“I don’t.” He chuckled. “I either wear loose pants or don’t go at all. Swimming at night with no one around is my thing. I mean, can you imagine? People can be tolerant, but even when they think they’ve seen it all, they still freak out seeing humans naked, let alone tentacles like these.”
“Sorry.”
He shrugged. “I’m used to it.”
“I didn’t freak out when I saw your mating cock-snakes. Not even a little bit. I promise.” I nudged him with my elbow as we continued walking.
“You blushed, and you went hard so quick I nearly heard aboingsound.” He grinned.
“I—Yeah, you got me there.”
“You can never predict peoples’ reactions when you’re a monster—” He stopped and swiveled me to face him. “I know where we have to go to find your sound. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it before.” Ner smacked his forehead with his tentacle and the audible plop made me snort.
“Where?”
“Orlando. I have friends there who might help us. If not, I wanted to meet up them, anyway. I have three days off next week, since I’ll be covering for Bianca for the next few days again. Does a road trip fit in your schedule?”
“With you? I’m ready. Let’s go pack.”
“Excellent. I’ll talk to my friends.” Ner wiggled a tentacle under my hoodie. “But first, let’s check if your bed is as accommodating as advertised.”
Chapter Nine
Rick
“It’sbeentwohours.”Ner’s whine filled the confines of my car.
He’d been a great road companion, changing music, singing, chatting… until we got stuck in traffic.
“Which means we should start moving soon.” I patted his knee.
“Are you lying to placate me?” He shifted to part his legs and his lower tentacle brushed my hand through the thin fabric of his pants.
“Maybe.” I grinned, my face flushing at the memories of how his tentacles had touched me in my bed. “We don’t know what caused the jam so I can’t ballpark how long we’ll be stuck.”
“Don’t toy with me. I have to pee.” Ner pointed a finger at me.
I snapped my teeth at it. “You drank an enormous iced coffee and a third of mine. You did it to yourself.”
“You said it would be a three-hour drive, so I thought I could hold it.”
“Without traffic. We’re stuck. Pee into the cup.”
“What if I spill?”
He had a point. “Then just get out and do it by the side of the road.”
“I can’t do that.”
“Why not? Everyone else is doing it.” I pointed a thumb at the dude behind us shaking off and returning to his car.
Ner looked through the window on his side and I couldn’t see his face. Was he self conscious? Fuck that.
“I’ll go with you then, we’ll stay side by side.”
“Do you have to pee?”
“Oh, yeah.” Lies. I opened the door, jumped out, and waited for him by the side barrier with my hand on my fly.
