Charles Patricius

[Bloodedge]

After the return of Sakura, Miko and Kaguya, that hole in reality only expanded further. In fact, its expansion seemed to occur more as certain thoughts were formed than it did otherwise. It was becoming almost tangible in the hallway right outside the bathroom and bedrooms. One could almost say lightning struck ─ that was the level of impact as that rift expanded rapidly in a single instant. As quickly as it opened, it nearly shut. Everything was shaking. Indeed, it would feel to the residents of this home as if an earthquake suddenly occurred far and wide. Shortly after the first, there was a second, and Angelica would be ejected from the rift into the hall.

Several additional pulses would occur over the next few minutes, and then... that rift would finally open enough for another to come flying through. Of course, that second individual was none other than Kazuhiko, naked as a newborn babe and sporting his full, meaty erection as he was literally ejected down the hall. "Woahwoahwoah!" he yelled during the launch, having no idea where he'd even land... or who would even be present by the time he appeared. Ah, but a bit of an intervention had occurred for the better of all. Little did anyone know, that old man in the Nexus was still capable of manipulating space and time in the perfect way to make everything work as intended. What did this mean for the here and now? Time would tell shortly. . .

[Apollymi]

Sakura for her time spent talking to the mostly sleepy Kaguya and the seemingly energized Miko was settled. She had new names to call everyone and a happier visage though she seemed to be curious about multiple things. That man they'd been interacting with, the strangeness she felt in the house and something else. She couldn't be sure about everything but she knew she needed to be here for a while yet. Meanwhile, Miko was busy primping for reasons she couldn't even understand right up until the moment the house began to shake. A fall and a thud and a groan and in the hallway of this small house, lay Angelica who seemed to be a bit worse for wear and also stark naked. "Ugh, that was rough... I feel terrible," she murmured. Miko peeked out of the bathroom with wide eyes still a little shaky. " We all do over here. Good evening, Princess..." she managed only for Sakura to come barreling around the corner. "An-chan♥! He did it♥~" she was so pleased. Kaguya for her part in this had woken to the shaking and stumbled forward. "The hell... " she murmured. Sakura was already busy helping Angelica up and taking her somewhere. "To the room, can't have a naked woman in the house when we don't know where Sai-nii is~" Kaguya managed in a somewhat joking manner. Miko finished up brushing her teeth as those pulses continued.

She didn't know what to do, but she was definitely going to wait and see what else happened. And low, a couple of minutes later, she was stepping out of the bathroom again balanced on her toes and hearing a familiar sounding voice. She she looked up and saw someone flying towards her and it almost seemed to be in slow motion. Hair, face, muscles... dick. Huge Dick, Great Dick, Godly Dick! 'BOX IT!' she slammed it shut in her brain but she could hardly move. Like a deer in the headlights she was stuck and this man with a full erection completely naked was flying towards her. Sakura and Kaguya were emerging from the room they'd laid Angelica in and Miko was on a collision course with the last person she wanted to be in physical contact with or maybe the first. She fell... her body in that slightly tight hoodie. Her face flushed red her eyes, closed tightly. Maybe she was more tired than she realized. Surely she was dreaming and this wasn't happening. Surely, she'd not made the fatal error of seeing something she shouldn't have. Repress, box, close, quiet. She needed her heart to stop beating so fast. She was sure it was radiating throughout the entire building. 'Stop. Please brain... stop!' she tried to shut down the function, tried to lock it away and forget it. She tried so hard... but what would her best efforts amount to?

[Bloodedge]

After flying out of the strangest ripple he'd ever been thrown through (as there had actually been a lot), Kazuhiko collided with... Miko, he believed her name was. He'd only recently extricated himself from Angelica, and now he was back on Gaia having to deal with an awkward moment. Oh well; he'd done it! Maybe he did have to ride the slipstream of Angelica's porting, but the Holy Princess's safety was the concern here. Ah... but there was another concern. Suddenly, he felt even worse than he did upon first returning to Gaia. Maybe it was an aftereffect of being in the Nexus for so long. Maybe it was a result of spewing more mana than he had throughout his entire life before. Maybe... just maybe, it was actually because of the way he landed. . .

An immediate and clear effort had been made to avoid harming anyone, but Kazu couldn't avoid contact with Miko. After a brief tumble, he managed to hold himself up over the girl's body, taking to his hands and knees. Even though he managed that much, there remained the issue of his erection which lay over Miko's torso... nearly the whole of it. Stranger still, he was still leaking a bit from many, many rounds with Angelica. Kazu couldn't have given a more perfect representation of potential penetration depth if he tried, but his concern, as always, was something different. "Hahh! Shit! Annie?! Are you okay?!" he questioned without hesitation or a single thought about the current predicament.

[Apollymi]

Kazuhiko had come tumbling out of a weird rift. That wasn't even the first time something like this had happened to the lad, of this Miko was certain. Of course, that didn't change the fact that when she opened her eyes, it was there... staring at her. Kazuhiko was looking at her as well, but her first line of sight was that huge dick of his now up against her newly formed breasts. Of course, she immediately freaked out, her body tensing she aimed to make herself smaller. But in so doing she'd only really succeed at cupping his cock between her breasts. 'I can do that now...' Miko thought, only to shove it down. 'BOX IT!' she shouted in her mind. She was trying her best to shut it all out. She could ignore it right? The cock spewing the last remnants of his sexual activities, which was hitting her palate as butter cream and almonds. The print of his dick on her brand new hoodie, the feel of it throbbing against her new breasts. She was even trying to suppress the weird desire she had to lick up the remainder something she found herself loving even in the last few hours. 'I have to stop I need to stop!'

Ah, but it wasn't that simple because when she closed her eyes and opened them his concern wasn't his nudity. Her new sexy body or anything like that. He simply wanted to make sure he hadn't hurt her. Of course that was where his mind was. In the grand scheme of things... this was who Kazuhiko, previously known to her as Charlemagne was. Her Charlie was just a good guy trying to be nice to everyone he could. She saw it all in her head as that box exploded and showed her every moment just like this one which made her feel specifically the way she did about him. It took everything she had to close her eyes again. To take a deep breath to go completely still. 'It wasn't her who was defective... it's me. I thought it was just her and it's me too.' she concluded. "I'm fine, Char... Kazu. You didn't hurt me. Princess Angelica came through before they are or were tucking her into bed. She's fine too, you did it! Omedetougouzaimasu♪~" she managed for her friend. She could do this. She just had to finish the boxing process. She just had to get away from him. She had to walk away. But oddly enough behind them Sakura would be watching. She saw a struggle and felt an emotion she didn't truly understand and it was one which had been present since she'd been introduced to the group.

[Bloodedge]

Kazuhiko was panting as he hovered over Miko's body. He still couldn't even mentally register the inappropriate scene unfolding between them, though his body did respond to physical stimuli. Miko's attempt to shrink resulted in his cock being sandwiched near the tip between her breasts... which resulted in a prominent throbbing that Kazu also didn't consciously acknowledge. He didn't even realize she had those, but that wasn't something for him to take note of before confirming her wellbeing. Luckily, the impact hadn't caused any issues. Once Miko confirmed as much, he heaved a deep and relieved sigh. "Oh... good. Suman. I had to shoot myself through as soon as it was open enough. It was a tight squeeze, and it just kinda... flung me out at the end," he explained roughly."But yeah... I did it. Now we ca─... fuck!"

Without finishing his sentence, it seemed Kazu was zoning out a bit. No, that wasn't quite right. He wasn't losing consciousness, but he was losing equilibrium and spiritual stability at once. In one particular moment, Kazuhiko seemed to be glitching out like a faulty computer program. It wasn't nearly the same as when he was broken in Munetsuchi, but someone in the know might have realized his connection to the Nexus was a bit stronger than it needed to be. That hole in reality was almost back to its previous tiny size, but it wasn't closing. It no longer streamed outward ─ it was instead slowly and steadily pulling on Kazuhiko's existence. He didn't fully belong to this world anymore. In truth, his time in the Nexus was much longer than the amount of time that passed here on Gaia. Kazuhiko, right this moment, would be classified as a citizen of the Nexus almost exclusively.

[Apollymi]

Kazuhiko was panting and that wasn't good. Well, it was good he was breathing but it wasn't good for Miko's overactive imagination to see him in such a position over her. It was taking every bit of her concentration to avoid saying or doing something to make this into a more awkward situation between friends than it needed to be. She felt something else with the twitch of his dick a little dribble touching the bare skin in the space where her hoodie didn't reach. Actually given her current position she was sure everyone down wind could see her new panties as well... it was all girls right now. That was less of a problem than it could be. Still the explanation that Kazuhiko gave was one which hit her ears strangely. 'That's so sexual!' she thought. 'I could do something like that...' she paused and closed her eyes again. 'Please, just please, stop!' she was trying to quiet her brain and none of her normal exercises were working. Still, Kazuhiko was relieved and almost relaxed except it couldn't. Immediately Miko's eyes flew open and she reached up.

Both hands were on either side of Kazuhiko's face as she stared at him quite directly. She didn't have as much sense for her magical abilities but she was still looking for signs of trauma making sure his landing hadn't hurt him. That was way to sudden. "Fuck that, are you okay? Take a breath..." she stated. Just the same Sakura was observing from the outside a certain amount of stabilization as this more direct form of contact was made. A small smile crept up onto Sakura's face, so this was precisely what she thought it was. Good, it was easily fixable. "Look I need you to be okay. I can't handle another near death experience for you this week." Miko confessed. 'Waaah, I reached without thinking. I have to stop. If I keep doing this I won't be able to...' she paused her thought. Was she ever actually capable of what she was trying to do in the first place? She could only wonder if it was ever actually possible. By this time Kaguya had wobbly wandered out of the bedroom and she was now standing beside Sakura who was gesturing to the pair with approval in her face. So Kaguya got to confirm that at least from Sakura's perspective there was a certain outcome she was alright with... well that was a good thing to know.

[Bloodedge]

Kazuhiko was perfectly fine. Alas, though he was fine, he was also technically in danger. Nothing was life or death this time around, so Kazu wasn't so bothered about it. Even so, it was a slightly uncomfortable experience. Miko's hands upon his face felt very comforting though. One of Kazu's hands rose from the floor, gently wrapping around Miko's wrist as he shared a very typical and comforting smile. "Daijoubu. I just... maybe spent a little too much time on the other side trying to bring Angie through. I don't belong to this world anymore," he said calmly. With that, Kazu paused and blinked. He'd never had so much understanding of magical mumbo jumbo in his life. Actually, he seemed pleased. "Oh. Nexus brain. Cool," he commented.

In truth, Kazu knew exactly what was going on. He knew exactly why Miko's hands on his face were so comforting. When Miko was Anais, she'd spent a lot of time healing him. There was an easy fix to his current issue, but it was something he'd held firm as a rule since becoming an adventurer in a group ─ especially after becoming the leader of said group. The easy way was not the right way, so he disregarded it entirely. "I'm not dying. Worst case scenario, I get sucked back into the Nexus for a while and have to get myself out before Angie gets launched back through. I'll figure something out," he said, straightening his back to stretch a bit. Oddly enough, he didn't even think about how doing so only made his dick more exposed, and even inadvertently pushed its tip closer to Miko's face.

[Apollymi]

Miko had reached for Kazuhiko without thinking about it, and was soon greeted in a comforting and familiar way. Oddly enough he also touched her wrist holding it as her hands held his face. This felt so right to do and so wrong at the same time. She'd decided already right, she should let go... 'It's so nice though,' she thought absently. He was alright, he claimed. It seemed he even had an explanation for what happened. He'd apparently spent too much time within the Nexus and he now belonged to it. He even seemed to have the thought that having the Nexus brain was cool. That was the lad she knew, a sigh of relief passed her. Even if she'd decided to give up, she didn't want anything bad happening to him. According to Kazuhiko the worst case scenario wasn't one of life and death but instead one of placement. "I mean... it's cool you have Nexus brain and all. Probably really useful but even without details wouldn't you or Angelica being thrown back into the Nexus or Alaya be bad in your current states. How do you fix it?" she asked immediately.

Ah, but Kazuhiko's movements was also something odd. His cock was shifting further and further up and did so in such a way that it drew her attention. It was getting closer to her face and she had an invasive thought. 'If I lick it, it belongs to me!' she closed her eyes and exhaled. Why had that come back up. "Stop brain please!" she uttered to herself. "I know how to fix it. It is technically not a very difficult thing to do, so does he but he won't say..." Sakura mentioned watching the pair of them who obviously fit so well together avoid the simplest solution to all of their problems. "I don't understand, even after days of observing humans I still don't understand the way you two act around each other... I don't understand the emotion." she said of Kazuhiko and Miko. Kaguya grinned and looked at her friend. Even without the ability to read her heard she saw her closed eyes and constant fluctuating state of panic. She'd also been in her friend's mind she knew her secret. "I know why." Kaguya said which made Sakura look at both women. "Kaguya don't you fucking dare," there was an odd amount of aggression in Miko's voice. "Who?" Kaguya said as if confused, still she held her hands up in the air. Apparently if anyone was clearing the air here, it couldn't be Kaguya. "That's aggression, why?" Sakura asked earnestly. Miko aside from her attitude wouldn't actually say anything rude to Sakura. "It's..." Miko couldn't even explain it really. "Mi-chan's struggling and she doesn't want anyone to worry. So, she's deflecting~" Kaguya clarified. A deep breath and she found herself trying to squirm just a little finally letting go of Kazuhiko's face as well. It was too intimate she was doing too much. She wouldn't be able to stop if this went on too long. "Problems of most importance in descending order... spill." Miko wasn't Anais, she could compartmentalize a bit. She could ignore it... she could shove that burning feeling away to help the actual situation taking place here. Her directive was for Kazuhiko or whoever else could explain the actual problems.

[Bloodedge]

Having what he called the 'Nexus brain' may have been Kazuhiko's second-favorite development of this journey. It took a natural backseat to pulling Angelica out of Aincrad, of course, but it was still cooler than most other things. "Chill, Annie. Focus on the awesome part for a minute," he said before having second thoughts about his own preaching. Why did he think that even for a moment? This should have been a way bigger issue than he was making it, but... he'd done it! "Actually, yeah, that would be a problem. I can fix it somehow; don't worry about it."

Miko went on to yell something about her brain stopping. Before any questioning of that occurred, Sakura pointed out her own understanding of potential fixes. True enough, he wouldn't say the obvious answer. Never would Kazuhiko, or Charlemagne in most cases, put his followers in such a troublesome spot. "There are always other ways," he said quickly, lying through his teeth. There were less troublesome methods for the human mind, but they probably wouldn't work quickly enough. In spite of that, perhaps he could find a workaround to avoid asking too much of his own comrades. Some words were exchanged between Sakura, Miko and Kaguya, all of them leading toward one eventuality: Miko giving up on the dilly dally in favor of demanding answers. From his upright position, Kazu kept facing Sakura... but his eyes shifted down and to the side, glaring questioningly at Miko herself. He had every answer necessary, though some required more explanation than others... and some were simply improper. "I told you before how Albertus Animusphere is the god in the Nexus. He had to integrate himself to make it work, but it's still not complete without a few more pieces. I spent a really long time in there, so I've become incorporated. Angie is here now because we forced a connection. The problem is, the Nexus latched onto me when I was meditating inside for just a few centuries. Ang is linked to Kazuhiko, so she's here on Gaia... but... the best way to put it is, Kazuhiko isn't my main account anymore. Neither is Charlemagne, but... don't worry about it, alright? It's something I'm locked out of right now, but that's irrelevant anyway. I just need to upgrade Kazuhiko and reestablish his position as a guy from Gaia. That's all."

[Apollymi]

Kazuhiko wanted Miko to not focus on the problems. He wanted her to think about how cool it was... she couldn't begin to explain. That she was thinking about how cool the Nexus Brain based ability was. She was also thinking about all the problems that could come from him being dragged back through space. She was also thinking about fucking him raw in the middle of the hallway. She was also thinking about giving up because she couldn't or wouldn't interfere or complicate things for him. "You can't tell me not to worry... my brain moves too fast for that. I've worried already among the thousand other things happening in my head right now..." she murmured. She'd been trying to quiet her brain for a very long time. It wasn't going to work she was simply accepting it.

Beyond the parts that Miko was obviously avoiding revealing in her own emotional status, there was Kazuhiko once again avoiding the ease of his magical life in favor of something Sakura couldn't understand. "There are other ways, with other variables..." Sakura agreed, but they weren't nearly as safe, efficient or fulfilling as the one way which could do it quickly. At the same time, Kazuhiko's eyes cut towards Miko, and she stared at him unblinking. His explanation made enough sense for her tor realize his problem maybe but she could technically be misinterpreting it. She also knew by the way the explanation went... that there was quite a bit missing from it. Something he didn't want to say or didn't want to do... "Alright lost, Kaguya at tech based explanation," Kaguya said of herself. Sakura would be the one to fill in the blank. "Magically, he needs to be grounded to keep both An-chan and himself in this world. I can help. If I leave my presence won't encourage that hole to open up any wider. I was planning to do so anyway... just to be safe since I understood when I saw An-chan that I couldn't get too close to her for very long. I can break her... and him it'd be an accident but I won't risk it... " Sakura mentioned. Kaguya nodded her head in understanding. She had enough magical knowledge to know the easiest ways to tie things together and now she knew why Kazuhiko wasn't saying anything... it was because the best target for grounding would be naturally the one closest to the earth, Iino Miko. Even Kaguya couldn't really say she counted as much given her more direct connection to the Void and her Outer God. All the while Miko was now able to sit up a bit better but she was still staring at his dick and as Kaguya noted, the corner of the girl's mouth was amassing a bit of drool. If earlier incidents were anything to go by, whatever she was seeing in front of her was absolutely appetizing to her. In fact her brain was almost blank as she considered it. She could have it a bit right? No one would mind? It could help... she didn't want an excuse. She wanted to be brave. She needed to be brave... but she couldn't even bring herself to ask a question. 'Maybe I can just... have a taste?' she thought before shaking it away like a bad dream. 'No. Stop. We Can't.' Her eyes were closed now and she was talking herself out of saying something extreme.

[Bloodedge]

"Right, yeah... you always do that. Gomen," Kazu said in a remarkably casual way. He wasn't sure how to ease concern, but that was now on his priority list. Right next to it was the method by which this current issue would be fixed. That 'Nexus brain' of his should have produced something more effective by now, but nothing was happening. That was not a good sign. During Sakura's explanation, his gaze shifted from Miko to her. Maybe she could work? No. Kazuhiko knew he was going to be needed for stabilizing Angelica. In addition to being one who didn't fit the bill well enough, Sakura was too much of an opposing force. If he got anything from her and took it back to Angelica too quickly, things wouldn't go well. Even Sakura herself acknowledged that things would be better if she kept away during the cautionary period.

There had to be something. He definitely couldn't throw fraternization into his list of bad decisions, but he understood that closeness was a powerful factor in accomplishing the currently-desired results. Completely ignorant to the drooling Miko who lay under his dick, Kazu wracked his brain to no avail. Holding hands wasn't going to work the same way it did with Jeanne in the Nexus; he didn't have the power for that. Angelica and Sakura both already had children, so there was no way to make that work. If he remained in constant contact with someone like Miko, things would eventually work... but that would take ages. "It's always one thing after another, huh? Well... if it's not too big a deal, I could just hold hands with Annie... constantly. That feels like it would take weeks though, and we've still got a long list of stuff to do. I can't ask someone to do that either. The easiest thing I can think to do would be... well, it'd be making out for a really long time, but that's also too much. If there's even a chance of another way, I can't ask a friend to do something like that. It might even be a danger to the whole Father An situation on top of everything else."

[Apollymi]

"That's nothing to apologize for... it's my fucked up brain," Miko uttered quickly. True to form her fucked up brain was rapidly moving and she seemed to understand with her body something her mind wouldn't accept. Appetizing was indeed what that dick looked like and as they all discussed ways of fixing the problem of nailing Kazuhiko and Angelica to this world it seemed Miko was almost more moved to act. Drool in the corner of her mouth, 'Lick it and it belongs to you!' one part of her brain claimed. 'You could have what you want!' another proclaimed. 'Fuck a different goddess's husband this week, make him ours!' Miko understood something now that she didn't before, the various things she thought seemed to be connected to the different forms her mind took. She needed them all to be quiet before she acted out in a way that was wrong.

"Mi-chan... you're being awfully quiet and I know..." Kaguya paused she'd walked up a bit closer and saw, drool on the corner of Miko's mouth. And probably the biggest dick she'd ever seen. Holding hands with Miko for weeks. No. Fucking her with that dick, absolutely. Kaguya knew this by the look on her friends face and had something to say. "Goddamn!" she sputtered out. "I know this is like super serious time but that dick is immaculate!♥~" she claimed complimentarily. "I know. I know... I can see. I can't stop seeing..." Miko said as her brain kept making a picture of it even as she tried to be a good friend and separate herself from this situation. A bit of a rough sound came from behind them as Miko's eyes were drawn up to Angelica stumbling out, wrapped in a sheet. 'We could fuck her too!' Miko closed her eyes. "Why is this taking so long? Do you two need some privacy?! I could switch if it will speed this up..." Angelica managed. "Sou," Sakura said. "So you understand too. I wondered if maybe it was a problem... apparently there is something odd with this relationship they don't want to cross some invisible line they've created, even though everything about their connection says it's not a line. I've been very confused watching them interact since I met them. But I think they've never had sex with each other in the usual way before now." Sakura was so confused about the nature of the relationship between everyone in this room. "WHAT?! CHUCK ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FUCKING THIS GIRL. BUT SHE'S GORGEOUS AND YOU'RE ALL OVER EACH OTHER?!" Angelica said as if outraged by it as a thought. All the while Miko's brain was toppling. "I'm the group healer I'm all over everyone. Why don't people understand platonic friendships?" Miko murmured. "Excuse me? Mi-chan I've known you since my year seven, your year six... and you don't understand platonic friendships... Miss 'If I Lick It, It Belongs to Me' who used to run around licking people's faces. In fact you've done it today no less than three times," Kaguya added.

Miko sat in quiet contemplation. Those boxes were still open. Still popping and a more recent one did the same. And its voice was Hiruko's telling her to play a hand even if the odds were zero, because she might not see them. "EVERYONE SHOULD SHUT THE FUCK UP AND BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY SAY NEXT!" Miko finally blurted out. Why because her brain had something else to say 'You can do it. Claim him and he's ours♫!~' her mind said to shoot a shot. 'Claim him and they're ours♪!~' The feeling in her soul said do it. Her new sex friend advised it but that was a whole can of worms that suddenly seemed possible and it almost felt like too much. The culmination of three hundred years of frustration would be a lot. But as always Kaguya would be right there... "Oh? The Monster's still awake♥!~"

[Bloodedge]

"No need to be hard on yourself. Your brain's not fucked-up," he assured. Miko, or rather Anais, had always been a lot of things; fucked-up was not one of them apart from that one drinking day. He had more to say in that regard, but interruption was inevitable. Kaguya approached to address Miko, stopping in the middle of a sentence to exclaim about the quality of Kazu's manhood. Though he knew it had become ridiculous, there was a strangeness to hearing about it so bluntly. "Oh. Uh... thanks?" he said with an upward inflection, only to have his attention brought down to Miko... who apparently couldn't stop seeing his dick. Only in that moment did Kazuhiko realize his unusual positioning, and the fact that he'd dripped a bit of his essence onto her top and... a bit of skin. Unlike the Kazu of only a day prior, however, he was not entirely thrown aback. All he'd known was sex for hundreds upon hundreds of years in the Nexus. Combining that with the new way his soul resonated with everything now, he realized he was completely desensitized to such random events. "Oh, damn. Gomen. This must be really awkward for you; you could have said something," he commented while moving to extricated himself from the lass. In doing so, Kazu realized something strange ─ Miko had become quite the buxom young woman. "Huh..." he said, and that was all.

While he moved, Kazuhiko witnessed Angelica emerging from the bedroom in only a sheet. Blank as his eyes were since all that meditation and... well, everything else, he openly ogled the blonde goddess. "Going for a sheet chic thing? It's cuter than it should be," he commented absently despite the joking nature of the clause. It was made clear that he and Miko were not, in fact, sexual partners. Angelica didn't understand it. Sakura didn't understand it. Angelica even had a fit of outrage over the fact that they weren't doing anything. "Sou," he mused, finally standing erect ─ and erect to boot. A hand was casually extended toward the grounded Miko as he prepared to give his own perspective. Before he could though, Miko was yelling at everyone in the room about choosing their words carefully. The strangest vibrations were coming from her at the time; Kazu could feel that. Still, that hand of his was on offer. "That connection they're talking about doesn't have anything to do with healing. I'm not sure the full extent Saku's talking about, but in magical terms, we're about as compatible as it gets. That doesn't matter though. You should all know better by now. Yeah Annie's pretty hot, but I'm not going to throw my dick at random hot people ─ especially not a companion. We've got a structure, and I'm not gonna go around making people feel weird about stuff."

[Apollymi]

According to Kazuhiko, Miko's brain wasn't fucked up and she shouldn't be too hard on herself. "You can't hear my thoughts, reserve judgement," that was all she said. The truth of the matter was, Miko's brain, her soul and everything about her wanted to claim the man in front of her and she was doing everything she could to leave him be. It was admittedly more difficult than she thought it would be. Moving on, Kaguya was... thanked for her outburst. And in typical demon logic took it as an invitation to be more invasive. A grin spread across her face as she decided upon an answer which she knew would earn her a glare from one Iino Miko. "Oya? You're welcome... and I mean that in a lot of different ways. If I could help... and even if I couldn't♥~" she flirted. Miko scoffed, "Still haven't learned that lesson, Kaya-sen♫~" she chirped knowing that she'd seen what Kazuhiko was physically capable of as Charlemagne. Kaguya would end up just as battered as she was after Hiruko, maybe worse considering the muscles and pure physical ability to go along with that damned immaculate dick of his which her eyes traveled to. Meanwhile, a little apology came from Kazuhiko as he finally realized the straight up precarious position he'd placed Miko in. She looked a bit stunned he was much calmer about that than he could have been... maybe... 'Don't do that. Don't give me hope,' she thought to herself quietly. 'Not hope, make your own luck! We got it, we can do it!' she thought again. What was more he noticed her physically, she was sure of it given the way people had been looking at her all day. 'Oh no! He's onto us!' her mind shouted, no he wasn't. "Not nearly as awkward as it would have been even a week ago... don't worry about it," Miko said, and in truth she meant it. To be truthful the only thing making this very awkward was her mental desire to fuck this man and her resistance to doing so.

What was more, he openly ogled Angelica who blushed at the attention. "Shut up, I look cute in anything!" she snapped. "I don't have clothes, so I made it work..." she turned her nose up. That tsundere attitude was something which drew Miko's attention. 'Right see. He has wives, I have to stop!' she thought again, but her internal monologue wasn't having it. She was banging a goddess's harem intending to make it her own. What was a single emperor and his two goddess wives but a conquest for her? Kazuhiko had an explanation and a hand out seemingly waiting for Miko to take it while explaining the nature of their connection outside of healing. Miko had told everyone to choose their words carefully and the next one to speak on Kazuhiko's words was Angelica who found him to be outrageous. "Awkward for who? Chuck have you really looked at her? I mean really seen the way she looks at you?!" she asked her own senses said it was they were made for each other, not just compatible but working in tandem. There was no need to say no, especially when looking at Miko she could see the girl was obviously interested. She could see it, when the girl introduced herself to her back at Aincrad. and it would be Sakura who next said somethin after.

"Oh, I can show everyone what I mean now..." she said clapping her hands together and producing a visual representation. Between Miko and Kazuhiko there was a bright red string with a strange bit of insulation around it directly in the middle. "I couldn't do this before. Anyway... this thread is the connection between your souls. They come in a lot of colors but from you in particular Micchan, they are usually this color~" she explained. Kaguya looked at this bit of magic and understood completely. Red Threads of fate were red between romantic partners even with Miko trying to deny her own feelings the universe acknowledged that connection and so did Kazuhiko if only he wasn't avoiding it for the sake of sparing the girl on the floor everyone could be happy. "I couldn't see it before but I could feel it and it always feels hot, but like not in a positive way and its warm in both directions but it stops around this thing. I don't understand it... it's like... sweet, complex, innocent and something else..." she said frowning. It truly was fascinating. Miko understood, she knew it while looking up at Kazuhiko's extended hand. "It's bitter. Of course you don't understand it... no one from Munetsuchi, a place where desires are allowed to blossom and be followed would understand a feeling like yearning. A desire unfulfilled is a thing I don't think happens too often around you, especially one like that one. Sorry for the confusion, Saku-chan... And Livie was right, nice guys really are kind of dumb sometimes," Miko broke her own silence and explained. With the visual of it in front of her, she decided it was time. Now or never... be brave and just say it, because if this was being avoided on her account that was hardly a reason. She took Kazuhiko's extended hand and felt comforted by the contact. "I have to say something and I kinda have to get it all out at once or I won't do it..." she offered quietly. And once again all eyes were on her. Kaguya couldn't help it, she gave her friend the thumbs up and slid a bit further back to await this moment and support her best friend in her next big life moment.

[Bloodedge]

Indeed, the physical contact between these two wasn't even half as awkward as it would have been a week ago. Still, that didn't spare this random group conversation any awkwardness. There was at least a brief exchange with Angelica to break tension temporarily, and restore those tsundere traits he'd been seeing for ages nonstop recently. "You do. And you did make it work~" he commented. With that, his attention was brought to Kaguya, who spoke just before Angelica. It took a moment to process what she meant, but... looking at her, he could tell. Attractive as she was even in human form, there was an issue with the idea of getting too close to her currently. "Sou ka. Gomen; I don't think that'll help me stabilize. You're sort of... otherworldly," he admitted in a factual way. "Besides, we're not close enough for it to do anything anyway. Gomen."

Despite their flirtatious exchange, Angelica wasn't having any of Kazu's nonsense. In exchange, he'd be having none of hers. She wanted to talk about how the other girl looked at him, but it wasn't like that stood out in a crowd. "Yeah, something like... I dunno, the same way most people do? Nothing stands out from what I've seen, and it's not like I'm out here looking to see if my comrades are interested in me!" he countered.

Sakura went on to showcase things the way she saw them. She manifested a thread between Kazu and Miko, showing its red glow and explaining its purpose. Without much context, even Kazuhiko could tell what that heat and coloration were meant for. Bitterness was what Miko herself attributed to it. Bitterness? That was a strange thing to hear until Miko kept talking. She spoke of yearning, of unfulfilled desires, and about guys being dumb. He'd heard those sorts of things before. Was Kazu about to live out yet another media trope? That seemed to be the case with Miko having something to admit, but at this point, it didn't seem she really had to. "Uh... are you sure that's a good idea? There're, like, five people here."