Chapter 11: Answer and rivals

The Minor was having a hard time breathing. He felt as if powerful fingers had coiled into his chest to squeeze his lungs and his heart. It was something he had simply not though would happen. Sure, Shannon was into him, and he was into her, but that? A marriage demand, when they just reconnected after a mere encounter six months ago? Surely, she couldn’t expect that he would answer anything right now… It would be crazy, we don’t really know each other and we have to take our time.

“Yes” said a masculine voice he didn’t recognized.

“Oh my God! I… I…” stuttered the giantess before him, her own breathing becoming heavy and quick, as if she had been running at full speed long enough to feel tired.

It was only when Shannon picked up the minuscule ring, the golden band utterly ridiculous between her thumb and index and brought it toward him that he realized that he had been the one talking. What the hell? Why would I do that! I’m not… I’m not that kind of idiots who answer like that without thinking to something as life-changing as a marriage proposition! And yet, as he looked at the ecstatic face of the black colossus, he couldn’t help but smile back.

“That’s terrible… I… I can’t put it on you right now… My hands are shaking a little too much, and it’s so small, I’m afraid that I could crush it, or worse, your fingers”, said the MAJOR, tears of joy flowing from her eyes at his answer and his smile.

“I would like to help you, but with just one hand…” explained Alejandro, a little embarrassed now, the crushing feeling inside of him not abating in the slightest.

“I know, beautiful. I’ll do my best, just, don’t move okay? I don’t want to make a pancake out of it, it was really expansive you know?”

She said that in a tone which could either mean that she was joking or she was dead serious about it, and either way, Alejandro felt that he would be too frightened to ever wear it if he asked the tag price. Still, now that his girlfriend’s hand was reaching for his own, he noticed that the ring wasn’t just pure gold as he had assumed. Engraved in it was a line of minuscule pale sapphires which seemed to form… words?

“What’s written on it?” he asked, feeling compelled to talk despite the pressure in his chest.

“To the man who will always hold my heart” softly replied the gigantic MAJOR, just as she positioned the ring near his ring-finger.

“Shannon… you shouldn’t have…” begun Alejandro, before being cut off.

“I should have done that a long time ago! I should have done that when we were eight, and tell Mac Ferlan to fuck off. I should have done that in Old Creek instead of losing it. I should have done that when we saw each other six months ago.”

There was an intensity in her words which was perplexing, almost enough to make him feel a little afraid, and yet a mere glance at her eyes and he felt all his fear and confusion evaporate. He took a step forward and the ring neatly found its place on his hand. It was kind of strange to see it here, the sapphires shining brightly under the bathroom’s lights. A sudden hilarity finally chased away the invisible fingers which were hurting him, and Alejandro let out a powerful burst of laughter.

“What’s so funny, my heart?” softly whispered Shannon, letting herself lay on the floor, to have a better look of his body, the Minor assumed.

“Well, I just realized that you burnt all the stops and we’re now engaged and thus fiancés without ever being properly boyfriend and girlfriend. Mom will kill me for that, and the fact that we’ll have to make them come to New Orleans on such short notice for the wedding, and…”

“The wedding won’t be before at least three months and a half, Alejandro, don’t worry.”

“Really? Why?” asked the small teenager, quite suspicious now. “It’s not like you, or MAJORS in general to wait so long for that kind of things.”

“Because I want you to choose me knowingly” simply said Shannon, as if it explained anything.

“Which means? I said yes just now, so I kind of said it out of my own free will. There was no bonding involved… which is kind of impressive, considering the situation.”

“Yeah, you did… but I want you to choose me knowing what you’ll have to give up. That’s why I want to wait. When you’ll have spent three months in school, perhaps you’ll have found a smaller and more to your liking MAJOR… or perhaps even that Izzellah will have snatched you from underneath me” she added calmly.

“Excuse me? What Izzy has to do with anything?” almost yelled Alejandro, quite surprised now.

“Isn’t it obvious? You call her Izzy, but you don’t have a nickname for me yet, my love. It’s understandable, of course, because she is the first Minor you ever interacted with, and she is so much like you that you couldn’t help but have a crush on her” calmly explained Shannon.

“Don’t be ridiculous!” tried Alejandro, feeling his cheeks turning to a bright red, despite his natural tan.

“Really? Then, go on. Tell me that you don’t like her hairs, the way she walk, the way she talks, both her frailty and her fire?”

“I… I… I…” blabbered the Minor, unable to articulate or even produce more than this simple sound.

“See? You’re crushing hard on her baby. Admit it.”

“I… Okay, fine, I’ll admit that Izzellah is really beautiful, interesting and that if I didn’t knew you, I would probably fall for her… But why the hell are you trying to push me in her arms with… with all of it? Why the ring if you want me to end with Izzy?” he yelled, a little angry and confused now.

“Because I want you to be happy, Alejandro” softly said Shannon, extending a hand to caresse his torso, eliciting a shiver of pleasure in his body.

“Yeah, okay but…”

“You don’t get me, ‘Randro. I LOVE you” emphasized the giantess. “And it’s because I love you, that I want you to be with the woman – or the man, no one knows right? - who will make you feel the best. I don’t want you to feel sad later in your life because you would have picked me and passed on a better opportunity, out of some sense of duty or something.”

“You… you would be okay with me ending with another woman?” asked a bewildered Minor.

“Yes. My heart would be broken, but I would have decades to heal, and knowing that you would have created a wonderful life for yourself would chase some of the pain away.”

“But… but why bring Izzy into it?”

“Because she is my most serious rival.”

There was a sense of finality in those words, as if she was stating a fact which couldn’t be changed. Alejandro looked at her with his eyes wide open. She considers a Minor as a rival in love? What the hell? Is she even the same person than the one who grabbed me and rubbed by dick through my pants at the first opportunity when we met after ten years? It was so crazy that he suddenly curled his hand into a first and hit his jaw hard.

“What are you doing!?” shrieked the giantess, promptly trapping her arm in her right hand

“I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t dreaming” explained the Minor, quite seriously, if with some difficulty, courtesy of the throbbing pain in the right side of his face. “Because I would never have thought, not even in a thousand years, that you would consider someone… well, someone like me, to be a rival of yours.”

“And why not?” asked Shannon, only a little calmer than before, but still her voice was quite powerful, and he felt his ears wince in protest.

“Well… because you’re a MAJOR, a billionaire and one of the most beautiful woman on Earth, so I wouldn’t expect you to consider that one of my kind could ever be a potential danger for you. Well, danger is a strong word, but you get it.”

“The old me wouldn’t have. But the one you allowed me to become is such a better person, one who truly admit her mistakes, own them and who can acknowledge the fact that some Minors are simply so great that they can achieve more than anyone, even myself, could expect. After all, I’m engaged with one such Minor” she added with a laugh.

Alejandro took two steps forward and pressed his lips on Shannon’s. The MAJOR recoiled a little in surprise, before leaning back into him to savor the kiss. He felt her fingers enclosing on his back and pushing him more into her face. After long seconds, he felt his lungs burning and tapped lightly on her cheek, prompting her to release him, in a soft moan which sent a shiver down his spine. He caressed the bridge of her nose, enjoying how it frowned slightly under his touch.

“I should really go into the shower, Shannon” he whispered. “It’s still cold out there…”

“Go on, baby. We both need to shower after all… this makeup is beginning to scratch, and I wouldn’t want to get a rash!” she joked.

“Hey, me neither… it wouldn’t be really alluring, especially on someone so tall and massive.”

“Are you calling me fat?” teased the humongous MAJOR.

“Well, you have definitively some impressive patch of fat here and there, yeah” laughed Alejandro, retreating promptly into his shower.

“Meany!” yelled Shannon behind her.

“Absolutely!”

Alejandro went below the hit stream of water, letting out a sigh as he felt knot in his muscles relaxing immediately. He had to admit that this shower was even better than the one he had at home in Old Creek or his new house, here, in the Crescent City. The flow of water was turned into an almost misty rain and yet it was strong enough to slowly massage his body. Furthermore, contrary to the models he used to know, this one actually was releasing water from a pole, thus allowing his whole body to enjoy the relaxing feeling at once.

He looked once more at his ring and felt his blood rush to his face. It was simply incredible to realize that he would be wedded in mere months, and he had something on him which probably had more value than anything that he possessed. Except the house, I guess. It’s still so strange to possess something so big. I wonder what Izzellah will think of it. I’ll probably get a lot of teasing out of it… But speaking of the house…

“Hey Shannon… May I ask you a question?”

“Yes, you just did” dryly replied the MAJOR.

“Har har. Very funny. But seriously, it’s rather… important.”

“Oh… sure then, go on, ask away.”

She didn’t seem really concerned, which wasn’t too surprising, had to admit the Minor. After all, she probably had more pressing matters in mind than whatever he may ask, now that she had managed to get her big reveal out of her system. Sure, she had this crazy ideas about wanting to “earn” him, for a lack of a better term, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, considering that it required some commitment from her part, and was thus alleviating his fears.

“Why did you buy me a house?”

“Well, you see…” begun the giantess, before letting her voice trail off.

From where he stood, Alejandro only had a vision of her titanic feet, her calves and the lower portion of her thighs, which was already quite impressive. He never had truly took the time to notice how muscular she actually was. Her ginormous breasts, enormous ass, wide hips and even slightly round belly, were more often than not what attracted his attention. But now he couldn’t help but reel at the sheer enormity of her musculature.

Each minute movement seemed to rest on the movement of extremely wide cables and masses, playing just under the surface of her legs. Her gristles were especially visible on her feet, each one tensing up as she played with her toes. He hadn’t expected her to be so nervous after his question. Sure, it wasn’t really innocent, but still, it should have hardly elicited such a reaction. I should probably try and tell her that we’ve come to like our place, Lindsey and I, thought the young man, but Shannon finally spilt the beans before he could.

“It was to… to make sure that you wouldn’t feel beholden to me too much, and also to avoid any difficulties for you, should you, well, fell in love with another MAJOR –or even a Minor, really, in High School. I felt that it was better than the flat you had selected.”

“Oh, okay… I guess it makes sense, a little” replied Alejandro, who was the one feeling a little nervous after hearing how serious his fiancée was about her whole idea to offer him an opportunity to try everything before finally settling in.

“Why did you ask?” suddenly added Shannon, worry creeping audibly into her voice. “Is the house not to your liking? Or perhaps, it was a little too… hard on you? I know that it was probably terrible, moving so far away from Old Creek and all and me hijacking your plans in secret. I was really afraid that you wouldn’t cope with it well… Please, tell me if there is anything which bothers you with the house, I’ll make sure to deal with it quickly!”

“The offer is tempting but don’t worry. The house is fine. I really disliked the fact that you basically forced us to move where you wanted us, at first, but now that I know why you did it… Well, it’s still pretty stupid and misguided…”

“Hey!” whined Shannon. “That’s not kind!”

“Yeah, well, it was stupid and misguided, sorry about being honest!” laughed Alejandro. “But, as I was attempting to say, despite being less than a stellar move, the house as grown on us. It’s a bother to not have Minor’s sized doors to enter and exit the place, like here, but I guess I’ll be able to deal with it, since the inside is so well equipped. And while we are speaking about Minor’s doors… why do you try to hide yours? Ashamed of something?”

“Not at all” rolled the voice of his lover from up above. “But it’s mostly a mean to make sure that, should the worst happens and that the manor be raided or something, you would have refuges were no MAJOR could reach you and places to flee and hide unnoticed. And it’s partially because I don’t want to force you to rely on a MAJOR to move around the house and the grounds, if you ever choose to stay here with me…”

“Oh, okay. It makes sense, I guess. But just so you know, about Izzy… you don’t have to worry, she isn’t one of your rivals, you know?”

“Oh really?” shot back Shannon, clearly disbelieving his words.

The Minor couldn’t help but smile. Her feet, which hadn’t been facing toward him since he had went into his shower, were now firmly in his direction, and it was almost as if he was talking to those big, manicured, toes. You’re losing it buddy, if even that kind of thing makes you smile… that’s probably the first sign of madness. Still, they are pretty impressive, I didn’t expect someone so massive to have such cute feet.

Shannon’s were wide, obviously, but her toes weren’t enormous or overly long. In comparison to her size, they were pretty much average and they even had a slight curvature which accentuated their beauty in his eyes, each one slightly shorter than the former with the big toes being the biggest. Snap out of it man, you’ve got to explain yourself, no matter how ridiculous it will probably sound to a MAJOR, even one as open minded as her.

“Yeah… you see, Lindsey is really infatuated with her. I mean, she is undergoing martial arts training and bodybuilding just to be able to hold her own against Sabrina Rodriguez, Izzy’s kind of step-sister/best-friend for a MAJOR” explained Alejandro.

“So?” asked Shannon, when it became clear he wouldn’t tell more about it.

“What do you mean, so? Lindsey’s crushing a lot harder on Izzellah than me. As her older brother, I have to support her and help her any way I can, which mainly require me to save her from herself.”

“What are you talking about…” grumbled Shannon. “You’re also attracted by Izzellah Ivory and I’m willing to bet that it’s mutual, she would be pretty stupid of her not to realize how awesome you are. And if she noticed, then she doesn’t have what it takes to be one of my ambassadors for Minorkind!”

“Oh, so you still want to add her to your campaign? Despite your plan to allow me to be with her or something?”

“Of course. I haven’t amassed my wealth by letting good opportunities slip by just because they were somewhat risky. And of course, letting you and Miss Ivory court each other is a double-edged sword. Either you’ll realize that I have simply more to offer, and I’m not speaking physically or in term of wealth, I mean, emotionally, or you’ll end with her and all I’ll have to keep myself from losing it is the hope that I’ll be allowed to see the children you two would have together.”

“Jesus” puffed Alejandro. “You really like to make out a whole movie out of the smallest thing, right? I mean, getting children with Izzy and all just because you’ll let me with her a little, seriously? Plus, I just told you I wouldn’t make a move, Lindsey’s into her.”

“But why would you let a chance at happiness with another Minor elude you, just because your sister is into her too?” asked Shannon, clearly perplexed now.

“Because I want Lindsey to be happy. She deserves it, and all the help I can give. Consider it paying back from the way I treated her the first years after the Incident…”

“What are you talking about?” asked the gigantic woman, clearly confused now.

“Well, I was terrified of her for at least two years, it was terrible. I knew she was too young to be careful, and I freaked out almost every time she came into a room where I was. Then again, the only MAJOR who did not trigger such fear was Alaric, probably because he was there with Joseph and me, that night…”

“Wait a minute, Alejandro…” begun Shannon, her voice stern and deeper than usual. “You can’t hold yourself responsible for that behavior. Nobody, no MAJOR at least, can truly understand what you endured and how you felt. Even when we bonded and you made me feel it, I could tell that it was happening to someone else, so I think a part of the pain wasn’t shared, and it was atrocious. I’m sure Lindsey as totally forgiven you, if she ever held a grudge against you for that behavior, that is.”

“Lindsey’s not the one who has to forgive me. I am, and I haven’t, that’s all” grumbled the Minor, turning his back on the massive feet.

“But why?”

“It’s a question of principles and values. What kind of man would I be if I tried to steal away a potential opportunity at happiness for my baby sister? She may be enormous compared to me, she is still that little think which babbled and giggled, chasing me on all four…”

Alejandro let his voice trail off as memories of the first two years of his life with Lindsey played out. She had been adorable, if incredibly terrifying at first. For the MAJORS around, she was all frail and she did look small in the hands of his parents, or even compared to Alaric. But to the Minor child, she had been enormous. When his parents had told him that he had been three times smaller than her, he had even wondered how he hadn’t ended crushed underfoot or something.

“Haaaaa…” sighed Shannon. “You really are incredible, you know that?”

“Why would you say that now? I’m just myself and trying to hold to my standards…”

“Yes, and that’s precisely what’s incredible. Every time I think I can’t be more in love with you, you make me fall for you even more.”

“I… Thank you, sugarbutt… Ah! I mean, sugarplum!” promptly tried to correct Alejandro, but a powerful laugh drowned his attempts.

“Sugarbutt? I like it, very unique!” howled Shannon.

“Sorry…” mumbled Alejndro. “I… I’m not used to making nicknames and, well, Shan sounds a little too much like sham for my taste so…”

“Oh, baby, don’t apologize” interrupted the giantess. “I really like sugarbutt. It may be clumsy and all, but it’s incredibly cute, so it’s okay. By the way, it has nothing to do with it, but do you want me to wash the right side of your body?”

“Uh… sure, let me clean the rest before” told the Minor, realizing that he hadn’t really begin to wash himself up to this point, when massive amount of shampoo and other things were splashing near the feet of his sugarbutt.

Alejandro stopped the water and generously emptied a bottle on his left shoulder. It was the best way to amass enough body lotion to clean himself with just one hand. He then proceeded to scrub his skin clean, to the point that it was becoming a little red under his ministration. As often, the most difficult part was his penis, which was still erect and would probably remain like that for quite some time. Still, in a minute of two where the silence was only broken by his gigantic fiancée humming for herself, he was satisfied and his hand was reaching for the faucet.

“You know… even if you don’t want to make Lindsey unhappy, there is a way for you and Izzellah to still try and see if you could work well together? Or any other Minor, for that matter” suddenly said Shannon, stopping his hand mid-air.

“Really? Because I don’t see how I would be able to achieve something like that, Shannon.”

“It’s rather simple, really. We manage to convince her to come and speak with us here, I leave the room as soon as you two are together, put you guys in a comfortable place and let the magic operate, while I keep our other guests busy.”

“What are you talking about exactly?” asked Alejandro, a gnawing suspicion making its way to the surface of his mind.

“Isn’t it obvious? I put you on our bed, Izzy and you have sex, and voilà, you’ll know if Minors are more suited for your taste than us MAJORS!” chirped the young titaness, apparently quite satisfied with herself.

Alejandro’s mind went blank and he didn’t realized that, even as he was turning the faucet to release the water, he was pushing the temperature to extremely high. It was only when his body was splashed with what felt like boiling water that he let out a scream and promptly stopped the flow. All in all, it had only lasted one or two seconds, but he was as red as a lobster now…

“Ah putain!” yelled the Minor, unsure at what he was yelling, the water, the pain, or Shannon’s crazy idea.

“Are you okay in there!?” asked Shannon, concern heavy in her voice.

“Yeah, yeah, I am… But Jesus, Shannon! What’s this crazy idea! You can’t expect me to just… just bang someone like that?”

“Why not? Peoples do it all the time” replied the MAJOR. “More importantly, are you sure that you’re okay… you look a little red to me…” she added after leaning a little to get a view of his body.

“Yeah, I’m sure! And MAJORS do that, all the time! I don’t.”

“Hum… would you prefer it if it was a threesome? I mean, being here while two Minors are going at it would be incredible, you know? Especially if you use my body as a bed…”

“SHANNON!” yelled an indignant Alejandro.

“What? Wouldn’t you want to please your sugarbutt that way, beautiful?

“Jesus Christ… Wash me right side, instead of spouting nonsense” grumbled the Minor.

Life with her will a hell of a ride, he realized. But he found that he actually enjoyed the prospect.