Succubus Part 4: RUN!

Dust stretched himself out as he wandered the empty streets of Axel. He hadn't the money or available friends to bum some money off of for a trip to the Succubus café. And after he'd been so good and actually spent a few days with Rin on a quest! So what if he blew it all on the casino, he was close to winning dammit! But she'd blown him off, and now he was here. In the peace and quiet of the quaint little town where nothing much happened. Just been a lot of birds in the sky tonight for some reason.

Thump thump thump thump

A noise? And getting louder. Dust turned to see a few of his mates from the adventurer guild. They were going for some sort of midnight run. Or a race considering how blisteringly quick they were going.

"Hey, Kazuma!" Dust waved as the group barrelled towards him. Dust realised he probably wasn't their target and he just barely dodged the speeding women/Kazuma as they blasted past him. "HEY WATCH IT!" The blonde barked as they nearly trampled him.

"FUCKING RUn Dus....!" Was the only response he heard from a rapidly disappearing Kazuma.

He brushed his jacket of the dust that had been kicked up in their escapades. "Rude." He muttered. "Wonder why they were in such weird costumesssssszzzzzzzzz...."

FWOMP!

Dust landed on his face, completely ****. Atop him was a snarling demon woman who inspected him briefly before flying off into the sky. She joined hundred of her brethren as they escaped the café and flew around the Axel skyline. A demonic wave of Succubae, led by their Queen.

"Remember!" Boomed a massively tall demon woman as she walked calmly through the streets of sleeping bodies. An army of swooping Succubae behind her, dimly lit by the evening lanterns and moonlight but terrifyingly dominant in her presence. "Only put citizens to sleep! Do not harm them! We must keep our end of the bargain with this town if we can! If you must, only harm those that would keep our Kazuma from us!"

The Succubae acknowledged her order. Scattering around the streets of Axel as more and more bodies began collapsing around them.

Queen Xara did not run. She did not fly. She had no need to hurry this process. Like a true lioness, the pack did the hunt and she got the kill. Satou Kazuma's body would be hers by the end of the night. She knew this as an absolute fact.

A pink haired Succubus hovered next to her queen before landing in a bow. "Mistress, I have found something the humans left behind that might be of interest."

"Hm? What would that be?"

I don't know if we were keeping our pace or losing ground quickly away from the Succubae, but it wasn't the time to turn around and look. The six of us ran as fast as our legs would carry us. Trees and houses felt like they passed us in a blur.

At the front of our running pack was Chris and Sena. The thief was obviously built for speed and was trying to get people out of the way of our escape. The prosecutor was losing her mind with fear, **** to get away as fast as she could and so was managing to keep up with the lithe thief. Neither was saying much to each other as Sena was screaming too loud for conversation.

In the middle was me and the floating Succubus that Vanir was still controlling. I was desperately trying to come up with a way to get us out of this.

"It's normal for us to be invincible to Succubae!"

"Mm, no it isn't" Vanir replied. "Too easy. Figure out something better."

I gave a huge exasperated groan at his unwillingness to help. "VANIR! We are running for our lives! How is this too easy?!"

"Moi likes stories with stakes in them! Try harder!"

"FINE! At least let it be normal that Kazuma is immune to their soul sucking!"

He considered this one for a moment but frowned at me. "Do you really want that one? If the boy is immune he will live, but you can't save him like that either. He will never escape from that hoity-toity Queen and her oh so precious army of demon sluts." My face was a deep cringe as I thought about what that meant. Even if it did work it wasn't a solution, just a bandaid to the problem...

Behind us was Aqua and Kazuma, perhaps the most unfit of all of us. Aqua was grabbing Kazuma by his pants to try and get him to slow down and not leave her behind. Tears flowing from her eyes as the two argued.

"WAHHH! Kazumaaa! Just give yourself up to the sexy ladies! You know you want to!"

"Oh fuuuck you!" He yelled back. "I see how it is! You've been lovey dovey all day but as soon as your life is in danger I'm just food for the wolves?!" Kazuma separated his clothes from her hands and began running quicker than her.

Aqua wailed even louder as her legs grew tired and Kazuma peeled away from her. "B-But don't you want to save your favourite Goddess!? The Succubae are scary! KAZUMA~!!"

We ran through streets and over bridges, turning where we could to try and minimilize their ability to find us, but the growling sound of hisses and fluttering wings made me think it wasn't working. That running would only get us so far...

A Green haired snarling Succubus swooped down from a rooftop and swiped at Sena who was at the front of the pack. She screamed out, Chris tried to grab her but the demon was too quick and managed to touch Sena's head with her claw swipe. The body of the secretary fell limp and flopped to the ground with a small skid.

The Succubus turned to get Chris next but the Goddess was too quick, throwing a rope at the green haired woman. "BIND!" She shouted as a white light enveloped the demoness. I managed to catch up as the creature fell from the sky, and, in one of the few combo moves me and Chris had ever developed, I grabbed the demon's feet and flung it far behind us using my immense strength. I think she landed safely but the action had alerted more to our location.

Kazuma and Aqua rapidly caught up next. Kazuma quickly grabbed all of us into a huddle, diving into the closest alleyway and casting lurk to keep us hidden. A group of screeching demons diving past as we kept as quiet as possible.

One of them landed next to Sena's body to inspect her. "This one was with them. They're close." She hissed, looking around and sniffing like an expert tracker closing in on it's prey.

Our collective breath held tight as she looked at our alleyway...

And released when she flew off and we were left alone. Kazuma quickly scanned the street before running and grabbing Sena's body off the floor.

Looking at the sky was probably the wrong idea to alleviate my fear. They were everywhere. It was hard to see them on the backdrop of the night sky, but the stars seemed to be winking every so often. The demons were flying high, scanning the ground in search of their man.

Kazuma hissed at us when we knew it was somewhat safe. "What's even the plan!?"

Aqua threw her hand up first. "Let's go home to the mansion! I should still have a barrier up for all sort of demons!"

Chris nodded at the plan, "That's a good idea. I think the Axis church has something similar, so maybe we should also split up? That way if one group gets in trouble the others might be able to get help."

"Both good proposals." I agreed, pointing at Chris. "You and Aqua go to the Axis church, I'll protect Kazuma on the way home."

My oldest friend frowned at that. "Um, you sure that's wise D? It's not like you can fight these guys..."

The guilt laden dagger in my heart twisted a little further. I truly was useless wasn't I...

"Ooh, beautiful!" Vanir moaned in happiness. "Say more horrible things to your friend! She's oozing such wonderful emotions of guilt! Mmmm, oh?"

Kazuma suddenly dumped Sena's body in Vanir's arms. Giving the demon an angry frown, "Alright, buzz off home. You can't enter the barriers either and your shop's still a neutral zone, right? You protect Sena and we'll do things that are actually helpful."

Vanir huffed at the rudeness but gave up pretty quickly. "Fine boy. This one did have the tastiest fear anyway. Moi will keep her safe, for now." He grumbled, then using the stolen wings to fly up and away from the alleyway. "Good luck, pervert girl." I heard his voice flutter on the wind as he vanished from sight.

With him gone Kazuma turned his attention to us. "Chris, do as Darkness says." He sternly said as he walked through the alley to grab my hand. "No offense but you two are beacons of holy energy, they'll be looking for you and you're a better team to handle an actual attack while we sneak away."

That made her feel a bit better. "Using us as a distraction then? Well, you might be scum but if you can keep Darkness safe as well then I don't mind." Chris smiled. She activated her own lurk skill with Aqua and they began edging to the edge of the alley we'd entered from. Kazuma, with my hand in his, began walking us to the other end.

"Stay safe." Aqua suddenly whispered, genuine worry on her face as we left. "Both of you. Please."

Kazuma sighed at her flippancy, but did give her a thumbs up to soothe her worry a little. I gave her a wave. "You too." I whispered.

And with that we separated, leaving the alley in a hushed state.

"Thank you dear." Vanir hummed, readjusting his gloves and clothes as his dirt body reformed itself. "Possession is much easier with a willing target. Moi perhaps would have missed his grand entrance if not for you."

The small white haired Succubus nodded sombrely at the demon man as she sat on a crate of odd items. "Kazuma saved my life back then. It's only right that I return the favour." She sighed with worry, "Just... please don't tell my Queen I helped! She's going to kill me if she finds out!"

Vanir waved off her worries, "Tis an arrangement that benefits Moi too, lass. Moi's standing in the demon community would lower if he saved the girl in Moi's own body. Possession gives us both plausible deniability."

"Ok..." Lolisa sighed in some relief. "Do you mind if I wait it out here then? There's nothing more I can really do for that party..."

Vanir frowned, but not at her request. Something far more garish was happening upstairs. "Very well, but beware the two women upstairs. Moi has seen some messy shenanigans happening in their near future."

Wiz handed the bundled Sena a mug of water. Her shaking hands as she sipped from it tentatively. Currently the ex-prosecutor was bundled in Wiz's blanket, curled up in a ball in the safety of the cloth. Her mind was still shaken from the events they'd been through in the night, but she was right enough to be telling her fellow Harem member about it.

"That sounds awful!" exclaimed Wiz, comfortingly rubbing Sena's back. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all that." She sighed as she watched Sena take another shaky sip. "I do wish Darkness was more careful sometimes..."

Sena shook her head. "I don't blame my Mistress. The fun we had in that café was second to none, until we all remembered their addiction to Master Satou Kazuma's seed that is." She explained, Wiz nodding along thoughtfully. Sena then turned a little, looking a little sad at the floor as she mumbled. "I hope they'll be okay."

"Vanir told me that he'll come get me if I'm needed." said the shopkeeper, reassuring the woman that it can't be that bad yet. Her kind smile was warming the woman a little. "And that I need to stay up here with my wife to keep her safe."

Sena blinked at the word choice. "W-wife?!"

Wiz blinked back before raising a hand to her mouth. "Oh! I'm sorry, did Darkness not tell you? I'm the, um, the official wife of your harem..."

"W-wife..." Sena gulped. Her eyes trailed down Wiz's form. She was wearing a negligee, one that was partly see-through to the soft curves underneath. To think Sena would have a wife so soon when she was complaining that she hadn't had a real date in a few years. And a wife that was... so pretty... suddenly her mouth felt very dry.

"Y-yeah..." Wiz replied, also looking deeply at Sena's body. She was still wearing the perverse nurse themed lingerie, even if it was tattered and torn now it still hugged Sena's body delicately. She had a soft body, one that was breathing heavily with large breasts heaving up and down inside the blanket. And just under those covers... was her wife's pussy. The woman's bare pussy was touching Wiz's sheets. She would be able to see where she sat afterwards... why was her heart fluttering so powerfully?

"You know..." the shopkeeper started, moving a little closer to the woman on her bed. "Darkness also promised there would always be someone for me to share my bed with..."

"I see..." Sena mumbled, sensing the tension growing between them. She was usually the passive one, but something about Wiz's body slowly turning over and her massive breasts swinging down in her negligee made Sena reach in through a button and squeeze... her wife's breast. This massive breast was hers to do with as she pleased. A fact the soft coo of Wiz only strengthened. "I still need to perform your body check as well... Wiz." She reasoned, an excited hitch in her breath as the Lich lowered them both to lie down together. A loving smile on her lips as they descended on her wife's.

"I'd like that. Sena-san."

It had been about 10 minutes and we were still hidden.

Kazuma's lurk ability was incredibly useful. Even when the Succubae got close they couldn't make us out in the darkness. Opting to instead survey the skies for more concrete proof of where we might be. It was like a frightening haunted house in a fairground, but we were making progress.

Slowly we neared the edge of town and closer to home. The biggest hurdle was still to come though, no more building walls to use lurk on. It was open air for a few hundred yards before we would be in the mansion's safe barrier. We needed to be as silent as a mouse in hopes to not have the demon's spot us on our final leg of the mission.

Kazuma looked back at me. We didn't want to say anything to each other, but I could see he was putting on a brave face for me. Giving me thumbs up and motioning to keep quiet and stay down. I nodded. We just had to get home and I would have much more time to figure this out. I won't use any normalities and risk messing up even more.

I signalled I was ready and Kazuma dropped his lurk skill. Like two sneaky thieves, we snuck quickly out into the open air, keeping our heads down so no one cou-

"HE'S ALIVE!"

Our heads bolted around to see a gaggle of hysterical women all falling to their knees and praying.

"I knew that was the false profit! Probably made by an Eris member to worry us!"

"To think the holy penis could disappear after only one load! It was obviously a fake!"

"Kazuma! We have travelled far to confirm your life! Please return to us Axis members in Alcanretia so we may bask in your holy seed once more!"

The adventurer just hissed a loud shout/whisper at them. "Would you shut the fuck up?!"

A hurt look spread over the crowd, "Have we hurt you by praising the fake? Please, do not be mad at us Sir! We ooonnn... ssnrk....."

Thump!

She didn't get to finish as a claw retreated from her skull. A horde of Succubae had circled the group and put them all to sleep, now growling hungrily and angrily at us as they skulked out the shadows.

"Shit." Was Kazuma's response. Quickly turning, grabbing my hand and yelling out: "RUN!"

I barely had time to register what had happened before my feet were was running as hard as they could.

Kazuma was just ahead, the mansion was right there.

We could make it.

A hunched over Succubus landed hard against the grass next to the path. It's infernal hiss just a second warning before it lunged at us with teeth bared. I dragged Kazuma's body behind mine to shield him. Teeth munched on my arm just briefly as my defence slammed into the demon and sent it flying.

"Create Earth! Gust!" Kazuma yelled behind me. I'd missed another two Succubae making a pass at him, the clever adventurer using his skills to make a dust cloud in their eyes. We were still running, getting ever closer but still about a minute away from the mansion. It didn't seem like long, but with the amount of enemies on our tail we were rapidly running out of options.

I crashed into three more Succubae. It wasn't enough to put them down for anymore than a second, but it was better than if I tried to actually hit-PAIN! "AIEEE!"

"DARKNESS!"

Long sharp daggers of fingers dug into my shoulders and back, seems they were used for more than just sending people to sleep. A truly demonic visage behind me of an angry hissing woman greeted me when I looked back at her. Some part of me recognised her as the blonde girl who'd been enamoured with Kazuma, but the rest just felt hurt from the pointed grip in my shoulders.

I felt a hand grip my bunny suit as I was flown upwards. Kazuma trying desperately to hold onto me, but two Succubae got in between us, forcing him to stop his rescue attempt. We had gotten so close, maybe he could get away still?

"Kazuma!" I yelled as she began dragging me skyward. "J-just go on witho-"

Suddenly, the world was a blur for about two seconds. I felt a huge rush of air blow past my face, enough to **** my eyes to blink a few times in pain. When I opened them, the scene I saw was not the same as it had been mere seconds ago. I was... home? Just in our hallway by the door. No Succubae, no more painful talons, just me and a Kazuma who was lying on the floor beneath me, panting hard. Completely red faced and out of breath.

"Fuuuckkkkk..." Kazuma sighed out once he'd caught enough air with his panting. "You're goddamn heavy as hell, Lalatina." He huffed and puffed while I was still blinking in confusion at what had happened. He slowly raised his hand to show our saviour. "That took all my mana, but thanks to this stopwatch relic I was able to get us back home at least."

I collapsed to my knees in relief. Kazuma saved us once again. I put his head on my lap and wrapped him into my body, it was mostly just me squeezing his face into my breasts, but the thought was what counted.

"Well done Kazuma. Thank you. You saved us, we're safe."

We're safe.

...no thanks to me...

An hour later we were still hiding in our mansion. We'd gotten changed into our adventurer gear, just in case another fight broke out but currently it didn't look like it was happening. We were surrounded and trapped. All the Succubae now hung outside our mansion, desperately trying to get in but to no avail.

At the front of the pack, standing there calmly, was Queen Xara. No matter where we went in the mansion she always seemed to have her eyes on us. Folded arms with a coy smile, like our attempts at hiding were pathetically droll.

With all her attitude she hadn't gotten in though. Nor had she made much of an attempt, but still, it could all be grandstanding to safe face on her part.

"They're just scraping along the barrier." Kazuma told me, glancing out the window with his lurk skill active. "I think they're trying to break it but that goddess magic is too strong."

"That's good." I replied, very relieved to hear we were still safe. "If we can wait it out until morning then hopefully they'll go back home."

"'Hopefully?'"

I hung my head in shame. "It's... all I've got right now Kazuma."

Maybe he wouldn't be in this mess if he was with someone who could wipe away his problems with an explosion...

He looked back at me and pet my head softly. "I didn't mean it as a sting. We'll be fine, don't worry so much. Aqua's useless a lot of the time but her magic is no joke."

I sighed once more into his touch. He's right, coming up with ideas to get out of this mess was priority one. "Maybe I should just throttle Vanir until I can get him to fix this. Maybe I'll sic Yunyun on him. Or have Aqua and Chris live in his shop. I don't think even he likes the idea of two goddesses hounding him forever."

"Oh no."

I quirked an eyebrow at his sudden outburst. "Hm? It's okay, I won't really hurt him Kazuma."

He shook his head while keeping his gaze outside with a worried expression. "No, not Vanir. It's, well, speak of the devil..."

I snuck out a look from the window to see what he was talking about and my heart sank.

There was the Queen Succubus, still staring at us, but now she had two people in front of her.

Two non-demons.

"Ow! Not so rough with my head!" yelled a bluenette. "Just because you own our arms doesn't mean you can touch the rest of us!"

"I should have just burned the relics." Came the white haired woman's sigh. "Can't believe they're being used against me like this..."

On their wrists was a simple message: The Arms of Queen Xara.

"Oh no." I echoed Kazuma. "Aqua... Chris..."

"Yah." Kazuma nodded with growing worry. "We're fucked."

Queen Xara chuckled at the two below her. Fiddling with a pen in her hands. "Such pretty things with such powerful toys. You've truly blessed this Queen tonight. But as you are not what my goal is, I command my arms to dispel this barrier!"

The two grit their teeth. Trying desperately to resist the commands of the owner of their arms, but both knew it was impossible. Without resistance their hands threw themselves up and placed them on the invisible barrier. Soon the place where they touched were glowing bright white, showing the full barrier that shimmered and shone. But as quickly as it was shown it began draining power.

Cracks formed, the Succubae that were flying around found holes big enough to crawl into. Scrambling like their lives depended on getting to our mansion.

"Shit shit shit shit." I panicked, unable to do anything but look at the growing dangers circling us.

Kazuma grabbed my shoulders and looked me dead in the eye with a serious expression. More cracks were heard from outside, slashing against the walls. "Darkness! Get out the back while there's still time! They want me, not you!"

I shook my head and grabbed onto his shoulders in tandem. "That's not going to happen Kazuma! I-I can't lose you!" I cried. There was a large thunk against our front door and then our roof. "I'm the shield, not you!"

A crash through upstairs window. A screech of the Succubus echoed through the empty halls.

He shook me again, angrier this time. "Don't be an idiot, you moronic crusader! It's not like you can attack these guys anyway, just run! Live a nice long life without me!"

"Kazuma..." I choked.

This couldn't really be the end...

A large slam against the door we were in threw me from my moping. "G-get into the basement!"

"We don't have a-"

"WE DO NORMALLY UNDER HERE SO GO!" I barked, ripping the rug from under us to reveal a fresh bunker. I nearly tore the door from its hinges as I shoved Kazuma down the stairs. Mumbling: "Normally this door is unbreakable." before closing it just in time before the Succubus found her way in.

I stayed there, waiting to see what would happen. The Succubus slammed the door, shaking it on it's hinges but it did not budge. It was muffled but more voices quickly joined in. Talks of 'in there', 'door's unbreakable', and 'dig around' quickly made me realise there was no barrier possible to keep these women out...

No matter what they'd find a way to get around it to Kazuma.

My heart was at war, knowing it should try harder to free us, to save Kazuma from this situation... but what can I do? Even if I send him far away, they'll just hold everyone ransom until he returns. Even if I make his soul unkillable, they'll still be locking him away forever.

I hurried down the stairs after a Succubus talon through the stone around the door once again shook me from my inner turmoil. The basement I'd suddenly made was fairly empty and was only the size of about half the living room. Inside was just a couple chests of mysterious origin, a wine rack I'm sure Aqua would have liked to know about, and a single red rug. And Kazuma, looking around the room as well before spotting me.

"Are they...?"

I nodded solemnly, "They're definitely going to get in."

He sighed with a hand to his face. "Perfect."

There had to be something to use in here.

I have no idea what might save us but...

Wait, maybe I could...?

"D-don't worry Kazuma!" I blurted out and kneeled down to a nearby chest, "We normally have everything we need to get out of this situation in here!"

It was perfect, maybe I couldn't figure out the path to freedom, but the earrings might! Whichever god or demon controlled them could certainly make some sort of magic item or trinket to get us out of here! Maybe I was finally playing the game smartly.

I opened the box, imagining the plethora of weapons and magic items we'd find...!

Inside it was a half filled Jar of 'Unicorn Spit', a book of animal facts, and a towel with Vanir's face on it.

...

"...eh? Ehhh?" I scrambled, searching the large box for any possible missing items. "W-what the hell is this? Is this some kind of joke?! We're fighting an army of demons and we've got three items from Wiz's discount section?!"

Kazuma frowned next to me. "Seriously. I didn't even know Vanir sold his own merch." He joked while looking at the towel in his hands.

While I was...

...I...

...why?

Why couldn't anything go right?

"I-I don't... I don't understand..." I trailed off clenching the jar of rainbow liquid tightly in my hands, almost using my strength to accidently shatter the glass. But instead, tiny drops of water rolled off the glass. I wanted to scream, to run, to figure out what possible reason these three items would be the ones to get us out of this.

But instead I was down here, on my knees... and now crying like an infant.

"I'm such an idiot... I'm not smart enough to get us out of this and now you're going to die Kazuma..."

He reached down to stroke my back. "Darkness, it'll be al-"

"NO IT WON'T!!" I yelled, shaking him off me. "If I h-had kept my mouth shut for one week, you and Aqua and Chris would be happy!" My crying was growing uglier by the second. Part of me wanted him to just never see me like this, but when I was reminded myself that this might be the last time he's going to see me at all it only made me cry uglier.

"-Snff- A-and now... even if I protect your -snff- soul, you're g-going to be locked into a lifetime of seh-sexual slavery!" I wailed, head falling down to bash lightly against the rim of the chest. "T-that's only a f-fate I ever wished upon myself! Not m-my friends who don't want it!"

"...oi, don't tell me you're jealous."

With a long drawn out sigh, I looked up at him with drenched eyes. "Of course n-not. And even if I was, it would only compound the real issue here, which is... I hate myself."

My eyes were down on the floor for that last part. I didn't stop him from grabbing my head and pushing into his chest for a hug.

Tears stained his shirt but no matter what I tried the sobbing wouldn't stop. "I hat-te my stupid perverted body for d-driving us all off this cliff, I hate my w-worthless hands being unable to hit anything, and I hate my stupid idiotic brain for being too dumb to get us out of it." I babbled. Kazuma just continued to rub my head into his chest. His body, that I'd never feel again, that perhaps I don't deserve to feel again, felt so nice one last time. I choked tears now just a stream of water as I sighed one more time. "Oh Kazuma... I'm just so sorry. I messed everything up. I always mess everything up... I'm the worst human being ever."

He hugged me tight.

Despair flowed around me, unable to see a way forward other than to take my fate like a warr-

"Let's go on a date this Saturday."

...

........

"W-what?"

"A date. You and me. Saturday night."

My tears blubbed up again. "B-but we're not going to d-!"

I was shushed when his finger touched my lips. "Ah ah ah. We're not thinking about today. Saturday, you and me are going on a date. I'll dress up nice, you'll wear some horribly inappropriate deep cut dress that I'll love, we'll see a play, go to dinner, it'll be fun!" He beamed at me with a big toothy grin. I could feel him lying... but when my head drifted down yet he cupped my chin to stop it I almost began believing him. He wiped my tears and continued, "And since we're definitely going on that date, that means we'll definitely get out of this. Doesn't it?"

"I-I guess..."

"That's the spirit Darkness!" His happy smile widened. I sat back onto my knees as he spoke. "This isn't something to be losing your head over. We've gotten into and out of much worse situations than this!" He was standing now, gesturing to the door without a care in the world. "Maybe you just think you have more to lose with the harem, but at the core it'll always be the four of us! Good Ol Team... Kazuma... man, Megumin's always telling us to come up with a real team name and I think I've finally seen her point..."

I couldn't help sharing his smile. He's such an amazing person, joking around to make me feel better even with all this.

Though, was he joking about everything...?

"K-Kazuma, were you serious?" I asked somewhat timidly, my arms covering my chest to stop my heart beating any faster. "Y-you want to d-d-date me? After everything I said about myself?"

Kazuma's jovial smile faltered there and was replaced by a blushing embarrassed look. "Y-you said that Harem Knights could still live normal lives, yeah? Like, love lives and romance and such? I know we're doing this in the wrong order since we... you know..." He gestured with his hands. When I didn't get it he gestured again with his hips in a doggy style position. "Did it before anything else. But we haven't really been alone the two of us ever since then..." He squatted down to just hold my hand in his. Speaking calmly and softly, ignoring the scratches and screeches of the outside world to just... be with me. "We've had some half dates here and there before all this harem stuff, but I don't think we've ever given us a real shot. If- no, when we get out of this, there's nothing I'd rather do than treating you to a meal, just the two of us."

My lips locked with his tightly.

I definitely just fell for him again.

We had to live.