"Why does that not surprise me?" Sajida asked with a "tut tut" undertone in her voice as she hugged her arms, inadvertently pushing up her D cup breasts that were held tightly by her dress. She then shook her head, jangling her piercings and chains in the process. "Look, I adore Chloe, I really do. She's one of the funniest people I've ever met, she's bright, curious, and a great listener, and I don't think I've ever been able to talk with someone else about photography as much as I have her. But sometimes...I don't think all the snakes live in her desert, if you understand what I'm saying, since no one I've met would so easily dismiss the threats lurking in the Condemned Quarter. Still, she gave me that endearingly goofy grin while putting on her bouncing metal shoes, got that cute little robot of hers (how she invented that thing, I wouldn't know- ask Kalisha when she gets back), and got right up on the last camel."
"I cannot
possibly fathom why you're disoriented," Sajida said. "You and Akari were only going at it like wild tigers all night- not judging, just observing what I heard- and then she immediately leaves with Kalisha for some unexplained reason the next day? Again, not trying to sow doubt or fear in your mind,
luksao, and if I'm butting in where I shouldn't be, then feel free to tell me. It also reminds me to tell you that you have the best big cat in the whole wide world- yes you do, yes you do, you're such a good boy." Sajida said this as Arcturis licked her tattooed face. "Sorry, I used to have a pet tiger as a kid called Babur, and Arcturis reminds me of him."
"Anyway, what Akari needs and wants is
lust- someone to desire her for her beauty, fuck her brains out, and follow her every beck and call. But she is much too young and immature to really be in a relationship with anyone right now, and I hope she finds someone who can show her what love is before her appeal fades with her looks. Love should be patient and kind, not fearful and flighty at the first sign of trouble in bed. Love should not be based on immediate passion brought on by surviving danger, but long, mutual friendship and understanding. She does not possess any of that." Sajida briefly thought she was one to talk, as she was a total virgin, but she had been in love once, deeply; with someone arranged for her, true, but someone she knew for a
long time before they ever even kissed, on their wedding day. She thought perhaps that Akari and Chloe would be better suited together, and that less than a week was not long enough for Akari and Yusef to have anything meaningful.
She then continued, "And there's something else. I don't really trust Akari regardless of your relationship, because she seems to be holding onto a lot of anger that could burst at any moment. It's hard to explain, but I can sense something of a dark cloud around her...be careful, okay,
luksao? And perhaps choose a proper woman with experience to guide you, like my dear friend Kalisha." Then, after using that word so many times, she explained while petting Yusef's head that it meant "my precious dear" in Surai. She also pulled aside the shoulder of her dress to show the tattoo that she'd gotten just above her heart with the word in the calligraphy of her homeland that she'd gotten on her wedding day. Like Kalisha's "love," though, it could be used intimately or casually, depending on the tone of the speaker and various little flourishes in any writing.
"On to more cheerful things, shall we? I'll be teaching you to make a traditional Surabamban breakfast that consists of an appetizer of pressed fried rice and peas to start with followed by the main course called
mashara savivaani, or a vermicelli noodle of the savivaan vegetable. It's completely made without grain and cooked in a minimal amount of oil or salt, so it's extremely healthy, aromatic without needing much seasoning, and tastes great." Then she patted Arcturis' head and said, "And for the only obligate carnivore here, a small stir fry of vulture gizzards and rice. If Akari, Chloe, Hopper and Kalisha are going to strand us here, then we might as well do something that will make them regret ditching this breakfast. And I appreciate the help in the kitchen; it's been an honor, but an overwhelming one to cook for so many people, and even when it's just me and Kalisha, she doesn't often help out. So what you're going to want to do is..." Sajida then bent over her pots and pans and explained what to do to cook the dish, drawing more attention to the shape of her hips and ass in the process.
*****
That night, Akari was pacing around the bubbling vent of hot water where Kalisha was bent over and studiously watching a green concoction coming together, with Akari watching her bottom. She then groaned, "How long is this going to take?"
"Relax, baby girl..." Kalisha laughed and then reached from behind her to rub the anxious rogue's leg. "His cum isn't traveling
that fast inside you. Usually, you have about three days between unprotected sex and the potential for any of his two million spermatozoa cells to reach your lone egg. Besides, even if they get up there, there's only a 25% chance that one of those doofuses will actually be able to penetrate the lining of the egg before the acidic pH of your vagina...you know what, I'm probably getting too scientific on you, aren't I?"
"Ya think, Lisha?"
That was a nickname that Akari had given Kalisha, and Kalisha had decided to call her Kari, and happily both nicknames had stuck. Kalisha smiled at that.
"The point is, I'm glad you came to me so we can be sure, especially if you're that anxious about having children so young, when you have your whole life ahead of you."
"I just feel like I'm going to destroy Yusef no matter what. He's so delicate, you know? If I don't tell him about this, then the guilt I'll have for keeping such a big secret will. If I
do tell him that I used contraception, I'm afraid he'll feel like I don't want a future with him. And if I lose my marbles and keep the baby, perhaps he'll feel like he's being trapped and resent me."
"If he really loves you like he says he does, and like you say he does, he won't do any of that," Kalisha said, hugging the smaller woman tightly and stroking her hair.
"Perhaps I am spiraling out about that, but let me give you another example that has already hurt him and made me feel like a bitch." Akari then proceeded to describe how she'd accidentally put down Yusef after he didn't quite stick the landing last night. "And now if I try anything more when next I sleep with him, it'll feel like I'm on a tightwire rope between hoping it's better and feeling bad for comparing- which, trust me, I've danced on those, and they're tricky as fuck to navigate. I'm probably going to mess this up and be alone forever, aren't I?"
"Oh, sweetie, you want to talk about messing up and being alone?" Kalisha asked as she kissed Akari's forehead. "I had sex with a man
and his wife simultaneously. All consensual, all very fun and happy. But the minute that the wife got jealous about her husband's appraisal of me, she told everyone and my right arm paid the price, and then I was cast out here, surviving by hunting ghost snakes for a month before finding this little cave with the hot spring and built this one by using it to forge wreckage from a caravan into suitable clockwork pieces."
When Akari winced at that, Kalisha slapped her upside the back of her head. "Hey! What was that for?"
"I know anxiety is not a competition, but honey, you are in such a minor pickle right now compared to what I faced. I'm not saying that this isn't tricky, but think for a second...how did you think he would know how to make you cum if you didn't tell him how?"
With a cavalier honesty that she thought she could never have, Akari sighed, "I usually hump my pillow at night to, you know. But I couldn't exactly gather my mind together and tell him." Kalisha nodded as she remembered Akari's description of the psychedelic sex that they'd had together, and conceded that Akari would perhaps have slipped on giving Yusef pointers, while making a mental note to try it out for herself...
"I suppose next time you could hump his knee prior to getting high off his dick, and that could be fun for him and you. But I taught him how to pleasure a woman, and I mean
pleasure, and he made me cum!" After a whistle from Akari, Kalisha grinned, "Perhaps if you gained some understanding of how those techniques could be applied to you, then you could give him the exact cues he would need to bring you to paradise."
"But how would...
oh!" Akari cried, then blushed. "I..."
"You don't need to say anything. If you want this, just kiss me and I will do all the work. Observe and tell me what you like and I will serve you, just like I know Yusef will," Kalisha purred with their lips mere inches apart. Akari acquiesced by leaning forward, pulling down her mask, and passionately kissing Kalisha. The tall, dark woman responded by bending her over a stone table on the cave on her back, teasing her all over with kisses and touches, growling, "I wanted to fuck your whole cute body into submission the minute I saw you walk through my door in that sexy little number:” Then she yanked down the skirt and panties off like she always wanted and proceeded to make Akari cum on her face with a
vigorous tongue bath on her pussy, before driving her to orgasm again by pulling out a strap-on penis of her own design to
allow Akari to practice giving directions while receiving intercourse. Then she had Akari apply what she learned with her own tongue on Kalisha's pussy and use the penis herself to penetrate Kalisha to get a perspective on what Yusef would see and feel before they both passed out, knowing that the mixture would be ready in the morning.
