Growing Acceptance Ch. 03

I blinked.

I blinked again.

Damn. Have I actually experienced some emotional growth when I wasn't looking? Seems like I'm finally getting comfortable with the thought that appreciating another woman isn't being unfaithful to my Lexi.

While I was having my own personal revelation, Artissa took the opportunity to slide to the corner of the room where she slipped into the shadows. Folding around her, the runes on her body pulsed into the visible spectrum; then the shadows carried her away in the same manner that brought her here.

At this time, everyone in the room was extremely on edge except for me, who was pleased with my personal achievement. Lexi's continued tension and ratcheting frustration quickly brought me back to the present.

"Is the meeting over?" Sariel asked Sam, tugging on the sleeve of her shirt to get her attention.

"I think so," Lexi barked.

Clearly on edge, I pressed myself more firmly into her, reassuring her willful instincts that I was safe and happy in her arms.

"Yay!" Sariel cried and leapt into the air.

The exclamation of joy short-circuited Lexi's anger.

"What is that about?" I asked Lexi, perplexed at the sudden joyful display.

She was just as confused as I was. "I have no idea."

"That's my fault," Sam chimed in. She rubbed at her temples with her hands while Sariel continued to bounce around her in a circle like an over-sugared child. "I may have intimated that there might be a party game after the meeting. Like one of the ones we used to do before group projects to break the ice."

A wistful expression crossed Lexi's face. "Which games did you tell her about?"

"Only the tame ones. She was particularly interested in the candy passing game."

Candy passing?

Clearly out of the loop, I settled back and let the old friends talk while I enjoyed watching Sariel's exuberance, so different from the chilly, emotionless woman she'd once seemed. I smiled and enjoyed the little show of her flitting around between the various succubuses chiming, "Candy! Candy! Candy!" at regular intervals.

"I'm game. It would be good team building," Annita's smooth tones rumbled. I glanced over at her and found her eyes locked on me.

This seemed to inspire a thought in Sam. "... Maybe it isn't the worst idea."

Lexi wasn't slow on the uptake. "You two just want a chance to-"

"Candy!" Sariel cried, pulling up a couple rolls of hard candy from Sam's pocket. They were chalky white circles with holes in the middle and looked remarkably like wintergreen Life Savers.

"Just wait a second. It's only fun if everyone is comfortable with it. We're not going to steamroll the girl into acceptance just because you want to mack with her," Lexi said carefully.

"You don't want to?" Sariel's shoulder drooped and she seemed genuinely crushed. She turned to me with tear-filled eyes.

Ack! My heart. Only a monster could deny such a simple request.

"I didn't say that. But no one has explained it to me. I'm not familiar with this... game..." I trailed off.

Four sets of ears perked up like they heard that a forbidden treat had just been placed on the plate in front of them. Only Uno and I seemed less than excited by the prospect.

She chuckled sadly and set her hand on my shoulder, her eyes, so much like Sam's, glittered with mirth. "Now you've gone and done it."

I immediately found myself flanked by both Sam and Annita. Each of them took one of my arms and refused to give up their spot, despite Sariel's whining. Sam gave a rough outline of the game while the others moved our coffee table out of the way. Then we all arranged ourselves in a rough circle on the ground. Annita was to my right and Sam was to my left. After Sam was Sariel, then Uno and Lexi, who was right next to Annita to complete the circle.

Sariel ripped open the roll of candy like an enthusiastic child on their birthday. She offered me the first piece like it was her most cherished treasure. "You go first."

I took it slowly, my eyes darting around to each of the women in turn. They seemed to be holding their breath. Their focus on me made me pull my shoulders back and sit up straight.

"So I just pass this to the person next to me and then we go around the circle?"

"Yes," Lexi said evenly, watching me carefully for any sign of discomfort.

"Using only our mouths?"

"Exactly," Annita responded somewhat breathlessly.

I looked down at the candy and back at the women. "... I don't get it."

"Let's just play a round. I'm sure you'll get it soon enough," Sam said evenly, only her eyes betraying her excitement.

"Alright." I shrugged. "We good to go?"

They all nodded and Sariel went even further, her throat bouncing around a large swallow, her stare fixed on the candy. She licked her lips, looking every bit like a cat about to pounce on a running mouse. I plopped the candy in my mouth. It wasn't a lot to write home about, pretty bland with a hint of sugar.

Oh well, might as well get started.

Turning to Sam, I used one hand on her cheek to guide our mouths together. Our lips touched and she parted for me. The candy, having been prepared and perched on the tip of my tongue, tumbled easily from my mouth. Surprised and disappointed, her eyelashes fluttered at me for a moment. My brow furrowed in confusion.

What did I do wrong?

Her lips closed around the candy and her expression morphed into one of clear pleasure and naked desire.

Huh. Does it really taste that good to her? Maybe it's something unique to succubus biology that I don't have yet.

Regardless, Sam savored the candy for probably half a minute before Sariel shoved her impatiently in the side. Sam's head whipped around, her eyes doing the same. The succubus smiled. Sariel practically threw herself into Sam's lap. Her elbows crooked around the succubus' neck and pulled their heads together. Then she went... fishing, for lack of a better word, with her tongue. And just like that, I had a much better understanding of the nature of the game.

It's not so much hot potato as it is keep away. No wonder Sam was so disappointed, I spoiled her fun, like a lame kid who just stands still and doesn't participate in a game of tag.

It didn't take long for Sariel's enthusiasm to overcome Sam's defenses and she emerged victoriously with the candy pinched between her teeth. She returned to her position and opened her arms to Uno.

Their faces came together. Sarial's eyes immediately popped in surprise when Uno employed a different strategy than what she'd been expecting. Her cheeks practically imploded as Uno sucked the candy from the angel's mouth by a monstrous vacuum inhale. Taunting a little by sticking out the bottom portion of her tongue, Uno turned to Lexi. They approached each other like old friends and rivals.

Lexi glanced my way, cautious about my reaction. Nodding encouragingly, I gave her carte blanche permission to do what she wanted with my countenance. Smirking, Lexi confidently returned her focus towards Uno. My girl's strategy was both brutal and simple, but no less effective because of it. Her fingers gently clamped Uno's nose closed and that was that. She still gave Uno a consolation prize as her lips and jaw gently moved, plying her with a gentle kiss as she waited for the twin's breath to run out. When her jaw finally parted, Lexi's talented tongue swooped in and scooped out the smaller candy.

Uno tsked disappointedly and wiped away the strand of saliva that speckled the side of her mouth. Lexi squared her shoulders and faced off with Annita.

It was a clash of titans. The two women cupped each other's cheek and came together with a fierceness that stole the wetness from my mouth and deposited it into the space between my legs. It took some time, but Annita eventually emerged with the candy intact. They inclined their heads in mirrored respectful nods towards each other. Annita looked uncertain as she turned toward me. I had to rock myself partially onto my knees to rise up to her towering height. I slung my forearms over her shoulders to steady myself and brought our lips together. My tongue parted her lips and my eyes shot open in surprise.

The candies aren't flavored, they're flavor enhancers.

Annita's saliva mixed with the candy to create an entirely unique flavor wholly her own. It was rich and thick, like caramel-molasses, with just a hint of coffee-like bitterness. The taste coated my tongue as it delved in an attempt to steal the candy from her. She didn't try hard to keep it from me, the tip of my tongue slipped around it and scraped it from into my mouth. Feeling more than a little pandered, I frowned in an unintentional mirror image of Sam's earlier pout. I licked around the candy until it ran out of her wonderful flavor. When it was done, I looked around to see more than several sets of eyes locked onto me. I blushed. My thumb came up to wipe the corner of my mouth in case a bit of drool had happened to escape.

"What now?" I said in a somewhat muffled manner around the now tasteless candy.

"Now you pass it back the other direction," Lexi replied. Her eyes smouldered with arousal and her tongue peaked between her teeth. All of us were somewhat breathless, and an atmosphere of arousal felt like it was thickening with every second that passed.

"Alright." I was determined to do better this time, my face scrunching up in what Lexi would call adorable determination.

Annita came at me with gentle strength and exquisite care. Her tongue parted my lips, her saliva mixing with the candy to create more of that delicious flavor. She was constantly opening her eyes, making sure I felt secure with what she was doing. She wanted me to feel safe. It was nice.

It is also condescending as hell. I am not some porcelain doll to be handled with mittens.

I jabbed her in the side with a pair of stiff fingers. Her exclamation was swallowed by my mouth. Soft lips froze against mine. I continued to move, not wanting her to get the wrong idea. It took her some time, but she eventually understood. One of her large arms curled around my shoulders, settling in like iron to prevent me from moving.

Now that's what I'm talking-

The thought evaporated from my head before it could fully form, blown away by her tongue that inserted itself into my mouth. It didn't ask, it demanded the candy. I melted in the crook of her arm. Her tongue pinched the candy against the top of my tongue and gradually scraped it's way toward my teeth and the exit. She didn't hurry, but it wasn't because of care to keep the candy from breaking. It was because she had me so thoroughly controlled that she knew I wouldn't or couldn't resist. And maybe, just maybe, she did it because she wanted to prolong the moment just a little bit longer.

My chest heaved as our lips parted and I wanted nothing more than to throw myself back into the wellspring of those sensations. The taste. The smell. Her touch. It soothed my ego to see Annita similarly effective as she moved with glacial slowness around toward Lexi. Her body seemed reluctant to peel away from me. I couldn't help but wonder how her chocolate skin might feel against mine were we to get naked in bed.

My musings were quickly displaced by a much more enthralling reality. Round two of Lexi and Annita was underway. It was like watching a heavyweight boxing bout. But, you know, with an extreme sexual slant. And with tongues. My fingers squeezed my thighs, itching to dip somewhere more intimate as I watched their duel. Lexi emerged with the candy safely in her grasp and turned to Uno.

While not as tantalizing as the contest with Annita, their struggle was still thrilling. And now I got to see how a round ended. There was a dull but audible snap as the candy in Lexi's mouth split in two. Uno collected the rest of the candy and shook her head, clearly annoyed with herself. She scooched herself out of the circle and hoisted herself onto the couch. Lexi and Sariel moved in a bit to close off the circle again. A candy exchanged hands and was promptly popped into my girl's mouth. Sariel giggled excitedly while Lexi moved in to press their lips together.

The game continued. It was fantastic fun, periods of delicious kissing interspersed with nearly equally fantastic voyeuristic displays of attractive women making out. Sam and Annita appeared to be taking things more seriously than everyone else, taking extra special care to ensure the candy would not snap on me when my tongue ventured into their mouths. They wanted to eek every ounce out of the experience as they could. Towering over me, their sexual mastery was both intimidating and humbling.

I thought I was decent, but between Lexi, Annita, and Sam, I'm learning just how much I don't know. It's no wonder that succubi have the kind of reputation they possess in mythology.

I wasn't even mad at their easy handling of me. It was like trying to play basketball one on one against a pro, I knew I wasn't going to win. Still, it was a hell of an experience just to play against them and feel them work.

Lexi was the last to be eliminated, a victim of some tricky trap laid by Sam. It was hard to tell, but I think she did something approaching a surprise attack where she pushed the weakened candy against the front of Lexi's teeth. My lover accepted her loss with good grace, finishing the candy off with a couple crunching bites of her teeth. She nodded respectfully and pushed herself off her butt to join the other eliminated who sat nearby.

"A brief pause," I asked the two remaining participants with me. They both shrugged. I stood up, taking a moment to rub at my tailbone that was slightly smarting after all this time sitting on my butt.

I crooked my fingers toward Sam who joined me as we moved over to the corner where Artissa had appeared and disappeared. The twin leaned in close so that I could whisper a private conversation. "Before we start the next round, I have an admission to make."

Her breath hitched in her chest.

"I'm getting there, Sam. My sweet, thoughtful, observant Sam."

Green eyes went wild as my lips continued to move against her ear.

"But, although I made you a promise. I find myself torn."

"What? How can I help?"

"I want to..." I licked my lips that felt dry and chapped, despite their inability to do that due to Lexi's curse. "I want to, with both you and-" I cocked my head fractionally towards Annita. "-her. And I don't know what to do now. And I don't want to disappoint either of you."

I want to see her

"...Both of us?"

"I mean... Not at the same time. But yeah, both of you. Although I'll definitely want Lexi involved for the first time, if that's okay.

Sam's eyes were full of happy tears. "Oh, Syd. You don't know how happy that's made me. Even though you dropped a bundle of energy, joy, and infinite chaos in my lap." We chuckled together. "I want you, but when I have you, I want you to myself, and I want you to be comfortable with that. So if she's what you need to get to that place, then it can't come soon enough for me." Her voice dipped into a sultry purr and my heart rate accelerated. My pussy was absolutely drenched by this point and my cock strained against the fabric containing it.

"And, in case you get second thoughts, just know that I'll be waiting. Waiting for you to let us become something more than friends."

Before I could think about it or respond, she separated from me and called out to Annita. "I think it's time to get these final rounds started."

Annita's eyes shifted between me and Sam a couple of times before she shrugged her shoulders. We arranged ourselves in a lopsided triangle, Annita's side longer than the others due to her larger legs. Our knees bumped against each other. My palms were slick with sweat and my lips tingled with anticipation. The final round started with the candy in Sam's mouth and I was tasked with retrieving it. Our lips came together and my eyelids fluttered at the delicious taste. It wasn't the first time I'd tasted her candy-enhanced flavor but every time it seemed to take my breath away.

A sweet tea with a complex depth of citrus danced across my tongue, a perfect companion for a hot summer day. Sam differed from Annita's dominant strength in the way she used feints and temptations to such mastery that she often had me tongue-tied and loving it before gently depositing the candy into my mouth before I had even realized it.

By some unspoken gentleman's agreement, their own contests lasted a paltry couple of seconds, content to play with me for a time before basically handing me off to the other. I didn't mind. I didn't mind at all. For a time, I basically floated between two pleasant clouds of lips, one thick and stormy while the other danced along a pleasant breeze. I enjoyed myself so much that I forgot we were playing a game. I was promptly reminded when my teeth crunched down on the candy right after Annita transferred it into my mouth.

My eyes shot open. "Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry."

Annita's brown eyes blinked at me and her brow furrowed in confusion. "Why?"

"Yes, why?" Sam chimed in from behind.

"Because I ruined the game."

Sam somehow slipped behind me while her tail ended up in my lap. "Just because the game is over, doesn't mean it's ruined."

Moving in sync, Annita crossed her arms over her stomach, accentuating her breasts as she puffed out her chest. I felt crowded but not claustrophobic. It was exciting. But there were more eyes than just theirs in the room. I blushed, the color rosied my cheeks in a manner that Lexi would describe as delightfully innocent.

My succubus, as she always did, came to my rescue. "Alright, that's enough team building. Go home and get some rest, girls. We've got a big day coming and I want us to be sharp." They smiled and departed without complaint. Although Annita let her hand scrape across the curve of my ass on her way out the door.

Lexi and I practically attacked each other the moment they were out the door. Our clothes disappeared from our bodies as they were torn from our nearly feral bodies. The marks that were left took hours to fade.

The next day, I asked a question that'd popped into my mind. "If you knew the world was going to end, what would you like to do on your final day?" Lexi and I were laying together on the couch, watching television the day before we had scheduled to head out on our mission. I flipped over from my position sprawled between Lexi's legs. My tits now pressed into her waist and my arms propped me up with my elbows on either side of her thighs.

She bounced her heels idly against my ass as she considered the question. "Well, sex would be involved."

"A given."

"And food."

"Sure." I placed gentle little kisses on her stomach between her answers.

"Maybe sex and food." Her eyes bounced playfully with the suggestion. The soft pads of her thumbs pressed into the hard nubs of my horns.

My tail wiggled above my butt. "Bold, aren't we?" I teased.

Unperturbed, her gorgeous lips quirked into a knowing smile as she dropped a loving bomb onto my heart. "Other than that, I'd find a thousand different ways to make you smile and do each and every one of them to you until oblivion took us from this world together."

I gaped at her. Sweet and sincere, she smiled at me. I buried my head into her stomach so as to hide my happy tears. She scooped my hair away with her tail so our eyes could meet.

"And what would you do with your final day if the world was ending?"

"That's not fair," I grumbled with a bit of a sniffle. "Now none of my answers could possibly measure up."

"Please," she begged, batting her puppy dog eyes at me. "I'm curious?"

"Sex and food," I said flippantly