[Book of Eros] Chapter 96 - Some inner peace. (Patreon)

After dinner, they tried to spend some more time studying for exams coming next week, but Leo was too out of it. His head wasn’t in the numbers or the historical events. It couldn’t be. Then again, no one else seemed to be in the mood for them at all.

“…Let’s resume this on Saturday,” Reiko said with a sigh. “This’ll get us nowhere.”

“Sorry,” Leo groaned, rubbing his neck. “We’ll make up for it on the weekend.”

“We’re going to the gym tomorrow, aren’t we?” Angela asked, looking a bit restless, like an overexcited kid.

“Right.” He nodded. If one looked at priorities, Angela and Valerie were farm more interested in the gym than in school. Kaede didn’t look worried about exams at all, but Reiko definitely felt like she wasn’t getting enough studying done. As for himself, he felt confident enough he could scrape by with a passing grade, but didn’t want to get conceited. “Okay, goodnight everyone. See you in the morning.”

Leo stood up, and Reiko followed suit. Kaede turned her face away from them, face heating up, and Valerie looked at them with a slight frown. And of course, either not noticing or not caring about the mood, Angela stood up as well, saying, “I’m going to the bathroom. I’ll catch up in a minute.”

That made the two other girls’ eyes widen in shock as they looked from Angela to Leo and Reiko.

“…Yeah, of course. Why am I getting surprised?” Valerie muttered lowly to herself.

It was getting embarrassing, so after one more goodbye, Leo and Reiko made their escape to his room. They closed the door behind them, and a comfortable silence settled between them. They looked at each other, and without words or any sort of hastiness, came together in a soft and loving embrace.

“Man, feels like we haven’t gotten any time to ourselves in a while, right?”

“Yeah,” Reiko giggled. “You’ve been a busy man.”

“How are you feeling about it, by the way?”

“I’m okay. It doesn’t bother me to think you slept with those two women, but… It doesn’t turn me on, either.”

“Really?” Leo asked, surprised.

She nodded. “You didn’t really like it, did you?”

“…I guess not. It was different than doing it with you or Angela.”

“Thought so.” Reiko held him by the cheeks and lightly pressed her lips against his. “I like the idea of you sleeping with other girls, but I like it because I want you to enjoy it. I still remember your face when you got back your sensations. You were so happy,” she giggled. “That’s when I first started to think I might be into this, you know? I want to see you enjoying yourself, with me or with others. But if you don’t like it, I won’t like it either.”

Leo chuckled and shook his head. “If they hadn’t made their interventions known already, I would have to believe it was the Gods above who had me meet you. I don’t deserve you.”

“I’ve thought the same before,” she said. “It’s hard to believe my boyfriend is so cool.”

That made Leo laugh. “I’m cool?”

“Sure you are! You cook, you do house chores, you work, you go to school, are reliable, accepting, and fun to be around! All you’re missing is learning to juggle!”

“I’m afraid that one’s beyond me.”

They laughed together, and doing so brought priceless peace to Leo’s heart. Yeah, this was just what he needed. He put a hand on Reiko’s cheek and kissed her deeply, probing her lips with his tongue as she allowed him inside. Leo was a young and foolishly idealistic man. He may have thrown the word ‘love’ around before without really understanding it, but now he felt like he was getting closer to grasping its meaning, and he was sure it had something to do with that sense of peace he felt at being with Reiko.

He moved his hand behind her and under her skirt, giving her butt a nice, strong squeeze. That, however, made Reiko break the kiss with a sudden yelp.

“W-What happened?” he asked.

“I… I don’t know, but…” Reiko blinked, trying to look at her own butt. “…do it again!” she urged.

Leo did as told, this time more gently. He fondled her nice, peachy butt as he watched her face. Reiko closed her eyes and bit her lip as she took in a deep breath through her nose and her body shivered. “Why does that feel so good?”

“Oh!” Leo exclaimed as he remembered. “I got a new Gift from the Book!”

“The one about caresses?” she asked.

“You remember?”

“You think I’d forget? I’ve been looking forward to you unlocking more!” she admitted shamelessly.

There was a knock on the door that was but a formality, as Angela opened it and headed inside without waiting for an answer. She closed the door behind her as she kept her eyes on the embracing couple. “I figured you guys would be busy, but you’re only getting started…” she said.

Leo had an idea.

“Hey, Angela? Come here,” he said. “Can the two of you get on all fours side by side?”

The two girls seemed ready to get started.