“So nudity doesn’t bother you?” I asked.
“We all wish there was more of it on the surface,” Groth said.
I choked out a laugh, keeping my arms firmly in place. “Humans tend to be more modest.”
“We know,” Azio said with a sad expression as he glanced at my arm-shield. “Does that mean you don’t like the shirt?”
“No. It means wearing this shirt will take a little more courage than I’m used to. And it probably won’t ever be something I can wear in public.”
“Our brothers will be disappointed, but they will understand,” Azio said.
“You seriously wouldn’t mind if every fey here saw me naked?” I asked.
He gazed at me thoughtfully and slowly shook his head.
“I would not rob them of what so few females will ever give. A chance to see how different a woman is made from us is too special.”
“A gift,” Groth said in agreement.
It was a lot to wrap my head around. Oh, I wasn’t about to get up and run around outside in my shirt. And I still wanted a bra. But maybe the glimpse I’d given Groth didn’t need to be as big of a deal as my brain was trying to make it out to be.
“Okay. A gift. But no more sitting me in front of other people when I’m exposed in any way,” I said to Azio. “Who sees me needs to be my choice.”
He grunted in agreement.
“Thank you for letting me see you,” Groth said. “Are all female’s nipples the same size as yours? I know breast sizes are different. Angel told me. But what about nipples?”
He slid a plate in front of me and waited for an answer with an openly curious expression.
Despite beheading infected without a second thought, the fey were nothing but kind, slightly naïve grown men. It wasn’t easy to wrap my head around that.
“They’re like breasts,” I forced myself to say. “They come in all sizes and colors, neither of which play into how they function.”
Azio frowned. “Function?”
“Yes. Once a baby is born, breasts fill with milk, and the baby suckles on the nipple to draw the milk out. It’s the delivery system. We call it nursing when we feed babies with our bodies.” I felt like I was completely botching the explanation, but I desperately wanted the conversation to be over.
“No one told us that. Ghua said Eden likes when he sucks her nipples, and her pussy clenches around his cock when he pinches them. But not too hard. If he’s too rough, Eden gets angry, and then he can’t lick her pussy after she comes.”
My mouth dropped open, and my gaze darted from Groth, who’d delivered that doozy of a fact, to Azio, who watched me with concern.
“I will not pinch your nipple,” Azio promised. “But could I still try sucking on them even if they are meant for a baby?”
I lifted both hands to cut off this topic. However, accidentally re-exposing my boobs had the opposite effect. Their gazes dipped. Groth looked confused. Azio looked wistful.
“Is that why females like their nipples sucked?” Groth asked. “Because they want babies?”
I quickly crossed my arms again. “This conversation is making me really uncomfortable. I kind of want to skip eating and go hide in my room for a while.”
“Why?” Azio asked. “I would gladly talk to you about my cock. It has two functions. Urination and—”
“I really don’t want to talk about that either.”
Azio sighed but didn’t look away from me.
“I can hear your pulse racing. What do you fear?”
I looked down at the countertop, not to hide but to seriously consider the question because he was right. My heart was hammering away like I was one more awkward topic away from a panic attack. Why?