[Book of Eros] Chapter 142: Stalwart ally. (Patreon)

Leonardo finished listening to what Reiko had to tell him. It all boiled down to Valerie being unsure of whether she liked girls or not, being sure she was into Leo and making a genuine attempt at learning to accept his situation.

He threw himself on Reiko’s bed, bouncing once on his back and letting out a long sigh. Reiko sat next to his head and started playing with his hair.

“Hey… What do you really think of all this?” he asked her.

“You need to be more specific.”

“About… me wanting to date everyone even after the curse is gone. Am I being an asshole? Selfish? Should I just give it up?”

“Selfish? It’s hard to say when so far you’ve been giving everyone equal time, but I suppose you are. An asshole though? No, not at all. I can think of a few of people who’d give you a good talking to if you were.”

Leo could, too. Lucia, Angela and Victoria wouldn’t hold anything back.

“Now, should you give it up? Well… I’d prefer it if you didn’t.”

Leo blinked up at her. “Really?”

Reiko nodded. “One part of it is because I don’t think I measure up to any of them,” she giggled with a tone of self-deprecating humor. “They’re all prettier and more talented than me. So if you had to pick one…” Leo frowned and lightly pinched Reiko’s cheek, not enough to hurt her but still to scold her. “H-Heey!”

“You more than measure up to any of them, and you’ve honed your talents to a level none of us ‘Gifted’ could replicate. Don’t say that again, you hear?”

“Alright, but you don’t have to pinch my cheek,” Reiko said, sticking out her tongue to him. “Anyway, the other part is that I really do enjoy it, okay? I like knowing that you’re doing it with others. One of my favorite things is when you tell me of your escapades, get me horny with those stories and then we do it until I’m about to pass out. I swear it feels twice as good as usual.”

“You really trust me that much?”

“You haven’t given me a single reason not to. I knew from the moment we started dating it would be like this. The fact that I’m also into it just makes it work better for us, doesn’t it?”

“I’ve probably asked you this question a hundred times already and you continue to reassure me,” Leo chuckled. “Sorry.”

“Whatever it takes to get it into this extra thick skull of yours,” she said, knocking on his forehead. “I’m in this with you, okay? Anything I can do to make the others comfortable with the idea, I’ll do it. I like them, you know? It’s not just that I want you to fuck other women. I like that it’s them. I like that you sleep with Angela, I love that free-use play you have with Kaede, and knowing you’re fucking a famous voice actress and model just makes me…” Reiko shivered.

Leo bit his lip and sat up. He looked down at the bed, away from Reiko.

It was always like this. Being with Reiko was just… easy, comfortable, enjoyable. They could spend an entire afternoon fucking or they could just talk about important or trivial topics. She fully accepted him for who he was, selfish wish and all. She owed him nothing, yet gave him everything. How could Leo not want to do the same?

“Even if things don’t turn out how I’d prefer by the end and the others are not okay with a… polyamorous relationship, Reiko, I need you to know I’m not willing to let YOU go.”

“…Eh?” Reiko blinked at him, taken aback.

“And before you joke about it, it’s not because you’re okay with sharing me. It’s because I’m most at peace when I’m with you. If we were an old couple with nothing to do but watch TV… I think I’d still be happy. So I’m not making it a secret. I’m staying with you, no matter what happens after all this. You okay with that?”

Reiko’s face was on fire. Her eyes glittered with the threat of tears, but she kept them away by force. “Y-You can’t drop this on me this suddenly!” she told him, shoving him by the shoulder with minimal strength. “Are you serious!? Out of all the girls who like you you’d pick ME!?”

“It’s not like this is a contests or anything. I’m a bit of a boring person,” Leo said, smiling. “So if I had to pick, of course I’d choose the girl I feel most at ease with. I love you and the others for many reasons, so I really do want to be with you all, if possible, but what kind of imbecile would I be if I let go of someone who’s wholeheartedly supporting me like this?”

Reiko bit her lip and went to hug Leo, keeping her face hidden on his chest. “You’re not just saying it? You mean it?”

“Have I ever said anything I didn’t mean?”

Reiko shook her head. “I like just talking to you too. Even when we’re silent it’s fine. I thought you might find it boring, though.”

Leo blinked. “Is that why you sometimes just unzip my pants and…” Reiko nodded sheepishly and he could help but laugh. “I love you so damn much.”

“Don’t say it while laughing! It doesn’t sound like you’re being serious!”

“But I am! Would you rather I get on one knee and kiss your hand while professing my love?”

“That… might be a bit too sappy even for me.” Reiko started laughing with him. After a while, they finally calmed down.

Leo kissed his girlfriend’s forehead and asked. “So? What do you think we can do about this?”

“Well… I think the one who’d be the least against a polyamorous relationship would be Kaede.”

Leo nodded. “I thought the same. She’s really excited about her first real experience with sex and relationships, but I don’t want to take advantage of it.”

“She’s smart. So long as we’re clear about our intentions with her she should be able to make up her own mind. It’s the others I’m more worried about.”

“Angela and Seina have explicitly said they’re in love with me. Lucia hints at it but refuses to say it outright. Victoria has never once complained, but I’m always alone with her and don’t bring up the others much.”

“…I might have an idea, but it could backfire,” Reiko says carefully.

“Most of your plans are like that, aren’t they?”

“High risk, high reward, okay?”

“Well, let’s hear what you’re thinking.”

“We have a proper talk with Kaede and see how she feels about continuing this relationship after the curse is lifted. We also help Valerie understand herself while we try to get her to also accept being part of this. If that works, then you’d have three girls willing to share, and if that were the case… why would you ever choose someone who demands exclusivity?”

Leo had to blink several times as he processed Reiko’s words. “So… You’re saying that, if you, Kaede and Valerie were to accept sharing me, then Angela, Seina and Lucia would have to reconsider their stance?”

“Exactly.”

Leo grimaced. “It doesn’t feel great to do it like that.”

“I think it’s fair.” Reiko frowned and crossed her arms. “You’d be paying them with the same coin. They told you to pick someone by the end, so you counter by telling them they either learn to share or it ends there. You want to stay with everyone so badly that you’re forgetting they want you just as much. I don’t think it’s unfair to reverse things and make THEM have to make the choice. All you need is a better bargaining position. If everyone, maybe me included, were to agree that we won’t accept anything less than a monogamous relationship, you wouldn’t be able to do much. But if two or more of us agree to share, then monogamy is automatically out of the question and the ones asking for it lose most of their bargaining power.”

Leo started intently at Reiko. “You’re so freaky most of the time I often forget you’re a pretty smart cookie yourself.”

“And you can say some rude things every once in a while,” she said, sticking her tongue out to him again.

“Sorry. That was out of line,” he chuckled.

Reiko had a point. The fact that the others were asking him to choose by the end was understandable, reasonable and it completely made sense from a normal standpoint. Leo understood that, which was the reason he kept on questioning himself over and over. But if even two people were okay with and even encouraged his wishes, then maybe they weren’t as unreasonable.

“Should we talk to Kaede, then?” he asked.

“Why don’t you let me ask her alone first? We’re close and she might feel less pressure talking to me than the two of us at once or even just you.”

“Are you sure? I don’t like the idea of leaving all the awkward work to you.”

Reiko smiled and pecked his lips. “Learn to trust me a bit more, okay? I told you I’m on your side, and I want this as much as you. I especially clicked with Kaede, so I really want things to work with her. And besides, you still need to go talk to Valerie, remember? Wouldn’t do to leave her waiting.”

“I know.” He suddenly moved behind Reiko and wrapped his arms around her stomach, pulling her closer to him as she nuzzled into her neck. “I’d like to stay a little longer, though. Can I?”

“My parents are downstairs…”

“Oh?” Leo grinned mischievously. “I never mentioned doing anything your parents would have to worry about. Do you have anything in mind?”

Reiko narrowed her eyes and puffed her cheeks. “Fine. If that’s how you want to play. You owe me for all the help, so I’d really like it if you’d eat my pussy.”

“Think you can stay quiet while I do?”

“…I’ll bite on a pillow.”

Reiko laid back on her bed, lifting her legs to let Leo remove her shorts. After he did, he kissed his way up her smooth legs, paying extra attention to her sensitive inner thighs. Reiko shuddered, and as he teased her with kisses, he could see how a dark spot grew larger on Reiko’s pink panties from the agonizing anticipation. Reiko did as she said she would, taking a pillow and biting on it to keep her voice from coming out, and no matter how much Leo teased her, she didn’t complain.

The closer his mouth got, the deeper Reiko’s nasal breathing became. He moved her panties aside and feasted on both the sight and the taste of his girlfriend’s glistering, dripping pussy. He kissed her outer lips before he began to lick along her slit. The taste and the smell were making him uncomfortably hard, but the glances he was sparing to Reiko’s face as she struggled to stay calm and silent made him want to keep pleasuring her.

He got a couple of his fingers in his mouth, and now wet with saliva he inserted them in her pussy, easily finding that one heavenly sweet-spot that made her voice escape in a deep, soft moan. Her eyes rolled back and she stared at the ceiling in a blissful daze. Leo added to it by teasingly twirling his tongue around the clit area for a long while before he aggressively started sucking on it, attacking it from the inside and the outside. Reiko’s trembling was becoming uncontrolled squirming. She bit hard onto the pillow she was hugging and took in deep, deep breaths. Her holding her moans was arousing in its own way, but Leo couldn’t deny one of his favorite things about sex was hearing a woman’s voice screaming her pleasure.

“Leo, I’m coming,” she gasped softly. “Finish me off, please! I want it!”

Leo’s fingers moved faster and he started sucking harder. Reiko’s juices covered most of his hand by now and they were making some lewd noises he hoped wouldn’t get them caught.

Reiko came with a mind-blowing orgasm that had become standard for them. Being able to give Reiko such intense pleasure pushed the same buttons for him as pinning Lucia down and fucking her from behind or toying with Kaede however he pleased.

“Kiss me!” Reiko pleaded.

Leo rose to meet her lips and the two stayed like that for a long while, though Leo was unable to resist at least squeezing her heaving chest. Reiko was not about to push him away.