Talk over drinks.

Seina dropped face first on her bed and let out a groan into her pillow. This seriously wasn’t her day. She needed a drink, badly.

There was a knock on her door shortly after, and she didn’t need to guess who it was. “I don’t want to talk now, Leo,” she said.

“Not him, honey. Though it could’ve been him, I’ll give you that.” Lucia’s voice came from behind the door. Seina didn’t know if she wanted to talk to her, either. “I brought whiskey, by the way.”

“Come in!”

The door opened, and Seina noticed Lucia hadn’t come on her own. Angela was with her, too.

“Sorry to intrude,” said the younger blonde. “But I figured it was time I finally had a proper talk with you.”

Seina sighed. “I suppose it is. You drink?”

“Not often, but I feel like it tonight.”

“Pick a spot and get comfortable, girls. Might end up passing out on the spot.”

Seina sat on her bed, Lucia on the chair in front of the desk and Angela on a pillow on the floor.

Lucia poured the glasses with ice and some seriously expensive Japanese whiskey, handing one to Seina and Angela each while keeping one to herself as well. “I hope you’re all better drinking partners than Leo. Drinking with him is asking to get drunk alone.”

“I’m more interested to know where you get your money,” Seina said.

“I cleaned casinos in Vegas for about three years. With my Gift it was outright cheating at the poker tables, so the trick is to lose the low profit pools on purpose. Win too much and you get kicked out.”

Seina and Lucia watched Angela take her first sip and wince at the strong taste. “The hell is this? Tastes like cardboard.”

“I thought you said you drank,” Seina teased, raising her own glass to her lips. Oh boy it was strong.

“Yeah, beer, mostly. Rum every once in a while.”

“You’ll get used to it,” Lucia shrugged. “Wait for some of the ice to melt if it’s still too strong for you.”

The three girls drank in silence for a minute before Seina let out a heavy groan. “I hate this day so much.”

“Any other reason besides the obvious?” Lucia asked.

“My manager’s an asshole and he came for a visit.”

“That’d be reason enough on its own,” Angela agreed. “So the news caught you in an already bad day, huh?”

“Yep.” Seina took a bigger swig of her drink, letting it burn down her throat. She looked into the glass for a moment before she dared ask. “What will you girls do about it?”

Lucia shrugged. “Might have an answer tomorrow or after two or three more glasses. It’s not the biggest surprise, though.”

Angela nodded her agreement. “I figured Reiko wouldn’t mind, and Kaede’s been looking pretty lively since she started sleeping with Leo. If anything I’m surprised about Valerie. I didn’t even know she was into him.”

“Don’t you two train together? Don’t you talk?” Seina asked.

“About fighting and workouts, sure, but not much else. I blame it on her only just learning to have a proper conversation in Japanese, though. Still, she never really showed much attraction towards him.”

“She kept it well hidden,” Lucia told them. “Her libido was nigh non-existent until a couple days ago, but she still eyed him every so often.”

“Leave you to notice those things, I guess.” Seina sighed. “So Leo has three girlfriends now. I guess there goes your plan of having him choose one, huh?”

“That it does.” Lucia nodded. “Honestly didn’t expect that they’d be willing to share, but I suppose it goes to show that I’m still nowhere near my mother’s level of mind reading.”

“If anything, I’m a little offended,” Angela said. Her cheeks were already flushing from the ****. “They seemed to have talked things over beforehand. I would’ve liked if they had approached us or something instead of revealing it like that.”

“Your own fault, honey,” Lucia said bluntly. “You had him and let him go, right?”

Angela groaned and shook her head. “It was weird, okay? I’ll stand by my choice, but I’ll admit it probably wasn’t my brightest moment.”

“Where is he now?” Seina asked.

“Probably in his bedroom with the other three. He was going to follow you, but I stopped him,” Lucia said.

“Thanks. I’m too confused to talk to him now.”

“So now the question is still the same as it was in the beginning,” Angela said. “Either we share or we let him go.”

“If we keep our priorities straight, we can’t exactly let him go now,” Lucia pointed out. “Not until the curse is lifted for good. That said… It’s still a tough choice.” She had a sad smile as she looked down at her glass.

“…I don’t want to let him go!” Seina suddenly pouted. “My time here has been amazing! An easy job, a paradise island, and tons of mind-blowing sex with the most loving man I’ve ever met! I was going to marry hiiiiim!!” Her glass was already empty, by the way. “Now reality is crashing down on me. My manager comes and tells me without words that my only redeeming quality is being hot and now the love of my life chose three girls over me! What’s the point of being hot, then!?”

“Okay, so Seina’s a bad drunk,” Lucia grinned. “This is fun.”

“And she had the gall to tell us to be careful of passing out,” Angela laughed.

Seina’s face was already red, her eyes teary and she was beginning to slur her words. She had definitely drank her glass too quickly, an she was already asking Lucia for more.

“To be fair, he hasn’t exactly chosen them over us,” Lucia said while pouring Seina another glass. “He chose polygamy over monogamy, and Reiko, Kaede and Valerie obliged. Not in a half-assed way, either, from what I could see. Those girls have resolve, which I can respect.”

“…I’m just scared of sharing, you know?” Angela said. “I don’t want to fall into a fit of jealousy and fuck everything up. I know what anger plus stupid strength can do.”

“Happened to you before?” Lucia asked.

“Not to me. My dad.” Angela groaned. “If you think I’m strong, then my dad’s a fucking monster. Problem is he’s also prone to fits of anger. Nearly killed an entire pub’s worth of people single-handedly and bare fisted over some stupid argument. Now he keeps himself drunk 24/7 because it turns out he’s a lethargic, almost harmless drunk.”

“Oh wow. And you’ve thrown a fit like that, too?”

“No, but I suppose I could. It’s not the point, though. I really like Leo, okay? But I’m not mature enough to just say ‘yeah, fuck other girls. I don’t mind.’ And I tried, too! But it still bothered me to know Leo was fucking Reiko, even if I had accepted it.”

“I don’t think it’s a matter of maturity,” Lucia said. “Might be more about trust.”

“Trust?” Seina asked.

“Let me use Reiko as an example. That girl is obviously a huge cuckquean.”

Angela flinched at that. “You knew?”

“It’s written all over her face,” Lucia shrugged. “She likes it. Oh, but don’t get me wrong. I’m not insulting her or anything. Just calling it like it is. She likes to see her man fucking other girls, but I promise you that if her relationship with Leo was any weaker than it is, those two would’ve broke up a long time ago, no matter how much she liked it.”

“Explain,” Seina insisted.

“The girl trusts him not to break boundaries and to not take advantage of her. The same goes for Kaede and Valerie. Ask my mother if you don’t believe me. She’ll tell you the same. Trust goes for all kinds of fetishes and kinks, you know? I wouldn’t let Leo to grab my hair and shove his cock down my throat if I didn’t trust him to know and respect the limits I set.”

“Do you need to be so explicit?” Seina asked, pouting.

“Oh, shut up. You’ve been there.” Lucia shrugged and poured her third glass. She was already looking flushed. “But you get my point, right? The girls love and trust Leo enough to let him date more than one girl. Not to mention they probably realized that a single lover won’t keep that monster sexually satisfied. He looks all innocent, but he could fuck for 24 hours straight, I just know it.”

Angela bit her lip. “So, you’re saying we don’t trust him?”

“Maybe you and Seina don’t, but I do.” Lucia shrugged again. Her words earned her the shocked stares of the two girls. “What? Surprised?” She grinned. “I’ve come to know that young man very well during these three months. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to read someone as well as I do him. I told him to pick someone by the end of all this because I wasn’t totally sure about him yet, and then I kept quiet because I was hoping he’d pick me and I’d have him all to myself. But now the cheeky brat turned the tables on me and he’s forcing me into the only decision that makes sense.”

Angela blinked. “You mean…”

“Yes. I’m taking the risk and accepting his selfish desires. I feel just like you, Seina,” Lucia chuckled. “I love that man. I’m not letting him go. And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t find the debauchery of polygamy a bit exciting. A man so good he’s able to make girls compromise just to have a piece of him?” Lucia shuddered in delight. “Yeah, I think I’ll be okay with it. Leo and I have proven chemistry, too. The only issue left to resolve is getting along with the other girls. I like Kaede, especially since she’s come out of her shell. The other two I don’t know too well, but I’ll manage.”

“W-Wait a minute!” Seina stopped her. “Are you serious? Just like that?”

“What do you want me to do? He’s already made his choice. Imagine he loves us all equally, which I’d confidently say he does. Leo won’t forsake the girls who accepted him. You don’t need my Gift to know this. If you can’t accept that you’re deluding yourself. All we can realistically do is choose to accept him as well or move on. I don’t doubt the curse will be lifted within the time limit. We’ll be free after that. It’s not like Leo is the only guy in the world. Wait a bit, let the curse go away, and go look for another man if you want to. Plenty of fish in the sea as they say. All I’m saying is that I found my Loch Ness Monster and I’m not letting him go. I don’t care about smaller fish. I've seen plenty already and I'm not impressed.”

“And you’re not jealous?” Angela asked. “It doesn’t bother you that he’s more than likely fucking the others right now?”

“It bothers me,” Lucia answered. “It bothers me that I’m not there. I’ve told him several times that the only thing I won’t forgive him for is neglecting me. Angela, he’s been doing this for months. It might technically be his duty, but you know damn well he loves doing it with us. I got used to it. It’s who Leo is. I won’t ask him to change, because it was I who told him to not be afraid of the things he wanted. So yeah, I’ll ask him to be my boyfriend. I’ll go on dates with him, eat his cooking, hold his hand and join those orgies. He’ll do those things with other girls, too, but how is it different from how it’s been until now? I’ve been having a better time here than I ever did in Vegas, and I had a fucking great time in Vegas.”

“…” Seina and Angela remained speechless as they looked down at their glasses. They were unable to refute anything Lucia had said because there was simply nothing to refute. It was her choice, what she decided to do. So why? Why did it bother Seina so much? Why was she… angry?

Why did it feel like Lucia was getting ahead of her?

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