Romancing The Umbramancer 4

She immediately looks down at us holding hands, then back up at our happy smiles and squeals giddily. “OH MY GOD YES, I’m so happy it went well!” Skylar and I exchange a smile before Mia pulls the two of us into a hug. We hug her back tightly as Ivy follows up close behind Mia. “I can feel how happy you both are. You deserve it.” She says, joining the hug.

We step inside and Mia ushers us quickly to the couches in the living room to talk about things. Skylar and I sit on one couch, still hand in hand, while Mia and Ivy sit on the other. Mia starts off the conversation. “You’re holding hands so I know it went well, but I want to hear it from you Skylar. How do you feel about all this?”

She nods, a happy and embarrassed flush making it’s way onto her face. “I’m sure now. It feels right.” She says simply, smiling at each of us in turn. “I want this.” “Yay, I’m so glad!” Mia cheers, clapping her hands together rapidly. I recognise one of her happy stims, which I’ve only just recently learnt about. The simple expression of happiness is as adorable as it is pure. Skylar and I giggle at her reaction.

“There are still a few important things to talk about before you join though.” I point out, and she nods. I look to Mia and Ivy, and the aeromancer gestures for me to keep speaking. I turn back to Skylar, letting go of her hand and beginning to talk. “The most important thing is the question of children. We don’t want any children, and it’s an important thing for us. How do you feel about that?”

Skylar lets out a sigh of relief. “Okay awesome, I don’t want children either. They seem like they would be very difficult to take care of, and would require me to sacrifice much of my own enjoyment in life. That’s something I don’t want to do, especially because I’ve only just started to enjoy life. I also wouldn’t want to bring a child into this world, with how dangerous it is.”

“Perfect, that works then. Marriage is something that we definitely want to look towards at some point, although not now. Even if it isn’t a legal thing, we do eventually want to have at least a sort of commitment ceremony with rings and such. Some people dislike the idea of marriage, so that’s why we’re asking about it. How do you feel about it?” I ask.

“Someday, I’d love to get married. I have no idea how it’s going to work with a relationship like this, it seems like it would be pretty complicated. But if or when the time feels right with you all, I’d love to get married. This isn’t a yes to a proposal or anything, but it’s a yes to the idea of getting married to somebody at some point.” Skylar makes clear and I nod.

“Of course, we aren’t proposing now, we just want to make sure we’re all on the same page with where our goals for the future are.” I clarify and Skylar nods. Proceeding onwards, I list the other things that I can think of. “Oh right, so you know that I’m trans. Just to be clear, that does mean I have a dick. Are you okay with that?” I ask.

“Yeah of course. I assumed you did, and I’m more than happy with it.” A look of lust passes over her face for a second, before it disappears just as quickly. I smirk at her briefly and move on with the rapid fire list. “You already know that this isn’t a casual relationship or something based solely around sex, we’re in a serious relationship that involves a ton of both romance and sex.”

Skylar nods as I keep talking. “We don’t want any of our partners doing ****, things like weed and cigarettes give all three of us the ick. Caffeine and **** are technically ****, but those are exceptions, just don’t go overboard.” Another nod. “There’s no hierarchy here. We aren’t a harem of any sort.”

“This is a polyamorous relationship where we are all equals. We all share our love, attention, lust and care. There’s more love for everybody that way.” A nod from Skylar. “There won’t be any men involved in this relationship. It’s strictly women only. It’s a closed relationship, meaning no sleeping with other people outside the polycule.” Skylar nods again, then a look of confusion makes its way onto her face.

“Sorry, polycule?” She asks. “It’s another word for polyamorous relationship.” Mia explains. “Ah okay, thank you. Yep, that all works for me.” “Okay sweet. Oh and nobody joins our polycule without everybody agreeing on them first. Apart from that, obviously there’s the other stuff that’s pretty typical of most relationships.”

“We value openness, honesty, trust, loyalty, consistency and communication. Communication is really important in every relationship, but because there are more people in a polyamorous relationship, it’s even more important here. If there’s a problem, we need to bring it up and talk it through.” “Agreed. I might not be the best communicator, but I will do my best for you.” Skylar pledges, smiling.

I smile back appreciatively. “I think that’s just about everything I can think of, apart from pretty obvious stuff like that we don’t want to date anybody with bigoted beliefs or who abuses us. Does anything I said raise any issues for you? Are you all good with everything?” I ask. Skylar thinks for a few seconds, putting her thoughts in order before answering.

“I’m really happy with all of that, honestly your relationship sounds amazing. I’d love to join your polycule.” The umbramancer says happily. “Sex!” Mia interjects, and we all look at her. I burst out laughing and Skylar giggles at Mia’s interruption. “What?” I wheeze, and Mia shakes her head at me. “Idiot, I just remembered that we need to talk about it.”

Mia turns to Skylar and asks her the question. “As Gemma said, while we aren’t all about sex, we do have a lot of it, and it is important to us. If you join our relationship, one of the things we would want is for you to have sex with us. All of us. What are your thoughts on that?” Mia asks, managing to phrase the question without giggling.

Skylar chuckles softly before answering. “Well, I am a virgin. That much is probably obvious with everything that I’ve told you about my past. I would be really happy if I could lose my virginity with all of you though. I trust you, and I know that you’ll care for me, treat me well, and stop if I ask you to.” She states happily. “Did you want to wait at all before diving into this?” I ask.

The maiden of shadow shakes her head. “I’ve waited long enough for something like this. The date we went on showed me that this feels right. I cannot and will not hide it from myself or from you any longer: I love you Gemma, I love you Mia and I love you Ivy. The feelings are there and our values and goals are the same. I’m sure about this. Whenever the three of you are ready for me, I’m ready for you.”

A huge smile breaks out on Mia’s face. In part, I can see the lust written there. She very much wants Skylar, tonight. But primarily, I can see the love and happiness in her eyes. It’s written in every facet of her expression and body language. The same emotions are radiating from Ivy, as she stands up and kneels down in front of Skylar.

Ivy takes the umbramancer’s hands in her own, looks her in the eyes, and makes a promise. “We’ll take care of you. I promise.” She says simply, kissing Skylar’s hand. She blushes and giggles. “Skylar.” I say, to get her attention. She looks at me, the love visible in her eyes and radiant in her smile. “Will you be our girlfriend?” “Yes!” She answers without hesitation.

“YAY! I’m happy!” Mia announces, standing up and hugging Skylar tightly. She giggles at the aeromancer’s happiness. “”You’re adorable.”” Skylar and I say to Mia at exactly the same time, sending her into a happy giggling fit. “Thank you babes, you’re both adorable yourself.” I kiss Mia happily, and Skylar watches us curiously.

“Huh, that’s really weird.” She says as we separate. We both look at her, with Mia asking the question for us. “What is?” “I don’t feel any kind of jealousy or anything watching the two of you kiss. I thought I would and that I’d have to work on it, but apparently not. I’m not sure why.” Mia giggles, and straddles the maiden of shadow.

“It’s because you trust us. You know that none of us loving each other means that we’ll love you any less. You are loved and cared for here, and we’ll do our best to make sure that you feel the happiest you can be, with us.” She says, and Skylar blushes. “Thank you Mia.” A mischievous twinkle in her eye, Mia begins to speak.