Laura moved her hand to wash the body of the fantastical horse even though it didn't need it because of the aura it could use.
She felt that ever since this horse was introduced to them by Blue her daytime had been much less boring. She now spent most of the time taking care of it when she was inside the Home skill.
In her opinion, he had given it a fitting name since just calling it Horizon gave the feeling of not being associated with any human-like name to an animal. This particular nuance clicked with her.
Oh, wait. She shouldn't talk about it in such a manner. Horizon had enough wisdom within him to make her feel as if she was talking with an adult human whenever he communicated telepathically. Of course, after being briefed about its race and where its original home was supposed to be she acutely understood that this horse had a big story behind it, especially the matter about an abductor?
Horizon had long since warmed up to her and thanks to her constant care for it now it wasn't any different from a docile horse raised in a ranch. Not only her but Blue also received the same treatment from it.
They now called each other best friends and he had shown a lot of equestrian videos which apparently sparked their dedication to try to master it. Whenever he had some free time from his busy student life he would drop by and practice horsemanship.
Initially she thought this was a bad idea from him as Horizon may look like a horse but its intelligence and race was anything but similar to a horse. She thought that this activity of theirs, where both were a bit too enthusiastic to try out, might result in a fractured relation. She just couldn't see how it would ever succeed as she was sure that Horizon’s self-esteem and pride would feel hurt to let someone use it as a mount.
To her shock, both of them progressed stably and there wasn't any reluctance.
Horizon seemed to enjoy this form of closeness to those it considered important. At one point it even asked her to join Blue on their practices. She obviously felt flustered and nervous at such a proposition but in her heart she very much admired the dashing image of him riding on the bicorn as it galloped ahead.
Thus she agreed despite the initial nervousness.
Actually, she very much enjoyed her daytime now. She only had a few things to attend to here while there was Horizon to keep her company. She even practiced horseback riding daily now.
At night time though, she had to walk on eggshells as the matter of that night still remained undiscussed between her and Clara. The subtle awkwardness had dragged on for long enough.
“Sigh… how do I even start explaining to her?”
She thought out loud while washing the horse. It then promptly asked her what was troubling her and she only shook her head at it. She didn't want to talk about the matter and Horizon was smart enough to not pester her so it went back to enjoying being bathed by her meticulous hands.
It liked taking a daily bath these days as it now preferred this unnecessary approach thanks to her care.
Laura heaved a sigh at this horse's carefree nature as she made a small wish for the situation to go back to normal again. She truly didn't want to be in such a weird mood constantly with her daughter.
Hopefully such a situation ends soon or her guilt and worry would increase by the day.
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As the club hours ended Blue walked out of that secluded spot along with Nicole.
He still kept the conversation going and when he was close to exiting the beast habitats completely he sighed “reluctantly” as if he wanted to keep chatting with her but the time constraints made it unlikely so.
He wrapped up his grind on her by saying some appropriate words that catered to her current mood before heading off to the clubhouse to pick Karla up and return home. Even if she was absent earlier, because of his presence in the club she would rather wait to return together then to stay alone back at his place.
He was sure that when he would find her now she was bound to have a complicated mood while trying to pretend nothing big happened at her “private conversation” with Luna.
He was curious to see how much that reincarnator had managed to succeed in the direction he manipulated her to. He would get the answer from their subsequent behaviors anyway so there wasn't much concern for the matter of remaining ignorant about it.
Clara had already informed them with a text that she wouldn't be going to the club today. This was obviously to not to bump into him right now as the finisher he gave her last night was powerful enough to rattle all her emotions.
Last night, when she hugged him tightly after all that melodrama, he got her to think for a solution so that he wouldn't be a “victim” to her mother's voyeurism. He however only let her mind settle on that issue for a few moments before he continued,
“There is nothing that any of us could do unless we don't care about our faces and tear apart all the pretenses because of her fetish. Neither do I want to hurt her by talking about it nor do you want to confront her as a daughter. This fact is what prevents us from doing anything against her.”
“Is there really nothing we could do about this? I can't keep letting you be forced in this way.”
“... How long are you going to hug me? Leave me already. It is all over for me. I can never return to myself again. This is my identity now whether I like it or not. I might as well just embrace it. It will be easier then.”
“Don't say such things! Just wait a bit. I will surely think of something. We can't let her keep getting away with this. You don't need to suffer in silence anymore… How about this? Just alternate on the place depending on whether she was in the Home skill or not. That way even if she somehow sensed you two she couldn't get to you.”
To her proper solution he naturally shook his head in “helplessness”. He had to keep muddying the water to firmly conclude the matter shortly. Her favorability point had reached the 69 point during the melodrama and now was firmly stuck. Just a little push and he would be done so he explained,
“You're thinking too simply. Do you think Karla wouldn't realize anything when I kept being on edge during those moments? If she finally figured out Miss Laura’s voyeurism one day then my deliberate hiding of this matter would be clear to her. She knows me too well. At that point our love life will probably freeze on the spot. I don't want to ruin my relationship with her over this.”
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“Indeed… I didn't take into consideration Karla's thoughts. Then how about I help you keep mom away during those times? Just give me a message and I won't let her escape my sight until both of you are done. This seems feasible.”
“Oh please, now you are talking nonsense! You want me to inform you every single time I was making love with your younger sister? I thought you were serious about my troubles but it seems I was overthinking. Please get away from me already.”
He said in exasperation as he tried to get her off of him. He however couldn't free himself from her hug that got tighter a bit as she frantically replied,
“Wait, wait! That was very stupid of me. I shouldn't have suggested such a thing. Please, calm down. I really am serious about this. It's just that…”
“Just what? Can't figure out a solution? Because there wasn't one from the beginning. Now unhand me before I truly act like a pervert. This is who I am, after all.”
“Are you still going back there!? I am not letting you go. You will cause a ruckus downstairs.”
“... You leave me with no choice then.”
He said faintly as he grabbed her chin with his right hand and kissed her lips violently. He made sure to make it extra rough as he literally bit her lips hard enough to make it swollen with no care for delicacy.
His sudden action threw her off guard and her eyes went wide from shock as her first kiss was stolen just like that. She reflexively pushed him away as she no longer hugged him. She also took a step back in utter bewilderment.
However, he didn't give her a single glance as the moment she let go he walked towards the door with a brisk pace, seemingly adamant to follow through his earlier words.
Just as he reached the front of the door she snapped back from the shock and hurriedly locked his left arm with hers as she prevented him from taking another step.
“YOU!! What is wrong with you!? Even after I did such a thing you are stuck to me like this! Have you got no self-esteem!? Let go of me!!”
He looked at her with shock as if he couldn't believe that she still dared to get so close to him after the sexual assault he just did on her.
Seemingly understanding his “thoughts” from his expressions she refused to reply to him as she kept firmly holding his arm while staring at him stubbornly with her face beet red and lips swollen from his rough kiss.
He kept struggling to free himself to let her know that he was still very “hurt” inside and the previous action of his was all done to get her to “hate” him since his emotions were all in a “mess” right now.
He saw her favorability point still stuck at 69 so he naturally had to keep up his “bad behavior” to get it to reach the threshold. So he slowly gave up struggling as he looked at her deeply with immense guilt and sadness shimmering in his eyes but then he took a deep breath to indicate that he made a very “difficult” decision right now,
“Last warning, Clara. Let go of me or I will do things that will make you regret having gotten this near to me.”
“...”
She kept silent and her firm gaze at him seemed to give him her answer.
So he moved his other hand and grabbed her braided hair tightly as he yanked her head towards him to continue his previous rough kisses. This time she didn't push him away but instead her hold on his arm became even firmer as her body trembled from the intense amount of emotions she was experiencing right now.
His kiss was even rougher as her swollen lips started bleeding from his bites but he didn't stop for a single moment. She also kept standing still to let him do whatever he wanted to her. Her eyes however already had tears flowing from it and her body was shaking visibly.
He then pretended to have finally became aware of his actions that was blinded by rage as he abruptly stopped and looked at her with an “extremely hurt” expression as he asked her,
“Why wouldn't you let me go even now? Do you truly want to keep continuing this lunacy!? Just… let it go, Clara. I am tired. I can't do this anymore…”
His tone and gaze became bleak to the point that he gave her the feeling that he was thinking of something dangerous to do later. She became frightened and quickly held his face with both of her hands as she hurriedly said with tears in eyes,
“DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!! I am here for you, okay! We will surely figure something out. Please believe in me a little. I only want the best for you… truly… I just…”
She cried as she said those words. Blue finally showed an expression as if he was deeply “touched” by her sincerity that was finally conveyed to him. His hopeless and bleak expression was replaced with a hint of hope tinged in it as he started at her purple eyes deeply for a moment before also grabbing her face.
He wiped her tears gently before he closed in and kissed her yet again as he sensed the timing to be perfect. This kiss was however extremely gentle as if he was handling something very fragile but also very precious to him. He sucked away the blood that still dripped from his earlier “enraged actions” and he kissed while sucking her swollen lips carefully till the bleeding finally stopped.
Yet he didn't put any stop at this as he showed her the intense “feeling” he now had for her at that moment. He embraced her body as his soft kiss continued while he now caressed her back and shoulder simultaneously.
He faced no obstruction from her but instead she reacted actively.
She kissed back and also tightly embraced his body as her hand now roamed around his broad back. Earlier he saw that her favorability point had reached 70 after his “feelings” erupted for her but he had to continue properly so it wouldn't end up dropping back later when she had calmed down from the present heightened emotions.
Only after that will this system give it a ok.
He took the soft kiss into a deep one and thanks to his expertise in such acts she was seamlessly taken to this stage which was something she still hadn't got to experience tonight. His tongue intertwined with her and her eyes widened a bit from the sweetness that she suddenly tasted.
It was obviously his Sweet Liquid physique ability.
This further helped him into making her engrossed at this act and soon enough he had rested his hands on her buttocks. He however didn't do anything erotic with her private parts yet as this was still only the budding period of their relationship. Such actions right now would instead put a break at the current mood they had going for them.
This continued for about five more minutes before he “reluctantly” moved back his head to gaze at her gently.
She also recovered from the euphoria a few moments later. She kept looking at him with a deep red face but there was also guilt. He also had a somewhat similar expression as his slight body language told her that he was deeply shocked about all of this.
However, he made sure to “assure” her that it was him who ended up going in this direction as he moved close to her again but this time he pecked her forehead gently before turning away and hurriedly going downstairs.
He was “too shy” to be near her right now. Clara just stood there on the rooftop in front of that door with a dazed expression as she looked at his retreating figure. She obviously knew that he wouldn't be causing any ruckus as he had long since calmed down during their kisses.
However, what made her feel extremely complicated at this moment was not the deed she just did with him that made her flustered nor the guilt for going behind her sister's back to end up crossing the line with him.
It was instead the emotion of joy and relief for finally realizing her feelings for him while he also reciprocated it. She knows that though he took the initiative, to make it so she could blame him for it, but at that time both of them had developed intense feelings for each other so the later intimacy was inevitable. She knew that he noticed how she might have been the one to let go first if he was a few moments late.
Even at that confusing times his heart was focused on not letting her feel any slight burden for it. This consideration of his that radiated from his true personality warmed her heart. She had no regret for her feelings towards him. However, the guilt for her sister, perplexity for her mother's matter and awkwardness to face him later remained.
Now she wanted to know just what she should do to not tear apart the family because of tonight's decisions.