D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 650 - 650 A Fae And A Demon Sit On A Bar. There Is No Punchline.

As Kat finished recounting her time with Mai to Nixilei Lily started yawning more and more. Despite Katʼs insistence she get some sleep Lily stubbornly stayed awake to participate in the discussion. The problem was, by the time Kat had gone over the abridged version of her training Lily was practically asleep already. ”Lily please. You havenʼt slept that much recently and your feline body clearly needs more sleep,” begged Kat.

[Iʼm fine I swear. Iʼll just stay up a bit longer. Maybe I can rest while you do tournament stuff.]

*No. Youʼve brushed this off one too many times Lily. I will not see you neglecting yourself like this. Either you go to sleep right now or Iʼll hand you over to Green and tell her to hold you tightly like a stuffed toy while SHE sleeps. Then youʼll have much less of a choice. So either curl up on my lap and get a bit of rest or be forced into it.*

[Fine.]

Kat could feel Lilyʼs dislike of the idea, but she past the point of caring about that. The fact she didnʼt just sleep while Kat had been going over her time with Mai was already silly. Kat knew very well that Lily knew that whole story. With Lilyʼs grudging acceptance Kat moved Lily onto her lap. Pretty much as soon as she curled up Kat could feel her drift off to sleep.

”Sorry about that. She clearly needs more sleep but sheʼs been trying to stay awake to spend time with me for some reason,” said Kat.

”Itʼs fine I understand. Iʼd be worried too if my significant other wasnʼt resting properly. Though, I will say now that she canʼt hear me that Iʼm surprised you ended up with a girlfriend. I didnʼt think you were gay at all. I never noticed you checking me or Green out and while I obviously donʼt know what Lily looked like when she was human I do know Iʼm rather attractive and so is Green. She must be something really special,” said Nixilei softly.

”Well, she is quite special… but the reason you didnʼt see me checking anyone out is because Iʼm not gay,” said Kat in response.

This seemed to confuse Nixilei slightly for a second before realisation seemed to strike. She was still wrong of course, but she said, ”So are you Bi or Pan then? Or was Lily not a girl before… or… well I donʼt really know any other options frankly.”

”Whatʼs Pan? Wait no, that doesnʼt matter. Iʼm asexual, I donʼt really have a sexual attraction to anyone. Thatʼs why you never saw me checking anyone out,” said Kat.

”How did you end up with a girlfriend then?” asked Nixilei with some interest, ”I would think being asexual that it wasnʼt really something you or well… I guess just asexual people in general would be interested in?”

Kat shrugged, ”I have no idea how it works for others so I canʼt really say. I can happily say I love Lily, but I will admit one of my main worries is that I donʼt love her the way I should. I mean, Iʼd do anything for her and perhaps that matters the most, but I kiss her because she enjoys it not because it does anything more for me than a good hug. I imagine one day sheʼll want to have sex as well, and Iʼll happily go through with that because itʼs something Iʼm sure sheʼll want.”

”Really? I assumed something like that would be disgusting?” said Nixilei, the question hanging in her words.

Once again Kat could only shrug. ”Not for me at least. The only thing that differentiates it much is that it feels quite private… but I have no inclination for or against it. Itʼd be like… hmm… asking me if I want a slice of bread as a snack. Perhaps not really, I could certainly be doing better things, but it isnʼt the worst thing in the world to eat. Plus, say in this example, Lily baked the bread, Iʼd eat it to make her happy just as I would ʼeatʼ her to make her happy. Itʼs not really a pain or a pleasure, it just is. Weʼll see how it goes though. Itʼs not something either of us are ready for. Well, Lily more so than I. It doesnʼt feel all that special to me.”

”Fascinating.” Said Nixilei before flinching. ”Sorry. I didnʼt mean to look at you quite like a science experiment,” Kat shrugged having not noticed, ”but itʼs just such an interesting perspective on it all. We had a rather… comprehensive ʼtalkʼ at the orphanage. Very detail orientated. Especially for those of us with talent for spy work just in case we were interested in taking on… seduction missions. Certainly not my cup of tea… but I was always ready to learn so I went through the WHOLE course.” Nixilei shivered slightly.

”Itʼs fine. Though if you donʼt mind my asking… what about you? What is your sexual preference?” asked Kat.

”Bi with a heavy female preference. Iʼm basically gay in a lot of ways just not quite,” answered Nixilei.

”See that… I donʼt quite understand. How does that work exactly?” asked Kat rather unsure of Nixileiʼs stance.

”Hmm… for me I suppose itʼs a matter of ranking things. I like traits more commonly found in women, soft skin, long hair, pouty lips… those sorts of things. Though… I have seen a few noble men who fit that definition and I donʼt require boobs to get me going… but… I am also a virgin so I canʼt say if Iʼd rather be with a girlish man, or just a girl on a more permanent basis. I havenʼt even really dated, just a few date assignments are the closest Iʼve ever gotten and I was assigned to girls for those missions so really I can only assume,” said Nixilei with some hesitance. It wasnʼt really something she liked opening up about. Romance and lust were very small parts of Nixileiʼs world so they mostly stayed in their box.

”Right…” said Kat seeing Nixilei wasnʼt all that comfortable with the topic. ”Is there something else youʼd like me to talk about?”

”Well, tell me more about how you and Lily got together. What do you see in her and what made you say yes? Or ask her out? I donʼt think that was quite covered?” asked Nixilei.

”Well… I think things had been building in the background for a bit. I was very much unaware, at least consciously… but I met some… new friends I suppose, and they all seemed to be pushing me to realise something. That something was my likely love for Lily, or her love for me perhaps, but I didnʼt notice at all, what with being asexual and having no experience at all with that.

”Still… I think I started to think on things a little bit in the back of my mind… so when Lily… well it was a big mess. She kissed me, I said things, she said things, there was a lot about her past before moving to my school that I donʼt want to tell without her permission… there was a lot of crying… ok no, I should do this justice. Let me explain…”

Kat went on to explain in detail a scene that was rather easy to call up from her memory. With perfect recall it was possible for some to be hard to find. Not this memory, it was so emotionally charged and important to Kat it was never too hard to recall. Kat outlined everything, skipping over Lilyʼs own emotionally charged past but covering the rest of the confession in exacting detail. ”… and thatʼs it really. It was… a bit awkward on both are parts and looking back on it I also sort of wonder what I was thinking trying to convince her I shouldnʼt be her girlfriend at the same time as telling her how much I wanted to be but… well… it worked out.”

Nixilei seemed to be backlit as she smiled, perhaps her magic was helping emphasise how happy she was to have the story shared with her despite the rather small smile she sported. ”Thank you for sharing that, I imagine it was very personal. Plus… I donʼt think itʼs weird at all you tried to discourage Lily somewhat. You were unsure of yourself just as she was. Sadly, I can imagine what it was like from her perspective.”

Kat, while not completely social savvy in relationship terms, was not so dense to miss that rather large clue being dropped. ”So you had a bit of a crush on Green when you were younger?” asked Kat hoping she was right.

Nixilei shrugged, ”Somewhat. It really was just a childish crush, and I grew out of it without any broken hearts. No offence to Green… but she isnʼt what I actually want in a partner. Sheʼs beautiful sure and I will happily serve her to the end of my days… but our personalities donʼt mesh well for romance, at least in my opinion. On top of that, the power dynamic would never disappear, I serve her family and dating her wouldnʼt have changed that making things awkward…

”She also would like much nicer with her hair grown out a bit, her habit of sleeping everywhere while adorable is somewhat irritating, and Iʼd hate to have to deal with the way Gareth does and obviously, Gareth and her engagement. She really does love him so I can safely say sheʼs straight. As I said, once I started really looking it was clear I didnʼt really want to court her. She was just the only reasonably aged woman I was close to that had a pleasing enough appearance for the crush.. Once I really looked at her,” Nixilei ended off her speech with another shrug.