Empyrean Iris Story Collection Vol. 3

Personal Questions

Adam had been caught and he knew it.

Amelia's eyes were wide as she stared at him, the two of them having frozen in place next to the vast pillar on the dry aquifer floor below a Celzex city.

"So it is true!"

"So is what true." He tried to keep his voice level, tried to make it seem like he didn't know what she was talking about, but despite her seeming inability to shut up he knew she wasn't stupid.

She flicked her dark hair out of her face with a hand, "You're dating an alien! Is it that blue one that came with us?"

Adam felt his lips draw into a thin line as he tried to hold himself back from jumping in and insisting that her name was sunny, "You asked me what it's like to date someone with four arms. I said its like getting hugged twice." Hopefully leaning into it would make it seem less obvious, "which has nothing to do with dating one and everything to do with hugging one."

He turned to keep walking. Despite this setback they NEEDED to finish the mission, and him being forced to do damage control was not exactly conducive to being focused and ready. He heard her footsteps tripping lightly behind him as she jogged to catch up.

"Than why did you answer?"

He shrugged, "I imagine dating a Drev is like getting extra hugs, my apologies for not adding in the I imagine part, but I assumed you were smart enough to put two and two together." He allowed his voice to sound as derisive as he felt.

"Oh don't be like that. I promise I'll keep your secret."

"There is no secret."

"Sure."

"So like what do you guys do for kissing, I mean it has no...... lips?"

Adam continued to bristle, but he forced himself to stay calm.

"I wouldn't know."

"Or does the double set of hands make up for not being able to kiss. I imagine that two pairs of hands would be.... Very nice."
Adam clenched his fists.

"I wouldn't know." He repeated

"And like if you wanted to marry her, would you have to give her father a dowry of like seven space cows or something, or would you just arm wrestle for it?"

Adam's knuckles where white where he clasped them, and the fight to keep his face from depicting the rage which he felt was a loosing one. Luckily they didn't have to cross the entire room, just towards one of the central pillars, which was good.

They were almost there and the central pillar rose before them as a great stone monolith towering towards the ceiling. Circling around it's base, he frowned at the wall trying to find the door that was mentioned on the map keeping his back pointedly towards Amelia as she continuously asked him questions that somehow managed to be both xenophobic and racist at the same time, though how she managed it was almost a feat of magic, and all without batting an eye, completely unabashed about her behavior.

"So what is she like in bed?"

Adam nearly ran himself into a wall letting out a short splutter before turning towards Amelia who was standing behind him, hand on her hip and a shit eating grin on her face.

He could feel that his neck had turned red.

She looked at him eagerly, the corners of her mouth twisting into a more devilish smile.

"how the hell would I know." He managed to squeak out

"Because you're dating an alien."

"I never said that." His neck was still red by the time they found the little door. It was just lucky enough for them that the Celzex had big opinions about themselves, otherwise they never would have managed to make it through the doors and up the stairs. Even so, the stairs were rather small, and it was more like climbing a very bumpy ramp than it was going up stairs.