, but it had already been nursed back to full health. So why was it still-

"G-Gaaah!" Lusamine was suddenly alerted by the crashing of metal. She looked back over her shoulder, her eyes widening as she noticed a ball of fire suddenly launching towards one of her employees from within the cage, who narrowly managed to get out of the way in time. Then she noticed the broken metal bars on the ground beside the cage. And the moment Lusamine understood the moment was when she saw a paw, claws extended, step out from the cage. Followed by another. The woman felt herself suddenly grow nervous as she watched the canine turn its head towards her, growling as its teeth were on full display, its head low to the ground. She could hear the panicked yelling of her employees around her, but seemed to have the guts to approach the fire-type. And the screams only got worse when it broke into a sprint towards her. Her whole body froze up. But why? She wasn't afraid of pokemon, like her daughter had once been...So why was she afraid now?

Lusamine felt the air escape her lungs as her body was forced out of the way, tumbling and rolling across the grass. She heard the arcanine growl angrily as she slowly opened her eyes again, holding her forehead from the impact as she first noticed the grass beneath her. She looked back in the direction she had come from, noticing the fire-type facing her with the same angry expression...only its eyes weren't focused on her anymore. Lusamine's expression turned to surprise as she noticed the figure crouched in front of her, one arm to his side in front of her as the other had its fist on the grass holding him up, his body facing the canine.

"A...A-Ash?!" the young man didn't respond to the woman's reaction, instead keeping his focus on the growling fire-type across from him. He had certainly not planned this development: he had simply come to the conservation area in an attempt for peace to think about Marina's almost-too-calm reaction to catching him and Rosa together, but the moment he had gotten there and seen an arcanine charging at Lusamine, his body just kicked into instinct mode. And he never let a girl get hurt if he could help it.

"Easy...Easy, big guy..." Ash whispered, slowly starting to rise to his feet. Arcanine barked at him, making him flinch and stop his movements, then resume them again. Now standing straight on his feet, he thought about moving to his side but hesitated. Lusamine was still behind him, and he couldn't risk the fire-type going after her instead. "...Lusamine, head straight backwards."

"W-What?! I can't just leave you here against it, this is my responsibility-!" Lusamine stopped as she noticed his hand move behind his back. She gave a confused look at the hand giving her a thumbs-up, unaware that he was smiling to himself.

"Lillie may have gotten her stubbornness from you...but believe me, even she knows she can't compare to how stubborn I can be. You might want to accept that right now, too," the woman stared in awe at the back of the man's head as he didn't turn around, but still spoke so honestly. All while still facing against the aggressive arcanine who was now uncontained. How could he be like this...?

"M-Miss president! Please hurry!" she glanced over her shoulder to notice a few employees urging her away from the dangerous situation, looking back at Ash in an expression she hadn't expected to give. Concern.

"...You better know what you're doing," Ash smiled to himself at the woman's caring - but still stern as hell - words, hearing her get to her feet and hurry away from him. Now it was just him and the arcanine.

"Alright, big guy...You must have some sort of problem being here..." the fire-type barked at him. "But what is it? There's open fields...The temperature should be nice for you...So what could have you so angry?"

"Caniiiiine!" Ash flinched as it took a slow step towards him, then quickly followed by another step, taking a bite at the air between them. All employees in the surrounding area watched in awe as the trainer stood against the fire-type almost without fear: but that's because he was focused on something else. He eyed the canine's eyes carefully, before looking down towards its feet. Something about the way it moved just now...

"...Hey, Lusamine? You bring pokemon here to care for them when they're injured in the wild, right? What was this guy's injury?"

"I...It was a gash, along its back. But that's already healed."

"...And you put it in the same environment here that you found it? The open fields?"

"...Actually, there were some repairs and renovations needed in the open area, so...we had put it on the edges of the forest section."

"The forest?" Ash looked back up at the fire-type's eyes, which still glared at him. "...That must be it, then...Okay, big guy. I'm gonna help you...but first, I apologize for this."

"Huh?" all eyes watching this scene widened as the trainer suddenly lunged forward, his arms straight out. The canine growled as it moved forward too, its jaw open and ready to come down on its target. But beyond anyone's perception, the fox winced at the last moment, snapping its teeth together just beside Ash's arm. Ash noticed this and quickly sidestepped, wrapping his arms around the furry mane of the wild pokemon, pulling it onto its side to everyone's amazement. Ash winced as the fire-type struggled for freedom from his grip, snapping its teeth in the air as it managed to slowly inch towards Ash's face with each bite. As he fought the battle of holding it down, Ash carefully ran one hand up and down the fur of its hind leg. Then the other. And then a front leg. And when he finally got to the other front leg, he found what he had expected. Something different than the others.

"Ash, get away from him!" the man was surprised as he felt himself thrown over the canine's back, his stomach landing on top of it as his legs hung off one side and his head off the other. The fox brought its front paw down onto the grass, the young man cursing to himself as he reached for it. Then he noticed something bad in the side of his eye. The fire-type had turned its head back and its eyes were now looking at him, an orange glow starting to form in its mouth. Ash took a deep breath: all or nothing.

"Sorry, pal...!" Ash grunted as he pushed himself off the side of its back, reaching out and grabbing not only one front leg, but both, heaving them outward to one side of its body. The canine's eyes widened as it felt its body fall forward, having lost all support for the front half of its body, feeling the side of its head hit the grass, its eyes closing as it instinctively fired its Flamethrower. Due to the offset of its balance, the arcanine had lost its ability to aim before attacking, so Ash almost felt relieved as the flames seared through the air past his arm. Though that didn't mean they weren't still hot as hell up close. Ash clenched his teeth, grunting as his eyes lost their gift of sight, his hand desperately running along the canine's paw hoping this was the same one. And relievingly, it was.

"Aaaaarc!" the fire-type howled as it felt a sudden sharp pain in its paw, before instant relief. The fox stopped thrashing instantly. Ash grunted as the rest of his body hit the ground. The trainer decided to remain still for a few seconds, to see if anything was now wrong with him. Though apparently that wasn't everyone's idea.

"A-Ash! Speak to me! Are you okay?!" Ash winced as he felt a pair of hands suddenly press onto his chest, patting him down along his stomach and very briefly along his legs. Then they tapped his left arm, making him suddenly flinch and hiss in pain. "Oh no, Ash, you got burned!"

"Wha-...Oh..." Ash blinked in surprise, now understanding the searing pain from her touch as he noticed a clear and fair-sized burn along his forearm. He slowly sat up, wincing as he accidentally put pressure on his left arm, which in turn affected his burn. "...Damn...Guess I was stupid to not even expect a scratch by the end..."

"Seriously..." Ash glanced curiously at Lusamine, who was crouched gracefully beside him with her head held low, her fists starting to tremble on the grass at her sides. Ash swallowed his breath with a nervous chuckle as he noticed her shoulders start to tremble as well. "...Why...Why would you do something so stupidly reckless like that...?"

"...Heh...I guess because...that's just who I am?" Lusamine looked up with a curiously confused expression, her soft jade eyes looking in surprise at not a man suffering in pain, but one who was smiling sheepishly without regret. One who didn't care that he was hurt...only that he achieved what he was trying to do. "More importantly...Are you okay, Lusamine?"

"W-What?" and for almost the first time in history at the Aether Paradise...all nearby employees saw Lusamine - the hard-working and nearly-always-serious company president - blush a deep crimson.

"Lusamine?" the woman felt her cheeks grow warmer as Ash did not understand her embarrassment from his words, but instead looked intently at her with nothing but concern. "Are you okay? You didn't get burned too, did you?"

"N-No! I...I-I didn't, I'm fine!" each employee watched in surprise as their always level-headed president suddenly stood up in a huff, keeping her head low as she held a palm against her cheek in an attempt to keep it under control. Though it clearly wasn't working. "A-Anyways...You should still go see Wicke, make sure that gets treated properly."

"Are you sure? I think you should have her check you too, just in ca-"

"I'll come by later to check on you!" Ash was only left to wonder about that sudden outburst as she marched away from him without another word, except for telling her workers to get back to work. Ash winced as he suddenly felt something brush against his arm, looking down to notice a tongue licking his burn. He smiled, stroking the fire-type's neck.

"Don't worry, pal, I know you didn't mean it. Besides, forests can be pretty ruthless with broken branches..." Ash held up the rather sizable pointed stick - which he had retrieved from the arcanine's paw - tossing it onto the grass beside him as the canine suddenly became very friendly with him, nuzzling its cheek gleefully against his. Ash then opened his eyes, unaware that they were instantly drawn to the direction where Lusamine had disappeared. That reaction...it reminded him of Lillie...and that only drew one conclusion in his mind, much to his discomfort. He had come to accept calling Lillie adorable...but how could he not feel weird in calling her mom adorable?


"Well, it's not like I meant for this to hap- Ah!" Ash winced, pulling his arm back swiftly in reaction.

"Sorry, sorry!" Wicke apologized, pulling back her hands holding the wrap of gauze. Ash breathed out slowly, holding his arm out again.

"No, that was me, you did say not to move," he chuckled as the woman resumed her wrapping work around his burn.

"Even so. And remember, this lotion won't actually heal the burn, it's only meant to alleviate the pain. I only want to make sure the pain is mostly gone before we actually start to heal it," the woman explained, cutting off the end of the bandage.

"Right."

"And this lotion is meant to keep your skin from feeling dry, but still, no scratching," Ash chuckled, holding his hands up in defense as the woman's finger pointed at his nose.

"R-right, got it," Wicke smiled, putting away the bandages in the cupboard she had retrieved them from. But as she looked at the shelf, she paused.

"...If I may say...I wouldn't have expected anyone to go that far," Ash's expression turned puzzled at her words. "...The employees around here aren't exactly known for bravery, but some might have been able to start a battle with it if they were carrying pokemon...but no one would have ever gone in a fight with an aggressive pokemon themselves."

"Ah...Yeah, Lusamine kinda made that point too..." he scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed look, the woman turning around and looking at the young man curiously.

"...You truly are a different one, aren't you?" Ash blinked in surprise.

"...Well..." he glanced away shyly, not wanting to sound narcissistic. Wicke broke into a smile. And to think this was the same man she was trying to experiment on yesterday...

"Well, in any case...Just try not to cause any strain on that arm, okay? Take it easy and if it feels better later tonight, we can even have a look at it before you go to bed," she explained, Ash giving a nod.

"Thanks a lot, Wicke, really-"

"So, how is it?" the pair nearly jumped at the sudden voice, both looking towards the door to notice the blonde woman peeking in holding her elbows.

"M-Miss president?" Wicke certainly didn't expect to have her visit, but noticed that the blonde didn't seem to hear her words. Her expression seemed rather absent-minded as she stepped inside, her eyes focused on Ash.

"A-Ah, it's fine! Nothing worse than raising my charizard, really, no reason for you to worry, Lusamine," the trainer responded with a grin, but the blonde's concerned look didn't change.

"Honestly...You shouldn't be so reckless like that..." she said in a soft tone, holding her elbows closer to her stomach. Wicke's eyes shifted between the two curiously.

"...If I may, miss president..." Ash and Lusamine looked at her. "...When did Ash become comfortable calling you by your first name?"

"...Huh?" the pair blinked before glancing to each other.

"...I guess...since the start of this visit. She insisted on it, and I didn't want to be opposing," Ash replied, Wicke crossing her arms with a puzzled look.

"But in all the times you've visited, you always addressed her with 'miss'...so why change now?" Wicke notice Ash's eyes refuse to meets hers, while Lusamine seemed to fidget with her elbows. "...unless...This has something to do with the reason you invited him here?"

"...It does," the blonde replied calmly, Ash giving her a hesitant look.

"Okay...That makes sense, then..." the purple-haired woman put a finger to her chin in thought, glancing towards Ash.

"...Tell me, Wicke...What do you think of Ash?" Ash flinched as Wicke shot a surprised look to her boss.

"W-What do I think of him?" Ash felt uneasy as the woman curiously glanced at him once more. "...I...Is this about...yesterday? Because I swear, miss president, that was not done under the influence of my emotions, I was only aiming to work in the professional study of a man's-"

"No, no, it's not that," Lusamine turned her head away from the others, holding a palm against her cheek as she was forced to recall the memories of what she had interrupted the day prior. "I only ask to get your honest opinion of him. As a man."

"As...a man...?" Ash felt even more uneasy as he noticed the look in the woman's eyes change. "...Well...He is...very developed. I mean, even if it has been some time since I've been intimate with a man, that short time with Ash certainly made up for-"

"I-I don't mean intimately!" Ash saw the clear embarrassment on the visible half of Lusamine's face as she tried to hide it.

"...Then I'm afraid I'm confused...You want to know what I think of him just in general? As a person?" the woman asked, noticing the blonde give a nod behind the palm of her hand. "...Well...Ash has always been energetic, as well as an optimistic. He's brave for his actions in hunting the ultra beasts, and in the confrontation against Necrozma when it fought with Lunala, as well as freeing Solgaleo from its control..."

"...Is that so..." the blonde muttered under her breath. Wicke seemed to have a fairly positive outlook on Ash.

"And it's not like it ends there..." Lusamine glanced back to her. "Ash is...not just like any other person. He treats all of his friends with kindness, and cares for each of them more than I have ever seen someone with their friends. Not only that, he's always dependable and manages to impress. If it's for the greater good, he seems to go further than necessary which can lead to some preventable outcomes...though I suppose you know that yourself from earlier, don't you?"

"...Yes..." Lusamine glanced down to her arms, pulling them closer to her torso as she thought back to the feeling of her body being frozen at the sight of the arcanine charging at her. The feeling of being pushed out of the way thanks to Ash. The realization that Ash saved her. But the more she thought about it...the more she wondered why.

"...I'm not sure exactly what you were hoping to hear, if anything, miss president...but at the end of everything, Ash is a remarkable young man," Ash blinked in surprise at these words.

"W-What?" his eyes snapped to Wicke, expression his pure surprise and confusion at her response. Lusamine gave a similar expression of surprise.

"I'm not trying to sound one-sided on this, as I'm sure you asked for a specific reason..." Wicke's eyes drifted towards Ash as she crossed her arms, breaking into a smile as she adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose. "Ash is a wonderful person, whether you mean in general, as a man, as a friend...and I'm sure it's not relevant to you, but even with a short time, a great lover-"

"O-Okay, Wicke! Not necessary!" Ash suddenly stepped between them, one palm hiding his face while the other was held in the air in front of Wicke's face. The woman smiled.

"Oh, Ash, there's no reason to be embarrassed. I mean it as a compliment," she told him, only mortifying the trainer further.

"But that is definitely not what Lusamine wants to know...trust me, that's just-"

"Actually...I suppose it wouldn't be too bad to hear..." Ash's eyes went wide, snapping back towards the blonde. Wicke gave her boss a curious look as she refused to meet eyes with Ash, but still turned to meet her own eyes.

"I-I'm still not sure that's a great idea, I mean...not only is that embarrassing, isn't it...weird for you...?" Ash was clearly hesitant as he spoke, growing more and more nervous as he continued. But all the while, Lusamine gave him a blank stare. "...Y...If you really...are sure you're okay with hearing it..."

"Correct me if I'm wrong...but I am missing something here, aren't I?" Ash flinched as Wicke glanced questioningly between the two. "With what we did, any other man would be boasting about it and what you have to work with...So why are you so afraid of miss president hearing it? She is a grown woman, and does have a daughter, so it's not as if she's clueless about what we were doing," Wicke explained, Ash's palms starting to feel sweaty.

"...Look, Wicke, It's becau-"

"It's because I'm Lillie's mother," Lusamine replied calmly. This prompted a curious look from her employee, who watched as her boss started to move towards the door.

"Lillie? What does she have to do-" then Wicke realized. And Ash could see it clear as day written on her face. "Y...You don't mean...?"

"I mean, that I invited Ash here for a little friendly warning...but I didn't know that things had gone further than what I had originally thought," she explained, reaching for the door handle and closing the door.

"...So Ash...and Lillie...?" Wicke's eyes widened as they looked at Ash, who only hung his head low in shame. "...Oh my..."

"And that's why right now...I want your help with something."

"Oh? And what is that?"

"A simple test," Ash flinched as he heard the click of a lock. She turned back to face them, arms crossed as she looked at him. "...Continue your research."

"...Excuse me?" Wicke asked, unsure as to whether she had just heard her correctly. But Lusamine didn't budge. "...I'm sorry, miss president, but...to be sure I understand correctly, you mean...?"

"I mean I want you to continue what you were doing yesterday. Right here, right now," she explained in a plain tone, ignoring the quizzical looks she was receiving from the other two in the room.

"W-What?! You can't be serious!" Ash stared in shock at the woman's suggestion. No way was she being serious right now. She couldn't be.

"Now then, go ahead, Wicke," the purple-haired woman blinked in surprise behind her spectacles, looking curiously towards the trainer which made him very nervous. "Go on. You can start right where you left off."

"L-Lusamine, wait! You can't be okay with this!" Ash protested, but flinched as he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"...I apologize, Ash..." the trainer winced as he suddenly felt himself pushed back onto the examination table behind him. And before he could get anything out in protest, he was held in place by something extremely soft pressing against him. Against his better judgement, his eyes looked down, seeing Wicke's warm smile as she shifted her chest against his. "...but if miss president asks it of me..."

"W-Wicke, please...!" Ash's eyes shifted in fear over to Lusamine, who was watching them with a hand on the side of face like a child ready to shield their eyes during a horror movie.

"It's okay...Just like before...I promise to be gentle...~" and then Ash felt Wicke's hand find their target. That was it.

"I...I can't!" Wicke was surprised as the man squirmed out to the side from beneath her, taking a few steps away from her and making sure not to turn his back. Lusamine watched curiously as he took a few deep breaths, a blush visible on his cheeks, before he looked at her. And his expression got serious. "Look, Lusamine...I know this is a test. And I realize locking us in here is your way of making sure this is as hard as possible for me, but please, you do not have to go this far."

"And why is that?" she asked quickly. No man is ever ready for that question no matter how much time they have to prepare, that much she knew from the past. All men were were the same in that aspect. There was no way he could have a response-

"Because I love Lillie!"

...

... ...

... ... ...

"...Huh...?"

"...I'm sorry for yelling...but that's the truth, Lusamine," the woman stared in astonishment at the trainer. The way his expression showed no sign of doubt. No dishonesty. "And you can test me all you want this weekend - Hell, you can test me for weeks, months, even years if you want to - but I will never make the mistake of slipping up like when Wicke caught me by surprise. I will always be fighting to make a good impression with you, and I will always stick through any amount of tests or questions or anything you have to put me through because my answer for going through all of this will always be the same! And that's because I am in love with your daughter! I am not only with her for the fun of it, I am with her because I want to stay with her and make a future together, because I am in love with Lillie! And I know you don't approve of me being with your daughter as well as Mallow and Lana, but I really do love all of them! And I plan on being with each of them until the day that I die, and if you or either Marina or Rosa don't approve of it, then you are gonna have hell to pay with your daughters because they want the same thing!"

"Ash..." Wicke stared in amazement at the trainer's heart-spoken words. She glanced over to her boss in worry: Lusamine may have been a woman, but she was known by all of her employees as one who was not so easily swayed by something so emotion-based. And her expression didn't seem to be changing... "...Miss president...?" seeing no change in her expression, Ash let a deep breath out of his nose.

"...I'm sorry, Lusamine...I'm a guy, and I hate to admit that my libido gets the better of me in certain situations. But that does not mean that I want it to! I know you may not believe me, but I am hating myself for what happened yesterday because I could never want to betray the girls! I love Lillie! And I love Mallow, and Lana too! And nothing will change that, so if there's not even a chance that you could come to accept this...Then you'll have to lock me up here," Wicke gave him a puzzled look. "and that's because I will never stop going back to your daughter. I am sorry for keeping the truth from you for so long and without coming to you first, and I know you have every right to resent me for that, but that does not mean I am going to abandon Lillie. And I'm definitely not the smartest guy around, but even I can tell that any one of those girls will kill me if I even consider leaving..." Ash felt himself break into a smile as he imagined the faces of the three girls in his mind. The warmth of their smiles. The shine of their eyes. That was not something he could part from. "...So if you still don't believe me after this...then I don't know how else to express it. Even though these words could never be enough to say how much I love Lillie, Mallow and Lana..."

"I think that's more than enough," Ash gave a curious look to Wicke, who flashed him a smile before turning to look at Lusamine. "I know, miss president, I may not be able to give my opinion as a mother...but as a woman, that is more dedication and bravery than I have ever seen in any man. Not just anyone can say all of that to his girlfriend's mother, especially when he apparently has three, which I admit is surprising, but nonetheless-"

"Ash," the trainer flinched at the mother's stern tone. The sound of her heels echoed through the room with each step she took towards him, stopping only a few inches away. Ash lowered his head: he wasn't gonna win this. A part of him knew that...but still... "...Would you have done that for any woman?"

"...What...?"

"The way you saved me...Would you do it for any woman?"

"...What...does that have to-"

"Would you do it for my daughter?"

"Of course I would!"

Wicke smiled as the trainer suddenly grew nervous, covering his mouth after that outburst. And the stunned after-silence on Lusamine's face...Wicke knew that he had already won. He just didn't know it.

"Well, I would say that there's no longer any need to go through with this, wouldn't you agree, miss president?" Lusamine's expression didn't change as she looked over to Wicke, who smiled as she put a hand on Ash's shoulder. "Not including that heartfelt speech, I would say that declaration just now was more than enough."

"Being willing to protect my daughter is not enough on its own for me to entrust her future with him, Wicke," the blonde responded, her employee adjusting her spectacles.

"Miss president, take a moment to think about it...Ash gave no hesitation at the clear danger in saving you. He didn't even care that he got hurt. And you're Lillie's mother..." Lusamine's grip on her elbows softened. "...so if he's willing to do that for you...Then don't you think he would do so much more for someone he loves?"

Neither Lusamine nor Ash could come up with a response. Not a word came to either of their minds, and they both saw that the other was in the same situation. Ash only started to feel uneasy about this, imagining that the woman was only having thoughts of suspecting he was lying. But what he didn't realize was that Lusamine was growing nervous too: she was the one who decided to keep Ash around to judge him for her daughter's future. She was the one who believed she was being a fair and good mother for being suspecting, but also providing Ash a fair chance to prove himself. She was the one who wanted to take her time this weekend in analyzing everything about him and deciding just how well of a fit he was for her daughter. So she couldn't help but begin to be doubtful of herself now. She was supposed to be critical about this important topic...So why did she suddenly feel herself being pulled towards Ash's side on this?

"...Lusamine?" Ash asked hesitantly, a curious concern in his eyes as he looked at the woman's reaction. She turned her head away, covering her face like she had done so earlier, taking a step away from him. But unseen by him was the fact that her cheeks were starting to go red. And not because of what he had said, but because of what he had done. More specifically, the memory of being pushed to safety by him. The feeling of his secure grip on her shoulders...the sense of security when she saw him standing between her and the rampant arcanine...Why was this so strange?

"...Y...You do still have one more day, I suppose," she cleared her throat, reaching for the door handle. Ash and Wicke shared a questioning glance, unaware that the blonde looked back over her shoulder to the trainer. "But don't misunderstand this...I'm only trying to protect my daughter."

"...I totally get it, you love her. And besides, what kind of a guy would let his girl's mother get hurt?" then Ash flashed a grin. Not one of confidence, or victory...just a toothy, sheepish grin. One Lusamine was not expecting. "Lillie would get worried if you got hurt. So as much as I care about keeping her happy, I guess I could say I care about you, too."

Wicke couldn't help but smile again as she watched her boss leave the room quickly, closing the door behind her. And one glance at Ash's confused expression told her clearly that he didn't know what he had just done. "...What...did I say...?"

"The right thing, young man..." Ash looked back to the door in confusion, wondering what exactly had just prompted that reaction. He was being entirely honest, but did he mess it up somehow? He thought it would come across as nice, but maybe he actually said it differently than how he thought it. Oh God, what if he just messed up everything?!

As Lusamine reached the elevator, hearing the door close behind her, she suddenly lost composure. Her arm raised to hold the wall as the other clutched her chest, suddenly feeling a loss of breath. Her heart beat grew faster. And as she tried to wonder what could be wrong with her, only one thing came to her mind. That toothy grin of his.

"What...is with me...?"


Ash gave a long yawn as he stretched his arms behind his head, hearing a crack in his shoulder. As his body hit the bed, he sighed in content as he felt the mattress' softness drawing him in. Rolling over onto his back, he brought a hand up and held it against his forehead. This certainly was a long day: finding Rosa asleep in a broom closet, which led to a rather complicated situation. Being caught in said situation by Marina, who went away a little too quietly by his judgement, which concerned him. Then finding Lusamine under attack by a wild pokemon and protecting her without a second thought, getting himself a burn in the process. He gave another sigh: why was his life so complicated lately? Not to mention all of the nice things that Wicke had said about him, and Lusamine's seemingly awkward reactions during that conversation. But one thing stuck with him more than the rest: not quite haunting, but still looming over his thoughts like a shadow.

Would you do it for my daughter?

Ash felt his cheeks grow warm in shame as he recalled his answer to her. He didn't mean to jump the gun so quickly on his outburst, but at the thought of that situation happening to Lillie, he couldn't help it. Of course he would help her, he loved her! So why was that bothering him? To Ash, it felt like answering a question in class and the teacher pauses for a while before telling him if he's right or wrong. But Ash already knew he was right: if Lillie were being attacked by a pokemon - or anything, for that matter - there's no way Ash would stand by and let it happen. But the more he wondered about this odd feeling, the less confident in himself he seemed to get. And at the end of it all, a single image came to his mind. Not one depicting Lillie in a troubling situation, not one of anguish if something would go wrong, but one that worried him even more than that.

Lusamine, frozen, mere moments from being hurt by the arcanine.

Ash scratched his head in frustration. He had to be overthinking all of this, he just had to be! Why else would he be picturing Lusamine just before he saved her? But the more he tried to force it out of his mind, the more it stuck. What the hell was happening to him? He sighed, rolling onto his side as he ran his fingers down his eyes.

Lillie. Mallow. Lana.

These were the three girls he loved. The ones he wanted to stay with, build a future together, hell, maybe even start a family down the line. But then that only reminded him of his current predicament.

Lusamine. Rosa. Marina.

These were their mothers. And all for one reason or another, single mothers. Each with differing personalities, same as their daughters, but all united in a single aspect. Judgement of him. Sure, Rosa seemed to be a little more accepting at the start compared to the other two, but that alone wouldn't be enough to stop her from prying him apart from her daughter if she thought it was better. All three of them made that point crystal clear: and Ash had no idea how to get past it. Sure, he could impress them all he wanted with helping out and being nice, but is that really all that's needed to impress a girl's parents? No way. There's so much more, but he's never been in this situation before to need to know how to do that.

Ash rolled onto his back again with a heavier sigh. Worrying wasn't going to get him anywhere with all of this. He just needed to sleep. That seemed to be the only time anymore that his life was normal. He used to wake up to the surprise of one of the girls having their fun with his sleeping body, and now he was going to sleep worried about whether or not their parents would accept him being with them. Sleep was the only time he could relax in the end, so that's what he decided to do. He closed his eyes, ignoring all the worries and thoughts running through his mind, and rested as his eyes saw nothing but darkness. His entire body relaxed. In a matter of minutes, he felt his fatigue catch up with him and start to overtake his consciousness. Then he was out. And as his mind was finally rid of all his worries, all causes for concern, he also lost touch with his senses. So he never even heard the door close: or open, for that matter, followed by the footsteps into the room that stopped at the side of his bed.

"You really shouldn't have been so careless, Ash..."

And he had no idea that tonight would be just as restless.

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