This choice: "Okay, we'll forget it for not. Now, lets see what our hotel looks like." • Go Back...Chapter #4"Okay, we'll forget it for now. Now, le... by: Unknown Kim rolls her eyes at you and mutters, "Bluenose. Now, where's the hotel?"
You both begin walking toward the shuttle dock, which leads to Velus City proper. Surprisingly, Kim receives few stares - interested glances, sure, but nothing like it would have been on Earth. This is neatly explained by the fact that at least half the people passing were wearing publicly-indecent levels of clothing.
You shiver, wondering if this will be what the entire vacation is like. You walk briskly, trying to catch up with Kim's excitedness, ignoring the gazes and the breasts and the genitals...
You skid to a halt. Ahead of you, a very tall woman with four arms stops Kim and says something to her. Kim blushes, but bends over for a kiss.
What the hell? you think. I can't believe that woman had the nerve to ask some stranger to kiss her! I can't believe Kim said yes! What was she...
A man nearby pauses to look at the couple, then at you. "New here?" he asks.
You stare forward, barely acknowledging his existence.
"Right," he continues. "Well, as someone who grew up on Earth, I have some advice."
You make a strangled squeak that sounds vaguely like, "I'm listening."
"You can take it fast, like your girlfriend over there-"
"She's not my girlfriend," you interrupt.
"Seriously? She takes you to probably the most oversexed system in the universe, begins showing off for you the moment she steps off the ship, tries to make you jealous - and, clearly, succeeds-"
Your mind is whirling with sudden realizations, but you manage to grunt out, "Continue with the advice."
He takes the hint. "Look, you're going to go native at some point. It may be fast, it may be slow, and I don't particularly care at what speed you take it, but don't try to go backwards. It won't work, and you'll only hurt yourself and the people who care for you. Now go over there, figure out how you really feel, and, once you're ready, tell her."
He walks away, you still lost in thought. Kim walks over towards you, pensive.
"So, what was that about?"
You look at her face, pondering it. It's certainly a friendly one, you think, but do you feel something more about it?
"Are you alright?" she asks, concerned. You begin to think that it's what's behind the face.
"Yeah, it's fine. Say, what was that about?" you ask, projecting false cheer and lack of inner turmoil.
"That? Oh, she said I was pretty and asked whether I would mind kissing her. I didn't, and, well, you saw what happened."
"Oh," you say. "So, that's all?" You feel a slight pang of jealousy, tempered by the fact that you felt jealous about someone kissing your friend. Your platonic friend. Get it together, Laura.
"Well, when in Rome..."
You nod silently and make your way to the shuttles - thence to the hotel.
After all, you think, she's brave, and adventurous, and funny. And loyal enough to stick by you after your parents were arrested, and kind enough to take you in. Even disregarding the fact that she's hot enough to melt you into an aroused puddle, it's totally reasonable to be in love with her. Plus which, she probably feels the same way. Right? But what if she doesn't?
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