CHAPTER 511: CREATING A RITUAL

"Janine, you know you don’t have to-" I started before Janine interrupted"-Shut it! For bringing me here with you, it’s the least I can do. Besides, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before, now turn around, let me scrub your back, you can do your front."

I shrugged my shoulders and did as she asked, I felt touched that she was willing to wash me in front of... People? "Hey, it’s like 8 am, why is no one showering?" I asked confused as I looked around, causing Janine who was lathering up her hands to look around as well.

"Well, it makes sense doesn’t it? This location has been temporarily sectioned off for ’civie’ use, most people are not comfortable with just hanging dong in front of a bunch of other dudes. And it’s exactly because of people like you."

"Huh?" I turned around confused. "People like me? What are you implying?" Janine then looked up and down across my body before coughing to clear her throat. "Do you really not realise? Ugh, you are too handsome for your own good you know?" She said, before turning me around.

"I also think I saw that this was the unisex showers. The men are most likely in the male showers to not appear as perverts and the women don’t want to be ogled, hence empty showers."

I shrugged my shoulders. "Ok then, at least you weren’t trying to call me a pervert." I replied, getting a pinch on my butt in return. "Pervert? Apollo I just had to see you spray your jizz all over the place in an occupied room, that’s pretty perverted... But I don’t mind that. I like you the way you are?"

Janine had fully lathered herself up at this point and gulped. What she was doing could be seen as innocent, especially by Apollo, but it was a lewd act and she braced herself.

Just as I was about to defend myself from these allegations, I suddenly felt the entirety of Janine’s body pressed up against my back. "Um, Janine? I can feel your pokies." I said calmly.

Janine didn’t seem to mind this fact as she continued to use her body like a sponge to wash my back. ’Well this is nice.’ I thought. I was glad that our friendship had gone past the point of intimate contact. My love language was touch after all and even despite Janine’s sexual preferences, I loved her dearly and wanted us to have a similar relationship to what Valerica and I had where we were totally free and comfortable with each other’s bodies.

Janine was doing her best to not let out any moans of satisfaction. Apollo’s back was toned and chiseled, like a mastercrafted sculpture. She could feel the ridges between his powerful muscles, forcing her to explore to her content.

She couldn’t help herself and her hands naturally crossed the border and began to slowly and methodically wash his abs. She didn’t used to find said muscles that attractive, sure she also has them and before it simply meant Apollo was in great shape, but now... It awoke something primal within her.

It was the appeal to the passive raw masculine energy of Apollo’s muscles. Even with his new height he was quite the sleeper body when wearing clothes, so to see it in all of its glory now, as her soapy form continued to rub up against him...

As Janine was in the middle of her fun, a thought suddenly emerged in the back of her mind, a whisper, an urge. Ushering her to take a nibble. To express her desire, to mark him as a partner Janine looked up and bit her lip. His nape looked so vulnerable... Just a little nibble...

"Alright Janine, I am sufficiently clean now." I said and before Janine could register what just happened and span her around and began caressing her curves. "A-Apollo! What are you doing!?!" Janine said in shock, her body jolting at the caresses.

"What? I am washing you now, it’s only fair. Just relax, I won’t do anything inappropriate Except having a few peeks at that ass, I mean dayum! It really is just... Pwahhh. Mind-blowing." I said while wiggling my fingers beside my head to emphasise the mind-blowingness

Janine felt a wave of confidence hit her and began giggling softly. "Ok then, I trust you, just don’t stare too much ok? Now get to washing." I did just that and got to work. Washing another’s body is strangely therapeutic. I took great care and effort to lather up Janine to the best of my ability and washed everywhere I considered fair game.

Janine was ticklish. I found out as the few times my fingers ran across her sides, she began suppressing giggles while jolting. I found the action very cute, but didn’t comment on it. It wasn’t long until I was done and with a pat on the shoulder I said.

"All done, we should head back to the others." I said as I turned off the water. "Huh? Wha?" Janine suddenly exclaimed. ’But he didn’t even touch my...’ She shook the thought out of her head.

’Not yet, stop being thirsty. You have to do this right. You have to-’ "-Thank you for allowing us to cross the next threshold in our relationship Janine. I know you have been a little uncomfortable with nudity since I got back, so I appreciate you taking the next step with this little display today. We should start showering together more, to make it a nice ritual for us. What do you think?"

The sound of slot machines started playing inside of Janine’s mind. ’Jackpot!’ This was perfect. She could slowly deepen this little ritual they have suddenly made together, taking it a step further with every wash. Deepening the intimacy while she also starts flirting more and fully begins taking the steps towards the future she desperately wanted.

She immediately put on her banter pants and replied. "Hmmm~ is this just an excuse to stare at my ass more Apollo?" She then squinted her eyes for a moment playfully before smiling. "Sure, why not. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. It was therapeutic in a way."

I smiled immediately as she said that. "Right! I was thinking the exact same thing. It feels so nice to bathe a loved one. I can’t wait to do it more, also here." I said and reached out my arm to use my Thermokinesis to dry us both off.

Janine smiled a cosy smile. "Mmmmh~ that feels wonderful."

...

Shortly after returning to our room, the entire building was told to clear out. We did just that with no fuss and with us finishing enrollment yesterday, we didn’t have much to do. We emphasised that point by passing the day lazily.

We walked around all the stalls again, looking at some of the other classes and clubs that were joinable. A couple took my interest, but I had signed up for too many already. Fortunately though, classes were quite spread out. It wasn’t like normal schooling with classes everyday. Some of the lectures for example, were months apart and other classes took things like field expeditions into consideration, which was a good thing as I had signed up for three different classes that did those... Well, two classes and what was basically a mercenary posting exclusive to Psionic wielders that already had either military training or battlefield experience.

It was funny, but despite Caleb telling me that my contribution on Alexandria was kept secret, the person in charge of the mercenaries seemed to be aware of it as he asked me about ’the bug bastards.’

It took a lot not to put my arm through the man’s chest at trash talking my girl, but when the guy said that most Psionic individuals don’t actually get sent up to the galactic north and was genuinely curious to hear about the insectoid enemy.

I played my cards close to my chest with that one as Nerissa and Janine were not in the know and I wouldn’t want to say something exposing.

While I was ready at one point to walk away from the Boothe at the time, the two main rewards, aside from the monetary reward, had my science boner going off. The first being where I would be sent. The Drakoshi border. I had still yet to see one of these creatures and all I knew about them was that they were Bipedal and much larger than a human.

While that would have been more than enough as the stories the mercenaries told me about them made them seem perfect candidates for my genetic science to boost my augmentations to the next level, the second reward was what basically had me screaming. ’For Spartari!’

Access to the restricted section of the Colleges library, something that from my discussion with Nerissa, was something I definitely wanted and needed access to.

I was lying on the floor, resting my head on Orchids lap as I was thinking that when I suddenly heard a voice say.

"Apollo! Hello again!"