Chapter 117

It was fair, she supposed, that Sofia wanted to discuss this outright. Natalie was more than happy to; she was curious about a few things herself. Namely Sofia’s enthusiasm. Of course, she planned to tease Sofia over that before they got to a more mature discussion. That took higher priority.

“You were real eager to start rubbing,” Natalie commented. “What was up with that? Been waiting to get your hands on it?”

Sofia made an unsophisticated sputtering noise before cutting herself off. “Hmph. Like I said, I got caught up in the situation. I’m only human. It meant nothing.”

“Uh-huh,” Natalie said. The poor girl was clearly in denial. She really ought to learn to be more honest with herself. “Oh, and turn around,” she added. “Like I said, I wanna watch.”

Sofia had had her back turned as she pulled off her top, and she froze with the garment halfway up. She stayed that way for a moment, then faced Natalie with a glare. She finished taking off her dueling uniform shirt, leaving her standing in just a bra.

Sofia had less up top than most, but that obviously didn’t bother Natalie. Her figure was nothing short of stunning even without much to fill her bra out. As expected of a lithe, agility-based fighter, she wasn’t quite muscular, but she still had hints of abs and somewhat defined arms. Her build wasn’t all that dissimilar from Jordan’s, minus the difference in chest size.

“I can’t believe you were a virgin,” Natalie said, running her eyes across Sofia’s body with purposeful shamelessness. She’d won a week of Sofia and intended to make good use of it. “How’d that happen, anyway?”

Sofia glared at Natalie. Natalie got the feeling she was in for a lot of those in the coming week. She wasn’t bothered in the slightest at the hot looks—if anything, Natalie was quite enjoying them.

“Maybe someone was always scooping up everyone else,” Sofia said.

“Please, I hardly got around that much.”

“Certainly more than me. And there weren’t that many lesbians in the local dueling circuit, Nat.”

“I guess that’s fair,” Natalie said. “But only kind of. Still doesn’t explain it. I mean, really. With a body like yours, it doesn’t make sense.” For all Sofia was insufferable, she was also frustratingly attractive. As in, from an objective viewpoint. Natalie obviously had never thought much about it.

Sofia huffed. “Well, I’m glad you think so.” She paused, then narrowed her eyes at Natalie. “What was it you called me, again? Tight and fuckable?”

She was obviously trying to embarrass Natalie, but Natalie just smirked at her. “Yeah. Tight and fuckable. A body meant to be played with. I’ll be making good use of it.”

Sofia held Natalie’s eyes for several moments, then blushed and was forced to look away, cheeks burning. It was really way too easy.

“Anyway,” Sofia said loudly. “As I was saying. That thing of yours—it came with your class, I assume?”

They’d gotten distracted from the topic. “Didn’t find it on a dungeon run, that’s for sure,” Natalie said. The aforementioned ‘thing’ was sticking her skirt up a few inches, which Natalie wasn’t keeping hidden at all—it was doing a wonderful job to fluster Sofia, especially when she was undressing right in front of her. “How’d you find out about it?”

“I slept right next to you for the first two weeks,” Sofia said dryly. “How couldn’t I? It was sticking up every morning.”

“That’s why I woke up early, though. Before everyone else.” Including Sofia.

“It wasn’t actually the mornings,” Sofia corrected. “More like the middle of the night. There was always so many noises I couldn’t get a full night sleep. I noticed it more than once by accident.” Sofia narrowed her eyes at Natalie. “For that matter, it was sticking up pretty much every time I looked over. I suppose you have an active imagination.”

Had it really been? She was pretty sure Sofia was exaggerating. Regardless, Natalie had recognized the risk of someone catching her with a night- or morning-time erection. Her secret might not have stayed as much on the down-low as she’d hoped. Then again, Liz hadn’t known, and possibly Ana didn’t. So it was hardly something everyone knew about either.

There wasn’t much more to say. She was glad Sofia didn’t seem put off. In fact, it had seemed like the opposite was true, based on how she hadn’t been able to keep her hands away.

“And you said you wanted to talk about my class too?” Natalie asked. “What about it?”