Page 55 of Catching the Kot'oll Driver

“Maybe you’re a big guy, but it still doesn’t mean you’re also good at fighting and even protecting yourself.”

I spread my arms to the side. “But...”

She points at my previously injured arm. “You know I’m right.”

I lower my arms back to my side. “Fine... You’re right.”

She finally smiles. “I’m so sorry that you got into so much trouble because of me. Imagine if I didn’t stop your spaceship because I was dumb, then nothing would have happened, at least not to you.”

I shiver at that thought. If she hadn’t stopped my spaceship, I wouldn’t have got to know her. The robbery happened already, and those gangsters are still going to hurt her and... I wouldn’t be there with her... Though if she weren’t bringing me to that restaurant, she would be fine.

But...

I shake my head. “No, I think what happened is as good as it could be. Now, we’re here and...” I swallow with my throat tight and burning. “Do you... want to give me a try? For us to be each other’s mates? You know you want to spend more time with me.”

She puts her hand on my chest. Maybe she is to push me away, which...

But she runs her hand up and down my chest. “Look, you seem to be a big guy who’s not here to hurt me.”

Ah... Is this what she has been worried about? Including how she ended our previous sex midway?

“Is that because a lot of bigger beings like me are bad beings?”

She hugs me again and leans onto me, pressing her ear on my chest as if she is searching for my heartbeat. “I... Maybe it’s being police, or maybe it is just me. It is hard for me to trust anyone, especially someone like you who can smash my skull in seconds. I saw how you cracked the guy’s skull with the bat...”

“Hey! I’ll never do that to you. And... I’ve never been a violent guy. It was just—”

She stands on her tiptoe and taps my lips. “You were just trying to save both of us.”

“It worked.”

She stares at the floor, seemingly deep in thought. I think I should keep quiet and let her do her thing.

It doesn’t take long before she takes my hand and leads me to her room. I follow, not sure what to look forward to. My cock twitches. I’ve been wanting to try something with her again, but I don’t want to stress her out.

Inside her room, it is bigger than my room on the spaceship. She has a wardrobe to the side and also her stuff on the table. The table is a messy one with stationary scattered around.

She watches me for a moment before she sighs. “I hope you don’t mind my messy room.”

“I don’t. I’m hoping we’d be mates, not to be mates with the room.”

She rolls her eyes but with a smile. “That’s what I’ve been thinking about.”

Is she the one putting me on her bed this time around? That would be something new.

She points at her chair next to the desk. “Take a seat.”

“Okay.” I do as she said. She goes to the other side and checks the drawer of the wardrobe.

She pulls something out, but her body blocks my view. “I know I probably shouldn’t hold onto this when it was far into the past by now, but...” She hands me a piece of paper.

It is... a photo of her bandaged up.

She shrugs. “It’s just other kids bullying me when I was a kid. Humans just don’t grow that big that quick.”

I scowl. “Someone should teach them a lesson.”

“The teachers did, but for me, it didn’t matter a lot. I was already injured, so... I usually hang around beings similar to my size. I know that just because they won’t think about beating me up as often doesn’t mean all of them are nice, but at least it feels like I’ll stand a better chance.”

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