Unipsi, lovely entity
chapter 50c: kiss
About 3 minutes after Idra had run away, Scilla returned to her senses inside the empty cargo bay. Looking around it was different, well it was not different but felt different, as if something was there but she was not seeing it. Scilla decided to walk away looking for Idra to fend off such unpleasant feeling. Once in the main connector Scilla started to look around as all doors were open.
I doubt she had run to her bed. If I know her enough, she is hiding somewhere.
Scilla started with the armory where the first thing she noticed was the AMS-388 on the changing platform. It was surely empty and after some fast looking around Scilla understood that Idra was not there. She then looked inside the bathroom and the medical bay, both empty.
“Iris, get out, where are you hiding?”
no reply. Having few places left to check Scilla looked between the cables in the kitchen. Iris’s cocoon had been left open so Iris had probably hid there initially and then changed idea. Scilla then looked into the single beds that were now usable but Iris was not there. In the end she went and checked Iris’s room. She never thought that she would actually hide in such an obvious place.
Iris’s room was messier than usual. Her bed was overflowing with pillows and covers.
Does she think i’m stupid? of course i know she is under there.
Scilla started pressing the bed in several points hoping to press on Iris at some point, yet it didn’t happen. Nothing reacted at her pressure but a small lock of hair popped out at one end of the bed. With a smile on her face Scilla sat near the hair putting her back against the wall that enclosed the bed, and extended her legs horizontally to eventually block Iris’s escape. with the right index Scilla started twisting Iris’s hair around it. Once satisfied Scilla pulled the hair lightly just enough to make Iris aware of having been discovered. Immediately Iris jumped out of her hideout meticulously built in between the pillows and tried to escape. She was almost as red as Scilla with her ears pointing back and slightly down.
“ah! where do you think are you going?” Exclaimed Scilla while stopping her by putting her left arm in front of her torso.
“so, what makes you think you could run away after what you did?” Scilla was clearly joking but it was not so clear in Iris’s mind which was not in an optimal state. in fact instead of taking it lightly as a joke, Iris started sobbing and by the time that Scilla pulled back her legs to understand what was happening a few tears wet Iris’s face.
“i’m sorry… i’m sorry…. i shouldn’t have…. i shouldn’t have…”
“hey, hey hey, Iris, what is going on? why are you crying?”
Scilla grabbed Iris’s head and forced Iris to look at her in the face. She kept slowly crying but fortunately her words didn’t deteriorate.
“i had no right… i had no right… i forced you…”
“wait! you are crying because you kissed me?”
Iris nodded and Scilla laughed loudly in response.
“girl, you don’t have to. I liked it. i was and still am really surprised by it. never thought it would happen. but i really loved it… thanks…”
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“you are not angry because i didn’t ask first?”
“no. you can’t always predict love. sometimes you have to act on that impulse when you feel it”
“oh…”
“so no more crying? because the moment i saw tears running doing your cheeks my heart broke. i don’t want to see you in pain, i don’t want to see tears”
Iris smiled warmly. something about her was off, she was more emotional, too emotional.
“so… while you are here… you wouldn’t mind if i confess a secret… i think it would be the last relevant secret you have yet to know about me”
Iris nodded at Scilla. She was partially afraid of it, but considering Scilla she decided to not worry too much.
“you see… from the beginning you have wondered and probably still are wondering if you are a monster. i told you no, i still stand by that. Even after seeing you forcing a man eating his family. that’s because if you are a monster, than what am i?...”
Iris interrupted.
“you are Scilla.”
“thanks… so my confession. i killed more people than you and frankly i don’t think there is someone who can beat me in all history. the weapons i bought from your kind were all sealed away like your package. so i was the only one who was allowed to use them. the only one who could press the ending button and the one who pressed it. i killed all 38 billions of Droxi. as much as i don’t regret it… i can’t say that i would have preferred if there was a different way”
Iris stared into Scilla eyes with her mouth open in awe. as the story ended she was smiling. an evil smile yet too beautiful to be described correctly. She crawled forward Scilla and hugged her companion.
“You are Scilla. i’m Iris. i don’t have answers, i don’t know all. but maybe. Just maybe we are both monsters or if we are not we could be. together. after all why should we be alone? why shouldn’t we be happy?”
Strangely enough Iris was the one that initiated a second kiss that was immediately reciprocated by Scilla.
“you wouldn’t mind if a teach you more about kisses wouldn’t you?” asked Scilla.
“n… no? are mine not kisses?”
“let me show you”
Going for a more “advanced” kiss with Iris was particularly strange as she was literally a black canvas to work with. She knew nothing and all small extra passages were met with resistance that gradually faded as she understood what she was suppose to do. She stopped “resisting” with her teeth but never actively reciprocated. What was unique of her was her body response. as the seconds passed Iris’s temperature increased, her body became hotter and softer. Her natural scent became sweater and so did her saliva that also became denser.
When Scilla stopped they both were over the moon but Iris was a different case. She was experiencing an overload from being overstimulated. So almost like Scilla the first times she saw Iris, now it was Iris’s turn to be catatonic with some spasm from time to time while keeping an happy and lewd face.
“iris? are you ok?”
obviously no response.
“Natrix, are you there?”
//yes?// replied the ship AI.
“is Iris ok?”
//yes//
“are you sure? this is…”
//normal in this period//
“explain better”
//unit I511WS is still afflicted by the recent evolution. it impacted her emotional stability//
“oh. ok. i guess i’ll wait here. would i make her recover slower if i hug her?”
//highly probable//
“ok, i’ll keep my hands away”