“Well, you did show me your nipples,” Gem sniffed smugly.
“You made me!” Rusty hissed.
“Yeah, okay.” Gem made finger quotes with several hands. “I ‘made’ you. You’re so obsessed with me, it’s embarrassing.”
Rusty fisted his hands, black claws digging in as he bared his canines at the Araknis. “You’re lucky murder is a crime!”
“And you’re lucky your nipples are so cute,” Gem said, making Rusty step back and press his hands to his furry chest, like he was trying to cover said nipples.
“What?”
“I hate everything about this entire situation!” Toni barked, but no one was paying attention.
In fact, Jude was in what appeared to be a very intense conversation with Zef and Willow about gender. He was explaining his “transition,” like the hormones and tit surgery. Then he reached into his pants and pulled out a dick.
“Whoa, removable cock.” Toni pointed, eyes wide. “That’s sick!”
Jude nodded drunkenly. “I know!”
“May I inspect that?” Zef asked, and Jude handed it over.
It looked like the human dicks Toni had seen in porn, except it wasn’t hard. And it was made out of silicone, like the dildos Toni had at home.
“Why do you have this?” Zef asked, and Jude wiped his hands on his pants as a pretty flush colored his cheekbones.
“Well, I don’t, you know, have my own,” he said, looking for the first time unsure. “So, it’s gender affirming to wear that.”
“Can you use it?” Toni asked before he’d thought better of it.
“Um, not that one specifically. But I have, uh, other ones.” Jude swallowed thickly, and Toni followed the color that crawled down his throat.
“For sexual intercourse?” Zef asked, completely unfazed.
Sitting down beside Willow, Jude inspected his hands but nodded. “Mhm.”
“You come with accessories,” Toni said, voice deep and a little rough.
Jude met his gaze, a dark smile curling his mouth. “That’s one way to say it.”
“I have one,” Willow admitted around a giggle, her brown skin darker from drink and bashfulness. “Krul likes it very much.” She hid her peeling laughter behind her hand, like she’d confessed to something she shouldn’t have, and Jude grinned widely.
“It’s fun, right?”
Willow nodded. “So very fun.”
“It’s always the quiet ones,” Toni said, scrutinizing the unassuming Dryad. Willow smacked his leg in reprimand, but her eyes danced with mirth.
“May I ask more questions?” Zef stood from their perch on the coffee table, and Jude scooted over to make room for them beside him on the couch.
“Sure.”
Toni wasn’t sure how much time passed, but when Tad set fire to a towel in Gem’s kitchen, Rusty took away the alcohol and stored it back in the cabinets. He had to climb onto the counter to reach the high cupboard, which made Toni laugha lot!
As they wound down, Toni ended up on the floor, shoulder propped against the couch as Jude lay on his side, hands tucked under his cheek. Toni was typing his number into Jude’s phone, then he texted himself so that he would have the human’s number in his.
Showing Jude the screen, he grinned as Jude read aloud, “The Hottest Demon I Know A.K.A. Toni. Wow, very original.”
“Just being honest,” Toni said as he added Jude’s contact to his list.