"I've lost much of my honored standing by not challenging for leadership of my tribe. I prefer a mate that would recognize my efforts to protect our planet from invasions unseen by our eyes, but in the technology we surround ourselves with."
"I think that's admirable," I told him with a genuine appreciation of what people like him have done to protect others.
We arrived at a door that he stopped in front of.
"This room is linked with your implant; it will only open for you, and the other hoomun that came with you. It was unexpected to be escorting another exchange, so I apologize that you'll be sharing the space."
"It's fine. I don't like being alone."
He cleared his throat and stared at the ceiling as he spoke, avoiding eye contact with me. "Riley of Earth has told me to warn hoomun's of certain necia customs. Bathing customs in particular. No male on this ship is allowed to bathe you without your permission, but to know that when you offer your consent that it is deemed to be consent for all warriors present unless you've offered a token of intention to mate a single warrior. Keep your requests private if you do not wish to attract unwanted attention or trigger a warrior's rut. We can become territorial."
"Am I in danger?"
"A warrior would be dishonored if they harmed you without cause. I'm honored to assist you with your bathing needs privately. Riley has stated that privacy is common until an agreement to mate has been established."
My throat felt dry thinking about what he was offering, and I nearly choked on my own spit to ease the sudden itch.
"Are you offering to ummm..." I diverted my own eyes to the wall, too embarrassed to meet his gaze.
"To bathe you and make your body fill my mouth with your ellopul," he stated bluntly.
My god!
"Thanks for the offer, maybe next time," I squeaked and quickly darted into the room, watching him smile at me before the door began to slide closed.
He bowed and I heard him say, "It would be my honor," before I collapsed on the bed behind me. My heart raced and I clenched my fist at my chest to calm it.
I didn't know how much time passed before the door opened to a naked Violet, making my jaw drop. She was definitely fully dressed when I saw her last.
"You didn't...?" I couldn't help but ask after the proposition I received myself.
Violet grinned from ear to ear, and she moaned with remembered happiness and an unashamed wink.
"What did you read up on bathing customs?" she asked with a teasing tone that spoke of her excitement for me to try what she had obviously just done.
I gulped and shook my head. "I don't think I could do it," I quickly added, "not that it doesn't sound fun." I didn't want her to think I was judging her, and necia customs did seem more focused on a female enjoying themselves. "The necia males basically worship the body with no expectations of anything in return except for drinking your cum." I choked on the embarrassment of knowing any of that, let alone saying it out loud.
"Wait, so that's normal for them to give you head until your legs can't function and then run off before you can play with them too?"
We both stared at each other until I had to hide my eyes behind my fingers from the excessive eye contact.
"Girl," she elongated the endearment with a satisfied sigh.
"I can't believe you let him do that in front of whoever was around. I still have trouble wrapping my head around having my junk on display."
"It's not like you're really that exposed with someone's head between them and a view. But no one was there, so it was a non-issue."
"No one was there?" That was odd for a necia warrior. Even Chief Wren-Kal had stated the only reason he knew to be private with a human was because he spoke to another human about it. It didn't seem like many warriors knew much about human customs.
"Only the medic, Ul-Ro, was there when my pants were ripped off, but I forgot he was there, honestly."
"Two of them!" I quickly corrected my tone, so she didn't think my shock was judgmental. "I guess, I knew that was a possibility. I still can't believe it."
"Are we talking about the same thing?" she asked.
"You," I paused to find the right words, "You let two sexy alien men bathe in your orgasm?"
"Orgasms," she corrected with a smirk. "But, no. I mean sure, that sounds awesome. No, though. Ul-Ro left when Roe-el growled at him before he got down on his knees."