Calm mornings

I was in this... weird dream space again, but it looked like the first two times. Yet when I turned around, it was Bartholomew who stood there. If what Ngrimah said was true, then it wasn't him but rather someone similar in demeanor to him. So who was he? The man approached me and moved his finger across my lips.

"Now you should be able to tell me. What did Ngrimah want of you?" I gulped. I wasn't quite sure what was going on. Could what I say bring her in danger? I didn't want to say too much. I tried to stay quiet, but the man kept talking. "I know you have the app, James. Did Ngrimah interfere with anything?" So it was what I thought. He came closer. "Speak." I had to come up with something fast.

"Not really."

The man grumbled a little. "Explain yourself."

"She told me to be more demanding of the women. It seems as though I caused some trouble because I had been rather kind until now."

"Hm..."

"Please don't do anything to her, she meant well with me."

"I'll leave it be for now. Telling you to use your women more isn't breaking our promise. And I'd be a hypocrite if I scolded her for having too much contact with mortals." Is he her equivalent? The God of Men? "As for you... do what you want. If you want to make Ngrimah happy, use your gift more. She doesn't like it when people don't appreciate her gifts."

"You know, I think she just expected my appreciation to be very different. Before the app I was really lonely, largely by my own fault. I wasn't confident that I could stay friends with people... But the app helped, in a way. And I guess in times where porn and sex work becomes ever more accepted, I care more about having friends than being sexually satisfied by them specifically."

"I'll take my leave now..."

"S-Sorry." I probably rambled too much. I was woken up by the sounds of Em's banging hammer, working early already. God, these doors might still need better sound isolation. I needed to call Megan though, and now was a better time than usual.

"Hello master?"

"Hi Megan... I wanted to ask because of yesterday... Is everything okay? Do you still enjoy what we did, regardless of my wishes?"

"I... did enjoy it, but I feel a bit torn. I always tried to stay away from porn because I always ended up enjoying things I felt conflicted about the most. I was always ashamed to find it attractive and it hurt my pride a bit to see myself wanting this... But having done it, I absolutely love it. I want to do it more with you. If it's really what you want, breed me and make me a mother. Though I'm unsure how that'll go along with my job."

"Don't worry about yesterday by the way, I didn't impregnate you. I just wanted to see you surrendering to my desires."

She sighed in relief. "Thanks. A bit rude but you had to do what you had to do to get me this obedient, master."

"Speaking of which... Any regrets? I can't back out, but if I can put your mind at ease I'll try."

"I got the answers I wanted, master. I can't write about them, but still... I'm less worried now. Your women are in good hands."

"Alright, I'm glad everything went so well. If I'm being honest, it's the first time I really tried to do things with a women for the sake of her submission."

"The rest was natural, then?"

"Yeah."

"Mmmmh... master, I'm glad we'll try to have this relationship despite my job. I hope you'll still love me even if I have to leave for a few weeks at a time on total radio silence."

"Of course I will, just promise me to come back in one piece, okay?"

"I'll try my best. I'm so happy to live with you."

"And the other women."

"Oh right, maybe it'll be fun."

"I hope so too. Goodbye, Megan. We'll talk some other time."

"Goodbye master. Mwah~" I could hear her give a kiss. I said goodbye and ended our call, then I got dressed, when Em stormed into my room.

"James, I need some supplies, I'll be right back... Sorry, I should've knocked." With a blushing face, she left my room, as I was still putting on my underwear. Whatever, I guess, she'd have seen it at some point anyway. I got up and started making breakfast, as Donna entered the living room yawning.

"Morning sleepyhead."

"Haha stud... are you ready for today?"

"As much as I can be, I guess. I never really liked sports but I guess I need to start getting back in shape a bit. How long and intense is your workout usually?"

"About an hour and the intensity depends on what you're used to. But as our trainer says, the point is to push yourself a little."

"Oh wow, you have a trainer?"

"Hmmm... Quinn's a pretty girl... maybe you should get her to join us? Having a personal trainer here would be very great for the overall health of your little harem."

"Haha, guess I should go for a doctor as well, huh? Just build my own little city in here."

"I mean, I wouldn't mind having everything just around the corner, James..." Donna smiled coyly.

"Wow, didn't expect you to be so fine with all of this... Well not just fine, but encouraging."

"Shouldn't I be? Whatever makes you happy, dude. And that's not just me, I know that. Oh, I should tell you... Floria was here yesterday. Seems like she gave Emily some ideas but then Beth seemed to scold her."

"Scolding her? About what? I'm not aware that she did that bad of a job."

"Well, you didn't hear this from me, but Floria seems to be very judgy of the relationships you have with everyone in the office besides her and Helen. But you rake in enough cash and readership for Beth to defend you a little."

"If I'm that important I might get to keep the job, Donna." I gave her a hug in excitement, leaving Donna surprised.

"That's what you're thinking about right now? Not how Floria could be as a problem? Imagine if you wanted another threesome in the office, we wouldn't want her interrupting us, right?"

"Well, we'd be interrupted anyways. Eventually Dan will be back, and before that we still have Helen."

"Oh, right..." Donna was struck for a moment by a genuine moment of sadness. "Can I ask... what are your plans for today? After the gym?"

"Christine and I were going to hang out, maybe go on a date or something. Speaking of which, she'll move in tomorrow."

"Great, that way it'll be less lonely when you're out of the house." At this point, we both started eating breakfast, and Em returned.

James: "How much progress have you made already?"

Emily: "Quite a lot already. The door is already where it's supposed to be, I just need to fill the hole in the wall now."

James: "Everything is coming along so nicely."

Donna: "Yeah, you're doing a great job. What's the end goal?"

Emily: "You'll have to ask him that, but if I had to guess, he wants a separate area for his women and a more public space."

Donna: "Seems like a decent idea, not going to lie."

Emily: "Oh, I should mention, Floria suggested yesterday adding a bathroom in the open space around the corner. You could even have a bathtub there. And that way nobody would have to leave the area to go to the bathroom. Plus the more your harem grows, the more you'll need a second bathroom anyway."

James: "Good point, thanks. I'll pay you in the new year though."

Emily: "Oh sure, don't worry. It'll take quite a while to finish, though."

Donna: "I'd start with a toilet and a sink first. The bathtub can come later. Practicality should go first."

James: "Agreed." In this moment, Amber came over.

Amber: "Good morning, master. Excited?"

Emily: "Master? Haha, you're really going all the way..."

Amber: "Of course. He likes it a lot and so I'll gladly do it. Do you have everything ready? Some more sporty clothes and a water bottle are important. And don't forget a towel."

James: "Ready? No, but this shouldn't take that long... I'll grab everything quickly."

Amber: "Emily, looks like you've been great at work, huh?"

Emily: "Yeah, it's super fun renovating homes. The good thing with James' home is that I have a better understanding of what he wants, or at least I think I do. Makes it easier to give him a better home."

Amber smiled, with a hint of mischievousness. Em's statement was a bit odd, wasn't it? It's probably the high SP. I had filled a water bottle and left to quickly grab some clothes and a towel.

Amber

Amber: "Say Emily, how does it feel to help him?"

Emily: "Good, I guess? Makes me feel less guilty about how much he has to do for me."

Donna: "What kind of good?" Bingo, Donna. Clever girl.

Amber: "I'm asking because when I help master, I feel happy as well, but also horny. I feel pleased, sexually. But I know this is not how you operate, so I'm curious."

Donna: "Not how she operates?"

Emily: "I'm asexual. I don't feel sexually attracted to anyone."

Donna: "Oh, I see. Sorry, I just thought you were a bit inexperienced."

Emily: "Not really, I watched a bit of porn out of curiosity. Doesn't do much for me but it's interesting to learn what other people like to see."

Amber: "But I am right in assuming that you don't feel anything sexual when helping out my master?"

Emily: "No. Should I?"

Amber: "No no, that isn't something that you actively do, it's just a feeling you have or don't have. No need to worry."

I have two theories. Either, Emily's asexuality makes the app have problems, meaning that either she doesn't feel any sexual pleasure for her submission or she just doesn't recognize it and doesn't feel it as the rest of us do. The other option could be that she never experienced sexual pleasure with master. From what I can tell he always had sex with them before they reached SPs as high as her, so maybe that was an issue that prevented the app from working? Either way, it was as I thought. Emily seems to like helping him out, the SPs worked as normal, but she didn't drift into a sexual direction like the rest of us. I'm honestly curious how things are going to develop, since Master is only going to get more SP from her.

Master stepped out of his room with a bag and told us to go. He was ready for the gym. I'm unsure if I was, to be honest. Master always dressed rather modestly and now was the first time I'd see him wear something casual, soon perhaps with glistening sweat running down on his body. I've seen him naked, yes, but this felt different. I wanted to see that new side of master, of him trying out new things, of him with a hint of muscles. The train ride into the city was pretty quiet. I think we all wanted to talk, but all topics would make us out as being a throuple at least and some topics weren't family friendly. At the gym entrance, Christine greeted us.

She hugged master, then Donna and me. It was great to see how much she seemed to like him now. Yet I couldn't help but feel guilty. Maybe I should have sweet talked her into giving him a chance as soon as I had my gift. Sure, master would have gotten mad but it would be the better outcome, right? Then again, not like he'd know the alternative, huh?

Donna tried to lighten the mood: "Don't worry, the first lesson is free, James. After that it gets pricey."

Christine: "But your health is important! If this helps you, you should be willing to pay the price."

I whispered to Christine: "You just want him to slap you harder, don'tcha?" She was red as a tomato. Cute.

Amber: "Anyway, here's the dressing rooms. Let's meet on the other side."