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“Full,” he responds quickly, as the projector screen on the wall begins its ascent. “Why did I let you order so much food?”
“Me?” I laugh. “No one said you needed to get three appetisers.”
“Pssh, second best part of dinner, after dessert.”
“No, it’s all about the noodles.” I try to reach a hand to his side to tease him, but my arm is too short. “Help me up so I can push you.”
“C’mere, pup.”
He leans over, his arm slipping behind my back and then he scoops me up. I yelp as he stands up, my limbs flailing around to grab hold of him. “Do you think I’d drop you?”
“Not on purpose.”
“I’m so offended,” he gasps. “Look at these strong arms.”
He curls me like I don’t weigh more than a can of soup, rising and lowering until it feels like I might fall. Each time he does it my belly swoops like I’m on a rollercoaster. Giggles burst out of me even more when each time I get close to his face, he kisses me wherever he can reach me.
Then I’m falling.
Me and the waterbed jiggle and that all too familiar giddiness takes over me. The desire to be playful with my partner and enjoy the freedom this new life affords me. Ma’xon grabs my ankles and starts nibbling at me until I’m squealing with delight. In an amazing show of waterbed physics on my part, I bounce and wrap my leg around his torso, pulling him down onto me while he’s distracted.
“Okay,” I say, trying to catch my breath.
He looks down at me, grey eyes sparkling. He seems less stressed now, in a genuine way that was missing this afternoon. He was trying to hide it, but now it’s finally melted away. He’s playful too.
“Feels like we should just stay in bed,” he whispers.
I wrap my other leg around his middle. His cocks rub against me, half hard and I’m flooded with the memory of how good they feel inside me. Besides my feet from walking today, I’m not sore. His body pressed against mine just makes me feel needy for more.
“But then you won’t get to see me in that bikini, Daddy.” I kiss the corner of his mouth, his jaw, purposefully avoiding his mouth.
“Pool time,” he announces, swiftly rolling off me. “Get dressed while I get it set up.”
His tail is practically wagging as he leaves, and all I can think about is that I’m going to bone in a pool for the first time.
Chapter 10
Ma'xon
I head out tothe back porch and my shoulders slump. I’m not making a good first impression. A real impression not based on our mating frenzy. This is Odette’s chance to see our colony, our planet, and I fumbled in our first outing impeccably. How could I let everyone pull me into conversation after lengthy conversation about issues that haven’t been my problem over a cycle now.
I am retired.I say the phrase to myself several more times. My mate is supposed to be my main focus. It’s why I handed over power. Pri’za is the leader of this colony. If there are concerns about uneven paving stones, they are her problem now. Yet I stood there like a lemon, listening to all of them.
And my mate shopped without me. I was just the baggage collector at the end of the day. She stood there each time, waiting for people to introduce themselves, waiting for them to leave so we could have our day together. It was only when I could tell they weren’t going to be done expressing their concerns for ourcommunity that I had to signal her on. I want her to have all the things she needs here. My former role shouldn’t hinder that.
She didn’t complain once and I wish she had. Her comfort and care are more important to me. A slight frown on her lips would have been all it took for me to overpower my long held sense of responsibility. I know my mother ran the colony until well into her 100s, but that isn’t how I want to spend that last third of my life. I want to spend it with my mate.
Who wants to go for a swim.
My resolve to be better reinstated, I swing the door to the pool shed open and get it running. To my right, the deck floor begins to recede. The lights under the water slowly change from blue to purple to indicate it’s maintaining a stable temperature. The swimming jets turn on, but I’m quick to cancel that command. We aren’t working out.
This is to relax and spend quality time with Odette.
I strip out of my clothes and step into the refreshing water. On the far side there is a built-in bench that I don’t intend to leave until my gills have turned pink. We need to ease our worries and sore feet.
The moon is bright tonight, nearing its fullest phase. Ours is much like Earth’s, but it’s harder to see here. The thick, liquid atmosphere surrounding Axilaria kept us safe from invasion until we were ready to explore the solar system. That was aeons ago now, yet having seen it and other moons in all their glory, I wonder sometimes if we are missing out on something.
Will Odette find it lacking in some way?
