With a final thrust, I came. White-hot stars of pleasure exploded behind my eyes. The room filled with the sound of Nikolas's beautiful carnal sounds, and I felt the splatter of cum against my skin as he hit his release again.
I didn't want to pull out of him, which was good, since my knot wouldn't allow me to anyway. His hole was tight and hot and wet. As I moved into a more comfortable position spooning him on the bed, a slow trickle of cum fell down Nikolas's ass.
Nikolas mumbled something soft and incoherent.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Said I love you a bajillion times more."
I chuckled and nuzzled his cheek with my own. "Well, I love you a bajillion and one times more than that."
"Fine."
Nikolas wriggled his body so that it was perfectly flush with mine. Since my knot hadn't gone down to normal size yet, we were stuck together in total alignment. I had no complaints. I loved being this close to my fated mate.
I wrapped my arms around him, lost in his soothing warmth and sweet scent, and we drifted off to sleep in harmony.
9
Nikolas
I didn't wakeup to an alarm clock, cars beeping or people shouting on the street, no incessantly buzzing work notifications on my phone, and no fat cat ass's in my face.
But I did wake up because of a strange, whimsical feeling that compelled me to rise.
I slowly sat up and rubbed my eyes. Pleasant green-tinted light filtered in through the windows. Outside it was quiet except for birdsong and the rustling of the last autumn leaves.
I wasn't in my usual cramped bed. I was in Jian's bed, in his room, in his house.
And he was still lying right beside me.
That's when everything hit me at once. The shapeshifting, Jian being a qilin, the mutual declarations of love, and the fucking amazing sex.
The condom-less sex.
I sucked in a soft breath and put my hands over my belly. Yup, it was squishy as usual, but its roundness had nothing to do with a baby. Yet. But Jian definitely filled me up last night and if all went well...
My heart jittered with excitement. Starting a family with my best friend in the entire world—and now my fated mate—was the biggest blessing I could ever ask for.
Jian was never one to sleep in, unlike me. When he realized I was awake he got up and smiled.
"Good morning, beautiful," he said.
Warm fuzzies frolicked in my chest. "Morning, sexy."
I noticed we weren't stuck any longer. His knot must've deflated sometime during the night when we were asleep.
He gave me a quick kiss. "You're up early."
"Yeah. For some reason, I got this weird feeling. Notbad, though. Like something important was gonna happen."
I saw the gears turning in Jian's mind. "I might know why. Let's get up and get dressed."
I figured it was some qilin thing I didn't understand yet, so I quickly washed up and threw on some clothes while Jian did the same. When we were decent, we approached the door.
"One moment," Jian said, urging me to stay back as he snuck a peek through the window. "All right. Open it."
"Me? It's your house."
