Leonardo and Victoria (Part 2)

Victoria walked slightly behind Leonardo while they looked for a spot to leave their things. Being Sunday, there were more people around than usual, but not that many. It wasn’t holiday season yet.

“This looks good enough, right?” Leonardo asked, turning to her to confirm.

“Sure,” Victoria nodded absentmindedly.

Leonardo laid down his towel and set his backpack on top of it. Then, with hands on the hem of his t-shirt, he took it off. His muscles were lightly defined with little to no extra fat. His body was like a clear mark of the Gift he’d been given: perfect physical condition. Not like Angela’s monstrous strength and instincts, or Valerie’s insane reactions and body control, but a show of what being above the peak of human condition was. It made her jealous. How much sweat had she lost, how much pain had she endured to reach the level she was at? What had this boy done to have a body that could put world-class athletes to shame if he wanted?

This was no way to start a date. To him it would come out of nowhere and probably put him off, but to her, who once wished she could have what he has, it was something she needed to ask.

“Leonardo, can I ask you something serious?”

He turned to her with blinking, curious and innocent eyes. His look alone made her feel bad for her jealousy, but she would ask him regardless.

“Anything,” he said calmly and firmly.

Victoria wouldn’t hesitate. “If you could throw your Gift away in return for permanently having your sensations back, would you do it?”

“Me? Sure,” he nodded with shocking ease. “If I could give mine up for everyone’s sensations it’d be even better, though.” Victoria was taken aback. His response was immediate, leaving absolutely no room to believe he wasn’t being serious. “Mmm. Thinking about it, I think the others might be happier if they could give up their Gifts, too,” he said with a look of contemplation. “But I’m hoping they can come to terms with them instead of rejecting them. Ah, but I’m just rambling now. Don’t mind me.”

“B-But you’d still give up yours?” she asked again. “Is the curse… really that bad?”

“Yeah, it is.” Leonardo laughed, but part of it seemed a little ****. “But to me, it’s more like there’s nothing I want to do that I couldn’t without my Gift. It’s handy to have, I admit, and lately I’ve been very thankful for it, but if I could give it up for my or everyone’s sensations back, I wouldn’t hesitate. Sadly, that’s not the hand we were dealt, and if we don’t do something, we’ll have our Gifts AND sensations permanently taken way.”

Victoria’s feelings of envy were quickly fading away, and a smile slowly crept to her lips. She couldn’t help the snicker, and feeling stupid, shook her head and poked Leonardo’s chest. “What do you mean there’s nothing you want to do with it? You could be a pro at any sport you wanted.”

“That doesn’t interest me, though,” he laughed with her.

“And what does?” she asked with a grin.

“Not sure yet,” he answered. “But I’ve been excited for today. Maybe that means something?” he asked with an innocent grin of his own.

“That you’re a playboy, that’s what!” Victoria laughed heartily.

Maaaan that felt good. She thought she’d completely gotten rid of her desire for a Gift of her own, but now it really did feel like she’d thrown the last weights away. What Leonardo just said clicked with her. Right now, there was nothing she wanted she couldn’t accomplish without supernatural powers. She felt light, and taking advantage of that feeling, she took of her shorts and t-shirt, stripping down to her black bikini with a deep red outline. Then she noticed Leonardo’s gaze on her, and for a split second, she started feeling self-conscious.

Now, she wasn’t a body builder, so it wasn’t like she was HUGE, but from her neck down to her calves, she had a body trained to fight in a professional ring. She was fit, but maybe not in the way most men would consider attractive. She wasn’t ashamed, but it was a small concern when she remembered she’d been so focused on her gym that she hadn’t had a boyfriend in over a year. But yes, the self-consciousness only lasted for a split-second, because Leonardo was very clearly liking what he was seeing, and boy did it feel nice.

“Alright, Casanova, I’m testing you,” she said, grinning from a sudden, yet welcomed rise in her mood. “We’re racing to the buoys and back. You can swim, right?”

“I can,” he said, already starting with his stretches. Then his eyes turned intense for a single moment as he looked down at the sand, coming back to his innocent look when he turned to her. “Would you like me to apply sunscreen on you?”

“Oh?” The kid had initiative, and that was earning him even more points with her. Like she had told him, she’d decide if they went through with it AFTER this little date at the beach. He seemed to remember, and was working to put in a good display. “If you don’t mind,” she said, taking the bottle from her own bag and passing in to him. Victoria untied her bikini top and laid down on the towel face down before her breast showed.

When she felt Leonardo’s oily fingers on her back, a delightful and shockingly intense electric current ran through her. It was such that Victoria had to bite the inside of her lip to avoid letting out a sudden and indecent moan in public. He ran his hands along her back, both spreading the sunscreen and giving her a light massage that had the opposite effect of letting her relax. His strong yet gentle touch was making her heart race, her tense body slowly growing hotter with every passing moment. Even a single brush of his fingers made her shiver, and she felt a particular heat growing more intense between her legs.

Fuck. FUCK. It was good. Too good. He hadn’t even touched the sides of her boobs or her ass, and yet…!

“T-That’s alright!” she called, turning to him. “I’ll get the rest.”

She fixed her bikini, took the bottle and applied the sunscreen on her front, not daring to look at Leonardo in the face. There was no way he hadn’t noticed her reaction, and it was embarrassing. Still…

Damn kid kept earning more and more points.

Author's Note: Chapters 115 to 119 available at my Patreon.