Chapter 377: Coffee
When Laz finally slept, his dreams were full of things he didn’t understand.
A dark abyss that spanned galaxies.
And endless vision of fire and light, as though space itself had been ignited.
A planet that was simply a mountain with moons floating around it.
And finally, a black planet, one in which no light reached. And yet, on this planet, there was life somehow, even warmth.
And the humanoid creatures that inhabited this planet... all of them were covered in layers of black ink that closely resembled the tattoo seal that had been placed on Nora.
As Laz looked on like a spectating god, he could only sigh to himself,
’I was hoping to meet A’ruya but I got this instead... I don’t even know what this is...’ Laz thought to himself while looking around at the scene before him. He recognized the seals, but something seamed strange overall. These people seemed to have developed their own lives and the dark didn’t bother them. In fact, it looked like it was some ordinary, back country town like from the 1800s. While there was a lack of any sunlight on the planet, there was still light in the form of strange creatures whose bodies came alive with different colors of light while there were several plants that emitted light as well.
Not that any of that mattered since Laz has his eyes peeled to the people, their unclothed bodies and the seals that each and everyone of them had.
’Maybe this is where she came from? Like a home planet?’ Laz said, thinking about his own history.
Just as he was working out some differences from person to person, he noticed an ink black swirl approaching the planet from afar. Looking up, he could see it was the same sort of weird darkness that he had seen in visions past. Just as he wanted to get a closer look, he was thrust away without realizing how and the entire scene vanished.
’So another world swallowed by they weird darkness? And this was a dark world to begin with... Wonder if that means anything... Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten that second loaf herb bread? Who knows what they were putting into it...’
The dreams stopped as Laz awoken, shocked briefly at the unfamiliar ceiling before feeling the warm body pressed up against him.
"Oh... right... Shit. What have I gotten myself into this time?" Laz said to himself, quietly. He wasn’t looking to hook up, not when he had left so many girls behind. And even more importantly was the one he hadn’t seen since he had left home, Kennedy. Despite all that, he still ended up in this situation. In truth, he was somewhat mad at himself for not having more control. Sure, he could say that she forced herself on him. But the truth of the matter was that he didn’t exactly fight it as hard as he could. Actually, he had been feeling slightly lonely, and that was the real reason he didn’t just run away.
"A shit load of trouble. Why? Do you have a wife at home?" Nora said, rubbing her nails along his chest as she looked up at him, clearly awake.
"No. Not a wife. But..."
"A girlfriend?" She asked with a smile.
"Well...um... more than one..." Laz never realized how hard it would be to explain his situation.
"That’s understandable. A guy like you would need two women just to be able to handle him. I still don’t know if I can walk after last night, much less do those things again. And did you really have to do that thing with the fucking tesla coil? I honestly thought you were going to char my little kitty well done when that happened," Nora laughed, clearly not mad.
"Uh... more than two actually,"
"Three??" Nora said, now becoming more interested.
"There’s actually eight of them currently..." Laz said, to hurry along the process.
"EIGHT? SERIOUSLY? Damn daddy...." Nora said, shocked.
"Well, four of them are quadruplets..."
"That’s a lot of sisters... But anyway. None of them are with you right now so what do I care? If anything, this will be your problem later..." Nora said, trying to push herself up.
"Damn... it really is gone..." She said, looking at the now bare strip of flesh that ran from her neck, down her breasts and along her thighs.
"It is. How about you?"
"Me? You mean my sense of feeling?" Nora asked. Instead of answering, she dipped down and kissed him deeply before breaking away.
"Hmm..." Nora pondered. She then pinched her own nipple, almost to the point of it turning purple before letting out a moan.
"MMMMMAAAAAHHHHHHHH" Nora exclaimed. She then closed her mouth in shock and looked down, watching her now purple nipple turn pink again.
"I... I can... I can still feel.. but... only in extreme cases.... It like... breaks through the wall of nothingness and I feel the entire sensation, not just a dulled version of it....HOLY FUCK HOLES BATMAN..." Nora said, cleared excited about this new discovery.
"So this is good, right?" Laz asked, seeing her happy face.
"Good. Very good... so fucking good in fact..." Nora then dipped down and grabbing Laz’s half erect member, she shoved two thirds of it straight into her throat.
"OH FUCK," Laz said, clearly taken aback by the the incredible sensation he just felt all of the sudden.
At first, Laz was so surprised he closed his eyes and just enjoyed it, until he heard Nora gagging so much that it seemed like she would throw up. Opening his eyes, he could see the tears running down her face and despite that, she didn’t stop.
"Hey... HEY," Laz said, moving her head back by grabbing her hair.
"What are you doing? I’m not looking to watch you vomit before I’ve even had breakfast," Laz said, concerned.
"I can gag. I have a gag reflex. Do you know how long it’s been since even my throat could feel something? My taste buds? Ohh... taste.... I want coffee... I’ve wanted to taste coffee ever since I lost the ability to taste. Do you know how fucking hard it is to be able to smell coffee but not taste it? It’s like my own personal hell...." Nora said, her eyes still watering.
"It’s ok. It’s ok... You still might not be able to taste it unless you make it super strong, But I’m sure one day everything will be back to normal, ok? So don’t rush it," Laz said gently while wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I don’t care if I have to crew coffee grounds, I want that taste again. Be right back..." And with a wave of energy that Laz didn’t know she had, Nora was up and out of the room, her ass naked as she ran to where ever she was going that involved coffee.
"Least she got those stain panties off," Laz laughed as he got up to figure out where the bathroom was. Luckily she had her own place and therefore he own bathroom. As for the reason she ended up in the shower with Celes the other night? That was simply because sometimes its fun to bath with others and the shower is the perfect place to do it.
Laz relieved himself, washed his face and rinsing out his mouth. Looking at himself in the mirror, Laz was kinda dumbfounded. Not that he hadn’t seen himself in the mirror before, but this was the first time he was actually taking the time to look at himself ever since he had left his room at the motel his grandfather used to run, The Shack. Compared to that place with it’s faded pink carpet and peeling paint, he was currently looking at himself in a large, ornate mirror that stood above a freestanding raised, square sink with a pump like water nozzle. And the face staring back at Laz was older than he remembered. Perhaps others couldn’t see the scars on his perfect skin, but to him they were clear as day and reflected in the pre dawn glow.
’The training will start soon..’ Laz thought to himself as he watched the sky turn red and purple in the dawn.
Although Laz wanted a shower, he knew he didn’t have time. So instead he just rinsed his hair in the sink dried it with a hand towel before heading out.
As Laz exited the room and made his way down the hall and downstairs, he saw Nora wearing just an apron while in tears as her hands shook, the practically tar like coffee inside the kitty mug splashing around so much that it was a miracle that any was still inside the cup.
"Hey... hey... what? Can you not taste it?" Laz asked concerned as he grabbed the bottom of the cup to stabilize the shaking.
"No.. No.... I.... I can... I really can. I can smell it and I can taste it. And it’s so hot it burns my tongue but I don’t care because I can finally taste it." Nora whisper, sending thanks to whatever being had answered her prayers.
"See? Good. This is a good thing, right?" Laz said, smiling. This woman was like a demon last night, kicking his ass and demanding he treat her in kind. But now she seemed like a small child seeing and experiencing the world for the first time while unable to hold back her tears.
"Right. Right. It’s good. It’s really good... hey.. can you...?" Nora turned to Laz and asked while not asking a question.
"Can I what?" Laz asked back.
"Can you come back tonight... please? I, uh, I just want to talk some more. I won’t do anything crazy again... ok? So can you?" She begged while trying to resist the urge to get on her knees. Laz had given her a gift that she had given up hope on.
Laz smiled.
"Yeah. I can. But get things cleaned up and meet us out there for the afternoon session. It will be good for you. I have to go now. Talk to you later..." Laz said, waved and took off out the back door.
"See you later," Nora waved back, content to be alone for the first time since forever.
