Isran was a bit light headed with the development of their lodging. Calliope didn’t want to be alone, and neither did Phaedra. There were no avaible rooms for their size and after searching a few inns they got a room. Though it seemed the clerk had misunderstood what they were.

  “Uh…” Phaedra blushed looking at the heart shaped bed. A heart shaped bed that was big enough to fit ten people comfortably. The entire room was rather luxurious. Elysi had not compined about the price so Isran guessed she knew the kind of room they had been given but the look on her face proved otherwise.

  Calliope, ever the happy one didn’t seem in the slightest fazed, She skipped to a door Isran assumed was the bathroom and remained inside as the three of them came to.

  “It’s fine…”

  “How much did the room cost?” Isran whispered to Elysi as Phaedra took a seat in one of the couches. It was more a pile of pillows and the surprise yelp from the healer as she sunk into them revealed how soft they were.

  “Forty copper.”

  “Hmm.” Isran was getting a better grasp on the money system of Noes… but not so much.

  “Forty copper for this room?” Phaedra lifted an eyebrow as she pushed herself out of the couch.

  “I thought it would be some bunk beds. It was the st room avaible and he had smiled at me so I thought he was giving me a deal…”

  Isran ughed at that. The assumption was… telling of the way three women clung to her as she moved.

  As their stupor reduced and Isran began taking off her armor Calliope walked out of the bathroom… naked.

  Isran turned her head away as Elyis approached the mouse girl with clothes and a towel.

  --

  A few hours ter Phaedra and Calliope were asleep. Isran and Elysi had left to get horses for their trip back to Kestin and trade in loot. It was best to do so at a religious district instead of one of the capitals since they were not as reguted.

  Traders in religious districts were more willing to look the other way. In a capital like Kestin, the amount of paperwork and guards involved was not only a pain but also a quick way to pay fees that could’ve been avoided.

  Elysi sighed as the water of the shower hit her face, cascading down her curvy form. Isran couldn’t help admiring her girlfriend’s form. She was so beautiful sometimes Isran wondered if she was real.

  “You’re staring.” Elysi smiled. Looking over her shoulder at Isran.

  Isran pushed her wet hair out of her face and took a step closer to the sheep girl.

  “How can I not?”

  Isran leant down and kissed her girlfriend’s shoulder. “I… I’ve been thinking…”

  “About…?” Elysi hummed, leaning her head to the side as Isran peppered kisses along her neck.

  Isran’s heart dropped as she tried to say what had been on her mind ever since they left the Baren Wastends. Her throat felt cmmy and her mouth heavy.

  “Isran?” Elysi turned her head, gently pushing Isran away from her neck.

  Isran swallowed, rubbing circles into Elysi’s hips to ground herself. “It’s about… our living situation.”

  Elysi blinked and tilted her head. “Oh.”

  Isran looked away from the sheep girl and swallowed.

  “Do you… do you not like my job?”

  Isran cleared her throat and buried her face into Elysi’s neck. “I thought I didn’t care… but I do.”

  Elysi leaned back into the taller woman. “I’ve been thinking about it too.”

  Isran remained shielding her face from Elysi.

  “Fucking is a very good way for me to level up, almost always the only way, and sometimes it supplements my low kills in the dungeon considering I don’t have a combat reted css…”

  Isran took in a shaky breath.

  “Does it bother you that much?”

  Isran didn’t verbally answer, but when she wrapped her arms around Elysi tighter the sheep girl took her answer.

  With a sigh, Elysi slowly unwrapped herself from Isran and held the taller woman’s cheeks in her hands. “I respect your feelings and understand your concerns…”

  Isran kept her eyes on the smooth stone floor of the bathroom.

  “I understand if you—”

  “I never said that Isran.”

  Isran lifted her head with a frown.

  “It is something I have to process, yes. I’ve never been in a retionship before and I enjoy sex, a lot so being a whore has never been a problem. But I really care about you and how you feel.”

  Elysi took in a breath, the water falling over and around them like rain. “I’ll stop.”

  Isran frowned. Elysi’s hands were shaking. “I don’t want you to do this if—“

  “I’m not just doing this for you.” She smiled. “As much as having a blessed css sounded amazing I didn’t always want to become a whore… I don’t—when it’s less of a pain to think about I’ll tell you why I made the decision. But I like you more than I like my job. I want you to know that.”

  Isran was crying, she knew she was crying but she hoped the water hid it.

  “Oh, Isran—”

  “No—no… I just, I was worried I would lose you.”

  Elysi hugged her and rubbed her back. “Breathe. You’re okay.”

  Isran nodded and concentrated on her breathing.

  There was a brief silence before Elysi spoke again.

  “I love you.”

  Isran swallowed, her heart rate increasing again, this time for a different reason. “I love you too.”