Lynara sighed. Sitting patiently in the living room, she waited for her human to come home, staring at the clock on the wall.
 
Like reading, like using tools, she had learnt the use of this thing. Humans always had a desperate need to measure time� But for her, this was just a way to measure how long she had to wait� She knew, for example, that he fed her when the small needle was pointing to the seven and the longer one to the twelve.
 
And she knew that the chances to hear the door unlocking and to see her human appearing highly increased from the moment these two needles crossed on the five�
 
Nick had been her owner for years now, since the day another human had given her to him in exchange of �money�. She had never understood why these pieces of paper were so precious to humans, but the point was that he had given a lot of them to have her in his life. And to her, this was the proof he had loved and cared for her since the very first day�
 
The young human, on the other hand, seemed to feel uncomfortable with his affection for her� Of course, he had never hidden his happiness of having her by his sides. He had always been sweet with her, and the most valuable hours of the days were the moments she spent on the couch, cuddling with him while they both watched movies on his computer. But admitting his feelings was hard to him� She never figured out if humans never talked about it, or if it was just in his nature�
 
She had often wanted to be more than a friend to him� She had even performed a mating ritual to make him get her desires, but he had just seen this as another need she had to satisfy� She had been quite disappointed hadn�t jumped on the occasion to get closer to her� but she simply couldn�t force him.
 
She licked her lips as she remembered the day they had shared this intimate moment. How could any living creature resist to the thrill of this ritual? It was nothing but a pure romance�
 
First, hunting for the male� For the female, this was a passionate quest� and for the chosen one, this was a running from love itself� If he was able to escape, then love wasn�t motivated enough� If he got caught then� love overwhelmed him. Literally. Because once the female proved to the male they were motivated enough, they had to show they would be good partners� For this, every female had her way of swallowing the male, which was generally half as big.
 
The most passionate dragonesses were able to engulf their male in a single powerful swallow� The naughtiest liked to abuse of tongue play� but with him, she had chosen softness and tenderness� He was kind and affectionate; she thought he would appreciate a way that suited his personality�
 
In the role of the male, Nick had been wonderful� Not only he probably tasted a hundred times better than any dragon, but he had also made himself easy to swallow, proving that he cared about her satisfaction. What a romantic moment� She had been a nice predator, and he had been an easy prey� What else could bring two beings closer?
 
The final part of the ritual was totally up to the male, but she had deeply encouraged her human in the good way� Males sometimes rejected the affection of the female by staying perfectly still inside� It would have broken her heart if her beloved human refused her affection� But following her request, he had begun to move, from a timid struggle to a fierce fighting inside her.
 
Feeling a prey wriggling inside her stomach was the most amazing sensation a female could experience� The strikes of the male sent physical sensations of pleasure� and the passion of a fighting prey was a way to evaluate the love it expressed to the female. On this, he had been perfect� just perfect� and it had been hard to ask him to stop�
 
Despite those wonderful moments spent together, he hadn�t asked for anything interesting after she got him out� This had been a bit frustrating to realize he hadn�t really liked it�
 
She didn�t know how humans showed interests toward potential partners, but they surely had a different ritual. She had tried to understand their way of doing from the movies Nick showed her, but the females had too many different ways of getting to their males in these stories� She just couldn�t get the logic behind them� That was the reason why she had tried to seduce him her way�
 
She had thought at first that he was playing the game, running from her each time she sent him the signals� But from the moment she had actually caught him, he had been tensed and fearful. He had thought that she wanted to make him her dinner, and it had been a real challenge to make him accept the ritual� not that he wasn�t appetizing, of course� She loved his taste, and that was the reason why loved licking him so much� But she would have never feasted on her beloved owner�
 
She had absolutely no idea on how to get closer to him� So she contented herself with being with him as often as possible, being nice and cuddly for her owner. She hoped he would get her desires someday but until then, she would be stuck at home waiting for his return every evening while staring at the clock.
 
With a light ticking sound, the longer needle moved on the six... At this precise moment she heard a little �clic�, followed by a series of metallic sounds in the hall. He was back! Suddenly feeling a rush of happiness, she dashed to the hall. She arrived just in time to see his lovely face appearing. But there was� a second human with him?
 
At first surprised, she rapidly got interested. Nick rarely brought other humans at home. He always said he didn�t want her to get uncomfortable or humans to get intimidated. The only ones that had gone through this door were �work colleagues�. Even if she didn�t know what it meant, she had understood that they didn�t come here for fun. Truth was, she knew Nick didn�t have any human friend� She felt really sad for him, but it had always motivated her to be good to him. She would always be there to give him the tenderness other humans didn�t show toward him...
 
This human was different from his friend and owner. It had long blond hair, was thin despite two little bulges on its chest� This detail made her realize this was not a male� She had seen these in movies� This was a human female.
 
Nick had finally made a human friend? And a female one? How happy she was for him! She had to meet her! Trying to make good appearance, she came closer and introduced herself like Nick had taught her, showing her warmest smile:
 
�Hello, my name�s Lynara. Nice to meet you.�
 
The human female noticed her presence, and had a quiver of surprise. Lyn had only met a few humans in her life, and most of them had the same reaction. Nick had explained to her they usually didn�t like reptiles, and simply feared dragons on sight because they had seen so many playing the bad role in movies. Even if she didn�t like being seen as a monster, this made sense� She had often assumed things on humans from what she had seen in movies too.
 
The human female just needed to get to know her.
 
�H�Hi� She answered, really uncomfortable.
 
�Claire, let me introduce you to Lynara, my pet and friend. Lyn, this is Claire.�
 
�Nice to meet you.� Lyn repeated. �You smell strange��
 
She seemed offended. Nick laughed. Had she said something wrong?
 
�Sorry for that.� Nick apologized to the human female. �She�s quite sensitive� I think she talks about you perfume; she doesn�t like sugary scents.�
 
For a moment, there was nothing but silence. The human female, �Claire� as her owner had called her, just kept staring at her with a tensed expression on her face. Lyn knew what this was all about. As long as she hadn�t proved she was harmless, this guest would be afraid to have her around. She decided to break ice. With humans, the best was often to force things. She came closer to her and began to rise to give her a welcoming lick, but Nick interrupted her.
 
�Lyn, don�t. That�s not a good idea. Could you just� leave us for a moment?�
 
�Of course, Nick. Just call when I can come back.�
 
She walked away; this was a rule she had to follow when guests were at home. Nick had explained that humans were generally too polite or too proud to admit their discomfort in her presence. And since she was unable to determine when they were being scared, she had to trust him on this. On the other hand, he hadn�t asked for privacy� Even if she left them, she could still focus on her hearing to listen to their words.
 
�Are you okay?� She heard Nick ask to his friend. �It seemed like you were going to have a heart attack��
 
�I� I have a phobia of lizards��
 
�But you knew I had Lyn at home, I told you.�
 
�Yes, but when you said �dragon�, I thought you were joking, or talking about a little reptile you kept in a tank� I could have handled it� but� She�s huge��
 
�Come on� I know she can look quite frightening at first, but believe me� She�s got a huge heart too� You�ll probably get to like her if you give her a chance��
 
�It took me a long time to be even able to see a small lizard without screaming� I concede that I have to confront my fears, but please don�t be one of those men who rush me to do so��
 
Lyn didn�t hear any reply from him; he had probably consented to do things in her way. He was so kind he would never force anyone to do something they didn�t want to. However, she couldn�t help but feeling a bit bothered about what the female had said� Apparently, she was deeply afraid of her. She couldn�t blame Claire for something she couldn�t control, but her fears meant that they couldn�t be close� and that Nick would probably stay distant as long as she was here� But after all, he had the right to be with other humans if that made him happy� and she was probably just here for a few hours. She could give them some privacy, this wasn�t so hard�
 
�I�ll go talk to Lyn� She heard him speak. �She�ll understand��
 
Her response wasn�t clear� Lyn heard some strange sounds, a bit like the ones Nick did when he chewed on food� What were they doing?
 
She hadn�t the time to think about it. As soon as the wet sound stopped, she heard the steps of her owner coming closer. He was probably coming to talk to her, like he had said to Claire. But she would have to act surprised; he didn�t like when she listened at others� discussions without permission. He finally appeared at the corner of the hall, smiling awkwardly.
 
�Lyn� hem� How to put this in words� Claire is a bit scared of you� Would you mind if I spend a bit of time alone with her? I promise we�ll catch up later��
 
At first, she wanted to protest� Why should she be the one to stay away? She had been his friend for much longer than this human female�
 
But she rapidly chased these thoughts away when she noticed how uncomfortable he was� He was discretely making nervous gestures with his hands, and she knew when his smile was insincere� She didn�t want him to feel bad� Especially since he cared so much about her opinion�
 
She rose on her hind legs, and put her forepaws on his shoulders. She stuck out her tongue and gave him a gentle lick on the cheek. This was the best way to show him her affection and prove to him she hadn�t hard feelings about this. He just wanted to spend a few hours with another human; there was nothing wrong about it�
 
Yet, something disturbed her� She smelt the perfume of Claire on his face, and it made her lick quite unpleasant� Of course, she didn�t let him know� She preferred to look at his lovely brown eyes and smile.
 
�I don�t mind� Have fun� I�ll take a little nap in my room until meal time.�
 
�Thanks for your understanding, Lyn. I promise I�ll make it up to you��
 
�Don�t worry about that, Nick�� She said to reassure him. �It�s fine. I�m quite sleepy anyway.�
 
The last part was a lie. As always, she had gotten more and more excited as the hour of his return approached. And now that she knew she�d have to wait another day, her frustration would probably keep her awake all night� But she had to keep it for her� Spoiling his night because he wasn�t spending his free time with her would have been selfish� His happiness was more important than his dedication to her� And hanging out with another human would make him feel better about himself.
 
He smiled and kissed her on the snout. This was the first time he did this to her; she felt her heart squeeze a bit. She rarely had physical signs of affection from him� not like this one at least� It might have been just a simple kiss he did to thank her, but it actually meant a lot for the young dragoness� Even if he didn�t share the exact same feelings, being close to him was enough to make her happy�
 
�See you later, Lyn. I�ll come to you as soon as she�s gone.�
 
She got off of his shoulders and tried her best to only focus on his affection for her. She didn�t know why, but imagining him with Claire bothered her. This was stupid� He just wanted to spend some time with another human� The pinch in her heart was a misplaced jealousy. She knew he loved her in his way; after all, she was his long time friend� And she had to show she was happy for him.
 
Fortunately, he didn�t seem to get her inner feeling, and headed to the living room after a last caress on her neck. She loved when he touched her; his hands were so soft� but she would have to deal without his presence tonight�
 
She waited perfectly still as he disappeared at the corner. Why was she so upset that Nick spent time with another human? How possessive she was� She was her friend, and friends had sometimes to give some free space to each other� There was definitely something wrong with her. She had to be reasonable. She would spend the evening alone, but Nick would come after Claire�s departure. This was what he had said and she had to focus on this.
 
However, she couldn�t resist� She had to make sure everything was fine for her human� She walked toward the living room to see how things were going. She had to be discrete; Claire was afraid of her and she didn�t want to scare Nick�s first human friend� She slowly came closer to the half-opened door, careful to not let her clawed steps betraying her presence. She just wanted to have a look�
 
�And what she saw made her heart painfully squeeze�
 
Sitting on the couch where Nick and her often watched movies, her owner and his new friend were embracing each other� She could have handled it if they were just touching� But their mouths were also in contact, making the same strange wet sound she had heard a moment ago� Of course, how could she not recognize it? She had seen this many times in the stories Nick had showed her on his computer� They were� kissing�
 
Strange� This was just a simple thing� and she knew humans did it quite often� But... not him� He wasn�t really fond of contacts, and rarely showed his affection� She knew she shouldn�t have had such thoughts but� this made her angry� and sad� The way Nick caressed this human female, kissing her passionately with his eyes closed, rubbing her lips with his while their tongue met each others��
 
She couldn�t help but think it should have been her instead of Claire�
 
Feeling tears coming to the corners of her eyes, Lyn turned back and walked in direction of her room. She had been really foolish� Of course he wouldn�t have done this to her� She was a dragon� She had scales, horns, claws, wings, tail, and sharp teeth� Claire had a soft skin, lovely fingers, a human mouth and� a human body� She knew Nick would have never found a dragon attractive but she had hoped he could see her as more than a friend� And now, another being had conquered his heart� Simply because she was human�
 
She pushed the door of her room and fell on the mattress Nick had installed for her in the corner, pulling the door with her tail to close it.
 
Despite her efforts to reject emotions she shouldn�t have had toward her owner, she just let herself go to a desperate but silent crying�
 
Because she knew Nick saw Claire as more than a friend� and her� as only his dragon pet�
 
Laughs came from the living room� They were apparently having a lot of fun together� She knew she should have felt glad that her human had fun and happy time, but she felt like something was piercing her heart� She felt angry� so angry� She wanted to go there and scare Claire for good� Maybe she would even bite her� Maybe she would even� No! How could she think about such awful things?
 
Claire was obviously important to Nick and being rude to her would only hurt him� She wouldn�t have cared if he got angry toward her but she didn�t want him to suffer� Despite the sorrows, she felt happy that her human finally found someone to love him� He deserved to be loved; he deserved to be happy� So why couldn�t she simply focus on that and just be happy for him?
 
She had to be strong� for him� Even if he had given his heart to another being, she had to be there for him� She was sure he would still need her� But what if Claire asked him to throw her away? The human female was scared of her, and she would probably want to feel more comfortable here� which meant she would want to get rid of the dragoness� presence� She knew male humans were often submissive to their female� She had seen it in movies�
 
Maybe would she just want her to be locked in her room? Being confined to this small space would be hard, but she would accept it if it was the only way she could stay close to her owner� She felt another squeeze in her heart, and a new flow of tears coming� He would probably never want to be with her again, now that he had someone else�
 
Hours flew by, only punctuated by her silent cries and the laughs that hurt her deep inside� Emerging from her sadness, she had a look on the other clock Nick had installed in her room. The two needles were crossing on the twelve� It was late, now� Her owner had missed her meal time� he had forgotten her� This was no time for questions anymore; her worst expectations were actually happening�
 
�I think it�s time for me to go back home.� She heard Claire speaking in the living room.
 
Nick didn�t orally answer to that. But Lyn could only imagine him hugging the human female, kissing her or even worse� And this hurt too much�
 
She heard them walking, the strange shoes of the female resonating in the hall at each of her steps. After some brief talking, Nick spoke a timid goodbye and the door closed. For seconds, only silence reigned within the entire house� Then she heard the young human walking. He came closer, judging by the sound of his steps.
 
Lyn remembered he had promised to come and see her after Claire left; at least, he hadn�t forgotten that� She felt a bit relieved to know he hadn�t completely erased her from his thoughts, but she realized she had to quickly come back to a normal state.
 
She couldn�t let him know about her thoughts� How would he react if he knew? He would find her selfish and jealous� and would probably be mad at her for being so possessive� She had to show that she was happy for him, and pretend she was totally fine. That was the only way he would still accept her in his house.
 
He knocked at the door of her room. He always did that, saying he wanted to leave her some privacy� But she never needed it� She had no secrets for him and wouldn�t have minded if he just came in� However, today, it gave her extra time to calm down. She breathed deeply, and exhaled slowly� That was it� She was back to normal� She could fake happiness now.
 
�Yes, come in�� She warmly invited him, turning her head toward the door with a smile.
 
�Hey, Lyn, I was just coming to check if� Oh God! What�s going on?!�
 
He looked at her in the dim light coming from the hall, horrified. That instantly made her uncomfortable. Why was he suddenly so freaked out?
 
�W�What do you mean Nick?� She asked.
 
�Have you been crying?!�
 
How could he know that? She was perfectly faking her usual attitude�
 
�No� Not at all��
 
�Don�t lie to me, I never saw your eyes this reddish� Lyn, please be honest� Have you been crying?�
 
She looked away� He had understood at first sight� Of course he had understood� He knew her better than anyone� She better had to be totally honest with him�
 
�Claire� She�s� more than just a friend� right?� She asked.
 
�Lyn��
 
�It�s okay! It�s okay!� She hastily said to reassure him. �If she�s important to you, then I like her! As long as you�re happy with her, I�m happy...�
 
�Lyn� I�m sorry��
 
�But I promise I� Wait� What?�
 
She was about to apologize for her jealousy� She was about to tell him she would be there for him whatever he decided or whoever he wanted to be with� But she certainly didn�t expect him to say he was sorry�
 
�I should have known you�d feel bad about this� I know you have some kind of attachment to me, and I didn�t even come once to check how you were doing� I shouldn�t have brought Claire here� I don�t know what I was thinking about� I think I got overly excited at the idea that a woman found me interesting� But that�s no excuse for the way I ignored you tonight� I�m sorry, Lyn� I�ve been an idiot��
 
There was something strange with his voice� It sounded like he had troubles articulating� And a weird smell came to confirm what she thought� He had drunk alcohol�
 
She had seen him in this state, once. He had had a really hard time at work, and had drunk to appease his brain. That was what he had said back then. But he had also explained to her that humans consumed these kinds of liquids for fun, especially when they were with friends. When she had asked to try, he had said he realized he was a bad example and locked the bottles he had.
 
She knew humans didn�t really think anymore in such a state. It actually revealed who they really were, because they usually spoke their truest mind. And apparently, his truest self was worried about her�
 
She stared at him for a moment, unable to believe what she had heard� He actually apologized for having made her suffer� which basically meant he apologized for her own jealousy� She couldn�t accept having him apologizing for wanting to spend a bit of time with humans, friend or more�
 
She came to him, and passed her two forepaws over his shoulders to hug him. She didn�t want him to feel bad toward something she was responsible for� It wasn�t his fault if she was a jealous female� He was her owner; not the opposite� She would have been really selfish to forbid him to have relationships with humans� She just wanted to stay close to him� And she was just glad to feel him hugging her back.
 
�You�re not an idiot, Nick� You�re everything but an idiot� You�re my friend and I love you, whatever you do, say or think� You just wanted to feel close to another human, I can understand��
 
�I am an idiot, Lyn� I knew it would hurt you and I did it anyway� Didn�t you even wonder why I didn�t come to feed you?�
 
She got off of him and looked at him with surprise� She had jumped so quickly to the conclusion he had forgotten her that she hadn�t even considered the possibility of another reason�
 
�Because I knew it would be hard for you�� He said, lowering his gaze in embarrassment. �Even before I came back home, I knew it would bother you� I knew I�d have to make myself forgiven� I thought the best way to do this would be to offer you what you love the most and� I know what you love the most� We only did it once and to be honest, I hoped I�d never go through this again, but that will be only fair after what I made you go through... So� what do you think? Would you like to do it?�
 
Astonished, she stared at his awkwardly smiling face� She had understood what he was proposing to her� Did he mean it? Was he joking? He had obviously not liked it the last time, yet he was proposing her to�
 
�perform her ritual�
 
This was weird� The mating ritual was� well� to mate� But with him, it was different� She already knew she wouldn�t mate with him in the end� but the ritual in itself was deeply tempting� Despite their friendship, she couldn�t help but find his body appetizing and tasty� She knew it was wrong to experience such desires toward her human but� these were her truest thoughts about him� This, and her love for him, of course�
 
She rose on her hind legs, put her forepaws on his shoulders like she was used to, and began to lick his cheek with tenderness� Of course he didn�t mean it� This was too scary for him� He was just desperate to make himself forgiven about something that didn�t deserve such concern� But she understood his desires to make her happy� And these actually made her happy� Happy to have such a caring owner and friend�
 
�I know you just say this to be sweet with me but you don�t need to, Nick.� She said as she took another affectionate lick. �You�re still caring for me, that�s all that matters to me��
 
�But to me, this is not enough� I want to do this for you, Lyn� Every human I know would have flipped out if I had done this to them� But you didn�t� You�ve been nice and patient with me� That�s the least I can do� And I won�t get rid of my guilt if I don�t make it up to you��
 
To her surprise, he gently rejected her and removed his clothes in front of her. Did he really mean it? Was he really proposing to her, offering himself to her? His now almost entirely naked body seemed to confirm his words�
 
�Just try to be as gentle as you were the last time��He said with an awkward smile. �I know I shouldn�t, but I still feel a bit anxious about this� So if you could stay nice, I�d be grateful��
 
He came to her, only covered by his underwear, and put his hand on her lower jaw to caress her. She immediately recognized his way of showing affection. He was never really communicative with his feelings, and she knew touching her this way was a pretty meaningful act from him.
 
�And I�ll be a good fighter for you.� He said with an uncomfortable laugh.
 
She wanted to hug him� She wanted to lick him� She wanted to show how meaningful all this was to her� But she began to feel something different as she looked at his exposed skin� She had mixed feelings about this� On one hand, she rarely had the occasion to see him without clothes� He was kind of paranoid about being seen naked, for some reasons she had never really understood� It was so logic that she appreciated this moment as a special occasion, a sort of trustful moment he had decided to share with her� But there was also the appeal of his body in itself� It was muscled, firm, appetizing� And his invitation didn�t make it easier�
 
Her stomach growled� Of course, she hadn�t eaten tonight� and she was quite hungry� But she knew that the gurgles that came from inside her were the result of a deep desire� The simple vision of his naked skin was tempting� She would never admit it because he would probably mistake her affection for hunger, but the uncountable loving licks she had given him were also motivate by his fabulous taste� His smell was lovely too� Unlike Claire, he had a natural and soft scent� He was really appetizing�
 
�Licking your lips, hey?� She heard him ask, making her realize in discomfort she was effectively running her tongue over her mouth. �It�s okay, go on� you deserve it� I deserve it too��
 
�You consider this as a punishment?�
 
�Only if you think I must be punished� But I�ll prefer to consider this is a way to repay you for your patience�� He stammered with a warm and non-faked smile. �Come on� Do it� I allow you to��
 
She looked at him with concern. This was clearly not something he enjoyed, yet he kept proposing her to do it. He probably didn�t get the romantic meaning behind the act, and thought it was only her meat-eater instincts talking for her� He had to feel very guilty to abandon himself to something he felt frightened about� She felt the need to show him she wasn�t reproaching him anything� She had to make him feel her affection over her hunger... She would make it sweet to him�
 
She tilted her head horizontally, and slowly came to his face as she opened her maw wide. He remained perfectly still as her jaws soon came around his lovely face. She was sure he somehow liked it� Otherwise, he wouldn�t have proposed this to her, guilt or not� And if he purely disliked this, it only meant that he deeply cared about her pleasure in spite of his, and that motivated her even more to be soft and loving toward her beloved owner�
 
She couldn�t hold back a pleased moan as she carefully closed her mouth on his lovely head� She knew this probably was the closest thing to an actual kiss that she would ever dare to do on him� He might not feel the same way, but to her, this was the most intimate and romantic moments she had ever shared with him�
 
His hands began to caress her long neck while she was giving gentle pressures with her palate and tongue. He was human and he probably didn�t like to be gently chewed on like this, but this was simply too tempting� He tasted so good and his body was so soft� She didn�t know if he kept rubbing her throat scale because he felt her affection, but she took this as a lovely encouragement to move on with her ritual�
 
She gave gentle but quick little movements of jaws, making her tongue slide against his skin at each of her intermittent efforts to make him go further in her mouth, drawing him closer and closer to her throat� When he reached the back of her tongue, she took a great inspiration, and softly forced his head inside�
 
The experience was delighting� His heavenly taste invaded every corner of her mouth while she felt her throat widening to make his body fitting in� She put her paw on her neck to feel the bulge that had appeared as he slid slowly inside. She could recognize the shape of his chin through her scales and flesh� How romantic this was� Just her human and her, being closer than any being in the world� She extended her tongue to reach and caress his chest; he had to feel the passion of this affectionate moment too!
 
Inside, she heard him giggle. The contact of her tongue probably tickled him, but in a blink of a dream-like thought, she felt like he enjoyed the experience as well� She began to rub her throat with a claw, and gave him a passionate but tender swallow that shoved him in until the shoulders.
 
This part of his body was quite harder to manage, but there was no difficult her love for him couldn�t overcome. This was the occasion to show him that she was a powerful female which would do anything for him� that her love was stronger than Claire�s or any other human female he would ever meet�
 
Using her tongue to caress the top of his back, she covered his skin with her saliva to lubricate his body. Then, after taking a deep breath, she gave the most passionate swallow she had ever given to a prey... Her move was so powerful that she didn�t only shove his shoulders inside, but also a good part of his upper body.
 
She let out an uncontrolled growl of pleasure as she felt his torso sliding easily inside, his arms rubbing against her inner flesh as he dived deeper and deeper� She carefully closed her jaws around his waist, resisting to the urge of taking a good bite on his lovely body. He was so delightful� and he didn�t move a muscle, letting her enjoying him her way� He was so sweet�
 
She paused her swallowing to catch her breath that had gone wild under the blissful sensations� She knew he would enter her stomach with her next swallow, and she wanted to be totally focused to enjoy this particular moment.
 
No other human had ever visited her insides� And she highly doubted she would ever feel intimate enough with any other being to do this� She deeply loved him, and that was why she wanted so hard to welcome him inside her� She just hoped she could communicate her feelings to him so he could enjoy those moments like she did�
 
She gave a thought about it� She had him in mouth, and his private parts were within a reachable range� She could sneak her tongue inside his underwear and try to please him; this was something intimate humans did sometimes� She had learnt it during her researches on his computer, while he was at work. When it had come on �how to be sweet with a human�, she had found strange pictures that showed it in details� It wasn�t so complicated and she could probably do this quite efficiently� But he would probably feel bad about it� He was really uncomfortable when it came to his privacy, and especially when it involves this particular area of his body�
 
And with some bitterness, she remembered he had now Claire to perform these kinds of tasks on him�
 
Of course, she could have forced his pleasure but� this wasn�t the sort of moments he would have truly loved to share with her� not yet, at least� Maybe one day, he would realize how good she could be as a partner and let her try her best to please him� But this day would be up to him� She would patiently wait for him to accept her before doing anything that broke into his privacy� In other words, she would only enter when he would open the door of his heart�
 
A bit frustrated to not be able to be as close to him as she would like to be, she took a deep gulp to swallow his hips. Yes� She would wait until he�s ready� He would be one day� Until then, she was already able to enjoy her owner in a way most dragon pets would never have the chance to�
 
Feeling his head forcing the entrance of her stomach and actually entering it made her squeak in pleasure� She didn�t even have to swallow anymore; his body was gently slithering in, driven by its own weight. She loosened her throat muscles and licked passionately his legs while she rubbed her neck and belly with her forepaws to better feel him filling her�
 
She couldn�t help but nibbling on his calf� His muscles were so tender� so delicious� His sweet taste made it hard to stay in control, but caressing him with her tongue helped her to live those moments as a valuable complicity� She was nice for him� She was gentle for him� And she hoped he realized how much she loved him through her tender movements�
 
As he slid further in, she extended her tongue and applied it under his feet to accompany him inside and slowly closed her jaws around this lovely meat. It was time for the final swallow.
 
She raised her head to align her throat with her mouth, and let him gently slide inside, helping him by pushing his feet in with her tongue.
 
She rubbed stronger on her neck and belly, massaging his tender body as it slowly ended its trip and filled her stomach� How romantic this was� She didn�t doubt anymore that she was more than a friend to him� He had to deeply love her to let her perform such a beautiful and intimate act on him.
 
Her claws ripped the wooden floor under the rush of pleasure she felt while he ended his descent and curled up inside her stomach. He was hers; he belonged to her� What could be more romantic than totally belonging to the other? If only he was able to see these moments from this point of view, he would probably understand her desires to belong to him as well for a passionate love night�
 
For a few seconds, she stayed motionless on her legs, licking her lips and the insides of her mouth while he got comfortable inside her. She could hardly measure how lucky she was to have such a wonderful human owner who accepted the ritual for her�
 
She then walked carefully to her mattress and began to lie down on her side to not inflict too much pressure to the lovely human stored inside her. She put a paw on her swollen belly, rubbing passionately to make him feel her love.
 
�Are you happy, Lyn?� She heard his muffled voice coming from her depths.
 
Happy? She was more than happy� She was in love� Which other human would let his dragon do this to him despite his discomfort?
 
�Yes, Nick.� She replied with a smile full of emotions while caressing her belly scales. �I�m really, really happy��
 
�Good� I hoped you�ll enjoy it� After what I made you going through, it was the least I could do��
 
�Nick� You already said that but� don�t tell me you wanted to do this only to make yourself forgiven� That�s ridiculous��
 
�You�re right�This is not enough� But I know how to make you accept my apologies��
 
�I didn�t mean�� She began, but was unable to end.
 
She had felt him giving a punch inside her, and the wave of pleasure surprised her� The poor human thought she was mad at him for his time spent with Claire� He was beginning to struggle inside her stomach.
 
�I� I� just meant that� you didn�t need� to apologize�� She panted in delight as he gave a few other delightful strikes. �I didn�t�accept your offer� because you needed� to apologize� I accepted it� because I� I� I��
 
She couldn�t find her words over the pleasure he gave her� Her mind was misty, and all that came out of her mouth were blissful moans and growls� He was such a good wriggling lover�
 
�Because I�� She tried again.
 
But he cut her off with pinches that made her bite her own scaly lips in delight� Was he biting her? Or grabbing her flesh with his hands? She couldn�t tell, but this felt so good�
 
�Because I��
 
He deployed his arms and legs, stretching her flesh and sending a heavenly wave of shivers in her whole body� She had to bite her mattress to not scream� He was so talented�
 
He suddenly threw a powerful kick, and she couldn�t hold back her pleasure anymore.
 
�Oh god, Nick! Because I love you!� She finally screamed. �You�re so amazing! Keep it going! Fight fiercely!�
 
�I knew it.� She heard him say. �Every dragon loves eating humans� Enjoy, Lyn��
 
�But this is not��
 
Again, his amazing struggles cut her off at the moment she was going to speak her mind� He thought she loved him only for his taste and for the sensations he gave her� She couldn�t allow that� She wanted him to know he wasn�t a prey to her� She wanted him to know about her love� But the pleasure he gave her made her unable to express her thoughts�
 
However, she could still make him feel it� She began to rub stronger her belly scales so he could feel her flesh massaging him amorously� Probably taking these as encouragement, he also intensified his fight� He punched and kicked� stretched� bit and grabbed her flesh� What a good human� What a passionate lover! She was almost literally losing her mind in bliss� He was too good�
 
Even biting her mattress wasn�t enough to make her contain her emotions and physical storm of delighting sensation, and after a last powerful strike, she finally lifted her head to the roof and let out the loudest roar she ever produced�
 
This roar was for him� He had to understand her love through this delighted sound� This was what he inspired her: a bound as powerful as her roar�
 
In the mists of her delight, she began to feel guilty� Nick thought she only loved being a ravenous predator to him� And she was acting like one� He didn�t live it as the love act it was� And she didn�t want to be seen as an animal slaved to her instincts� Despite the pleasure she felt at the moment, she began to cough to retrieve him� She would show him physical delight wasn�t the only thing that mattered to her�
 
She felt him resisting to her efforts, as if he didn�t understand why she was getting him out before he was done pleasuring her in there� But she was stronger than him, and soon her belly contractions expelled him up into her throat.
 
She felt a bulge growing at the base of her neck, just after her forelegs. His body was beginning his travel back to her mouth. Feeling him in was always a pleasure, but she had to admit that it was far less delighting to have him going the reversed way� She pressed hard on her belly to make her stomach reject the prey she had offered to it, and gagged to make him go further up.
 
He was close now� He was filling her entire neck, and she felt his little head just behind her back teeth. It was time to show him the real power of her love�
 
Gathering all the resources she had, she contracted every muscle from her stomach to her throat and ejected his head in a strong cough. The pressure was so heavy that she threw him entirely up, his body sliding easily over her tongue while she helped him land on the wooden floor with her paws. When his feet followed the rest of him out, she paused for a moment to catch her breath.
 
He was out, lying on the floor with a surprised expression on his cute face, covered in saliva and stomach fluids.
 
�That was short.� He commented, trying to get up. �Last time, you enjoyed it longer��
 
She put a forepaw on his chest, and maintained him on the ground. She didn�t care if she was being a bit rude� She needed to show him her love. Despite the fluids that covered him, she lay down against his body and wrapped it with her wing. She began to lick frantically his cheek and lower jaw, occasionally rubbing her lips against his soft skin.
 
�This is not how I want to be with you. Not tonight.� She said, nibbling on his skin. �I want to feel you close to me, but not as a prey� I just want to be at your side, cuddling with you��
 
She had probably given him enough hints� He had probably understood what she was expecting from him� And now he would probably ask if she encouraged him to� She leaned on his ear, and whispered:
 
�Now, what can I do for you, Nick? What would you like me to do for your pleasure?�
 
She delicately applied her tongue behind his ear, tickling it gently and then following the shape of his jaw in a slow and sensual lick. He was going to ask� She had been explicit enough� Any second now, he was going to ask�
 
�I want you to stay the same lovely dragoness I always loved.� He whispered back with a smile.
 
She felt deeply disappointed� She was so sure he would ask her to be his, this time� but she couldn�t force him� This just confirmed that her dragon body stopped him from considering her as more than a friend� She felt sad that she couldn�t be the lover he needed in his life, but on the other hand, he had Claire now� And she�ll gladly entrust the human female to take care of her beloved owner despite her jealousy.
 
�I promise, Nick�� She said with another tender lick on his forehead. �I promise to always be soft and nice to you� And to Claire, now that she�s in your life� Do you think she�ll like me, one day?�
 
Giving him her consent to be close to this human female was tearing her heart apart. To know that another being would do with him the things he didn�t want to experience with her made her insides burn in jealousy� But it was his life and his feelings� She didn�t allow herself to deprive him from what made him happy.
 
�Lyn� I won�t see her again��
 
�Why? You seemed to be happy together� I heard you laugh� You have to try again��
 
Authorizing him to be with Claire was easy in comparison of encouraging him to see her again� She had been really glad to hear his words, but yet she felt the need to be sure he wasn�t unconsciously sacrificing his well-being for her� If he chose to follow her advice and developed a relationship with this human female, she thought it would rip her dragon heart in a pretty literal way� But this was her duty as a friend to push him toward what would make him feel good�
 
�No� It was a nice girl, but I can�t go well with her��
 
�Why?� She asked as she took another affectionate lick.
 
�Because she doesn�t accept you�� He simply answered.
 
She looked at him with surprise. So he did sacrifice his well-being for her� but voluntarily� She felt really moved by his loyalty, but she didn�t want to be the reason of his loneliness�
 
�Nick, I don�t mind at all that she�s scared of me� I�ll do my best to make myself forgotten.�
 
�It matters to me. You�re my friend, Lyn� I�ll never let you down and I don�t want you to hide� If someone ever accepts me, she will have to accept you as well� That�s not even an option� And you have nothing to say about it.�
 
She stared at him, unable to hold back a tear of emotion. He loved her� He truly loved her� He didn�t want to show her physically, but he proved it by his acts and dedication. She snuggled against him and gently caressed his throat with her tongue.
 
No word could ever express how grateful she was for this�
 
�I hope I will find someone though�� He said with a yawn. �Someone who would love both of us��
 
She smiled discretely. She knew he was thinking about a random human female� and didn�t realize that the being he described was lying next to him� Someday, he would understand� Someday, he would truly accept her�
 
�Don�t worry, Nick.� She said, voluntarily missing his cheek to lick his lips. �I�m sure you�ll find love� It�s always closer than we think��
 
She heard a light snore in response. He had fallen asleep� next to her� in the embrace of her wing� This was probably the effects of the alcohol; the last time he had also fallen unconscious without any warning.
 
He still had a peaceful smile on his cute little face; she was sure that he had heard her and that he would dream of a lovely dragoness to take care of him� She leaned and delicately applied her lips on his, putting a kiss like he had done with her earlier tonight. He would not remember this; but it would stay forever in her memories�
 
�Good night� my love�� She whispered.
 
She placed her forepaw on his opposite shoulder, and lay down as well, smiling at the idea she finally slept by his side. She knew it didn�t mean anything for their relationship, but that was enough to make her happy�
 
And as she began to fall asleep as well, she noticed his smile had widened�