Chapter Eighty-Nine: Checkmate, Bitch

Chapter 89

Checkmate, Bitch

Celeste and Jaxon lay in bed, snuggling.

Celeste: “Hey, Jax?”

She looked up at him, stroking his chest, tracing her nails over his tattoo. Jaxon shivered at her touch.

Jaxon: “Yes, Cel?”

He grinned at her.

Celeste: “Tristan and I saw your father with Vanessa at the love hotel, Peach Rain. He ran away. Like your brother did at the acceptance speech. We got the confession. I saw red when I saw her, but Tristan said to hold back. I tried.”

She said as she ran her finger over his nipple. Jaxon shivered at her touch and his breathing hitched.

Jaxon: “HA. Hahaha. He ran away? Of course, he did.”

He scoffed.

Celeste traced her nails over his abs.

Celeste: “All I did was kick down the wall and hold up a dead rat. I rubbed it on Vanessa. I wanted to beat her up so badly.”

She confessed. Jaxon burst out laughing.

Jaxon: “YOU RUBBED A DEAD RAT ON HER? NICE!”

He cackled. Celeste’s smile spread to show her razor-sharp teeth.

Celeste: “Fuck yeah! Tristan said not to beat her to death, so I did the next best thing!”

She laughed and shrugged.

Jaxon: “That’s even better!”

He laughed. Celeste grinned at him.

Celeste: “I just realized what initially drew me to you… You stayed by my side on our first date when Dougal and Darashinai attacked. You didn’t run like your brother and father did.”

She said softly and bit her bottom lip. Jaxon grinned at her.

Jaxon: “Run? The fuck would I do that? I got front row seats to see a hot warrior babe in action!”

Celeste bit her bottom lip and looked up at him.

Celeste: ‘You stayed by my side and worse people went up against you than… whatever showed on that screen or me holding a dead rat.”

She trailed her nails on his neck.

Jaxon: “You stayed by my side, babe. Of course, I’m gonna stick by you, too!”

He grinned at her. Celeste grinned and kissed him.

Celeste: “I always was attracted to you and couldn’t stay away.”

She admitted.

Jaxon: “I know!”

He grinned.

Jaxon: “Me too!”

He added, pulling her into a kiss. She returned the kiss and ran her fingers through his hair.

Celeste: “Hey, Jax, can I ask you something?”

She rested her hands on the wall of his chest.

Jaxon: “Fire away, baby!”

He stroked her head. She giggled.

Celeste: “Do you remember before we dated and you had the condo? And you ripped my kitty robe off? I’m not angry about it or anything, but why did you do it?”

She asked him. Jaxon froze.

Jaxon: “Oh fuck, sorry I was such a dick.”

He said earnestly.

Jaxon: “You’re not mad?!”

He gaped. She shook her head.

Celeste: “I was mad when it happened, but the next day, I wasn’t anymore.”

Jaxon: “I dunno, I just thought you could do better than that guy and it pissed me off.”

He shrugged. She leaned on him.

Celeste: “Yeah? Why is that now?”

She smirked and trailed her nails on his chest. Jaxon shivered at her touch.

Celeste: “Were you jealous?”

Jaxon: “Jealous of THAT guy?! He’s a weak cry baby pussy! And you’re not like Vanessa, pining for old guys! You’re better than that!”

He pouted. She smirked.

Celeste: “Okay, so it was what Tristan called ‘bonding over trauma’, but I think what you did is deeper than that.”

She said softly.

Jaxon: “What do you mean?”

He laughed.

Celeste: “You didn’t want to see me with anyone other than you.”

She admitted.

Celeste: “You always had feelings for me.”

Jaxon: “Well, that’s pretty damn obvious.”

He grinned at her.

Celeste: “I like you saying it aloud. That’s all.”

She teased.

Jaxon: “Why?!”

He poked her nose. She blew him a playful raspberry.

Celeste: “ ‘cause you struggle with discussing your feelings and it makes you blush.”

She grinned.

Jaxon: “No, I don't!”

He blushed and laughed.

Celeste: “You’re blushing.”

Her breathing hitched. Seeing him blush sent butterflies in the most feminine part of her.

Jaxon: “NO, I'm not!”

He tickled her sides. She burst out laughing.

Celeste: “WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!”

She laughed and squirmed in his embrace.

Jaxon: “I'm not!”

He declared. She laughed and reached down to tickle his member.

Celeste: “Are to!”

She blew him a raspberry.

Jaxon: “HahahahaHAAHAHAHA!”

He laughed and thrust his hips as she tickled his member.

Celeste had a brazen smirk on her lips. She grabbed one of his wrists and used the silk robe to tie it to the bedpost, and then grabbed his other wrist, tying it to the bedpost. She went to the box and held up a blindfold, wrapped it around his eyes, and tied it behind his head. She smirked and tied his ankles together.

Celeste: “How do you feel?”

She purred.

Jaxon: “I feel sexy!”

He purred at her.

Celeste: “ ‘cause you are…”

She said slowly and scribbled her nails all over his soles.

Jaxon: “HAHAHAHOHOHO! SOHOHOHO ARE YOHOHOU!”

He exclaimed between laughter. She smirked and stroked her silky verdant tresses on his feet.

Jaxon: “HahahHAHAAHAHAH HEHEAH HAHA HAHAHAH AHHOHO!”

He laughed and squirmed.

Celeste: “Like that?”

She trailed her hair up his legs and swished around his cock.

Jaxon: “HAHAH YEEHEHEHEHESSS! HAHOHOHO HOHOHOHOH!”

He moaned between short breaths of laughter. She flicked her locks of hair over his cock while kissing his neck and tickling his toned tummy with her nails.

Jaxon: “HAHHAHAHAH HAGHOHOHHOHOH OHOHOHOH O GOD OHOHOHOH!”

He moaned and felt his cock getting harder. His balls twitched with each stroke of her hair.

She smirked and brushed her hair over his balls and cock, and tickling his inner thigh and then behind his knee with her other hand.

Jaxon: “HAHAHAHAHAHAH HOHOHOHO HOHHOHOHOHO HAHAAHEEHEEAHA AHAHAH AH!”

He moaned through laughter as his thigh twitched, and he bucked his hips, feeling himself close to the edge. Celeste laid back and used her toes to tickle his cock while tickling his feet with her hair. She grinned and licked his foot.

Jaxon: “HAHAAHAHAHAHAH EHEHEHEHEH HOHHOHOHOH HOHOHO HOHOHO GOD! CELEHEHEHESTE!”

Jaxon laughed hard and rolled his head back, quivering all over as he felt his body soar higher and higher until he reached climax, cumming all over her feet. Celeste’s violet eyes sparkled with delight at the sight before her. Jaxon lay back panting as his manhood went limp.

Celeste: “Oh my, should I lick my feet with your blindfold off or on?”

She teased as she looked at the cum on her feet.

Jaxon: “Off! I want to see!”

He panted and commanded between short breaths. She slid her ass forward, leaning over and removing his blindfold. She smiled at him and held her foot up, licking his cum off her foot, gazing at him. She moaned as she lapped it up, savoring his taste. She took her other foot and licked it seductively, cleaning herself. Jaxon watched her, biting his lip as she swallowed him up.

Jaxon: “...Mmm, so sexy!”

He purred.

She untied his ropes, tossed the rope aside, and hovered over him, gazing down at him. Jaxon gazed up at her, cupping her breasts and squeezing them with a grin, as if he were holding the world in his hands. She leaned over, and the two kissed.

~

Ivy was in her and Blair’s bedroom. Blair was out with Yoshi watching a fantasy movie at Rose Quartz Theaters. She thought about what Tristan did at Peach Rain. He had to bring Celeste to intimidate Vanessa. He’s too much of a gentleman to do any brute work, she thought.

Could Tristan know how much I want Vanessa out, and he’s helping me? She wondered. She gazed at her engagement ring. She thought of how Blair did it in front of his family. It wasn’t like it was done in her favorite Hallmark movie, Take Me to the Meadow, where Maxfield Stanton proposed to Poppy Fields in the park at night with fireflies and swans in the lake, she thought bitterly. Tristan would have done that, she thought.

She thought of a black and white setting of her walking into Tristan’s office.

She wore a black strapless dress, opera gloves, strappy sandals, and a black wide-brimmed hat. She saw Tristan at his desk. He looked so dashing in his three-piece suit.

Ivy: “Tristan, I require help.”

Tristan raised his head and smiled at her.

Tristan: “What do you need from me, ma chérie?”

Ivy clasped her hand over her chest.

Ivy: “I need Vanessa out of the house now! He’s disrupting the peace with her foolish affair with Jiro’s father!”

She sauntered to him and got on his desk, stroking his tie.

Tristan: “You want me to expose her to his wife, Mayumi?”

He asked in a whisper.

Ivy: “Yes, but I want her out of the Donati house…”

She whispered and drew closer to his face.

She started kissing Tristan deeply.

Ivy had her hand down her panties, pleasuring herself. She cupped one of her breasts.

Ivy: “Oh, Tristan!”

She moaned.

She heard someone coming and pulled out immediately. She dashed to the bathroom and stood there waiting. She focused on reading thoughts. I thought Blair wasn’t due for another hour, she thought. She read Vanessa’s thoughts. That was so embarrassing to buy this from the drug store, she thought. I wish I could have asked Ashley, but they’re with that fat fetishist, she thought.

Ivy peered to see Vanessa going to her bedroom and heard her open the bathroom door. Vanessa wore a pink dress with a denim jacket over it and wedge heels. She raised an eyebrow. Ivy patiently waited and read Vanessa’s thoughts, stating she needed to talk to Ashley. Why on Reona would she want to talk to that fat fool? She wondered.

She heard Vanessa abruptly leave. When she knew she was gone, Ivy dashed to her bedroom. Ivy made a face at the mess in her room. Why is this bitch like this?! She wondered.

She went into her bathroom and glared at the mess. Goddamn her, Tristan can’t get her out soon enough, she thought. She grabbed some tissue and went through the trash. She saw it. A home pregnancy test that read “positive.” Ivy smirked. Checkmate, bitch, she thought.

Ivy snapped pictures of it with her Polaroid camera. Everything is coming up Ivy, she thought.

~

Ashley was in the greenhouse, growing herbs and making mystical spirit water. They heard a tap on the door and turned around to see Vanessa in the doorway.

Ashley: “Buongiorno, Vanessa!”

They chirped. She waved at them with her fingers and embraced herself.

Vanessa: “Ash, can we talk? Is there no one else around?”

She said with discomfort in her tone. Ashley put down their water can and turned their focus to her.

Ashley: “Of course! What’s wrong?”

They led her over to the teal paisley sofa in the corner of the greenhouse to talk. She entered and sighed. She sat next to Ashley.

Vanessa: “I… was going to ask you if you would go to the drug store to pick something up for me, but when I saw you earlier, Lazaros was with you and you two were talking to Tristan and Deimos, so I didn’t bother. I… got it myself.”

She gripped her skirt tightly and pursed her lips. Ashley tilted their head.

Ashley: “Oh?! What did you want to get from the drug store?!”

They asked her. Vanessa shifted in her seat uncomfortably.

Vanessa: “A pregnancy test…”

She said with strain. Ashley’s eyes widened.

Ashley: “Oh my stars! You’re going to be a mother? Congrats!”

They gasped, hugging her. She smiled and hugged them back.

Ashley: “Who’s the father?”

Vanessa: “Hiroto Tachibana!”

She chirped. Ashley tilted their head.

Ashley: “...Isn’t that Jaxon’s father?!”

They cupped their mouth. Vanessa nodded and brushed her hair behind her ear. Tristan was crouched down in the bushes listening.

She showed them the ring he gave her.

Vanessa: “He gave me this.”

Ashley’s eyes widened.

Ashley: “Wow! Wait, isn’t he married to the dress shop lady?”

They asked. Vanessa nodded.

Vanessa: “Yeah… Did you see what happened at the speech his son, Ichiro, gave in the park?”

She said as her bottom lip trembled.

Ashley: “...No? I was having a nice picnic with Lazzy! He made me delicious roast chicken and Alfredo! What happened?”

They sighed, thinking of him and his delicious food. Vanessa bowed her head.

Vanessa: “I went to see Ichiro’s speech for getting the award. I was with Blair, Sylvia, Demetio, and… Ivy wanted to come.”

She said Ivy’s name with disgust. Ashley twisted their mouth and pouted at the mention of Ivy. She then burst into tears.

Vanessa: “The video of Hiroto and me making love plays! His wife slaps me, and Ivy and Jaclyn fight! Ivy made that video play, Ash! She took OUR special moment of making love for ALL to see so Demetrio and Blair would kick me out!”

She bawled on Ashley’s arm. Ashley gasped and cupped their mouth.

Ashley: “Oh my stars… I’m so sorry! That’s so evil!”

They hugged her.

Ashley: “What did Blair do?”

They asked. He wouldn’t side with Ivy and kick out his own family… would he? Would he? They thought.

Vanessa: “He did nothing… He never does anything or says anything to her.”

She sobbed on Ashley. Ashley frowned and shook their head.

Ashley: “It’s like she has a magical spell on him or something… I’m sorry he did that to you.”

They sighed and hugged her.

Vanessa: “Sylvia and Demetrio said they would help me.”

She sniffled.

Ashley: “That’s good! I’m glad!”

They smiled a bit.

Vanessa: “You’re a great friend, Ashley. I’m sorry I was mean to you when we first met.”

She said earnestly.

Ashley: “Aww, thanks! You too! Thanks for having my back with that evil cake hater! That was then, this is now!”

They smiled at her.

Vanessa: “Demetrio and Sylvia really miss having you around… and I do, too. I get why you left, and Ivy wanted you out anyway.”

She bowed her head and sighed.

Ashley: “Aww, I miss them, too! But… I needed to move on…”

They sighed, happily, looking up at their home with Lazaros.

Ashley: “And… I didn’t want any more problems… I have enough of those.”

They frowned, thinking of Maxx and Makayla.

Tristan rose and walked to Jaxon and Celeste’s house.

~

Celeste and Jaxon were watching TV in bed that night. Someone knocked on their bedroom door.

Celeste: “What’s up, Noah?”

She asked.

Tristan: “It’s Tristan. Noah let me in. I need to speak to Jaxon.”

Celeste raised her eyebrows. What is Tristan doing here? She wondered. He rose from bed, putting on his silk dragon robe, and opened the door.

Jaxon: “What’s up, Tristan?”

He greeted him with a grin. Tristan nodded.

Tristan: “Hey, I overheard Vanessa speaking with Ashley in the greenhouse.”

He began.

Tristan: “It’s about your father.”

He added. Jaxon groaned.

Jaxon: “He’s NOT going to marry her!”

He laughed and rolled his eyes at her foolishness and his dad doing the same song and dance again.

Tristan: “She’s pregnant, Jaxon.”

He said soberly. Jaxon’s jaw dropped.

Jaxon: “Oh, great! He’ll cover the costs of the abortion, and this will be like it never happened! He’ll get away with his shady shit again!”

He groaned.

Tristan: “She’s not getting an abortion.”

He said tersely. Jaxons’ eyebrows rose.

Tristan: “The Donatis are very conventional and pro-life. She never told Ashley she was going to abort.”

He added.

Jaxon: “WHAT?! She’s keeping it?!”

He gasped. Tristan nodded soberly.

Tristan: “And her speech indicates she loves your father very much. She referred to them fornicating as ‘making love’.”

He reiterated.

Jaxon: “Stupid girl!”

He huffed.

Jaxon: “Great, another fucking sibling! Just what I need.”

He groaned. Tristan heaved a deep sigh and patted his shoulder.

Tristan: “I’m sorry. I wanted to let you know.”

Jaxon: “Thanks for the intel.”

He sighed.

Tristan: “No problem. Have a good night… or try to.”

He sighed and left their house.

Celeste: “Everything okay, Jax?”

She asked him from her bedroom.

Jaxon: “My father does all this shady shit and keeps getting away with it, yet I’M the disgrace of the family?!”

He laughed bitterly. She took his hands and led him to the bed.

Celeste: “What happened, handsome? Talk to me.”

She said softly, caressing his hair.

Jaxon: “Shady business deals, sugar babies, and all of that, but he always gets away with it, but banished me for not marrying that stupid little weirdo just so he could make more money and get a leg up in politics.”

He groused. She held him close.

Celeste: “And you’re not a disgrace to me or your friends. You’re a better healer than your brother!”

She nodded. Jaxon smiled widely at her.

Jaxon: “Huh… you’re right, I am!”

He grinned widely.

Celeste: “If I went to the hospital, he would patch me up in weeks or months, but yours is instant!”

She reassured him.

Jaxon: “Yes, and it’s sexy!”

He cupped her boobs with his hands.

Celeste giggled and kissed his nose.

Celeste: “So, uh, what happened? What did Tristan tell you?”

She asked as she held his hands, cupping her boobs. Jaxon drew a breath.

Jaxon: “He got that stupid girl pregnant.”

He finally admitted with strain. Celeste nodded.

Celeste: “Ah, uh, well, I know that family and they’re pro-life. So, uh, you’re gonna be a big brother.”

She said awkwardly. Jaxon frowned.

Jaxon: “Fucking great. I’ll probably be overshadowed by his bastard child, too.”

He pouted.

Celeste: “It’s okay, Jax. I know how you feel. I could be a big sister to siblings I will never meet.”

She put her hand on his arm. Jaxon paused to turn to her.

Jaxon: “Really?!”

His eyebrows rose surprisingly.

Jaxon: “What’s the story with your parents anyway?!”

Celeste: “Oh, I never told you about my parents, did I?”

She hugged her legs.

Celeste: “Well, I was sold to a lab when I was a baby, and scientists raised me until a masked man broke me out when I was ten and he trained me to be an assassin.”

She began.

Celeste: “My bitch of a mother is still around. You met my grandpa? My mother is his daughter, María. My father died in a fire after I was sold to a lab.”

She explained.

Celeste: “My mother… is at large. She fucks men with money and they die from iseolite or some other poison. She gets money. Anyway, I hate my mother. I don’t know how to feel about my father. I can’t say something about someone I don’t know. And you met my grandpa.”

She explained.

Celeste: “Yeah, I get having a shitty parent who gets away with bullshit and being sold off to someone, whether it’s a lab or some huge guy with a fuckin’ weirdo daughter.”

She drawled. Jaxon’s eyes widened, stunned beyond disbelief.

Jaxon: “Shit… that is fucking WILD! They sold you off?! What the fuck?!”

He rasped in outrage. Celeste caressed his arm and held him to her boobs.

Celeste: “We have a lot in common.”

She nodded.

Jaxon: “That we do.”

They kissed.

~

The following day, Ivy was in Asagao looking for the dress from her dreams. She had to reenact it to interest Tristan and get Vanessa thrown out. She found the dress and smiled at it. Her size was the first on the rack. This is a sign it was made for me, she thought. Ivy glanced over at Mayumi, who was hanging up the latest gowns of the season. Ivy sauntered over to her.

Ivy: “Good afternoon, Mrs. Tachibana. May we talk in private? I have some harrowing news!”

She smirked at her. Mayumi turned to her.

Mayumi: “Oh dear, did something happen to my Ichiro?!”

She gasped and led her out to the back room of the dress shop to talk privately.

Ivy: “No, he’s fine. It’s… that tramp your husband was with. She lives with my fiancé and me, unfortunately.”

She said with strain. Mayumi blinked.

Ivy: “She’s pregnant… and keeping the baby.”

She said with false sympathy. Her face twisted and contorted into a rage.

Mayumi: “WHAT?!”

She shook with rage.

Ivy: “I just wanted to tell you about this.”

She sighed.

Mayumi: “NO, NO! THIS IS GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING!”

She cried.

Ivy: “Yes, she needs to get out of the picture.”

She shook her head.

Mayumi: “This is going to kill MY SALES!”

She wailed and sobbed. Ivy gaped at her and shifted her eyes. Well, whatever, I want Vanessa out of this, she thought. She comforted Mayumi.

Ivy: “I am sure you can figure something out, but I would be glad to help anyway I can.”

She crooned.

Mayumi: “I will deal with that stupid girl!”

She insisted. Ivy nodded.

Ivy: “If anyone can, it’s you.”

~

Ivy sauntered out of the store, and Jaclyn stood before her.

Jaclyn: “Breaking the bad news to Mayumi? Hoping she will take care of your problem? Is she?”

She smirked. Ivy rolled her eyes.

Ivy: “Go away, Jaclyn! I don’t care about your nonsense!”

She shoved her aside.

Jaclyn: “I see you bought a black dress. Going to attempt to seduce Tristan? Blair will catch on, Ivy. You can’t hide your dirty secret forever!”

She flipped her hair. Ivy rolled her eyes.

Ivy: “Bite me, you stinky-footed bitch!”

She shoved her into a puddle, soaking Jaclyn’s dress in mud. Jaclyn screamed and wailed.

Jaclyn: “IVY, YOU GREEN COW!”

Ivy marched off. Now to deal with the other pain in the ass, she thought.

~

Celeste was outside getting the mail. She noticed a card inside. It had “Jiro and Celeste” written in pink cursive letters with a rabbit drawn on it. It had a cute rabbit sticker on the envelope. Celeste entered the house where Jaxon was playing video games. She handed him the envelope.

Celeste: “We got this.”

Jaxon frowned at it, glaring at his wallet name written in pink cursive.

Jaxon: “The fuck is THAT?!”

He huffed. She opened the envelope and took out the card, which had a baby bunny on it, stating, “You’re invited to a baby shower.” She opened it.

Celeste: “ ‘You are invited to a baby shower to celebrate Vanessa Vitali’s and Hiroto Tachibana’s bundle of joy.’ ”

She read him the invitation and cleared her throat. Jaxon groaned and rolled his eyes.

Celeste: “ ‘I am inviting the big brother of this baby, Jiro Tachibana, and his girlfriend, Celeste.’ ”

She finished reading. Jaxon poked his tongue out and held his thumb down.

Jaxon: “Hard PASS.”

He huffed.

Celeste: “I’m not goin’ either.”

She sat down with Jaxon.

Jaxon: “Oh, why not?!”

He asked sarcastically.

Celeste: “Hate the Donatis, loyalty to you, sounds boring, Blair will be there, Ivy will be there, and I don’t want babies. I don’t get the excitement for them.”

She replied.

Jaxon: “Sounds like a great time.”

He said dryly.

Celeste: “...Do you want to have kids with me?”

She asked him.

Jaxon: “HELL NO!”

He exclaimed, waving his hands. Celeste bobbed her head.

Celeste: “Same. I can’t have kids anyway. I’m only on the pill to regulate my periods. I was a virgin before we… did it.”

She blushed. She strained to say “make love.”

Jaxon: “Oh, good! That’s a relief!”

He sighed with relief.

Jaxon: “I’m glad we’re on the same page!”

He grinned.

Jaxon: “You’re lucky, your virgin experience was better than mine!”

He said smugly, but with a trace of sadness to it. Celeste wrapped her arms around him.

Celeste: “And my friends and I had to save you from it.”

Jaxon smiled at her and nodded, hugging her back.

Someone entered the house. Deimos stood there.

Deimos: “Hello.”

He nodded.

Jaxon: “Oh, my friend, Deimos is here!”

He teased and grinned. Deimos pouted and sat across from him.

Deimos: “No.”

He huffed. He spotted something on the table. He picked it up and read it.

Deimos: “What the Hell?”

He held up the invitation.

Deimos: “Okay, Celeste, you need to keep a better eye on my NOT friend!”

He pouted and reddened. Jaxon blew him a raspberry. Deimos looked away.

Celeste: “I always keep my eye on him.”

She purred.

Jaxon: “She can’t take her eyes off me!”

He teased.

Deimos: “Well, I don’t think his parents are going to approve of Vanessa’s bullshit and are going to want to take care of it. They might turn to Nobuyuki Nakamura to help erase this, and you know what he would want in return for it.”

He said sternly. Celeste froze. Jaxon’s heart sank.

Jaxon: “Oh… FUCK NO!”

He rasped, shooting up from his seat in a panic.

Jaxon: “No, no, NO! This can’t be happening!”

He paced around the room.

Celeste: “Jaxon, if it happens again, we will come! I will make sure it doesn’t happen!”

She said doggedly.

Deimos: “Nobuyuki is a powerful and wealthy man, Celeste. That Viking dungeon didn’t come cheap. He arranged for Jaxon to be kidnapped and flown across the world. So yes, if his parents go to him for help to get rid of this, we’re gonna deal with this shit all over again.”

He said firmly to her.

Jaxon: “Fucking GREAT.”

He huffed and threw his arms up in frustration.

Deimos: “Nobuyuki has more money than my family, yours, and Tristan’s COMBINED.”

He added.

Jaxon: “Way to rub salt in the wound, why don’t ya?!”

He huffed.

Jaxon: “The FUCK am I going to do?!”

He threw his arms up.

Deimos: “We’re going to look after our friend.”

He smirked. Jaxon smiled at him.

Celeste: “Yeah, Jax!”

She nodded and held him close. Jaxon held her back.

Jaxon: “Thank you, both!”

He said earnestly.

Deimos: “Anyway, before I saw this bullshit, I wanted to discuss the band with you!”

He told Jaxon.

Jaxon: “Oh yeah? Lay it on me!”

He grinned, sitting down and putting his feet up. His feet now smelled of peppermint. Celeste looked at his feet and bit her bottom lip. She started massaging his feet and rubbing her thumbs on his arches.

Jaxon: “Mmm, very nice, babe!”

He purred at her touch. Deimos looked away awkwardly, reddening. It’s different than Lazaros forcing us to watch Ashley eat. That’s boring, but this is my kink, he thought.

Deimos: “Did you come up with a name for it? If not, I did.”

He smiled a bit.

Jaxon: “OH?! You got a name?!”

He grinned. Deimos nodded.

Deimos: “RyuPhobos!”

He waved his hands out.

Jaxon: “What’s that mean?”

He asked.

Deimos: “You know what Ryu means, right?”

He asked.

Jaxon: “Dragon? Dragon phobia?”

He asked.

Deimos: “Yeah, I knew you’d know THAT, but Phobos is the god of fear and panic. I was named after the god of fear, Deimos. So dragon of fear and panic.”

He explained. Jaxon’s eyebrows rose.

Jaxon: “Oooh, I like that!”

He grinned widely.

Deimos: “Thank you!”

Jaxon: “It’s like both of us combined! I’m the dragon, and you’re Deimos!”

He beamed. Deimos clapped his hands.

Deimos: “Yeah, I know you love dragons from your tattoo and the clothes you wear!”

He held his hand out to his tattoo.

Jaxon: “And I know you love fear and panic with your love of horror movies!”

He added. Deimos nodded.

Deimos: “So what instruments do you play?”

Jaxon: “I play bass and keyboard! You?”

He stated.

Deimos: “Bass, guitar, keyboard, and drums.”

He replied.

Jaxon: “Nice! So, who will play who? Will it just be you and me?”

He asked.

Deimos: “Yes, just you and me. I will play the guitar! I wanted to for Sparaktikós but Makayla took that, so.”

He shrugged.

Jaxon: “Well, you can play guitar then!”

He grinned.

Jaxon: “I’ll play bass and keyboard!”

He stated.

Deimos: “At the same time?”

He asked wryly.

Jaxon: “Ha, no, of course not, but alt between them whenever!”

Deimos: “I was being facetious.”

He smirked.

Jaxon: “Oh!”

He laughed. Celeste smirked and tickled Jaxon’s feet.

Jaxon: “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

He laughed and squirmed. Deimos looked away, awkwardly, and reddened. I wish Tristan were here, he thought.