Small talk and Revelations.

“I didn’t get to thank you.” Emily says with an excited grin, cuddling with you while Megan goes to the bathroom. “That was amazing, David. More so than I ever imagined.”

“I’m glad to hear that, but you don’t have to thank me. That felt just as good for me, too.” You give her a teasing grin. “And to think you thought I was a spineless loser.”

“Funny how things change, isn’t it?” She grins back. “Look what a couple of weeks of light stretches can do.”

“Those are not light stretches and you know it.” You frown, taking her nipple between your fingers and lightly twisting it. “This is ****!”

This earns you a hearty laugh on her part as she pretends to fight back. “No, stop!” The fake struggle turns into a tickle fight, then into a passionate, grinning make out session. Wrapping your arms around her slim, toned body is easy, and you hold her tightly against you. Your hearts beats fast. You’re satisfied and happy to be with people who care about you this much, especially after what could’ve been a huge disaster. The sound of Emily’s laughter reassures you she’s just as happy.

“Got room for one more?” You hear giggling behind you and feel Megan’s naked figure slipping under the covers.

“Actually, why don’t you keep him busy while I take my turn in the bathroom?” Your eyes are glued to Emily’s naked form as she gets out of bed and walks through the hallway to the bathroom.

“Sexy, isn’t she?” You hear Megan whisper, and catch her gazing in the same direction you are with a smile on her face.

“Understatement of the year. Or the month, at the very least.” You comment, pulling your girlfriend close. “And so are you, you know? Cute, sexy and beautiful as an elf.”

That actually makes her laugh, thought that wasn’t really your intention.

“As an elf?” She snickers.

“Sorry. It’s just… when I think of elves, I think of Lord of the Rings.” You explain, yet she keeps looking at you with a smirking, puzzled expression. “You’ve… never watched Lord of the Rings?”

“Nope.” She shakes her head.

Right. Having her this close made you forget for a moment that you have very different tastes in hobbies. Still, not knowing Lord of the Rings?

“They’re described as the fairest, most graceful and beautiful of creatures. That’s why…” You stop yourself, trying to explain but not wanting to fall into an endless rant about it.

“Aww!” Megan kisses your cheek. “Sorry I laughed, but I when I think of elves, I think of Santa’s helpers.” She chuckles.

“Oh.” Yeah, that would explain it.

“You’re laughing. What did I miss?” Emily asks, crawling back into the bed at your side.

“David’s calling me an elf.” Megan says, still trying to calm her laughter.

Emily raises an eyebrow. “Like the ones who work with Santa?”

“Okay! My turn in the bathroom!” You cowardly run away, feeling embarrassed of your nerdy outburst. If anything, it served as a reminder of how different your world are. While they spent their days training for soccer, you were either reading, watching movies, series, or playing games.

You hear laughter as you escape, but are glad it’s easy to differentiate it from the laughter you were dangerously close to becoming used to. They’re not mocking you. This is honest, good-natured laughter.

You smile as you step into the bathroom. You look at your phone as you wonder what society has come to, now that anyone can go to the bathroom with their phone in hand and not think it’s weird at all.

Still, you open the AMA and are greeted by various notifications.

-Grant, Megan-
Affection Score: 100.
Love Score: 100.
Lust Score: 100.

-Miller, Emily-
Affection Score: 100.
Love Score: 100.
Lust Score: 100.

+50 Friendship Points. (For reaching the 100 Affection Score goal with a person)

+50 Love Points. (For reaching the 100 Love Score goal with a person)

+50 Love Points. (For reaching the 100 Love Score goal with a person)

+50 Lust Points. (For reaching the 100 Lust Score goal with a person)

+50 Lust Points. (For reaching the 100 Lust Score goal with a person)

Available points: 270 Friendship points / 400 Love points / 215 Lust points

Huh. No bonus for completing them all this time. That sucks.

…

…

WAIT HOLY SHIT BACK THE FUCK UP.

It’s done. You have 400 love points. You can buy the Normalized Polyamory Trait and complete your first, and arguably most important big goal.

…

It feels strangely anti-climactic. Of course, it hasn’t really been easy, but it happened way, WAY faster than you expected. Even so, you have to remind yourself that this trait is not really the goal, but just something that makes the goal possible.

The goal, after all, is not just being with many girls without them being jealous, but having a harem. That means everyone happily together. That’s going to be an extremely difficult goal, and you’ll have to make smart use of the app to make it a reality. But if the threesome right now is anything to go by, god damn it’s a goal worth working towards.

You make a triple take just to make sure you’re buying the right trait. You read it over and over again just to make sure you didn’t misinterpret it.

Normalized Polyamory (350 pts): Everyone accepts the fact that you have two or more romantic and/or sexual partners. Partners will not feel jealousy towards your pursuit of more relationships.

You’d like it if it had even more information, but from what you read, it’s exactly what you want. You won’t cause jealousy, people around will think it’s normal and there doesn’t seem to be a limit to the number of partners.

You take one final deep breath and buy it, leaving you at 50 love points. Your heart is going crazy. It’s like that time you spent all your saving on a new graphics card, only infinitely more frightening because you can’t do enough research to see how it’ll work.

You do your business, clean up and go back to the bed. It’s 9:15 PM right now, so as much as it hurts, the girls should be leaving soon. You find them sitting on the bed, the sheets covering them from the waist down. They’re tenderly making out and holding hands, and while certainly a sight for sore eyes, it’s more heartwarming than arousing at the moment.

You sit at the edge of the bed and watch them until they both stop and turn to look at you with satisfied smiles.

“It’s funny. I’d be jealous that your first time was a threesome if I hadn’t been a part of it.” You chuckle.

“Actually…” Megan starts. “If you don’t mind me asking… how was your first time? Because this definitely wasn’t it.” She asks with a hint of apprehension.

You sigh heavily. This is your chance to come clean, hoping that the new trait will work its miracles. You start feeling dizzy at the thought of it not working and everything coming crashing down, but now that you have this trait, you’re through with the lies.

“Before that, I have to tell you both something.” You suddenly turning serious seems to make them uneasy. You don’t blame them. Your own pulse is racing. “Emily, I told you I had only ever dated one girl, right? Well… that’s not entirely true. I did have a girlfriend in high school, but…” You cough once. “I’m dating someone right now, someone other than you two.”

You prepare for the worst, a cold sensation spreading through your chest. However…

“What!? Why didn’t you tell us before!?” Emily snaps. “I thought you trusted us a little bit more than that!” She seems angry, but…

“Yeah. I know we haven’t really known each other for long, but if we want to make this work, we can’t be lying to one another.” Megan nods, looking hurt at your lie, yet…

They’re upset for a completely different reason than you thought they’d be. Does that mean… it worked?

“Why didn’t you tell us? Now I feel like we just barged in, asking you to go out with us without even talking to your first girlfriend.” Megan frowns. Is she feeling guilty now? No! That’s not what you want either!

“No, no! I spoke to her! She’s 100% okay with this!” You assure them. “The reason I didn’t tell you is because we needed to keep it a secret from everyone. After all… I’m dating Emma- I mean, Ms. Campbell.”

“The literature teacher!?” Emily shouts in shock. You nod slowly in response. “Oh, I see! If the headmistress found out, you're gone!” She winces.

“Wow. I can’t believe you’re dating a teacher.” Megan says. “I’d love to hear how that happened.” She admits with a shy smile.

“Maybe some other time.” You smile wryly. “So… you’re not mad?” You ask hesitantly.

“Oh, I am. Well, kind of.” Emily tells you, crossing her arms over her naked chest. “I get why you did it, but you still lied to us.” While the scowl on her face unnerves you, a part of you is relieved that, even if her affection and love scores are at 100, she can still get mad at you. It means they’re still very much themselves, people with their own feelings and opinions. “But I guess I can forgive you if you promise this is the last time.” She sighs dramatically, making Megan giggle.

“I still think we should talk to Ms. Campbell. Just so there’re no misunderstandings.” Megan says.

You wonder for a second what kind of misunderstandings she means, but end up dismissing the thought and nodding.

Eventually, the girls have to leave. You all get dressed and you walk them to the bus stop, where you say goodbye with a last, tender kiss to each of them.