Open Season by Sonni de Soto

Author:Sonni de Soto [Soto, Sonni de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian, Pansexual, Poly, Science Fiction
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2018-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

FOREIGN POLICY

Kyle's been staring at his phone for five minutes. He thinks about calling Juli. Just because. Just to make sure that she's okay. Just to put his mind at ease.

He puts his phone away. She's fine. He's sure of it.

Let her live her life while he lives his own. That's their agreement.

He buckles down to work, knocking things off his to-do list. He makes phone calls, returns emails, and meets deadlines. He gets everything he needs to do done before telling his boss that he's leaving work early to vote. Maybe he'd make dinner, something special, for Juli.

"Skipping out early, huh? Even after showing up late. Ballsy, Cross."

Kyle looks up and smiles, the first genuine one since he stepped foot in the office. Dona leans on his desk. The pretty, perky Pixiso woman looks amused. He nods. "Gotta vote before the polls close. How about you?"

She shrugs, undecided, even though she, like Juli, is a legal citizen. "I don't know. What's the point?"

Kyle raises an eyebrow. "Of voting?"

She shakes her head. "It's not like the bill's going to be decided by my vote."

Frowning, he shrugs. "Maybe not yours specifically. But the combined votes of people who think like you do?" He shrugs again. "That's kind of exactly how voting works, isn't it?"

She rolls her eyes, but sighs resignedly.

He nudges her as he grabs his jacket. "Go. Vote. Then come over for dinner."

Her brows lift curiously. "You cooking?"

He nods but holds up a warning finger. "But only if you show me your I Voted sticker."

She nods and waves him away. Laughing, he leaves. Life is so interesting. Kyle never thought, when he was growing up, that he would have this kind of relationship. A partner. It's such a perfect word.

They all think so. Dona is his girlfriend's girlfriend. But that's not a term any of them feel comfortable with. Sure, Dona is his girlfriend's romantic partner, but by extension, that also makes her his partner in romance too. It fits. All of it, from the term to the arrangement to the woman herself, just feels right.

Even though Kyle doesn't feel particularly romantic toward Dona, he loves her. How could he not, when she loves and is loved by his girlfriend?

He catches a disapproving look from one of his coworkers, the older woman from accounting's scowl harsh as she clutches the silver crucifix around her neck, making him blush. Kyle isn't out at work. Not officially, anyway. Some people know—found out some way or another—but most don't.

It's hard enough for people to handle his interspecific relationship with his girlfriend. Adding a third party—and another Pixiso partner to boot—it rarely garners good attention.

At best, people jealously elbow him, imagining his life like some sci-fi Penthouse fantasy. He can see outrageous orgies play like unfiltered film in their eyes. And no matter how hard he tries to tell them that his life doesn't look like that—filled with more quiet nights at home than raging sex parties—they don't want to hear it, their heads too full of lustful fiction to listen.

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