Chapter 8

                                    

                                          
Alright things are finally warming up here! Enjoy and more to come soon!
                          
Ascension tried to keep his eyes on the sandwiches he was making instead of watching Aria look wonderingly around his apartment. She had stood watching him for a moment before turning to wander around his apartment. He slathered mustard and mayo on bread while he stole glances at her.
                          
Aria had stopped in front of one of his bookshelves and was snooping at the multitude of titles. Something in Ascension's chest filled with warmth at having her in his private space. He wanted her to sit on his furniture, to touch his books, to watch his television. He wanted her to use his towels, eat the food he cooked and leave her scent on his sheets. He felt a growl of arousal rising in his chest as his erection started to rise at the image of her spread out on his bed.
                          
"You have quite the collection here. Black Beauty, A Brief History of Time, Casino Royale, In a Sunburned Country." She piped up, reading titles with her head tilted to the side.
                          
Ascension gave himself a mental shake and looked away from her enchanting image. He glanced down to see he had spread mustard on two pieces of bread as well as his left hand in his preoccupation. He felt his cheeks heat and hoped she hadn't noticed as he quickly washed it off. "I like to read."
                          
"I can see that." She said, smiling over at him. "You have a lot of travel books."
                          
"I like to learn about the world." Ascension replied, finishing the sandwiches and placing them on plates. He dug in a cupboard for a bag of plain chips and put a handful on each plate. "It's not safe in the out world for New Species so I can only read about the places I see in movies and on television."
                          
Aria's face fell and she gave him a sad look before coming back over to him. "That's not fair. You guys should be able to go anywhere you like. It's not right that a bunch of prejudiced butt heads can keep you from doing what you want."
                          
Ascension shrugged, not pleased with the situation himself. "There isn't much we can do about it right now. Hopefully in time they get bored and go away." He sat her sandwich in front of her where she stood at the counter and frowned at it, feeling like something was missing.
                          
Aria stared down at her sandwich and back up at him. "What? Did you give me the wrong one? We can trade, I don't mind."
                          
Ascension shook his head no. "It's not that. You should be eating something from each of the four food groups." His face lightened and he turned to the fridge to withdraw a carton of milk. Pulling glasses down he filled them both one and slide it across the countertop to her. "There. Dairy." He announced proudly.
                          
Aria gave a little snort of laughter as she gathered her sandwich in her hands. "You do realize cheese counts as dairy, right?"
                          
"Yes but you are small and recently injured. You need more of it."
                          
"I see." Aria replied, giving him a bright smile. She took a bite of her ham and cheese sandwich and issued a moan of pleasure. "Oh my god, that is so good!" She groaned, eyes closing in bliss.
                          
Ascension's erection, which he had admirably kept under control until this point, suddenly made a bid for freedom. It pressed painfully against the zipper of uniform pants and he was strangely glad to have the counter between them. The sound of her moan was probably going to haunt him forever. The fact that he had caused it, even in such a roundabout way as making her a meal, made him want to groan.
                          
Needing to derail this train of thought before he swept her up into his arms and spread her across the counter so he could feast on something much tastier than his suddenly bland sandwich, he asked her the first question that came to mind. "Do you read?"
                          
Aria nodded, swallowing before answering him. "I love to read. I'm rarely without a good book."
                          
Ascension smiled, trying to keep his lust off his face. "What do you like to read?"
                          
A pretty pink blush winged across Aria's cheeks and she ducked her head slightly, hiding her eyes. "A lot of fantasy and scifi and uh... romance."
                          
Ascension couldn't figure out why she was suddenly shy talking about her favourite books so continued. "I like scifi but fantasy is hard for me to imagine. I tried to read one and kept having to look up the creatures the book mentioned on the internet to figure out what they were. I'd much rather read romance than fantasy. At least those make sense." He thought briefly of some of the male's in the books he'd read and their sometimes foolish decisions. "Well, they make sense most of the time."
                          
Aria stared up at him in amazement. "You read romance novels?"
                          
"Yes. They've helped me figure out the way human relationships work." He took a bite of his sandwich and considered. "And they have taught me what human females find desirable in a mate."
                          
Aria's eyes widen and she looked both mischievous and intrigued. "Oh? Do tell! What do we find desirable?"
                          
Ascension sat his sandwich on his plate and took a swig of milk before answering. "I have learned that human females like strong males, ones capable of protecting them even if they don't want to admit they need protecting. The book females sometimes have to deal with hardships and they want a male to value them for going through that. They also enjoy sex immensely and a surprising amount of human females are virgins." He thought for a second more before adding. "And human females like to see males in leather pants."
                          
Aria was staring at him with a look of fascinated amusement. "Virgins with a taste for leather pants, huh?" She asked, trying hard not to break into hysterical giggles.
                          
Ascension nodded, popping a chip in his mouth. "And bondage. Virgins like leather pants and bondage."
                          
"Bondage..." Aria squeaked, trying to swallow her milk around a laugh.
                          
"Yes. Evidently they like to be held down and taken by their mates. At first I didn't understand this practice but I admit I have begun to see the appeal." Ascension informed her flatly. He looked her over and wondered allowed. "Do you enjoy bondage?"
                          
He was starting to hope she did. He had the mental image of interlacing his fingers with hers and holding them to the bed while he kissed his way from her lips to her breasts and farther. Oh yes, suddenly both he and his cock were eager to find out if Aria liked the idea of bondage.
                          
If she didn't, well he wasn't sure where he was going to locate leather pants.