“Aöseria.” Örim breathed as he ran a hand along the smoothness of her hips. “It’s an old Tesi word. It doesn’t have an exact translation in Universal. It means mate. Beloved. The peace at the center of a storm.”
You want me to be your mate?Cassie’s fingers wandered down over his thighs, and Örim worried he would spill his seed with even the slightest whisper of pressure against his mating node. He wanted to offer her pleasure first. He wanted her.
“I want you to be my universe.”
I want that too.Cassie’s breath hitched as his hands moved upward, pressing against her breasts as he’d seen done in holovids. They were the softest part of her, and he marveled at the way her nipples responded to his touch.
“Can I pleasure you first?” His hands were firm on her chest as he soaked in her warmth. “I’ve watched some holos about human sexuality, but you might need to guide me. Tell me what you like.”
I don’t know what I like.Her face had turned a deep shade of crimson he could finally identify in the darkness.
“Should we explore together?” Örim asked. His voice was so quiet he wasn’t entirely sure if he’d even spoken aloud, but Cassie nodded. He wanted her first experience to be positive. He wanted to prove to her he could give her anything a more compatible male could, that he wasn’t lacking, just different. He drew her down onto the bed and started by rubbing his thumbs over her raised nipples. Cassie let out a soft gasp.
“Did I injure you?” Örim withdrew his hand. She shook her head and replaced his fingers where they had been. Her nipples grew even stiffer under his fingers. He’d never been with a teösian female either, so he couldn’t compare, but he was almost certain they had nothing like this. There was no need. They didn’t feed their young this way. The view of her lips slightly parted did something erotic to him, and he found himself shifting to try and ease the pressure off his mating node.
“Should I continue?” Örim asked after a few long moments. “I understand that first couplings can be painful.”
I’m not in pain.Cassie signed before gripping his hand and drawing it lower between her legs.Touch me here.He took a sharp breath and followed her direction.
“Do you want to lie back? If you want me to stop, just grab my arm any time.”
Cassie nodded and let him press her back against the mattress. Gently, Örim spread Cassie’s legs wide apart to get a clear view of her vulva beneath the patch of dark hair. It was one thing to study it on a holo, but the real thing was so much more interesting. So wet. So different than anything he’d seen before.
Örim ran a gentle finger along the length of her opening, and she arched under his touch, but she hadn’t indicated he should stop, so he didn’t.
His mating node heated to a near unbearable temperature as he pushed a finger inside of her. The sounds of her breathing intensified as he found there was less friction than anticipated due to the slickness she produced.
“Fascinating,” he murmured.
More please.
Örim wasn’t sure if a second finger would fit inside of her, but he would try. The last thing he wanted was to cause her injury, although he had seen human females were capable of stretching.
He added a second finger, which made her exhale sharply. When he was certain she wasn’t injured, he then used his other hand to search for the pleasure node he knew human females had. Her clitoris was erect under a hood of skin. Örim applied soft pressure, and Cassie moved against him, clutching the sheets with her hands. He increased his speed, stopping only when she shuddered around him, clenching in hard waves against his fingers. He still wasn’t sure if what he’d done was the right thing. It seemed like the right thing based on what he had watched, but Cassie would have to tell him.
“Was that… satisfactory?” he asked. His fingers stayed inside of her, feeling the faint aftershocks of whatever had happened.
I think it was. It was really good. I’ve never had an orgasm before.Cassie signed.Next time, don’t stop so soon. I think I could go again if you didn’t stop.
Next time. The words weren’t lost on him. She wanted to couple with him again. He would ask her again when she was more coherent, when she wasn’t surging with mating hormones.
What about you?She reached for him, placing a hand on his mating node.Does something happen here?Örim could barely concentrate as he withdrew his fingers from her slowly. She let out a soft gasp. He was gratified to see there wasn’t any blood.
“That’s…” He groaned as she moved her fingers over it with more intention. “That’s my mating node. I’m sorry, I don’t have the human equivalent.”
Cassie shook her head.I don’t mind. Tell me what to do.
“I need rhythmic friction. However you’d like to apply it. With your hands, your mouth, or with your genitals.” Örim spoke with more confidence than he felt. Teösian mating was a brutal thing. A teösian female would grind her own mating node against the male’s until she shed sufficient crystals to start a seeding process, and the male participant spilled his own batch of seed. It left them both injured and unable to mate again until they had healed from the process. But Cassie was all softness. All the parts of her she could use would do him no harm.
I can try.Cassie bolstered herself up and then beckoned him down beside her on the bed. She tilted her head, considering for an achingly long moment. Then, mind made up, she straddled him. The hot slickness of her against his mating node, combined with the weight of her body, made him groan as she started to rub herself against him.
She stopped then, responding to his vocalization. Is it ok?
“More than ok.” Örim clasped her hips, guiding her to continue and helping her with the movement. Her breath grew heavy again, and he hoped the sensation was as intense for her as it was for him. The heat intensified, plunging directly downward from his electrical core to his mating node. Then, like a storm surge, something burst, and Örim’s seed spilled out of his node as he found an incredible release.
An orgasm. It had to be. He didn’t know he was capable. Although he had finished, Cassie continued grinding herself against him until she shuddered with pleasure again, and he felt her fluttering around him.
“Was that a second?” he asked.
