ZER

FIFTEEN

Oh.

Oh?

"Is that a bad thing?"

"In the name of Universe Kate! I'm on a brick of losing my control!" his voice echoes inside the four walls.

But we're husband and wife.

"I'm your wife." I remind him. "We're expected to get intim—"

I don't get to finish my sentence as he pushes me flat to the floor. His eyes lost their sunset and now are pitch black.

Why did I even try to calm down my heart rate only to have it skyrocketed again?

"You... are the one who smells good."

His hair curtained our faces, creating a shield around our heads, his weight pressed on me comfortably, and his black eyes looking at me with...? I can't see emotions behind his pitch black eyes.

So I do what every living woman would do with their fine piece of husband pinned them on the floor. I open my legs to nest him between me. His eyes go wild and his jaw clenches in painfully tight.

My husband, being a gentleman he is, starting to push himself off of me.

No way Jose.

I grab him by his neck and hold him there. "We are doing it, NOW."

"No."

"Yes."

"We cannot, Kate."

"Yes, we can."

"No! Such a thing doesn't just... happen!"

"What do you mean it won't just happen? It's your body and my body, we are healthy..." wait, what do I don't know? Does he... "Do you... have a problem with your reproduction organ?" I ask in caution.

"No." He says and I let my grip falls as he pushes himself up. "There are steps before we get... intimate. We need to go to Pairing Councils, we need to get a doctor's appointment there are steps to take!"

Who knows that his government is very noisy. "Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"Why do we need to do those things?"

"Because we need to fully aware to get each other's consent!" He explains slowly as if I'm a child.

"Well, you get my full consent." I tell him.

He takes a step back. "You don't know that."

"Yes, I do!" I stand up and walk towards him. "You have my consent to get intimate with me."

He runs both of his hands through his hair. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Excuse me, mister!" I hiss at him, does he think I'm a child who doesn't know what I want? What do I need? That I cannot make my own decision I need to go to get government approval? "Don't you talk to me like that. I'm well aware of what I'm talking about. I give you my consent to stick your reproduction organ into mine."

But he only turns to look away. "You don't know how Tzarian gets... intimate." He finally says.

"Then explain." I insist.

His muscular body just stands still, his fists open and close repeatedly. "I need to take a shower."

***

It's midday, Zer and I are sitting on a blanket by the small river not far from our house. I packed some snacks and our lunch as well as a big bottle of water. After our heated conversation in the basement Zer has been avoiding my eyes, he barely talks and keeping his safe distance with me.

Pissing me off.

Never in my mind, I thought I'd be the one who's trying to get inside somebody's pants. But my old fashion, confusing, rigid husband proves that perhaps I don't know myself well enough.

So as I chewing on my vegetarian sandwich—which the bread has the consistency of hash brown—I'm planning to strike my husband again. I just need to careful with my words, wait, wouldn't it be better if I go straight to the point?

"DAI," I call our trustworthy assistant.

Yes, Kate?

"How do Tzarian male and his female get intimate?"

Next to me, Zer is chocking on his sandwich, he beats his chest repeatedly to ease the tightness.

First, the pair need to go to the Pairing Council to get consent documents which both of them need to sign. Then, they are appointed to a doctor to get physical examinations and a clearance, after that the pair needs to go through at least three consents sessions with an expert to help the pair work on their implied consent, expressed consent, informed consent. If the pair can deliver those three types of consents, then they can pick a time to get intimate under the Pairing Council supervision.

What the... "What do you mean get intimate under the Pairing Council supervision?"

"This means they will provide us a place and time, setting a suitable environment to make sure the event goes smoothly," Zer explains.

My eyes almost fall out of my head. "The councils are going to watch us getting intimate?" I say horrified.

"In most cases yes, but if the pair ask to get total privacy then it's within their right to have it."

I hold up my head. "Are you telling me, that pairs can only get intimate under the council's watch? That husband and wife cannot just do it at home?" I might have yelled at him.

Now Zer's eyes are almost falling out of his head. "Such activity isn't appropriate to be done at home. There are a lot of things that need to get full attention, as it will be an inter-racial activity, more often than not female and male will need a different... approach to get intimate."

I raise my eyebrows. "DAI, what kind of approach does a Tzarian male needs to get intimate?"

Tzarian male needs at least 7 centimeters long of the female uterus for which Tzarian penises can access to deliver their sperm.

Did he just say penises? "Wha—"

"Enough, Kate. Let's stop talking about it." Zer interrupted.

"You have more than one penis??" I shriek.