Page 15 of Mary had a Little Harem

"Shame, it's pretty cool," Noel muttered, immediately regretting his words. What would a girl like Mary care about video games.

"It is pretty fun," Louis added, glancing at his two best mates. He was glad he brought Mary along but saddened he wasn't wearing his own costume. But then again, without Nico here, the squad wasn't complete anyway.

"What's it about?" Mary inquired, decided that if she wanted to see Louis again, she should at least pretend to show an interest in what he did. And hey, if all gamers looked like this, she'd happily learn more about it.

"It's an open world game set in an ancient, magical world. You band together in guilds to start your own village and fight for territory."

A vendor's mouth fell open as Mary trotted past his stall. But Mary only had eyes for her date and his friends.

"Okay?"

"So in every guild, you get smaller parties. There's four of us that make up Rebel Ravine, our squad."

"Four of you?"

Louis nodded as he counted him and his two mates. "Yes, there's Sam, Noel, me, and then Nico, who couldn't be here."

Mary nodded, for a moment wondering about this Nico. Would he be just as hot as the three of them?

"And so what do you do?" she asked, still not sure what they did.

"We kick ass, that's what," Sam grinned, winking at a girl selling comic books.

An irrational jealousy bubbled up in Mary's gut. One she quickly squashed down. She was on a date with Louis, not with Sam. She shouldn't care if he was flirting with other women. But she did. How inappropriate.

"And apart from that, what else do you do, Sam?" Mary purred, hoping to draw his attention back to her. Pleased that his eyes left the random girl and darted over her cleavage, Mary batted her eyelashes at the blonde stud.

"We go on quests together to fight other players, monsters, and complete missions. The stronger we get, the higher our guild ranks."

"And that's a good thing?"

"Yup! It's just good fun, but there's also a lot of teamwork and strategy involved. And I just like to be on top," he smirked, flashing her a dazzling smile.

Mary refrained from giggling and nodded, pretending like she actually understood what he was going on about. "Sounds... Fun?"

Noel chuckled next to her. "You've got no idea what we're on about, do you?"

"Not really, no," she admitted, her cheeks colouring red once more. Now she was blushing. Again. Damn those men. How were they doing that to her?

Louis rolled his eyes, not believing that both Sam and Noel seemed to be interested in Mary. Sam, he could understand. They always did have the same type. But Noel? He was usually far too shy to even talk to the girls he or Sam brought around. But yet, the crack in his voice was unmistakable. Noel was interested.

Louis glanced at Mary, noting how cute the dimples in her cheek made her look. he couldn't blame his friends. Mary was definitely interesting.

And surprising. He couldn't believe she actually wanted to come along and join him and his mates for a cosplay convention. And that she seemed rather comfortable walking around in a skimpy elf costume.

Yes, he certainly misjudged her. Underneath her bitchy and cold exterior, there seemed to be a rather sweet and curious girl.

"Oh look, they're handing out shots," Mary chirped, pointing at a booth with skull flasks and pirate labelled bottles.

Louis nodded at the vendor, who quickly ran to their group with a bottle of green-coloured mead.

"Want a taste?" he eagerly asked, pushing plastic shot glasses in their hands. Without waiting for a response, he poured them a generous glug of booze.

"Bottom's up," Mary smirked, downing the shot without hesitation. She might have never been to a convention, or used to walking around dressed in an elf costume, but she knew how to drink. Even if the green drink left a rather strange aftertaste on her tongue, alcohol was alcohol. And she could use some to take the edge off.

Sam chuckled. "You got a good one. Looks like she knows how to down her booze," he grinned, slapping his mate on his shoulder.

"Looks like it," Louis agreed, impressed that Mary seemed to be so comfortable around them. Most girls he dated, or tried to date, weren't very interested in the gaming aspect of his life. In fact, only one girl before had been interested. And not just any girl.

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