Page 3 of His Theo

The wide-eyed stares around the room indicated I wasn’t the only human who was feeling out of their depth at the moment.

But man.

“So many tentacles, so little time.” Nicholas’s whispered teasing made me groan.

“I’m not… I can see the person. It’s not.”

Shit.

Larry didn’t see the issue even though my rambling made enough sense that I knew Nicholas had tried to explain my worry. “Our limbs are much better than a human’s. Understanding that and admiring them is not shameful. They are exceedingly useful and come in a variety of colors that humans do not. We are highly attractive.”

And not modest at all.

“You’re right.” He liked hearing that so much it never made me frustrated to have to admit it. “They’re very practical too.”

And hot as fuck.

“Yes.” Larry was very Larry as he responded. “We are designed for ultimate caretaking of human submissives. We can spank, restrain, and pleasure all at the same time.”

Several humans around us started to blush but the aliens were nodding like it was completely factual information.

We’d definitely been too loud.

Part of me was hoping to have a heart attack and just die quietly, but I knew there were too many doctors around and someone would be helpful and resuscitate me.

Smart people could be very dense about stuff like that.

They’d think they were being supportive and then I’d have to say thank you, and they’d feel good about themselves and then they’d ask questions and want to talk about my feelings. God help me if it was an alien that brought me back to life because that’d just get even weirder.

“Oxygen is a requirement for human life.” The way Larry patted me on the head and frowned at me as Nicholas started snickering again made me realize I was holding my breath. When I was functioning again, Larry nodded. “Good human.”

Not good enough, evidently, because he turned to Nicholas and frowned. “We must find a Dominant partner who will keep our human friend Theo healthy.”

Because I couldn’t be trusted to breathe on my own.

Great.

“I agree.” Nicholas took one of Larry’s smaller limbs in his hand and smiled at his Dom. “Let’s start mingling and find someone he likes.”

“Yes.” Nodding, Larry studied the room. “We have attracted attention and appreciative reactions to our human, but I do not sense any potential mate bonds forming yet.”

Huh?

I really should’ve asked more questions.

Oh, more tentacles.

“Let us walk.” Keeping a tight hold on Nicholas and a light touch on my back, Larry moved us toward the back of the restaurant where more people were mingling.

When they’d said they’d rented out the restaurant, I’d assumed they’d been talking about renting out a back room or something. No. They’d taken over the place and that was probably a good idea because there had to be at least a hundred people of both species milling around.

A lot of them were clearly mates based on the amount of touching and hand-holding going on, but there were a startling number of single people. Thankfully, the wide-eyed humans and the clearly curious aliens were easy to spot and made it obvious who was unattached.

It wasn’t until I had a second to think that I realized knowing who was single and who was taken made the whole situation a lot less stressful than I was expecting. I wouldn’t have to guess who was single. I wouldn’t have to guess what someone thought of me because everyone like Larry would just flat out tell me.

“Our human friend Theo is highly…confused?” Larry was obviously addressing Nicholas like I was their kid and he needed his mate to explain what their confused teenager was up to.

Hmm.

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