Chapter 107: Suburbanite

FieryKathy

While we sit down and wait for breakfast I open up the tablet Gamma had given to me yesterday. Sam peeks over my shoulder so she can read along.

“Wow, it’s at 352 081 already.” Sam calls out. 

“Oh…” I look at the number in the top right, it’s still ticking up albeit a bit slower than last time we watched it together. 

“Hmm, I wonder what the total population of Haurchefaud is.” My sister wonders after flipping a pancake. 

“That’s a good question actually.” Sam agrees. “Maybe a billion or two?” 

“That sounds like way too much.” Nikki shakes her head. 

Sam shrugs. “Hilda would probably know.”

Nikki’s phone starts vibrating. “Ah, speak of the Devil. It’s a message from Hilda.” 

“What does our glorious leader want?” Lise asks while putting a plate of pancakes on the dinner table. 

“She asks if we want to come over to her house today.” 

“Yes!” I immediately reply. “I wanna goooo! I can go and ride with Hilda on her motorcycle!!”

Nikki chuckles. “I’ll tell her we’ll be coming after breakfast then.” As she starts typing. “If that’s okay for you as well, Sam.” 

“Definitely.” 

“Great.”

My sis walks back to the kitchen with a pancake stuffed in her mouth. “Doesh anywan want som eggws?” 

Everyone raises their hand. 

“Comingw wright up!” 

After a nice and filling breakfast we get ready to head over to Hilda’s place. I decide to go with a pink hoodie with gray pants and pink low sneakers as it’s pretty cold outside so a dress would probably not have been a good idea. I find Sam staring at my butt when I turn around. She’d just finished getting dressed herself and was leaning against my closet.

“Sam?” I blush at her. 

“Ah! Sorry!” She looks away and starts blushing as well. “It’s just that your pants fits you really well… that’s all…”

I see an opportunity as my blush fades a bit and head closer to Sam, pressing myself up to her, tilting my head. 

“It just fills out… you know…” Sam blushes even more. “A-and your tail…”

“Hmmm?” I smirk and tease her a bit more, softly pulling on her jeans jacket. 

Sam bites her lip and keeps avoiding my gaze. “Ami…” She whispers.

“Hmmmmmm?” I tease her again. 

“I’m going to pounce you if you keep it up. I can barely hold myself back.” 

“Is that so?” I use my right ear to tickle her cheek. 

Sam gasps and quickly reaches for her cheek. “Oh, you’ve done it now.” She then takes me by my waist and gently guides me back to the bed and throws me softly down on top of my mattress. “Kissing or tickling? What would you prefer as punishment, kitty cat?” She locks me in by placing her arms around me. 

“Mhmm. Lemme think for a second.” 

“Times up.” She lowers herself and starts kissing me. I obviously don’t resist at all and start kissing her back.

However, the cough from my sister in the hallway interrupts our little kissing session. “Should we leave you two here after all?” My sister chuckles.

“N-no!” I say as Sam pulls me upright again. The both of us are blushing because we got caught in the act. “W-we are ready!”

We then leave the apartment and head towards the elevator. Once inside my sister presses the button to go to the garage.

“Ah, are we going by car?” I look up to my sis. 

“Yeah, Hilda lives in the suburbs, it’s a bit annoying to get there with public transport.” 

“It’s definitely doable.” Nikki continues. “But it will take a while longer.”

“And you also need to change busses twice which is even more annoying.”       

“I get that.” Sam nods. “I sometimes take trains that are slower but have a direct route, rather than the faster route but with a change halfway through.”

“What do you need to take the train for, Sam?” I poke my girlfriend. 

“When I visit friends from other cities or when I go on a city trip with my parents.” She smiles and pets my head. “No need to get jelly.” 

“I wasn’t jelly!” I pout. “I was just curious.” 

“Mhmm.” She hums and gives me a kiss. 

The car ride over to Hilda’s place only takes twenty-five minutes. Which was probably helped by the fact that it was a Sunday today and traffic was incredibly light. 

Hilda’s house is quite impressive. A double garage, slightly sunken into the terrain around it. White and black walls that give it a very modern outlook. And lots of windows, particularly on the top floor. It’s very different from the suburbian house me and Lise used to live in.

Nikki rings the doorbell and it doesn’t take long for Hilda to open the door. Apparently she’d also chosen to go for the casual hoodie look. She always was so well dressed when we met, that it was a bit weird to see her around in her home wear.

“Welcome.” She smiles and opens the door wide for us so we can enter. 

“Your house looks amazing, Hilda.” Sam says as she sees her. 

“Thanks. I don’t really like the suburbs that much but it’s quiet and the prices here are a lot cheaper than in the city.” She leads us indoors. 

“Do we need to take off our shoes?” I ask.

“Nah, it’s fine.” Hilda shakes her head. 

“Is it really that much cheaper?” Sam continues. 

“I don’t think our apartment is much cheaper than Hilda’s house.” My sister replies instead. “She wasn’t joking when she said there was a big price difference.”

“The convenience of the city adds a lot of value.” Hilda nods. “But I’m happy with my house so it’s fine.” She leads us into her living room which was incredibly fancy too. Her lounge was also a bit sunken into her floor, giving it a cozy feeling, especially with the gas fireplace that was burning away with its calming orange glow. “Want something to drink?”         

“Just some water.” I reply. 

“You sure? I can make some hot vanilla milk for you.” 

I started drooling almost immediately. 

“I think she’ll stay with water, Hilda.” My sister winks. 

“Nooooooo! Gimme the milk please!” 

“Coming right up.” Hilda winks as well while the rest of us also tells her what they want to drink. 

Sam and I take up a spot next to the fireplace where I start cuddling up in her lap until Hilda comes back with a dish full of drinks.

“Here’s your milk, kitten. I didn’t know if you wanted whipped cream with it so here’s the bottle if you want to add some.” 

“Thank you.” I smile at her. 

“Want me to add some for you, Ami?” Sam asks, as she was in a much better position to add it if I pleased. 

“Maybe a little.” I nod.

Sam smiles and sprays some whipped cream on top of my hot vanilla milk. It looks incredibly delicious. 

Hilda then sits down on the sofa next to my sister and Nikki. “So, are you ready to take a ride with my motorbike later?” 

“Yes!” I call out. 

“We’ll just tour a bit of the suburbs so no need to worry about safety.” Hilda looks over to my sister with an assuring smile. “I’m not going to take any risks with our sweet cat girl along.” 

“Even though she’s probably the best person to have along when doing risky stuff.” Lise laughs. 

“She already has over 300 000 followers!” 

“Oh, do you now?” 

I blush. “Yeah… apparently…” 

“And her holiness also got the relic with her to this world.” Nikki says as she raises her glass. 

“What? Is that true?” Hilda looks surprised. 

“Yep.” Lise nods. “Veanya came along and she told us it was perfectly safe, you were right as well in saying that she’d need attunement to it as well.” 

“Oh.” 

My sister and Nikki explain a bit more about the bracelet while I take a first sip of my glorious drink. 

“Is it good?” Sam asks. 

“Incredibly so.” I rub my head against her cheek. 

“Bracelet and motorcycle stuff aside.” I hear my sister continue. “What else do you have planned for us today?” 

“Yesterday I got a delivery of some board games I’d ordered. I thought maybe you’d want to try them out with me.” Hilda says as she nods towards the closet behind her. There are in fact a couple of boxes stacked upon it. 

“Definitely. What kind of games are they?” 

“Some very thematic civilization builders, management games and a sci fi-board game as well where you need to control a spaceship together.” 

“Nice, we’ll take a look at it later then.” 

“You can play them all with 5 players?” Sam asks. 

“Yep. Otherwise I wouldn’t have mentioned them.” Hilda takes a sip from her glass and then continues. “We can also play a bit of pool if you want, I got a table upstairs.” 

“Wow, it’s been ages since I played that.” Sam is clearly impressed. 

“I’ve never played it before.” I admit. 

“Then we have to teach you. It’s really fun.” Sam gives me a hug. 

“Looks like we’ll have a fun day today.” Lise leans back into the sofa with a big smile on her face. “Thanks for inviting us.” 

“You’re always welcome.” 

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