masanari | [Futurelandia] An Eventful Valentines and beyond (happy new year)

[It's cute of him to think that love is such an easy thing, as if it's strength wasn't defined by how much pressure and suffering you put it through. Or maybe that's just years of being with the wrong man talking, Charlotte can't say one way or another. She's known Nariko for a very long time and seen parts of her Yamato can only keep hoping he never has to face. If she were to be a good friend she'd stop all this for her sake. But, really, when the guilt slams into her and she slips out of the hazy, glowing comfort of sex the source of the guilt comes from her mate. From the intense sense of betrayal that is threatening to make her cry.]

It's nothing.

[It's actually a lot of things but somehow she still doesn't tell Yamato to stop. If she wanted to she would, if she did then he would goddamn well stop touching her. She hasn't forgotten that she's old enough to be his mother, after all.

... People have to live with their decisions, right? She'll talk to Fred later - she'll make it up to him later.]

[ Yamato had said he wasn't sure what love was on that fateful say with Nariko, and that he was pretty sure that Nariko was his first love, and that he wanted to explore that again. Dozens of little date things, a little more than a month, and hundreds of kisses later, Yamato was now certain that it was love.

But his ideas were still ignorant, and in some ways he was still to childish to see that.

Or maybe he was too arrogant, to high on his own needs to see whatever complications this choice has created. And the fact Charlotte has agreed to it just makes something deep inside him feel strong, feel right. And when they get outside on the porch, he closes the door behind them and gently sits her down. ]

Charlotte... I -- I don't think going into the woods itself would suit you, but would you want to go past here?

As long as we're not surrounded by nothing but trees.

[She ... Can't help laughing a bit, it's just a soft giggle. He brought her all the way out here to set her down again! Bless the poor planning of the young, and lucky for them that it could be as endearing and distracting as it was utterly ridiculous.]

I'm actually quite allergic to bees and such, so it's really more for safety reasons.

[There's an Epi-Pen in her car, though! So it should be alright either way. And ... Maybe she shouldn't be blithely pointing this out to him but it would just be irresponsible to not mention it when Fred wasn't around. She'd never had a reaction around her son but she'd warned and reminded him for years. If something went wrong he would be less likely to panic, more likely to react.]

[ Oh- he didn't know that. He looks her over again, taking in her naked form, and smiling a little bit more at that change in her demeanor, how she had seemed serious in that moment before but now she was giggling and saying something so serious as that. It makes him laugh a little himself, but he's not even sure if that's something he's forcing or just... well, just natural.

He reaches out to take her hand in his. ]

A naked walk around the cabin, then. That sounds nice.

[Most people don't. It's a little embarrassing to tell people you could drop dead within ten minutes because of a silly insect! But it does at least somewhat explain why she isn't really the outdoors type. It's a little too trying for her in the end. But for all intents and purposes the atmosphere seems perfectly natural, but the only thing that strikes her about it is that she's unnaturally comfortable with someone so young. It's those little signs that really count in the end.]

It does.

[So she takes his hand firmly, almost a bit primly, too, and grins.]

[ Being as how the cabin is a small one room cabin at the end of a dirt road on the edge of a larger wood, it's not like there's a lot to walk around if you just strictly went the length of it. Instead, he means to make a wider loop around the whole thing, to look over the property as a whole. And so, looking at both her smile and her tits (he was already a little hard) he squeezes her hand and sets them off on the walk ]

Then let's go, Charlotte.

[ there's a certain magic in saying her name like this ]

[Oh, it just takes a look, then? Young men are impressive in that way. She squeezes his hand, and pushes out the vague sensation that this is a little too much with someone that isn't her mate. Walking around (naked) in a vaguely romantic set up in the middle of the woods, isolated.

Actually, part of that sounds like a horror movie but: details.]

How did you end up with this place again?

[ The fact that she is doing it just makes him feel that much more capable and powerful, and it allows him to push aside the sense of shame that he feels that the erection he has now is actually borne out of smelling Nariko's scene as they exited the building. Yamato though, simply walks with her smiling a little sheepishly as he does...

But also experimenting with trying to concentrate the output of his scent so as to pull her in ]

Dad gave it to me as a Christmas gift. It's -- a bit much, huh?

[If he's taking some form of power from the simple fact that Charlotte made an informed decision on her own then Yamato's life might become terribly complicated. Granted, she's also underplaying the effect his influence had on her inside of the place. At that moment she really did only agree because Yamato's scent influenced her. But outside, she's a little freer, though incredibly aware of it all the same.]

I suppose. I think it's more surprising, considering that Masaomi is the frugal one of the two.

[She shifts from simply holding his hand to winding her arm with his.]

It's nice, though. Peaceful. I can't imagine that you're the type for isolation, though.

I'm really not. [ Or at least, h's discovering that he's not. He's never been popular to begin with, so isolation seemed like it was a key part of him before now, but he realizes in retrospect that just translated into either moping or being a part of his father's pack.

That pack he was now trying to make another one from within...

Not maliciously, of course, but definitely with purpose. He exhales, and closes his eyes for a moment, shaking his head with a lack even as he tries to push out more of his scent, trying to channel that primal note with makes Nariko melt and see if he can't produce a strong effect on Charlotte even in the midst of a more casual, romantic walk.

He's experimenting. he doesn't know what he's getting into, but he is ]

I was surprised too though, I half wonder if Nariko talked him into it, but she seemed surprised as well.

[He's set himself up for a difficult fight though, right? They're out in the open, he doesn't have the benefit of Fred nor Nariko's presence. Charlotte's older, far more experienced, and she's known multiple Alpha's who have tried to exert their influence in one form or another. Which is to say she can feel him attempting it and there is a part of her that's driven to answer ... But it's not quite enough.

It does make her somewhat decent for experimenting, at least?]

She didn't. [Charlotte knows it for a fact.] I wonder if I do well enough if I could get a house, too.

[Of course, the downside of Charlotte's awareness is that she might try to mess with him too, just to see how he might react.]

What, from him?

[ No, that was a misstep. No, don't let your pace get thrown off, he was meant to - born to - lead. He corrects himself just as quick, his cheeks coloring as he does, but also squeezing her hand.

This is a high first (well, second or third really, but still) hurtle. ]

Or did you mean from me?

Hmmm.

[She makes a little bit of a show, to seem as if she really does need to think about it.]

Whoever can give it, I suppose.

[It is, but you learn how to jump farther and higher because you've found something to truly overcome!]

[ That's...

His scent falters mostly because she was so surprised, but he collects it just as fast and tries hard not to slow or pick up his stride, as if he were okay with this in the moment. Who knew that charlotte could be like this...?

But if he wanted her to call her master, he needed to know these things. ]

That's-- sort of gold digger sounding, you know.

[ That said, he can shoot back a lame attempt at teasing her back for teasing him. That sure sounded his actual age. ]

[You know, that actually hurts her feelings a bit. Charlotte had spent a lot of time feeling guilty about raising Fred a certain way, but she won't feel bad for teaching him that there are just certain things you don't say to a woman. It'll probably save his ass quite a bit in the future.]

If you believe everything that's said immediately to you, won't you end up blind?

[Maybe she's being a bit too harsh, but at the same time she can't exactly follow someone based on instincts. Instincts are easy. The things that count are horribly complicated.]

Did you really bring me out here to talk, though?

[She'll be nice and put it back into his court a little. He's better at dealing with physicality, which is hardly surprising.]

[ Blind... ]

More stupid than blind, I think. [ And once more, realizing that he did offend her, or at least he's pretty sure he just proved that she's not one to be teased back (or at least no in the way that he would imagine Koji would tease someone) he half-bows for her and says, ] and that was a dumb response, I'm -- uh, I'm sorry.

[ Man that could have sounded more confident in his head.

Ooh well, at least he can move past it. ]

But- uh, yes- among other things.

[There's something to be said for a genuine apology so while she did lash out, she appreciates the lengths he goes to make it right. That's a good sign.]

Yamato, you know you're at your best when you aren't trying to emulate anyone else, right?

[When he's upright she leans over to kiss his cheek.]

I'm sorry too, so everything is fine now. [And then she pecks him on the lips even when she wants a full, real kiss. He should at least initiate that much.] I wouldn't have come out here if I didn't like you at least a little bit.

[And there was another important ethical question that one had to ponder over: Was an Alpha bending the will of those around them or only constantly seeking out the types of people that were most compatible to their personalities and styles of leadership? And if it was the latter, then was it that Yamato could ever hope to control anyone, or that it was more his personality than his genetic benefit that did any good?]

[ For his somewhat faltering grades in the moment, Yamato wasn't particularly stupid. Of his three siblings, he was probably the least gifted academically though. Junko was a genius by habit, working hard in order to achieve her goals and her dream. Koji was a savant by birth, often achieving results on part with or better than Yamato did at his age with less than half the effort. In that respect, it might be argued that the somewhat bumbling, shy, and empathetic Yamato was a bit more average.

And so he didn't quite process everything that was in play here, but he did know that he was being comforted by her, and he ... liked it. He liked it, but he was also a little bit ashamed in a way he couldn't help. And do he inhales, he pulses hi scent once more to steady himself, and he stops their walk to wrap both his hands around her, causing them to meet at the hip when he pulls her close, his cock now wedged between her legs and his eyes locked on him ]

I... thought I made an impression, if you came outside and are going to call me Master.

[Therein lies the conundrum because then, in that second, she reacts quite a bit more. It's a quick dilation of her eyes, a little inhale, and then she's in his arms and its easy to fall back into. Of course there's a part of her that's entirely cognizant but the other half is what Yamato is aiming for - subservient, willing, excited.]

You did.

[His assessment isn't wrong! The heavy drip of her scent says as much.] It's not as if I'd have ever given anyone else the opportunity.

[And this is also true - he should have a little more confidence in the fact that he got her to come this far at all.]

[ Was this too, a play, or was it genuine? He's overthinking it again and he knows it, but he can feel she's caught in it. Experimenting, he tries to concentrate his scent again, and he leans in to kiss her, lingering for a long moment on her lips. And when he pulls back, he remains close to her, breathy, and while it's not necessarily a part of his plan, his cock is throbbing ]

If I'm going to be your Master though, Charlotte... That's more than just right now, so part of why I though we should come out is so we could talk about - about what you ought to do more day to day.

[ Again, ahead of himself, but he's at least hopeful now it's not invalid ]

[It's perfectly genuine, though he might have valid trust issues by now, versus simply over thinking it. But if nothing else the way she responds to that kiss should tell him what he really needed to know. The steadier increase is almost a slow acting venom unto itself, she relaxes all over, and leans in so much that when he pulls away she almost stumbles a little.

An important possibility: Maybe different personalities needed different uses of his Alpha scent! Because this approach was doing a far better, almost sneakier job now that he couldn't exactly rely on sexuality.]

Mm. It sounds like you would be doing a lot of the decision making with that.

[The words themselves might be a little on the smart ass side but she almost sounds a little high which ... Well, she sort of is, her scent is easing out in uncontrolled doses, small for the moment.]

[ Trust issues were easy to come by, sadly, in a young man whose self confidence had been shot to pieces by repeated rejections and who, he realized now, had lived in denial about the identity of his mate for years. Th end result was someone who didn't want to accept his own abilities and power, even as he now was at the cusp of developing them - he almost expected to fail were it not for those women who inflated his ego.

But right now, the look in her eyes and the sound of her voice, that little stumble that he catches her for. This was different. Perhaps, Charlotte couldn't be overwhelmed at once the way Junko and Nariko could. This was a somewhat different approach. He kept trying to consolidate it, using instincts and organs he barely understood in a more steady way, stroking her cheek gently as he does ]

I would. But I want to believe that you would be willing to accept it, Charlotte.

That's something you have to understand, though. [... She really just wants to kiss him again, but this is an important facet of the dynamic and it needs pointing out.] If it's something genuine then I can't not accept it. I think that's what loving someone is.

[And as far as Charlotte was concerned the relationship between an Alpha and any other pack mate was a form of love. Maybe no romantic, maybe not even sexual, but it was love. So if Yamato wanted her to be his manager, or to begin encouraging him in tennis even now? Then he just had to honestly want that. If he made it all about testing himself or about proving something or posturing (though that could be handled later on) then it would set her instincts off and she would go back to giving him shit, and become uncharacteristically difficult.

In the end, she's really just a sap.]

[ What loving someone is... That's... ]

Something genuine...

[ He inhales and he closes his eyes. Testing himself, pushing himself to the limit and seeing what he could have people do? It's something he wants - needs to do. But right there, sh's making him feel bad for wanting that, like he ought to be more careful, like he ought to make sure it was purely things she wanted... no, things he wanted ]

We're only in a courtship right now, Charlotte. I don't think you're completely mine yet. So... I'll only ask of you what I really want.

Then I'll obey.

[Ninety-eight percent of the time, at least. He's right that it's mostly a courtship, but that doesn't mean she'll be difficult all the time. It's really just that the idea of testing power for powers sake is a worrying trait, it's something that could easily turn a young man into an awful excuse of a being.]

I really do think you're capable of great things, Yamato.

[And he did deserve to know that.] Ah, I already messed up.

[It should have been:] I really do think you're capable of great things, Master.

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