The morning after my threesome with Rei and Saya it was deceptively pretty; the spring air had a crispness to it that made it impossible to think there might be something foul around the corner. I woke up after everyone else. I appreciated being able to sleep in, and I appreciated it even more when I came into the kitchen and found the group awake and eating breakfast. Taniuchi, Misuzu, and Yuriko had taken it upon themselves to start the day with a feast. Anything that was about to go bad we ate, the nonperishables already stored away. We were not sure where we might end up next, so we took advantage of the few joys available. Just like yesterday, Yuriko took charge of the kitchen. Taniuchi and Misuzu were listening intently as she coached them on the art of "the perfect egg." It was a simple meal to cook, but Taniuchi was nodding, practically shooting hearts out of her eyes as she glanced back and forth between her new teacher and Takashi. It was obvious she was only learning to cook for him.

Takashi himself was at the vast kitchen table with Kohta. The two were making small talk and playing cards. The handsome guy was immune to the looks Taniuchi was currently shooting at him, but Kohta cursed and claimed he was on a losing streak as I walked in, so maybe her heart-eyes were giving her boyfriend good luck.

Saya still wasn't herself yet. That was no surprise. No amount of comfort sex could bring her dad back. I could practically feel the pain radiating off of her. She sat next to Kohta and was watching Takashi and Kohta play cards with an almost dead look in her eyes. The moment she saw me her entire face lit up. We shared a smile. Even if we were in pain we had each other, that was what mattered.

Alice, her father, Misuzu, and Yuuki were all eating at the table as well. It seemed like most of us had already dug in. Alice's face was completely sticky with bacon grease and bits of egg, her father sat quietly beside her. It was clear with every bite that he was grateful just to be alive. Misuzu still seemed down, disinterested in her food. She likely wished she was anywhere but here, with that bald boyfriend of hers.

She caught my stare. I wanted to like Misuzu Ichijou again. She was certainly beautiful: Her fine, near gold brown eyes and red-brown hair. After washing up she'd managed to get her hair to somewhat resemble what it had in our schooldays. Misuzu had grown a lot since the start of this hell, but I still couldn't forgive her for being cruel to Rei. Yuuki Miku seemed to be making herself perfectly comfortable with the treacherous girl, however. Speaking of which...

"Where's Rei?" I asked, looking around.

"She's upstairs," Shizuka replied, biting at the delicate skin of a green apple. She sunk her pearly teeth into it, the juice gathering at the ruptured points and soaking her kissable lips. She offered me a vague attempt at a smile. "Seemed like she had a lot on her mind."

Rika was scarfing down syrup-coated pancakes. Her dark skin was stained with the sticky stuff. "Yeah, you might wanna go cheer her up. I hear you're pretty good at that sort of thing."

"I'll admit it, I'm the snitch. Sorry, not sorry. I'm surprised They didn't come with how much you were going at it last night." Yuuki giggled, placing a mouthful of breakfast in her mouth, flipping through an outdated magazine she'd found somewhere as she ate.

Takashi snickered, and I rolled my eyes. I was about to head upstairs when Yuriko walked right up to me. Takashi's laughs died down and Kohta turned to stare at us. A sort of silence seemed to fill the room as the Takagi matriarch leaned down, placed her hands on either side of my face, and kissed me square on my lips. I hadn't expected that at all. I probably reacted with more enthusiasm than was warranted. The Takagi woman's fingers traced my jawline as she slowly ran her tongue along my lips. Yuriko pulled away when she was satisfied. "When you're done talking with her, I'll have your meal ready. Don't be too long."

"Yeah," Takashi said around a mouthful of food, "Listen to the oldest lady in your harem, that lady sees sense." He snorted, slapping a card down that made Kohta jump up.

"You're cheating!"

"No bro, you just suck at pinochle."

I headed upstairs.


Rei was sitting on the house's balcony. Only a story up, it didn't offer a particularly good view aside from the usual sunny streets. There was a bench on the balcony, the soft cloth kind, and I sidled up right next to her. I could tell just by looking at her that she was feeling down today. She acknowledged me with a tiny smile as I sunk down on the bench cushion.

"Saeko. How can the world be so horrible, yet so..."

Rei didn't need to finish her statement; I knew what she was asking. The cerulean sky, full of fluffy clouds and a disturbing lack of the familiar chemical pollution we'd all grown used to, was a lie. The serene sun glimmered as it always did, casting its brilliant light down on the earth that in so many other ways seemed like God had forsaken it. Perfect weather and a gentle silence was at complete odds with the swarms of monsters we knew lurked in the city all around us, perhaps creeping closer even now. There was always the risk a group would come bursting out if we weren't careful.

"Yet so beautiful at the same time?" I sat down beside her. I could tell from the way Rei was looking at me that she was still thinking about yesterday, about Shido, about the Takagi estate and the possibility of peace that had been left in literal flames behind us. I reached out, trapping her cowlicks between two fingers as I ruffled her hair. It was adorable the way she pouted and squirmed, yet she didn't try to escape my hand. Easing my hand to a stop, I dropped it down to her shoulder, squeezing her with an attempt at a warm smile and tugging her closer. Our shoulders were touching now. "Rei. Don't worry your pretty little head with questions that don't have answers."

"Questions without answers?" Rei raised a brow. In the past, she probably would've snapped at me or tried to smack me for touching her and talking to her like that. As it was, she merely sighed and leaned into me, her warm curves sinking against my own.

I nodded. "Those types of questions are as old as time. Even before Them. You know that same as I. So don't waste your energy thinking about such silly things. The answer is because the world goes on, the way it always will, and as humans we'll never have control over it. Not really. The horrors of today are just the reflections of the next generation. I refuse to accept this is the end of humanity's torturous cycle, we'll be sitting in Japan in thirty years complaining about the new Prime Minister."

"You're right. I'm almost mad at how right you are." Rei sighed, resting her chin on her knees and slouching against me. She was so warm in my arms; I didn't want to ever leave her side. Her hair, washed during our time at the Takagi estate, still held a little bit of soft sweetness, tucked up against my chin. Rei's eyes seemed to be melting over with love as she held my hands, staring into me. "When... are you going to tell the others about the baby?" She placed my hands on her stomach as she asked this.

I considered the question. It was one I'd already been pondering since I woke up. A group conversation about Rei's pregnancy was something that couldn't be avoided so long as I kept fucking all of them. Condoms were hardly lying around nowadays, and I'd already dumped a load in Saya, Shizuka, and Yuriko. In other words, if Rei was somehow right about me knocking her up it was truly possible all of them were as well. It was a disturbing, worrisome thought. I stared at my hands. Would my lack of self-control, my desire, lead to the end of our group? How the fuck would we survive with half our group wobbling around, bellies fat with children? Even outside of them growing and the moms being burdened by their development, what the fuck were we going to do in this world of monsters with even one loud child? Not to mention at least two or three more.

Well, the answer was simple. If that happened... I'd handle it the way I'd handled every other problem in my way. I put a hand on the hilt of my sword, sheathed at my side and tucked into my belt. I'd keep my family safe. I imagined an island, a place we could go where we could somehow raise anybody in peace. That felt like a pipe dream now, but it was one I was starting to truly consider as I stared at Rei's beautiful face. Rei stared down the single story, gaze off into the streets, her expression thoughtful. A stray breeze blew some leaves down the street, blew the two hair antennae around. Rei was too cute in the sunlight like that. After a bit, she spoke up again. "I used to be able to tell Takashi everything, y'know, but he's so lost in Taniuchi nowadays he barely talks to me anymore. He's going to be angry about this. Before you, before Hisashi, it was him. He always wanted to marry me, have babies, one boy and one girl. The whole deal."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because I know how he'll feel about me having a child right now. What he'll expect from you going forward." Rei was choosing her words carefully. Why? I smiled, amused by the thought of Takashi thinking I cared about his opinion of me and my actions. He and I worked better when we minded our own business. That included Rei.

"Takashi knows where the situation stands... but I'll bite. What are these "expectations" you suspect he'll have?"

She ran a hand up my chest, cupped my face in her hand. I felt the tenderness in her soft, moist kiss. "I'll just say this. I love you. I want to have your baby. No matter what Takashi says. What any of them say. I'm keeping it."

My entire body went cold. I hadn't even thought about the possibility that our group might expect something like an abortion. "Why are you so sure that Takashi...?" I trailed off.

Rei stared at her lap. "Because it's the smart thing to do. Getting rid of it. With this sort of thing, he's surprisingly reasonable. Did you know he once beat up a guy for bullying a girl at our school who had no choice but to get an abortion? That's when I realized he was a genuinely good guy. He took her humiliation so personally, because he knew even then that the world isn't a great place to put a kid. With Them shambling around, I have no doubt about it, he's going to be angry with my decision."

I was starting to get aggravated just thinking about this imaginary argument with Takashi. He wouldn't dare make a demand like getting rid of my kid, would he? The thought of ending the possibility of a child with Rei was horrible to me at first, but as I started to think about it more, I felt a treacherous thought slip in. As the imaginary conversation played out, I found that there was no way for me to justify my reasoning for having a kid with Rei right now, not when we could always have one later. Would it really be so bad if we got rid of it? Rei would be sad for a while, of course, but the burden this little baby would put on our group would be tremendous.

And yet... What if this child was truly one chance in a million? I stared down at my crotch, at the place underneath my pants that had once been the bane of my existence and was now as precious as the other sword I kept at my side. The many conversations with my father about my low sperm count were engraved in the back of my mind. Reproduction the normal female way wasn't possible either, even with my "girl parts." There had been so many questions about my ability to produce sperm in the first place, ones without answer, I was a complete and utter sexual abnormality. Yoshiro Busujima, my father, had always wished I'd been born either a normal girl, or a normal boy - not whatever I was, something in between.

"If he tries to force me to get rid of it, I guess I'll kill him." I could tell from her reaction that she couldn't tell if I was joking. I wasn't sure either.

"No, you won't," Rei scolded me, then stared into my eyes. "Saeko... This might sound strange, but for what it's worth... I'm sorry. I know it might seem hypocritical to be unwilling to dispose of what's growing in me even though it's just started, but... but it's not that simple." Rei kissed each of my fingertips, one by one, staring at me so lovingly I thought my heart would break out or I'd melt. "Well, I guess it is simple. I want a family with you. Not Takashi, not any other guy. Last night was one of the most magical experiences I've ever had. The way you healed Saya, the way you held her and kept her quiet, fed her pleasure. The taste of her tears, happy and sad... I think I fell for Saya last night. Seriously."

"She's a sweet girl," I said softly, "If we're going to be honest then you should know I genuinely considered marrying her."

Hearing that, Rei glanced off again, her red eyes glittering with the start of tears. "I know, but I won't allow her to have you. Not in that way." The morning air brushed her cinnamon locks against her tear-stained cheeks.

"Why are you crying?"

"I put you at risk yesterday. No, don't interrupt, Saeko, just... listen to me. I think I really would've died if you didn't come after me, and that means I almost murdered our..." She trailed off and put my hand on her stomach. The haunted look on her eyes was familiar. I knew there was little I could say that would bring her much comfort.

Rei went on speaking, voice very soft and sweet. "I used to judge you because of how far you were willing to go against what you hated, or to get what you wanted. But I really get it now. I hate Shido. I hate him so much that... that I think a part of me wanted to die with him. It's why I decided to take him alone, and because I couldn't afford one of you stopping me, yet you stopped me anyway. A part of me knew that if I killed him and lived it'd be the same as if I did nothing at all, so I had to take him on alone. I think I really wanted to die. I was unfair to you."

I wasn't used to her being this tender, I was more familiar with her playful and bitchy sides. I was at a loss for words. As she kissed me again, I felt a sudden urge to cry. I don't know where it came from, or why. The exhaustion finally started to hit me I guess. My dad's words were lingering in my mind but I'd most likely never see him again. I was not like Rei; her parents were a reasonable distance away (supposedly). My dad was on an entirely different continent. Rei was my family now, truly. Outside of my own reasoning... if Rei wanted to keep this baby there was no way I, or Takashi, was going to try and talk her out of it. "...Rei, you're being too hard on yourself. All these harsh, burdensome thoughts."

"I know I'm being depressing right now. I should be focused on other things, but I had to let this all out or I was going to explode."

I let the silence hang, just letting her words sink in. "I don't want you to think that you're alone, that's the only thing bothering me Rei. I understand why you walked off. I don't care about the danger you put us in as long as you don't put yourself in a situation like that again. If you shot Shido like you wanted to, if you jammed that bayonet into his gullet, he would've lived on inside you like a disease. That was exactly what I was trying to protect you from. A part of me wanted to let you do it. So, you'd understand me, and other reasons. I told myself 'She needs to do this, so that if the time comes, she can do it again' but when I saw the anger in your eyes: that black, twisted desire to kill... I just couldn't let you. I knew I'd lose something precious. So please, don't apologize."

Tears of relief seemed to flood down Rei's cheeks as she smiled, kissing my other hand now, every inch of it - even the palms. It felt like she was worshipping my hands with her lips. I didn't want this private moment to ever end. It felt like I was making a foundation with Rei that I'd been craving long before this.. "I'm truly glad you didn't let me. When it was just him and me - he said it himself. That it would be an honor if it was me that killed him. A final legacy... but you... Saeko, you saved me from honoring a total asshole. That's why I brought it up. To say I'm sorry, Saeko... and thank you." Her smile was absolutely radiant. Sitting there, with the sun glittering on her soft brown hair, worn back in her usual style, that adorable antenna sticking up - I was glad we belonged to each other. Rei leaned up and sealed our lips together, gently dipping her fingers in my dark violet strands of hair, stroking each side of my head with her soft fingertips. The urgency of the morning faded away as we slowly kissed, our warm mouths massaging gently together, hands exploring with a lover's leisure.

Then Rei pulled away, trailing her chest across my face as she got up. "We should head back to the others."

After getting her tits in my face, I had a different idea about how this was going to play out. "We have a little bit of time." I placed my hands on her hips, guiding her back down, but in my lap this time.

"After last night you want more? You're insatiable," Rei purred, but she settled in, grinding her bottom into my crotch. "What about the others?"

She asked that but it didn't seem like she cared as she worked herself against me, getting me nice and hard through my pants. I held her firm against me, rocking into her, thrusting against her ass. "The sooner you shut up and get me off the sooner we can head out," I teased.

"Oh? Get you off?" Rei laughed in delight, wrapping her arms around my neck, a hand on each side of my head. Her fingers burrowed in my hair as she began to slow down, starting to tease me with the motions of her ass instead of satisfy. "You're lucky I want to suck your dick so bad right now it hurts."

"That sounds fun, can I join in?" A voice suddenly interrupted. Startled, I turned to see Yuuki Miku standing in the doorway, smirking. She held her right hip with one hand. I fell in love with her looks all over again- that bitchy, lustful expression was one I'd never get tired of.

Rei sighed. "As long as you go close the door and put a sock on it or something. The last thing we need is Saeko getting excited and marathoning us." She shifted so that she was on the right side of me, patting the remaining free spot on the bench to my left. Just enough room for three people out here. Grinning ear to ear, Yuuki headed back inside the bedroom and dutifully obeyed. When she came back out onto the balcony she was still beaming, running her fingers through her fiery ginger hair. It was starting to grow a bit longer, framing that ridiculously slutty face. It suited her.

Yuuki licked her lips when she saw my expression. "You know what I like about you, Saeko? You're like a horny dog when you see a bitch you like."

She came down and sat right next to me and put her lips against my ear. When she started to suck my earlobe, stroking the delicate skin there, I shuddered. Rei and Yuuki held me in place, their breasts resting against each of my arms. My cock was already mostly hard, but the double sensation of these amazing racks blew me past the point of no return. My dick was straining to get out, tenting my pants.

"Look at that thing. See? You're a fucking animal, Saeko," Yuuki purred in my ear again, pulling her top off, her bra soon following. She turned my face and began to kiss me, placing my hands on her chest. "It's hot. Fucking Saya's pain away? It made me so wet..." Yuuki giggled as she started to unbutton my pants. Rei helped her draw them down my legs, I lifted myself up to make the process easier.

"You should've joined last night," Rei mused as she worked, "though I suppose Saya wouldn't have liked that very much."

"Even I know better than to interrupt something like that. Sucking someone off on a balcony, though? Totally up my alley. I have to admit I'm sad it won't be my first time. First time with such a big dick, sure, but still..." Her gold eyes glittered mischievously.

"You're such a whore, Yuuki. It's sooo not cute," Rei sighed.

"You think I'm cute when you're tonguing my pussy," Yuuki purred, and then my underwear were down my thighs too, my erection swinging out, the tip already seeping a clear liquid. Rei groaned when she saw it.

"I never get tired of seeing this thing," Rei started rubbing her cheek my length, followed by the tip of her tongue. The teasing motions started to drive me mad with lust. I grunted and thrust at the air, the need to be inside something all I could focus on.

"You call me a whore and then drool the second you see Saeko's cock?"

"I didn't say I'm not a whore too," Rei giggled, her words causing her warm breath to glide down my twitching, erect length. She stared up at Yuuki from between my legs, cupping her hands around the base of my dick. She started to slowly, but steadily, jerk me off. "Get down here, Yuuki."

"Mmm, not yet," Yuuki replied. I was surprised when she started pulling my long-sleeve, dark shirt off, tossing it next to us. With practiced motion she undid my bra, and it followed. I was surprised when Yuuki gripped my breasts in her hands, squeezing them. I shuddered, so unused to this sort of stimulation. Rei watched us with a hawkish gleam in her gaze, the wet suction of her lips continuing as she started to slowly leave moist kisses along the entire length of my cock. She went up and down as Yuuki groped me, staring into my eyes all the while.

I didn't know what to make of the double stimulation. I was starting to moan. I bit my lip, forcing the sounds to stay inside, though it was hard. Even harder when Yuuki began to suck on my neck, licking me and leaving hickeys on my skin. Both were working magic with their tongues. Yuuki started to tease my right nipple with her tongue, trailing the muscular organ around the length of my breast, leaving my skin slick with saliva. My hips jerked straight up as she did that, my dick straining against Rei's cheek. She still wasn't sucking it, just kissing it up and down like it was her favorite toy. It probably was.

I hated to interrupt her kissy cock worship, but I needed to be in something. Now. I placed my fingers in Rei's hair, gripping her head firmly. "I'm sorry, but I need it," I groaned, as I guided her plump mouth towards the head of my aching shaft. The brown-haired girl let me guide her there. I was so hard I felt like I could cum at any second. I couldn't handle waiting anymore, I needed to be in a hot, wet hole immediately.

Yuuki whistled in appreciation as Rei made a perfect 'o' with her mouth and placed it against the top of my cock. She flicked her tongue out immediately, rubbing my sensitive glans, getting it nice and soaked. The hot bliss rushed in immediately. Already so swollen, my cock worked double time producing pre, twitching with her every touch. Rei trapped the organ in her hand, slowly working her tongue in a circle, gathering up as much fluid as she could and swallowing it. She stared into my eyes the entire time. I couldn't look away, until Yuuki made me.

She stared right into my eyes. "You're an animal. Yet you're fucking her mouth like a complete beta bitch right now."

Her words nearly made my jaw drop. Rei also seemed shocked, but she didn't let her surprise interrupt her liplock with my dick. She put another inch of me inside her mouth, sucking hard. I nearly came there, gasping and clutching onto Rei's hair to restrain myself. Yuuki's golden eyes gleamed, and she didn't let me look away. She was right that I was being gentler than usual, more slothful. I was content to let Rei do most of the work, but Yuuki was starting to seriously excite me. What exactly was she playing at?

"Fuck her like she deserves. Fuck her like you fuck me. Unless you're too tired after last night," Yuuki started tapping my cheek with four fingers in a condescending manner, "Kind of sad~ How are you supposed to protect us with such a pathetic body?"

So that was her angle. Unexpectedly, Rei moaned after hearing Yuuki's words, the intense vibrations sending an electric thrill up my spine. I thrust up into her unconsciously, pushing almost half of my length against the inside of her cheek. She took it in stride, only choking a little as she adjusted me in her wet mouth. She started to slowly take me down her throat, and bobbed up and down my cock, the wet noises enough to make me dizzy. I guided her up and down with my hand, the tight confines of her mouth threatening to send me over the edge. Her lips were so hot, her mouth the perfect little heaven. I was already close to cumming yet Yuuki was still going off.

The gyaru was staring at me with that knowing look on her face. I was preserving my energy for that exact reason. I knew what she wanted right now, I could see it from the look in her eyes. My body trembled as I ignored her, even when she pinched my nipples. "You're so cute when I play with your tits, Saeko. You act like an actual girl. But I told you to fuck her like an animal. So... Do it. Fuck her throat."

"Mmmphhh, mnn," Rei moaned, rolling her tongue in circles around my cock, licking long strips up the side and staring at the two of us with eyes full of pure admiration. She completely lathered my dick with her tongue, like she didn't want to miss an inch, teasing it against the veins that ran along my straining shaft. When I stared down at her I realized she really wanted it. The way she was looking at me... She wanted to be treated like a complete whore. My cock was dripping with her saliva as she allowed me to sink even further down her throat. I gave in. If she wanted to be treated like a cumdump then I was more than happy to comply.

I was truly fortunate. The morning air fresh on my skin, I burrowed my fingers tighter into Rei's light-brown hair and started to brutalize her throat, just the way she wanted it. I took over all the work. Her red-brown eyes glimmered as I pounded into the back of her mouth, slow and steady at first. At first, she took me down pretty well, then she gagged slightly, struggling to take my full length.

I didn't let her have a break. "You asked for this," I groaned, guiding the full length of my cock inside and holding her down at the base of it. Rei squirmed and moaned in delight, throat a perfect seal around my dick. I could feel its muscles straining around me, desperately trying to force me out, yet her tongue started lapping at the base of my dripping shaft. Rei's face rapidly turned red, but she didn't slap at my belly or ask for air, dutifully, she did her best as I pounded in and out, working her up and down me like she was nothing but a doll. Saliva dripped from her mouth as I thrust like crazy, rutting against the back of her throat, my stomach starting to tingle with the tell-tale tingle of a looming orgasm.

Yuuki observed Rei's blowjob in amusement, idly playing with my breasts. She seemed content just to watch as I used Rei. Troublemaker.

I pulled my dick fully out, letting Rei have a moment to breathe. She coughed into her hand, masking the noise, in a daze as she stared at Yuuki. "She's fucking me like she fucks you."

"Mmm. No one pisses her off like I do."

".. I'm almost jealous." Rei giggled, placing more kisses at the base of my shaft. I shivered when she teased them down, licking a wet strip up the entrance of my rarely used pussy. "Come down here, Yuuki. I'm in a sharing mood."

Yuuki obeyed. The two girls got off the outdoor bench completely. They knelt on the cool wood of the balcony. Both sat down on their knees, one on each side of my legs. Rei on the right, Yuuki on the left. Them staring up at me- what a beautiful sight. Rei held Yuuki by the back of her head. The ginger grinned as Rei pushed her toward my cock and swallowed me up like she was grateful.

"You two are amazing," I whispered, leaning back and spreading my legs. I sank into Yuuki's throat, and she took me in quite easily. Unlike Rei, she was a total whore, she didn't choke at all when I reached as deep as possible. That was no surprise. I'd tried to break this bitch with her mouth once - mission failed, hence why she was now here bossing me around and telling me to... apparently fuck Rei like an animal. I thrust up into her that way instead.

Her short ginger locks were always the perfect handlebars, and that was no different here. Her throat made the nastiest noises as I slammed into it. No offense to Rei, but Yuuki knew what she was doing. She suctioned with well-practiced ease, she squeezed me with her throat intentionally, suctioning deeply at times, bobbing her head up and down at others. Spittle dripped down her chin and along her cheeks.

Panting, I shook my head as I stared into her face. My pale dick darting into her pretty pink lips was one of my favorite things. "Yuuki, you're truly a fucking slut." Yuuki moaned, wiggling where she kneeled. My rude words only turned her on more, that was the type of girl she was. "A dumpster whore. I bet you wouldn't have minded being left with Shido and fucked by all those guys. I'm an animal, but you love me because I am one too, huh?" Yuuki's eyes were teeming with pure, blistering hot affection as she nodded. Every cruel word merely turned her on more. She started to poke her ass out in the air, wiggling her booty back and forth like she really wanted it.

Rei watched with envy in her eyes as Yuuki started to choke, the force of my thrusting finally starting to get the best of her.

"Oh shit," I moaned out, and I gasped when Rei leaned down and started to lick my thighs, and then my glistening folds beneath my cock. As Yuuki served my dick, Rei went to work below. The two met eyes, and they began to work in perfect unison. The sweet, wet noises of their ministrations rang out. I was lost in a world of bliss. I pulled my cock out of Yuuki, and she gasped for breath, before getting back to sucking. I released my hold on her, sitting back to just observe, satisfied that I'd proven myself.

Rei took that opportunity to raise her head. She licked a hot, wet strip up the length, gathering up the strings of precum that had started to seep from my tip. I was holding my orgasm back by force, but I could feel it boiling, ready to erupt. As Yuuki came back for more all on her own, taking half of my cock, Rei placed her lips along the bottom half of my dick. They returned to that perfect synchronization, and much to my arousal, both stopped for a moment to just stare into each other's eyes.

I couldn't help it. As their lips met in a kiss, I completely lost it. Yuuki was being incredibly diligent with the head of my cock, lathering it with her tongue, scraping the very tip. Her dainty little tongue glistened with a thin sheen of my pre. I watched Yuuki grab Rei's chin, stopping the blowjob just so she could drool my precum into her mouth, and moaned.

Yuuki and Rei gasped in surprise as my orgasm splattered across their kissing mouths, thick, creamy ropes that plastered a lot of the rest of their faces as well, dripping down. I thought that would satisfy me, breathing heavily, but then Rei got this... look in her eyes. Suddenly tangling her fingers in Yuuki's ginger locks, she dragged her tongue across Yuuki's lips, getting as much of the cum off Yuuki's face with her tongue as possible. Yuuki seemed to get just as turned on by that as I did. The two started to exchange spit and cum, it was a deliciously lewd sight. I couldn't believe it. Hundreds were probably getting ripped apart right now at this very second while I was watching two of my girlfriends make out with each other, using my cum as a seasoning. I grew rock hard all over again, dick rising steadily in the air.

Rei parted from the kiss, but only so she could grab my cock, and place it between their mouths. Then she leaned forward again, and Yuuki followed suit. Their tongues tangled again as they dragged them up and down my overly-sensitive cock. I had to grab at my mouth again, forcing back groans as the two made-out with my meat. They were ravenous, sucking and licking, kissing each other when they got the chance, but preferring to play with me instead. The kissing only stopped when they decided they wanted to give me head, taking me down their throats. I went back and forth between the two of them, lasting much longer this time. Their tongues didn't stop for a second. I'd already climaxed once already, yet as both my partners' heads bobbed up and down, their eyes blazing into mine once more, my passion was as high as it ever was.

"Such good girls," I purred, "whose sluts are you?"

Rei spoke up first. "All yours." She said it with utter devotion in her voice, blinking her long-lashed eyes and staring up at me like a little puppy. Fuck, that was hot.

Yuuki moaned, "Ugh. I guess if I don't belong to you I at least belong to your cock." She was playing hard to get but it wasn't so long ago that she'd been practically begging me not to marry Takagi.

"Good. Then how about you show my cock just how much you love it while I stretch Rei out."

Gasping, Rei realized what I meant. Shivering, she stood up immediately. She wanted it as badly as I did.

"No way! She got it all last night - let me have a go," Yuuki purred as she pulled Rei back, settling down in my lap instead. The pair glowered at each other, but Rei couldn't exactly refute that she'd had more than her share of riding me last night. I guided Yuuki's legs apart, holding the base of my cock and searching for the entrance of her pussy beneath her uniform skirt. I didn't care whose pussy got broken in, as long as I was with someone.

Rei practically whined, getting on the bench again so she could embrace me from the side and observe the penetration from a different angle. "I'm so jealous," she whispered as I slowly started to push inside of Yuuki. The ginger winced as her slick entrance stretched open. I pushed my dick in deep, not gentle at all.

Her pretty folds parted for me with a juicy noise, announcing her arousal to the world.

I smirked. "Get any wetter and our fucking will start attracting Them."

I didn't expect that to make Yuuki's cunt tighten the way it did, like her fright was exciting her. Like the fear turned her on. So interesting, this one. I held her hips and started to thrust, her wet entrance wrapped around me too irresistible to not plunge into. Oral was fantastic, especially from two girls at once, but it was nothing in comparison to fucking a woman. Every time my cock was in one of my girls, I was surer they were made for me, why else would my dick fit into Yuuki just right?

The ginger panted against my ear, wrapping her hands around my head. "Fuck me, fuck me, oh god fuck me til I cum before I scream." She started to bounce on top of me, meeting my enthusiastic thrusts with her own. Our sticky parts plunged against one another, Yuuki's gold eyes dark with lust as she threw her head back, pulling her shirt down as if desperate for cool air. Her chest tantalizingly bounced every time she rose. I pushed Yuuki's face away from mine, leaning over to reach for Rei. The adorable brunette had the lonely expression I expected after a few seconds alone during our threesome. Last night, she'd pouted adorably any time she'd been neglected. Saya, her, and I had practically built a routine - Rei was too cute not to be touched. I pressed my lips against hers as I bucked up into Yuuki.

The whore started to whimper when she felt me throb. "Oh fuck, you're so close. Dump it inside. Dump it all inside and try to knock me up with that pathetic cum of yours, you fucking beast."

'Oh shit.' Yuuki's crudeness should have stressed me out, especially considering my situation with Rei, but it didn't. Was I seriously about to cum raw inside of Yuuki? Her reminder scared me. I started to pull out and was shocked when Rei grabbed the orange-haired girl by the waist, holding her down on my dick, not letting me pull myself free. Her red-brown eyes burned into mine, as if daring me to try to escape Yuuki's pussy again. I did not.

Satisfied I'd be a good girl, Rei and Yuuki wrapped their arms around each other, and began to kiss once again as - their tongues writhed together. Yuuki reached down and slipped a hand under Rei's black skirt. Rei made the cutest noises as Yuuki fingered her, the slick sounds making it obvious just how much she liked it. She thrust her hips to meet Yuuki's hand motions as I pounded into the ginger. We all worked together.

Shockingly, it was Rei that came first. "F-Fuck, Yuuuki~ How do you always do this?" Yuuki's lustful, golden eyes met Rei's starved maroon.

Hearing Rei whine like that threw me overboard. I dumped a hot, sticky load deep inside of Yuuki Miku's dripping cunt in the next second, shocked by the sexy dynamic between these two. The orgasm seemed to take forever, made even worse when Yuuki came around me. We were locked in the dance of pleasure together, for what felt like minutes, her draining me, me dumping into her. I didn't just pour one load into this gyaru bitch, I poured two. Rei observed this with a satisfied glint in her eyes.

When Yuuki finally sat back, panting hard, I sighed with satisfaction. The two slumped against me, each with their hand lazily pressed against my cock, their chest on mine. Neither complained when I leaned down and kissed them, tasting their sweet lips. When Yuuki started to jerk me off again I interrupted.

"No way, nooo way." I grabbed her hand and pulled it away, standing up. "I need to eat before I pass out."

The only thing I desired right now was breakfast. My stomach rumbled.


"Where were you?" Yuriko pretty much whined as I sat down at the kitchen table. It was pleasant seeing the older woman pout at me like that, staring at me from under her lashes. I could tell from the look in her eyes that she knew exactly what we were doing, and that she wanted it too. Maybe if we had time, Yuriko was my last priority. I gave her an annoyed look.

"None of your business."

In the living room, Alice was watching a movie with Shizuka, Rika, and her father in silence. The tv itself was quiet as well of course. Yuriko sat down right next to me, and in a few moments, two warm breakfast plates sat before us just like she'd promised. Everyone else had eaten except me, her, and Rei it seemed. Rei sat on my right once again, and the three of us started to eat.

"Oh, come on, Mrs. Takagi, where do you think we were?" Yuuki asked, "You saw us come down the stairs together. I can barely walk. What do you think we were doing?"

Takashi laughed. "Two girls at once again? Seriously?"

Taniuchi nudged him with her shoulder, frowning. Her eyes gleamed from behind her glasses. "Don't get any ideas, Takashi," she murmured. Then she hesitated, "except... maybe if it's another girl I might like it. I've um, I've had crushes on girls before..." The nerdy looking glasses-girl blushed. She was surprisingly alluring at that moment.

"H-Hey Taniuchi, if you ever get tired of Takashi-"

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and squeezed Takashi tight. "No way. Don't even try, Saeko, you perv."

Takashi grinned. "See, I was going to get annoyed at you but she did it for me. That's why I love her."

Saya suddenly spoke up, interjecting. "I know that we're all having a really great morning, but we can't forget what's at stake. We need to discuss our plan, what we're going to do next." She was right about that. When she saw the look on my face, she seemed startled, turning almost as pink as her hair. "W-what? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I just think you're a great leader," I admitted, before going back to my meal.

Yuriko preened. "I raised a wonderful, regal young girl," she smiled.

"I still think that going to the police station is the only right way to go. I just... I feel in my gut that my parents are alive. My dads a police officer, he can help us. If anyone knows of any safe spots, it's going to be a person like him."

Rika shook her head, leaning forward on the table. The curly, purple haired sniper was deep in thought for a while before she spoke. "There are no 'safe places' left. This isn't a zombie movie where there are remote outposts where people have survived. Almost every major country has fallen in a matter of only a week and a half. We need to find a decent place and settle down. A place with walls, a generator... I don't think us driving back into the center of the city is a good idea."

It was Misuzu who spoke up next, and that shocked everyone, she'd barely spoken a word in the past few days. "I know this is a crazy thought, but... what if we went back to Fujimi Academy?"

"What?" Startled, Rei shook her head. "L-Listen, I just want to see my parents again."

"They might be dead." Rika said quietly.

"They're not," Rei said firmly, insistently. "They made it through this, just like I did. I know it."

Shizuka fumbled around in her pocket, pulling out her cellphone. "I was able to get a charge on it. Do you want to try to call your parents? I'm sure the lines are still disrupted but... Maybe it'll go through."

The comforting glow of the kitchen seemed to vanish everyone's negative feelings. Though she seemed pissed, Rei didn't hold it against Rika that she wanted to stay the hell away from the city. I think she understood the feeling. I think most of us did. More people, more of Them, more people that were murderers and degenerates like Shido. We'd survived, but so had men that were no better than beasts.

Rei took the extended phone with a smile. "Thank you, sensei."

Shizuka beamed back. "You're very welcome!"

As Rei flipped open the phone, typing the digits and making the call, its vivid glow flashed against Rei's features. Everything changed all at once... every light went out in the building, as if we were in the middle of a snowstorm. It was like watching Shizuka's phone get murdered, the device shutting down with a strange spark.

We all jumped up when Alice screamed in obvious fright as darkness took hold of the two-story house we were resting in, every single electrical unit shutting down. Not just in this house either. Through the kitchen window I could see the darkening of other buildings all around us.

"I-I'm sorry," Her father gasped out, stumbling into the kitchen with the little girl already in his arms.

"No time for sorry. We need to get the hell out of here," I hissed, heading toward the door. "There's no way we didn't attract Them after that."

"I-I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry!" Alice sobbed loudly, her fathering hushing her as she rubbed at her eyes with her fists. Rei was staring at the wailing girl with a strange expression of realization, a certain coldness entering the depths of her eyes. She caught me looking and glanced away guiltily.

'Yes, Rei. That's right. That frightened, sobbing thing is a child. That scream of fright, body unable to restrain the terror ripping through it- that's what we'll put into this bleak world that tears apart such sounds.'

"Rei, get moving!" I snapped. As she passed, I grabbed her, "Think about babies later. For now... Focus, okay?"

There was no doubt anymore that Rei was no longer fit to be our leader. She nodded weakly and darted past me. Our entire group made a break for our vehicles, and that was when we finally started to realize the true gravity of the situation. Not only had the entire block's power gone, but seemingly beyond as well. The only light came from the sun. Try as we might, we couldn't get the van to run.

"Takashi," I called out, "tell me you're starting to get it working over there."

Rika's voice came up, grim and cold. "It's not going to work. I'm sorry. I can promise you that."

I spun to her. "What are you talking about?" I stopped dead when I saw the haunted look on the dark-skinned older woman. The black-clad military woman was staring up at the sky, with the sickest smile on her face. It was amused, terrified, and angry all at once. So many emotions from one flash of teeth. "Rika?"

Shizuka clasped onto her arm, "R-Rika? What's wrong?"

The sniper grinned at the group and met eyes with Yuriko. I wondered what was going on. The two adults seemed more disturbed, Shizuka just as confused as the rest of us. I was about to demand answers or suggest we run away when she explained.

"Those selfish bastards have really done it. There were rumors among the higher ups... an EMP. I saw it just now, like a comet from Hell itself. Starting from today... The earth will be bathed in darkness." Rika murmured.

Kohta started to cry. "No more light? That can't be true! Why would they do that?!"

Rika smiled. "It's more than just darkness though. Communication will be next to impossible from here on out. Rei-chan, connecting with your parents needs to be set aside for now. I hope you realize that." For once the older woman seemed completely down in spirits, seeming to be in a kind of dream state.

Rei was something similar. The brunette just dimly nodded at those words, holding her right arm. "Yeah..."

I realized my group was starting to go into shock.

"Van's FUCKED!" Takashi yelled, slamming his fist into the side of the vehicle. "Fuck. Fuck!"

"T-Takashi! Get a hold of yourself!" Saya snapped. "Alice's scream didn't seem to lure anything close to us, but yours will now."

"I know!" He growled, low under his voice. "I'm sorry. I'm just... I want to kill someone. I want to kill those bastards who shot those EMPs. Why? Tell me why! "

"Because humanity is destined to make the same mistake a million times," I sighed.

Saya suddenly gasped, as if she'd reached a realization in her mind. She looked directly at me, terror seeming to pour out of her. "It's just like 1859, the Carrington Event, but this time we've brought it on ourselves."

"Speak simply for the stupid people," Yuuki muttered, brushing some of her orange hair from her eyes. She was hiding her distress pretty well, but I saw through her.

"Fine. No more technology, power grid probably completely wiped out, all our basic electronics: Miss Shizuka's phone, everything around us. Totally broken. At least 90% of common electronics, and as we saw already, many vehicles." Saya explained. It was too disturbing to be true, but how could we say that when the dead were coming back to life? A second light burst into the sky, stealing all of our breath away. There it was, just like Rika said. A tiny missile of death, almost like a pure white firework, bursting to life, banishing the soft blue of the sky.

"It won't just be Japan taking shots now," Rika muttered, "Russia, USA, North Korea, China, just four of the countries that will be reacting to this final declaration of war- if there's anyone left to react."

Yuriko smiled grimly. None of us felt capable of looking away from the sky. "You say we should avoid them but perhaps it truly is time to reconnect with Miyamoto's parents. They are good people, her father's a reliable member of the police force and always has been. We will not thrive in a world gone dark by ourselves."

"Yeah, cuz the last group we joined was so great," Takashi snapped, "Get real. We grab Rei's parents, and I don't care what the hell is going on, we're getting out of this fucking city by ourselves. We're not getting too big; we're not getting out of control!

Taniuchi nodded. "Takashi's right! We lose our power the bigger the group becomes. At the Takagi estate they just saw us as a bunch of kids, they even tried to take our weapons."

Misuzu spoke up, once again, more urgently and hopeful this time. "... Fujimi Academy. It has a generator, it's outside the city. A strong gate that... that maybe we can fix! Generators work after these EMP things, right? We've got that at Fujimi too!"

"Why are you so set on going back to an infested school?" Saya demanded, glowering at her.

The brunette scowled back. "J-Just think about it. It's a good idea. The field could be used for farmland, if we change things. We could make sounds, draw the zombies away in a big group." When I saw the look on her face, I knew why she wanted to do that. Likely, her boyfriend had told her that was his plan since he was banned from the Takagi estate. I wasn't sure if I pitied or admired her loyalty at that point.

Saya made a sound distinctly like a hiss. "That is the stupidest idea I've ever heard! You make a sound, more come! You don't choose which direction, why, and more importantly how many. Let's say we make a sound loud enough to attract the thousands at Fujimi, how many more come from all other sides? No way. Shut up, stupid." The pinkette turned back to her mom.

"Speak of the devil, looks like our friends finally showed up," Rika chuckled, "we ran out of time."

She was referring to them.

Shido's words about leadership echoed in my head, from a long time ago. At this point I'd been mostly silently listening to everyone argue back and forth, processing the new information. I felt a surge of cold frustration. Glowering at each of them, I made the decision for all of us, the far-off groans of the undead grew louder as the distance between us and the undead was closed.

"I'll put it simply... We're going to head to the police station and find Rei's parents. We're going to survive. Now, shut up. Rei, Takashi, both of you - let's take care of Them. The rest of you are on support. Cover our backs and start packing supplies that we can take with us by foot. Rika, grab what weapons we can, you know the best ones to take so I'll just leave that to you."

The sniper smiled slowly. "Not bad, kid." She saluted me, and headed toward the Humvee, darting inside to grab whatever was left of our weapons that she chose.

We started to dispatch the guests that had roamed close. Alice's scream, or Takashi's, had brought about three dozen of Them, the pale, lifeless monstrosities shambling down both sides of the road. There was no way to run, when I glanced around I realized they were slipping down the roads from literally all sides. While we'd been standing around trying to figure out a plan, we were like sitting ducks. However, the sound traveled, whoever was to blame- it didn't matter. The result was a circle of undead rapidly closing in on us, that we were going to break through.

"Let's go," I murmured, smiling slowly. I'd been waiting for this.

Rei and Kohta knew better than to use their firepower on them. Takashi and I took care of most of them, brutal and efficient, Rei, Misuzu, and Alice's father working as a kind of support to back us up. With ruthless brutality, we dispatched the undead again and again. It seemed like the more we fought, the more of Them we attracted. I let the time pass me by, just focusing on slicing and separating heads from bodies, the rupturing of brains, the crimson spray of blood. Takashi, Rei, and I were in an elegant dance, but our efficiency was lacking in comparison to what we were up against. We were going to have to really give it our all. Where the hell were They all coming from~? The sun rose ever higher in the sky, banishing the morning. We couldn't afford to be out too late, not anymore. Finally, after what felt like an hour it was almost over. Just a few more left.

Then, they came.

The group crept from around one of the nearby corners, another shambling pack, except this one was different from all the rest. There were a few others with them, but the bulk of the group was made up of a distinct type of human being. Children. A horde of them, just as decayed as the rest of those disgusting creatures. Still wearing their school time clothing, the tiny, rotten beings had their arms stretched out. They were faster than the normal ones, coming at me with those empty eyes...

As I stared at them, I realized that was what Rei and I wanted to do. We wanted to put a child in this world so it could become that. Where were their parents? Why hadn't anyone saved them? Some of them were so torn apart that I was sure their deaths had been truly painful For the first time in my life, it felt like my will to fight had left my body. I gasped as my hands went weak, my sword dropping from my grip, clattering on the pavement.

"What the- Saeko, Rei!? What the hell are you idiots doing? Takashi's not a one-man army." That was Saya.

Hearing Rei's name, I glanced over. I was in bad shape seeing them, but Rei was even worse. Her countenance seemed to drain of all life when she saw them. She was pale, standing with her bayonet extended, mouth falling open. I scrambled to pick up my sword as the last group, these straggling children, finally got close enough to engage with. Rei out of the picture, Takashi and I went to work. Haunted by their sunken, ruined features and their putrid scent, I despised these little beings. Hate-fueled, I cut them down ruthlessly, laughing each time. Each time I did so, I imagined the potential future where I might have to do the very same to my own child. How horrible a world this was! Yet it was my personal kingdom.

And then it was over. The streets were bathed with bodies, and blood. Panting, with a clear path finally forward, we started our journey by light of day. All of us were burdened with supplies or weapons. Even Alice was carrying an ammo bag, her expression very serious. No one scolded her. We all knew she was mature enough to understand that her scream, and Takashi's yell of frustration, had almost cost us our lives. We'd practically made a death trap for ourselves by standing around the way we had, incompetent and unable to make a decision, but we didn't die. We fucked up, I fucked up, but we'd survived. I couldn't help but laugh. Human emotion nearly cost us our lives.


Traveling on foot was a lot harder than by vehicle. We only made it about five hours before it got too dark to risk continuing. Our travels were not peaceful. They were everywhere, just as Rika had said they would be, just like we had known they would be. I was constantly on edge. When the time came to find a safe-house I almost sobbed with relief. Of course, Takashi and I scouted, taking care of the groups around our target rest spot we'd all chosen, a dingy, slightly fenced off apartment building with two stores on each side. The groups around here weren't too bad to handle, they were pretty scattered, and we managed to clear the building in under a half an hour.

Once everyone was settled down for the night, safe inside and uninfected, I sat outside on the front stairs of the building. I needed to be away from everyone, away from everything. I was haunted by the moment I'd dropped my own weapon - a mistake that could have cost me my life. The night air felt good. It was Rika who joined me.

"We're not going to make it anywhere like this. Not at this pace," The dark-haired sniper declared as she made her way outside quietly, her voice a gentle purr in the darkness. She was barely visible in the starry night. She pulled something from her pocket as she approached from behind, lighting it up, and then a strange smell filled the air. I heard her inhale, and then she extended whatever it was she was smoking. It smelled vaguely skunk-like, yet in an almost pleasant way.

I frowned. ".. Marijuana? Where'd you get that stuff?"

"From Cuba. Genuine stuff. Try it. Trust me, you need it." She extended the joint out toward me and sat down at my side, taking a spot one step down. The sniper watched me with her keen red eyes as I took her extended offering. "I only have three left. Don't be too greedy with your pulls."

"I've never done this," I admitted, staring at it.

"I know. You've got a stick shoved so far up your ass there's no way you've smoked before. I'm happy to supervise your first time." The sniper winked.

Her words were amusing. Perhaps if I hadn't been thinking about how I might have to kill my kid one day, perhaps sooner than later, I would've refused. Right now, if it'd get me away from the thoughts of that tiny zombie mob in my head, I would be more than happy to try it. Putting the little thing to my lips, I raised my hand for the lighter. Rika refused it, instead leaning forward to do it herself.

"Inhale. Don't cough or you'll attract them, pussy."

I hadn't even thought about that! As the smoke hit my lungs, I practiced the breathing routines that had served me all my life both in combat and out. Inhaling deep, I let the plumes out slowly, smiling as a dopy feeling seemed to float over my brain. I didn't choke, but my throat burned like a wildfire, and I wanted to. The itch to the cough was there, I repressed it through sheer discipline.

"Are you trying to kill us?" I managed to force out, my voice sounding raw and strange.

Rika grinned and took the joint from me, taking a hit herself. "Nah, I just think you needed it. You had this look on your face, kid, it disturbed me. Reminded me of some of the gray, grizzled guys I knew from work. They always grinned like dopy idiots when I convinced them to break protocol and smoke. They'd giggle like schoolchildren. It's surprising where you can find innocence, in yourself and in the world."

There was no light. Utter darkness, save the moon and the stars.

"We're wasting lighter oil on weed," I whispered as she placed the joint against my lips. I brushed it away this time. The door opened behind us. I made out the vaguely coherent form of Shizuka Marikawa, golden hair glittering in the faint starlight. She sat down, in a spot where she was between both of us.

"I smelled it," the beautiful nurse admitted, "I was like... Shit. I need some of that so bad."

I never expected Shizuka to like drugs of any kind. I wasn't sure if I was surprised or amused, a bit of both. Rika snorted, and grinned at me, her face glowing as she lit the joint up for Shizuka this time. I watched the blonde's face in the strip of flickering orange light. My beloved nurse, my first love, seemed terribly exhausted. I knew she was drained; she'd been comforting Alice and her father for the past hours. She was Alice's pseudo-mother, she had taken that role on herself, and she had fulfilled that role to its extreme today. Alice blamed herself for everything that had gone wrong. Nobody had even died. I wasn't sure if I was annoyed by or respected Alice's determination to take responsibility. She was too young to take it so seriously. Takashi had made the same mistake, and he was only a year younger than me. As long as we were prepared for our mistakes, we could handle anything.

We were not prepared this morning. I took a second hit when Shizuka offered it to me. I could refuse it from Rika, but not Shizuka. The adorable bimbo smiled as she watched me. My thoughts spread all over the place, all centering around the same things. I'd spent a majority of my time sweet-talking Rei, getting head and fucking Yuuki Miku and her, or eating. Why was Alice blaming herself when I was the last one up? Then, like a light going off, I realized I was being pretty cruel to myself. Takashi and Kohta had been playing cards, Alice and her father watching whatever DvDs they'd found near the tv. We'd all wanted to try and rest easy there for at least a few more hours. As the strange, pleasant-smelling smoke drifted all around us I felt a smile tug at my lips.

"It's not so bad," I said, grinning. "Maybe we'll all be okay."

"Hmm. You're pretty fucked, huh kid? C'mere." Rika moved up a step and put an arm around my shoulders. "Take it easy."

"Don't worry, I'm alright," I smiled, hyper-aware of her warm leg against mine, of her strong arm wrapped around me. Looking at her, staring at her sitting there with that soft but stern expression I was reminded of the mother who'd always been absent in some way or another. She'd been such a sickly, pathetic woman. She died when I was only a child. I'd always hated her for that. Not because she was weak - I accepted that part. Because when she held my hand, she promised me she'd be okay, as long as she had me. But that was a lie. There was nothing I could do to save her from sickness, and father was so distant, always overseas. She withered away with only me and our housekeepers at her side. What a lonely way to go. When I died, if I died, I wanted all of them at my side - the girls that meant the world to me.

Rika looked into my face. "Hey, don't go too far, okay? They're just thoughts."

"That's true. I know. I just realized I've never humanized my parents before now."

Rika squeezed me tight, and I felt a strange feeling of contentment in her arms, l felt safe. "Being a teenager will do that. Don't be too hard on yourself. Goodnight. Head inside soon and be careful in the dark. Talking to you, Shizuka."

"I know," the ditzy nurse muttered back, and a few seconds later, Rika was gone. The remains of the joint left with her. Shizuka sat right next to me, scooping me up in her arms, or more specifically her chest. My head rested against her soft, immense tits. I sighed softly.

"We really should head inside," I murmured.

"Yeah," Shizuka whispered back, "but then I wouldn't have you to myself for once." That made me smile for some stupid reason. Such a dumb defense why we should put ourselves in more danger than we had to.

We enjoyed ourselves for a while, until I had a thought, "Rika's not so bad."

"She's soft on the inside but acts like she's sooo cool on the outside. She's been my best friend for so long. I couldn't imagine anyone else in that position."

I really had no right keeping them apart. "You haven't broken up with her yet."

"No, I haven't," Shizuka said quietly, running her fingers through my hair, brushing my dark bangs from my forehead. "I'm sorry."

"It's alright. It was hot when you pledged your loyalty to me but I suppose I don't actually expect that from you. If I died there would be no one else I'd want to protect you more than Rika. She's done it already, during all this time."

"Saeko..." Shizuka trembled as I detached from her. Standing, I grabbed at her hand, carefully helping her up, and we headed indoors. It was a decent sized apartment building we'd cleared out, all three floors devoid of the undead (we'd even done the grunt work of dragging the corpses outside, quiet as can be). We all had our own room to stay in. Obviously, almost everybody chose to go up to the second or third floor. Death via zombie stumbling in felt far less likely that way.

Feeling my way up the stairs and walls, I brought Shizuka to the unit I'd chosen. No surprise, it wasn't empty. I'd chosen this room because I knew the moon would be facing it. The long windows offered a vague shimmer of moonlight to see by. Rei and Saya were curled up together on the only bed in the room, a green comforter covered king. They didn't say a word, but they did seem surprised when not just one person joined them for the night but two.

Now under the warm blankets, I got up behind Saya, spooning her, Shizuka joining me from behind. Rei was busy holding Saya from the front, and from this point we could vaguely see each other's faces in the faint moonlight.

It was amazing feeling them all around me. Shizuka's tits on the back of my head like the greatest pillow, Saya tucked up safely in my arms, Rei's beautiful, moonlit face. I almost laughed when the door opened, and Yuuki Miku walked in. She glowered, then sighed when she saw the group of us already laying down. Apparently, she'd wanted some time with me alone. She hadn't learned her lesson sneaking into my room the first time. She found a comfortable spot next to Rei. I half-expected Yuriko to come waltzing in next like it was a sitcom, but the door stayed blissfully shut. In the complete darkness, there was no sound. We were all tired, utterly drained from this morning in every way - spiritually, emotionally, physically.

No amount of sex would've brought comfort or pleasure to anyone at that moment. I think it probably would have ruined it. The way we twined up, keeping each other warm and safe, it was not for the goal of turning each other on right now. We held each other firmly, and the words we whispered into each other's ears were words of comfort, words of assurance. In no time, all talking died down completely. The last thing anyone said was Yuuki, murmuring sleepily. "Saeko, you smell like weed. I love you."