Total pages in book: 53
Estimated words: 51003 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 51003 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Saint wiggled again, which seemed to be a good sign and I got another pat which was definitely a good sign.
Unfortunately, it was on my head again.
I wasn’t sure how to move us back to the thigh good-job zone, but Christmas didn’t seem to be working.
“Humans value presents as well.” He seemed to find that fascinating, so I could only assume they didn’t see it the same way. “Giving possessions to strangers is even valued during this time.”
We were clearly interesting creatures.
“I don’t know why we do that, but yeah, I think a lot of us like the feeling that giving gets us. So maybe there’s a selfish reason for it too?” I wasn’t going to look at that too hard, so I kept rambling. “There’s something nice that happens to you when you watch someone open a present you got for them.”
He was right.
Humans were weird.
We made Saint smile, though.
“There is much to research and document.” That was definitely something that made him happy.
“Was that your job before?” We wrote everything down, so I could only assume they did too in some way or another. “Most of the people I’ve seen on TV or just around seem to be working in the sciences.”
They couldn’t just all be scientists, though.
Hell, every society needed a variety of jobs to keep going even if they were super-high-tech space aliens.
“Yes.” Doing another one of his wiggles, he looked very pleased. “I was worried I would not have enough to document with our journey to become members of your society. However, that has proven to be what you would call ridiculous.”
I wasn’t sure laughing was the right response but I couldn’t help myself.
When I could breathe and he was still looking proud of himself, I shook my head and grinned. “Yep. Ridiculous. But in your defense, it was hard to picture exactly what would happen when you guys moved here.”
That was such an understatement, I just ignored it.
“And there’s a lot to document…new jobs, new food, new types of people…new relationships.” It wasn’t subtle, but his smile said I didn’t need to be.
“I am finding the possibility of a new relationship to be educational and inspiring.” Something made him pause and he looked serious for a moment. “My lessons on human relationships and what is sometimes called subtext encourage me to explain I am not dating you for research purposes.”
That came out so carefully it was cute, but I managed not to smile as he nodded to himself. “Yes. Humans are prey, so their minds attribute negative connotations as a safety mechanism.”
Huh?
“We have a tendency to worry…and sometimes assume the worst, but I will do my best not to do that and to bring any worries to your attention.”
Because he wasn’t human and offending him seemed like it would be almost impossible.
“As the dominant partner in a human domination-based relationship, I must strongly encourage that you bring all worries to my attention.” Saint reminded me of a teacher I’d once had, going very stern but not sounding mean.
I might’ve had a crush on him too.
“Your ability to manage your life is not in question. However, human submissives do not always handle the stress that goes with management well.”
We could do it but we went nuts doing it…well, he wasn’t wrong.
“I’ll do my best.” I thought that was a good response based on the fact that it was our first date, but if he’d been human, he’d have raised one eyebrow and sighed.
“We will discuss an adequate system of rewards and punishments to help make that transition easier for you.” He was totally serious and completely convinced that rewarding me would get what he wanted.
To take care of me.
I liked that he was right and kind of hated that he was right.
At the very least, he should’ve been more subtle about getting me to be a good boy.
“What kind of rewards?” I should probably figure out what he was going to bribe me with before I got all huffy about it.
Chapter 5
Colby
“Human submission is fascinating.” He was definitely studying me like I was a fun new topic to research, but I decided it wasn’t bad when the tentacle that’d been loosely wrapped around my ankle started sliding higher.
Research was going to be fun.
“Your body responded to the idea of pleasures before they were even specified.” He seemed amazed at the idea that just thinking about what he would do to me could get me aroused.
Or more aroused in our case.
“We…” Swallowing as his limb teased right below my bulge like he knew just how close he could get without actually touching it, I had to try again to get words out. “A lot of humans have very vivid imaginations. In…in this case, my brain started to flash through ideas about what you might do.”
It’d flashed through a lot of images…mostly based on stuff I’d seen and read about.