"Miss Tohsaka, where should I put these crates?"
"Miss Tohsaka, there's an issue with the spiritually enhanced crystals."
"Miss Tohsaka, the delivery from the department of Spiritual Evocation has arrived."
"Miss Tohsaka-!"
"Miss Tohsaka-!"
"Miss Tohsaka-!"
To most people, a day like that would have been the height of madness. For Tohsaka Rin it was what she had been craving since the day she joined the Clock Tower.
It had taken her over seven months to get back on her feet, but she had made it. With the stigma of her apprentice being a Sealing Designate on top of her ethnicity and her financial struggle she was going through, no one would have bet on her being anything more than a minor scholar for the rest of her life, but in little over one year she had managed to gather enough resources and influence to get her own laboratory and a team of young but promising Magi eager to work with and for her.
Nothing short of genius could accomplish so much after being cast so down, and for all of the clod shoulders she received publically no one could deny her accomplishments.
If anything, having crawled her way up from the bottom gave her reputation a much needed boost, which garnered the attention of several key figures and the admiration of her less-than-stuck-up peers.
It was still a long road to her goals, but Rin felt rightly proud for her success thus far, even if said success had come partially from a less than brilliant deal. Like it or not, she couldn't have done half of that without the money from her agreement with Gerard.
However she could not bring herself to care about that at that moment. She was too busy directing her new team to worry about that.
Besides, even though she had fallen low, did it mean that she had to be ashamed of it?
Even if she had veritably sold her body she hadn't done it for herself. Not exclusively at least.
In fact, even if she did feel shame and guilt about it, there was as strong sense of vindication because it bore the expected fruits. She was back in the game. Even if she was only at square one, she was at the very least back on the board.
So she tuned down the feelings of guilt and shame to a background buzz, opting instead to revel in the pride of her accomplishments and immersing herself completely in her work, directing her subordinates left and right and overseeing different experiments at the same time, bringing the concept of multitasking to a different level.
Time flew and without anyone noticing, even by Rin, noon was soon upon them.
"Miss Tohsaka...," one of her subordinates called out.
"Not now," she mumbled without looking up from her desk.
"But…"
"I can come another day if it's a bad time," a rougher, more mature voice spoke. This time, Rin did look up.
"Lord El-Melloi!" she greeted, immediately standing up. "I'm sorry, I was…"
"No apologies are required. I should have known better than to disrupt your work. However, since it's too late for that would you mind giving me a bit more of your time? Since it's about noon, I'll treat you to lunch."
The room didn't quite fell silent, but it was obvious that her subordinates were listening in, feeling varying from surprised to shocked.
A teacher, and a Lord at that, had invited their lead researcher for a meal.
It was either a very good thing or a very bad one. No middle ground at all.
"Thank you, Lord El-Melloi. I'll gratefully accept your invitation."
They left the laboratory and went to the cafeteria.
Rin wasn't overly worried. Of all the teachers and Lords of the Association, Lord El-Melloi was perhaps the most level-headed and the less stuck up. Many young Magi with relatively short bloodlines looked up at him, as he treated all with the respect they earned and never looked down upon anyone who hadn't deserved it. More importantly he didn't play the game of politics most Magi of noble families engaged in, quite often telling people what he thought of them to their faces.
In short, he was a trustworthy fellow all around.
"I've seen you made a lot of progress lately, Miss Tohsaka," he commented after they had ordered their meal. "Few people would have recovered from the blow you received. I'm impressed."
"Thank you, Professor," she replied evenly, option to address him by his role within the Association rather than his noble title. "Though if you forgive the audacity, I wonder what's your interest in it."
"Hm. A fair question. Let me be honest, Miss Tohsaka. It's very rare to find a person with talent like yours who's also so hard working. There is much you can contribute to the Clock Tower and I would hate to see this potential lost."
"You have lost me, Professor."
"Your recent successes have been received less than pleasantly in some circles. The number of people that would like to see you fail will only increase from here onward. It's not my business what you had to sacrifice to get back on your feet," he noted and saw a look of horror dawn on Rin's face, "nor I care to find out. My only counsel is this: sometimes it's better to fail than to pay the price of victory."
"Professor, I-" she coughed, regaining her bearings. For a moment she thought he knew exactly what she had to sacrifice. "Your concern is truly appreciated, but I'm fully aware of everything you said. However I am Magi, with everything it entails."
"I know. As your teacher, however, I could not just let it go unsaid. Now, with that ugly piece of business out of the way, is there something you would like to ask me while we are already here?"
For the next hour they chatted about classes and the upcoming tests. Neither of them knew just how prophetic the Professor's warning would turn out to be.
-xXx-
"Slrrp… slrrp… slrrp… slrrp…"
Rin was bobbing her head over the length of Gerard's dick with a dispassionate look. It was the seventh week of their agreement and something had changed. While one might consider Rin's detachment as a step back, for Gerard it was a huge success.
She was starting to see something like kneeling in front of his cock and sucking him off like something normal, as a refuge from the pleasure he forced her to feel otherwise. It was something she could handle.
A small consolation, since he would still fuck her brain out, but everything that contributed to make her feel at ease during a sexual act was an improvement. He patter her head and she glared up at him. Good, the last thing he wanted was to break her spirit or rather her spirit was the thing he wanted to break last.
However small is progress were, he still enjoyed them. For one thing, He was sitting while she was on her knees and he was still fully dressed while Rin was completely naked. Of course it was to avoid staining her clothes, but there was a sense of inequality in being naked while the other was dressed. A first small step to ingrain a mentality of subordination into her mind.
Really, just the sight of Rin her knees, naked, doing her best please his cock was almost enough to make him come. Almost.
"Enough of that Rin," he said after a while. "Let's get to the main course."
"Wh-t?" she mumbled with her mouth full. "You are not going to come in my mouth this time?"
"Do you like that much?" he joked.
"It's nothing like that!" she protested.
"Whatever you say. Stand up now and straddle me."
"O-oi! Are we going to do it on the chair?"
"Yes. Is that a problem?"
"N-no, but…!"
"Listen, I know it doesn't look like it, but I'm gathering important data here," he explained. "I have already exhausted what I can learn from intercourse on a bed for the time being. We will go back to it sometime later, but for the time being this is what I got to do."
"W-well, if there is no other way."
Standing up she took a deep steadying breath and slowly spread her legs apart so that she could straddle his waist. It was an inelegant and deliciously carnal. She pulled it off almost without flinching, however she stopped momentarily when she had to grab his cock and lead it to her pussy with her own hand.
Little more qualified as willingness other than guiding a dick to the entrance of her womanhood and slowly impaling herself on it under her own power.
He slid inside her without particular difficulty; a telltale sign of how her body had already learned to respond to a situation. Sucking him off didn't excite her yet, but her body knew what would have followed and prepared accordingly.
Slowly she slid his manhood all the way to the base, gritting her teeth at the intrusion of her flesh. It didn't hurt, Gerard knew as much, she was just trying to stifle the moans. In the past month and a half, her body had become attuned to his, whether she like it or not, and he had every intention of making it grown to full addiction in the weeks to come.
"I'll start moving now," she said after a moment.
"By all means, take all the time you need."
She begun with slow, short movements that continues for several minutes. Her face was red from a mixture of embarrassment and arousal, but her brow was furrowed in a quizzical expression.
She was so very obviously wondering about the changes in her own body. No doubt she had checked herself from tampering of the mystical sort, but she had of course found none because there weren't.
People often underestimate what their bodies can do or feel. Pain and pleasure can reach heights that can break the human mind and they didn't require one iota of magic. The pleasure that Rin felt was what her body was within her body natural capacity.
Now, if she had been able to accept that much, Gerard would not be able to mess with her head, but the more she denied it and held herself above it, the more he would be able to twist her.
It was delicious how she increased the tempo of her hips trying not to lose herself in the pleasure that her own movement gave her. It was delicious how she bit her lips to stifle the moans.
She was completely focused in trying to make him come without reaching orgasm herself. Imagine that. She was actively trying to please him, even if it was only so that she could preserve her self-control and integrity.
Her body was glistening with sweat, breathing heavily, and her hips were moving with a rhythm that could only be called wild. She was clutching tightly his shirt at the chest and her forehead was leaning against his. It was a beautiful irony how much she would have looked like a earnest lover while she was trying to be everything but.
Admittedly she was close to make him actually come first, but Gerard never said anything about him sitting there without doing nothing. He pushed her slightly back, moving his hands under her ass so that she could help her motions while simultaneously locking lips with her.
Finally she moaned into his mouth, her body shuddering in delight. Far from being done, he broke the kiss and craned his neck to reach her perky breast, nibbling at her erected nipples.
"Aaah!" she nearly screamed. That seemed to throw her past the mental edge and she forgot all about her plan. Gerard didn't need to help her with anything as she started stabbing herself with his cock with something akin to primal fury.
For the first time in a long while, Gerard had to resort to Magecraft to lower his sensitivity and numb himself to the pleasure of Rin's vicious grip on his member and even then it was a close thing.
"Uuuh! I'm CUMMING!"
Gerard was almost there as well, but there was no way he would just let her come once before giving up. This time he was the one biting his lips. He pushed himself up with his dick still buried into an orgasming Rin and kept on pumping while holding her up completely. Without even noticing she wrapped her legs around him with bone-crushing force and sought his tongue with her own in a slobbering kiss.
"Hm! Hm! Hm! ..ss! Yes! YEEEES!"She howled. Gerard pushed his dick as deep as he could and released a torrent of cum into her twitching womb.
Slowly he sat back down on the chair, allowing himself and Rin to regain her breathing. After a while she lifted her head from his chest, with an unreadable expression on her face.
"More... I need more... Mana."
She barely said that much that she begun moving her hips up and down again. Gerard's greatest effort to date was not breaking into an insane smile right then and there.
-xXx-
Days passed at the Clock Tower and things became even more hectic. Rin was buried in work while her assistants buzzed around her. Occasionally she lifted her head from her paperwork only to give instructions to her subordinates but otherwise she focused on her desk most of the time.
Magecraft was 10% practical experiment and 90% theoretical analysis; a given necessity considering the inherent dangers of the craft. One minor slip up and they could blow up themselves and others.
Because of this, complete concentration was nothing short of strictly necessary. As it happens, when one is engrossed in their job they don't notice the passing of time.
The human body, however, has its own internal clock that allows for not deception.
Grooowl!
Rin-s stomach complained loudly, but as much as she would have liked to eat, she couldn't afford to be distracted in that phase of her project. When she lifted her head again a hour had passed. Most of her assistants had left for lunch and only a few who couldn't wrap up what they were doing in time still lingered.
There was however one person who didn't fit the group.
"Gerard!" she exclaimed, seeing the other Magus sitting right in front of her.
"Wow, you really are focused. I've been here for half a hour and you didn't even notice."
"What are you doing here?" she asked, standing to her feet.
"I dropped by a hour ago to ask you if we could reschedule tomorrow meeting, but one of your assistant told me you weren't to be disturbed."
"So you just sat there until now?"
"Hell no," he laughed, handing over a brown paper bad. "I figured you would have skipped lunch, so I dropped by the cafeteria and got you something. Ham sandwich is good for you?"
"I... yes. Thank you... I guess." she answered, dumbfounded.
"You guess?"
"Thank you," she amended. "I appreciate it. This isn't like you though."
"What's not like me? Being nice?" he cocked an eyebrow. "Being civil? I know I haven't exactly being a gentleman around you, but was I ever something short of polite?"
"I guess not. Sorry it's just..."
"That I got on your nerves because I used to hit on you, and you don't take that kind of advances kindly."
"Right on," she admitted with no shame.
"Well, I knew it from the beginning, so I suppose I got it coming. Anyway, it's fine if we postpone the meeting to the day after tomorrow? Something came up and I'm not sure I can make it."
"Yeah, of course. No problem."
"Good. Then I'll leave you to your job. Try not to overwork yourself too much, would you?"
"I'll keep that in mind. Oh, thanks for the lunch again."
"You're welcome. See you later, Rin."
She watched him go with mixed feelings. Gerard was an asshole, there was no changing that, but perhaps she had judged him too hastily. Sure, he made no secret of wanting to have sex with her even when she was with Shirou, but thinking about he was never crass about it. He flirted at every occasion but never crossed the line of acceptable behavior.
She found him annoying at it only escalated from that. However, in the past month and a half, when he had her at his mercy he was always courteous even when he asked her to do things she found embarrassing.
Yes, she was definitely wrong about it. He wasn't nearly so bad.
She ate the sandwich he bought for her with gusto and returned to her work with renewed energy.
-xXx-
Two days later Rin took the subway again. It took her a couple of times to notice, but even though she boarded always at the same station, the closest to her apartment, the entrance to Gerard's Workshop took different times to reach. Either it had more than one entrance, or the entrance moved around.
Rin didn't know what to make of that knowledge and a few weeks prior she would have been worried about it. After going there so many times she no longer felt threatened or worried.
Even her guilt was considerably subdued. She had grown accustomed to the act of sex with a man other than Shirou out of sheer habit, rationalizing day after day the necessity of her choice. She didn't like having to do it anymore than before, but she no longer fussed about it. Almost two months had gone by and if everything continued that way it would be over before she knew it.
"So, how did your experiment go the other day?" he asked casually, sitting on the usual chair while Rin undressed.
"Oh, that?" she replied as her panties fell casually on the ground. "We managed to do a bit of progress."
Rin hadn't noticed her change, just like most people would fall in a bad habit slowly without knowing.
She didn't notice her diminished reluctance, just as she didn't notice the ease at which she could now undress in front of him.
She stood naked in front of him, arms relaxed at her sides when a few weeks prior she would have tried to protect her modesty. He slid out his cock from his pants, already fully erect.
Rin got on her knees and spread his legs apart for better access, her mouth reaching for his waiting member.
"Slrrp... there has been... slrrp... a few... slrrp... setbacks, but... slrrp... we are going to be finished way ahead of the... slrrp... deadline."
"That's awesome," he said, though he was not really replying to Rin, but enjoy how casually she was having a chat while she lubricated his cock with her tongue and fondled his balls with one hand.
With a shake of her head she flipped her air behind her shoulders, then she leaned forward and took the tip his member into her mouth, gave a couple of strokes to its length while her tongue toyed with the crown.
A strangled moan escaped his throat despite himself, which almost made him miss the way Rin's eyes smiled. Slowly she worked the rest of its length inside of her. He felt her throat shudder as she suppressed her gag reflex. Did she even knew what she was doing? Probably not.
Rin had switched to a mindset in which she had no reason to feel ashamed for something she had already deemed necessary, and her stubborn, overachieving personality pushed her to do her best like in every other circumstance. Surely enough her resistance would be right back the moment he asked her to do something she wasn't comfortable with, but right there and then, Rin saw nothing out of place with sucking him off.
In fact, while she was earnestly bobbing her head up and down in his lap, she kept one of her hand balled into a fist on her chest, between her breasts, as if she was afraid of what she'd do with it if she didn't keep it consciously there.
He could have enjoyed that a little bit more, but he had other plans.
"That will be enough of it for now, Rin."
"Okay," she said sliding his cock out of her mouth. "Are we going to do it now?"
"No. I got something else lined up."
"Like what?"
He reached for his pocket and pulled out a long piece of cloth.
"I'm going to cover your eyes with this."
"What? Why?" she asked, tilting her head and sounding more curious than worried.
"Mana transfer is influenced by emotions and emotions can be influenced by the five senses. By extension removing one should affect the way Mana is processed."
"Alright," she said. "Don't try anything funny, though."
"Like what? Do you have something specific in mind?"
"I… no," she said with a little blush.
"Good." He moved behind her and tied the blindfold behind her head, effectively plunging Rin in complete darkness.
"What now?"
"The chair is in front of you. Take my hand. Lean forward. Very well."
Rin couldn't see, but she knew that she was bending over with her hands resting on the back of the chair.
"What do I do?"
"Nothing. Just stay there. I'll be doing everything."
He said that, but nothing happened for a while.
"Gerard?"
"I'm here," he replied from somewhere to her left.
"What are you doing?"
"Stuff. Don't worry about anything."
She did like he said and remained in that position, feeling suddenly very aware of her own body. There was a light draft of cold air coming from somewhere, caressing her skin and making her shudder. Her nipples were hard, almost painfully so and there was something wet making its way down her inner thigh.
She squirmed a little bit. It wasn't exactly discomforting but it was a bit embarrassing. Was he looking at her now? What was he thinking?
Unable to see him she couldn't figure a single thing and felt at his mercy more than ever.
"Ah!" she yelped in surprise when his finger touched her back. "Don't surprise me like that."
Gerard said nothing, but his fingers slid down Rin's spine all the way to the bottom, where his other hand joined in caressing her body.
Her sides, her shoulders, her legs and her butt. With the exclusion of her genitals, he explored everything with a light touch for a length of time that Rin wasn't able to measure.
Her skin felt on fire, even though his touch was feather-like. She squirmed even more and another wet drop slid down her leg. She felt like she was being played like a instrument. With every movement his touch reverberated inside her, igniting her core and making her feel slightly drunk.
She felt him grab her leg from behind, so low that he had to be on his knees and with his face right in front of-
"Oooh!" she gasped when his tongue touched the edge of her womanhood. It had been barely a brush, but it shot along her spine and slammed into her brain. Unwillingly, her hips buckled backward, seeking more of that touch, but found none.
"Gerard…," her voice came out ragged, pleading even. He did not say anything and resume caressing her.
For what could have been an eternity he teased her, to the point where her knees were trembling. Then she felt his warmth and his smell in front of her face. She opened her lips without thinking and his cock slid inside effortlessly.
"Hm-m!"
In comparison to his teasing touch just moments priors, the hot stiff meat in her mouth was an overwhelming sensation. Rin didn't have to do anything but hold against the seat as Gerard pushed himself back and forth.
It wasn't like before, when she sucked him off. She wasn't in control of his pleasure this time.
'He's fucking my mouth,' she managed to realize from beyond the haze that he had waved around her mind. It should have been a detestable though, but not right then.
She held firmly on the sensation of his cock filling her mouth. With every push her womanhood throbbed in response, like twin drums playing an escalating tempo.
A bead of arousal splattered on the floor between her shaking legs.
"Hm! Hm! Hm!"
She moaned with his every thrust, her head accompanied his movement as much as her position could allow.
Until then, Rin didn't know that sucking a cock -being mouth-fucked - could actually feel good. She thought that the only pleasure that she could get from the act was psychological, but that wasn't the case. The piece of hard meat that violated her lips felt right, like her mouth was supposed to do something like that.
'It's wrong,' she though. 'This shouldn't feel good. It shouldn't!'
But in spite of her inner protests, her lips clung firmly to Gerard's member and her pussy throbbed with smoldering desire. She could not accept that, so she just stopped thinking about it and let him fuck her face the way he wanted.
His cum splattered in the back of her throat without forewarning and she could do nothing but swallow each spurt, feeling the heat from it and the Mana it carried filling her.
The shiver that it sent down her spine nearly set off her own orgasm, but frustratingly did not.
He pulled out a moment later with a small indecent pop.
-xXx-
Gerard took stock of his handiwork. Rin was still bending over the chair, her legs were trembling and just a hair's breadth from giving in. Her face was severely flushed, breathing heavily, and her tongue was sticking out of her mouth with a thin line of saliva still connecting it with his cock.
He would have taken a picture, if that wouldn't have completely spoiled the mood and snapped Rin out of her trance-like state.
He removed her blindfold a moment later. Rin blinked a couple of time from the sudden exposition to the light, but immediately refocused and eyed his still erect cock a few inches from her face.
She licked her lips.
"That's it for today. You can get dressed."
"… Eh?" she asked, registering his words after a moment, "but I…"
"According to my calculations, your Prana should be completely refilled by now."
"Ah? Eh?... You are right…."
"Then there's no need for a second round today."
She bit her lip and looked away, squirming. "Alright then."
Fingers still trembling she dressed herself, not bothering to take a shower since she hadn't exerted herself at all. Face still flushed, she bid him farewell and left the Workshop without looking back.
-xXx-
Rin stumbled on the train with a flushed face and her breathing ragged.
Every time she returned from Gerard's workshop it was like she didn't know her body anymore.
Never before she had been so intensely horny. Never before she had felt so disappointed. Never before she had consciously wanted for Gerard to fuck her silly like he had done so many times before.
He was an insanely skilled lover, she could not deny that. He could play her body like a master musician played his instruments and for all of her reticence she could not deny that he gave her the best orgasms of her life so far.
Damn it all to Hell. She wasn't nearly that weak. She'd regain her bearing in just a few minutes and then it would be business as usual.
She took a few calming breaths and her heart slowed down to an acceptable level after a few minutes. Her core was still hot but it was no longer unbearable. She could handle that much, damn it.
By the time she arrived home a hour later she wa back to normal and she had completely pushed her time with Gerard out of her mind. She had a simple dinner with Saber and they retreated from the night soon after and fell asleep without any difficulty.
Upon waking she didn't remember what she dreamt of, but there was an unpleasant aching in her lower body.
She did her best not to think about it and went to work in a hurry after giving Saber a parting kiss.
Immersing herself in her work she managed to forget about it entirely, even if it was still nagging at her. By the end of the day she was even in a good mood.
Nice things however, tend not to last long.