Page 43 of Starlight

Akai glared at him. “I am an adult harpy, so of course I have.”

“How old are you?”

“Thirty-eight. Twenty-five is considered an adult.”

“Uh-huh…” Cole appeared a lot less relaxed. His eyebrows had pulled together, and his head had tilted to the side. He wanted sexy Cole back, not overthinking Cole.

“Juvenile harpies are darker. Once our hair lightens and the markings on our wings develop, we are transitioning to adults.”

“Teenagers… Well, we say teenager because it’s between the age of thirteen and nineteen.”

“Juvenile. Not children, not adults. How old are you?”

“Twenty-three. If you’re not considered an adult until you’re twenty-five, does that mean you live longer?”

“Longer than a human? Yes.”

Cole nodded. “Since we’re having this awkward conversation now⁠—”

“I didn’t want an awkward conversation, now. I wanted to fuck you.” The muscles at the base of his cock were pulling it back inside as his arousal decreased, not that it would take much to get it back. Perhaps he could get Cole to get out of the water.

“I don’t have condoms, and I don’t know anything about monster sex or⁠—”

“Most of it seems to be the same as human sex; the end result is definitely the same.” Pleasure was the point of sex, that and connection, even if it was only fleeting.

Cole sighed. “I don’t know your sexual history, or if monsters have sexually transmitted infections, and I don’t normally bareback without that kind of information.”

Akai flicked some imaginary dirt off the rock. “I don’t know what a condom is, or bareback.”

“That tells me monsters don’t practice safe sex.”

Akai considered what the human was saying. “I haven’t gotten anyone pregnant.”

Cole groaned and seemed to melt into water until it was lapping at his throat. The same way he’d done after the hike. His sweat was delicious he was looking forward to licking him when they returned to the cabin. “So you’ve had multiple partners, male and female and other…and you never worried about catching anything?”

“No. Did you have something contagious?” He’d already swallowed several loads of cum without considering the possibility because it had never been a possibility.

“No…but I get tested because there are some things that can be passed between partners.”

“So if you don’t have anything and monsters don’t have anything…then condoms and bareback don’t matter?” Or did Cole not want to be fucked?

Cole had commented that his cock was odd last night, but had seemed to enjoy it this morning, even figuring out that Akai liked some pressure on the cartilage band.

“Condoms are a sheath that you can put over your dick that catches the cum, and they can stop infections and pregnancy. Bareback is not using one.”

This whole conversation suddenly made a whole lot more sense. It was one thing to observe humans and feel as though he understood their behavior, but it was another to grasp the finer points of human culture.

“But you have not used condoms before?”

“Correct.”

“Do you not like it?”

Cole’s cheeks turned pink. “I do. But you may not.”

“I enjoyed coming down your throat.”

Cole disappeared under the water. He resurfaced on the same side as Akai, his cheeks suddenly pink. He rested his forearms on Akai’s rock. “Think about where you’re planning on fucking me for half a fucking second.”