Chapter 17
It occurred to Asher, several blissful days later, that he really ought to… ought to figure out a way to thank yshain Lee. Asher obviously hadn’t had it in him at the time to be grateful to him—hadn’t realized there was something to be grateful for.
But thinking back on what had happened, Lee had done his best to reassure Asher. He had tried to tell Asher that his mates cared for him. That Lee too, understood what Asher was experiencing. What had he said? I know how scary it is in the beginning, but it’s going to be okay.
He’d even given Asher a new humshus, which not only was much more comfortable than Asher’s old one, but it provided Asher a lot of comfort, for a variety of reasons.
Lee was the reason Asher could understand his beloved mates. The reason why Asher was no longer terrified and confused as to what was happening. So he deserved to hear Asher’s gratitude.
But… how would Asher get into contact with him?
He puzzled over this as Trenet and Vrayl got him ready for the day, until he realized how silly he was being.
Of course he’d just ask his mates. They had to know Lee’s mates, because who else could have been in that room when they were all together?
Asher had definitely heard two other Dresht voices.
When Vrayl undid the clasp to his humshus and slid it from Asher’s mouth, Asher let it go without fuss this time. He wasn’t particularly interested in breakfast, but he did want to be able to speak.
He snuggled back against Vrayl’s chest, his arms still safely bound up in his tirlak, and shifted in Vrayl’s lap to best feel every inch of the long cock he was impaled upon. This. This was why Asher wanted to talk to Lee. Because without Lee, Asher wouldn’t have gotten to have this.
Or at least, wouldn’t have understood enough to be able to appreciate it.
“Um,” he started nervously. He didn’t think Trenet and Vrayl would say no to a direct request, but Asher hadn’t yet asked for something like this. “W-would it be possible to see yshain Lee again?”
He wasn’t prepared for how Trenet and Vrayl suddenly sat up at attention. Vrayl’s hands on Asher’s hips flexed, and Asher could feel how his cock twitched inside him at the question.
Trenet leaned forward, eyes dark and heated. “You’d like another play date with yshain Lee, little love?”
Asher licked his lips, taken aback by just how much his Dresht seemed to like that idea. Why? All that had happened during the last “play date” was…
Well. Asher remembered it vividly. Lee had given him a humshus, then pushed half a dozen venigash inside him, and then had sucked Asher and made him come in Lee’s mouth.
And they called all of that having a play date. But Trenet and Vrayl didn’t seem jealous of Lee at all. Very clearly the opposite. The thought of Asher and Lee together was… was obviously arousing to them.
Maybe it was because they were both yshain?
Maybe having your yshain with another yshain was different from watching your yshain with another Dresht he wasn’t mated to.
Maybe watching two yshain “play” together was a treat, doubly so if they were Human and thus rare.
Trenet and Vrayl had mentioned that Humans were very rare to come by.
Would playing with Lee while their Dresht watched be a way to please Trenet and Vrayl too?
It could even be a way to thank Lee, too, the way Asher wanted to. Lee had clearly enjoyed the opportunity to play with Asher last time. So if Asher invited him over for another play date—maybe Lee would like that.
“Yes, I-I want another play date with him,” he said. Then added shyly, “I want to thank him for telling you about my translation implant. For giving me the ability to understand you.”
Vrayl’s arms came to curl around him as Vrayl nuzzled the top of his head. “You’re the sweetest thing we could have ever hoped for.”
“A true treasure,” Trenet breathed. “Then I’ll contact Eral and ask if yshain Lee is interested. Would you like them to come here?”
Asher nodded. “If he wants to?” He liked their cottage at the Falls and he was comfortable in it. He was looking forward to seeing Trenet and Vrayl’s permanent planetside residence, but he was enjoying the vacation cottage very much.
“A-and!” He burst out, the thought just coming to him. “If he has any toys? That he wants to share or play with? Since, um, since I liked his choice of humshus so much.” Maybe Lee would enjoy using a toy on Asher. Maybe the Dresht in the room would like seeing Lee use a toy on Asher.
The thought made Asher hot.
Judging by the cock twitch from Vrayl and the growing bulge Asher could see between Trenet’s legs, both his Dresht liked that idea too, very much indeed.
Trenet cleared his throat and once again turned to his wrist device. “I’ll invite them over this morning, if yshain Lee is amenable.”
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Lee and his Dresht, Eral and Ronet, had been very eager to accept Asher’s invitation. It made Asher feel very desired and—even kind of powerful. That so many people—not only his Dresht but two other Dresht and their yshain—were looking forward to this play date.
It made Asher want to do a good job. He wanted to be worthy of all that attention.
Trenet had informed him that Eral, one of Lee’s mates, said that Lee had loved the idea of bringing some toys to play with, and that he was hoping Asher enjoyed his choices.
Lee also, apparently, had tentatively requested one specific repeat from their first play date. He wanted to give Asher his venigash for the day.
Asher acquiesced to that request easily. He couldn’t imagine going without his daily venigash now, and he had no problem if Lee wanted to be the one to give them to him this time.
So now he was wearing his humshus and tirlak and speared open on Vrayl’s lap, cuddled up to Vrayl’s chest while he waited impatiently for Lee to arrive with Eral and Ronet.
He was going without his kanto this time, because part of him wanted to see Lee, but Vrayl and Trenet were quick to reassure him that he could request it at any time.
Asher couldn’t help continuing to twist in Vrayl’s lap to look over his shoulder at the rest of the room.
They were in the cottage’s large, open sitting room, and Trenet had placed the mattress from the yshain napping room in the middle of it, so that those in the chairs and couches in the sitting room could look their fill at the two yshain playing on the floor.
Every time Asher glanced over at that mattress in the middle of the room, he shivered.
He never would have thought he’d want to have an audience for…
sex, but it really did make all the difference that it wasn’t going to be sex in the same way Asher might have sex with Trenet or Vrayl.
Lee was another yshain, and they were just playing.
He liked the idea of that. Playing with another yshain.
And their audience was his Dresht and Lee’s Dresht, who were good friends to Trenet and Vrayl. So everything felt completely safe. Completely fun.
It just also meant Asher wanted to start his playtime. He normally already had a belly full of venigash by now, and he could feel himself starting to get fussy at the lack.
Trenet and Vrayl also seemed to sense his anticipation, because they did a very good job of distracting him until a bell chimed, announcing the guests at the door.
Trenet pressed a kiss to the back of Asher’s neck and rose from his seat. “That’ll be our guests,” he said. “I’ll just show them in.”
“Would you like to stay in my lap for introductions, sweetling?” Vrayl asked, as Trenet left the room.
Asher considered this, while at the same time having another burst of affection for his mates. They were always so careful now to ask him yes or no questions when he had his humshus in.
They really were the best mates Asher could have ever hoped to have.
He considered the question. On the one hand, Vrayl’s lap was a lovely, comfortable place, and Asher loved the security of that. On the other hand, with his current position, his back was to the room, so he wouldn’t be able to easily see everyone for introductions.
He rubbed his cheek against Vrayl’s chest, then leaned back to shake his head. He’d rather get a good view of everyone.
Vrayl smiled at him. “Of course, dear heart. I bet you want to see.”
Asher nodded, beaming up at his clever mate.
“Well then, how about this,” Vrayl said. “Would you like to face forward, and I’ll just hold you during introductions?”
Asher nodded eagerly, and let out a happy sound for good measure.
“What a sweet one you are,” Vrayl murmured to him, before his hands took hold of Asher’s hips.
Asher moaned as he was lifted off Vrayl’s cock and turned to face the room, glancing down yet again at the mattress on the floor.
Vrayl had fussed with it all morning, covering it with blankets and pillows, and now it looked like an incredibly inviting nest. Asher couldn’t wait to roll around in it with Lee.
And it looked like finally he wouldn’t have to wait any longer, because Trenet reentered the room followed by two other Dresht in different shades of blue that had to be Eral and Ronet and…
And one Human man.
Asher had never seen another male Human before.
Yshain Lee was bigger than Asher, taller and with broader shoulders, and his silky clothing did little to hide the fact that he was muscled, though leanly. He had short dark hair and no facial hair, green eyes, just like Asher did, and they were…
They were warm, Asher decided. Warm and friendly.
Asher couldn’t speak or wave with his humshus or his tirlak, but he could smile, so he did, and inclined his head in Lee’s direction.
Lee beamed back at him, then turned to look at his Dresht, giving them what Asher thought was a very imploring look.
The darker blue Dresht chuckled and tilted his head in the direction of the nest in the middle of the room. “Go have fun, little one. Enjoy playing with your friend.”