A Morality Tale About the Evils of Sake

Chapter 6
A Sweet Tooth
(lime)

Raine looked up over the tops of her reading glasses as the party came into her office. “Lloyd! Colette, Sheena! I didn’t expect you back so soon,” she said as she ushered them into chairs. “Can I get you some tea?”

“Uh, no thanks, Raine,” Sheena demurred, guessing correctly that Raine would have made it herself. “We just wanted to check in and let you know that we’re going to refocus our search.”

“We’re going to find Nova and ask for his help!” Colette explained.

The Professor sat up straight. “Of course! Nova’s caravan has traveled the whole world, he’d probably be best informed of remote settlements.”

Sheena nodded. “We’re hoping he can provide us with maps as well.”

“Let me guess. Lloyd, you’re glad that this will make your search go faster?”

“Actually I’m enjoying it, Professor Sage,” Lloyd replied.

Raine glanced at the girls with a ghost of a smile. “I wonder why that is.” She was rewarded by blushes from Colette and Sheena.

Lloyd grinned. “Because we’ve decid OW!” He looked reproachfully at the ninja girl. “Whadya kick me for, Sheena?”

“Anyway,” Sheena said through gritted teeth, “we thought you should know what our plans were going to be. We’ve already let Presea know about a potential lumber supply.”

“All right then. You should probably stay here in Palmacosta for the night and get an early start tomorrow. Now you kids scoot, I’ve got a mountain of paperwork that needs tending. One fight after another…”

The three young people made their way back to the main square, Lloyd still rubbing his shin. “Why did you kick me back there? And why did the Professor wink at me?”

“Nevermind,” Sheena said tersely. “You guys have been here before, what is there to do?”

“Let’s see if Cacao’s shop is reopened!” Colette urged.

“Hey, yeah,” Lloyd agreed.

Sheena rolled her eyes at having to be the voice of reason. “Okay, but let’s at least get a room for the night first.”

So the three of them checked into the Skipper’s Haven Inn in the early afternoon and then made their way down the street to the restored Marble’s. The proprietress greeted them warmly and they had a nice visit, but Sheena wanted to get out and see more of the town. Colette, on the other hand seemed content to stay and stuff herself with candy. Lloyd and Sheena made their goodbyes to Cacao and promised to meet up with Colette that evening.

As the two wandered through the already bustling streets, Sheena shyly took Lloyd’s hand. He smiled down at her and her heart beat faster, and she clung tighter to his arm. I can’t believe I’m so stuck on a guy, especially a guy like him! But I don’t care in the least…

Lloyd, of course, could not believe his luck. She really is amazing. They made their way through the market, pointing out pretty or unusual things to each other. The smell of the freshly caught fish, far from intruding, seemed to speak of hope and accomplishment for the rebuilding. In this atmosphere the lovers felt drawn to each other even more intensely. Lloyd even managed to work up the courage to buy her a flower and weave it into her spiky black hair, where the green leaves and orange blossom stood out brilliantly. She tenderly kissed his cheek and seemed unable to walk more than a few steps without giggling at such a romantic gesture.

The afternoon sun sparkled off the water as they stood out on the quay, listening to the call of gulls.

“Umm, Sheena…”

“What is it, Lloyd?”

“Back at the Meltokio Coliseum, the nurse out front…she said that gentlemen with cosplay fetishes weren’t welcome. What’s a cosplay fetish?”

Sheena blushed lightly. “Well, cosplay fetish means…Sometimes, girlfriends and boyfriends like to dress up, to pretend they’re different people. It can make things…exciting. Didn’t you think the nurse was cute in her outfit?”

“Yeah, kinda,” Lloyd said bashfully. “I thought Zelos was going to drool. Or…like, the time you and the Professor dressed up as Desians.”

Sheena’s face was now all crimson, remembering how skimpy the female Desian outfit had been. “Yeah. Like that. Why? Do YOU have a cosplay fetish, Mr. Lloyd Irving?” she asked flirtatiously, tickling the end of his nose with her finger.

“Heh. Maybe,” he said, grinning and biting the tip of his tongue. “But you don’t have to dress up to make me excited, just seeing you is enough.”

She laid her head on his shoulder and smiled. “You’re no Genis, but you sure know what to say to a girl.”

Eventually, they found themselves back at the inn, with a few hours left before nightfall. Still leading him by the hand, Sheena studiously ignored the inn clerk girl’s knowing smirk and led him up the green-carpeted stairs to their room.

Lloyd wasn’t entirely sure what was going on, but he got a big hint when the Summoner leapt into his arms and kissed him passionately, standing on her tiptoes. Sheena pushed him onto his back on his bed and plopped down half beside, half on top of him, kissing hungrily and running her hands over his chest. She peeled off his gloves and threw them onto the bedside table.

Lloyd’s hands fluttered uselessly around the curve of her waist until she mumbled, “it’s okay, you can touch me wherever you want.” He groaned as the ninja girl nibbled on his neck. His shaking hands reached up to cup and softly squeeze her breasts. Boys! So predictable. They always go straight for the boobs, Sheena thought, but was by no means displeased. Her fingers fumbled with the buttons of his red jacket. She yanked it off of him and tossed it onto the floor, pushing him against the headboard until Lloyd was sitting against it.

Sheena knelt back on the bed and shrugged out of her lavender cloak. Then she took Lloyd’s wrists and placed them at the neckline of her white top. Her eyes captured Lloyd’s and she gave a little nod, and their hands moved down together.

Lloyd’s gaze grew wider at every new square inch of Sheena’s magnificent bosom that came into view. Her top bunched around her waist as her now bare breasts rose and fell enticingly. “I take it you like what you see?” she asked huskily, flushing under Lloyd’s heated eyes.

The swordsman ran a finger from her collarbone down over a tiny purple-brown nipple. It hardened instantly and Sheena gasped, nearly crying out. The bud was so erect it was painful. She shifted to straddle his lap and forced Lloyd’s head against her tits.

Lloyd inexpertly but passionately began to suckle her. Sheena could feel him throbbing against her crotch; she was almost surprised she wasn’t drenching him. Wow…It’s big! she thought as she started to grind against him.

Lloyd’s hands grabbed her butt as the teenagers continued making out. This was an altogether new but most welcome experience for the boy. Sheena’s hand reached between them and started stroking his dick through his pants. Lloyd’s eyes fluttered shut and he accidentally bit down on her sensitive nipple. The ninja girl sobbed in mixed pain and arousal. She humped against him, grinning in satisfaction when she heard him groan and felt his cum pumping out under her hand. Lloyd fell back against the headboard, barely able to breathe.

Sheena leaned forward and nuzzled his neck softly. She whispered, “you like that, baby?” She giggled at Lloyd’s babbling attempt at an affirmative answer and she plopped down to lie beside him as they traded kisses.

“C-can I do the same for you?” Lloyd stammered.

Sheena grinned lustily. “You definitely can, honey.” She took his still-shaking hand and guided it down over her soft belly and slipped it under the waistband of her tights. Lloyd was almost awestruck by what his fingers conveyed to him: a little, neatly trimmed strip of hair and soft, smooth, damp heat. His thumb tangled in her short curls and his first two fingers glided through the slit below.

Sheena shuddered. “You’ve done this before,” she moaned as Lloyd nuzzled her neck.

He pulled back. “No, I haven’t,” he said, puzzled.

“Whatever, just…don’t stop,” she breathed.

The Summoner’s back arched and she nearly screamed when his fingers penetrated her and curled up inside just as his thumb found her clit. Lloyd’s fingers kept working her until she fell back against the bed. Sheena hauled him in for a long passionate kiss.

“How did you know how to do that?” she murmured. Her smoky eyes transfixing his, she brought his hand up to her mouth and licked her own juices of his fingers.

“I…don’t know. It was like my fingers just knew where to go,” the swordsman confessed.

“Well they certainly know how to please a lady!” she laughed. “It’s almost like they knew just…where a woman likes…to be…” she trailed off.

They both looked down at his hand, with his ExSphere still attached, then looked at each other. In unison they said, “Beginner’s luck, that’s all.”

Sheena hugged her boyfriend tight. “You are amazing, Lloyd,” she whispered. “No one has ever made me feel like you.”

“You, too, Sheena.”

She kissed him again, sweetly. “Come on. Let’s get cleaned up. It’s about time for dinner, anyway.” Lloyd made only a few halfhearted protests, and didn’t squawk at all when she made him promise not to peek at her when she changed. Even if the teens’ libidos hadn’t been severely compromised by the thought of Lloyd’s mother somehow being aware of their activities, they both seemed to realize that this was as far as they were willing to go for now.

After a quick wash and new clothes, they went out to meet Colette for dinner, but the usually cheerful blonde girl seemed unusually solemn.

“What’s wrong, honey?” Sheena asked as they sat down at a table under the eaves of the inn.

Colette looked up, and the other two were shocked to see tearstreaks running down her face. “Is this real?” the Chosen asked plaintively.

“What are you talking about, Colette?” Lloyd wanted to know.

“Well, it…I mean…”

***

Colette waved to her boyfriend and girlfriend as they left the shop, and promptly went back to snacking on more of Cacao’s yummy treats. The woman clucked her tongue indulgently. “Take as much as you want, dear, but you’ll get fat if you keep this up!”

The blonde girl smiled. “Nope! I’ve always been able to eat what I want. I never seem to gain an ounce, even where I want to,” she said looking down at herself. Cacao laughed.

Later, over tea, when Colette’s sweet tooth had been mostly assuaged, the proprietress remarked, “you certainly seem in good spirits lately; is your work for the rebuilding project going well?”

“I think so; we’re about to find Nova and get his help with the search. But the reason I’m happy is because of Lloyd and Sheena!”

“Oh? I rather thought you had your eye on Lloyd,” Cacao said as she sipped her tea.

“I do,” Colette said, confused.

“And you’re not worried about him going off with another attractive girl?”

“Nope! We decided we’ll both date him, and each other! That’s why I’m so happy,” she said, hugging herself.

Cacao set her cup down. “I see. Well, I suppose a lot of girls your age experiment.”

“Experiment?”

“It’s a phase, dear. You’ll grow out of it. You’ll find a nice man, Lloyd or someone else, and settle down with him and have no more of these odd thoughts. Sheena, too.”

“But…but what I feel…”

“You’re young. You don’t really know how you feel.”

“And Lloyd?” Colette asked, her lip trembling.

“Lloyd is a boy. Boys always want as many girls as will say yes to them.”

“I…I need to go,” Colette mumbled as she strode blindly out of the shop, oblivious to what Cacao said after her. She stumbled into an alley and wept.

***

“So is she right? Is this just something that will go away?” Colette sobbed.

“That woman doesn’t know what she’s talking about.” Sheena bit off, barely tamping down on her anger. “Just because it isn’t what someone else thinks of as ‘normal’ doesn’t make it WRONG. Don’t pay any attention to her.”

Lloyd stood up and moved to hug Colette, with Sheena doing the same from the other side. “I don’t care what anyone else says or thinks. I l…need you both and care about you more than anyone. That is all that matters.”

“Thank you, Lloyd!” Colette whispered into his stomach as he held her. She reached a hand back to squeeze Sheena’s. “Thank you, Sheena!”