novelraw Chapter 179: Feeling a certain way
Chapter 179: Feeling a certain way
Felix flinched, his nerves on edge as his muscles inadvertently tensed and his nails grew out into claws, piercing into his thighs.
"Easy!" The maiden warned him, pulling back with the healing ointment in hand. She stepped away, glancing at Spi'Reto with concern.
Felix hissed and slowly raised his hands, realizing the bleeding wounds he inflicted on himself. "S-Sorry."
Reta sat nearby, giving him a look of concern as she stared at his claws. He briefly glanced back, shocking her with those cat eyes once again. She hummed to herself, looking at the floor as another maiden kneeled down to apply a leaf coated in healing herbs along her thigh.
"Give us a warning mayhaps, particularly if it stings." The elf muttered, taking her seat behind him and rubbing her two fingers into the pasty mixture of grounded herbs. Biting her tongue, she carefully dapped at the two wounds behind his shoulder.
Spi'Reto turned the leather armor plate around, scanning the back where the bolts pierced through. "And you turned your back to take the shots?"
"My options were limited, given that I was carrying the Nekomata with me." He explained, staring at his claws. He frowned, impatiently waiting for the transformation to reverse. It lingered this time, but he chose to ball his fists in an effort to hide them. He winced at the stinging feeling as the elf applied more of the herbs around his other wound. A moment later, she coated a large leaf in a sticky fluid before placing it along his skin to cover his injuries.
"There, see? Not so bad." The elf teased him with a smile, her pointy ears sticking out from her blond flowing hair. She stood up, gathered the utensils and bowl of grounded herbs with her, and took her leave. Felix breathed a sigh of relief watching Reta with her outstretched leg just as her maiden had finished. Reta nodded in gratitude, staring at her leg as the maiden exited the room.
Spi'Reto dropped the leather armor aside, wiping his hands. "You guys did well, best we all get some shut eye."
"What plans do we have for tomorrow?" Asked Felix.
"What, you ready for more?" He joked, "You got any more human friends you could invite? Give us like a dozen or more, that'll help turn things around."
"Just-" He sighed when the young elf slapped his back, being careful not to hit his wounds.
"Relaaaaax. You're more use to use in one piece, Lex. You need to heal up first before we take up arms."
"You're sure?"
Spi'Reto gave him a smirk that showed confidence. "Give us elves some credit, we've been handling ourselves well against that bastard for this long."
Reta turned around to look at him. "It may seem that way, but you've made progress through his absence, not in his presence."
"That's hardly an argument, Perdilius rarely steps out from his tower." He shrugged, raising his hands. "Ease up a little. We hit them hard and got some of our friends back, that's something worth celebrating."
"But not too soon." She warned. "Confidence makes for sloppy work. After tonight, the enemy will choose to retaliate. I believe now is when we should urge caution."
"Sheesh, you two make quite a pair. I'm going to check up on the dwarf, see if she's still up." He waved, turning around and heading out the hut.
"How are you this calm when you've spent longer fighting then we have?" Felix called out.
This made the elf pause, hesitating as his shoulders sunk down. "When you live like I do, you see every day as your last. Our goddess preaches faith in stability, that nature will restore balance and order one way or another. I've lost enough friends and family to realize that it's best to live every day to make it your best."
He glanced back, offering them a reassuring smile. "Rest easy you two."
It took several minutes before Felix and Reta made their way up the rope bridge, travelling through tree huts before arriving to their designated home. They passed by Janette's hut, with Felix hearing her and Syri snoring softly inside. Most of the Nekomata had taken rest, giving them a moment of privacy for a change.
Upon entering their own hut, Felix sat down with a long sigh on his cot. He was about to lean back when Reta grabbed his arm and shook her head.
"Right." He groaned, laying on his side instead.
"Be thankful it is not your leg that was caught." She remarked, sitting next to him. Peeling back the leaf that covered her wound, she traced her fingers around where the bolt latched through the skin.
"You know better than to play with that. Leave it be, or it might scar."
She pressed her lips together, breathing in through her nose before brushing the leaf back into place. "Scars are good. They tell a history of survival."
"That or a clumsy cut from a kitchen knife." He joked.
She looked back at him, her eyes falling on the numerous laceration marks embedded across his back and chest. "Are those from cooking accidents as well?"
"Depends, if you count dropping kitchen utensils." He admitted, sitting up and looking at his own scars.
"You... choose to rarely speak about your... history."
"Not fond of reliving a past I would rather forget." Felix sighed, planting his hands behind him to lean back.
He watched as Reta shuffled closer, reaching out with a delicate touch. She sucked in her lip, tracing her fingertips along the ridges that decorated his chest.
"That one came from speaking out of line." He said, clearing his throat. "You remember my friend Zena back at the Black District?"
"The orc?" She asked.
He nodded back. "We were both sold as slaves from a youthful age of early adolescence to the same owner. We spent our lives learning to call this cold stone-floored kettle as our home. There were other slaves too, not many of them survived. One of them was caught with a key in her possession. She had this plan to sneak out... it doesn't matter. Zena was um... she looked out for me. She was a lot smaller back then, not as big as you know her."
"I see." Reta scooted in close. "You gained this mark for protecting her?"
"Y-Yea. Zena spilt her tray when we were attending to guests for some gathering of some kind. I took the fall, defended her and claimed I spilt it. I was given a few whips to remind me not to speak again unless told to." He sighed, his composure sinking as an aura of dread loomed over him. "Thinking back, I should have done more to protect her."
"You do so much as it stands." She argued, caressing his arm. "You may be a simple farmhand, but your risk your life to protect others. That is a strength many do not possess, but it can also be your undoing."
"What I did before, was I wrong? Turning my back around to protect Zimi-"
"No, you did what instinct demanded. Of that, we are in agreement. But I see you put yourself at harm's way so willingly, do you not see value in your own life?" She asked, looking into his amber eyes.
Felix sighed and hung his head, placing his hand over hers. "All my life has been about survival. I thought breaking free would give me purpose, but-"
"How do you think we would feel to see you sacrifice yourself to save another? Be it Monster Girl or otherwise, we would grieve the same. I've lost my family before; I will not lose another." She said rather coldly, her fingers interlocked with his.
They paused for a time, hanging on to that silence they shared while she stared at his hand.
"Your claws remain." She reminded him, only for him to pull his hand away.
"It'll pass."
"Will it?" She questioned, pulling his hand back. She felt around his claws, looking back into his cat-like eyes. "You are becoming more like them. Recall that this is natural."
"Does it frighten you?"
"It worries me, yes. Not of envy but of concern."
"I don't know how to control it."
"That makes two of us." She surprised him, opening her mouth to reveal the fangs she hid from him. "Our transformations are growing permanent."
"Reta-"
"No." She swiped her hand through the air to stop him. "Not tonight. Let us just... rest for now."
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't realize-"
"We knew this would happen in time, Felix. Perhaps we can focus our efforts on reversing this change."
"I don't think that option applies to me." He reminded her, pointing at the mark on his neck.
"Ah yes, the bond." She addressed, squeezing his hand. "How I wonder if things would remain the same had I been the first to find you instead."
"You said you weren't jealous."
"No, I'm not. Unless I have reason to be."
This time he reached out for her hand. "The situation would not change if you were captured instead of her."
"Like in Kershin Market?" She reminded him, closing her eyes and shaking her head. "Forgive me, that was... I thought- Baka!"
"What, what is it?" He asked, alarmed as she hit her thigh and hissed at the pain. "Reta, talk to me."
"It's nothing-"
"Damn that, don't do that to me. This isn't nothing." He frowned, gentle holding her hands despite her protest.
Reta whined and rolled her head back, resigning with an exasperated sigh. "I thought I had moved past that, stupid Wolf! It's just my head is filled with these- these stupid emotions! This is your fault!"
"Whoa, me?"
"Yes you." She growled, smacking his leg before turning her back to him. She crossed her arms, pouting and sulking. "Perhaps it would be best for me to leave. Find my own path and rid myself of these feelings that cloud my reasoning."
"You think so?" He chuckled, trying to hide his laughter.
She growled and smacked his knee again. "You find my misery amusing?"
"N-No." He giggled, smiling as she spun around to smack his arm. "Ow, hey."
"Stop laughing!" She fussed.
He caught her hands and spun her around, hugging her from behind. "Calm yourself, this isn't like you."
"No, it's not." She murmured.
"Hitting yourself like a child throwing a tantrum."
"Be silent if your value your life." She warned him, angered by his laugh.
"Of course." He relaxed, holding her hands. "Look at us, we're both losing ourselves. I need to be strong, not just for her but for you as well."
"I told you, I do not need your strength."
"That you did."
"What if we cannot reverse this? What if my fate is to succumb to the curse?" She asked, her voice breaking as she held on tight to him.
"Then... I guess I'll have to adjust to loving a Werewolf then."
"This is serious, baka!"
"We'll find a way to beat this curse, and to rescue our friends."
She breathed in. "And what if both seem impossible?"
"Then we'll have to make it possible." He replied, kissing her shoulder.
She closed her eyes, leaning into him as he kissed her neck. Another soft peck while in his embrace caused her to moan gently, turning her head as their lips met. She wrapped her arm around his head, holding him there as their lips would meet again and again. Their kissing began gradually at first, steadily increasing as he peeled away her top, exposing her breasts.
Reta broke free, gasping as his fingers pinched and pulled at her brown nipples. She grounded her ass against his crotch, feeling that organ grow hard with each stroke. Suddenly, the pain they felt from their wounds didn't matter to them as they lost themselves, with her planting her hands on his knees to lift her ass up and down along his length.
It was his turn to moan, biting his lip and wrapping his arms around her soft tummy to hold her in place. "Easy now, don't want to get me too excited." He warned her.
She grinned in response and kissed him. "Can't handle taming a Wolf in your hands?"
"You know, you get awfully fixated on this wolf thing." He chuckled.
She spun around, sitting on his lap with her hands on his shoulders. "Shut up." She hissed, silencing him with her mouth against his.
He smiled back, surprising her by placing her down on the cot with him on top. He kissed around her neck, nipping at her flesh as she stroked her hands through his brown hair. When his tongue lathered her breasts, she gasped and threw her head back, relishing the warm feeling surging through her. Moans were escaping her body, he even reached out to caress her face before nibbling on her other nipple. He would suckle on her tit as his cheeks caved in, eyes closed until he would release with an audible plop! Reta would lean back, legs curled up and locked behind him, his thumb tracing her gasping pink lips. She turned toward it, sucking his thumb gently as he kissed between her breasts and massaged her other tit with enough force to send tingles under her skin.
"Gods~" She gasped out, eyes wide open as she looked down to find him removing her pants and underwear. He tossed them aside, instinct driving him to kiss around her tummy and caress her thighs. She mewled and bit her bottom lip, pinching and pulling at her own breasts as she built up to that sweet relief inside. She could feel the warmth of his breath tickle her pussy lips as he hovered over them, leaning in slowly and teasing her with a gentle kiss. He surprised her by sticking out his tongue and dragging it across her slit, doing so slowly to really build up that feeling for her.
She shivered and sucked in her breath, filling him with delight. He raised her thigh up, resting it on his shoulder as he swept in to kiss her clit next. He made sure to pleasure her slowly at first, showering her pussy with gentle smooches before dragging his tongue around her skin. Another soft peck, then he nipped at her flesh before kissing her kitty. Now he pulled back and kissed around her thigh, savoring the expressions and noises she made as he roamed his hands around her legs, gripping and squeezing them before caressing them like a massage.
He tried making a pattern out of his actions, but he lost himself in the moment as he felt his erection straining under his own clothes. Reta took notice of the tent pitched between his legs, biting her lip and blushing at the thought.
"T-Tomeru." She spoke out softly, holding his head in place. He paused, looking up at her wondering what she had in mind. She smiled back, pulled him up to her and tasted herself by kissing him deeply. Their tongues hugged and rubbed together, all while she slid her hand along his chest and abs before slipping under his pants. She tugged the fabric down, he got the message and kicked them off after pulling them down to his knees. They both share smiles when he gasped and shivered upon feeling her warm fingers stroking his member.
"There you are." She whispered in a seductive voice, staring deeply into his cat-like eyes. "My Felix."
"Uuhhn~" He trembled, feeling himself leaking precum onto her fingers. They provided some lubrication through her strokes as they began hearing a slick movement from her squeezing and massaging his length.
"So hard, all for me." She hummed, kissing him before pointing his cock to her body. "Go on, make your claim."
He nodded, smiling as he shuffled around while she parted her legs for him. Both of them held their breaths, sighing together as she felt herself spread open for his cock. He pressed in, shivering at the warmth and wetness snuggled around his dick, inviting him inside.
"We should keep it down," He whispered, kissing her shoulder as he began moving his hips in and out.
"Wouldn't want to wake the others." She teased back, clenching around him to squeeze his length. It worked, causing him to gasp out much to her delight.
"Easy now, don't want to end this too fast."
"Then don't. Hold out for me, consider this training for your endurance." She giggled, pushing him back. He slipped out, his cock throbbing with a string of precum attached to her flower as she sat up. This time, she scooted in close, holding onto his shoulder to keep her balanced.
"You don't want to be on top this time?" He asked, blushing as she moved her hips in and out, sliding his member between her lips.
She paused, looking him in the eyes. "What about your wound?"
"To hells with that, all I can feel is you."
She giggled, blushing at his remark before pushing him on his back. "You're such a baka."
"Always." He gasped, watching her balance herself on her feet as she planted her hands on his chest. Soon she began bouncing her hips over him, planting her ass down as the sound of their bodies joining sang out. She groaned loudly as they locked eyes, with him reaching out and holding her waist. Her breasts would jiggle back and forth every time she rode him, eventually buckling down to rest on her knees before grinding her waist back and forth. The way his length would fill her so well, like a missing piece plugging in an empty feeling in her soul.
"Mmm~mmmmmm..." She moaned loudly, eyes closed as she relished at this heavenly feeling. It didn't matter if her body began to feel sticky with sweat, or that her thighs began to burn as she continued bouncing on top of him. Gods, anything to continue that warm sensation as his cock would scratch that itch inside.
"Fuck, you're so... amazing." He gasped out, pulling her in and kissing her deeply. They moaned into each other's mouths, their tongues soon exploring each other once more. They would occasionally pull away, gasping to recover their breaths before digging in for more. He would run his hand down the curve of her back before gripping onto her ass, feeling the soft tender flesh paired with lean muscle inside. The way she whined as he squeezed her butt made his dick throb inside her, wanting to continue this feeling and make it last forever.
She shook suddenly, planting her hands on his chest and hanging her head as she cooed and trembled in his hands. It took a moment for him to realize the cause as he felt her tighten around his member before feeling her juices drip down onto his balls. He held her hand and showered her neck with kisses, sucking and biting her flesh to leave several markings as if to lay claim on her.
"Gods, stop." She whined, submitting into his grasp.
"Hm?" He moaned out, nipping at her ear.
"Stooo~ooop," She whimpered, burying her face into his neck. "Stop doing this to me."
"Doing what?" He whispered, watching her raise her head to look at him through tearful eyes.
"Stop making me feel this way for you." She admitted.
He paused, his heart racing as she nuzzled against his chest once more. With a determined look, he slipped out from her before gently guiding her body to roll around, laying her on her back. She looked up at him as he stood over her, held her hand on his face, then stared deeply into her eyes.
"I love you." He whispered, "And no matter what happens to either of us, tomorrow or the next day, my feelings for you will never change."
Her lip quivered as tears began streaming down her face, cradling him in her arms and kissing his cheek.
"Please take me." She whispered seductively to him. "Tame me now, make me yours."
He nodded, pulling her leg around to rest behind him before feeling her body invite him back inside so easily. The warmth and snug feeling welcomed him in, sinking his prick deep inside until their bodies pressed together.
"Yes, please!" She gasped, her hands traveling down and squeezing his ass. "Fuck me! Mate me!"
He smiled and stood up on his hands, giving in to her demands as he rolled his hips back and forth, building that familiar sound they missed hearing.
Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap!
"Just like that, ooooohhh yesssss." Reta's smile widened, feeling relieved and wanted.
"I love you." He gasped out to her, his sweat dropping down on her breasts as they bounced up and down with his thrusts.
"Ooooooh, gods yessss. Make love to me Felix, pleassse~!" She mewled, biting her lip and looking up to meet his gaze.
Both of them gasping loudly, his legs burning as he summoned all of his energy to build up that next wave of release for her. He needed her to be close, or else it wouldn't feel complete. Knowing he was nearing his climax, he reached down and rubbed his thumb against the small button of her clit to stimulate her further. She gasped and drew her head back, tightening around him before sliding her hand down to guide him. Her fingers directed him on how to rub her the right way, thankfully he was a fast learner.
Plap~Plap~Plap~Plap~Plap!
"Haaaiii~!" She gasped out, digging her fingers into the cot as their bodies glistened with sweat. "D~Do it, claim me! Tame me!"
"Gods, R-Reta!" He groaned, leaning down and holding her close as their bodies clung onto each other, with only his hips moving up and down.
She locked her legs behind him, biting his neck and lathering it with her tongue, her warm gasps tickling his ear as she dug her fingernails into his back.
"Fffff-Hnnnnnn!!" He moaned through clenched teeth, feeling himself lose the battle as he pulsed and throbbed, painting her insides with his seed.
"Yes, yesss, yessssssss." Reta trembled at the feeling of hot warmth pooling inside, sending her to her final orgasm as she joined him. Her head fell back, chest rising as she panted loudly, her pussy tingling as her body radiated with this life-altering euphoric sensation. She felt his seed trickle down her ass as he fell on top of her, feeling his breath against her ear as they held each other close. She peppered him with kisses along his cheek, neck and shoulder, running her hands along his back and occasionally cupping a feel for his butt. They stayed joined for a few minutes, happily spending all of his sperm into her body until eventually she tapped his shoulder.
"You're um, getting heavy." She teased.
He smiled and rolled on his back, wincing at the feeling of laying against his injury. "Ow."
"Aw, hurting again?"
"Aren't you?" He asked.
"Well, yes, but it's a different kind of pain." She remarked, running her fingers along her sore pussy. "Gods, you really filled me. It's leaking."
Felix blushed, laying his head back. "I may have lost control there."
"Good." She smiled, stroking his arm. "That is your lesson for the day, learning when and how to lose control."
He blinked, surprised by her statement before looking at her. "I thought my lesson was about stamina and endurance?"
"It was, but you failed." She smirked, "Unless you're ready to go again?"
"Gods, I'm not sure." He admitted, "I'm still recovering after our last coupling. KuliKuli isn't as rough as you can be."
"Ah, don't ever compare us like that again." She replied, punching his arm. "Now the mood is ruined."
"Crap, sorry."
"Worry not, you can still... earn your forgiveness." She grinned, kissing him before snuggling up against his body.
He held her back, spooning her as the pair lingered in blissful silence with the smell of sex in the air. A moment passed when he lifted his head.
"Reta?"
"Hmm." She mumbled, her eyes closed as she held his hand to her tummy.
"I meant what I said to you, about always loving you. I hope you know that."
She remained silent, hanging on to his word before pressing closer against his body. She didn't respond, leaving him to rest his head back and hold her tight from behind. For he could not see the growing smile she had, relaxing in his embrace.