Harlee POV
I was having the hardest time shielding the information from Ash that I was going to ask for their child. It was torture, and Ash knew I was hiding something. At first they teased, trying to get it out of me, but then I felt a hint of worry creeping in, and I finally caved enough to blurt a semi-answer.
"It's a surprise. For the weekend. When we go on our date." I slapped a hand over my mouth and then started thinking of the grocery list as Ash tried to pry for more information.
"You listed eggs twice." Ash teased.
"Maybe it's a Freudian slip." Zeev commented wickedly as he walked by with Cael in his arms. I glared at him.
"Hey, I thought we agreed to let him use the walker thing?" I said, jerking my head at Cael. Zeev nuzzled his nose into the baby's neck.
"Let me cuddle my son while he's still small enough to cuddle. He grows swiftly enough." Zeev remarked. I sighed, He had a point. I walked over to them and wrapped my arms around them. "And who knows when there'll be another babe in the house." Zeev teased. I swatted him tossing a quick glance at Ash.
"Momma wants to cuddle her baby Prince too." I smiled, running my nose along the underside of his little jaw, inhaling his unique sweet cinnamon scent. "Mmm, you smell good enough to eat little Prince." I pretended to nibble him and a clear, silvery laugh rang out. We all froze. Cael so rarely made any sounds, and laughter... well I'd never heard it. I met Zeev's teary gaze with my own, then leaned my forehead against Cael as Ash surrounded us with their arms too.
"I love you little Prince." I murmured and felt him brush my mind asking for more tickles. I grinned.
Zeev POV
It was easier for me to lock Ash out of my head than it was for Harlee, but I was enjoying teasing her and dropping little hints as she battled to keep her secret. As Saturday arrived, however, I did breathe a sigh of relief. I had been dropping so many hints, I was starting to fear I would slip. Ash had nearly worked themselves into a frenzy over the secret keeping, and as soon as they woke up, they began staring at Harlee's still sleeping form.
"Have you got everything set up for today?" I asked, caressing Harlee's nude torso while she slept.
"Yes dad." Ash replied with a cheeky roll of their eyes. I growled softly.
"She's very excited you know-I just want to-"
"I know." Ash tapped their temple. "But your concern is sweet." Ash leaned across Harlee and gave me a gentle kiss.
"You know you're kind of a hopeless romantic." Ash murmured, their face still inches from mine. I growled again, but my body was having a much more visceral reaction. Ash giggled.
"Can I always wake up like this?" Harlee's sleepy voice drew my attention and I glanced at her to see her staring at us like we were the most beautiful things she'd ever seen. "Oh good morning to you too, don't let me interrupt if I'm getting, you know, in the middle of something." Harlee's hand brushed my arousal through my pajama bottoms and I jolted with a snarl. Ash snickered.
"You have plans with Ash today." I growled out she took me more firmly in hand. Harlee looked up coyly at Ash.
"What do you think Ash? Do we have a few minutes or so that we can spend with Zeev so he doesn't feel lonely while we're gone?" Harlee purred. Ahs's eyes lit up.
"Oh she's getting almost as good as me." Ash said to me, before tugging me in for another kiss.
Harlee POV
Ash gripped my hand, twining long, cool fingers with mine. The black nails were interspersed with electric lime today, and the black eyeliner had the same electric green wings. I examined Ash's nails with interest.
"You know, I've never asked, and I've never seen you do it-but do you actually paint them, or just-you know.." I wiggled the fingers of my free hand to indicate some magical process. Ash laughed and I was reminded how beautiful their laughter was. Impulsively I leaned in and kissed Ash on the cheek, since their mouth was otherwise occupied. Ash's laughter died with a surprised look and a hand held to their cheek. I froze, afraid I'd done something wrong, and then warmth flooded our link so strong and fast it nearly knocked me over.
"I uh.. I'm sorry Mistress... Harlee. You startled me. I'm still not quite used to the little acts of true affection initiated by others that aren't lust driven. Especially in public." Ash murmured. My heart stung.
"What you're saying is, you've not been touched with love before us, just lust." I said sadly. Were others ashamed of Ash, is that why they wouldn't touch them in public? Ash blushed and looked away.
"Not often. Not since I became an Incubus." Ash responded. Then they brightened and tugged me against their side. "I thought this clothing store down here might be fun-" Ash prattled on as they led me towards a clothing store in the mall they favorited. My heart still ached, and I was determined more than ever now to start doing more to show my Demons and Angels the love they needed. I wrapped my arm around Ash's slender waist and tugged them tighter to me. There was a slight shudder, but Ash smiled at me and continued to talk.
"Oh God no!" Ash made a face.
"Shh! Keep your voice down!" I giggled. "Someone will find out you're in here with me."
"So?" Ash asked lasciviously, pressing their body against mine in the changing room. "What are they gonna do about it? Kick us out?" Ash purred, rubbing against me. I bit back a moan.
"Ash..."
"Harlee let's get you out of this hideous dress." Ash purred, tugging the zipper down as I began to rock my hips, unbidden. I turned and let Ash pull the zipper the rest of the way, then tugged the dress over my head. Ash gripped my hips and bent me over the bench, pressing their hips against mine, rubbing their arousal against me again.
"Ash!" I squeaked, and they chuckled darkly.
"I so want to just take you right here Mistress." Ash moaned softly. I looked up into the mirror to see a look of ecstasy on Ash's face behind me and I was very tempted myself.
"You know I can't be quietly enough for that." I giggled. "Especially where you're involved." Ash met my eyes in the mirror with a twinkle.
"Maybe that's ok with me." Ash teased.
"How much is this feeding you right now?" I giggled again, squirming against them. Ash groaned.
"So, so much Mistress." Ash moaned.
Ash smirked at the customer service representative when we walked out of the changing room. We had found a dress that Ash said was beautiful on me, but left the one that Ash had said was hideous on the return rack. Ash purchased the dress for me, which earned them an enthusiastic hug and kiss, causing another blush and curious look from the cashier as she took in Ash's black leather jacket and electric green rather ambiguous v-neck, combined with a green plaid short skirt and rather tight black pants underneath. The look screamed sexy to me, and was actually quite masculine compared to a lot of Ash's looks, especially with the combat boots and studded choker. But I guess the nail polish and makeup must have thrown her, Ash was still a curiosity and people were getting on my nerves. I tugged Ash from the store.
"We should have brought Cael, that would have really confused her." I muttered under my breath to Ash as we left the store.
"Nah, then they would have thought we were just a lesbian couple who used a surrogate. Or sperm bank." Ash teased. I pulled Ash to a stop.
"You know I don't feel that way about you, right? Ash? I love you for you. Gender neutral, genderqueer, non-binary, whatever you want to call it. I don't want you to feel like you have to be different because other people are stupid." I huffed. Ash chuckled softly and leaned in to kiss me softly.
"I know. But I also know you like certain parts of my anatomy in this Form, which is why I mostly stay in my male Form with you." Ash murmured, brushing against me with their hips. I squealed lightly and looked around quickly to see if we were being watched. We continued walking to the next store.
"You know, I don't think I've ever seen your female Form. What's it like?" I asked thoughtfully.
"It's much like this one." Ash replied with a blush. "Just with a female sex. Sometimes I let my hair grow out longer, but I don't change too much. Ah crap, just.. look.." Ash's feature's changed ever so slightly, becoming softer and just a tad more feminine, but they were right. The two Forms could be twins. I raised a hand and laid it alongside their face.
"Beautiful." I murmured. "My Ash, always beautiful." The blush was more prominent now and I leaned in to brush my lips across Ash's. By the time I pulled back, Ash was back in their masculine Form. "You know you don't have to keep this one for me, if it makes you unhappy, right?" I asked, rubbing Ash's cheek with my thumb.
"But I do so like pleasuring you with this Form." Ash replied, once again rubbing against me as if to prove their point. I bit my lip to suppress another squeal.
"I like it too." I admitted with a blush. Ash leaned in and kissed me passionately.
"Ok, let's go. I still want to replace some of your other clothes too, and then we're getting out of here, because I would like to do some real pleasuring." Ash said wickedly. I could scarcely concentrate on the clothing as we went from store to store, and Ash's gentle growls told me their control was slipping too. As we walked by a baby store, I paused to look at the maternity clothing display in the front.
"Harlee?" Ash asked giving me a gentle tug and then following my gaze.
"Ash, I was going to wait, but I want to tell you something." I turned and looked straight into their eyes. "I want to have your child."