3.25: Boundaries
Before we moved on to the rest of the day's activities, Jade asked to talk with all of us as a group. With our clothing on. We all quickly dressed and arranged ourselves around my throne, with me relaxing atop it, Emelia on my lap and Nialla propped on one of the arm rests with her head leaning on my shoulder. Both of them were still wearing the metal collars… and I had to force myself to focus on the gorgeous vampire woman, lest I be distracted by my “slave girls.” We all turned to look at Jade as she spoke.
“So… that all happened. And then… the whole… Blood-slut thing. That’s… a lot.”
I held up my hand and Jade paused.
“Before you go any further, I have a question for all of you.”
They all waited expectantly and I continued.
“Have any of you ever been in a successful polyamorous relationship?”
They all shook their heads and I felt Emelia stiffen in my lap. I stroked her back softly with my hand and whispered softly in a voice I knew everyone in the room could still hear.
“Relax, babe. It’s not what you think.”
Her tension disappeared and she leaned back into me. I looked at the others and they all shook their heads to indicate they hadn’t.
“That’s OK. The reason I ask is because one of the primary things that are important in those types of relationships are boundaries. Basically… we need to establish ground rules for… whatever this was and… maybe will be. Not that it has to be anything.”
Nialla raised her hand and I laughed softly through my nose.
“Yes, kitten?”
I knew using her nickname from earlier was likely pushing one of those very boundaries, but it seemed to fit her so well… and she absolutely loved hearing me say it.
“I, for one, am cool with absolutely whatever. I love sex. At… least in-game. And maybe if you guys lived closer. Sadly, I’m all the way in Cali, so that’s not really an option. But… my point is that if you want to just keep going as… fuck… buddies? Or whatever you wanna call it, that’s cool with me. But… I’ve also seen the way you look at me, Allie. Rather… how Allexus does. I’m not sure how much overlap there is. I’m… not super experienced with dating, but it’s kinda hard to miss you blushing every time you see me. Not to mention you losing control when I died. I’m not saying you aren’t protective of all of us… I just… OK, maybe I’m seeing something that isn’t there. Maybe I’m-”
Emily surprised me by interrupting the beautiful catgirl.
“You’re not wrong, Nialla. I feel the same way as Allie does. At least in-game. Outside the bounds of it… I’m not sure. But in here… In here, it's easy to think of you as my wife’s… other wife. Or sexy slave girl.”
I couldn’t see her face, but I could hear the playfulness in her voice as she spoke. My head also soared at being called Emily’s… wife. I would never ever get tired of hearing that. (Side note: To this day, even after being married for many years, being called Emily’s wife still gives me butterflies in my stomach. Yes, I’m a sappy romantic lesbian. No surprises there, right?) I wasn’t sure what I thought about the concept of having Nialla as my second in-game wife, but… My demonic body seemed absolutely thrilled with the idea. I looked at Nialla as she purred against my shoulder before speaking.
“Thank god! I’m so glad I didn’t misread that… I was so worried that… well… Nevermind. I’m just happy it’s not just me. But… I’m sure that’s the point Jade and Allie were making. We need to figure out the boundaries of everything. And you guys need to figure out if anything is going to extend past the game.”
I nodded and spoke before anyone could interject.
“I, for one, think whatever happens in the future, it will only happen in the game. Emily isn’t super keen on sharing outside the game for now, and I’m 3000% OK with that.”
“Despite the fact that it was 14 chapters ago, in case you’ve forgotten, Tifa and I only started dating yesterday! We spent all that time getting to know each other, talking about anything and everything… but we both need time to adjust to just being together. So… for now… anything that happens, if it happens at all, will be exclusively in-game.”
Tifa squeezed Jade’s hand that she held tightly, and I nodded my head.
“That works for me. Truly. And… Nothing ever needs to happen again. But… we do need to figure out what to do about your… status effect.”
“Yeah. That.”
There was a small collection of thoughtful sighs, and we all chuckled at the synchronized noise. I considered everything and then opted to try something. I opened my inventory and retrieved my Power Limiter. I grit my teeth and placed it around my neck. I pressed the activator runes and nearly collapsed in exhaustion against my throne. I felt both Nialla and Emelia turn to make sure I was alright, and after a few seconds I reassured them I was fine with a weak smile.
“Jade, come over here.”
She nodded and walked closer so that she was almost 5 feet away. I cocked an eyebrow and she rolled her eyes and took several more steps so that she was standing next to Nialla on my side. I held up my arm and motioned with my head for her to take hold of it. She reluctantly did so, and I saw a look of surprise on her face.
“You still smell really good. But… it’s more like… driving past a sweet shop and smelling it from a distance instead of having it forcefully invade all five senses at once. Huh.”
“No hunger… or thirst or… other things?”
She shrugged a little and then shook her head.
“Not really? It’s hard to describe. It’s kinda like how even after eating a massive meal you still have room for dessert. I’m satisfied, but my body definitely wouldn’t mind having more. Oh fuck, I didn’t mean it like… or… maybe I did? I’m not-”
“Jade, it’s all good. You’re uh… still holding my arm though. And staring at my wrist.”
She released her grasp and stepped back with a guilty look on her face.
“It’s all good, Jade. Truly. So, as long as I’m wearing my Power Limiter around you, your… cravings aren’t so bad. But that still doesn’t address what we need to do to keep them in check overall. I’m sure that after 24 hours you’ll need to feed again…”
“I can do it, Allie.”
Tifa smiled at her girlfriend, who in turn smiled back.
“If it’s Jade, I don’t mind letting her uh… feed on me. We’ll just… need some assistance the first couple of times to make sure she doesn’t… go too far.”
Jade gave the smaller woman a grimace and then looked back at Emelia.
“Em, the only reason I didn’t kill Allie was cause you damn near froze my whole body. Would you be willing to supervise until I get the hang of it?”
“Of course. You’ll just have to message me so I can try to coordinate the time I get on, especially now that we have to go back to class starting tomorrow. We got the email this morning that they fixed all the repairs and cleared everything.”
Before the topic went in a random direction, I spoke just loudly enough to be heard over the woman in my lap and her best friend.
“We still need to figure out how to mitigate your status effect, Jade. The more I power up, the less you’ll be able to be close to me. Especially with some of the changes I’m going to be making.”
I debated on just telling them what I was planning, but decided since they were keeping in-game secrets from me, it was only fair I hold back my future power-up. I thought back to the idea that had just popped into my brain and wondered how to go about accomplishing everything. I blinked my eyes and shook my head to force aside the distraction and looked back at Jade and Tifa. The ebony vampire laughed softly and then stared directly in my eyes.
“I think that if I’m feeding regularly from Tifa and learning to control it with Em’s help, that will at least make it somewhat easier. As for the other cravings… At this point I’m just down to let whatever happens happen. Like you said, it doesn’t have to mean anything. And… I don’t really want it to. At least right now. Sex is sex. As long as I don’t lose control, and as long as we keep what we have as strictly friends, I’m game to just say fuck it. Or… me in this case.”
We laughed softly and I felt a surge of arousal at her words. Images of pinning the sexy vampire woman to the floor and taking her in front of everyone flashed through my mind, and I exhaled softly and tried to clear the thoughts away. I could feel my body responding, and my cock slid out of my body like it had a mind of its own. I felt Emelia shift as the mostly erect shaft pressed against her backside. At first I thought she was attempting to move away from my rapidly growing erection, but then I felt her shift back slightly and spread her legs just enough so that her crotch was pressed against the head of my cock. She did it so nonchalantly and without so much as a hint as to what she was doing, and I struggled to maintain my composure.
“S-So.-”
I cleared my throat as my voice trembled slightly and did my absolute damndest to remain calm.
“If there’s nothing else, I’m sure you and Tifa are eager to design your PvP room.”
“Is that your coy way of saying ‘I need to fuck my demon wives silly?’”
I started to stammer out a response when the four other women broke into laughter. My cheeks burned for a fraction of a second before my demonic body suppressed my embarrassment. Before I was able to formulate a proper response, Jade and Tifa bade us farewell and turned to walk out of the room. I watched the pair of them saunter down the long hallway and waited til the massive doors shut behind them. The second they did, in one swift motion, I had removed my Power Limiter, grabbed both Nialla and Emelia, and proceeded to “punish” them in a manner appropriate for a sexy Overlord's "slave girls."