Ant Kingdom City. A prosperous location situated just outside of the Kingdom’s dirt mound and castle. It was separated into a central district, a commercial district, and a residential area. Many insects had flocked to this place in the years after the first queen had settled there, and many continued exploring for the Queen of the present day seeking the artifacts that would lead her to the fabled Everlasting Sapling. That being the case, even explorers needed downtime. A little spot hidden behind the commercial district led to a seemingly innocent entrance. A cap of plastic that only moved for those with the right password, or the right connections. Beneath the cap was a bar at the end of a ladder, a tavern with an insect on the far side playing music for the shady clientele, and a buxom bee serving all kinds of drinks. At the moment, three explorers were seated at the bar cheering together. 


Kabbu, a green beetle, hummed to himself once he had his glass in hand, “You know, should Vi be drinking this sort of thing?”


The blue moth next to him with cool white eyes tilted his head for a moment before sniffing, “Probably not, but would you like to be the one to tell her that?” 


Sitting by the moth was the bee they had been talking about, with long stretches of black at her legs and a typical yellow patterning on her fuzz until it reached a white crest of fur around her neck. Vi tapped her glass on the bar top and huffed, “Shut it, Leif! I’ve been in here a thousand times and not once did anyone tell me to stop drinking. Besides, we just got back from a big job! I’m allowed to celebrate too.” 


The ladybug behind the bartop nodded while crossing their arms, “Sure ‘nuff. Bounty was something that no one else could handle. Besides, last time someone tried to take Vi’s drink away, she bit ‘em. That was when she drank a bit too much and started trying to see how many berries she could get for an empty bottle.” 


They all shared a chuckle. Even Vi smiled as they drank together. General conversation gave way to quiet as they enjoyed a bit of respite after a hard fought battle. Vi had talked a big game about drinking plenty of times, but even then, she made sure to only sip the sweetened brew. The heat hitting her tongue was enough to make her shiver, and whatever ingredients had been put in it to hide the stronger flavors couldn’t exactly cut all of it away. That being said, she liked the warmth it brought her head, and well, she liked spending time with the two idiots near her. 


Both of them had treated her better than most of her own kind back at the hive, and well, they genuinely believed in her. She liked Kabbu’s stories, and the fact that he was the nicest bug she had ever met. Leif, well, Leif liked to bother her, but he never made her feel bad and she actually had to laugh at his sense of humor sometimes. He was smart, and reliable too, even if he was a bit weird. Sometimes she worried about him especially since they found out what he really was, but that didn’t matter to her. It mattered to him, and it mattered a lot it seemed. She couldn’t help but wonder if he was still broken up about it despite his distant relatives accepting him, and despite Kabbu and herself accepting him so easily. Vi wasn’t like him, and well, she could even be considered a little bit simple but that only meant that she didn’t overthink things. Leif was her friend, simple as that.


At some point during her mental musings, Kabbu got up with a sigh, “Well, while this has been nice, I’ve got to make a quick trip to the Queen’s castle.” 


Vi tilted her head, “Oh? Another job for us?” 


Kabbu raised a single hand up to his mouth to clear his throat while he muttered, “Well, no, not precisely.” 


Leif chuckled, “Vi, we believe that our large friend here has a hot date with the court researcher.” 


While Kabbu’s cheeks flushed with color, he motioned quickly while coughing, “What?! No! I’m just going there to help out with a few things! Nothing that you two need to concern yourselves with. He just said that he could use my strength.” 


And Leif blew out to the air, “Oh, perhaps I could use a strong bug to help me lift all these things. It would be nice to lean on you a little. Won’t you come so I can reward you for a job well done?” Leif then snickered while Vi tried her best not to giggle, “Are we correct in that assumption?” 


Kabbu simply stared as if he had been struck before he shook his head, “I’ll uh, I’ll just see myself out. Won’t be too long.” 


Vi laughed and tapped her chest, “C’mon! Relax and take your time. You want to see your friend and we get that. Even I’m not that stupid. Enjoy yourself. Me and Leif will be on a date of our own.” 


Leif smiled and looked down at her while tilting his head. Kabbu blinked and stared at her for a few seconds while the moth hummed, “Oh?”


She felt her cheeks grow warm but kept up the joke, “That’s right! What was it? Confident and outgoing, like your late wife?” 


Vi’s antennae then drooped as she realized her mistake immediately and she went to apologize. Even Kabbu went to say something, but Leif simply crossed one leg over the other while holding up a hand. He took a sip from his glass before he breathed out a chill air that could even be seen, “Well, we did say that. We suppose humoring you wouldn’t be such a bad thing, now would it?” 


Kabbu chuckled and placed a hand on Leif’s shoulder while passing by, “Take it easy on her. It might’ve been a rude remark, but I hope not to see you two at each other’s throats when I return.” 


Leif simply kept on smiling while looking at Vi as he hummed, “Oh, don’t worry. We would never treat our date so deplorably.” 


As Kabbu departed, she found herself feeling very nervous. She had just said something stupid, and well, Leif deserved to get a few licks in. Vi could handle a few teases about her height, or even handle being called a kid and patted on the head as if she weren’t a capable explorer in her own right. She drank down every drop of the brew in her glass before she set it down and breathed out while smacking her cheeks. Right. Vi turned toward Leif expecting him to say something, expecting him to start, but he just got up and started walking. He paused for a second and looked back toward her with a little smile, and she hopped off of her seat to follow along. 


When they were out and under the sun again, she decided to bring it up first, “Hey, Leif? I’m sorry about what I said. I wasn’t thinking, and it was stupid of me.” 


Leif walked with his frame hidden beneath his fuzzy wings, and his expression had returned to a sleepy neutral, but even then he spared her a little smile as he responded, “How very mature of you, but relax. We understand that you didn’t mean any harm by what you said. There was even a bit of endearment somewhere within us. Though it was a joke, hearing someone so earnestly claim that there will be a date was quite nice.” 


She thought about it for a second before she muttered, “Y’know, I still feel bad about it. What if we made that date real? You said it yourself sometimes. I’m pretty cute, right? I won’t even charge you.” 


“Is that so?” Leif said as he stopped. He then turned toward her and placed a hand on his chin, “Have you gone on many dates for berries?” 


Her cheeks burned a bit, and she crossed her arms while huffing, “That’s none of your business! And well, maybe once or twice. Nothing really happened, except a kiss or two.” 


Again, that small stupid smile appeared as he nodded, “Right. Well, there’s no need to offer us such a thing. A kiss would not be enough for what longing we have, and well, taking advantage of you when you’re such a guilty little thing feels crass.” 


Vi frowned, and she reached through his wings to prod his chest, “Little, huh? Well, how about this? I’ll let you do whatever you want to me. Take me on a date and really show me what type of bug you are. Better that than having you sigh and mope while no one is looking.” 


This time, he didn’t smile and instead he turned his head away while sighing, “You really are troublesome.” When she thought that he might say no again, Leif turned back toward her and shrugged, “Okay. There might be a place that would be enjoyable to see if it still existed. If you want to be a stand in for a wife who we will never see again, then so be it.” Leif then ended the statement by leaning down to touch her cheek, “And well, you are indeed cute. Come along.” 


When he turned around to start walking. She touched the spot that his hand had been feeling and found herself incredibly warm. Man. That wasn’t what she had expected to happen. Part of her thought that he would have just kissed her and called it a day, she would have probably been fine if he would have taken her home to do a few things to her or something, and she might’ve fussed but she really did want to make it up to him, but being a stand in for his wife? She wasn’t sure if she could do that, and it seemed a little wrong that he wanted to actually take her out on a date. After a bit, she followed him, wondering what she should expect. 


They crossed the rest of the commercial district and the center of the city to head to the residential area. There wasn’t much there that they hadn’t seen, but she remembered Leif had once told her that it had been a park of some sort. She kept on following him up a hill and just a bit further until they reached a thick patch of tall grass blocking their way. He rubbed his chin and put his hand through the grass, rummaging before he paused. 


Leif looked over toward her and breathed out, “Okay. Through here we’ll find the place we wish to show you.”


Before she had a chance to ask what he meant, he was gone. Right through the dang brush! She hopped and moved as quickly as she could to follow him through and found that it was actually easier than she thought it might be. She kept pushing through green foliage until she reached the other side, but she couldn’t pay attention to the sights as her plump lower abdomen was stuck in the stupid brush. With a few movements, she popped through the other side and she fell onto her rear. Sighing, she looked up, about to complain how it was a shitty date before she stopped with her mouth open. What she saw were flowers sprouting all around a little spring. Leif was kneeling by the water with a big smile on his face and when she approached him, he turned his head toward her and got up. 


“We had been worried that this place would have been worn to time. There is overgrowth here and there, but the moss on the ground is still soft, and the flowers bloom so splendidly. We took her here long ago, and we spent our time idly here before we went out together.” Leif said with a distant look, before his gaze then turned toward her as he snickered, “And now we have brought you here now. Our latest conquest.” 


He took a seat on the mossy earth and she decided to do the same next to him while rolling her eyes, “Okay, it is beautiful but I still feel like you’re teasing me. I’m giving you the offer of a lifetime, for free! And I don’t even think like you’re taking that very seriously.” And quieter she said, “I was hoping to help you forget about her for a bit. Maybe those memories might not ever go away but, well, I’d prefer it if you were enjoying new things.” 


Leif opened his wing to put an arm around her, to pull her against his body while he muttered, “We are still uncertain if you were teasing us or not. A date is not something said so lightly, and giving permission to do whatever one wants is quite the dangerous offer.”


She looked up at him and shrugged, “You’re my friend and I want to see you happy, so well, I might not be the most experienced, but I hope that you can at least see that I am serious about this.” 


He chuckled and leaned down to plant a peck above her mouth, and while her face burned and her antennae stood straight up, he said with a sigh, “Okay then tell us if we should stop, but until then, we will feast.”


Leif leaned in closer and closer, his hand pressed to her cheek to draw her in. He was really about to this, really about to steal a kiss from her. It was just her friend, just someone she trusted with her life, and really, she should have been more annoyed than anything. Instead, she felt warm and strange. Vi shut her eyes and got ready for the kiss, shuddered while she leaned up to try to help along with the process, but nothing happened. She took a chance to open one eye just to see Leif smirking. 


For a moment or two, she just stared at him while the burning in her face continued to grow until she reached up to start swatting his chest. He put his arm up to guard himself as he chuckled, “You should have seen the look on your face. Priceless. Perhaps your sister could have made a wonderful portrait to hang up back at our home.” 


Vi grew more and more frustrated while she squeaked, “So you were just toyin’ with me, huh? Playing with a girl’s heart like that is bound to get you stung, mister!”


He laughed and leaned away, but she reached up to grab his cheeks and he stopped laughing. She trembled and looked down for a moment while he muttered, “Vi. Are you well? Was it too much of a tease?” 


She looked up at him with a big frown before she yanked his face down and leaned up all in one go to let their mouths meet. His eyes grew wide while her own were shaking, while her body was trembling. She actually did it! She showed him that she wasn’t some inexperienced idiot. Only, she found herself feeling a bit fuzzier and fuzzier as time passed on, as she felt him turn into the kiss to embrace her and bring her closer. It felt; just a bit different. 


Vi had been embraced, had gone on dates, and had even had her fair share of big kisses for berries, but this was something else. His mouth felt a bit cool, but did nothing to stave off the heat she felt building inside of her. At some point, their mouths opened as he slid his tongue inside. Whoa. It felt like he was actually reaching into her brain with that one. Her head was all strange and fuzzy, her grip on his cheeks slipping away as her eyes shut half-way and she pressed closer. 


At some point, she needed to breathe, and so she pulled away slowly while thin strands connected their tongues, eventually breaking apart as she cleared her throat, “Well uh, that showed you, right?” 


Leif muttered and leaned in again, his eyes hazy and half-lidded, “It has been so long. Never did we think that we would be blessed with a touch from another bug like that. Especially once we learned what we truly are. You are playing a dangerous game, Vi.” 


She huffed and crossed her arms, “And why is it dangerous?” 


He leaned back and let go of her to sit cross-legged with his wings open. One of his hands pointed down between his legs and she had to cover her mouth as she saw his arousal. A thick and long thing stretching out from a slit between his legs. The tip was a bit flared, and the base seemed much thicker. Had it come out because of her? Had she caused that? Part of her was absolutely mortified that she had taken it this far, but another part of her felt a swelling of pride. Maybe he’d actually call her hot instead of cute from now on. Wait, did she even want that? 


When she didn’t say anything, he placed a hand atop his shaft and muttered, “One fear of ours was that our body would not work the way it is supposed to. The color of our body, the color of what you see here, is different from what we recall, and yet, the feeling is just the same. Warmth within this cold of mine. So you see, continuing would be a dangerous game.” 


Vi lowered her hands slowly, and she brought herself onto her knees to scooch a bit closer while she spoke quietly, “Well, I’m kind of flattered and I guess this is my fault, so I don’t mind helping. This is part of a date with a pretty girl, right? Kissing, cuddling, romantic sights and then this type of stuff.” 


Leif smirked and tilted his head, “Have you even done this type of stuff?” 


She frowned a bit and turned away while muttering, “No, but you know that I’m capable, and you know that you shouldn’t underestimate me. I know what this sort of stuff is, and I know what to do. I’ve just never had the opportunity.” Another punch of embarrassment struck her gut as she grumbled, “Anytime I’ve tried, I’ve just never met the right bug. I’m always too annoying, or just cute and nothing else. Anyone actually interesting never has any interest in me other than to treat me like a mascot, and the ones with interest don’t know how to actually handle me, so they end up being jerks.” 


After that, she thought about getting up and running away. Partially because it felt so dumb saying it aloud. She didn’t want his pity and was about to say as such while turning toward him quickly before she shut her mouth as he touched her cheek and began, “We’re sorry for every time we have called you cute, when we should have said you are a beauty in your own right. You are precious to us, and we believe that getting to know you more intimately would be nice.” 


“And you’re not just saying all that?” She said while raising a brow. 


Leif chuckled, “The moment for jokes is over and an apology is in order for teasing you so much.” Quieter still, he leaned in to whisper, “You are not a stand in for a lost wife, but rather a new beauty that I wish to explore. Show off that confidence of yours, please.” 


Being called beautiful made her wings buzz together, it put a smile on her face that she couldn’t quite describe. He didn’t want to treat her like his old wife, and well, that made a lot of sense. She couldn’t be the wife that he lost, but she could at least provide him some sort of comfort and let him know that she would be able to do whatever it took to make him feel good. That being the case, she partially had an inclination to charge him for all of this. As happy as she felt, she was starting to feel like this was going to be a very long afternoon. Either way, it was good to give a freebie now and then to close friends, and Leif was one of her closest. Perhaps even closer than Kabbu after this. 


She slowly reached over to touch his arousal, and he breathed out a bit of cool mist that passed through her fuzz. At the same time, she said with a hum, “Good to see that you’ve got an eye for quality. Don’t you dare belittle me or call me cute.” Instinct took over, and she took a risk by leaning down to plant a kiss on the tip of his shaft before looking up toward him to wink, “So make sure to flatter me some more by calling me beautiful.” 


Leif trembled enough that she thought she might have hurt him. She started pulling her hand away when he grabbed her by the base of an antenna. Vi blinked as he muttered, “Keep doing that.” 


His voice sounded so strange. He was normally so calm and collected, so sleepy and well-humored. What came out of his mouth at that point had been something sharp, something icy that jabbed into her heart and encouraged her to obey the words. She moved down again to kiss the top of his cock, to then kiss the sides and repeat the motion over and over again. Leif looked up and shut his eyes. He reached down at the same time to touch her head, and she couldn’t help but smirk after planting a few more kisses on his twitching dick. 


“Hah! Looks like someone is enjoying this.” She said with a triumphant buzz. 


Leif murmured, “Use a bit more tongue, beautiful girl.” 


That reaction made her shiver a bit, her smirk turning crooked as she cleared her throat and went back to giving him attention. Licking something like this wasn’t exactly anything she had done before, but he had been married before, so maybe this was common. All of her experience had been through sneaking books that her sister probably would have disapproved of, and admiring the diagrams. 


Vi slowly let her tongue out to start moving along the surface of his shaft. Salty, cool but with an odd warm pulse to it. She didn’t hate the flavor, and so she kept on licking. Up at the tip the flavor got a bit sharper, a bit more earthy and sticky. She didn’t mind it one bit, and she actually started to lick at that spot constantly, the fattest portion of her tongue pressing against it. Somewhere in her mind, she wondered how it would be to have it in her mouth, and so she dipped her head down and closed her maw over his cock. She got halfway before she winced and found herself needing to go back up.


At some point, she couldn’t move her head back anymore, and she heard Leif grunting, “Ugh, we did try to warn you.” 


She tried to pull back again, but her eyes grew wide as her head was suddenly shoved downward. Vi reached the halfway point and then found herself being pushed lower, and lower, and lower until her face hit his crotch. She gagged around his dick, and her wings fluttered uselessly as she tried to pull away, but something about his voice had compelled her not to take her vengeance just yet. He really sounded like he was enjoying this, so maybe she could deal with it for just a little bit? 


Slowly, he pulled her back up by the head fuzz only to bring her down again, repeating the motions over and over again while her antennae slowly drooped and her breathing became labored. This was much harder than she had anticipated, but Leif was making a very musical sort of noise. Little sighs and moans, grunts and other sounds that made her back shiver and tingle. It was almost like something full of electricity was prickling at her back. At some point, she felt his shaft start to throb against her tongue more violently than before, as if something were about to happen, but that was when he pulled her back up nice and slow. 


When she got her mouth off of his cock, she coughed, “That was intense! Maybe a bit more warning next time?”


Leif grunted, “Open your mouth. Wide. Tongue out, now.” 


Commanding, and much fiercer than she had expected. She simply nodded and opened her mouth to let her tongue hang down while he took hold of his throbbing shaft to start pumping it toward her. She thought about asking him what he was doing, but she found herself transfixed by his hand moving across his massive cock. He kept on pumping, kept on grunting while leaning over her until he touched the tip against her tongue. At the point, she felt something thick start to pour over her tongue. Hot streams of sticky warmth clung to her tongue, her antennae shooting straight up while she received much more than she would ever expect. What was this? Semen, right? Queen’s and females used this to make more eggs, and he was just depositing it all onto her tongue. Salty and earthy, with a bit of bitterness that she found to be strong. It tasted…It tasted kind of nice. 


When he finished, Leif seemed to come out of his heated stupor, a hand on his head as he began to mutter, “Vi, are you okay? We took it a bit too far, feel free to spit it all out.” 


Vi instinctively pulled her tongue back into her mouth and tilted her head up to swallow. She drank down that strange brew that he had put onto her tongue, and she shivered as the heat traveled between her legs and when all of it was gone she breathed out, “Wow. I could get used to that.” 


Leif stared at her for a few seconds before he spoke, “That was hotter than you will ever know, perhaps.” 


She beamed at the compliment and hummed, “Yeah, yeah, keep it up. Flattery will get you most places. Now, are you satisfied?” When she saw that his shaft was still firm, she put a hand under her mouth and cleared her throat, “Oh. Guess we should keep going until that goes down.” 


“Any further than that would be mating, and we are unsure if you would allow us to do that. Even what you just did might have been a bit too much.” Leif said while looking away. 


Mating. Sex. She wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with the concept. Those diagrams were pretty good. Vi tapped her cheek and tilted her head while clucking her tongue, “Well, I do like you a lot. I guess it wouldn’t be so bad losing it to you or Kabbu. So how about it, wanna mate?” 


Leif reached down to touch her thigh, her body shivering in response while he hummed, “Are you sure?” 


“Yeah! This is part of the romance of a date, right? So go ahead, seduce me or whatever.” She said while placing her hands on her hips and grinning. 


A chuckle came from Leif as he leaned over to grab on to both of her thighs, and as he did this he stared her dead in the eyes and muttered, “Seduce you? Very well, beautiful.” 


Again, that simple word carried so much weight to it. She was about to say something sassy, despite her heart beating a bit faster, but she was suddenly on her back with her legs being spread wide. Her hips were drawn up and her most sensitive spots were suddenly pointed directly at Leif. She instinctively went to cover up, but found that it was rather difficult, and curiosity caught hold of her as he leaned down. His long tongue came out, a pale thing that pressed against the fuzz of her crotch. Wild signals struck her mind, and she found herself making the most embarrassing of noises while her hands clapped over her mouth to stop herself. He had the nerve to chuckle at her embarrassment before he moved his tongue along her crotch again, more signals crashing at her head, but this time, she was prepared for it. What she was not prepared for, however, was for him to move his tongue lower. 


A mix of cool and warm pushed through her as his tongue met her sensitive slit. Her wings were buzzing wildly now while she tried her best not to make too much noise, and she was failing. She moaned and made some awful squeaks that made her feel small and vulnerable, one of her eyes shutting tight as she strained herself to try to get some sort of control over the situation. However, she had no choice but to simply watch as his tongue dipped inside of her and made all of her efforts fail spectacularly. 


Leif’s tongue dipped in deeper than she had expected, as if he were trying to find her womb. That tongue of his filled her with such delight but also irritation. Her own vulnerable state was making her feel more embarrassed than anything else in this life, and she hated how much she loved this attention. Her legs were squirming in his tight hold, her lower abdomen shaking violently while her insides were stretched and teased. He wasn’t even going fast enough to provide a distraction either, which was totally unfair! His movements were slow and languid, teasing and pressing against the right spots. Was this what experience was? She was sure she had got him to blow quickly because it wasn’t often that he got to experience a cute girl’s mouth, but what the hell was this? Pressure was building up. Pressure that kept on crashing against her gut more and more. She was getting close to something that she hadn’t experienced before, something that she had only neared in quiet experimentation. 


She shut both of her eyes tight and let out a curse that would have made every queen in the land blush while she slapped her hands against the mossy ground. Her insides clenched around his tongue and something dripped free of her slit as if she had dipped herself in water. When that climax passed, Vi was lowered to the ground and her legs were released, his tongue slipping free of her insides nice and slow. 


He placed a digit on her crotch as he hummed, “So, was that enough seduction?” 


Vi looked up while panting, saw his shaft pointed toward her crotch and of course she brought a nubby foot up to press underneath that thick thing while she teased, “Dunno, are you gonna mess me up with this or actually take your time?” 


“A mix of both.” He said honestly. 


She chuckled and lifted his cock with her foot steadily before letting it come down, repeating the motion while she toyed with the idea, “Y’know what? Sure. Go ahead and mess me up. I don’t think one time was enough for me. I wanna feel that again.” 


Vi spread her legs for him and brought her hips up as best as she could, her hands on her thighs as she watched him move into place to sit on her lower abdomen. As he pressed a digit against her slit to spread it, Leif asked quietly, “There is a curiosity on our mind. In our time, a queen was often the only bee to be able to lay, and yet, even during that time we saw that changing. We are not even sure if the seed we produce is fertile, but are you fertile?” 


What a weird question, but it did seem important. She thought about it for a while before humming, “Well, I’ve heard of bees leaving the hive to start families, and weirder things have happened. I guess we should be careful, and well, I mean, if you aren’t careful then I’m going to have you pay a lot of berries. I mean, a lot.” 


Leif laughed as he toyed with her slit, causing her to shiver, as he took hold of his shaft to press the tip against her entrance, “Then we shall try to be careful, my beautiful bee.”


His beautiful bee. Hah! What a stupid thing to say. She didn’t belong to anyone, but that did not stop her chest from throbbing, did not stop her wings from fluttering in response and her hands from moving to fidget with one another. She avoided his gaze as best as she could and she hoped that he’d just get it over with already. Instead of starting to dip inside, Leif went in for another kiss. Geez. What did he want with so many kisses? What felt so good about this that he felt the need to keep doing it? It was warm and fuzzy and made her head swim in weird ways. All in all, not entirely unpleasant, so she leaned in to the kiss and even started to move her tongue along his when she felt it in her mouth. Man, he was taking his sweet time. 


She would rather have this go much faster, much more wild. Mating was supposed to be something physical and crazy, or that’s what she had read at least. Well, no, it was more that the diagrams she had seen had pictured it as something so passionate and heated, but now she found herself melting. Actually, maybe there was something else happening. The tiny bits of irritation she felt were starting to collect, were starting to turn into impatience the more he kept on kissing, until she found that she could handle it no longer. 


With a huff, she pressed both of her hands against Leif’s chest and pushed. He blinked but slowly leaned back of his own volition, “Something the matter?” 


Vi crossed her arms while making demands, “We’ll be here all day and night if this is the pace that you’re going to be going. You might as well let me take the lead.” 


She expected him to argue, or for him to feel some sort of insult, but instead he chuckled, and kept on chuckling while he leaned back to take a seat. He put his hands up after letting go of her legs and sighed, “Okay. As you wish. Please, take the lead, as we are certain your experience will carry you through this endeavor.” 


One of her eyes twitched as she pulled herself up onto her feet to stamp the ground while her wings buzzed, “Yeah? Gonna pull that on me when you’re the one with that perverted thing out between your legs?! I’ll show you, I’ll show you that I don’t need experience to absolutely rock your world.” 


Vi straddled his lap with another few annoyed buzzes, and she reached between them to take hold of his shaft. She eased it up to her slit, brought the tip to where it needed to be, and she started to move. The tip began to spread her slowly, but it didn’t go in. Vi winced and kept on pushing down, kept on moving with a wild determination despite the fact that her legs were shaking. At first, Leif just kept on smirking and chuckling at her, but it wasn’t long before he grew quiet. That’s right. She was going to shut him up for good and show him that she could do anything if she set her mind to it. Even showing him a good time. Even fitting every inch of this stupid thing inside of her. UGH! It wasn’t fitting at all! 


Leif opened his mouth to say something but stopped as she managed to get the tip inside of her. Vi squeaked and grabbed onto his body, holding on for dear life while she felt herself being stretched. Right. That was just the beginning, of course she needed to start moving, of course she needed to start bringing more of his cock inside of her, but as it turned out, mating was very hard. It wasn’t that it really hurt, rather; it was the fact that she was experiencing something new and wild. Heat crashed against her head, pressure and electricity dancing along her form as she struggled to make out what was happening to her. Still, her perseverance and confidence remained, so she started to move. 


“Uh, Vi. We believe it might be advisable to take it easy.” Leif said softly. 


“Shut up!” She said with a hiss. 


Vi grunted and snapped her jaw shut as tight as possible while she started moving her hips. She rocked and rolled them downward over and over again, and only got a few more inches inside of her with each movement. It seemed like the tightness of her insides would not let him in very far, but she was managing to get more and more of him inside of her over time. When she got to the halfway point, she felt that she could stay still for a bit and feel some sort of triumph. She was on her knees and it already felt like he might burst right out of her if she wasn’t careful, but she planned to continue going. She just needed a bit of a break.


Suddenly, Leif’s hands were on her hips and she blinked while looking toward him as he muttered, “We must apologize for this another time. Perhaps you will forgive us if we pay afterward, or treat you to some good food.” 


The word what had left her lips and strayed off into a loud yelp as he yanked her down. Another few inches were stuffed inside of her, and then some more as he kept on pulling with all of his might. She was stretched to her limit and, oddly enough, she found herself excited by the sudden passion displayed by her companion. Now he was taking her seriously, even if he was going on about it a bit too strongly. When every inch was inside of her, she found that her thoughts were having trouble forming correctly. She wanted to gloat and tell him that he could handle anything he had to throw at her, but she was preoccupied with the feeling of being stuffed to the brim. 


The best she could manage was to say, “Hah, told yah, experience didn’t matter. I’m getting experience right now and perfectly capable of—”


Her words were cut off as she was brought up and then pulled down. The sudden motion knocked the wind out of her as her insides were grinded by the odd textures of his shaft, and her mind turned blank for a second before coming back all at once in a sparking sea of sensations. He started to pull her hips up and down rapidly, her body bouncing in his lap and what made it more intense was that he was thrusting as well anytime he pulled her down. Leif was much stronger than she figured, considering he had said that he was never much of a fighter. On occasion, he would apologize and at this point, his eyes were shut tight. It was at this point that she felt something dripping inside of her. An orgasm, right? That was the ultimate end of mating. Males releases seed of some sort to impregnate females, and—. Oh, no. Wait a minute, if she could produce eggs, then his seed would surely find the mark.


These concerns were a bit difficult to hold on to because she could feel her own body surrendering to the feelings that were bubbling up to the surface. The constant grinding had shifted and turned into a constant stream of pleasure that was hitting her with every movement. She was only able to open her mouth to moan, only able to ask for more with sighs and squeaks that made her feel so embarrassed, but she just couldn’t help herself. 


With one more push, reminding Leif that he should pull out became an impossibility. He rooted his shaft inside of her as deep as it would go, and Vi groaned aloud as she felt her insides being painted by warm seed. Leif was always worried about how his body worked, how anything worked when he was what he was, but it seemed that his cock was working just fine. Cum painted her inner walls, thick and sticky enough to cling to anything it touched before being pushed in deeper by the constant grinding. When she thought that he might be finished, he just kept on pouring more inside of her. It truly felt like he was trying to knock her up instead of just pleasuring himself, and she couldn’t help but bury her face against his chest and groan aloud while he embraced her tightly. Again, that strange feeling hit her, her own climax buzzing through her body, causing her insides to tighten around his shaft, to secure the hold she had on his member while milking it. 


When her insides were drenched and Leif had stopped moving, Vi asked sluggishly, “Satisfied?” After he nodded, she brought herself up slowly on shaky legs, his shaft slipping free of her insides inch by inch until it came out with a wet pop. She shuddered and groaned, “If I get pregnant, then you’re absolutely going to pay me a fortune.” 


Leif hummed quietly, “We believe that our seed should not work.” 


She swatted his chest and scoffed, “Yeah?! Was your body not working when you literally were filling me up like a ball?” 


He looked down at her stomach and had the gall to smirk as he reached down and prodded it, “Perhaps you do look a bit chubbier.”


Her antennae flicked as she muttered, “Was that a pun?” 


Leif laughed and shook his head while she started to swat his chest a few good times. Eventually, he grabbed her wrists and pulled her up a bit to stare her in the eyes while he sighed, “Again?” 


She blinked and looked down between them, noticing that he was still hard. Vi was barely able to hold herself up, and she really did feel a bit plumper from all that she had been filled with. A crooked smile touched her expression as she thought of an excuse aloud, “I don’t know about that. I mean, shouldn’t we be getting back?” 


Vi was on her back now, her legs spread wide, her body presented to him as he leaned over while covering her with his wings, “Nightfall should be a good time to go back.” 


“Hah! Good one.” She said while chuckling. 


She kept on chuckling, expecting him to join in until she felt his shaft at her slit again, until she heard him rumbling quietly, “You flipped a switch that cannot easily be turned off.” 


Oh. For the next couple of hours, she was not mated with. It was better to say that she was taken. That her body was used and her insides stretched to the max. Her voice had grown ragged at some point, and her thoughts of resistance had ended almost immediately. She had told him that she would be a stand-in for his wife, but she wondered if he had treated his late wife with this sort of ferocity. He held her in different positions and constantly thrust inside of her without any end in sight. Whenever he stopped, it was to hold her in a different manner. At one point, he even picked her up while standing and just thrust into her without any concern whatsoever. Did he want to impregnate her? It certainly felt like he did. His seed would fill her and he would keep thrusting, and the first few times she tried to remind him to pull out until she could do so no longer. It felt like he had gone feral, but he would occasionally kiss her, he would occasionally remind her of how much he actually cared about her. Words would be whispered to her. Little mentions of how beautiful she was right now, of how hot and sexy she was rather than just simply small and cute. Damnit. She was far too weak to this. 


By the time it was over, the stars were high in the sky and she was on her back with her eyes shut and her chest rising and falling steadily. He sat at her legs while leaning back and sighing to the stars above, “You have our thanks, Vi, for a wonderful date.” 


Vi muttered, “Jerk.” 


Leif chuckled, “Did you dislike it?” 


After a pause, her answer came, “No.” 


His face was suddenly near hers as she opened an eye and he planted a kiss on her cheek while muttering, “Good. Would you like to go home with us?” 


Vi muttered something quietly enough that he leaned in while tilting his head as if asking her what she had just said. Frowning, she repeated herself with a huff, “At least give me a proper kiss. What was that? Some lame excuse for a nuzzle?”


Leif smiled and planted his mouth on hers with zero hesitation. She reached up to touch his cheek before she pinched it firmly. When their mouths separated, he winced and asked, “Revenge?” 


She pushed his face away while grumbling, “Yeah, because I don’t think I can move right now.” 


They shared a look for a few seconds before Leif put a hand up to his mouth and muttered simply, “Oh.” 


As it turned out, he needed to carry her. He did so while holding her in front of him so he could hide her under his wings. She mostly appreciated it because she could rest her cheek against his chest. Luckily, there weren’t that many bugs out at night. Most had gone to bed or were heading home, and that meant they were free to wander around while the stars twinkled above them. 


In the middle of their walk, Leif asked quietly, “Were you not disgusted?” 


“Hm? With what?” She asked, while keeping her eyes closed. 


“Of us.” He said, while looking forward. 


Vi opened one eye to look up at him before she turned her head to bite his chest gently. A playful nip that caused him to chuckle a bit. Before he could ask her why she did that, she said aloud, “Talk like that about my friend again, and I’ll be sure to sting you next time instead of biting.” Softer still, she muttered, “I would never be disgusted. I really wanted to make you feel better. Really wanted to let you have a day of something really nice that maybe you missed. Like you said, I can’t be the wife you lost, but I hope the memories you made today were pleasant.” 


Leif kissed the top of her head and whispered, “They were, and for you?” 


She closed both of her eyes again and hummed, “Yup, but my memory is foggy. I seem to recall someone went wild and I might be expecting in a few weeks if I don’t do something about it.” 


A jolting movement made her realize he had probably winced, and what came next was his voice, “Our apologies.” 


Vi grinned and looked up at him while reaching up to tap his cheek, “Hey, man. You gotta relax! I’m just teasing. It was actually pretty attractive, not gonna lie. Any gal is gonna be lucky to have you.” 


This time, Leif chuckled before he said in a tone that made her shiver, “Until such a time comes, might we rely on you?” 


She opened and shut her mouth before she put a hand under her mouth and muttered, “Yeah, sure. Whatever.” 


That was the last thing they said before they got home. Kabbu greeted them at the door and was just as worried as she thought he might be. They went inside while the large green beetle doted over them, leaning this way and that to see if anything was wrong while Leif helped her sit up in bed. She grunted and winced from the soreness, and of course, Kabbu was about ready to get the first aid supplies. Dang, he was treating her like a kid again just because she was a bit sore. Kabbu was even looking at Leif with a bit of concern, probably because Leif looked worn out. 


Vi had an excuse at the tip of her tongue ready while she brought one leg over the other, and Leif said without a trace of remorse or shame in his tone, “Vi told you that we’d be fine without you, and that we would be heading out on a hot date. Part of a hot date is a bit of romantic and intimate bonding. In other words, the reason Vi is so sore is because we spent the whole day until the night plowing her. There may or may not be eggs in the near future.” 


Her eyes were wide and her antennae went all the way up while Kabbu coughed, “OH! Is, is that all?” 


Leif nodded, “Yup. Did you strike it rich in the mines of professor Neolith?” 


“That—That’s so inappropriate to say! All of that! You shouldn’t just ask someone that!” Kabbu said while shielding his face. 


Vi had a few choice words for Leif but she decided to focus on Kabbu for now as she sighed, “C’mon, spill it. Did you seal the deal?” 


Kabbu huffed, “Well, no. I really only went there to help. It wasn’t supposed to be a date, but we did kiss. Perhaps, we talked a bit more than we should have and we spent a lot of time together outside of work as well.” 


Leif chuckled, “Gracious. We cannot believe that you are more of a prude than a bug who is far out of his time, such as myself. Would you like some advice?” 


At that suggestion, Vi tapped her chest and buzzed happily, “I can give you some advice too, you know?”


While Leif held his mouth shut and began to cough and snort, Kabbu sat on the bed while looking down so he could sigh aloud, “Oh dear Venus, I’m actually hopeless. Vi herself is more romantically inclined than I am. More experienced than I am.” 


Vi squawked, “And what’s that supposed to mean?!” 


Finally, Leif laughed. He laughed hard and touched his stomach while turning away from them. Kabbu and Vi shared a look, and although Kabbu still looked a bit distraught, they shared a smile as they watched their friend laugh. No matter what happened between them, they were friends. Even if Leif found a new wife. Even if Kabbu finally sealed the deal with that nerd. Even if she fell in love with one of them. She’d always be there for them and always be happy to see them smile. That did not mean, however, that she wouldn’t charge Leif if she actually got pregnant. Maybe a trip to the hive to have a private conversation with one of the doctors was in order. A bit of science to prevent her from becoming a miniature queen far too early. She wasn’t a child, but that didn’t mean she wanted to become a mother just yet. 


Deep into the night when they were all asleep in their separate bunks, she laid there peacefully waiting for sleep to fully take her when she heard someone calling her name quietly. She opened one eye and turned her head making out Leif’s vague shape at the edge of her bed. Vi grumbled, “What is it?” 


He climbed up and onto the top bunk with her while grunting, “Mind if we go another round?” 


Vi sat up with a start and stared at him. He was smiling and looking at her with the same old tired gaze as if he hadn’t just asked the most ridiculous thing. This guy was always hungry, but was also always horny? In a hushed tone she brushed him off, “You seriously need to go to sleep.” 


His wings were suddenly around her, his chin atop of her head as he muttered and yawned, “Very well. Give us your warmth then, for just this evening. Tomorrow we’ll play.” 


Another sassy remark was on the top of her tongue, but instead she nestled against him and closed her eyes. He was a glutton of many kinds, but at least he was honest, she supposed. How many times would he ask her for sex? How many times would she give in to him? The more she thought about it, the more she found herself growing warm despite the cool nature of the body embracing her. It was that point that she realized, she couldn’t sleep.


Annoyed, she turned around and stared at him with narrowed eyes while noting that he was still awake and smirking just a bit, “Fine. Let’s make it quick.” 


The next morning, they were both lectured for a very long time by Kabbu.