Demons And Humans

Chapter 104

Jake arrives at the castle and goes to Kayla's room. He looked really nervous and was sweating a little but he knocks on the door. Kayla opens the door, raising an eyebrow when she sees him. "Why, hello." She had her hair curled and down, and had a full face of makeup on. She was wearing a long sleeved light blue dress fitted at the waist and a silver belt there as well. It had a white fluff at the neck, as well as puffs of white fluff on her wrists. She was wearing white heeled boots and white tights under her dress and boots. He smiles nervously and says, "You're looking really pretty today."
She smiles. "Oh, thank you. I was just heading out for a trip to Crystaphis. Hence.. the white and warmth." Jake says in a bit of an uncertain voice, "Can I come with you? We could talk on the way." Kayla tilts her head slightly. "Sure.. I suppose some company couldn't hurt.." she observes his outfit, and takes in a sharp breath. "I'm sorry, I cannot allow you to walk around like that." Jake looks a little hurt that she didn't like his outfit and says, "Well it's all I have right now." Kayla shakes her head. "Well, I have something much better. Come!" She walks into her room and to her closet, observing the options. He felt a little weird walking into her room but he does, following her to the closet. Kayla spends several minutes observing options before setting her sights on a matching Male version of her outfit. She takes it from its place and hands it to him. "Change into that, please." He nods and takes it. "Where's the bathroom?" Kayla looks confused. "Well why can't you just do it here?" He looks a little uncomfortable and says, "Isn't it weird to change in front of you..?" Kayla rolls her eyes. "I need to see the body type I'm working with!" Jake sighs and turns around so his back was facing her. He hesitantly takes off his shirt. Kayla watches him, her eyes noting every little detail she saw into her head. "Can you turn around?" He swallows hard and says, "Sure.." He slowly turns around, staring at the ground. He says, "Tell me when I can turn back around to take off my pants.." Kayla scans him again and then nods. "Go ahead." He turns back around and quickly takes off his pants, his face going red. He looks at the outfit which consisted of a pair of pants, a white belt, white boots, white dress shirt, and a light blue overjacket. Kayla taps her foot impatiently as she continues to scan. He grabs the pants and quickly puts them on, doing the same with the rest of the clothing. Once he was done, he turns around and looks at her, his face still a little red. Kayla nods approvingly. "It works. You know, people pay me to dress them like I did you." He smiles slightly and says, "Thanks." Kayla then walks past him and out of the room. "Now, you wanted to come with, did you not?" He follows her and says, "Yeah." Kayla nods and makes her way out of the castle. "Why did you come here?" Jake says, "So... I've always wanted to be a model. So I came to ask you for some tips and stuff." Kayla chuckles. "Well, I'm flattered, though not surprised you'd come to me." He smiles awkwardly. Kayla smiles at him. "Well, I'm going to have to start with telling you that displaying your body is going to have to get a bit lower on the list of awkward things." He says, "Yeah.. I need to work on that.. It's mostly just in front of girls, although it has happened a few times with men." Kayla nods. "Well... You are an incubus, are you not?" He sighs and nods. "Are you able to control your charm magic?" She asks. "I've never tried.." He says, a little embarrassed about it. Kayla raises an eyebrow. "Really? Well, that would explain the lack of connection we have." She chuckles. "I have mine off, if you couldn't tell." He looks away slightly and says, "I don't know what would happen.. I just never tried it because I didn't want to do anything wrong.." Kayla makes a sound of understanding. "Usually incubi don't care if they do anything wrong. Have you never just wandered around with it on?" He looks back at her and shakes his head. "Huh. You're an odd one." She sighs, gesturing to a group of men all staring at them. "Your kind tend to be a tad less controlled." Jake nods a bit and says, "Maybe I could try it later."
Kayla nods. "Try it on me, first. That way I can give you pointers." Jake turns his charm magic on and looks at her. Kayla studies him, nodding. "Hm~. Interesting."
"What..?" He says. Kayla chuckles. "Made you seem a bit hotter, but it could definitely use some work." Jake nods a bit and says, "Would I attract anyone with it? Or is it not strong enough?" Kayla shrugs. "Well, I doubt anyone would throw themselves at you, but you might be able to score a few smiles in your direction." He nods and says, "What can I do to improve?" Kayla thinks. "Mm, well. Use it more often. Practice turning it up as high as you can in controlled environments, and keeping an aura of it all other times." Jake nods and says, "Would turning it up as high as I could in front of one other person be okay?" Kayla shrugs. "Depends who it is..." she pauses. "Um, I'd rather you not use it on my dad, by the way." He looks confused and says, "What do you mean..?" Kayla rolls her eyes. "I am aware of what happened between you two." His face goes solid red and his eyes widen. Kayla clicks her tongue. "Walls are thin..." He says desperately, "I didn't mean for anyone to find out!" She laughs. "Maybe try to be a bit quieter next time then." Jake looked genuinely embarrassed at this point and looks away. "I had my reasons for doing it.." She mocks shock. "Oh, you mean for making out with your boyfriend's DAD who's 20 years older than you? Yeah, I'm sure you did." "Mmf.. I'm sorry.." He says quietly. Kayla sighs. "Look. Just try to be a bit more discreet. Okay?" He looks at her and says, "Would you care if I did it again..?" Kayla shudders. "Ugh, please do not put that in my head. Just- If I don't notice, it doesn't matter anyway. So. Do with that as you will." He nods and says, "Sorry, I'll stop talking now." She quickly changes the direction of the conversation. "Anyway! Did you like his vest?" He nods and says, "Did you make it?" She smiles. "I did!" He smiles back and says, "That's really cool."
She smirks. "So, why exactly do you WANT to be a model?" He shrugs. "I just do." "Hm, so what would I get from helping you out?" She asked. "I think I'd be a good model. I'll model whatever you want me to." He says confidently. She raises an eyebrow. "Hm. With enough of my help you may be decent. You know, I like you. That may just be your charm convincing me, but I don't find you entirely annoying, so that's something." He smiles awkwardly and says, "What kind of stuff would I model?" She smiles. "Well that depends. Have you modelled before?" "For my boyfriends yes. But not for like an actual audience. I would just try on clothes at the store for them and stuff. That's all." He says with a slight smile. She looks skeptical. "Hm... I see. I'll have to test your skills myself, then. Scale you." He nods and says, "Why are you going to Crystaphis anyway?" Kayla smiles. "To meet a friend, and collect a bounty." "A bounty for what?" He says, looking a little distracted at the moment.
"You don't need to know that.." She notices his unfocus. "Hm.." He continues to look distracted and says, "Alright. Just asking." Kayla Scoffs. "Ahem!" He snaps out of it, shaking his head and looking at her. "What?" Kayla raises an eyebrow. "What was that about?" "Uh... I was just thinking...?" He says uncertainly. Kayla narrows her eyes. "About what?" He shakes his head. "I don't want to tell you."
Kayla stops and glares at him. "Well I'd like to know, and I am your princess. So tell me." He stops too and looks distressed, not saying anything. Kayla crosses her arms. "Well?" He says, "I told you! I can't tell you!" Kayla squints at him, and takes a different approach, moving in front of him. "You know I can make you. I have no problem with doing that, but do you?" He looks upset. "Please just let it go! It's nothing you need to know!" Kayla sighs. "Why is it you won't let me? Is it because you don't trust me yet?" He says, "I just can't tell you! Why won't you leave it alone?!" Kayla huffs. "I simply don't like people hiding things from me. Let's just keep going. We're almost there." Her tail flicks, annoyed. He follows after her, staring at the ground. They continue the walk in silence, until they reached the border of Crystaphis. As they stepped in, the temperature immediately dropped to a freezing temperature. Jake starts to shiver, his teeth chattering, trying to stay quiet though. Kayla starts to pick up the pace, racing through the snow towards a mountain. Jake stays close behind her. Kayla gets to the base of the mountain and hops up to a ledge, before her wings appear in a glittering array of silver white feathers. Jake hops up onto the ledge too, letting his wings out. Kayla flies up with three strong and swift beats of her wings to a cave hollow in the mountain. Jake follows, but being a little slower. Kayla flopped down against the wall of the cave, letting out a deep sigh, and curling her wings around her body. Jake sits on the other wall, also curling his wings around his body. His lips were a little blue at this point but he was trying to hide his face from Kayla. Kayla notices his lips and flutters over to him, getting close to his face. "Are you Alright?" He tries to move his face away from her. Kayla frowns. "I'm just trying to help..." He glances at her but quickly looks away again, talking in a shaky and soft tone, "I'm cold.." Kayla sighs. "It'll be a little while before I can... just let me help." Jake hesitantly looks at her, uncurling his wings from around himself but he keeps his knees against his chest, resting his chin on his knees. Kayla smiles slightly and sits beside him, curling one of her wings around him and pushing him closer to her. He cuddles up to her, resting his head on her shoulder.
She rests her head against his, and watching him carefully uses her magic to turn on her charm. He was still shivering but was pushing himself up against her, smiling a little. She smiles back, putting her arm around him and slowly escalating the magic used for the charm, hoping he wouldn't notice. Jake moves his head to her chest, just resting it there, closing his eyes. Kayla smirks, putting a hand on his head, slowly slinking it below his chin. Jake lets her, climbing halfway into her lap. Kayla leans towards him, pulling his head towards her face with her hand. He nuzzles her softly, keeping his eyes closed. Kayla tilts her head slightly and presses her lips against his. He opens his eyes just a little bit, kissing back and getting all the way in her lap, pressing their chests together. She puts a hand behind his head and escalates the kiss. He lets this go on for a few minutes and then pulls back, laying his head on her shoulder and pressing his face against her neck softly. Kayla smiles, caressing his cheek with her hand. The sound of A deep growling suddenly filled their ears, startling Kayla and causing her to break her focus and loose the charm due to the high amount of magic she had been using. Jake snaps out of it and pulls away quickly, freaking out and pushing himself off of her. "What did you do?!" She takes a sharp breath, reaching out to him carefully with her hand. He pulls away. "Don't touch me!" He was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide. She swallows, glancing between towards the inner section of the cave and him. The growl deepens, and from further inside the cave the silhouette of a large dragon began to come into view. Jake sees the dragon and moves himself back and presses himself against the opposite wall that Kayla was against. His eyes were locked on it. Kayla seemed very calm, despite also staring at it. As it continued to step closer, it began to become clearer, it's icy white scales and glasslike blue-green underwings and detailing,  and its large curling ebony horns.  Jake looked genuinely panicked at this point and glances at Kayla but quickly looking back at the dragon. Kayla speaks, quietly to Jake. "Don't be scared~"
He shakes his head and yells, "Why should I trust you?! You're going to make it hurt me!" Kayla frowns. "Why would I do that...?" He was starting to hyperventilate, still super confused about Kayla and scared at the same time because of the dragon. Kayla sighs and stands slowly, the dragon jerking its head to look at her, and taking several steps towards her, growling in her face. Jake was getting lightheaded, starting to lose consciousness. He was trying to slow his breathing but couldn't. Kayla grabs hold of the dragon's head, resting it in her hands, and making the dragon stop growling. Jake falls back, laying there and blacking out.