Star Crossed (Harem Station #2) by K. C. Cross

Author:K. C. Cross [Cross, K. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Science Future Press
Published: 2019-05-17T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Happy birthday, you little shit,” Jimmy says to Draden as he ruffles his hair.

Draden is tall now. The years we’ve been here on ALCOR Station have been good to him. We have more food to eat than we ever did on Wayward. We have clean air, and a constant supply of water. Serpint, too, has grown big and strong. Over two meters tall, like the rest of us.

But it feels good to know they had a real childhood. That none of my friends will ever have to go through what I did with Corla.

I’m twenty now. Which means only a few more years before I’m considered a man. Akeelians age differently than other humanoid species, taking almost twenty-six years to reach full maturity. There’s this weird in-between stage—the age Draden and Serpint were when we got here—where you’re still a child in your mind even though your body is growing. It lasts until about age fifteen. Then you get muscles, and your second cock drops, and urges begin to take over.

Except there’s no one here but us still, and it’s becoming more and more difficult to keep everyone happy. Jimmy is the only one sorta satisfied, and that’s because he and Xyla hit it off early. But they don’t… do that. They are just friends. It’s not enough for him. It’s not even enough for her. Or us.

We all want to leave. We all want to find girls, and go drinking, and have fun.

In other words, we all want to live. Not just exist.

ALCOR has called a meeting today in the common room where we sleep and hang out. It’s like a pod, I guess. Everyone has their own private quarters around the perimeter of the circular room. There’s a kitchen, and some screens, and we have access to the net. Which satisfies our need for porn.

And Tray has been working on the virtual-reality sector—which he calls the Pleasure Prison—so we have that. He’s made some cool places in there—a whole other galaxy, actually. Suns with systems and habitable planets. Ships that can travel faster than light. Cities and small towns on the planets. And no money required to do whatever you want. There’s also people. Millions of fake people.

But still. It’s not the same. It’s not… real.

Something’s gotta give.

We can’t stay here like this. ALCOR Station might be our home, but it’s also a prison.

“I don’t know what to do,” Xyla says, pulling me out of my introspection.

“Just replace it all,” Jimmy says. “And get armor instead.”

“What are you guys talking about?” I ask.

“Xyla. She doesn’t want to look like a sex bot anymore.”

“That’s not what I said. I don’t want to change me, just change the way people perceive me. So they don’t think I’m just here for sex.”

“We don’t think you’re here for sex, Xyla.” I laugh a little. Because… no. She’s like a sister to us, not a sex bot.

“Not you,” she says. “The others.”

“What others?” everyone but Jimmy, Tray, and Xyla says. And you can’t miss the eagerness and excitement in our voices.

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