You Shouldn't Make Vows

Author's Notes: Hey, I'm back in action at last! I'm not sure anyone actually missed me, but anyway. I'm the only person who's published anything for the Golden Sun section for well over a year, so be grateful! This little tale follows the same continuity as my other two GS fics. Chapter 1 is set several months before the games, and chapter 2 is set during the first Golden Sun cartridge. Enjoy!

You Shouldn't Make Vows

by The Pairing Guy

"You shouldn't make vows you will later find you cannot keep..." - Mia, at Babi's Palace


Mia lay back against the soft white pillow of the bed as Alex pumped his hard cock into her, over and over. Ordinarily Mia made an effort to give her mate as much enjoyment as possible, but in Alex's case, she had already discovered that there was no point in that. Alex was on the brink of release, grunting and moaning her name as he did his business, yet Mia still wasn't even remotely close to orgasm. To be blunt, she was barely getting even a tingle of pleasure.

You could come up with any number of reasons why Alex wasn't a satisfying lover, but Mia preferred to just sum it up with two things. One, he completely lacked tenderness in his approach. The way he suddenly and fiercely squeezed her tits early in their lovemaking - well, it was very hard for Mia to feel any arousal after that. Two, he simply had no skill with his cock. A good lover was like music: a steady, comforting rhythm building to an exciting crescendo, with a fond and pleasing melody hidden among the beats, perceptible only to a woman who had learned to listen for it. Alex had no rhythm, or not a comforting one, at least. His thrusts felt more like a child jabbing a stick into an animal burrow than a man making love.

"Ah... ah..." Mia snapped back to attention; Alex was about to release. They'd agreed beforehand that he would pull out, since it would be awkward if he managed to impregnate her. Above all, they wanted to still be friends after this, and a baby would ruin their friendship.

But it didn't look like Alex was thinking of that now. His eyes were rolled back, lost in pleasure. "Pull out!" Mia cried, hoping to snap him out of it, and she sat up on the bed to begin pulling herself off of his prick.

Then Alex gave a loud groan and grabbed Mia's ass with both hands, forcing her deeper over him. Before Mia could do anything, his seed flooded into her. She squeezed her eyes shut. Dammit, this wasn't supposed to happen! He promised...

With a content sigh, Alex pulled out of her and fell back on the bed. Mia was still for a moment, in mild shock at possibly being impregnated by her friend. Then she quietly slid off the end of the bed and reached for her clothes, discarded on the floor.

A hand grabbed her by the arm in a vice grip. "Where do you think you're going, my dear?" Alex chuckled.

Before she could react, he yanked her back onto the bed. The violent move made her trip and fall sprawling on her face. As she struggled back onto her hands and knees, Alex crawled over her from behind. She fought to control her frustration at being shoved about and controlled this way. He leaned over to kiss her neck and nibble at her earlobe.

"You smell so enticing," he said as he pressed against her. His cock had not yet gone fully erect again, but she could feel it hardening as it brushed against her opening. That aroused her a little bit, at least. Certainly more than his stale compliments did. One hand caressed down her side, then squeezed at her butt cheeks - a little harder than she would have liked, but she began to feel that she might actually enjoy this round.

Then she felt his member slip back from her pussy and slide along the cleft of her buttocks. "Wait," she said in sudden concern. "You aren't going to -"

"Give you anal, Mia?" Alex said innocently. "Do you truly think I would do such a thing?" On saying that, he immediately stuffed his length into her anus.

Bastard, Mia thought to herself. Alex's "joke" just added insult to injury. She never knew Alex had a sense of humor. It was one of the things she liked about him, he took things seriously, and he didn't throw cruel barbs at people or make an ass of himself like so many men her age did. Yet somehow sex brought out the urge for crude and thoroughly unfunny jokes in him. Seeing this unpleasant side to her friend made sex with him even less enjoyable.

She gave an inward shrug and adjusted herself to withstand Alex's thrusts as best as she could.

Even though Alex's cock was quite small, being fucked in her waste hole still felt strange, unpleasantly so. Despite that she usually got some enjoyment out of anal sex, but that was mainly because both times she'd had it before, her partner had provided some additional stimulation, such as fondling her breasts. Alex seemed content to just hump her.

Mia sighed to herself, wishing he would hurry up and just finish. The only plus side to this decidedly odd form of sex was that Alex wouldn't be increasing his chance of impregnating her.

At last he gave a roar of pleasure, grabbed her waist so hard that his fingernails cut into her skin, and emptied his load into her. She murmurred a prayer of thanks. Much as she loathed the feeling of semen flowing into her ass, it meant that it was finally over. She rolled out from underneath Alex, climbed out of the bed, and began pulling her clothes back on.

Adjusting her skirt, Mia said firmly, "That's the last time we fuck together, Alex."

Alex sat up in bed and faintly smiled. "I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean, Mia."

"This isn't a joke. I've told you what my rules are. Anyone who can't make me cum can't be my lover."

"You can't be serious. Mia, we're friends."

"Being my friend doesn't give you free screwing rights," Mia snapped. "Can you even imagine what it would be like if people found out that if you just become my friend, I'll let you screw me as much as you like no matter how terrible your performance?"

"That's a little harsh, Mia. How can you expect me to give you an orgasm every time? Give me another chance sometime and I'll -"

"Another chance!?" She could scarcely believe this. "I already gave you two good chances! It's not like I'm frigid, Alex - plenty of men I've been with could make me climax before their first orgasm. You had two orgasms and didn't give me even one! I'm not some cheap whore, Alex, I don't just suck on whatever cock comes my way!"

"I never said you were a cheap whore. You must have misunderstood. I'm just saying that you shouldn't apply such arbitrary rules to -"

"I have 'arbitrary' rules because I'm not a whore," Mia said darkly. "I'd go insane if I tried to stay a virgin until I got married, but that doesn't mean I'm going to spread my legs for whoever wants me. I need to be somewhere in the middle, Alex, and if somebody knows a better way than my 'arbitrary' rules, they certainly haven't shared it with me!"

"Rules can be bent," Alex smiled. "If you weren't so stubborn, you'd see that."

That was it. Alex just wasn't listening. "Fine. You want me to give you the whole truth? The fact is that what you were the worst I've ever had. And I'm not just saying that because I'm angry. I can remember all the sex I've ever had, and what happened just now was the worst." Alex gaped at her. "And if you pester me to give you another fuck just one more time, I'll let everyone know that."

Face burning with indignation, Mia turned and stormed out of the room.

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After that, things were awkward between them. They couldn't look each other in the eye, so they did their work curing and restoring separately. If Mia ran into a case where Alex's talent was needed, she just told them to ask Alex about it, and moved on.

She was angry at him still, for his offensively awful efforts in bed and for using their friendship to try to get her to sleep with him again, but mostly she felt guilty. Even if Alex was forceful and almost violent in making love, Mia knew he was basically a good person, and really, it was only natural that he would try to convince her to give him another chance in bed. She had insulted his manhood by refusing him, after all, so he had panicked and tried everything to redeem his prestige in bed. She had overreacted to what was instinctive behavior on his part, and topped it off with blackmail. Never had Mia felt so ashamed of herself. She had turned against one of her closest friends.

But even in a town Imil's size, they were bound to run into each other sooner or later. It happened by the backside of a house, where Mia was taking a shortcut.

"Hi," she said, looking at the ground.

"Mia," he answered. "I..."

"I'm sorry, Alex. I just... some of the things you did upset me, and I do believe in limiting who I sleep with." She shook her head. "But I shouldn't have said those things. Just because you didn't please me doesn't mean you won't make some other girl very happy."

"I'm sorry as well. It was wrong of me to pressure you. With no pressure, now... could we try it one more time? I could try giving you a..." His brow furrowed. "...I believe they call it oral..."

Mia smiled and shook her head. "Please, don't. I think the sex just confused things between us, Alex. We forgot what we're really about... working together to help people. From now on, I just want us to be friends, okay?"

"I can be quite happy with that, Mia."

They smiled at each other, and walked together to the next home with someone in need of their care.

{ Author's notes: No, this isn't the end! This is just the setup... read on for the concluding chapter! }