Duty calls

The thought of maybe doing some research about the college of choice’s psychology courses had made you shake the mouse and bring the screen back to life. Between that and completing the rest of your remaining homework, you were able to finish in record time, only getting distracted more recently by some of the websites you had found yourself on.

It wasn’t even the usual websites that normally alleviated your boredom but you went down the rabbit hole of college courses and random articles about what the campus offered until you finally noticed that your phone was ringing on the desk in front of you. You had managed to get a little bit of studying in as well but a look at the clock told you that you had been at your desk for longer than you had expected, the clock surprisingly reading that it was close to six o’clock before you looked at your phone and saw that it was Emma calling.

You accepted the call without further delay before it had a chance to go to voicemail and annoy Emma even more.

“Hey, how’s my overly worried girlfriend doing?” you greeted, getting an exasperated sigh from the other end of the line.

“...Fine, what took you so long to answer?” she asked back, her tone of voice making her sound curious as to why you hadn’t picked that quickly.

“Sorry I got distracted looking at some college stuff. I don’t know if it was the upgrade that made me so focused but I feel like I was able to get a lot done” you replied, looking over to your PC before saving all the work you had up in your other tabs.

“You got the intelligence one again right? Does it feel any different from the first one or is it the same?” Emma questioned, wanting you to give her a heads up on what she might be feeling when she got the same upgrade.

“I don’t feel like anything is different so it seems to be working the same as the first, just that I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have finished this much work if it had been before I used the upgrade” you answered, pondering the changes that you couldn’t quite put into words.

“That's a relief at least, I wouldn’t want either of us to turn into some sort of calculating robot or something like that” she giggled, her laugh bringing a smile to your face.

“The pain wasn’t as bad as last time either. It might be a bit worse for you given the amount of upgrades I've had in comparison but it's always better than it was before” you explained, thinking back to the differences between the two of you.

So far, Emma has only had 2 upgrades, the first being her change of kink and the next being her one and only intelligence upgrade. Meanwhile, you had had 7 before you used the latest one, taking you up to 8 in total. 2 intelligence, 1 flexibility, 3 from the keep it up series, better kissing and better tasting cum. More than you expected all things considered but you knew that they had all helped you in one way or the other and even if you found a way to remove them like you could do with your ‘subject specifics’ KDK upgrade, you were unlikely to do so.

“I could do the upgrade right after this call if you’d like but if you want to avoid it altogether, I can just do it alongside the kissing one once you're asleep. Either one is fine with me” you offered, getting silence back from Emma as she considered the option.

“Nah I’ll leave it until later. I can’t see it being any help for this evening so I’ll take the pain-free option instead. Speaking of this evening, I’m pretty much ready to come round if you wanna meet me” Emma answered, turning down the offer for now but asking you to go and pick her up.

“Alright, I’m on my way. See you in a few minutes. Love you” you replied, purposefully hanging up the call before she could respond.

With your mini payback from earlier complete, you saved everything you were doing and turned off the PC, straightening your clothes in the mirror before opting to wear something a bit smarter. Emma's influence over making this a bigger deal than it should be had gotten to you slightly and in order for her to avoid being overdressed, a change of your own outfit would probably be enough.

After checking how you looked once again in the mirror now that you were wearing a shirt and some nicer looking jeans, you left your room and headed down the hallway. Sarah’s door was now firmly shut like you expected so you walked past her door and went straight downstairs, taking a quick detour to the kitchen where Mom was still cooking away. Her back was still facing away from you and as much as you wanted to grab her again, you didn’t want to keep Emma waiting for too long and decided to just grab her attention the usual way.

“Mom” you said, announcing yourself and seeing her turn to look in your direction before you continued.

“I’m gonna go pick up Emma as she said she's finished getting ready. Just wanted to give you a heads up” you declared, letting her know you were leaving.

She looked a bit flustered at how soon she would be arriving and quickly looked around to see how much she had left to do. You could tell she wasn’t ready yet and interrupted before she could even try and say it would be alright.

“Don’t worry, I don’t think she's expecting to eat as soon as she gets here and besides, I still don’t think Lucy is back yet anyway” you answered, seeing her calm down slightly.

“Oh good, there's still some bits that I need to finish up but I’ll come and say hello when the both of you are back” Mom replied with a smile before a timer started ringing and you were promptly forgotten while she turned her attention back towards the food.

It seemed that both Emma and Mom had set the bar too high for this meal but you knew that neither of them had any expectations for the other. With Mom warned, you made your way to the front door and quickly put your shoes back on before heading over to Emma’s. You would have cut across the yard again but now that you had changed, it seemed best to just take the extra time to make sure you didn’t dirty your jeans.

Knocking on the door and waiting for Emma ended up making you more excited than anything. It felt strange to think you were going to be showing off your girlfriend to your family and even though they had known her for years already it seemed like both Emma’s and Mom’s enthusiasm was rubbing off on you. You waited until Emma opened the door to meet you, only cracking it open enough for you to see her face as she kept the rest of her body hidden.

With a deep breath and a blush on her cheeks, Emma let the door open to reveal herself to you.

Author's note:

I wanted to celebrate and say that the story has just hit 1 million total views just in time for the 1-year anniversary date since I first published the story on the 28th Feb :D.

I didn't start with the intention of getting anywhere close to that and I'm amazed at the support I have received from everyone so far. I'm not planning on cutting the story short anytime soon and although I feel like I'm taking things a bit slower than I first intended, I've enjoyed my time writing about the KDK so far.

While I've got the chance I will do another selfish Patreon promotion but even the comments and suggestions on Chyoa have been enjoyable to read through on their own.

https://www.patreon.com/KDKFiction

Again thanks for the support and hope you continue enjoying the story :)