Chapter 13

Oh, this was so dangerous.

I really wasn’t smart.

How had I ended up in this situation?

Frowning down at the limits list he’d just handed back, I knew mine didn’t have enough red on it in the right places. Sure, we both liked the idea of mild to medium impact play and he thought I was going to love lightning, but it was the control list where everything had gone all pear-shaped.

I knew I shouldn’t get us started down that path.

I knew it.

But I liked it when he held me and the carrying me around while he was making dinner thing had been amazing. It’d been a great scene all around and I hadn’t ever felt so relaxed after work. He’d even made good decisions about stuff like showers and bedtime in general, so I couldn’t say he was doing a bad job at taking control.

“Your mind is too focused on our present activity, my Theo. You are ignoring bodily signals.” He sighed and reached over to pick me up off the couch before I could really figure out what he’d meant.

I had to pee.

He was damned near psychic about that.

I barely managed to set the papers down before he had us up and heading to the bathroom. “How did you know that?”

I knew for a fact I hadn’t been doing any kind of potty dance.

“There are several physical indicators I do not have the human vocabulary to explain.” Jerker shrugged as he rotated me around and stood me in front of the toilet, freeing my dick. “However, the caretaking of human elimination was thoroughly reviewed. Many human submissives need to be tended in a variety of ways, not just the variation called littles.”

Well, at least he knew that bathroom stuff and littles weren’t always connected.

“Many human submissives find this level of control…this type of control…yes. Many humans find this type of control pleasing. It can be related to emotional submissive humiliation, or to erotic submissive humiliation, or caretaking aspects without humiliation.” His tone as he helped me take care of my slightly pressing need said he’d studied up on the topic.

Thoroughly.

“I do not completely understand the concept of humiliation. However, I can recognize the signs and handle them appropriately.”

He didn’t get it, but don’t worry, that didn’t matter.

Master always knew what to do because he liked learning.

He also liked taking care of me because I got a nuzzling kiss on my head as he tucked my dick back into the sweatpants he put on me earlier when he worried I was getting cold. “I find that I am happy with intimate caretaking tasks.”

“I like it when you figure out stuff that makes you happy.” I had to laugh when he just stretched two of his tentacles out to wash his hands instead of moving us closer to the sink.

“You also indicate by nonverbal cues that you either enjoy or find arousing intimate caretaking activities.” A free tentacle rubbed my head as he dried his hands. “You have given both types of signals. It seems to be based on the situation. Situational? Yes. However, your verbal capacity does not seem to be adequate to discuss it.”

Ugh.

“That’s right. I…I just haven’t had any practice discussing stuff like this.” Stuff like being carried around and being helped in the bathroom. He’d been the first Dom to suggest anything like that even though I knew it wasn’t just a species-specific thing.

He nodded as he picked me back up. “I understand.”

That wasn’t going to stop him, though.

“You are giving me tasks you have given no other.” Based on the hug I got, he liked that part. “Adjustments will take time.”

He wasn’t wrong.

“We will follow the human saying of one step at a time.” Setting me on his lap as we got back to the couch, he snuggled me close against his torso as his limbs wrapped around me. “We will move steadily into submission and you will remember that it makes me happy.”

I was starting to think he’d learned how to use that phrase to his advantage.

Masters were just as sneaky as Nicholas said they were.

“And we’ll remember that limits are important in human domination-based relationships.” I wasn’t sure if I was reminding him or me, but we both probably needed to hear it. But since limits didn’t make my Master happy, I kissed his cheek and tried to aim nice emotions in his direction.

Yep, more snuggles came my way and it felt like he was more relaxed even though the only change I could pinpoint was the way his caresses were shifting from cuddly to pulsing and sexy. He hadn’t even touched my dick and I was already thinking about what he’d do to me.

“Good boy, my Theo.” His throbbing limbs slowly started tightening around me. “Your emotional comfort is very important to me, so you will continue to provide your limits and we will communicate about them.”

Nodding, because I could still move my head, I tucked my face against his body. “Yes, Master. I know I’m important to you.”

There was no doubt about that.

“You are.” One slender tentacle slipped down the front of my pants and started gently caressing my cock like it was a fidget toy. “Your emotional and physical needs are significant to me.”

Warmth flooded through me, but it was making my dick slightly confused because he couldn’t figure out our current goals when Master was being so sweet.

“I will keep you safe and secure in a variety of ways. However, your verbal communication is very important as well.” There was something in his tone that said I needed to be careful, but I couldn’t figure out why.

I should’ve thought faster.

Fuck.

As one thinned-out nub eased into my slit, gently fucking my cock from the inside out, he made a soft, thinking sound and nuzzled against me as I whined. “Submit, my Theo. Submit and explain why you were not aroused at this bathroom visit.”

Damn it.

I needed to learn to think faster so I could distract him better.

“I…” Closing my eyes, I tried to ignore how trapped I was and how incredible he was making me feel. “I…”

What had he been asking me?

I knew I was supposed to be worried or embarrassed or something, but his nub sank deeper and the fucked from the inside out feeling just kept getting better and better.

“Elimination, my Theo.” His slender torture device wiggled, sending confusing sparks through me and I gasped as I shivered. “Interesting. But we will not deviate from our discussion, my mate.”

My head was just clear enough that I knew I should be frustrated about that.

“You were not aroused.” Master decided to make sure that didn’t happen again by continuing to fuck my dick. “Please explain so that I may organize the information.”

Had to understand his human.

Ugh.

Had to.

It wasn’t just something he was passingly curious about because it was kinky…and since confusing him was not my goal, that made it impossible to ignore it.

Damn it.

“I…I guess this time I was focused on our talk and…and how sweet it was that you were taking care of me.” What else had I been feeling? Lots, but what could I explain? “Um, I…I was kind of embarrassed but I wasn’t thinking about the sexy part.”

Did that make any sense?

It must not have been too confusing because Master kept gently fucking me, but I could feel him thinking, so I knew he wasn’t rushing figuring it out. “Your reactions are situationally dependent.”

I wasn’t sure he was expecting a response, so I just let the pleasure fill me up instead of pushing it away. That was all it took to have submission mixing with the desire rushing through me. All it took was thinking about belonging to him to have that heavy blanket feeling wrap around me.

“Good boy, my Theo.” He nuzzled against my head and kept up the wonderfully long and gentle thrusts. “So, by shifting my tending from what you see as tender caretaking to erotic caretaking, that would have made you aroused?”

Had he been talking to me?

Maybe.

Nodding, I tried to take a deep breath and give him more words but that wasn’t happening. His tentacle seemed to slip deeper inside me and another started teasing my nipples. “I…”

Fuck.

Well, I could moan.

“Your communication is very clear, my Theo. I am proud of you.” Half his tentacles gave me an innocent hug which just confused the parts of me he was still playing erotic games with. “I will use this new knowledge to decide if tending for your needs should be erotic or caretaking-based.”

There didn’t seem to be anything I needed to do about that, so I just moaned again as his nubs pinched my nipples.

They were amazing little toys.

“When you respond honestly with either arousal or emotional warmth, you will be rewarded, my Theo.” His current reward was to start fucking me faster and completely scrambling my brains. “Nonverbal communication is just as important as your words.”

He liked nonverbal communication…like touching and teasing and feeling how much I felt for him.

“I will guard your submission carefully and tend you well, my Theo.” Master nuzzled against me as limbs started easing my pants down my legs. “I will give you what you require and provide for your submission.”

Getting naked was what he seemed to think I needed and he was right.

But instead of spreading my legs to tease my hole, as my pants came off, he rolled me over in his limbs.

He was so flexible.

Oh, I needed a spanking.

“Currently your submission requires reinforcement. Humans find sharing to be difficult. Making sure you understand that I support your needs and will continue to caretake for you is important.” A tentacle stroked over my ass as he got me in position, rubbing my cheeks and holding me so I was pressed tight against his torso.

The nub in my cock eased back so it was just barely inside me, and I wanted to rock my hips and thrust it deeper again, but I was wonderfully stuck. “Master…”

Begging was top on my to-do list once I found where my brains had wandered off to, but that plan quickly changed when his tentacle came down with a thuddy spank that sent waves of hot pleasure going through me.

As the warmth that almost felt like it’d come from a deep tissue massage rolled through me, I moaned and my whole body moved with the pleasure. Just as I realized I wasn’t trapped anymore, I understood why he’d relaxed his grip.

I could fuck myself on his tentacle.

Oh wow.

Mind. Blown.

Every spank had my body writhing and my dick pushed forward just far enough to push the nub back into my slit.

He was letting me fuck myself on him.

“Yes, that’s right, my Theo. Take your reward for being my good boy.” Master’s soft, cheerful tone had me realizing this was another conditioning-his-sub moment, but I liked rewards.

And I liked putting that smile in his voice.

And I liked fucking my dick with his tentacle.

And I liked how hot he was making my ass with the heavy feel of the spanks as his body came down on mine.

“You were a good submissive and communicated.” Another spank had my body fighting to choose between subspace and exploding pleasure. “You explained your needs and thoughts. You even submitted to my caretaking and did not tell an untruth.”

He was so…

He was just…

It was…

Oh wow.

Just as I wondered if he could touch my prostate from the inside, he spanked me one last time and quickly whipped his long nub out of my cock. White hot pleasure fired through me as he pulled my orgasm out of me. I heard myself cry out as his spanks and teasing limbs kept my orgasm going and going. It was so incredible it was almost like an out-of-body experience.

When I was finally back in one piece, my submissive soul tucked into the rest of me again, I was boneless and could only moan softly as he ran his tentacles over me. “I am proud of you, my Theo. Submission is difficult and you work hard to give it to me. You exhaust your body just to give yourself to me.”

I loved how he saw things.

Managing to make my head move, I rubbed it against one limb and told myself I’d give him a hug once I could move. He’d like a hug. He liked hugs and happy thoughts and domination and taking care of me…and…and there was something…something…