Total pages in book: 60
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
When I was finally back in one piece, my submissive soul tucked into the rest of me again, I was boneless and could only moan softly as he ran his tentacles over me. “I am proud of you, my Theo. Submission is difficult and you work hard to give it to me. You exhaust your body just to give yourself to me.”
I loved how he saw things.
Managing to make my head move, I rubbed it against one limb and told myself I’d give him a hug once I could move. He’d like a hug. He liked hugs and happy thoughts and domination and taking care of me…and…and there was something…something…
Chapter 14
“I don’t think that’s how it works.” Maybe it should’ve…but it didn’t.
Jerker cocked his head and shifted the bag on its side like that would clear up the problem. “Should not food provided to young humans have higher nutritional values?”
“Um, I don’t know?” Taking him to the grocery store was so hard. “I think that would be reasonable but most stuff marketed towards kids is really unhealthy.”
Or at least it seemed that way.
Studying the bag of dino nuggets like it was going to give him the answers to the universe, it was clear he wasn’t going anywhere until we made some headway on the problem. “That is not reasonable.”
I had to agree.
Humans weren’t logical.
“Maybe it’s psychological?” Were kids wired to like fun stuff? “Maybe kids are just designed to like certain things?”
Jerker’s head cocked to the other side. “I do not think a species would be designed that way. Even humans.”
That would’ve been offensive if it wasn’t so correct.
“You’re probably right.” He’d been right about a lot of things about the grocery store. It seemed like he’d recently switched from reading about humans and sex to humans and shopping.
Why were kids’ foods so unhealthy?
Why was toilet paper math so weird?
Why did they try to sell vegetables that were clearly going bad at the same price as healthy ones?
Somehow, sex was an easier topic, but I still wasn’t sure how that was possible.
“I am right.” Reading over the ingredient list on the back of the bag one more time, he seemed distracted enough that I let myself smile.
He caught me.
One limb came up and caressed my head. “I am not adorable, my Theo.”
Oh, we were going to agree to disagree on that topic, and the quiet chuckle coming from behind us said someone else agreed with me too.
“I think it’s more about fun than nutrition.” A woman who seemed to be nearing forty pushed her cart closer to the man who’d laughed behind us and nodded toward the dino nuggets. “We seem to think kids need food to be fun for them to eat it. Other cultures don’t do that so it’s probably an American thing.”
Probably, but I wasn’t going to point out that it was my smart-ass comment about dino nuggets being better than regular ones that’d gotten me into the ridiculous conversation. So I simply nodded and just tried to get past the situation that seemed like it was going to get awkward.
Jerker didn’t see the situation the same way.
“Adding enjoyment to activities is not a negative characteristic in itself.” Turning the package around to look at the front again, he finally shrugged and added it to our cart. “I am more inclined to think that adult humans have designed the food for themselves and not for children.”
I had no idea what to say to his comment or her confusion, but I knew my desire to laugh was completely inappropriate.
“I have observed statistically more human adults desiring foods in nontraditional shapes than human children.” Jerker said that so confidently, it made me wonder how often he’d been going to the grocery store lately.
Over the past week, he’d mentioned running errands to make sure he had everything he needed to take care of me, but I was starting to think I should’ve asked more questions instead of letting him distract me.
Fuck.
He’d been deliberately distracting me.
“In this situation, your male human partner would prefer these over the package you have chosen. Does he need to have fun-shaped food to encourage eating?” Jerker waited, clearly expecting an answer to his question but they were both just gaping at him.
So he turned to me.
“Is questioning human nutritional preferences taboo?” Looking confused and back to being adorable, he sighed. “It is not related to sexuality, finances, or domination-based relationships.”
He was so cute it was impossible to be embarrassed.
“You’re right. It’s not on the taboo list of human discussion topics, but I think they were just surprised.” I shrugged. “Our brains kind of stop when we encounter something unexpected.”
“Ah.” Jerker’s studious expression turned to examine the humans in front of us who’d suddenly gotten even more interesting. “Is it a before…no, an evolutionary adaptation? From before fight or flight? Like the large animals who stand in front of vehicles when they are startled?”