Chapter 14: Twin Trouble

It was both strange and true simultaneously, even in the face of world-shaking news an entrenched government was often slow to act. Scott and Aria had offered the US government access to super human potential, but even with the insistence of the captain there was no sign of acceptance. Scott had been scheduled for a meeting in a few months. Of course, that had annoyed him to the extent that he had nearly called the whole thing off.

Scott sat on his couch, one arm slipped around Aria’s waist. Ero, finally awake again due to the strange nature of how time and dimensions worked in regards to her health and well-being, was currently watching television while propped up against a bowl of popcorn.

A sweet, idyllic, scene no doubt, but things were far from ideal within Scott’s mind. He could not believe that his government was idiotic to this extent. What was worse, their slow uptake had given him time to think and he had realized what he had been on the verge of doing.

“Fayth for your thoughts?” asked Aria gently.

Scott glanced at her then smiled. “Do you really want to know?”

“Yes.” she said simply.

“Well, now that the euphoria of showing off has worn off a little, I’ve realized just what I have been offering America. It seems a bit, much.” said Scott.

“How so? Level ten is much stronger than a normal human being, but they would be far from unstoppable.” said Aria.

Ero reached into the bowl and pulled out a piece of popcorn larger than her hand. She chewed on it while remaining totally engaged in the soap opera that she had chosen to watch. At any moment, the lead female protagonist in the story arc would tell the male protagonist that she was pregnant with his child! It would case a great deal of drama, and such a thing was quite interesting to the tiny little naked girl.

“Well, it’s… I’m surprised that your father went along with it. Won’t that drastically upset the balance of power in the world?” asked Scott.

“Of course it would. Do you want to call it off? He only gave his permission because of our relationship after all.” said Aria.

“No, not really. But…” he began.

“But?”

Scott shook his head. “I love the idea of bringing a little more magic to Earth. But if it is totally controlled by governments, especially one government it seems wrong. Even more, there are a lot of skills that would make things worse instead of better.”

Aria nodded. She could understand his reservations. “What would you like to do?”

He sighed softly then tilted his head back. “Is there a way to restrict what classes, races, and lore crystals they can access?”

“Absolutely. They can’t use lore crystals anyway since they would be on the tutorial. Class and race restriction would be easy as well.”

She reached down and clasped his hand. “What are you thinking?”

“I’m thinking that they would only be allowed to be human, that we open this up to every country on the planet, and only purely physical classes or healing oriented classes be allowed. Nothing that allows for extreme stealth either.” said Scott.

Aria nodded to him. “Doable. Want me to name the classes that actually fit that mold?”

“Yeah, could you?”

“Sure. How about we restrict things to only fighters, warriors, monks, healers, priests, and paladins? At higher levels some of those classes get powerful attacks, but none of them have anything world-shaking at level ten.”

“That sounds perfect. They would be able to bring defensive and healing magic into the world, but they would not have access to highly destructive elemental magic.” said Scott.

Aria laughed warmly. “Look at my boyfriend… He saw the potential for abuse and decided to nerf an entire world.”

Scott laughed as well. She had made a good point.

“Oh no! Don’t cry!” exclaimed Ero as the pregnant female protagonist underwent a touching and emotional scene of self-discovery.

Scott and Aria glanced down at the fairy. She was really invested in that show for some reason.

Sappy romantic music began to play in the background and the daytime drama stopped playing. Ero sniffled softly then sighed.

“Aww, Ero. What’s wrong?” asked Scott.

The little fairy turned toward him, tiny twin streaks of tears trailed down her face. “Scott, will you still love me when I’m pregnant with your child?”

Scott blinked slowly. She had really asked him that? “Ero…”

The tiny fairy placed a hand to her stomach then sighed dramatically. “Oh, what is to become of me… the cast-off woman?” She placed the back of her hand to her forehead then sighed loudly once more.

Aria started to laugh at the tiny girl’s antics. It was obvious that she was just messing with Scott. Still, it was fun to see how seriously he had taken her. It was a fairy good question after all.

Ero made a hysterical outcry before falling to her knees. “Oh! My heart could not take it if you put me aside! If not for my sake, then for our unborn child!”

“Ero… is there something that you aren’t telling me?” he asked sincerely, but with a smile upon his face. He had been taken off-guard by her antics, but he knew she was only having a little fun with him now.

The fairy girl sniffled gently then nodded. “Yes…”

Scott leaned down toward her. “You can tell me anything, OK?”

Ero nodded mutely then looked up at him with tear-stained eyes. “Do you promise?”

He reached out a hand and she clutched his pinky. “I pinky promise.”

She tried to laugh, but the emotions were too strong. “Scott… I…”

“Yes?” he asked her, expecting her to say something cutesy.

She took a deep breath. “Um… I… I… can feel a second light inside of me.”

Aria gasped loudly, and her hands flew to her face. “Ero! Are you sure?”

Scott’s head whipped over to Aria to see the strange mixture of joy and growing jealousy on her features. He slowly turned his head back toward Ero and saw her slowly nod.

“A… A second light?” asked Scott.

Ero looked down at the table then nodded gently. “Yes… I. I can feel it inside me.”

“Are you saying that you’re pregnant?” asked Scott gently.

“I…” She looked up at him then bit her lower lip before shrugging sweetly. “…Think so?”

Scott reached down and gently drew her into his hands before lifting her up closer to him. “How is this possible? I didn’t think we could do that?”

Aria reached over and gently stroked Ero’s hair with her index finger. Her face held a constantly shifting mixture of emotions, but she did not want the tiny girl to suffer.

Ero nodded again then looked away from Scott’s intense and curious eyes. “I’m sorry…”

“What are you talking about? This is wonderful news, Ero.” said Scott before he used his pinky to lightly caress her side.

“R-really?” she asked, her voice becoming stronger and more resonant. “Do you really think so?”

“Yes! I’m not sure if I’m father material but I love you.” he said sincerely.

“Oh! Oh, Scott.” Ero launched herself from her spot in his hands and latched onto the side of his face. She had not given him an epic face-hug in quite some time, and this time no one tried to dislodge her.

He reached up and lightly stroked her back with a finger. He could feel her entire body shaking and the wetness of her tiny little tears as she nuzzled her face against him.

Aria pulled him closer to her then leaned her head against his shoulder. Her eyes had a distant look to them. Due to their current situation, she would only allow herself to become pregnant once they were well and truly capable of simultaneous existence in the divine city. Ero, the tiny little fairy BFF had a connection with Scott that Origin in either of her avatars could not.

Something inside of her snapped. Aria kissed Scott on the ear, and then on the side of the neck.

“What? Aria?” asked Scott. He had a fairy clinging to him for dear life on one side and the hottest woman in history kissing his neck. For a moment, he revived the old coma dream theory that he had once had. There was nothing realistic about his current existence.

Aria’s hand slid down along his chest then between his thighs. She did not speak, but nuzzled his ear with her nose, her hot breath moistened his neck.

“Aria…?” asked Scott. Was she really doing this now?

It did not take long for Ero to realize what was happening. She detached from Scott’s face and fluttered away a little to see what Aria was doing. It was not until the blue haired girl started to cry a little that Ero really understood.

The tiny fairy fluttered away a short distance then began to glow softly. She did not have much energy to do what she was about to do, but it was something that she knew had to be done. Ero began to grow. After a few brief seconds she was fully human-sized.

The enlarged fairy walked over and took Aria’s hand in hers. “Let’s go talk somewhere. OK?”

Aria looked up at her, tears tracking down her cheeks. She glanced down and gave a mute nod.

Scott watched as his best friends left the room and wandered off to his bedroom. The distinctive sound of the door shutting told him that the conversation that was about to happen was a girl’s only discussion.

Ero led Aria to the bed and then plopped down lightly atop the comfortable mattress. She patted the spot next to her and the blue-haired girl scurried over before sitting down.

The fairy slipped an arm around Aria’s waist then pressed her cheek against hers. “Do you hate me now?”

Aria sniffled but shook her head lightly. She could not talk at the moment. She was not even certain what she felt, but it was not hatred.

The still naked fairy sighed softly then nuzzled Aria’s cheek with her own. “I did not plan this. You do know that right?”

Aria nodded slightly, but said nothing. She held no blame in her heart toward the currently not-so-tiny girl.

“I love you Origin, OK? You’re the closest thing to a sister that I’ve ever had. I’m not going to try and take him away from you.” said Ero.

Aria made no head nod of recognition, nor did she make a sound for a moment. She could not help but feel this would put distance between her and Scott.

Ero bit her lower lip then sighed. She did not know that much about how to deal with other people. The only real interactions that she had to work with were the ideas in Scott’s mind. So, she did the only thing that she could think of in the situation. She pulled away from Aria slightly, raised a hand to the other girl’s cheek then leaned in and kissed her sweetly on the lips.

Aria blinked softly then looked over to the fairy girl. “Ero…?”

The fairy shook her head then pulled Aria toward her gently before kissing her once more. Their noses brushed against each other briefly and Ero’s wings fluttered slightly from the stimulation.

“Ero, what are you doing?” asked Aria, in a mixture of confusion and arousal.

The fairy smiled at her. “I’m kissing you until you stop being sad.”

Aria snorted and received another tender kiss. She rolled her eyes but did not push the girl away. “Where did you get the idea that kissing me would help?”

“Scott, of course. Doesn’t it help you when he kisses you?” asked Ero gently.

Aria’s cheeks became flush. “Yes. It’s just that…”

Ero kissed her again then pressed her body forward so that Aria fell back onto the bed. Soon she was atop Aria, and had her wrapped in a full body hug. “Don’t be mad. Please? I need you.”

“Ero, I’m not mad at you.” said Aria.

The fairy sat up, straddling Aria’s hips. “Are you sure?”

Aria sighed once then smiled up at her. “Yeah, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’m happy for you.”

“But you’re sad that Scott didn’t get you pregnant, too?” asked Ero.

“Yeah. I guess that’s it. We can’t really have children until this whole stupid thing with the board is taken care of.” said Aria.

Ero leaned down atop her sort-of sister and cuddled against her. “I know this isn’t what you wanted. Me and Scott…”

Aria slipped her arms around Ero’s lower back then nuzzled her cheek against the top of the fairy girl’s head. “You love him. He loves you.”

“He loves you more.” said Ero, more than a hint of sadness in her tone.

“Does it seem so?” asked Aria.

“Yes…” said Ero, her voice trembling slightly.

Aria sighed loudly. “What’s wrong with me?” She hugged Ero fiercely then kissed her sweetly on the top of her head. “You deserve better than this.”

“Aria…?” asked Ero, softly.

“I’m a jealous person, I guess. I did this same thing to my poor sister.” Aria shook her head. “Some goddess of love, right?”

Fairy wings fluttered and Ero tilted her head to the left a little before she asked, “What do you mean?”

“Here you are, on top of me, trying to cheer me up when you’re the one who needs the emotional support.”

Ero’s wings fluttered again and she smiled down at Aria. “I love you. I want you to be happy.”

Aria closed her eyes and held tightly to Ero. “That’s why you’re so much closer to him than me.”

The fairy girl was confused by what she had just heard. Aria, or rather Origin, was the one who spent the most time with him. Half of the time, despite the fact that she was spiritually joined with Scott, Ero felt superfluous. “Aria, I don’t think that’s true.”

“Isn’t it? I’m supposed to be the goddess of love, but I barely even know what that is. The whole thing is so confusing.”

“I don’t think either of us, Scott included, really know what love is Origin. We wouldn’t be so bad at it if we did.” Spoke Ero in a tone that was deeper and more resonant than normal. It was a tone normally reserved for battle or for whenever she did fairy interesting things to Scott in the dream world.

Aria smiled slightly then nodded. “Can you forgive me for being such a weepy idiot? I ruined your special day, didn’t I?”

Ero kissed her on the nose. “I forgive you.”

The blue-haired girl sighed in relief, but then her eyes widened in surprise when she felt Ero’s hands lightly grip her breasts. “Ero, what are you doing?”

“I’m not a slut or anything, but I think I just figured out a way to make this work for everyone.” She replied sweetly.

Aria’s eyes widened. “Huh?”

Ero giggled then leaned down and whispered into Aria’s ear. “Wanna go for twins?”

Aria made a choking noise and pushed at the girl. “The hell?” she said, in fair imitation of Scott.

The fairy laughed then waggled her eyebrows lewdly. “What? I’m all kinds of magical. It could work.”

“Ero, get off!” cried Aria as the fairy girl began to massage her breasts while she kissed her neck.

“I’m trying my fairy best to do so.” replied the girl cutely.

Aria cried several desperate pleas for mercy, but Ero was having none of that. Though, had Aria made any real attempt to dislodge the girl that might have been different.

Outside the door of his bedroom Scott quirked an eyebrow and pressed his ear closer to the door. What the hell was going on in there, and why was he stuck outside?

“Twins! Twins!” cried Ero cutely. Aria said something that Scott could barely understand.

Unable to restrain himself further he opened the door and walked inside. He saw Ero straddling Aria’s waist, her hands lightly caressing the blue-haired girl’s breasts.

They both looked toward him curiously. Unable to think of anything else to say, Scott reached toward his zipper and made a show of unzipping. “Did someone order twins?”

Both girls’ eyes widened comically. What exactly was happening here?