You decide that you can't avoid the serious talk with Omboran any longer

With your new outfit and some dried fruits as snacks you arrive back at the academy. You know it is useless to delay the talk with Omboran, so you just get your stuff to your room and then head to his room to talk to him. But this turns out to be more difficult than you thought. You get more nervous with every step. You imagine different reactions from him when you tell him about your relationship with Luna. From being cool about it over being disappointed up to becoming outright angry and consider this betrayal.

You are almost about to abort the whole idea, when you stand in front of his door. One last deep breath is necessary before you can knock at the door. It only takes a short moment until the door opens and Omboran stands in front of you. He wears his usual red robe with a few small burning holes and a trace of ashes. He smiles when he sees you, which makes you already more confident.

“Clare, what a nice surprise,” Omboran greets you happy, “congratulations to your great victory. Rumors spread fast around here. I heard it was a hell of a fight. How are you?”

“I am fine, thank you,” you reply and blush a little, “but I am not here to talk about this. at least no now. could we … well talk inside your room? It is about … what you asked me some weeks ago. At my birthday.”

“Oh, yes sure,” Omboran says and invites you in, “you talk about me inviting you to a date, right?”

“Exactly,” you say and sit down at the edge of the bed, “and I’m sorry I kept you waiting for so long. Thank you for your patience.”

“That’s not a problem,” Omboran tells you calming and sits opposite of you on the chair, “I knew you would take some time to process this. And I was sure you would come to me as soon as you are ready. I must admit, I was a little surprised when Luna told me about your trouble with making a decision. Especially when I considered your special relationship. But it is alright, you just wanted to not upset anybody and needed some time to find the right words.”

“Luna talked to you?” you ask alarmed, “wait, please. How do you know about me and Luna? And since when?”

“She didn’t told you?” Omboran asks surprised, “I thought she waited in your room when you came back. You haven’t talked?”

“We did some things, but not much talking,” you reply and blush, “she … well, she managed to … tie herself up on my bed. I guess there is no reason to deny it, since you already know about us.”

“I am not surprised about that,” Omboran mumbles and sounds amused, “I want to be honest with you too, but first I need you to tell me one thing first. Are you and Luna a serious couple? Or are you friends with benefits?”

“We are … friends with benefits,” you say after a moment of thinking, “we never entered a serious relationship. Hell, she even suggested me to see other people. I get the feeling she hoped for a threesome one day. I know she had other lovers and I never had a problem with … wait a second. You … you! You are one her lovers too, right.”

“Kind of,” Omboran admits and gently puts his hand on your shoulder, “thank you for telling me. You are right. Luna and I are indeed also friends with benefits. But in a very special way. You know … Luna is very submissive when it comes to sexual actions. She is my bottom or sub, if you know what this means.”

You nod understanding. Luna always encouraged you to be more rough with her too. Still, you had no idea that on Calitian it is also called bottom, like on earth.

“So, this means you asked me out despite being already with my best friend?” you ask carefully, “and I was with her while she was in bed with you. On top of this, I considered being with you but held back because of her. My goodness. We created a really messed up triangle.”

“We did indeed,” Omboran says calm but a little worried, “I had no idea you are in a similar relationship already. I am sorry, if I made things awkward between you two. And I am also sorry I put pressure on you. I did not want to make you feel like you had to choose between me and Luna. I understand if this is too much for you. So, if you don’t want to start anything with me, I totally understand it.”

“I see,” you mumble, “this is … good to know. So, you still want to be with me? Despite everything? Would this have been a serious relationship?”

“Good question,” Omboran admits, “first, yes I still want to be with you. And I will tell you why. From the day we met I felt something strange around you. Nothing bad. Rather … like something I knew. Something I could trust and feel save with. At first I thought It is just imagination or a very close friendship. But the more time we spent with each other, the clearer it got that I feel closer to you than just a friend. I liked the way you talk. So familiar and curious. But I was not sure how to tell you. I barely knew it myself. And then there was Luna. When we started our relationship, I was unsure how she feels towards me. But lately … my feelings towards you grew stronger. I don’t know why. But I knew, I just had to ask you. Even if you probably not feel the same, I just had to try. And considering Luna, I would have been open with her, after your answer. With both of you.”

“I believe you,” you mumble, “I don’t think you would lie about this. And I am grateful for your honesty. The truth is, I know what you felt. When we spend time together, I felt like I played around with a brother. Familiar and trusted, just like you said. And … your elven genes make it hard not to want to cuddle with you.”

“You can thank my mom for this,” Omboran says amused and rubs his pointy ears, “so, you are not mad?”

“No,” you answer and suddenly feel like resting your head on his chest, “Luna and I had an open relationship. Considering you two are already together I think Luna would be head over heels if we mess up our triangle even further. But I don’t want to be just an addition to your harem. For Luna this is just a game, but I want this to be real for both of us.”

Omboran nods and puts his arm around you. You enjoy the moment of silence at his chest. You feel save and protected.

“You would still be above her,” Omboran offers joking, “we could take turns in spanking her and sticking long things up her ass.”

“Tempting,” you mumble, “you know what. Count me in. Next time you and Luna have one of your sessions, I will be there. I join into the fun when I feel like it and when we do this, we decide how to continue. Deal?”

“Deal,” Omboran says.

You sit there for a moment before you take your head from his chest. You don’t know why, but suddenly you want to get closer to him and kiss him deeply. Omboran is surprised but immediately kisses you back. You stay like this for about a minute, before you end the kiss and slowly get up.

“I have no idea where this path will lead us,” you say and notice you are still holding hands with Omboran, “but I am looking forward to find it out together. And speaking about together, I think we should tell Luna about our talk.”

“I agree,” Omboran says and smiles, “it is about time for dinner. So she either is at the dining hall or right in front of my door and eavesdropped on us.”

You nod amused and leave the room. Luna is not there, so you head to the dining hall. However, Luna is not there either. While you sit there and eat your food, you ask her classmates, but it seems nobody saw Luna after you left the academy today. Dinner soon ends and Omboran demands to accompany you to your room like a true gentlemen would. You allow it and even consider his behavior cute. When you arrive at your room you check if Luna is probably inside, which is not the case, before turning back to your new lover.

“I love you, Clare” Omboran says suddenly and holds your hand tight.

You are a little surprised. Of course you assumed he has some feelings for you, but this was unsuspected. But not unwelcome. You react by getting closer and you share a last, passionate kiss.

“See you in class, half-blood,” you say and fail miserably to sound cool.

“Looking forward to it, peasant,” Omboran replies joking and heads to his own room.

You walk straight to your bed and fall down. You bury your face in your thin cushion and sigh happy. So much has happened today and you are so happy about it. You finished your biggest mission so far, you are probably allowed to take part in the apprentice exams soon and on top, your talk with Omboran went absolutely brilliant. You avoided this for weeks because you feared that he would be disappointed if he finds out about you and Luna. You never would have expected things to turn out like this. Now you feel like a teenage girl who kissed her crush at homecoming ball.

The evening is still young and most students are somewhere in the academy to study, hang out with friends or do some work. But today, you will not join them. Instead, you soon fall asleep. And you have one of the best dreams you ever had since you were reborn in this strange, but still beautiful world.