Breaking the Law
"Miia." I groan, trying to balance the eight bags in my hands. "My shoulders will wear out before my money at this rate."
"Darling, don't wuss out." She glances back at me, wearing a belted skirt and a hat. "You're the one who said I can shop as much as I like."
"Yeah, but…"
"Oh, look, what's here?" She enters a shop.
I watch the signboard and my heart skips a beat.
"Which one do you think suits me better?" Miia asks me, holding two lingeries in her hands.
"Don't ask me." I laugh, unable to scratch the back of my head because of the bags I'm carrying.
"Mo, Darling!" She pouts. "You're the one who's gonna be taking them off."
My face reddens, watching the reaction of the salesgirls.
"Pick the black one," I say.
"Oh ho." She gives me a devilish grin. "Darling no ecchi. You really want your roommate to walk around looking so risqué?"
"Yes." I smile, feeling my embarrassment ebb. "I'll be able to stand high, knowing I'm the only man who can watch you like that."
Her face reddens.
"Don't come in!" She retreats behind the curtain of a trying room. "Darling, take my clothes."
I stand in front of the curtain and place the bags down. "Give 'em."
"Come in," she says in a whisper.
"Huh!"
"Just do it."
I enter, my heart jackrabbiting in my chest. She turns to me, her arms covering her buxom chest.
"Here." She hands me a pile of her clothes. As her arm stretches towards me, I get a peek at her pink nipple.
"I'll wait outside!" I rush out.
"Darling?" She says in a hushed voice, her voice peeking out from the curtain. "Can you give me my panties back?"
My heart skips a beat.
I check the pile of clothes. Something like a handkerchief, made of lace with a crisscross pattern, caught my attention.
"These are your panties? How do you even…"
"Darling no baka!" She snatches the panties from my hand after slapping my cheek.
"Darling, where should we go next?" Miia asked prancing ahead of me.
"How about home?" I say, struggling to stay standing under the weight of the ten bags.
"Did you hear that?" I hear a sneering female voice. "That snake is calling that man 'Darling'."
I look in the direction to see a couple with tanned skin and piercings in their faces.
"Ew." A man speaks now. "You think he fucks that creature? How does he even do that?"
"Dude's got some weird taste." The woman adds and they start laughing.
I glance at Miia and se her fuming with anger. Her tail lashes out toward the couple. Dropping the bags, I jump.
"Darling!"
"She said that again!" The woman guffawed with renewed energy.
"Dude, why do you let her hit you?" The man asks me as I get to my feet. "That your fetish or something?"
"Miia." I pick the bags up. "Let's go."
"But, Darling…"
"Let's just go." I smile at her.
As we stride off, the couple gives chase, taking pictures with their smartphones.
"Saw a man with a lamia," the woman says. "Wonder how their children will look."
"Will they come out of eggs?" The man adds. "How will she even lay eggs?"
"Those two were so mean!" Miia says coming out of the shower of the hotel room.
Hearing her voice makes me jump. Sitting at the foot of the heart-shaped bed, I'm not ready for more surprises. A love hotel was the only place where I found refuge.
"Why are you not talking, Darling?" She leans before my face, her body covered by a towel.
"Oh, nothing." I look away. "Just a bit tired."
"Then why don't you lie down?" She makes me lie down from my arms. Still grabbing my shoulders, she slides me to the head of the bed.
Realizing that her face is in mine, she looks away with a blush. Not wanting to push me away, she lies down on me and crawls up. Her breasts in my face, she opens a drawer in the crown of the bed.
"Darling, what's this?" She takes a condom out.
"Ah! That's… ano…"
The door breaks open and booted steps enter. Miia shrieks.
"Don't move!" A female voice says. "You're under arrest for breaking the extra-species exchange… oh, it's you, Miia, and Darling-kun."
"Smith-san!"
"So, that's what happened." Smith nods after hearing everything. "But did you have to pick a love hotel?"
"Yeah, well," I say, watching her crossed legs, the heel dangling from her toes.
"Well, what?" She starts moving her leg, aware of my gaze.
"We didn't have another choice."
"Well, whatever." She gets up with a smile, enjoying my disappointment. "Let's get you home."
When we enter the entrance hall of the love hotel, the same tanned couple shows up.
"Oh, look at that," says the girl. "He brought that creature to a love hotel."
"He was serious about making children!" The boy adds. "Hey, mister, can we come see when she lays the eggs?"
They start guffawing. Miia trembles with rage.
My punch catches the boy on the jaw. His flying body takes the girl with it, both crashing into a wall.
"Just to be clear," I speak, ignoring the pain in my hand. "You ever speak rudely to her again, and I'll do much worse. Understood?"
"Hai," they both manage to drawl, lying in an ugly heap.
"Darling!" Miia flies into my arms as I turn around. "You're so cool, Darling!"
She rubs her face in my chest.
"Darling," Smith says with concern. "You sure your hand's all right?"
"Yeah, what could be…" I look at my hand. The knuckles are bleeding.
"You're gonna need bandages."
"Make sure you go easy on that hand for a while," Smith says sitting on the couch in front of me. "Why did you have to do that?"
"I couldn't just control myself while they insulted Miia," I chuckle. "Guess you can call it the protective instinct."
"Ku-Ku-Ku." Smith adjusts her glasses. "Well said, Darling. Don't worry about those punks again. I made sure they won't do this again."
I had a picture of her menacing aura, and the scared-to-the-point-of-shitting faces of the couple.
"Well, then, I'll leave." Smith gets up. "Make sure you don't do anything naughty while I'm gone."
She pads on her naked feet towards the door. Passing behind me, she places a hand on my shoulder and leans her face toward mine.
"Aren't you gonna…"
"Well, Smith-san." Miia picks her up from her arms and slithers to the door. "Do come again. We can handle things from here."
"Wai…" Before Smith can speak, Miia tosses her shoes out and closes the door.
"Darling." She sits beside me.
"Hm?"
"Ano… how should I say this?" She plays with her hands.
"Don't be afraid, Miia." I pat her head with a smile. "If there's one person you can talk to freely, that's your Darling."
"Ha!" She blushes with her eyes glittering.
"Darling, I love you so much!" She hugs me.
Laughing, I wrap my arms around her.
"Darling?" she whispers into my chest. She looks up at me. "Take me."
With her hand, she uncovers her breasts. My heart skips a beat. All I hear is her breathing. All I see are her eyes and her humungous breasts topped by her pink nipples. All I feel are her hands on my back, and my penis hard in my pants