Chapter 17

Even though Rapunzel and Cassandra have finally crossed the line from friends into lovers, there is still a lot for them to discuss and discover. And Eugene is all too eager to help them out with that.

Rapunzel was not late for supper, but it was a close thing. Showering together with Cassandra actually cost them more time than showering separately as instead of just getting clean they found it impossible to keep their hands, and mouths, off of each other’s glistening wet bodies. Cassandra, being Rapunzel’s lady-in-waiting, had ushered the princess into the dining hall then left to eat with the other staff. Still, the others noticed that both women’s hair was wet, so it was no secret that they had just bathed.

Part way through the meal the queen brought up what she and her husband were both thinking. “So, Rapunzel, what happened that required you and Cassandra to have such a late bath?” she asked.

Normally that question would have been no problem for the princess to answer since she and Cassandra often bathed together, but this time the reason was for something that she definitely didn’t want her parents to know about. She couldn’t hold back from blushing, and was suddenly too tongue-tied to speak.

Thankfully Eugene came to her rescue before the king or queen could probe further. “Paint, Your Majesty,” he explained. “Can you believe it? Two grown women having a play fight with paint. They were laughing and splashing it all over each other. It was everywhere, except on the canvas that Rapunzel was supposed to be working on!”

The king gave his daughter a slightly disapproving look. “Really, Rapunzel?”

“Sorry Dad,” she managed to say, hoping the cause of her blush would be mistaken for shame at supposedly acting so childish.

“It’s a good thing I interrupted them when I did,” Eugene continued. “Otherwise they might have still been going at it.” His wife gave him a nervous glance that was clearly meant to convey that now was not the time for double entendres.

“Well, did you at least clean up after yourselves?” the queen asked.

“Of course they did,” Eugene answered, not trusting the honest-to-a-fault princess’s ability to keep the lie going as smoothly as he could. “And once they were done I ordered them off to the bathing room to go get themselves cleaned up. Thankfully they were using water-based paint, so the cleanup was pretty simple. All they had to do was get everything really wet.”

Rapunzel kicked his leg from under the table, subtle enough to not be noticed by the others, but not nearly as hard as she wanted. Eugene didn’t so much as grunt at the kick and kept smiling the whole time, though he did get her message and stopped any further teasing of her and Cassandra’s new relationship.

That evening as they were preparing for bed Rapunzel confronted Eugene about his choice of words during dinner. “What were you thinking, Eugene? What if my parents actually figured out you were hinting at-” she began, but then blushed and stopped mid-sentence.

“At what?” Eugene asked, taking off his shirt.

“At Cass and I having sex,” Rapunzel said, turning her back to Eugene so he could help unbutton her dress. It felt weird admitting that out loud, especially since she was married to someone else, even if that someone else was in full support.

“You’re not ashamed about what you and Cassandra did, are you?” he asked as he helped her untie the back of her dress.

The dress slipped off of Rapunzel’s shoulders and pooled on the floor. She stepped out of it and began removing her underwear. “No! Of course not. But I don’t think they’d understand. I may have been sheltered for most of my life, but even I know that having more than one lover is not normal.”

“Not normal, yes, but that doesn’t mean ‘wrong’,” Eugene pointed out, removing the last of his own clothes.

“I know. And I love you even more for letting me do this, but I’m pretty sure that if Mom and Dad knew, they’d want to put a stop to it, and that’s not an argument I’m prepared to have with them right now.”

Eugene gave his now naked wife a supportive hug. “Of course, Sweetheart. Maybe someday we can be more open about it. But in the meantime, I suppose we’ll all have to try and be somewhat discreet when others are around.”

“WE’LL have to be discrete?” Rapunzel teased. “If I recall, only one of us was hinting at anything over dinner.”

“True, but you and Cass have just begun to explore your new relationship. Do you remember what we were like right after our honeymoon? We were constantly slipping away for some alone time.”

“But nobody noticed that,” Rapunzel said dismissively. But after a moment’s thought, she added, “ ... Did they?”

Eugene chuckled. “Oh they noticed. They just didn’t say anything because it’s normal for new lovers to not get enough of each other, and they didn’t want to embarrass you.”

Rapunzel blushed at the revelation. “Oh. Well, I’m sure Cass and I won’t be like that.”

“You’re sure, huh? So you’re not going to tell me that while we’ve been talking, you haven’t been imagining being with Cass again?”

Rapunzel had not, in fact, been thinking that, but once Eugene mentioned it she couldn’t stop the pleasant idea from taking hold of her mind, and her nipples firmed up at the thought. Eugene grinned, noticing her reaction.

Rapunzel saw the grin. “Hey! This was your fault,” she said defensively. “If you hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t have been thinking about it.”

“Well, I know a pretty good way to get you to stop thinking about what you and Cass have been up to,” Eugene teased.

“And that would be?”

Instead of answering her with words, Eugene picked Rapunzel up and carried her over to the bed. Soon the room was filled with cries of pleasure and, true to his prediction, Rapunzel was no longer thinking about Cass. In fact, she wasn’t capable of thinking about much of anything for quite some time.

Eugene woke the next morning to the pleasant sensation of feathery kisses being planted all over his chest. Rapunzel was awake and showing him her appreciation for all the things he did to her the night before.

She noticed him stirring and looked up into his eyes with utter devotion. “I love you, you know,” she said.

Eugene smiled and stroked her hair. “I know. I love you too.”

“After all that’s happened recently, I feel like I haven’t said it nearly enough,” Rapunzel said.

“You don’t have to say anything. Your actions like this are more than enough.”

“Still, I feel a little guilty,” she admitted.

“Guilty? About you and Cass?”

Rapunzel shook her head. “No, that’s the thing. I don’t feel guilty about that at all. But I should, shouldn’t I? I mean, I had sex with someone who wasn’t my husband.”

“So you’re feeling guilty about not feeling guilty?”

“I know it sounds silly, but yes.”

Eugene chuckled. “No, I get it. If you were simply having an affair you should feel guilty, because you’d be doing something you know is wrong.” He pulled Rapunzel up so they were face to face and kissed her. “But our situation isn’t anything like that. Yes, you had sex with someone other than me, but you did it with my full knowledge and consent. Let me ask you this, Rapunzel, do you regret having sex with Cassandra?”

“No,” Rapunzel answered, somewhat embarrassed at the frankness of Eugene’s words.

“And are you glad you did it?”

Rapunzel blushed. “Yes,” she admitted.

“Then I want you to continue to explore this new relationship with her. See where it goes. Are you just friends with benefits, or is it something more like what you and I have?”

“So, you’re really not jealous?” Rapunzel asked as she began to play with Eugene’s penis, which was rapidly becoming stiff under her attention.

Eugene groaned in appreciation at her touch. “I said it before, but if Cass were a man I’d be firmly against all this. But since she’s a girl and I’m clearly not being left out, what do I have to be jealous of?”

Rapunzel shifted so that she was straddling her husband, and slowly lowered herself down until she was fully impaled upon him. She hummed in delight. “Of me, I suppose,” she said as she began to grind herself on him. “I get to make love to the most handsome man in the kingdom as well as the most beautiful woman in the kingdom.”

“Second most beautiful,” Eugene corrected her. “I’m currently inside the most beautiful.”

Rapunzel smiled and really began to work her hips. They didn’t make love at the very start of the day all that often, but she had been too wiped the previous night to truly show Eugene her appreciation and was eager to make it up to him. He wasn’t about to just lie down and be passive, though, and reached up and began playing with Rapunzel’s breasts. However, just as they were settling into a good rhythm there was a knock on the door. The lovers froze as they both quickly looked over to the door as it began to open.

Cassandra stepped into the room. “Time to get up, you two. Oh!” She, too, froze once she noticed what was going on. “You’re up already, I see,” she said while blushing heavily.

“G-good morning, Cassandra,” Rapunzel said, trying to act as casually as possible. Her beet-red face betrayed her inner feelings though.

“Sorry to interrupt,” Cassandra said, then quickly turned to leave.

“Wait Cass!” Rapunzel called to her. The lady-in-waiting stopped. “It’s okay. You don’t have to leave. It’s not like this is the first time you’ve seen us like this, after all.”

Cassandra turned back to face the couple, though she tried to not look directly at them, out of propriety. “No, I suppose it’s not,” she agreed.

Rapunzel glanced down at Eugene. Even he was blushing at having been caught in the middle of having sex, but he smiled up at her, letting her know he wasn’t actually bothered by Cass interrupting them. Again. While his array of experiences in the bedroom was vast, it did not include exhibitionism, though he was quickly discovering that he didn’t mind putting on a bit of a performance if his audience was someone like Cassandra.

A thought crossed the princess’s mind and she grinned, looking back towards her new lover. “Could you come here for a second, Cass? I’d like to show you something.”

Cassandra was of two minds about such a request. On one hand it was rather embarrassing to interact with someone who was in the middle of having sex, but on the other hand, watching a naked Rapunzel having sex was incredibly arousing. If she and the princess were alone, she doubted she’d be able to hold herself back from pouncing on the beautiful brunette, but with Eugene in the mix she couldn’t really do that. In the end her curiosity, and arousal, won out and she moved further into the room. “If you’re planning on showing me Eugene’s dick, I’m not interested,” she said once she was next to the bed and couldn’t help but look at the two lovers. “I saw more than enough of that while we were on vacation.”

Rapunzel laughed. “No, that wasn’t what I had planned. Besides, you can’t see it where it currently is anyway, and I’d like it to remain there.” She ran a hand along her stomach, mirroring where said dick was currently sheathed. Small tremors that were a mix of embarrassment and excitement coursed through her as she blatantly pointed out to her best friend the fact that Eugene was balls deep inside her at that very moment. Those same tremors could be felt by Eugene and he had to struggle to not blow right there, despite Cassandra watching them.

Cassandra couldn’t help but wish she were in Eugene’s place. She was a little surprised at how much she wanted to touch Rapunzel again, despite making love to the princess for hours only the day before. She had long ago worked out her feelings of jealousy, but even though neither of the other two was currently moving she was very envious of the situation. “Then what did you want to show me?” she asked.

“My appreciation for yesterday,” Rapunzel replied.

Before Cassandra could really figure out what Rapunzel meant, the other woman grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer. She managed to catch her balance before she tumbled onto the bed, but before she could right herself Rapunzel was kissing her. Shocked at first, both by the suddenness and for the fact that Rapunzel’s husband was right there, she resisted for a moment but then the joy and pleasure of the kiss overrode any reluctance and she leaned over the bed and cupped her hands around Rapunzel’s face to better return the kiss. When Rapunzel’s tongue slipped inside her mouth, she groaned with arousal and did the same, forgetting or simply no longer caring that they weren’t alone.

“Oh fuck, that’s hot!” Eugene swore as he watched the two women french kiss with passion. The added visual stimulus on top of the vice-like grip Rapunzel’s pussy had on his cock was enough to push him over the edge and without even needing to move he came, painting the inner walls of his wife white.

Cassandra was too lost in the kiss to notice Eugene’s reaction, but Rapunzel felt the liquid heat of his cum splashing inside her. She also noticed that he didn’t soften at all after his climax but stayed hard. She broke off the kiss with Cassandra and smiled. “Thank you for yesterday, Cass. Words can’t express how wonderful it was. And thanks for that kiss. Eugene really enjoyed it,” she grinned.

Cassandra blushed at being reminded that Eugene was mere inches away from her. She glanced down at him and noticed the post-release look on his face and her blush deepened. “Did he just...?”

“Hey! I’m right here you know,” Eugene said, feigning annoyance at being talked about as if he wasn’t present. “And yes, I did.”

Cassandra pulled back slightly. That she had helped Eugene achieve climax, albeit indirectly, was not something she ever thought she’d do, though surprisingly it wasn’t as disturbing as she thought it would have been. She cleared her throat, attempting to ignore the awkwardness. “Yes, well, if you two are finished, breakfast will be ten minutes.”

“And if we’re not finished?” Rapunzel asked, her own blush deepening. Eugene may have climaxed, but she hadn’t yet.

Cassandra couldn’t help but look down at where the lovers were joined, again wishing she were in Eugene’s place. “Breakfast will still be in ten minutes,” she managed to say.

Eugene brought his hands to his wife’s ass and gripped her firmly. “Ten minutes is more than enough time. Thank you, Cass.” He suddenly thrust his hips upwards, wanting to see how the other woman would react. Cassandra’s eyes went wide at the overt act but was too stunned to say or do anything else. Eugene thrust again, causing Rapunzel to moan, yet Cass was still unable to move. “Are you just going to watch?” he teased. “Or would you like to help?”

The question shook Cassandra out of her stupor and she backed away from the bed. As much as she wanted to kiss and touch and pleasure Rapunzel again, the idea of participating alongside Eugene was too much. “I’m sorry! I ... I really should go.” She walked hastily towards the door.

“Cass,” Rapunzel called just before the lady-in-waiting was out of sight, causing her to stop. “Don’t go doing anything on your own, okay? I have a feeling that I’m going to be extra dirty when I have my bath later and I don’t want you already spent when you help.”

Cassandra looked back at the couple on the bed, eyebrow raised, hoping she had heard right, but was unsure if this was another case of ignorant word choice or if the princess was truly saying what she thought she was.

“If you know what I mean,” Rapunzel added, making it clear her words were no accident.

The lady-in-waiting looked at Eugene, unsure of how to reply with him right there. “I ... uh...” she stammered.

Eugene smiled at her hesitancy. “Say, ‘Yes, Your Majesty,’” he offered.

Relief and eagerness washed over her and Cassandra returned the smile, happiness welling up in her heart. “Yes, Your Majesty,” she repeated, then left the lovers to finish up in private.

They were only a couple of minutes late for breakfast.

The rest of the morning and early afternoon was spent doing what had become the normal routine, with Rapunzel performing her royal duties and training in the morning followed by her working alongside Cassandra translating the diaries after lunch. While they worked, both women kept glancing at the other, unable to keep shy yet eager grins off of their faces. The minutes ticked by and both women could feel their anticipation grow, knowing that Rapunzel’s normal bathing time of mid-afternoon was almost upon them.

“Hey, Cass, come over here for a second,” Rapunzel said after they’d been working for nearly an hour.

Cassandra approached, wondering what it was Rapunzel wanted. Unexpectedly, the princess dipped a finger into the inkwell she was using and as Cassandra cocked her head curiously, the princess flicked the ink-covered finger at her, splattering her face with the black liquid.

“Oh no,” Rapunzel said, her voice completely monotone. “I have gone and gotten ink all over your face. I am so sorry Cassandra. We need to get you cleaned up right away.”

Cassandra couldn’t help but laugh at Rapunzel’s intentionally bad acting. Deciding to play along, she also dipped a finger into the ink and spattered some of it onto Rapunzel’s face, making it look like she had even more freckles. “Oh no,” she said, delivering the lines just as poorly. “Now I have gone and gotten ink on you as well, Princess. We really do need to go get cleaned up.”

Giggling, Rapunzel grabbed Cassandra’s hand and pulled her out of the room they were working in and towards the bathing room. They didn’t want to draw any undue attention so managed to restrain themselves from running down the halls, but still ended up walking as swiftly as they could. They passed several staff along the way, including Faith as well as Stan and Pete, who were on patrol, and explained themselves by saying they were in a hurry to wash off the ink before it could set in and permanently stain their clothes. No one doubted them, though a few did give a brief glance down at their joined hands. Those that did notice, however, simply shrugged it off as nothing out of the ordinary for the eccentric princess.

Once they were in the bathing room Rapunzel and Cassandra immediately began kissing. Hands cupped the other’s face and tongues freely darted to and fro. Only after a solid minute of making out with each other did the thought occur to make sure the room was actually empty, and not just trust the vacant sign that was on the door, now flipped to occupied. Thankfully they were indeed alone, and quickly divested themselves of their clothes. After another minute of making out while letting their hands roam all over the other’s body Cassandra was tasked with turning on the shower while Rapunzel double checked the sauna to make sure it was empty, too.

It was, so the next thing they did was actually scrub off the ink from their skin. Naturally, they didn’t simply scrub their own faces, but washed each other while their bodies were pressed tightly together. Water streamed over their glistening skin as the two women gazed lovingly into each other’s eyes.

“I still can’t believe we’re doing this,” Cassandra said as she rested her hands on Rapunzel’s behind, similar to what she saw Eugene do earlier that morning. She was still amazed at how accepting Rapunzel and Eugene were of her feelings for the princess.

Rapunzel placed her own hands on Cassandra’s ass and kissed the other woman on the lips. “Believe it, Cass. Before you confessed, I knew something more than friendship was there between us, but I just couldn’t put my finger on what it was. The idea that I could be in love with more than one person at the same time, or that the other person could be a woman, never crossed my mind. But once you kissed me, I knew.”

She stepped back slightly and took Cassandra’s hands in hers, feathering kisses along those dainty digits. She was so very glad that the damage caused from the decay incantation wasn’t permanent. “It took a bit of soul searching, and quite a few tears on my part, and a brutally honest conversation with Eugene, but I am coming to understand and accept my feelings for you. I trust that what happened this morning helped convince you that Eugene is just as okay with you and I being in a relationship?”

Cassandra nodded. “Yeah. Him coming from just seeing us kiss is pretty definitive.”

“Well, it wasn’t just the kiss. He and I were having sex, after all.”

“Again, sorry for interrupting.”

“You don’t have to apologise. And considering everything that’s happened between us, you interrupting us really isn’t that big of a deal anymore. Just be warned, though, because the next time you catch us in the middle of making love I don’t think we’ll bother to stop.” Rapunzel then brought a hand down between Cassandra’s legs, causing her to shiver. “Now, less talking, more touching. I want to get dirty before I get clean.”

Cassandra smiled and returned the gesture. It wasn’t long before she was kneeling on the floor with Rapunzel pressed against a wall, with one leg over Cassandra’s shoulder and crying out her name as Cassandra licked and teased the princess to orgasm. Time flew by as the two women explored each other in ways neither of them would have ever thought possible just a few days ago. They would have stayed there all day if they could, but supper was quickly approaching and it wouldn’t do to have people start questioning why they were in the bathing room all afternoon.