As Orion entered the house, he noticed Yuuma nowhere to be seen, while Rio was on the single-person couch that Mai had been sitting on, lying across with her head on the armrest and her feet hanging from the other side. When he appeared, she looked up at him with an innocent smile.
"I didn't think you'd agree," she said. "Kunimi is preparing the broth for hotpot to celebrate today's occasion."
"Honestly, where are you guys getting all this meat?" He asked, shaking his head. "Mai makes steak dinners every night, and you are preparing a whole ass hotpot dinner. How?"
"Sakurajima-senpai is very resourceful," she said cryptically without explaining anything further. "You killed quite a large number of zombies today, didn't you?"
"Yeah," he nodded, sitting down on the larger couch on Rio's side. "Even I didn't expect to be able to kill so many zombies."
"You should be close to level one hundred now, right? To think that within two days, you'd go so far as to catch up with me and Kunimi."
"You guys are around level hundred?" He asked, getting a nod in return.
My initial estimates seem to have been quite off if that is the case. I have collected around five thousand units of Origin Energy in total, give or take. If that gets me to level one hundred, that means a one-to-fifty conversation rate. I'm just curious how valuable a single level really is. Going by their physical stats, I'm sure that their system gives an abysmal exchange rate. With five thousand units, they should have enough stats to obliterate me.
"You have a look on your face," she said, twisting her body a little to face him on the adjacent couch.
"What kind of look?"
"The kind that makes you look like an evil mastermind, plotting things in his head all the time," she put her hand under her chin. "Tell me, what do you like to do in your free time, Orion?"
"These days? I've been watching some of Mai's movies," he said, leaning back comfortably and pulling one leg up and putting it under his knee. "I didn't really know about her before running into her here."
"Really? That's not something you hear every day. "Did you not watch TV? She used to be in almost every third commercial up until last year. That's not even counting the movies she released."
"Streaming," he shrugged. "I never really ran into any of her movies online either."
"It's hard to believe," she said. "What do you think about her? Yuuma told you about the thing two years ago, right?"
"What else? She's closed herself off completely from the outside world. Losing a significant other is hard enough, but then seeing your sister turn into a zombie? It's bound to break anyone. I'm surprised she's still so…active. Even wanting to cure her sister, not everyone can cling so desperately to hope."
"I've always admired her," she said before straightening up and standing. Before he could ask her what she was doing, she sat down right beside him. "Tell me, do you like her?"
"Physically? She's the most attractive woman I've met in my life," he said. "Personality-wise, that cold exterior doesn't really let any warmth seep out, you know?"
"So you think she's hot?" She asked, pressing herself against him and placing her palm on his chest.
"Most definitely," he nodded, not seeming bothered by her touch.
"What about me? Do you think I'm hot?" She asked with a whisper, the effects of which directly went to his abdomen. She had her chest pressed against this arm as her palm slowly crept higher.
"Most definitely," he repeated his words with a smile, shifting his arm to wrap it around her waist. Unlike the last time, he had no plans to run away today. "Tell me, what's your relationship with him?"
"Kunimi?" She asked with a raised brow, resting her head on his shoulder. "We're friends, that's all. I used to have a crush on him once upon a time, but it never really worked out."
"What about now? What's he going to think about his friend who wants to get into bed with a stranger that she just met three days ago?"
"Trust me, he's fine," she said, gently moving her palm along his chest with an almost ticklish touch. "Kunimi won't mind if I'm letting some steam off."
"If you say so," he said as his hand that was around her waist moved under her top. He ran his fingers along her stomach with a feather-like touch that immediately made a light blush appear on her face. "But believe me, considering you two have been living together for the better part of four months. Anyone would have some ideas about it."
"Is that so? Are you feeling possessive, Orion?" She said suggestively, reciprocating his actions by slipping her hand under his t-shirt and rubbing his abs. "You have such defined muscles…"
"So what if I am, huh?" His hand put a little pressure on her abdomen, massaging the area below her navel. His action immediately rewarded him with a cute, high-pitched yelp from her as she immediately blushed and looked down.
"Then you're going to be disappointed, Orion~" She whispered, quickly recovering. "I don't have any intention of being caged."
"Who said anything about caging?" He asked. "You're free to fly, little birdie."
She snorted a laugh. "A little cheesy, but I like it," she said, leaning closer to his face. "These muscles of yours definitely have more to them than the system."
"Thanks," Orion smiled, bringing his other hand up to her chin and raising her face a little. "I spent quite a bit of my time in the bunker working out."
She didn't respond and instead followed his lead, letting him kiss her as her eyes closed. She was slow to respond, allowing him to take the initiative and suck her lower lip. As he deepened the kiss, his tongue moved through her lips and licked her teeth with an almost shy movement, as if asking permission to go further.
Her response came in the form of a weak moan as her hand clawed up, scratching his chest. Still, her teeth parted, allowing Orion's tongue into her mouth as her tongue came to reciprocate. He continued massaging her abdomen, focusing on the area below her navel as they made out passionately. With his free hand, he held her legs and pulled them over his thigh, pulling her into his embrace as she found her shoulder pressing against his chest. His massage on her abdomen grew a little more intense, and he moved his other hand to grab the hem of her top, directly pulling it up to reveal her bra-clad chest.
"I like the lace," He whispered amidst their kiss, kneading her chest with his other hand.
"I wore it for you," she whispered back before resuming their passionate kiss.
Just as Orion had the thought to take things further by taking off her bra, he heard someone clearing their throat and paused, pulling back from the kiss.
Yuuma was standing beside the dining table with the large pot of broth and heater already in place. He'd even placed the meat on the table before getting their attention.
"You could've interrupted us before, dude," Orion mumbled, noticing that Rio seemed completely unbothered by the man's presence, and leaned her head against his shoulder while keeping her arm around his neck and taking deep breaths that made her chest rise and fall. She didn't even bother to lower her top.
"It's fine," he said with a wave of his hand.
"Come on, let's eat," Orion said, but Rio seemed to have no intention of moving away from his lap. With a sigh, he stood up, picking her up in his arms as she giggled.
Either she is an evil mastermind, or there is some very painful history between these two where he did her wrong and she's taking revenge on him by doing this… That's a shit plot. It's probably the first thing.
Seeing that she had no intention of actually getting out of his arms, Orion ended up sitting on the chair with her on his lap while sitting across from Yuuma. He did take the chance to lower her top, just for the sake of them eating. It seemed that she didn't want him to actually feed her and ended up reversing their roles. She had him hold her while she both ate and fed him. He didn't mind, after all, suspicious or not, anyone would love to be fed by a woman as hot as her.
That was how the awkward dinner went by, without any words exchanged as Orion continued rubbing Rio's stomach, focusing on the area below her navel with one hand while his other hand moved along her body, sometimes squeezing her thigh, sometimes moving to her chest. She seemed to enjoy the treatment and fed him with a smile while occasionally giggling if he touched a ticklish spot.
When they were finally done, Yuuma stood up, clearing everyone's places. Rio turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck. "How was the food?"
"Delicious," he said with a smile, holding her waist.
"You didn't seem to mind Yuuma's presence too much," She said.
"I thought you would mind," he said. "Ironically enough, I was in a frat back in uni. The things I've seen and done, you'd rather not know too much about."
"Oh? A good little Boy Scout turned horny frat boy, huh? Guess I'm in for an especially good time then," she said with a smile.
Orion smiled, "My mother was also a devout Christian and took me to church every Sunday." Before she could say anything, he leaned forward to capture her lips in a kiss again. But inwardly, his suspicion had only been solidified further with her previous response.
"You taste like meat," she said with a smile when they separated. "Let's go into my room. You can just use my toothbrush."
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