Nature or Nurture Ch. 08

Adison recovers her voice first.

'And somehow I'm sure that would have decided the outcome of the war I saw in my premonition before it even came to be.'

Vincent greatly objects to Adison attaching such a large importance to his existence, either as frenzied, raving monster, or as knight in shining armour. Not because he doesn't underwrite Victor's belief that he would have turned in a monster without Adison's love and acceptance, he totally believes that, too. But to make such a large difference he'd have to be like a god, and he strongly objects to the hubris of that idea.

So he calls out, 'And now I've heard enough premonition for a day, and lived enough dreams for a week, let's make some fun. If something bad is coming, all the more reason to enjoy life when we can. If you two throw together some food, I'll brave the cellar spiders to hunt out some vintage bottles sent by Adison's dad.'

And they do prepare a good meal, crack open one of the fine bottles of wine, and have an impromptu feast. For good measure, they open and finish another one.

Victor, relieved to have no more secrets from his friends, and not a little drunk, dares to speak out a wish.

'Would I be hoping in vain if I was starting to imagine you two and me exchanging some intimacies tonight?'

Adison looks at him encouragingly, but Vincent pretends not to have understood this somewhat formal request. He rolls his yellow eyes, scratches his head with a quizzed expression, until his face clears and he finally understands. He then quietly walks up to Victor, throws him over his shoulder in a one-armed fireman's grip, offers Adison his other hand and legs it towards the four-poster in a joyous mood.

Dumping Victor on the bed, and offering his lady to also take place, they proceed to try out all the different ways in which two male bodies and one female body can fit together, until they are all sated and extremely tired. Then they fall asleep in a tangle, and sleep tightly until dawn is a lovely memory to other people, who were awake to see it.