Chapter 48: Peas In A Pod
"What?" Kir asked. "Weren't you listening? I'm interested in both of you," he said. "And I don't want to break you two up if you have a good thing going..."
Kordia and Rain both looked confused.
"Wouldn't that get complicated?" Kordia asked. "If we were both dating you?"
"Why would it?" Kir asked, "You'd still be dating each other..."
Rain raised his hand. "I'm confused. I thought you're only supposed to date one person at a time."
"I mean, generally that's how people do it... but if you two are fine with each other, there's no reason to break it off for me when I could just... be included..." Kir was flustered. He got up and started pacing. "It would be um... a polycule."
"A what?" Rain and Kordia asked at the same time.
"How do I explain..." Kir wondered to himself. "We'd all be in a relationship. You two with me, and each other... which you already are- with each other, that is. You'd just both also be with me." The explanation sounded bad.
"Oh! So you'd be like a male mistress or something!" Rain exclaimed.
Kir flinched at the word mistress. "No. We'd all be equal. Yeah, it would take some communication, and we'd have to talk through things like if we get jealous or something... but I don't want to be someone's 'on the side,' and I don't want to treat either of you that way." Kir took a deep breath. "So if you're willing... I'd like to choose both of you."
Kordia put a hand under her chin, her ears twitching as she thought about it.