Page 27 of Under My Bed

Looking up at his peaceful sleeping face, I couldn't help but trail a delicate finger down the length of his horn and face, making his face twitch and scrunch a little.

I probably shouldn't think too much about his words from last night; it was just an expression, after all, right? To fuck someone like you don't love them meant wild, crazy, mind-blowing sex.

On the other hand, we were soulmates, and he admitted that he had feelings for me. So, didn't that mean he loved me? Wasn't that how it all worked essentially? It wouldn't make any sense to me to be destined for someone and have a profoundly deep connection to them and not love them in the end.

"Good morning, Stella doll." Kastoron's gravelly voice tore me from my thoughts. "It's too early for you to make that worried thinking face. What's a matter?" He asked, looking down at me with half-opened eyes and a soft but concerned smile. "Don't tell me you've changed your mind about us." He worried with a dry chuckle.

Furiously, my head shook in response. "No, no, that's not it… I'm just thinking a bit too much, that's all. Just waking up to you like this after all the other times kind of threw me off, and it just feels kind of too good to be true, in a way. Then I just got to thinking about last night and the whole you having feelings for me and us being soulmates and whatnot."

Chuckling, Kastoron shut me up with a deep kiss. "Quit your worrying. I meant all I said last night, and I am a demon of my word." He assured me with a smile and kiss on the forehead. "How are you feeling?"

"Thoroughly fucked past six days over Sunday," I replied with a roll of my eyes while smacking him in the chest playfully. "I don't think I can walk, let alone get off the bed." I groaned playfully before burying my face into his chest.

Quizzically, I looked up at Kastoron when he started moving us off the bed. "Kas, I literally just told you I can't walk because you fucked me over with your huge dick. Why are you getting me out of bed?" Tightly, I wrapped my arms around his neck and clung to him for dear life as he stood up with me in his arms.

Slowly, he started towards the bathroom while smiling down at me. "Because I'm going to run you a bath and make you some breakfast while you relax."

"Do you even know how to cook?" I asked with a wary look, making him chuckle.

"Yes, I'm not incompetent like the lot of human males on this earth." He replied with a roll of his eyes before using some shadow hands to turn on the water and fill the tub up before settling me in. He even remembered to add in my favorite bath bombs!

Wait… I ran out of them and hadn't gotten the time to buy more yet. "Kassie, where did you get these bath bombs from?" I quickly spun around in the tub to look at his retreating body.

Stopping at the doorway, he looked back at me with a cheeky grin. "Don't worry about it." He dismissed me with a wave of his hand before disappearing completely from the room.

"Wait! Are these the ones I couldn't find three weeks ago!? Kas!"

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Kastoron

"Quit acting so damn surprised that I can cook."

"Well, can you blame me? I never see you cooking for yourself or eating anything, really. I mean, before I started leaving food for you, I wondered if you even ate, period." Stella remarked with a playful scoff and roll of her eyes.

"I usually hunt the animals around the property when you're asleep or dig into my own stash of food. Your measly portions aren't near close to filling for me, but they are a nice gesture." Giving her a fond smile, I held up another piece of bacon to her mouth the moment she finished chewing. "No one's fed me since… Nearly forever." I appreciated her kind gesture of cooking me food when I didn't even mention anything about it.

Begrudgingly, she ate the bacon. "You're going to keep me pudgy." She muttered with a soft pout.

Sighing heavily, I reached over and grabbed her to pull her off her stool and into my lap. "You are not pudgy. You are not fat or chunky or any of those stupid terms. You are perfect just the way you are. You have the perfect amount of meat and muscles on you to make you soft and plush enough for me, and your figure is filled out perfectly. I don't give a shit what everyone else tells you, and you shouldn't either like how you advise your clients about loving their own body."

Cupping her face, I brought her full attention to me. "You are perfect, and if I hear you say anything negative about your body starting from here on out, I will start tallying it to punish you. Am I clear?"

Gulping, Stella's eyes widened a bit in wonder and fear as her head bobbed up and down quickly. "Yes, sir, understood."

"Good girl." Smiling, I leaned down and kissed her softly. "Now, finish breakfast, and we'll talk."

We still had much to discuss regarding our relationship moving forward, and we still had a lot to unload to each other about our lives. I wasn't too keen on talking about my past, but Stella questioned it earlier in the bath. I could be a jerk and dismiss her completely, but I had to be open with her if I wanted this relationship to work.

Once Stella was full, the two of us ended up on the couch with the TV on some crime documentary as background noise and as a means for Stella to relax a little before we started our serious conversation.

"Last night, the thing about the soulmates, there's quite a bit I didn't touch on that I need you to know before you absolutely commit yourself to me." I started, nervously scratching at the ridges of my horn as I ran through things in my mind.

"What? Do I have to sell my soul to you or something?" She joked with a nervous chuckle as she got comfortable in my arms.

Scratching my temple with a finger, I shrugged a bit. "Kind of? Like it's… You know what, just let me explain things from top to bottom, then if you have any questions then you can ask them, otherwise we'll be spending forever on the subject. Alright?"

Warily, she reluctantly agreed with a soft nod of her head before turning her body around to face me fully.

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