Page 19 of Jessica's Mates
I didn’t have to ask for anyone to pass me some of the food. Koh placed a netah and pixxe on my leaf plate. I reached for the water in the cup placed in front of me and took a large sip.
Then I joined in with all the fun and chatting around the table. Turns out I wasn’t the only one to catch Quinn and Ryven, but in a different position today. I didn’t want to think of all the positions they could do… hanging out of trees. They were terrible at sneaking around outside.
After the meal, I was at the hut waiting… for what felt like half the night. Just as I was suspecting they weren’t coming, Koh and Tomlee arrived at my hut and knocked on the door—while I was sleeping with K’Tem earlier, he built the missing door. I straightened my hair down beside my shoulder. I was nervous all of a sudden.
“Come in,” I called out. They opened the door and I waved for them to enter. K’Tem was here. He told me he knew why they were to come here, and if I was going to turn them down as mates for him, he wouldn’t be happy, and neither would I. That after only knowing them such a short time, he understood why sharing a mate was something so easy with the Aashi. That there was nothing wrong with having more than one mate. That he respected them both and even if I didn’t choose them, he wished to continue his friendship with them.
That made me nervous. What if this was a huge mistake and they all started fighting, wanting attention that I couldn’t give them? With K’Tem in the mix, there was a strong chance any babies I had would be half M’Mori, and would that upset them?
There were so many what-ifs that needed answers too, but I guess the only way for this to work was with talking. I had been trying to work out what to say to them both. I was worried I was making a mistake choosing them, or a mistake if I was to reject their claims on me.
I took a deep breath.
“Thank you for coming. I have been wanting to speak to you after everything that happened. I have had time to think about everything. About how your bodies are drawn to mine… and how mine is drawn to yours.” Because it had to be why my body was acting the way it had been the last week. I watched as their eyes flared at that admission. I chuckled.
“Yeah, that’s right. I have been avoiding it for the past week, but when I am near you… either of you, I get wet, and I want to touch you… I want to mate you.” They both had huge grins, but I was getting ahead of myself.
“I wish to present myself to be considered a chosen male.” Koh bowed to me. Tomlee said the same two seconds after.
“I would like to take it slow, get to know you more—what you like, dislike—before we go any further. But I would like it if you wanted to sleep in the other room. Koh made two rooms. This means that we will be acting as if mated, but not be mated. Is that okay with you both?”
Koh cleared his throat. “Does this mean you will kiss me?” He seemed a little bashful after he asked. I nodded. What was wrong with a little kissing?
“Kissing and holding hands. No mating.” They both grinned and agreed. Tomlee moved quickly to my side.
“Will you kiss me now?” he asked, his dark eyes now watching my lips. Oh boy… This was moving fast and he was so cute. How could I say no to him?
“Sure. Have you kissed before?” I asked, then realized they didn’t have any experience with girls at all. He shook his head. I smiled; I was excited to be his first.
I took his chin in my hand and it was smooth. Aashi didn’t have beards or facial hair at all, but I reckoned Tomlee would have looked hot with a beard. If he could have grown one. His hair was shorter than Koh’s and I ran my fingers through it. His head titled to follow my hand, like he couldn’t get enough of my touch.
“I love how you touch me,Jee-seka. It feels like nothing I have experienced before.” Aww… the guy was breaking me. He never had anyone run their fingers through his hair… It was such a nice feeling. I was glad I could do that for him. I slowly inched my way to his face. He watched my lips and I closed my eyes as I got closer. I licked my lips before I pressed them to him. His lips were soft, so soft, and he moaned as I pulled him closer and licked the seam of his mouth.
He did the same in return, he was a very keen learner. I quickly swiped my tongue over his, and before I knew it, Tomlee had perfected the art of kissing after a small lesson. His hand snaked into my hair and pulled me so close the kiss was almost bruising. When I came up for air, Tomlee looked down to his cock.
“Oh, it was a really good kiss, Tomlee.” I felt bad for him. I could see where he had cum in his loin cloth. That must be uncomfortable. I wasn’t expecting that to happen from just a kiss.
“Me next?” Koh asked, looking just as eager. I giggled and looked to where K’Tem was watching me. He smiled and nodded, as if to tell me this was the right step for me. That he agreed with my choice.
“You’re next, Koh.”
Chapter Twenty
Koh
It had been five days that Tomlee and I had been staying in the hut with Jessica and K’Tem. We had hugged many times. She let me stroke her hair and I kissed her as much as she allowed. I loved to hear her giggle when I asked for kisses. So, I asked more than I should.
Because of this, my mate marks were strong and dark now, just as Tomlee’s had changed. I wasn’t sure of the dynamic of first mate. I knew that K’Tem was first, but he didn’t know all the Aashi ways, so I was always referred to as first mate when it was an Aashi question or need. So, I had acted as first mate many times. I wondered if when I mate bonded withJee-sekaif I was to get first mate marks.
Things were different to how I thought they would be with a mate. Just sometimes harder to know what each other wanted or expected, but that was because we were all learning each other’s ways.
I knew it wouldn’t be easy; M’Mori didn’t share mates. But K’Tem was very open to it. He spoke with us many times about how he wished to live like the Aashi. This made me happy, but there were times he would look at me andJee-sekaand I knew he was upset of how much time I was taking with her. So, I would back away and let them hug. He would tell us that he was sorry, he didn’t mean it. Just, sometimes it was hard because she was his fated and he became jealous. I understood this, that was the way of his people, so I didn’t hold that against him. His instincts were telling him to keep her away from us.
K'Tem only ate once a day, and he only ate meat. That was something he was trying to change, but when he had some pixxe he threw up. He had tried fish and he had a belly ache for many days and required many trips to dig holes. Aarzyn food did not agree with his belly.
Today, he said he would try netah, butJee-sekatold him no. Tomlee and I told him we would hunt for him, but he was very insistent on trying the netah today.Jee-sekacried at this, so I told him I would hunt for an ahnn with a few other males. We had a feast day so often now it didn’t matter which days we had it on. And meat was always a welcome food at the table by males. I still worried K’Tem was going to try netah without us knowing, that I told all around to watch out for him in case he had a reaction to it.
Humans also had many needs different from our own. And our beautiful mate—because that was what she was to be, my mate—she loved to bathe. Tomlee took on the role to be with her at all times. He was the one to go watch her down at the water hole. Well, not watch, he spoke with his brother. He made sure she was safe and had what she needed. He had taken on that role as she didn’t have a takxe—a healer—like so many of the other girls did as mates. I worried she would need one for when she had her kits, but she told us not to worry. The girls would act as a midwife, a term I didn’t understand, but she knew her people’s needs best.
