Player Two
"What?! You totally cheated!" Shalnark whined, his arms wrapping around your waist as you sat on his lap. You were playing video games and he'd just lost to you again.
"How could I cheat? You know this game better than I do!" You defended, quickly smashing various buttons as the next round started.
"I don't know how you're cheating but you are." Shal huffed, trying to fight back against your character as it did a special move.
"How did you even do that?!" He cried and you shrugged with a laugh.
Shal grumbled under his breath before moving to kiss up the side of your neck. You shuddered softly, your attention swaying.
"Shal... I'm trying to concentrate..." You breathed, biting your lip as his teeth grazed your neck, arms curling around you as he discarded his controller.
"And I'm distracting you." He stated with a smirk, laying wet kisses across your skin.
"Who's cheating now?" You whined, moaning softly as he sucked the base of your neck.
"Are you complaining?" He hummed, before pulling back and you whimpered at the loss. He picked up his controller, flicking the console to the menu to change the game to one player. You moved to question him before he placed the controller in your hand.
"If you lose, I'll stop." He challenged and you quickly moved to fight the character controlled by the computer AI, stuttering out a complaint.
"That's not fair!" You whined, trying to keep your health bar from depleting.
"When did I say it would be fair?" His hands roamed over your body, delving under your sweater and cupping your bare breasts.
"No bra? Naughty." He teased and you flushed a dark pink, ignoring him in favour of concentrating.
You hated to admit it, but Shal was good with his hands, and even better at distractions. You'd come close to losing a handful of times but it was when he had you naked on top of him, his bare cock teasing your folds, that you felt yourself sweat. You caught a glimpse of your reflection in the computer monitor as he pressed into you, a soft whine falling from your lips as you stuttered with the buttons on the controller.
"No losing remember..." Shal groaned against your ear and you hissed in protest as he lazily rolled his hips up into you, fucking you slowly.
You panted above him, hands shaking as you tried to remain focused on your game, your character was drawing closer to death by the second and you concentration was wavering to say the least.
"Please, Shal... I'll do anything if you let me put this damn controller down." You whimpered and he paused for a moment.
"Do you love me?" He asked suddenly, and your cheeks flushed.
"What kind of question is that?" You huffed. He was silent for a minute.
"Answer the question. Then I'll let you put the controller down." You were silent for a minute.
"Of course I love you, I love all of you." You murmured and Shal sat in silence for a moment.
"I... really like you, Y/N. And I've never felt like this about anyone, ever. I didn't think that lifestyle was for me. Sure, I played those cheesy romance games but... it kind of feels like I'm in one myself. You, the main character, with all of these people as your potential love interests, battling for you attention... and then at the end of the game..." He trailed off.
"What are you talking about?" You frowned, spying his reflection in the monitor.
"At the end of the game, the protagonist always chooses one of the love interest options and they live happily ever after. But what happens after that? What happens to the others that get left behind, that weren't chosen? They don't get to be happy with the protagonist. The game ends." Shal mumbled, and you couldn't help but have an inkling that this was some sort of metaphor for your current predicament.
"You think I'll leave you and go with someone else? That you'll be left alone?" You placed the controller down, turning to face Shal.
"I can't say that I will or that I won't, I don't know what will happen. But right now, I'm here with you and I don't plan on leaving any of you. I will stay for as long as you will all allow me to, okay?" You stroked his cheek gently and he leant into the touch, closing his eyes.
"I can't imagine going back to life before you came along. Everyone was so distant and no one has ever taken an interest into my tech before... You're my Player Two." He kissed your knuckles gently before smiling up at you and you flushed.
"And you're my Player One." You grinned, pressing your foreheads together briefly before sitting up.
The Game Over screen came up on screen, 8-bit pixels flashing across the monitor as corny 80's music played.
"I think I lost..." You sighed, looking over at the screen before chuckling. Shal looked up at you, burying his face into your neck.
"Too bad, Player Two, looks like you don't get anything." He chuckled and you whined.
"Really?!" You pouted and he nodded.
"Really really! If you want me to carry on then you have to beat me at Mario Kart!" He declared and you snatched your controller up.
"You're so on! Prepare to lose, I'm great at Mario Kart!" You declared.
Shal looked at you, a part of him content with just staying by your side, whether he was your chosen love interest or not.