FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

Chapter 01

'Hugo, need your help.'

I looked at the screen showing Sheila and smiled, happy to see her. 'Sure, meet for lunch since it's almost time to eat anyway?'

'Okay,' she said with a nod. 'see you soon.'

She closed the call and I told myself to relax, taking a deep breath. 'She's Kenta, no match for you.' I said.

I had come to like her a lot since the time she got stationed here. She was sent here to serve her grandfather who was a Kenta politician and oversaw Kenta affairs in this remote area of space. In my job of assisting human affairs here I often had contact with her regarding meetings and parties between VIPs from both sides.

The first time meeting her at a reception I expected to find her as strange as the rest since they were a species that resembled small, wingless dragons. They were human height but had longer necks and shorter bodies, curvy horns and pointy ears on their heads and a firm tail reaching down to the ground. Most had greyish skin colour but what had caught my attention were her almost golden coloured eyes. I stared at her for a while before I pulled my attention back to my work and she could notice me. I was glad I was kept busy there.

The Kenta were a reclusive species and we had little information about them but in time I got to know a little more about her and we occasionally shared a table or a walk when we needed to discuss arrangements. I also found I wanted to see her any chance I got and what that meant, but I had to face the reality of being different species. We could never be more than friends. I resigned myself to seeing her whenever the occasion came up but it always felt like the highlight of my day.

I looked at the work before me on my desk and set it aside. I knew I wouldn't be able to focus on it while I kept thinking of having lunch with her and decided to head slowly for the restaurant.

She had already arrived and had sat down at a small table with her food when I walked in. She smiled at me and gave me a quick wave which I returned. I picked my favourite stuffed loaf quickly and headed for her table.

'Hi.' she said.

'Did you wait long?' I asked when I sat down and saw her large salad was untouched.

She shook her head. 'I just got here.' she said.

She had put rings on her horns in the same colour as her eyes and wore a dress with blue and white gradient. I thought she looked very good.

'You look very nice.' I said, toning it down so I wouldn't sound like hitting on her. 'I haven't seen you with rings on your horns before.'

I'm not sure if I saw a faint blush when she said 'Thank you, these are a gift from my mother, which were a gift from my grandmother.'

'Enjoy.' I said as we started eating. 'So, what do you need me for?'

'Well,' she started after swallowing her first bite of her salad. 'There's a whole bunch of family coming over for a family meeting and feast. We don't have enough spare rooms to house them all and I was wondering if we could some of yours in the unused section.'

I thought about it and nodded. 'I can check, if you don't mind them being farther away from the main section.'

'That's okay. It's a family matter so they're not really sightseeing a lot during that time. They rather keep to themselves.'

I took my pad and went through some status lists for the section and hummed. 'I think it's possible. Looks like there's nothing blocking the quarters for use, but I'll have to take a quick inspection to make sure.'

'Can I come with you?' she asked with hopeful eyes. 'I'd like to see what they look like. You know, in case there's something I need to arrange for them.'

I tried to keep my smile under control. 'Want to go after finishing lunch? I've got the time.' I said and thought the rest of my work could screw itself if she could come with me.

She took her pad and checked her schedule, smiling . 'I've got nothing for the rest of the day.' she said and it made my heart beat harder to have her around in private. I guess I'd also be extra thorough on the inspection to last it longer.

***

'The section is running on standby power, so there's not much light at the moment.' I said when we arrived at the main entrance to the unused section. 'Only technicians come here now for routine inspection and maintenance.'

Sheila nodded and checked her flashlight. 'No problem. I just need a broad look to see if these quarters are suitable for my family.' She looked up at me with a little embarrassment in her eyes. 'Not that these quarters are bad, but my family can be critical sometimes.'

I chuckled and punched in the access code. 'I think I can understand.'

The dimly lit corridor opened up before us and we walked into dead silence. The emergency lights gave a dark blue hue to everything and it reminded me of old science fiction movies when this sort of thing was still fiction. We walked through it for a bit, shining our flashlights along the walls and floor.

'The living quarters are a bit further down, on this side there's storage and repair shops which are closed off.' I said.

'I don't think any of them is inclined to start working with tools.' she chuckled.

'Not the types to get down and dirty?'

She shook her head. 'The family's been into politics for far too long to have any clue on what to do with a hammer.'

'So, I can't ask you to have a look at the faucet in my kitchen which acts up sometimes?'

She laughed and stuck her tongue out to me. 'Not unless you want to have an indoor swimming pool.'

'I guess I won't then.' I said, thinking she looked adorable and the pool would be worth it.

When we passed the next main doors we arrived at the living quarters.

'There's a mess hall here which is available for use, if they want to eat all together.' I said and pulled up the inventory list on my pad.

We walked inside and she looked around at the simple furnitures in the room. It wasn't as big as the restaurant and only made to serve a part of the local quarters. There were small and large tables and she counted the number of seats.

'This will do nicely.' she said. 'More than enough to house meals for the whole family.'

'I'm glad.' I said and checked the kitchen. 'Everything seems in working order so there should be no problem here.'

She looked around it and brushed her tail against me. 'Sorry.' she said.

I smiled at her. 'No problem.' I said, thinking I'd like it if she held her tail against me all the time.

We walked out of the mess hall and she checked the room information I gave her on her pad. 'There are smaller and larger quarters here?'

I nodded. 'I'll show you.' I said and opened the nearest one which was made for single people.

Standard furniture like a comfortable couch and a couple of chairs were available in the living room, a large enough bed in the bedroom and all the necessities in a kitchen and bathroom. She looked around and nodded her approval.

'Let's check the other rooms.' I said and we took a quick look at the other rooms until we reached the larger ones.

'Wow.' she said. 'These are as large as my grandfather's.'

I smiled a little. 'These are larger because of the possible addition of kids was accounted for.'

It seemed she lingered at one of the side rooms which could be used as a children's bedroom, then walked out to the window taking a look at the stars outside.

'These will do for the ones bringing kids.'

I wanted to hold her in my arms as she gazed out into the distance. The look of a soul wanting to reach out and touch something far away made my heart squirm. Fuck, I loved her. Some people would call her ugly or an alien beast, but I only saw her eyes longing for something she couldn't have.

'Sheila..' I said softly, then heard a distant sharp crack.

She heard it too and looked at me. 'What was that?'

Before I could answer another metallic pang resonated through the hull.

'Sounds like it's coming from outside.' I said, getting worried.

'Is it dangerous!?' she asked, starting to panic now.

'I don't know.' I said, trying to get a hold of Station Control on my pad and checking status messages.

More sharp cracks could be heard in the distance and the collision alarm went off. A sharp cracking sound pulled our attention to the window. It had been hit and a crack was forming in the glass.

'We have to get out of here!' she said and grabbed my hand, pulling me into the corridor. 'Where do we go!?'

'Left!' I said as I slammed the controls to close the door. 'There should be a secure room there!'

We had ran for just a few seconds when a louder hit and sparks flying in front of us stopped us. The whistling sound that followed told me the hull had been breached and the automatic safety doors closed before and behind us.

'Where now!?' she asked as she backed into me, feeling the air pressure drop. 'We have to get out of here!'

I felt her trembling against my chest and racked my brain for a possible way out.

'Service tunnel!' I said as soon as it hit me.

I pulled her back with me into the niche we had just passed. I knelt down to remove the lower wall panel, tossed it aside and turned the locks of the hatch in front of me. I pulled it open and the push of air meant it hadn't been breached by an impact.

'Get in!' I said, pulling on her hand.

She hurried on her hands and knees inside the tunnel, ripping her dress in the act. I crawled inside behind her and shut the hatch quickly.

'Are we safe here?' she asked, sitting tight in a corner.

'The hatch will hold in case of a vacuum.' I said, taking a moment to breath deep in relief.

She turned on her flashlight and peered anxiously into both directions. 'Can we get to the main section from here?'

I pulled up the plans on my pad, searched for this section and examined the service tunnel layout. 'I think we can, but it'll be a long crawl.' I said and tried to get in contact with Control again. 'I can't reach Control. Shit!'

She checked her own pad. 'No connection..'

'Maybe when we get to the next section.' I said. 'Let's go.'

I took point and we had crawled for a while when the automatic lights started to flicker.

'Power's been hit.' I said, cursing in my mind.

Sheila turned on her flashlight just as the light went dark and the blue emergency lights turned on. It wasn't much, but it was at least something as long as the batteries held.

We continued our crawl until we reached the next hatch. I opened it carefully in case of a breach on the other side and we crawled into a short section where we at least could sit up straight for a while.

I tried to stretch my back. 'Gah. I'm not made for crawling. Our ancestors came swinging from trees, not out of holes in the ground.'

'We might not have come from trees, but we're not made for crawling either.' she said flatly, then cursed as she noticed the state of her dress.

The torn front no longer covered her legs and I could get a good look at them for the first time. I already knew they had large and clawed feet similar to large Earth lizards, and could now confirm her legs still had some of her animal ancestor's shape left. Firm and powerful looking thighs and shapely lower legs ending in elongated feet and digits.

I admired her legs but she pulled the remains of her dress over them. 'I know.' she said with irritation in her voice. 'We're ugly.'

'I nev-' I started but a wince from her stopped me. 'Are you okay?' I asked, seeing her clutch her abdomen.

'Damned, not now..' she grumbled through her clenched teeth.

'Sheila!' I said, leaning closer in my worry. 'Are you hurt?'

'No.. It's going to come too early..' she said, planting her feet hard against the wall. 'It's too early..'

'What is?' I asked, looking up and down her body and face. 'What's coming?'

'My egg!' she said and winced again. 'The stress must have triggered it to come out now!'

I looked dumbfounded at her. 'Your egg? You're pregnant!?' I had no idea she was attached to someone.

'No!' she said and arched her back in pain. 'It's not fertilised!'

I felt some guilt for being relieved at that news, but I was still worried about her state. 'Is there anything I can do!?'

She pushed me away. 'Don't look at me! I'm ugly enough as it is!'

'You're not ugly!' I said but she winced again and grabbed my arm tight.

'It's coming..' she groaned and her whole body trembled. '..don't look at me..'

'Shut up!' I snapped. 'Tell me how I can help!'

She looked at me for a second with teary eyes, then moved her lower body towards me to give her more room to stretch herself on the floor. 'Catch it as it comes out.. Please..' she whimpered.

'Okay.' I said and she pulled up her torn dress far enough to reveal the private area between her legs.

The emergency light didn't give me a good view, but I could see her moist slit, swollen from the pressure inside and her musky scent. I looked back up her face and saw the shame in her eyes.

'It's coming!' she winced and my attention went back to her slit, now opening slightly.

She groaned with every twitch of her hips and a smooth shape worked its way out of her. The almost white bulge became bigger and split her apart until it was thicker than my fist. I took it carefully between my fingers and caught it as the other half of it slid out of her slit with a deep groan of relief from her.

I looked at the warm and wet egg in my hands, amazed at what I just witnessed, even if it was the most normal thing for a lot of animals.

'Wow.' I whispered and looked up at her.

She crawled a little back against the wall, covering her legs up again and looking down in shame. 'You must really think I'm disgusting now..' she said softly.

I leaned back against the wall, looking at her egg again. 'I don't think you're disgusting or ugly.'

'I've seen the way you humans look at us when you think we don't see.' she said, wiping away a tear on her cheek. 'Even you only spend time with me when it's needed for business.'

I sighed, leaning the back of my head against the wall. 'That's because I'm afraid to spend too much time with you.' I said and saw her wrap her tail around her feet. 'I lived on Ceres before I came here and had been in love three times. The first was a girl at college, the second was a coworker at my first job and the third one was a girl living in my neighbourhood. We were always on friendly terms and they enjoyed the flirting we did, but each time when I started to feel serious about them and let them know they grew cold and made me feel like I was a stranger to them.'

I stroked the egg with a thumb, the shell slowly drying and its surface getting rougher. 'When the job of assistant human affairs opened up here I volunteered to do it, having no close family anyway and thinking with being in the remotest area of space I wouldn't have to worry about being attracted to another woman ever again. Whoo boy, was I wrong, even if she isn't human. And once again I managed to make her feel bad about me.'

She looked at me through her long eyelashes. 'You mean, me..?' she asked softly.

I nodded, keeping my eyes on her egg, feeling my whole face turn hot from blushing.

'Why?'

'You have beautiful eyes, you're kind and smart, are fun to be around with, and now I can add attractive legs to my list.' I said with a light chuckle.

She let out a short laugh from feeling giddy. 'Are all human males this easy?'

'I don't know. I'm probably one of the few with really strange tastes and shouldn't be allowed near anything female.' I said and felt depressed. 'When we get out of this mess I can ask for a replacement if you don't want to see me anymore.'

She reached out her hands to me after a moment. I held out her egg and placed it in her hands but she held onto mine. I looked up at her gentle smile.

'Maybe you don't have to.' she said and saw my puzzled look. 'Maybe we can give it a try?'

It felt like my jaw had hit the floor. I wondered if I heard her right but she pulled me closer by my hands and leaned to me to put her lips against mine.

When she pulled back from the soft kiss she looked embarrassed. 'Did I get kissing right? I've never done it before..'

I smiled at her, the memory of her warm touch never leaving my lips. 'Yeah, you did..' I said dreamily, then felt mischievous. 'But I recommend lots of practice.'

She grinned a little and leaned closer to me again and I kissed her once more, playing gently with her lips. She leaned in a little more and I licked her lips slowly with the tip of my tongue. She opened up and let the tip of her tongue meet mine before we opened up more and let our tongues explore more. Hers could almost wrap mine up with its length.

We kissed for a long while before our aching backs made us pull back.

'That was just, wow..' I said, unsure if my heart was still beating.

'Yeah..' she whispered. 'That was better than in my fantasy.'

I raised an eyebrow. 'You fantasised about that?'

She blushed. 'I saw humans do it and wondered what it was like. Kenta don't kiss.'

'Really?' I said, surprised that they don't. 'So, what else do you fantasise about?'

'I'm not going to tell you now!' she giggled. 'At least not until we're out of here.'

'Right.' I said, reminded of our predicament. 'We still have to do that.'

Sheila tore the bottom half of her dress off to wrap the egg in it. She felt no need to hide her legs now that I've seen and admired them. We continued our crawl to the next junction where we took a short pause and I checked the floor plans to see where each tunnel led to.

'This one leads to the main section.' I said and turned the hatch locks. It didn't move as I pulled on it. 'Damned. Stuck.' I said and looked around for an idea to get it open. Luckily there was an emergency toolkit here and it contained a crowbar with Gordon written on a name tag. "Must have been forgotten by one of the technicians." I thought and shoved the business end in the crack between the hatch and the wall. I pulled carefully harder until we heard a hiss coming from the hatch. 'Shit!' I said as I let go. 'That side's been breached.'

'Where does the other tunnel lead to?' Sheila asked.

'To an air duct which leads to the mess hall.'

'Then we'll have to go there.'

I nodded and that hatch opened easily. 'This side is okay. Then the mess hall is probably safe too.'

We crawled to the end of the tunnel and ended up at the air processors of the local air ducts. We crawled through the duct work and I hit the grill at the end to get it off and us back on our feet in the kitchen of the mess hall.

'Ouch.' I said as I stretched my back, standing up. 'Murder on the spine, that sort of thing.'

Sheila stretched and arched her back, moaning with relief. I watched her for a moment before she noticed the smile on my face.

'What?' she asked.

'You look deliciously savage now.'

She looked at herself, her torn dress barely covering her torso and the top of her thighs. 'I look horrible.'

'No way.' I said. 'You remind me of ancient movies about prehistoric tribes in the jungle which always showed hot babes in skimpy outfit.'

She blushed. 'You say strange things.'

'It's called honesty.' I said before my stomach reminded me it could use something now that the first trouble was over.

Sheila stifled a laugh while I frowned at her in mock indignity. 'Looks like something else is honest now.' she chuckled.

'I think there's emergency rations and water available here. Let's check.'

We found the storage room and enough food and water to keep us fed for a month and ate at one of the small tables while I scrolled through the floor plan again.

'With that other tunnel breached there's a chance the section to the main side is under vacuum as well. We'll have to test each door before opening it. I can't get a status without a connection.'

Sheila nodded. 'I hope the main section is okay.' she said, worried about her grandfather and the other people there.

'That part of the station has been made to outlast the rest, so I'd say they had a good chance they only suffered minor damage.'

After disposing of the wrappers and empty bottles we went to the door.

I pried the crowbar in a convenient part between the two sliding doors and held it tight. 'Cross your fingers.' I said.

'How?' she asked. 'I have my hands full.'

I chuckled. 'Human expression when good luck is needed.'

'Ah.' she said and nodded.

'I'm going to pull now.' I said and increased the force on the doors to pry them apart.

She kept an eye and an ear on the crack to see if there was any vacuum on the other side.

'Safe.' she said when she saw a tiny crack and no sound of air rushing through it.

'Good.' I said, then pulled harder to force the doors far apart enough to get our hands and feet between them and open them further.

We stepped into the corridor still lit by the emergency lights.

'Come.' I said and we went to the section door headed toward the main section.

I found a spot to put the crowbar between the doors and Sheila listened again as I pulled.

'Damn!' she said at the tiny hiss coming from the crack between the doors and sat down on the floor. 'We're stuck here!'

I pulled away the crowbar and the hissing stopped when the doors shut tight again.

I sat down and leaned back against the door. 'Maybe not. Let's get some rest for now and search for other possibilities after a good night's sleep.'

She nodded and we checked the nearest living quarter, entering it when it was deemed safe. It was a single person quarter and only had one bedroom, and a large bed.

'You take this one?' I asked, not wanting to presume we'd share a room for the night, or even a bed. 'Then I'll check out another quarter.'

'Ehm..' she said and looked down. 'I'd rather not be alone..'

My heart jumped for joy. 'I'll stay here then.' I said and she smiled at me. 'But with just one bed, is that okay?'

She glanced at it and I saw her cheeks darken again. 'It's okay..'

The bathroom seemed operational and I figured it must get its power from a separate source. I chuckled to myself as I thought about reversing the polarity and get power to the rest of the section.

I let Sheila freshen herself up first with the lukewarm water in case it would run out. In the meantime I tried different ways to make some kind of contact while I waited in the living room. Apart from the local status of the bathroom, there were no other interfaces that I could see on my scan.

I set the pad aside, leaning my head back to stare at the ceiling. I hadn't told anyone I was going here with Sheila after we had decided to check it out together, and it seemed she hadn't let anyone know as well. Looks like it might take a while before anyone realises we're here.

'Hugo?' Sheila said from the bedroom. 'I'm ready, so you can go in.'

I smiled. At least there's enough food and I'm here with Sheila. They could take their time to rescue us.

'Okay.' I responded and stood up to take my turn when she appeared in the doorway.

I froze where I stood, admiring the robed figure in front of me. She had taken a dark blue sheet and wrapped it around her body in some form of toga and for the first time I saw a small pair of breasts on her chest. I never noticed it before, but all the clothing she wore before must have hidden her features. Just like her shapely leg which was now visible from a split at the side.

'I, couldn't find anything to dress in.' she said softly, holding her hands in front of her chest. 'I must look weird.'

I cocked my head. 'Sheila, I can't lie, you look damned sexy.'

A brief grin appeared on her face, then she forced herself to look more serious and moved up to me to push me in the direction of the bedroom. 'You humans have no taste.' she said. 'Go take a shower, you're dusty.'

'Yes ma'am.' I chuckled as I went into the bedroom.

The shower felt good and refreshing and I felt a little energised as I came out. I had washed my shirt as best as I could and hung it to dry, leaving me with only my pants. I felt a little self-conscious as I came out of the bedroom, even if I did exercise regularly and didn't look bad in my own opinion.

'Sorry,' I said. 'All I can wear is this.'

She looked up from her pad at me and gazed at my naked chest. It must have been the first time to see a live one because I can't imagine she'd never seen pictures of humans before. I gave her a moment until she realised she'd been staring and quickly snapped her head back to her pad.

'That's okay.' she said, clearing her throat. 'I've seen it before. You can't help it in this situation.'

I smiled and took a ration resembling strawberry cake out of the ones we had taken from the mess hall and sat down on the couch next to her. I saw her glance at my chest once more before returning her eyes to her pad. Her egg rested in her lap.

'Is there something that needs to be done with the egg?' I asked. 'I mean, I know hardly anything about your race and customs. I never even thought about or knew your race laid eggs.' And then I wondered why her race would have breasts. Not that I minded, of course. It was hard not to stare at the folds in the sheet hinting at the little mounds.

She stroked her finger across her pad. 'We do have a custom, but you'll probably think it's gross.'

Wanting to get to know her better and even having a relationship with an alien species meant having an open mind. Who knows how many ordinary things us humans did freaked them out?

'I'd like to know.' I said. 'I'm serious in what I feel about you, so there should be nothing you need to hide from me or be embarrassed about. I have tons of questions, but I'll hold back on my curiosity until you're comfortable in telling me.'

She smiled softly. 'Thank you..' she said and put her pad down to stroke her egg with her fingers. 'You now know we lay eggs.'

I nodded.

'This happens every few months in your calendar.' she said. 'Sort of like the period your women have. An egg will form and if it hasn't been fertilized it'll just grow until it's big enough to be laid.' She lifted it up. 'Normally, when a female has a mate it is the mate who will drink the egg.'

'Then, what if there's no mate?' I asked, turning on the couch to watch her.

'Most of us are too young when the first one comes and have no mate. They will drink the egg themselves to regain their sustenance.'

'I see.' I said and pondered about it. 'It's rather logical.'

'It doesn't disgust you?' she asked softly and a bit surprised.

'No.' I said honestly. 'Us humans also eat eggs from animals for food, but in this case I can see it means more to the male, the act of taking part of what the female he loves has created with her own blood and flesh, to show her he accepts her whole being. I can even imagine they share the first egg in a sort or ritual after bonding.'

She looked at me, her beautiful golden eyes wide open.

I worried. 'Did I say something wrong?'

She shook her head slowly. 'You were completely right. How did you know?'

I felt embarrassed and fiddled my thumbs. 'I just imagined what I'd feel if I'd drank your egg.'

We sat in silence for a while, Sheila stroking her egg and I looking at my fingers.

'Hugo..?'

I looked up into her cute blushing face, her eyes averted.

'Even if we're not bonded.. Would you..?' she almost whispered and my heart rate shot up dangerously.

I put my hands on hers feeling nervous. 'If you accept me.. Yes, I would be honoured.'

She smiled softly. 'I accept you..'

I leaned closer to her and she met me for a gentle kiss which intensified as we moved our lips further along each others and connected our tongues. I couldn't express how much I wanted this sweet and beautiful creature.

We pulled back and she turned to sit towards me, holding the egg between us. 'I offer you the life force of my body.' she whispered and punched a small hole near the top of the egg with her claw, turned it to me and placed it in my hands, smiling softly at me with a nod.

'I accept the whole of your being, and will for the rest of my life.' I whispered, making her smile when I unknowingly said the correct response and placed the hole to my lips, tilting the egg until I could feel the liquid touch my lips.

It tasted a little like chicken egg, only more spicy. I took three gulps and held out the egg to her. She drank some and returned the egg to me, giving me a nod with her head to finish it. I drank the last of it and held the egg out. She took it and put it on the table.

'The shell is usually crushed and buried in the ground.' she said. 'I have a few containers in my quarters with plants who thrive on them.'

'I see. Return nourishment to the soil.'

She nodded and smiled as she took my hands. 'I'm happy to be accepted by you.'

I leaned in for another passionate kiss and tasted her mixed with the after-taste of the egg.

'I'm happy to be accepted by you.' I said. 'I can't imagine being without you anymore.'

She smiled and her cute blush returned.

'What more should I know?' I asked, eager to learn of her. 'Tell me anything you can because I feel like a curious kid finding his first encyclopedia.'

She chuckled. 'How about a little history of our species? I know we've never shared information about us and you need to keep it secret, but I trust you.'

'If I ever break your trust, do to me whatever you wish.' I said, squeezing her hands a little. 'I'm all yours now.'

She smiled and gazed into my eyes for a while, her whole body itching to be close to me. She reached for her pad without looking and placed it between us. An unexpected moaning startled us and she squealed when a video showed a man and a woman having sex. She quickly swiped it away and looked down.

'You've been watching human porn!?' I asked flabbergasted.

'I.., was curious.. And then came across this on your network..' she said, wringing her hands on the sheet she wore. 'I only saw a little bit..'

'Sheila.' I said, lifting her chin gently. 'It's normal to be curious. I've been curious about that since I was a little boy and heard about it for the first time.'

'Still..' she said meekly, averting her eyes. 'It's not decent to fantasise about what it would be like with..'

I saw her hesitate. 'You did that..?'

She gave a quick nod. 'Our males don't have something like, that..'

'Wow.' I said. 'That must be a whole different experience then. I envy the guy you've used in your fantasy.'

She looked down again. 'Actually..'

I saw her glance quickly at me and couldn't believe it. 'You.., me?'

She nodded quickly again.

'You, me, having sex?' I asked and the memory of her slit as she laid her egg made my loins stir.

I couldn't hold back the flood of images of me and her making love and my erection started to show itself against my pants. I could see her eyes trying to look away but she couldn't avert her eyes from my nether region. In turn I thought I saw a tiny tip poking the sheet covering her chest. I cleared my throat. 'Sheila, I'm quite nervous about it, but I would like to make love to you now.'

I could see her eyes darting in every direction for a few moments, then settle in front of her and she gave me another quick nod.

I held out my hand to her and she trembled a little as she placed her hand in mine. I stroked it softly with my thumb, then stood up from the couch and gently pulled for her to follow me. She followed me quietly into the bedroom where I embraced her and kissed her softly.

She opened up to me and we let our passion flow between us while I caressed the back of her long neck. It was the first time I could really touch her skin and it felt firmer than human skin, yet softer than leather. Her body temperature was a little higher than mine and it fuelled my desire for her only more.

I let my fingers move up and down her neck, cheeks and the back of her head. caressing the back of her pointy ears made her moan softly as shivers went down her spine. She curled her tongue around mine and I couldn't imagine why Kenta never kissed. They were missing something fantastic.

I moved one hand along her uncovered thigh, feeling her muscles tense under her soft flesh, then moved it up between the split and under the sheet to caress her hip. Her hands moved along my back and the touch of her claws gave me good goosebumps all over.

I moved my hand around and up her back, causing her to arch and press harder into my chest and mouth. I moved it up and down a little before caressing the base of her tail with my fingers. She moaned a little more and pushed her hip back against them. I stroked her harder and traced her tail down along her tight buttocks, massaging them when she lifted up her tail and gripped me harder to keep her balance.

I found the knot on her side which she used to hold up the sheet and pulled it loose to let the sheet fall down her body onto the floor. She moaned harder when she felt her skin exposed. I pulled back to see her beautiful curves in full glory in front of me. She was afraid I might be turned off by her alien body and looked nervous at me while I admired her small breasts with hard, dark grey nipples, her slender waist curving into wide hips and firm thighs down to her lower legs and powerful feet with claws. Her mound was puffed up and darker and her slit glistened with moist.

I looked up into her eyes. 'You're absolutely beautiful.' I whispered and she smiled at me.

She lowered her hands to my pants and fumbled a little before she could undo them. I hadn't put on underwear after the shower so my raging erection sprang free at once when my pants dropped to the floor.

She looked at it for a few moments and now it was my turn to hope she wasn't put off by it. She reached her hand out carefully and touched my tip with her fingers. Her touch felt great as she caressed my head and shaft, pulling my foreskin down. I let out a soft moan and she looked up at me worried she might have been too rough.

I closed my hand around hers and pulled down, exposing my whole head. 'This is the most vulnerable part of a man, after his heart when he's in love.' I whispered. 'Mine belong to you now.'

She kissed me quickly, slowly running her hand up and down and getting everything slick. I moved her back to the bed and we laid down while kissing. She hummed in pleasure as I moved my lips down and started kissing her neck. Her sensitivity caused shivers while I licked parts, then gently bit others. My fingers went up ahead and stroked her small and firm breasts.

She heaved her chest as I came closer with my lips and teased her hard nipples with one fingertip. Her humps felt elastic under my fingers and I sucked a little all over them. Her nipples were almost like hard rubber and she moaned harder when I teased them with my teeth before licking and sucking them again.

I could smell the scent of her wet slit, spicy, heavy, intoxicating. Moving my hands down her small body made her twitch and moan even more. I felt the wet heat against my finger at the same time she gasped. Sliding my fingers along it made her wiggle her hips and she was soon squirming under the pleasure my mouth and fingers were giving her.

'...Hugo..' she moaned and stroked her fingers through my hair. '..this feels so good..'

I smiled up at her and enjoyed the startled gasp when I slid one finger inside her hot wetness. I probed between her folds and noticed there was more than just her entrance to her birth canal. I moved down with my kisses until I reached her slit, her scent filling my nose and lungs. Spreading her slit with my fingers I could see a protruding ring, soaking with her juice, then a smaller hole and another bigger one which pulsated slightly. I traced them with my finger and Sheila moaned out to me when I traced the third tight hole.

'Not that one..' she moaned. 'That's a dirty one..'

I understood what she meant since she only had this one slit between her legs. It was like a cloaca. The small hole was her urethra. This was certainly interesting.

I moved my head down and licked along her wet folds, lapping up her tasty juices while she moaned in pleasure. She was sensitive here, but when I slid my tongue into her vagina she started moaning harder. I twisted it and licked in circles, the heat of her tight canal flowing through my tongue. I growled my pleasure and hunger for her, using my teeth on her folds and she tensed and groaned, gripping the bed with her hands.

I sucked at her, making her canal come out a little further and massaged her tail which she held tight against my body along with her thighs. She retuned one hand to run her fingers through my hair, groaning my name and begging not to stop what I did. I wouldn't stop for anything in the world while the target of my desire writhed in waves of pleasure under my touch.

I sucked extra hard on her canal, sticking my tongue in as far as I could and I felt her tense as if pressure filled her whole body from her slit. A long groan left her throat as the pressure of her climax grew beyond what she could handle made her whole body shake.

She gasped for air as she collapsed on the bed. I moved up to lay on my side next to her, her eyes turning to mine and a smile trying to form on her face.

'..what.., was.., that..?' she wheezed, her chest heaving hard.

'You never pleasured yourself?' I asked, a little surprised.

I caressed her cheek as she shook her head. '..have touched myself.., sometimes.. Makes me feel.., relaxed. ..but never.., did it like that..'

'Think I can do that more often with you?' I asked, smiling softly.

She moved her hand to my cheek. 'Whenever I can breath again..' she said with a dreamy grin.

I kissed her softly in her neck, moving my hand gently around her breasts while she gathered her energy and stroked her hand along my raging erection.

When she felt ready she stroked my cheek. 'I'm ready if you want to use this on me.' she whispered as she squeezed her hand around me.

I looked up at her and kissed her while I moved my legs between hers. She spread hers wide and I felt her tail brushing along my back. Rubbing my head between her folds made her moan in anticipation.

'You'll have to help me find the right spot.' I whispered during the kiss.

She moved her hands down to me and lifted her hips enough to place my head directly against her opening. I could feel her nervous tremble when I pushed a little against her. Backing off and pushing a little harder each time gave her the chance to get used to me and after a few moments she gasped as my head popped into her canal. After a few deep breaths she opened her golden eyes to smile at me.

I pumped in short strokes, slowly deeper into that hot canal and breathed harder from the extra sensitivity caused by her hot body. She moaned and hummed in pleasure from the pressure as I filled her with my erection. The experience of having something go in instead of out excited her and she wrapped her legs around me, urging me to go deep.

She was wet enough for me to ease all the way to my hilt into her and she let out a satisfied moan when my hips pressed against her mound.

'I could never have imagined how good this feels..' she sighed.

I kissed her softly. 'And you feel so good I'm afraid I won't last long the first time.' I said, her heat urging my balls to release everything into her.

She looked at me again. 'But there is a second time?'

'Yeah, definitely. And you make me feel I could do this the whole night.'

She ran her fingers up my back. 'Then do it as much as you want.' she whispered. 'This alien female is yours to use as you see fit.'

I gazed deep into her eyes, seeing her desire for me. 'I love you, Sheila. My Kenta lover.' I said and kissed her passionately.

We played with our tongues while I moved slowly in and out of her until she couldn't keep up from moaning hard. I groaned as I trusted harder into her, trying to hold back the pressure building inside me and lost it with a deep thrust inside her, triggering the jolt from the tip of my head to my balls and the violent explosion of my seed into her shocked my body and had her gasp in surprise at the sudden heat filling her.

I panted as I leaned on my shaking arms. I had never before come so hard.

'Was that..?' Sheila asked, her legs holding me deep inside her while the last drops of seed squirted out of my throbbing erection.

I nodded and she smiled at me. 'To be the first Kenta female to receive a human male's seed, I could ask for no better man.'

I kissed her softly. 'To be the first human male to become intimate with a female Kenta, I'm more than honoured it is with you.'

She kissed me back and my erection began to stir again, staying hard the whole time as I expected when I entered her. I began pumping slowly again, building up her pleasure, then thrusting harder as her moans and my groans increased. This time I lasted long enough to get her to moan deep and hard like she was a real dragon while the pressure of her next climax grew out of her control and made her squeeze my erection so hard I came right after her and sank down on my elbows, barely keeping my weight off her.

She embraced me tightly, feeling her whole abdomen pulse in pleasure with my throbbing erection buried deep inside her.

'I don't know if I can last all night..' she wheezed.

I grinned. 'I'm afraid my body will give out before my desire if it's like this each time I come in you.' I took another deep breath. 'Not that I'm complaining, far from it.. I could ask for nothing better, my love.'

She kissed my neck. 'I love you, my human Hugo..' she whispered.

I gathered my strength and rolled on my back, pulling her with me on top. 'So, what do I do to bond with you officially?' I asked, my fingers tracing her horns and ears.

Her eyes grew wide. 'You want to bond with me?'

'There's no way I'll ever let you go. No matter what others may think of us. Unless you want to keep it hidden?'

She gripped my head and kissed me hard.

When we finally separated, out of breath, she swallowed and smiled at me. 'I want to bond only with you. Even if I'd be shunned by my family.' Her expression turned to dread. 'Oh no! I forgot!'

She laid down her head on my chest, groaning. 'What is it?' I asked, holding her.

'One of the things my family came to do here was to bring the male they had chosen to be my husband..'

'I guess he'll have to go home disappointed then. You're mine now.' I whispered, caressing her neck.

She smiled softly as gentle shivers ran through her neck. 'Yeah.. I'm yours..'

I felt her relax her body and soon her gentle breathing told me she had fallen asleep. I pulled up a sheet and covered ourselves as best as I could and kissed the top of her muzzle. 'Sweet dreams, my lovely Sheila.' I whispered.

Chapter 02

I woke up from a pleasantly humming Sheila on my chest. I didn't need to ask why she was in such a good mood when I felt her move her hips just a little bit around my hard erection. Looks like it hadn't slid out of her canal all night, judging from the way our flesh stuck together.

'Good morning, lover.' she whispered and planted a soft kiss on my lips.

'Good morning, my love.' I whispered back and returned the kiss. 'Did you sleep well?'

'Perfectly.'

'What time is it?' I asked, wondering how much time had passed.

'I don't know.' she whispered. 'I couldn't leave the bed to get my pad because of this.' She moved her hips a little, pulling at my erection with her sticky canal.

I grinned a little. 'Now this is what they truly call a sticky situation.'

She chuckled. 'Happy to be in this one.'

'As am I.' I said, moving my fingers along the back of her neck, giving her tingles along her spine again. 'I only see one way to get ourselves loose.'

She hummed in pleasure and clawed at my chest. 'I guess we have no choice then.'

We kissed while we moved our hips gently against each other, heating up her insides and getting me going and soon enough she was riding her soaking canal hard up and down my shaft. Her moans were music to my ears and I kept myself enough under control to prevent a quick release.

Soon enough she tensed her whole body and I groaned I couldn't hold out anymore. She moaned for me to come and I shot another hot stream of my seed deep inside her and she pushed herself hard on me in her own explosive climax.

'To feel you shoot your seed inside me.., feels fantastic.' she panted.

'I wish I could shoot a constant stream into you..' I wheezed with a grin. 'I want to just fill you up until you overflow.'

She hummed and smiled at that image. 'I'd love that..'

A thought suddenly hit me. 'Would it be possible for me to fertilise your eggs?' I asked.

She looked at me and pondered about it. 'I have no idea. There hasn't been anything done like this in our history.' she said and twisted her hips, causing my erection to twitch again. 'I guess we'll find out.'

I looked at her mischievous smile and chuckled. 'I guess there will be no way around that.' A familiar pressure reminded me of another need. 'I'd better get out of bed before I fill you with something else.'

It took a moment for her to get it and she giggled. 'I don't know if I would mind.'

I let out a laugh. 'I wouldn't mind trying that one day, but I'd rather not do it here.'

She gave me a kiss before she slid herself slowly off me. I almost regretted not taking her up on her offer when I no longer felt her around me. I went to the bathroom and saw she had followed me.

'Sheila?' I asked.

She blushed a little. 'I'd like to watch, if it's okay. I want to see everything. Experience what I can from you.'

My heart skipped a beat at her intimate request. 'I guess I shouldn't have to hide it from you.'

She looked over my shoulder as I stood in front of the urinal and I couldn't hold back the question. 'Do you want to hold it?'

She slipped her arm around me and held my half hard member gently in her hand and I let myself go. She giggled as she felt the stream running through my flesh. I showed her how to pull the last drops out and ended up getting hard instead from her hand.

'Okay, now it's my turn to watch.' I said, kissing the top of her muzzle.

She sat down a little embarrassed on the pot and I moved my hands along her thighs while she relieved herself, moaning a little from guilty pleasure. The salty scent made my erection twitch and she stroked it for a while before I pulled her into the shower.

I ran my hands all over her body while the water flowed down her skin. I rinsed her neck, moved my hands around her perfectly cute breasts and sucked on her nipples before I let my hands move all over her back. When I went further down she ran her fingers through my hair. I moved my fingers along her slit before licking her inside, tasting the last bit of her salty liquid. She moaned at my attention, then gasped as I moved two fingers inside her canal.

She moaned my name while I moved and twisted my fingers inside her. I pulled them out and slid my ring finger inside, making it slick with her juices and teased her other hole with the tip.

'Not there..' she moaned. 'That's so dirty..' she didn't pull back though and even pressed a little on my finger.

'If you want to experience everything, then you need to learn about the pleasure this gives us humans.' I said, grinning a little.

She bit her lip and moaned as I massaged her hole and moved my fingertip slowly inside. She gave way as she got used to the feeling and I slid my whole finger inside her dirty hole.

'This might be even hotter than your canal.' I said.

She just moaned and I moved my finger a little up and down, then slid my other two fingers into her canal again and pumped my hand inside her while she moaned deep. When her dirty hole felt loose enough I lubricated my pinky with her juices and joined it with my ring finger inside her.

Both her holes squeezed tight around my fingers while she rode them in rhythm with my pumping hand. Her moaning became harder with the pulsing of pleasure through her canal and her intestines. She felt her whole body burn up from the pressure of my fingers inside her. She groaned as the heat became worse and she gripped my hair tighter. With a few hard thrusts of my fingers I made her scream out her climax.

I caught her as her legs gave out and she collapsed into my arms. Her whole slit, canal and intestines were pulsating with hot pleasure. I kissed her neck and ran my hands along her back while she caught her breath and straddled me.

'I might not survive being bonded with you..' she panted after a while.

'If I don't die first from a heart attack when I come in you.' I grinned. 'But then that would be a fantastic way to go.'

She looked at me with a little grin. 'Don't think you're getting away that easy.' she said and gripped my erection. 'You made me curious to see what sort of pleasure this brings instead of your fingers.'

She kissed me, then turned around on her knees and lifted her tail. 'Like this now?' she asked, her voice husky from anticipation.

I took her firm tush in my hands, massaging it a little and her tail shivered. Then I started licking and biting softly in her tush, hungry for the taste of those two beautiful round buttocks. She moaned softly as I worshipped her tush, then whimpered as I licked her slit, eager to feel me inside her.

I moved up behind her, sliding my slick head between her folds and into her canal first to lubricate it completely. She squeezed hard on me and I kept it still inside her for a moment, then slid out of her and placed my tip against her other hole. She pushed a little with me as I massaged her hole into opening up for me. She tilted her tush further up and with another push I felt her open up and my tip slide enter her halfway. She let out a short moan as I felt even thicker in there.

I gave her a moment to take a few deep breaths, then she pushed against me again as I pressed my tip harder inside her. With a little more force my head popped inside her and she gasped, her heart skipping a beat.

'You're in..' she whispered.

I could feel her heat coursing though me already. With short thrusts I slid deeper inside her slick, hot and tight intestines, eliciting a roaring moan from her each time. She felt the pressure increase inside her but loved every bit of it. The sensation of me going deep inside her shameful dirty hole only added to the guilty pleasure of our unnatural coupling. When she felt my hips press against her tush she wrapped her strong tail around my back and groaned long.

'You're all the way in.. It feels so good, the heat..'

'You feel so good.' I groaned.

I moved little by little inside her until she loosened up enough to move with me and press herself hard on me. With every slow and deep movement she felt the pressure inside her canal as well, heightening her pleasure. I grabbed her hips hard, pulling at her as I slid inside her. She groaned and squeezed me, jerking me off in a desire to suck my seed out of me.

I moved a little faster and harder, my balls aching to let loose in her and I groaned that I was about to come from her hot body. She squeezed even harder with both her intestines and her tail around me, groaning for me to fill up her whole body. Her desire for me brought me over the edge and I came in a last hard thrust, the heat and sensation of her ribbed insides making me come hard inside her again with streams of hot seed shooting into her. The hard throbbing pulsed through to her canal and she came next, groaning her satisfaction.

I watched the satisfied smile on her face as she panted and looked back at me, her head resting on the floor while the shower rained down on her glistening grey body, her curves like art to me.

I stayed hard inside her to her delight while I washed the rest of her body, then regretfully had to pull out of her fantastic hot body which made her moan and then pout a little until I used my fingers again to wash her there.

She washed me next and her hands felt wonderful all over my body while she also deployed her tail to rub against me. She rinsed my dick and used her mouth to suck out the last remnants of seed, licking her lips seductively with her agile tongue.

We finished off with several deep kisses and eventually returned to the living room without bothering to dress. I moved the table with the rations and water closer to the couch, leaned back into the corner and invited Sheila to sit back against me. She snuggled up comfortably with me and hummed with pleasure while eating.

'Let's see if something has changed and we can get into contact with Control.' I said when I took my pad. 'Although I wouldn't mind being stuck here with you for another day or two.'

She giggled as I kissed her neck and reached back to stroke my cheek. 'I feel the same way.'

She watched while I tried several ways to reach someone, but everything was as dead as before.

'Maybe the damage was more extensive than we thought?' she said.

'Could be. Maybe we were lucky and only got hit by the edge of the cloud of meteorites, or whatever they were.' I said and put my pad aside.

She took hers and checked her calendar. 'My family is supposed to arrive today. Maybe the ship's crew can help with repairs.'

'Extra technical personnel would be helpful, yeah.'

She swiped away her calendar and a picture of her with two others showed as the background.

'Who're those?' I asked.

'My father and my mother.' she said softly. 'I lost them in an accident some time ago, which is why I ended up here at my grandfather when I finished my education.'

She traced the picture with her fingers and I held her a little tighter. 'I'm sorry you lost your parents.'

She rubbed her cheek against mine. 'Thank you. But then I would've probably never met you.'

'I don't know if I'm good enough to be a fair trade.'

'I'm just happy I did get something wonderful in return.'

'I love you.' I whispered and kissed her neck softly again, sending little tingles through her.

'Here.' she whispered and showed me a translated Kenta encyclopedia. 'You can learn more about us from this.'

I took her pad in my hand and she flipped open the section with a summary of their history. It showed their evolution in a similar way as ours, the origin of their planet and even similar extinction events which led to a sort of dinosaur-slash-lizard race who were the last to survive and grew smaller in their initial evolution but also numerous.

Wars raged in their recent history until a global pandemic reminded them they were all equal to the forces of nature. The survivors banded together and formed a new global society and had lived in peace ever since. I understood that from the history of the human race and our continued struggle to get along they are wary of us and haven't allowed much contact because of that. I had to agree.

I found Sheila asleep in my arms and smiled softly, feeling proud to have her as my girlfriend now. No, as my mate.

I pulled up another section on culture and started reading that.

When Sheila woke up she felt hungry and went to the mess hall while I stared at her luscious curves and tail swaying as she moved. To think such unexpected grace had been hidden under her dresses all this time. It wasn't much of a surprise I sported an erection again when I watched her come back.

'You really are a horrible human male.' she giggled, placing her fingertip on the tip of my erection and rubbing it in the opening of my foreskin, then lick it slowly with her long tongue.

'You have no idea how horrible I want to be to you.' I said, sliding my hand along her thigh.

She leaned closer and kissed me. 'I think I have a good idea.' she whispered. 'And how you'll get every chance to do it.'

We ate first but not too much to give us trouble as we explored the depths of our carnal lust, acting like we were the last two living beings in the universe and we had to repopulate it.

Climax after climax surged through our bodies, never dulling with each new one. I licked her whole body from her ears to her toes like a wild animal. She used her long tongue on me, exploring new ways to get me to come in the back of her mouth and I filled both her holes with more seed than I ever imagined could have been in my balls, but I expected having consumed her egg had something to do with it.

I told Sheila about it when we had almost drained our energy and just laid in bed and she said it might be true since the egg contains many nutritions. I asked her about why she had breasts when the young came from eggs since I had forgotten to look that up, and she explained the eggs are to shorten the time to carry the young inside the mother, giving her more opportunity during the ancient time of hunting. After the young hatch she then raises them on the nutrition from breast milk until they can eat more solid matter.

I nodded and could see how that worked.

She also mention the amount of eggs laid by the female varied and was dependent on how sexually active she was, so she warned me there might be may more eggs coming in the future which would give me the energy to keep her going.

I said I didn't mind at all, apart from the pain it gave her as she had to lay it. She said it wasn't so bad and this time it was because she wasn't ready and the stress made it worse.

We spent more time kissing and making slow love, taking a break to eat and check communications in between.

Chapter 03

It was another day according to the time on our pads when we woke up, sticky from sweat and other body liquids between our legs. We didn't mind and started licking each other clean, feeling more like animals and completely comfortable with our bodies and feelings. We loved every bit of one another and to please in any way we could.

We had just snuggled up after our first climax when I thought I heard voices in my fuzzy state.

'Do you hear that?' I asked.

She pulled her head out of my neck. 'Hmm? What?'

Before I could say I heard a voice someone said 'Here!' in the living room. The next moment we saw a technician and her grandfather stare at us. Even though we were covered by a sheet, saying it didn't was what it looked like was no option. Frankly, I wasn't about to deny anything.

'Sheila!' her grandfather snapped. 'What are you doing!?'

She looked worried at first, then looked at me and found her confidence, having chosen me over anything and knowing I'd be by her side. 'I am with my mate.' she said calmly.

The technician whistled and discreetly turned back into the living room.

Her grandfather looked furious. 'You can't be mated with a human! They're not our kind!'

She shrugged. 'I don't care. We've already chosen and he has drank from my egg.'

'It's true.' said another Kenta holding the empty egg shell.

'That doesn't mean you're bonded yet!' her grandfather snapped. 'Cut out this nonsense!'

'Ah, that's true.' I said. 'We're not bonded.'

Sheila looked worried at me, afraid I would pull back while faced with the wrath of her grandfather.

'Wait here.' I said and got out of bed, uncaring about my state of undress and passing the shocked Kenta.

When I returned a moment later from the kitchen I sat down on my knees and laid down a large butcher's knife on the bed in front of Sheila.

'I'm afraid I have no family ritual sword, so I'll have to make do with this.' I said and used another sharp knife to cut my palm, letting the blood drip on the large knife. 'With this I swear I'll give my life to protect you and our children, now and in the future to come.' I said, gazing deep into her golden eyes.

Her grandfather looked at me with a bewildered expression. 'How do you know that..?'

I smiled softly at my love. 'I learned what rituals I needed to perform to bind this lovely being to me for the rest of our lives.'

Sheila moved to sit on her knees in front of me, uncaring of her state of undress. She took my bloodied hand and licked it clean before closing it and holding it against her heart as she gazed lovingly into my eyes. 'And I swear I will take care of you and our children, now and in the future.'

We were too distracted by our kiss to hear her grandfather groan in frustration and return to the living room.

We took a quick shower and I dressed in my normal pants and my dried shirt while Sheila made herself another garment from a clean sheet. We bundled up the dirty sheets to take with us, not wanting to leave those here and gathered our things.

The technician said the Kenta had returned to the main section. I asked about the damage and he said we were unlucky in that there weren't that many hits, but they had taken out the right systems to delay recovery. I thanked him and let him know about the damage we witnessed. He would stay here and send for another repair crew to take care of the hull breaches.

'Happy to return to your own home?' I asked Sheila as we walked hand in hand to the main section.

She smiled at me. 'Home is with you now.'

I halted and pulled her close. 'Which means I'll have to request a bigger one now for the both of us.' I said and kissed her.

We walked back, delighted to have reached a new chapter in our future and dreaming of what we'd be doing next when we were surprised by a small crowd the moment we stepped out of the main corridor into the large central area. We saw humans and a few other races and Kenta staring at us.

I leaned closer to Sheila. 'I didn't forget to put on my pants, did I?' I whispered.

'I think it's about something else..' she whispered.

'Well.' said my boss. 'Looks like the rumour's true. Terry, you owe me five bucks.'

'What rumour?' I asked.

'That you'd be the first one to hook up with a Kenta. You two love-birds were chirping together before you even knew it.' he chuckled. 'And now we have to deal with our first interplanetary incident on this station.'

We blushed. 'Sorry, but there's no way I give up on her.'

A Kenta female came forward and approached Sheila who squeezed my hand in her nervousness. She looked closely at Sheila.

'You're serious.' she said, then looked me in the eyes for a moment. 'And so are you.'

'Yes.' I said.

'My name is Matissa. I'm Sheila's only aunt.'

I gave her a little bow. 'Honoured to meet you.'

She looked again at me for a moment and I felt nervous as well, but I would never back down.

She gave me a gentle smile. 'Take good care of her.' she said and looked at a relieved Sheila. 'You've made history, my dear.'

Sheila jumped at her aunt and hugged her, tears flowing down her cheeks and the crowd started applauding.

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