Trinidhak Hey everyone! I wrote this chapter before the Sammy Interlude, so there is a little overlap between the two, I hope you don't mind.
“That was a rather fun outing,” Edith said, pulling Maria in closer to her. After an interesting dinner out with Sammy and Ahti, the couple found themselves heading back home on one of the many trolleys in Celesque. Though neither of them felt any sort of cold, they were still cuddled up close on the very empty trolley. The only other person on it was the driver who was actually reading a book instead of driving. Edith had told Maria the trolleys were driven magically, and the drivers were really there to make sure nothing went wrong. It reminded her of those fancy self-driving cars back on Earth, where you still needed someone at the wheel even if they weren’t driving.
“Yeah, it was. Well mostly at the end. When we first got to earth it was a bit precarious, I guess you could say, having to hide all this from Sammy. But I’m really glad we told them. It would have really sucked to keep hiding all this from them.”
“Yeah, I could see that on your face when we were trying to skirt around it all. I think it was well worth it to tell them. I wouldn’t want you to lose any friends because of being with me,” Edith admitted a little sheepishly.
“I wouldn’t let that happen,” Maria said, leaning up to kiss her demon. Or would it be her fellow demon now…? “I’m just happy they seemed to accept all this really well, too. Also, if it wasn’t worth telling Sammy just so I could be honest about my life, it was well worth it to see their face when they finally saw the real Ahti.” Maria still couldn’t help but giggle at it.
“That was pretty amazing,” Edith said with a laugh. “I’m really glad I invited Ahti. Not only did it get her away from her ex, but it seemed like her and Sammy had a good time.”
“They really did.” It was nice to see Sammy getting along with someone in a potentially more than friendly way. They hadn’t been with anyone since their bad ex and often avoided the idea of a new relationship out of fear. Hopefully Ahti might help with breaking that.
“I’m actually kind of surprised Ahti was that interested in Sammy.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. Ahti has always very much leaned towards more masculine and more… I don’t want to say dominant because she doesn't like people controlling her, but they were at least trying to be more dominant. Well, her ex was… The manipulative kind of dominant to say the least.”
“Huh. I would have thought she was kind of like you when it came to…” Maria trailed off.
“Oh no, she is. Or at least when I’ve slept with her, she is.
“You’ve slept with her!?”
“Yeah. Only a couple of times. We tried the whole friends with benefits thing for like two months. Nothing really came of it though and we stopped.”
Maria wasn’t too sure how she felt about that. Well, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Edith had other sexual partners before. She’s seven decades older than Maria, so it would make sense that she’s been with a few people. Suddenly Maria felt she was being hypocritical. She’s talked about old partners with Edith. There is no point in getting jealous over Edith’s past partners. They were together now, and they were literal fucking soulmates!
“Oh okay,” Maria said, doing her best to sound neutral to it. “So, it’s surprising she seems to be into Sammy?”
“Yeah. And I wouldn’t say ‘seems to be’ into Sammy. I think it’s pretty obvious she’s into them. She’s always said she finds humans cute. She also walked them home.”
“Right, she did!” Maria remembered just how hard Sammy was blushing when Ahti said she would, saying ‘A cute little thing like you shouldn’t be walking about the streets at night all by yourself’. Though that did prompt another question. “Will she be okay trying to find her way back to the gate at night by herself?”
“Oh, Gods yeah. Ahti’s bite is way worse than her growl.”
“Do you mean that literally or figuratively?” Maria couldn’t help but ask with a giggle.
“Both,” Edith replied with her own chuckle. “But still, I’m happy she’s kind of going after Sammy. They seem like a good person, considering how fast they accepted a literal demon had taken their best friend. I think it would be a really good change of pace for her.”
Maria nodded. “It might also be good for Sammy, finally moving on from… Gods, I won’t even say his name, that monster.” Edith gave her a look of worry. “It’s okay. Like I said, this will probably be a really good thing for Sammy.”
Maria’s newly magical phone vibrated in her pocket. Pulling it out she found a new text from Sammy. Opening it up showed her a screenshot of their contact for her, with the new name ‘Maria, the demon fucker’. Maria couldn’t help but laugh out loud and show said demon.
“Ha! That’s pretty accurate. Maybe we could make that even more accurate when we get home?” Edith whispered the last sentence in Maria’s ear, causing her to blush hard. Edith chuckled, “I’ll take that as a ‘yes’?” Maria only blushed harder before giving a nod a second later. The red demon smirked and kissed Maria’s head.
Going back to the text, Maria quickly opened up her contact for Sammy and did some altering of her own. Before long she sent off a screenshot of the contact that read ‘Sammy, Ahti’s cute little furry’. A reply soon returned.
Sammy: !!!That’s not funny!!!
Maria: No, it’s cute ;3
Sammy: …
Maria: She finished walking you home?
Sammy: Almost home now.
Maria: Then stop texting me and keep talking with her!
“How’s it going?” the curious demon asked.
“Good so far, I think. Hopefully it ends well.” Maria couldn’t help but smile.
“Oh?” Edith asked with a mischievous raised eyebrow.
“Not like that!” Maria laughed. “Sammy needs things to go a little slower than what happened with us.”
“Well, if I were them, I certainly wouldn’t complain if something more happened.”
“That’s because you’re a nymph.”
“Hey, I am not a nymph. My Mitéra might be one, but I’m not. I thought we already discussed this.”
“Oh. No. I mean. Fuck, is it bad to say nymphomanic?” There wasn’t actually a word for nymphomaniac in Infernal so she just had to say it in English. Edith suddenly burst out laughing. “Is it?!”
“Oh Gods,” Edith could barely talk, she was laughing so hard. “What does that even mean? Someone who’s manic for nymphs?”
“Uh…” Maria suddenly got embarrassed. “It means someone who is really hypersexual and has an excessive sex drive.” She said it quietly so that the driver wouldn’t hear. Her response only made Edith laugh harder.
“That is fucking beautiful! By the Gods. Ha! I’m going to have to tell Mitéra about this. Oh fuck, that’s amazing.” Edith slowly seemed to be calming down from her laughing fit, but she couldn’t help but giggle every now and then.
“So I probably shouldn’t say that?”
“No. Might be for the better. But it might actually be a little accurate, funnily enough.”
Maria nodded in response, before remembering something. “Oh, aren’t we seeing your parents for dinner tomorrow?”
“Oh right, we are.” Edith scrunched up her face in thought, before looking down at Maria “The last few days have been pretty hectic and crazy, haven’t they?”
“Yeah, a little bit,” Maria admitted.
“I was kind of hoping to use today to relax and just spend some time together. We haven’t really done that yet.”
“Well, we have a bit. We cuddled for a long time this morning.”
“Yeah, but I mean like a full day to relax and just be with each other without distraction or things coming up.”
Maria nodded. It would be nice to have a day like that.
“Would you be opposed to doing that tomorrow?”
“But what about your parents?”
“They’ll understand. I really think it would be good for us to have a day like that before we do anything else.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, dear.” Edith gave her a reassuring smile. “I would actually really like that. Our stop is almost here. I’ll give them a quick call when we get off.”
“Okay.” Maria was a little worried about upsetting Edith’s parents, but fuck, she really liked the idea of just a calm full day of Edith and her to themselves.
The trolley came to a slow stop and the pair stepped off. Luckily the stop was just at the end of the street, so it wasn’t a long walk back home. Edith quickly pulled out her phone and started calling her parents. Meanwhile, Maria felt her phone vibrate again.
Sammy: Why did you let this happen to me?
Maria: Because you’re adorable. Did you two stay at the front door awkwardly not knowing how to say goodbye, like two lovebirds in a romcom?
Sammy: Is scrying a spell you can cast now? Because if so, I don’t appreciate you spying on me. XP
Maria: That is such a forever DM thing to say. And that’s adorable! Did she give you a kiss goodnight? :3
Sammy: ...Yes…
Maria: AWWWWWWW THAT’S SO CUTE!!!!!
Sammy: It was only on the cheek though!!!
Maria: Did you want one on the lips?
Sammy: ...maybe…
Maria: Aww… Well, will there be a next time for it to potentially happen?
Sammy: We gave each other our phone numbers, and she said I better text her.
Maria: !!!!! YES!!!! DO IT!!!!
Sammy: Well considering she just texted me...
Maria: What did she say?
There was a pause that lasted long enough for Edith to get off the phone.
“Anything happening?”
“Ahti gave them a kiss on the cheek goodnight.”
“Hm, I’m surprised she didn’t go for the lips.”
“Me too. I was kind of hoping.”
Maria’s phone vibrated.
Sammy: She said ‘come outside, I changed my mind’.
Maria: And?
Sammy: I went outside…
Maria: And?????????
Sammy: She gave me another kiss goodnight… On the lips…
Maria: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! I am definitely keeping your new contact name!
Sammy: This is all because you fucked a literal demon! I hope you know that!
Maria: It is, and I’m happy about that. And you’re happy too right? :3
Sammy: Yes… Thank you.
Trinidhak Hey everyone! I wrote this chapter before the Sammy Interlude, so there is a little overlap between the two, I hope you don't mind.
“That was a rather fun outing,” Edith said, pulling Maria in closer to her. After an interesting dinner out with Sammy and Ahti, the couple found themselves heading back home on one of the many trolleys in Celesque. Though neither of them felt any sort of cold, they were still cuddled up close on the very empty trolley. The only other person on it was the driver who was actually reading a book instead of driving. Edith had told Maria the trolleys were driven magically, and the drivers were really there to make sure nothing went wrong. It reminded her of those fancy self-driving cars back on Earth, where you still needed someone at the wheel even if they weren’t driving.
“Yeah, it was. Well mostly at the end. When we first got to earth it was a bit precarious, I guess you could say, having to hide all this from Sammy. But I’m really glad we told them. It would have really sucked to keep hiding all this from them.”
“Yeah, I could see that on your face when we were trying to skirt around it all. I think it was well worth it to tell them. I wouldn’t want you to lose any friends because of being with me,” Edith admitted a little sheepishly.
“I wouldn’t let that happen,” Maria said, leaning up to kiss her demon. Or would it be her fellow demon now…? “I’m just happy they seemed to accept all this really well, too. Also, if it wasn’t worth telling Sammy just so I could be honest about my life, it was well worth it to see their face when they finally saw the real Ahti.” Maria still couldn’t help but giggle at it.
“That was pretty amazing,” Edith said with a laugh. “I’m really glad I invited Ahti. Not only did it get her away from her ex, but it seemed like her and Sammy had a good time.”
“They really did.” It was nice to see Sammy getting along with someone in a potentially more than friendly way. They hadn’t been with anyone since their bad ex and often avoided the idea of a new relationship out of fear. Hopefully Ahti might help with breaking that.
“I’m actually kind of surprised Ahti was that interested in Sammy.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. Ahti has always very much leaned towards more masculine and more… I don’t want to say dominant because she doesn't like people controlling her, but they were at least trying to be more dominant. Well, her ex was… The manipulative kind of dominant to say the least.”
“Huh. I would have thought she was kind of like you when it came to…” Maria trailed off.
“Oh no, she is. Or at least when I’ve slept with her, she is.
“You’ve slept with her!?”
“Yeah. Only a couple of times. We tried the whole friends with benefits thing for like two months. Nothing really came of it though and we stopped.”
Maria wasn’t too sure how she felt about that. Well, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Edith had other sexual partners before. She’s seven decades older than Maria, so it would make sense that she’s been with a few people. Suddenly Maria felt she was being hypocritical. She’s talked about old partners with Edith. There is no point in getting jealous over Edith’s past partners. They were together now, and they were literal fucking soulmates!
“Oh okay,” Maria said, doing her best to sound neutral to it. “So, it’s surprising she seems to be into Sammy?”
“Yeah. And I wouldn’t say ‘seems to be’ into Sammy. I think it’s pretty obvious she’s into them. She’s always said she finds humans cute. She also walked them home.”
“Right, she did!” Maria remembered just how hard Sammy was blushing when Ahti said she would, saying ‘A cute little thing like you shouldn’t be walking about the streets at night all by yourself’. Though that did prompt another question. “Will she be okay trying to find her way back to the gate at night by herself?”
“Oh, Gods yeah. Ahti’s bite is way worse than her growl.”
“Do you mean that literally or figuratively?” Maria couldn’t help but ask with a giggle.
“Both,” Edith replied with her own chuckle. “But still, I’m happy she’s kind of going after Sammy. They seem like a good person, considering how fast they accepted a literal demon had taken their best friend. I think it would be a really good change of pace for her.”
Maria nodded. “It might also be good for Sammy, finally moving on from… Gods, I won’t even say his name, that monster.” Edith gave her a look of worry. “It’s okay. Like I said, this will probably be a really good thing for Sammy.”
Maria’s newly magical phone vibrated in her pocket. Pulling it out she found a new text from Sammy. Opening it up showed her a screenshot of their contact for her, with the new name ‘Maria, the demon fucker’. Maria couldn’t help but laugh out loud and show said demon.
“Ha! That’s pretty accurate. Maybe we could make that even more accurate when we get home?” Edith whispered the last sentence in Maria’s ear, causing her to blush hard. Edith chuckled, “I’ll take that as a ‘yes’?” Maria only blushed harder before giving a nod a second later. The red demon smirked and kissed Maria’s head.
Going back to the text, Maria quickly opened up her contact for Sammy and did some altering of her own. Before long she sent off a screenshot of the contact that read ‘Sammy, Ahti’s cute little furry’. A reply soon returned.
Sammy: !!!That’s not funny!!!
Maria: No, it’s cute ;3
Sammy: …
Maria: She finished walking you home?
Sammy: Almost home now.
Maria: Then stop texting me and keep talking with her!
“How’s it going?” the curious demon asked.
“Good so far, I think. Hopefully it ends well.” Maria couldn’t help but smile.
“Oh?” Edith asked with a mischievous raised eyebrow.
“Not like that!” Maria laughed. “Sammy needs things to go a little slower than what happened with us.”
“Well, if I were them, I certainly wouldn’t complain if something more happened.”
“That’s because you’re a nymph.”
“Hey, I am not a nymph. My Mitéra might be one, but I’m not. I thought we already discussed this.”
“Oh. No. I mean. Fuck, is it bad to say nymphomanic?” There wasn’t actually a word for nymphomaniac in Infernal so she just had to say it in English. Edith suddenly burst out laughing. “Is it?!”
“Oh Gods,” Edith could barely talk, she was laughing so hard. “What does that even mean? Someone who’s manic for nymphs?”
“Uh…” Maria suddenly got embarrassed. “It means someone who is really hypersexual and has an excessive sex drive.” She said it quietly so that the driver wouldn’t hear. Her response only made Edith laugh harder.
“That is fucking beautiful! By the Gods. Ha! I’m going to have to tell Mitéra about this. Oh fuck, that’s amazing.” Edith slowly seemed to be calming down from her laughing fit, but she couldn’t help but giggle every now and then.
“So I probably shouldn’t say that?”
“No. Might be for the better. But it might actually be a little accurate, funnily enough.”
Maria nodded in response, before remembering something. “Oh, aren’t we seeing your parents for dinner tomorrow?”
“Oh right, we are.” Edith scrunched up her face in thought, before looking down at Maria “The last few days have been pretty hectic and crazy, haven’t they?”
“Yeah, a little bit,” Maria admitted.
“I was kind of hoping to use today to relax and just spend some time together. We haven’t really done that yet.”
“Well, we have a bit. We cuddled for a long time this morning.”
“Yeah, but I mean like a full day to relax and just be with each other without distraction or things coming up.”
Maria nodded. It would be nice to have a day like that.
“Would you be opposed to doing that tomorrow?”
“But what about your parents?”
“They’ll understand. I really think it would be good for us to have a day like that before we do anything else.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, dear.” Edith gave her a reassuring smile. “I would actually really like that. Our stop is almost here. I’ll give them a quick call when we get off.”
“Okay.” Maria was a little worried about upsetting Edith’s parents, but fuck, she really liked the idea of just a calm full day of Edith and her to themselves.
The trolley came to a slow stop and the pair stepped off. Luckily the stop was just at the end of the street, so it wasn’t a long walk back home. Edith quickly pulled out her phone and started calling her parents. Meanwhile, Maria felt her phone vibrate again.
Sammy: Why did you let this happen to me?
Maria: Because you’re adorable. Did you two stay at the front door awkwardly not knowing how to say goodbye, like two lovebirds in a romcom?
Sammy: Is scrying a spell you can cast now? Because if so, I don’t appreciate you spying on me. XP
Maria: That is such a forever DM thing to say. And that’s adorable! Did she give you a kiss goodnight? :3
Sammy: ...Yes…
Maria: AWWWWWWW THAT’S SO CUTE!!!!!
Sammy: It was only on the cheek though!!!
Maria: Did you want one on the lips?
Sammy: ...maybe…
Maria: Aww… Well, will there be a next time for it to potentially happen?
Sammy: We gave each other our phone numbers, and she said I better text her.
Maria: !!!!! YES!!!! DO IT!!!!
Sammy: Well considering she just texted me...
Maria: What did she say?
There was a pause that lasted long enough for Edith to get off the phone.
“Anything happening?”
“Ahti gave them a kiss on the cheek goodnight.”
“Hm, I’m surprised she didn’t go for the lips.”
“Me too. I was kind of hoping.”
Maria’s phone vibrated.
Sammy: She said ‘come outside, I changed my mind’.
Maria: And?
Sammy: I went outside…
Maria: And?????????
Sammy: She gave me another kiss goodnight… On the lips…
Maria: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!! I am definitely keeping your new contact name!
Sammy: This is all because you fucked a literal demon! I hope you know that!
Maria: It is, and I’m happy about that. And you’re happy too right? :3
Sammy: Yes… Thank you.
