Leam clutched his chest over his heart. It was a like a pounding that wouldn't stop. It was not unfamiliar to him, as the feeling rose whenever he was around Dinae. He used to be able to force it down. He forced himself to force it down and hide his feelings due to anxiety but the moment Hannah placed the curse on him the feeling was unable to be ignored or refused.
"I didn't know it would be like this..."
"What's it like?" Hannah asked.
"Keep in mind, this is partially for my sake, as well. If I can understand you as a secondary subject then I'll be able to better troubleshoot Paul's situation. So don't leave anything out."
"Got it." He did promise.
"I feel like I want to go to Dinae right now."
"That makes sense." Hannah stared at him inquisitively.
"Do you want to-" She blushed, hesitating to say it.
"To-"
Leam stopped her. "No! I think... I don't want to do things to her." He rethought that.
"I mean, I do." He admitted awkwardly.
"But that's not the part that feels irresistible to me. I want to go to Dinae and let my feelings out. I'm still nervous and scared but this is stronger than those now. I can't stop it."
Hannah noted his experience down internally. `He isn't compelled to have sex with her. He wants to, but he feels like it has more to do with revealing and fulfilling his feelings. That was my intent, and the intent written under the curse. So why does only Paul have such an unrestrained lust? Is it really just pent up frustration?` She looked at Leam.
"Sorry, I'm just thinking. You can go do your thing now."
"Thanks!" Leam ran off in a hurry.
Hannah returned to her home where Paul immediately jumped her. "P-Paul! I can't get any work done like this..." He hugged her and buried his face into her neck, inhaling deeply.
"Have you thought about kids?" He asked suddenly.
"No?"
"Oh..." He looked disappointed.
"But go ahead and tell me anything you're thinking." She asked as he pulled her by her wrist into the room.
"I want to have many. With you." He stated. Somehow his eyes seemed more vibrant the more she tried to fee him. It was jarring. With the small release she offered initially he gained so much charisma just from that.
Her face became bright. She covered her mouth. `This guy is dangerous. He mentioned kids and my body starts aching right away. I'm already imagining myself having a family even though I decided I'd rather focus on my studies at this point.` She gulped.
"M-maybe down the line?"
He took her hand and guided her onto the bed. He stared into her eyes. "Will you promise to have children with me?" They were so bright and pleading that she could not resist.
"I..." She sighed.
"I promise."
He smiled happily. "Thank you!" He lowered her onto her back. She knew what was set in motion already. It was not exactly unwelcome, but it was as she said. Hannah could barely get any work done with how horny Paul was. He looked at her hesitantly.
"I- I know you said down the line but there's a long time between when we start trying and when the child is born... What if we get started now?"
"Paul, I said-" Her words stopped. As she was a mage she could roughly sense the flow of Aura as it moved within her body. As she started speaking and stopped, she felt a chain around refusal. Like it was restricted.
"I-" There was no way she could word what she wanted to say that did not feel like it was not allowed, and that rule felt enforced by Aura moving around inside of her naturally, as if her own self had been altered, not an outside force affecting her. As she hesitated for longer she felt the only possible response being pulled out of her, and she did not feel like she could hate it. In her mind she traced the events that would occur if she had Paul's child.
`I'll be tied to him. Not that that is bad. His problems and my problems become one, kind of. But... Then I can't finish my studies as easily. I just wouldn't be able to without more help than I can get right now. This- this isn't part of the promise!`
She was scared at first but slowly her mind relaxed.
"Down the line."
He pouted. "Hannah... I'll support you. I don't really understand it, but I feel strong... I feel like I'll be able to do anything once my problems are taken care of."
She bit her lip. `I somehow believe him. Even though I don't have to, I would be giving up my future so soon and letting him look after me... I know a bit of magic but I'm not anything special if my education stops here. It's a bad idea, but-` In her mind, the image of manly little emerald-eyed children with a mix of her and Paul's hair colors was overwhelming. Her body flooded with hormones and lust.
`I-It's a bad idea... I don't have to.` He was looking at her with sad eyes.
`I...` She gave in.
"Okay, Paul."
"Oh thank God!" He breathed, panting and sweating a little just from restraint before he finally lifted her legs and entered her by driving down inside of her. Hannah's eyes rolled back.
`I-I'm actually being bred right now... I don't dislike it. I feel my body wishing to be one with him. My insides twist and beg to carry his product. It's like some force is driving me to want to be his, and to create something that is both of ours.`
They continued like that for hours. Hannah was not able to get any work done.
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Hannah felt an insistent hand on her shoulder as she was returning from patrol. She was only with one person, so it could only be...
"Dalton?" She turned and felt herself being pressed against the nearest building. It was aggressive, but not harmful. He was bold, but not forceful. Her eyes widened as he regarded her cornered self.
"I don't wanna wait. I'm not like that guy, so I'm not gonna hang around you and pretend I don't like you."
"Oh." She nodded. She tried to think for a moment, and could not come up with any reason against it. She tilted her hat that had been fitted around her ears up to allow better room around her face.
"I guess you win." She did not particularly mind. She was waiting for Leam, but another man announced himself first. Leam was preferable, but Dalton was her type physically, and he was there. She raised her arms and draped them over Dalton's shoulders. He bent down to close the distance created by their height difference and kissed her. She slid her tongue in and his pushed in around it. He closed his eyes, content to stay like that. Dinae could not help but think.
`If Leam saw this and learned I was doing this with Dalton already I think he'd be upset but he'd give up right away.` She shrugged her shoulders and pressed herself into him, her perky breasts squishing against his broad chest.
`There's no helping it.`
Leam rounded the corner and saw the sight. Dinae's eyes flitted to the side. She did not stop. They were neither ridiculing, nor shamed, nor pleased. They seemed to be questioning him and appraising his reaction. She thought as Dalton started to place his hands on her with abandon. One hand on her hip, another on her side near her breast.
`I think he might cry. I don't really want that. It would be sad. I guess he'll probably run away now since he realizes I've been stolen from under his nose.` She watched casually, as if she were an observer and not a participant, and it was a scene between Dalton and Leam, not the three of them. For Dinae's forward personality, she had no patience for mind games or personal politics. She wanted people to speak their mind and do whatever was on their mind, since it was how she behaved. She did not understand that some had barriers that could stop them because she barely had any.
`Huh?` She saw Leam clenching his fist and walking forward.
`This isn't like him. It seems like he's acting without thinking. It's like he's being driven.` She wondered what he was going to do.
"Hey!" Leam shouted, shoving Dalton in the shoulder. The man barely moved, but he leaned back from Dinae and glared at Leam for interrupting.
Dinae know it was not going to turn out well, because Dalton was someone that was fit to be a soldier, but had the temperament of a recruit, and Leam was simply acting tough. He turned on a dime and punched Leam in the cheek, causing him to fall flat on his ass.
"Hey yourself! Don't touch me. Can't you read the situation? Get out of here, or sit and watch. I don't care either way." He slid the hand that was on Dinae's hip around to her rear, digging his palm in under the cheek and lifting her a little. He pressed her further against the wall, his bulge making contact between her legs. He was frustrated and on edge, but to make a point Dalton went back to kissing her.
Dinae stared down at Leam. He was shaking. `I feel bad for him. He worked up the courage to do that, but Dalton is too strong. Now that he knows he can't do anything he's probably going to run away. I'll have to think about what to do when he tries to talk to me alone later.` She sighed, closing her eyes. She earnestly returned the kiss, expecting Leam to leave, anyway.
"Hey..." Leam uttered. She opened her eyes in surprise. Leam glared at Dalton.
