Chapter Five Techne
I reached over, placing a hand on Eros’s arm, in full view of the board.
His pale red eyes locked with mine, and I let him see the love I had been afraid to acknowledge until now.
Even before the Cupi Darts, we had been building a relationship that would have eventually turned into this.
I wanted him to understand my feelings before any decisions were made about my future.
His eyes, looking sharp like his father’s, softened, and he bent down, kissing my forehead. The tension coming from him dissipated.
“If I may, Zeus,” I began tentatively, “I propose an alternative. If Aphrodite and Eros are amenable, I propose a situation much like Persephone’s.
Aphrodite goes to Earth for six months of the year to do her job, and swap with Eros for the other six months.
When Eros is on Earth, I could go with him and inspire humanity—”
Eros’s jaw ticked.
“Just inspire, nothing further than that. I think we can all agree that whatever causes true love to occur, we don’t want to upset it.” I received quite a few affirming nods from the board members around me.
Eros relaxed.
“I could be on Earth encouraging technological advancement wherever he traveled,” I continued.
“Aphrodite could work here with her other children with a less stressful schedule during those six months. I could return to R&D the rest of the year, continuing to create for the betterment of our world.”
Zeus mulled it over. I could see him working through the angles in his mind. Had I done the right thing? Even Aphrodite appeared to consider our idea. I turned to the only other person in this situation that mattered.
Before the meeting, I confessed to Eros that I thought Zeus might force me to go to Earth. He was livid but agreed that the thought had also crossed his mind. This proposal was the only one we could think of that could appease the need to have me go to Earth.
Eros looked like he wanted to throw me over his shoulder and escape to another realm, away from this mess.
He settled for pulling me onto his lap in front of half of his family.
My skin burned with their stares. I sat stiffly for a moment and then melted into his arms. If Zeus said no, this might be my last chance to cuddle him for a long time.
“Aphrodite, what do you think?” Zeus swiveled to Eros’s mother.
“I think it sounds very generous. I would get a break, and these two would stay together, which is true love's goal. It is likely these two will have a large impact on whatever worlds they inhabit. That is the reason the universe has placed them together. Just think of the babies they will have, Zeus. Oh, they would be so pretty!”
Zeus made a noise in his throat I couldn’t quite identify.
I mean, technically, he was my grandfather/grandmother.
Mom was like him in that regard. I was born of a handclasp between her and her BFF Hermes.
I wanted kids. I hoped Eros, and I would eventually have kids but the old-fashioned way. The carnal way?
“You’re spiraling, baby girl,” Eros whispered in my ear. “I can see those beautiful gears in here.” He kissed my head and added, “setting off smoke.”
“I’m not ready to have babies,” I squeaked.
Laughter rumbled in his chest. “We are immortal and fated. I think we can wait until you are ready.”
“Fine, yes. You are to check in with me in three hundred years to see how things are going.” Zeus broke us out of our quiet conversation.
“A thousand.” Eros countered.
“Five hundred years,” Zeus returned.
“Seven hundred and the grandbabies happen in our own time,” Eros said with finality.
“Excellent!” Aphrodite crowed. Turning to Zeus, she flung herself at him for a hug. “We are going to be grandparents! Well, great-grandparents in your case.”
Zeus patted her back with a bemused expression. “I suppose so.”
“So, we are in agreement... Grandpa?” I said. How was this my life?
Aphrodite jumped up, heading around the table.
“Fine. But if it seems that schedule isn’t working in seven hundred years, we revisit this idea.” Zeus rose from his chair.
“Agreed,” Eros said.
“Agreed,” I affirmed.
With a crack of lightning, Zeus disappeared, and Aphrodite threw herself at us both. “Welcome to the family!” She hugged us tightly.
Eros wanted to take me out to dinner and show me off to the world. I think he forgot that as the goddess of technology, I was the universe’s original homebody. I would go though, because relationships were give and take. So, I made a deal.
Tonight, he could take me out to dinner so that he could give me orgasms later. It was a win-win situation. My doorbell rang, and I checked to see if my robe was closed. I didn’t think that it was Ixcacao, and it was too early for Eros—
I crossed through the modern, open concept living room, dining room, and kitchen decorated in neutrals with statement splashes of color. Looking through the peephole, I giggled.
“Eros,” I said, opening the door. “You’re early.”
“I have dinner! From your favorite dumpling shop!” He came through the doorway in a gray hoodie and jeans, holding out two plastic bags filled with mouthwatering food.
“I thought we were going out,” I teased, shutting the door after him.
“Well, I had hoped.” He stopped, staring at me.
Past me had made the right decision in buying this short silk kimono a shade or two darker than his eyes.
“Hi,” I said, waving a few fingers.
Eros put dinner on my coffee table before he swept me up against his chest. I felt a sense of déjà vu before he kissed me senseless.
I moaned in his mouth, my body renewed enough that I wouldn’t say no to reheated dumplings for breakfast after exploring his body for dinner.
“I’m sorry,” he said, peppering kisses along my jaw. “Now that I have you, I want to—”
“Make me yours in every way?” I asked hopefully.
His kisses slowed, and I gasped when he lightly bit my neck at the juncture between my neck and my shoulder. “Yes. Does that make me a manwhore?”
“Nope. I’m your true love. I’d be concerned if you didn’t want to.” I put my hands on either side of his head, bringing him up from the gaping opening of my robe. “We have time to learn about one another. But right now, Eros, I ache for you.”
Eros kissed me deeply, and everything got a little fuzzy for a bit. When we separated, because even divine beings must breathe, I told him the obvious. “I love you. Yeah, the Cupi Drones sped along the realization, but I was half in love with you already.”
Eros grinned, kissing me on the lips again before pulling back. “I love you too, and I was planning on asking you out after the presentation.”
“I would have said yes.” I wiggled, hoping he would let me down.
“I know,” he said, giving me a kiss before sliding me down the front of his body to the floor.
“I was promised a bed, if I recall.” Stifling a giggle, I dashed off to my bedroom with Eros hot on my heels.
We fell on the bed, and with a thought we were both naked. Before he could get any ideas, I straddled his legs. “No, first I want to meet the anaconda.”
Eros stilled. “The what?”
I slipped down his body until his massive erection was in front of me.
I gave him a few firm strokes before I answered, his eyes hooded as he watched me.
“Oh, come on, your not so little friend here. I’ve never seen one this big.
” At the praise, I swear his dick got bigger.
I lowered my lips down to the mushroom tip, taking him in my mouth and bobbing my head a bit.
Holy cosmos, he was fucking huge, and I wasn't a very big goddess, so I almost had to unhinge my jaw.
When I went close to the root, it elicited the sexiest groan from him.
“Fuck.” He hissed when I went down again this time, swallowing so my lips could touch the skin of his pelvis.
His hands dove into my hair, pulling the locks with enough force my toes curled in the bedding and arousal pooled between my thighs. He fucked my mouth lazily, and I took all of him, tears coming to my eyes when he went even deeper down my throat.
He pulled me back, and I let him go with a pop and a lick of the tip before he hauled me up and kissed me hard until I was breathless.
“I almost came.” He pinched my nipples, and I gasped at the sensation.
“I thought that was the point.” I moaned when he took one of my nipples into his mouth. Soothing the aching peak with his tongue I all but melted. I whimpered when he pulled away.
“Not until I’m inside you,” he vowed, his fingers dipping into my core and collecting my wetness to swirl his thick fingers around my clit.
With infuriating patience he circled the bundle of nerves until I had enough. “I want your cock inside of me right now or so help me I—”
Eros growled, flipping us and bracing himself above me. “All you had to do was ask, baby girl,” he teased as his tip dipped inside my aching opening.
I thrust my hips up, and we both moaned as he slowly worked his shaft inside of me.
I had never felt so full. He moved leisurely at first, with a look of wonder on his face.
My core was greedy, flexing around him as he thrust into me.
Each glide into my core was an education, his eyes locked with mine as he catalogued my responses.
I’d never been taken with such deliberate focus on building my pleasure. I was brimming with decadence.
“I love you,” I said the shimmer of my orgasm overtaking me.
His mouth swallowed my cry, his kiss consuming as he continued to work through the aftershocks. We broke apart, he touched his forehead to mine and our breaths mingled.
“Eros, love, take what you need,” I whispered, gasping when he shifted our bodies so that my ass was off the bed. He plunged into me, our skin slapping together as he held my hips in a bruising grip. His eyes never left mine as I panted, another orgasm rushing to the surface.
“Come with me, Techne. I need you to come with me, my love,” he commanded.
I broke into a thousand pieces of pure pleasure, my vision going white and his cry of triumph mingling with my own.
Eros rolled to my side and held me in his arms as we came down from that high. I chuckled, thinking about this morning.
“Hmmm?” Eros sleepily inquired.
“To think I was so concerned about our meeting this morning.” I smiled, my cheek resting on his chest. “Ixcacao said the worst-case scenario was shooting you.”
“Best case,” he replied, kissing the top of my head before we drifted off to sleep.