Draconia Offline vol. 1

13.2. Her New Wings - Part 2

"Thanks, Aefener," Liana says when I help her eat. "I don't feel comfortable being fed by Dr Stein or even by Hana. It just feels weird. You're my close friend so I don't mind."

"No problem," I smile at her, happy that she thinks of me that way, and deliver another spoonful into her mouth. "It's the least I can do for giving me refuge."

"I kind of envy you having Erik," she admits between munches and looks at my boyfriend with a bit of envy. "You're such a nice couple."

"T-thanks," I blush.

My phone beeps but since I have my hands full, Ingri takes if for me. I thought it's just another social media thing but Ingri looks horrified and shows my phone to Erik.

"Delete it," Erik wrinkles his nose and feels pissed.

"Huh? What is it?"

"You don't have to see that," Erik shakes his head.

"I think I do," I use telekinesis to get my phone back. I'm becoming really good at it.

I read a few lines and freeze. My second lover did write back after all. But it's anything but pleasant. How could his mind even attract me? But... I guess nobody can truly know how someone will react when millions of people inexplicably start turning into totally different species. Not even a telepath.

"What a piece of shit," Erik rages. "Delete it, Ryuu, and block his number."

I do but Liana manages to take a glimpse of the text.

"Wait, you had more boyfriends at the same time?" she realises.

"He wasn't my boyfriend, just an... acquaintance with benefits," I try to make it sound like it's not a big deal. "It was before me and Erik officially became a couple," I add quickly.

"Whatever," she continues eating. I'm glad she's not judging me. "Still, it's horrible that someone you know would think of you that way."

"It's a natural reaction," I shrug. "I was extremely lucky with Erik."

"Yes, you were," Erik smirks and I grin back.

I deliver another spoonful and notice that Liana's left wing is itching. I scratch the spot to relieve her and want to continue feeding her but Liana frowns.

"Ehm... how did you know?" she's totally confused.

"What?" I'm confused as well. Then, to my horror, I realise that I felt her discomfort with my telepathy and acted upon that on reflex. It's sometimes impossible for me to differentiate what is normal to perceive and what is not.

"How did you know where to scratch me?" she narrows her eyes.

"Y-your left wing was twitching," I quickly come up with a lie.

Ingri and Fefnir look up from their plates. Fefnir is totally oblivious but Ingri looks at me questionably. Fortunately, Erik comes to my rescue.

"I found out this is the Celestial sweet spot when it comes to scratching," he touches the exact same place on my left wing.

I shiver because it's damn pleasant and thanks to that my cover is solid and they buy it.

"The true sweet spot is elsewhere, though?" Fefnir can't help it when there's a space for jokes.

"What do you mean?" Liana blinks.

"Oh, I forgot you were sleeping when we talked about it," he realises and points with his scaly hand between my wings. "The Celestial weak spot seems to be erogenous in real life."

I watch Liana turning red. Huh? I'd never think someone like her would feel embarrassed about erotic things. But she does which is surprising. Could she have less experience than me even though she's older? Well, if she's afraid that people are only after her money, she might be actively avoiding dating.