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Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Chapter 20
"Aw, how cute!" Petal said, cuddling the egg gently. "You're just adorable with this little egg!"
"Um, thanks?" I said, frowning.
"Alright, I've decided." Petal said, smiling. "We'll hold onto this child for a while! She'll be just like our baby!"
"Wh-what?" I asked, blushing.
"Well, when she hatches, she'll be our little girl!" Petal said, smiling. "You'll be the daddy, and I'll be the mommy!"
"Wh-what?" I asked, surprised.
"Why wait till later to start a family?" Petal asked. "When two people love and care about each other enough, they-"
"Wait, wait, wait, STOP." I said, cutting her off. "First of all, we're too young. Second of all, you're an active ranger, and so am I. We can't just start making babies. And third-"
"You don't… like me enough to marry me?" Petal asked, frowning.
"No, no, no!" I said, blushing. "Third, I don't think we should have children until we're married."
"Alright." Petal said, smiling confidently, a blush on her face (though not in the embarrassed way) "Then I'm going to keep trying to convince you to marry me, alright?"
"What?" I asked. The shock was actually enough to cause me to fall onto my ass, shocked. "You seriously want us to get married?"
"Kelly…" Petal said, blushing, her embarrassment obvious on her face. "My sister, she told me something when I was a kid…"
"What?" I asked, confused. What was she talking about?
"When I look at you…" Petal said, frowning. "I feel… so warm… so cozy…"
"What?" I asked, still completely baffled at what she was trying to say.
"There's a traitor beneath my breasts…" Petal said, crawling up to me, blushing. "Every time I'm around you, my heart beats so hard I feel like it'll break out of my chest… I think…"
"Ahem." A voice coughed. Petal and I turned our heads to look at Kurou, who was tapping her foot impatiently, an irritation mark evident.
"Oh, hey." I said, blushing embarrassed.
"Can we stop it with all this mushy crap?" Kurou asked, pissed. "I didn't come here to watch you two be so fluffy and light and happy and romantic, and I just wanna fucking hurl."
"Well sorry!" Petal said, standing up. "Ever here of something called respect for the moment? I mean, did you see the tension in that scene? Why did you have to ruin it?"
"Well, maybe I just don't like the thought of you being all clingy and romantic with my master!" Kurou glared.
"Yeah, well there's a little thing called respect, and when your friend is having romantic crossroads, you give her space." Petal exclaimed. "And besides, he was MY master first!"
"What?" Kurou asked, frowning. "That doesn't even make sense!"
"Oh, no?" Petal asked. "Well, back when we were having sex, he would dominate me all the time, he'd even whip me until I screamed!"
"Okay, that has GOT to be a lie." Kurou said, frowning.
"Alright, fine, maybe it's a lie." Petal said, frowning. "But we've been having sex since before you were even a part of his life. And we even have an egg together now, so I can be as romantic as I damn well please, got that?"
"But master, you love me right?" Kurou begged, turning to me, her eyes welling up in tears. "After all, I'm your precious partner moemon, right? You love me even more than Nyu or Petal, right?"
"Well, um, how do I put this…" I thought, not only talking to her, but to myself. "Alright, I'd like to say for starters that right now, you and Nyu are sisters."
"What?" Kurou asked, frowning.
"Members of a harem are referred to as 'sisters' by others, and act as such." I explained. "Some people have leaders, or 'queens' of their harems, which can be their favorite moemon, their strongest moemon, or just because they have a dominating personality. In this case though, you're all equals."
"And I'm the queen, right?" Petal asked, giggling, rubbing up against me.
"Quit trying to butter me up." I said, frowning.
"Yeah, master is just nice to you because he has to!" Kurou said, smirking. "He really loves me, right?"
"Alright, my relationship with Petal is a little… complicated…" I said, sighing. And the award for biggest understatement of the world goes to me…
"Well?" Petal asked, her heart beating frantically, blushing.
"I love her." I said, frowning. "And Kurou, I love you too."
"Well, who do love more?" Kurou asked, frowning.
"It doesn't work like that." I said, frowning. "No matter how much I can love a moemon, it doesn't matter. There's always something about humans and other humans."
"I don't understand…" Kurou said, frowning.
"See, humans share something…" I tried to explain. "A bond, a connection, something like that? And when two people with souls that really care for each other meet, well, there's… a spark. When the right two people meet, they stare at each other, and they see things in each others eyes. And when two people make love, and I mean make love, then there's something, something that can't come from a moemon no matter how hard they try."
"I see…" Kurou said, looking down.
"I love you." I said. "And I love Petal. But I love the two of you in different ways."
"Thanks, Kelly." Petal said, wrapping her arms around me in a gentle hug. "I love you too, okay?"
"Okay, okay, stop!" Kurou said, frowning. Her frown turned to a smile, and she hugged me too.
"Master, I love you." Kurou said, smiling. "And I'll love you no matter what happens. Even when you grow old and withered, you'll still me my master, and I'll still look after you. Because I love you master."
Aw…
"Wait, don't we have a mission to do?" I asked, suddenly remembering.
"Oh, yeah, right!" Petal said, smiling sheepishly.
Alright Kellyn! Way to go, man!