Page 69 of His Theo

Hearing that I was on the right track made it easier to keep going and not feel stupid.

“I know that you were worried about upsetting me when we first met but you took very good care of me and you made sure I wasn’t scared.” It was probably all his leadership training but he was very good in those kinds of situations.

He never made anything worse and I wasn’t sure I had too many people in my life I could say that about.

“I know that you’re always looking for different ways to take care of me. Just things like learning to cook and going grocery shopping are ways you take care of me.” Rubbing my cheek against him, I sighed as his limbs started tightening around me in a wavy, massage-like motion.

“You took over all the hard things and made them easier. I get more sleep and you make sure I’m not worn out at the end of the day.” He even made sure I was clean every night because he’d read an article online that said humans slept better when they were clean and had a routine.

So he’d made sure I had one.

“You make me feel happy.” That might’ve been what it really boiled down to. “Most people in my life haven’t made me happy and I’m very grateful that you do, Master.”

Yeah, that was what I knew…but what about him?

“What do you know, Master?” My question didn’t seem to surprise him but his limbs moved faster over me and he made his thinking sounds, so I was very good and was patient too.

I didn’t have the right limbs to give him wavy hugs or the range of motion to do much since he had me pinned against him. However, I could take deep breaths and aim happy thoughts at my mate. That was definitely a good option, though, because it made his sounds go deeper and his tentacles hugged me tighter again.

Yeah, that’d definitely been the right way to be patient.

“I know that you have given me a purpose I craved, my Theo.” A smaller tentacle stroked over my head almost absentmindedly and his nubs combed through my hair sending shivers through me.

He made a quiet, happy sound but didn’t get distracted. “I know you have made me complete in a way that humans cannot understand. I am…I am me now and you have given me that.”

Humming softly, he kept teasing my hair and massaging my scalp. “We are a species that is apart but is not meant to be alone. It is…there is a word that means emotional pain but I cannot find a human word that is right. You have taken that away and have given me the purpose I have long wanted.”

Part of me was trying to point out that I wasn’t supposed to be his purpose in life but I took great satisfaction in pushing it away and telling it to shut up.

Jerker wasn’t human.

Best sentence ever.

“We are meant to have purpose and caretake.” Jerker went back to combing a tentacle through my hair, making soft sounds when he sent tingly pleasure through me. “We were meant to find our mates and to grow through caretaking. There is no happiness in being alone, my Theo. You have given me happiness.”

Nodding against him as my eyes prickled, I took a deep breath and hugged him as best I could. “I like making you happy, Master, and I like being your mate.”

His limbs rippled over me again, tender and loving as he held me tight. “You are a wonderful mate, my Theo. I would be very happy to marry you in the human way. I will show everyone that I have claimed you and that you have given yourself to me.”

I couldn’t resist the laughter that bubbled out of me. “Yes, Master. I’ll marry you.”

We were going to have to talk about what he thought a wedding looked like, though. But for the time being, I had a different topic in mind for us to discuss.

Celebrating our engagement.

Turning my head, I opened my eyes and kissed his torso, working my way over to one of his smaller tentacles with my limited range of movement. I didn’t make it to the tip like I’d been planning, but I licked the underside and teased some of his nubs. “Master…it’s too far away.”

He knew exactly what I wanted, using the end of his tentacle to caress around my jaw and to tap my nose. “My Theo, it is right there. What do you mean?”

Barely holding back laughter, I wiggled against his increasingly tight hold and tried to catch it with my lips as he flicked it out and tapped my chin that time. “Master…”

Making thinking sounds and trying to look innocent and confused, he even cocked his head. “I do not understand the problem, my Theo.”

Someone had been teaching him how to tease.

“The problem is that I want to make you feel good, Master.” Yes, I liked his happy sounds and I liked sucking, so it would be a win-win situation as far as I was concerned.

“That does not provide enough pleasure for both of us, my Theo.” His tentacles rippled over me, and before I could disagree with him, one came down and spanked my ass over my clothes. As I moaned, he made a low, pleased sound. “Yes, that provides us both with much physical happiness.”

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