A Few Days Later

It’s been a couple of days since the shower incident happened last Monday. Stella was not pleased with you and Cassie breaking the established ‘House Rules’ when the two of you decided to have fun in the bathroom outside the agreed upon afternoon hours.

Stella’s fury wasn’t even the worst part about that incident though. As a result of Stella’s scream of bloody ****, combined with yours and Cassie’s reactionary screams, Mrs. O’Brien (resident gossipmonger of the building) called the cops on your apartment. The three of you had to explain to two officers what happened and they couldn’t help but laugh at the situation.

Stella and Cassie had a lengthy talk about the consequences of breaking that one particular ‘House Rule’ to prevent further incidents. You were excluded from said talk as Stella didn’t even want to look at you after the incident — and you don’t blame her. Stella had all the leverage and decided that you and Cassie should keep it in your pants for the rest of the week so that both of your “horny little minds can calm the fuck down”, her words. In addition, Cassie has to stay in Stella’s room at night to prevent any more funny business.

Come Monday evening, you had a conversation with Tanya after she got back from work, and you asked her to have dinner on Friday. Tanya seemed excited for the dinner date, which gave you some idea as to where she’s leaning in terms of seeing you as a romantic partner. So you wonder even more what it is she’s confused about.

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Last Tuesday, you joined the girls for their morning run as part of the ‘House Rule’ on exercising. You also went shopping with them afterwards so you could buy some new gym clothes, since Stella insisted you stop looking like you’re cosplaying Rocky every time you work out with them, and the girls bought some dresses for when they go out on Friday.

Cassie surprised you more and more with how bold she can get, as she really wanted to get naughty with you in the changing room. You reluctantly, but eventually, talked her down from it, and warned her that Stella might just stay with her grandparents if the two of you annoyed her any further with your sexcapades. Stella didn’t even want to show you the dress she bought because, as she explains it, you’ve temporarily lost your dad privileges to comment on what she wears when she saw you eating out her roommate. So, yeah, best not to infuriate her further.

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As for yesterday, you went back to the gym and the girls had you work out with Brooke instead, so that they can focus on their own workouts that time around. You agreed that you’ll do a weekly session with Brooke every Wednesday starting from then on, so that you can be dedicated to your workout regimen even when the girls go back to college by the end of the summer. Chad was still hovering around the girls, trying to get their attention by lifting weights near them and being as loud with his grunts as possible, but the girls paid him no mind.

You learned more about Brooke during your workout yesterday as you guys chatted in-between sets of your workout. Getting to know Brooke was nice, and since the two of you are around the same age, you bonded pretty quickly. She’s apparently not just a personal trainer at the gym, but one of the owners of the franchise for this gym’s location. So when she said ‘management wouldn’t let frequent PDA slide’, she was apparently referring to her business partner.

Brooke’s also been Tanya’s trainer since Tanya moved to your apartment building four years ago, and they’ve been close friends since then, bonding over their singlehood. Unlike Tanya though, she doesn’t have kids, and would really like a serious relationship someday. She also goes out with Tanya every other Friday to meet and get free drinks from guys, but apparently Tanya bailed on her last week, and is apparently not available this week either. Oops.

As for the girls for these past couple of days, they’ve been micromanaging your upcoming date with Tanya. From where you should take her, to what you should wear, and probably the weirdest thing they could advise you on: what the bedroom should look like to make Tanya fall in love with you — they both advise rose petals and scented candles.

Your girlfriend and your daughter giving you advice on how to make another woman fall in love with you in the bedroom.

Nothing weird about that at all.

Then there’s today. You went on another run with the girls this morning and the three of you decided to just hang out in the apartment for the afternoon and watch a series. Since Cassie found out that your appreciation for volleyball was limited to watching Stella play during high school, they decided to make you watch a volleyball anime that they agree basically encapsulates their love for volleyball and maybe you’ll get to appreciate it more too. You got engrossed by the series and only had to stop since you had to cook dinner.

It’s now around dinner time and you’re preparing dinner for you and the girls, while they watched some videos on YouTube. As you set the table, you get a phone call from someone you haven’t heard from in a while.

“Hey Jay! It’s your cousin Celeste. I hope you haven’t forgotten about me.” She greets you over the phone.

Forgotten about her? The girl you hate to admit was your first crush? You’ve been trying to forget her for forever, but it’s hard to forget when she’s part of the family. The best you could do was just live with the dirty little secret that you had a huge crush on one of your cousins.

“Hey Celeste! How’ve you been?” you ask her over the phone.

“I’ve been good! I actually have some business to take care of in your neck of the woods, and my mom and your mom basically **** me to call you to ask if I can stay over at your place so I don’t have to book a hotel.” She tells you.

“You can say no, of course! I can always stay at a hotel.” she adds.

“Yeah, of course you can stay over. When are you arriving?” you ask her.

“My flight arrives Saturday afternoon and I’m only staying until Monday morning. Is that okay?” she asks you, and you immediately reply that it wouldn’t be a problem.

“Alright. If you really don’t mind,” and you reassure her that you don’t, “Okay. I’ll see you on Saturday!” she says before saying goodbye.

As the call ends, you can’t help but remember your repressed fantasies as a kid. Unlike when you were a kid though, you have a magic app that can tell you how people feel about you. Your juvenile curiosity gets the better of you, and for the first time since Stella told you not to check her scores, you open the Affection Multiplier.

The app hasn’t registered a profile for Celeste yet, probably requiring a meeting in person. You notice that your Available Points have been updated though.

Available points: 330 Friendship points / 200 Love points / 200 Lust points (+50)

You’re not sure where the additional lust points came from, but you guess it’s from Brooke since you did have some physical contact with her during the workout. More interestingly, you notice that there’s a new notification bubble over the Trait Catalogue. You check the notification. What it shows you makes you wish you didn’t.

New Trait suggested for Wishlist!

Normalized **** (200 Love points and 200 Lust points): Everyone accepts the fact that you have a romantic and/or sexual relationship with your relatives, whether by blood or by law. Relatives no longer have inhibitions against a romantic relationship with you, or inhibitions against finding you as an attractive sexual partner, on the sole reason of your familial relation.

You have now acquired enough points to acquire this trait! Would you like to purchase it now?

YES/NO

“YES!” Stella shouts upon seeing that you’ve made her favorite for dinner. Her excitement is immediately replaced by concern, as she sees your dazed look while holding your phone.

“Hey! You’re not looking at my profile are you?”