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Jackie nervously slouched in the uncomfortably new leather chair as the woman dressed in a sharp black dress suit quietly reviewed her survey answers. The woman was Ms. Smith, the advisor and director for the brand new Extraspecies introduction program in USA. And for some reason out of all the people in the country she had to take interest in Jackie's Penske's application.

She took the survey as a joke in the first place and when the check of acceptance came in the mail she just about passed out. One million dollars just to take in a single Extraspecies for a year or two would be fine but she really didn't want to, so she tried to mail it back but it was too late. Jackie couldn't find the nerve to turn this woman down when she showed up at the workshop and told her to come to her office for a more thorough examination of her home for Extraspecies. Apparently there were quite a few that wanted to come and live with her in the big city and experience the life here for themselves and since she had a big building at her disposition she was a good candidate.

"So uh, Ms. Smith, how many Extraspecies did you say wanted to come around to the big city for a bit?" Jackie asked, curious and wanting to reaffirm the fact Ms. Smith already sent out her information to agencies all over the world.

"A great deal of them, actually. Some prefer to slowly immerse themselves into human society and others prefer a challenge. Over 80 Extraspecies expressed interest in moving to a large city in this country." Ms. Smith said with a faint smile as Jackie's face paled, remembering the answers she put on the survey. Oh boy. "So, let us see … oh my, you believe you could house 4 or more Extraspecies at once? That's quite a feat," she said with a smile, seeming impressed by Jackie's confidence; or holding in a laugh from her ignorance, "what is your living space like?"

"The upstairs apartment is my house while the lower part is the garage for the cars I work on. It's connected to a larger building that my parents used to rent out to people but it can be used to renovate and accommodate whoever comes and lives with me," Jackie explained.

This program sounded weird and like a complete joke. Having some sort of Extraspecies people coming to live with people here in the USA? She couldn't believe this actually made it through congress what with the political uproar about this and all but this program is government issued. Besides, she had the room and they had the money. All she would be doing is serving as their host for some time until the end of the contract is up and they'll move back to … to … , "what country did you say these … were from?" Jackie asked, unable to put the word people to it.

"Not important," Ms. Smith said with a smile, "now, you should be expecting the Extraspecies to arrive sporadically over the next number of weeks while we organize who will be coming to reside with you."

"Hey now, I don't want a lot-,"

"And for each one you'll get 1,000,000 to renovate their living quarters and use the rest on your cute little shop."

"I'm in," Jackie immediately stated. Taking care of some fluffy Extraspecies shouldn't be too hard, "so what am I in for? A puppy? A cat? Maybe a sheep?" Jackie asked as the woman laughed under her breath.

"You will see tonight. Haven't you looked at the renovated spaces we've done?" She said with a smile as she leaned back in her chair with an amused air.

"Not really. I've been busy in the shop and I figured it'd be nice to have a surprise." Jackie said with a shrug, not too concerned with what her first Extraspecies would be. She highly doubted they'd entrust anything too rare or dangerous to her since this was her first time being a host for an Extraspecies and a lone woman at that.

"Well then, you may want to limit your business and hours for the sake of being a proper host to the Extraspecies coming to live with you. It would be in your best interest not to treat them like tenants or pets for they are neither. Also remember that any damage they receive, physically or mentally, will be your fault and responsibility," she lowered her glasses to look Jackie straight in the eyes, "if they get hurt, at the very start you'll be going straight to jail," said with a smile as Jackie's face paled, "and so, with that, you are free to return to your home. We will bring the first Extraspecies tonight at midnight so as to not cause distress among your neighbors here."

"That's fine. There aren't many neighbors here anyway," Jackie said with a shrug and a grin. It's awesome that they did all the work with contractors and stuff with the new building to make the rooms larger and put in systems to support the probably large Extraspecies.

"I've noticed. Is there a reason for that?" She asked with a sharp gaze.

"Not that I know of," of course she knew why, "but there shouldn't be any trouble." Jackie reassured. There was always the problem of gang-related activity but most of them were just punks. None of the big hitters have moved into her neighborhood yet.

"Good. It would be catastrophic is an incident occurred with an Extraspecies with the deal being so strained as it is. Now please, enjoy the rest of your day and we will meet again tonight. Jose will lead you out." She said, motioning towards the door. Jackie twisted around, jumping slightly as she saw a tall and fluffy bunny Extraspecies step inside with a smile, opening the door for her. Phew~ she'd better get used to seeing Extraspecies if she was going to be hosting them.

"Sounds good. See ya," Jackie said with a smile, waving goodbye. Yes! She could finally get those new tools she's been wanting with the leftover money from the renovations. And all she had to do was take care of some Extraspecies. It wouldn't be so hard.

Later that night a knock on the door made her heart jump with somewhat excitement. Oh good, they're here! She had to admit she was very curious about her new tenant moving in. The money was great to have and if the Extraspecies was nice then that would be a pretty big plus. She walked over to the door and opened it, seeing Ms. Smith standing there with a smile. Before Jackie could look down the stairs to see her Extraspecies Ms. Smith stepped inside, blocking her view.

"Good evening, Ms. Jackie. This is Dumisa and he will be staying with you for next year. His information is all placed here in this packet including his meal plans and preferences. His meals for the next two weeks are already in the industrial fridges and ready to go once they thaw. As she handed a pretty thick packet to Jackie, she spoke with the calmest smile as can be. "And here, these are ready to go antivenom injections you must immediately inject yourself if something awful happens."

Jackie flinched slightly from the weight of it before looking up at her in confusion.

"V-Venom?" Jackie repeated as bright yellow eyes locked with hers from the darkness. Jackie's eyes widened as she saw his upper torso covered with a white button up shirt float into the air before she saw his olive green scales that completely engulfed his lower half.

" … he's a snake." Jackie stated before poking her head out the door and gapping at how large he was. Almost two flights of stairs were covered in his startlingly long and thin body, showing her just how long his body was. Holy-! This guy was huge!

"Yes, Dumisa is of the Lamia family. Males are very difficult to come by and your space opened up just in time to accommodate his large size. And according to your survey you filled out you were indifferent to what Extraspecies came to live with you. Hence, Dumisa was chosen as the first runner up." She reminded Jackie with a smile as Dumisa poked his head in, his bright eyes eagerly taking in his new environment. Jackie jolted as his black tongue flickered out of his darker than average lips and vanished just as quickly before his eyes rolled down to Jackie.

"So this is my host?" He asked as he leaned down, working his way into the door and inadvertently pushing Ms. Smith aside on the balcony of the outside stairs as he leaned in and came within a couple inches of Jackie's face, "interesting," he stated, flickering his eyes over her body before looking around again, "this space is rather small. You said there would be ample space," he said as he looked back to Ms. Smith who adjusted herself while kicking his scaly body with her high heeled foot but he hardly reacted. Her pissed off expression sent a shiver down Jackie's spine. Scary lady.

"Yes she is and your space is in a connecting building. Follow me. After you get accommodated you can get acquainted all you'd like with your new host." She said with a forced and pissed off smile before crawling inside past his body and into Jackie's house.

"Hold on, hey, Ms. Smith," Jackie started but Ms. Smith lightly smacked her on the head with a smile that quickly turned frightening. Jackie jerked her head back, startled before Ms. Smith walked ahead of her without a look back. Jackie had no idea the Extraspecies would be a venomous snake coming to live with her but she couldn't kick him out; he was too big to kick and she had already spent a good deal of the money ordering parts in for her shop. However, determined to see this through Jackie hurried after Ms. Smith and took a shortcut through the kitchen and cut her off, forcing Ms. Smith to stop and acknowledge her.

"Yes dear?" She said with a glint in her eyes, challenging Jackie once again while Dumisa looked around her living room, uninterested in their little battle for alpha female in this territory.

"This is, uh, my first time being a Host. Isn't there some kind of instructional video for me to watch other than the more general ones you've sent me?" Jackie asked while trying to put up a 'civil' face. Jackie was mad at her but she had to hold her tongue for now.

"No, there isn't. But you could check the extra documentation links we sent to you a while ago. You should just try to be a good host." Ms Smith vaguely waved her hand and tried to continue on her way. Jackie once more stood in her way.

"And what does being a good host for a giant snake means?" They couldn't find a better place for this extremely dangerous and venomous snake so they decide to dump him on a first timer? She was still waiting for someone to jump out of nowhere with cameras and scream 'you've been punked!' but since that hasn't happened yet she assumed this was all legitimate. Their intense standoff lasted for a good few seconds before the woman let out a sigh and smiled.

"It means that you can show him to his new room. Good day," Ms Smith said as she hopped over Dumisa's body and headed right the door with surprising speed, "just remember that you are a host and should make him feel at home. And if he complains and wished to move to another place, you will have to return all the investment done in his accommodations."

Jackie stared after her before flickering her gaze up to Dumisa. Well, she was stuck with him one way or another. Might as well be nice.

"So, Dumisa?" She said, watching his gaze flicker over to her as a cool smile pulled his lips up, "so uh, what kind of snake are you?" She curious asked, taking a better look at rounded eyes.

"You are in possession of my papers, are you not?" He asked with a slightly raised eyebrow before slithering around and having a curious look around in the kitchen now, flicking his tongue out and tasting the air.

"And you can't tell me yourself what you are?" Jackie said with an annoyed huff before opening the front page to see a big picture of a posed snake with a black mouth and big letters reading BLACK MAMBA. Jackie's eyes grew wide, startled at having such a dangerous snake coming to live with her for her first Extraspecies. She didn't know much about snakes but she sure as hell knew what a black mamba was. And now she knew what the antivenom was for.

"Your heart is racing, Ms. Host," he teased as his tongue flickered into her ear. Jackie nearly leapt out of her socks as she slapped a hand over her ear and jumped back, smacking against the wall. "Do all humans startle so easily?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and a deeply amused smile. For the first time, he looked Jackie up and down to examine her figure. He didn't seem impressed.

"Uh, not really. Come on, your room is over here." Jackie said, walking past him and into the wide hallway. He followed her with his slitted eyes before he actually deemed to follow after her. The sound of his scaly stomach against the wood made her stomach churn from the sound. It reminded her of almost every horror movie ever. Jackie stopped in front of two large wooden double doors before opening them, looking into the room and seeing a very nice set up. A massive bath was to the far left with beautifully ornate tiled flooring with the other half being a thick carpet.

"So this will be my den? Not too bad but still quite small to what they promised me," Dumisa miffed, slithering past Jackie and down the few steps as he set his things down and once more tasted the air with his bifid tongue. He turned to Jackie and started to coil move around her, "and so you are the prey they promised as a host in the contract? I might be tempted to bite you if you aren't good at satisfying me. And I warn you, not even most lamias can. Maybe a human will, mmhh?" He smirked smugly and got his rings closer to Jackie.

"Yeah, well, uh, I'll be right back." Jackie awkwardly said before jumping over his tail and leaving his room and quickly trotting over to her cellphone. She immediately dialed Ms. Smith's number and got ready to rip her a new one. She never said anything about a massive venomous snake! The least she could have done was give her a warning.

"I trust Dumisa is exploring his environment properly, yes?" Ms. Smith said the moment she picked up the phone, not even bothering with a greeting.

"A giant, venomous snake? Seriously!?" Jackie hissed in a whisper, glancing down the hall to make sure he didn't hear. She didn't want him to take it personally but seriously? Again, this was her first time being a host!

"As serious as your contract, Ms. Penske," Ms. Smith calmly said with just the barest hint of amusement in her tone.

"You know what? Where the hell do you get off giving a first time host someone so dangerous?" Jackie angrily snapped back.

"Humans are the dangerous ones for Extraspecies, Ms. Penske. If he is acting defensively then you did something to cause it," the coordinator clearly was on Dumisa's side, a fact Jackie did not like at all, "I should remind you that if he or any other of the Extraspecies you'll get are in any ways forced to defend themselves, you will be accounted for it."

"What?! This is my first time as a host and you give me a predator let alone a venomous one!?" Jackie whispered into the phone with every bit of annoyed anger dripping from her words as she could manage.

"You are bound by the contract you signed, Ms. Penske. If you don't fulfill your part, you will be subjected to the section 13," Ms. Smith answered in a deadly tone before hanging up.

"Hello? Hello? Did you just hang up on me?!" Jackie shouted at the phone, tightening her grip with a glare. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with her?! Jackie growled and hung up, tossing her cellphone aside in her annoyance. Well this was just great.

Jackie glanced down the hallway at Dumisa's room, shifting her jaw in thought. Well … he was there, the money was paid and there was no going back at this point. Might as well go see where this took her. With a deep breath she turned and headed towards his room, trying to organize some conversation topics in her head. After all, this wasn't his fault and since she had no choice she might as well get to know him better.

Jackie first knocked before stepping inside, looking around the dark room before feeling around for a light switch but before she could find it a deep, menacing hiss filled the room as she froze, startled by the threatening sound. Is that-

Before she could think of what that was a fast force snapped against her gut, making her scream as Dumisa rammed his shoulder into her gut. The doors burst open from the force as hhe tumbled around on the hall, slamming Jackie against the ground and dazing her as he hissed, showing off the black inside of his mouth. Her heart nearly stopped, unable to think of anything to do or say as she stared into the bottomless black pit of his mouth, interrupted only by his pearly white canine fangs. Being so close she could see a faint ring of gold around his pupil, giving his gaze the most deadly of appearances. His eyes darted around her wide eyed gaze and frozen stiff expression, hearing her heart racing fast and hard in her fright before he frowned in annoyance.

"You would enter a predator's room without announcing yourself first? Rather foolish, host. It makes me think you've never met a predator Extraspecies before." He lightly laughed, keeping her pinned against the wooden boards as he leaned down, sniffing her and flickering his tongue out.

"H-Holy crap," Jackie deeply exhaled, falling limp against the ground and rolling her head back as she tried to get past her complete and utter shock. Not even five minutes and he already almost made her pee herself in her fright. Dumisa stared at her neck, seeming surprised at her sudden submission before deep laughter rolled off his tongue.

"Submitting to your alpha so quickly? That is a wise thing to do." He sadistically laugh as she felt a cold and slimy tongue drag up the center of her neck. Jackie jolted and tensed up, frozen in surprise as his tongue flicked off her chin and back into his mouth before he widely grinned, "you ought to taste delicious with so much adrenaline pumping through your blood, host."

" … Dumisa, get off, you're being creepy." Jackie bluntly stated as she tried to work a leg under him and push herself free but a small shimmy of his hips nestled his core between her legs, trapping her against the ground with his heavy weight. Jackie grunted from his heavy body crushing her hips and ribs, unable to speak from the crushing force he probably didn't think twice about.

"Creepy? The only creepy one here is the weak little human that submitted so fast that I haven't even begun to portray my true skills; or is it that you are so dazed by me that you decided to get the contract fulfilled the very same night I appear? I wouldn't blame you and I do admit I am interested in a night with a human female," he teased, grabbing her head and sniffing her hair, "the scent of humans is very pungent and strange. However, I am not adverse to it." He muttered, burying his face into her clean hair and taking a deeper whiff before licking her hair and rather licking the texture of her hair strands against his slick tongue, "although, to be honest, I didn't think my charms would seduce a human so quickly as it does to lamia. I impress myself." He chuckled but Jackie couldn't tell if he seemed pleased or disappointed.

"OH-kay, that's enough. Dumisa, get off." Jackie growled, pushing against his shoulders, "y-your weight is starting to hurt," Jackie groaned as he wryly grinned, placing more weight on her before she glared at him, "so get off you fat lug!" She shouted, shoving against his shoulders hard. Dumisa swayed back with a puckered expression before fiercely glaring, immediately retaliating with a hiss and shoved her back against the ground, making her head spin from the hard slam.

"Do not push me, human," he ordered with a hiss, "or is it that you wanna get on top?" He looked her intently, flickering his tail back and forth with a wry smile, "if you behave well then I might let you after I'm pleased first."

"That's host to you, Dumisa," Jackie groaned, rubbing the back of her head. How was she supposed to defuse the situation with this snake? … ah, "you wanted to come here to the big city, didn't you? Why would you choose New York of all places?"

Dumisa paused, taken off guard by her sudden question. With a crooked grin he leaned back, relieving her of his weight as he ran a hand through his hair in a rather cool manner before his collected bright eyes locked with hers.

"Yes, I did request to be around many humans. I figured what better way to learn other than coming to one of the world's most famous cities? And since the programs are barely starting here there won't be many lamia around to bother me. I have grown quite bored of them." He said with a smile, completely at ease now despite the almost bone crushing shover earlier. If he followed through on that push he probably could have broken her shoulders. Jackie tried to move back and get out from underneath of him but a thick cord snapped around her ankle, startling her to see his ambidextrous tail holding her firm and not allowing her to slip away.

"Then don't you think it would be beneficial to you if you began learning about humans and not push them around? This program is to learn how to integrate yourselves into human society." Jackie pointed out, thankful this was somehow able to sidetrack him.

"I don't see why not," he miffed, seeming baffled by her suggestion. "Especially when I'm your chosen alpha."

"Well humans don't exactly like being pushed around like that and we don't really have alphas." Jackie explained, trying to pull her ankle free but he pulled back with greater force and slipped further over her with a wicked smile, tilting his head in amusement.

"And how would you like me to push you? I might be considerate and let you choose a couple positions." He offered with a wry grin, acting as if he was doing her a favor. Jackie stared at him with a blank expression at his words, getting genuinely creeped out by him. Yeah, uh no, nope. This isn't going to continue.

"Alright Dumisa, what are you talking about because this, this right here, is getting straight up weird." Jackie stated in a hard tone as she stared at him, ready to cut the crap and get down to knowing what he was talking about. From everything he was saying she could only assume most of it was sexual - which she was positive about - but she wanted to hear him confirm it and, if he did, then she would continue to play dumb. Getting into a relationship with an Extraspecies was absolutely forbidden, she knew that much from what she read of the contract.

He moved back and rolled his eyes, "I'm obviously talking about the contract and your duties, host," he stretched, purposefully showing off his wired body and figure while trying not so hard to be discreet about it, "and since you interrupted me when I was barely settling in, you will have to start your duties by polishing my scales," he leaned back and up towering over her so she could see how bright his deep olive green scales were.

" … seriously?" Jackie said, hardly able to believe this guy, "do you think I'm your servant? I'm a host, not a slave, you imbecile." Jackie firmly stated, making her position firm as she stood up and looked him right in the eyes, "say please and I will polish your scales for you. How does that sound?" Jackie said with narrowed eyes, showing that she won't stand for being pushed around so easily. Well, tried to at least.

He looked at her very surprised and a bit dumbfounded at her sudden gusto. He snickered, catching her attention before bursting out into laughter, "very well, host! I'll say 'please' this time since you desire me to plead so much … there, I said that word already, so start and do be careful. I like my scales to be very shiny."

"Get back in your room and get your polish out. I'll start on your scales when I come back." Jackie said, starting down the hallway to grab a towel to use from the closet.

Dumisa deeply laughed as he returned to his room, opening his luggage and taking out his container of grade A scale polish. This woman was going to be fun. She was trying so hard to now show him that she was being seduced by his charms but he knew what he was doing. He may not understand human culture well but females were one of the many things he was an expert on. His long ear twitched, hearing her hoof feet plod heavily against the ground before grinning. By the end of this day he was going to have her groaning beneath him. After all, who could resist the charms of a lamia?

Jackie let out a deep sigh as she carried the cheap towels to his room. This guy was here for hardly 10 minutes and he's already a handful. Just what did she really get herself into signing up for this Extraspecies program?

It started in Japan about 3 years ago. Apparently all Extraspecies had some sort of agreement about remaining hidden from humanity but as time passed it became progressively more difficult for them to do that. So, instead, they simply decided to come out all at once before anything ugly happened and they chose Japan because the nippon country was one of the closest countries regarding their pure population yet held a good regard for mythical creatures; plus the country has an important international voice.

Not long after, in fact not even a year later, most latin american countries opened up their arms to them without regulations while the Europeans lasted a bit longer, debating if there should be or not regulations and which. The Extraspecies had not flocked immediately since most only wanted to be known, respected and left alone. However, many others wanted to join the new wave of integration, thus agencies around the world started creating the programs to facilitate such integration and to protect the minority of individuals that joined them.

Of course there had been problems, initially there were trophy hunters wanting to get them as big prey, some armies had immediately allowed them to join or even forced them to, companies wanted to gain anything from them, from learning about the underwater construction of the merfolk to experiment how their bodies functioned. That was also why the programs were needed and has expanded rapidly over those past few years where most countries now, more or less, accepted Extraspecies with the exception of USA, Iran, North Korea and Turkmenistan. Right now, USA was the only country in all of America that was still in the transition period and it was getting ugly in politics. Congress only recently signed off on the Interspecies Exchange Bill that allowed them to live in the country for a certain period of time and that was just by the skin of its teeth that it passed. A lot of people don't like the idea of Extraspecies coming here and they'd be trouble for sure but, hey, to hell with them. It's the land of the free and she was free to do as she pleased even if this was bound to get her a lot of unnecessary attention.

"Hey, Dumisa you ready?" Jackie asked, knocking on the door and poking her head in. She'd have to remember to announce herself before going into anyone's room. She stopped short, seeing him lounging rather flippantly on his bed, sliding a cool gaze in her direction as he rolled onto his side, resting a his chin in his hand and softly smiling in her direction. His shirt was parted perfectly where she could see his muscular chest and easily six pack on his stomach. For such a lazy snake he was well built.

Jackie stared at his chest, curious to see how the scales quickly fed into the skin around his waist but hitched higher up on his sides. His hands and arms were more scaly than human but his stomach and pecs had softer human-like skin. She was sure his back was probably more scaly too especially along the spine but she wasn't about to ask to look at it. It was seriously crazy how human-like the Extraspecies were while looking so animalistic too. It was no wonder why the government hid them for so long but now that they're out, they're out for good. She stared at him, noticing his hand sliding down his hip slightly as he raised an eyebrow, seeming to like being looked at. A warning from Ms. Smith would have been nice about him being such an overly obvious flirt. But, it wasn't anything she couldn't handle.

"Alright host. Because I am in a rather pleasant mood I'll allow you to touch my body as well as look at myself to your own pleasure. So, Ms. Host, please start with my tip and then work up on me." He said with a short flicker of his tongue as his tail held the large tub of polish startlingly well for her to take.

"I'll be honest, Dumisa," Jackie said, taking the tub and setting it on the ground before glancing over the instructions. So basically just rubbing it on before wiping it off with the towel will do, "I'm surprised you're able to use your tail like this." Jackie said, sliding a finger along the slim tail before it lightly coiled around her finger and held a startlingly tight grip.

"Most lamia are as such. Though the subspecies vary within the lamia family and our animal cousins have restrictive movement, us lamia's structures are different from theirs. We Extraspecies lamia have perfect control of our bodies and muscles," he said as he slid his long tail up her arm, keeping a firm grip before pushing the tip against her cheek, "I'm sure you will find these skills as amusing as they are arousing." He hummed as he drew his tail across her lips before trying to slip it inside her mouth. Jackie's hand shot up, snatching his tail roughly and feeling his muscles suddenly contract around her arm as he let out a faint groan.

"I get it, I don't need a demonstration." Jackie said, unraveling his weakened tail and keeping a firm grip on it.

"A surprisingly firm hand for someone who has such tiny fingers," Dumisa murmured as he let out a faint hum, laying on his stomach while staring at her, "well go on, Ms. Host. I don't like to be kept waiting."

"You'll wait for as long as you need to." Jackie said with a firm frown, pinching the tip of his tail as she gathered some of the waxy polish onto her free hand. He twitched as she slid her hand over his tail, covering his scales with the polish in an up and down fashion before rubbing it off in a downward motion with the towel. Dumisa squirmed and groaned, rolling around on the bed and kneading the sheets between his claws while a faint pink coloration gathered on his cheeks. " … something wrong?" Jackie asked, pinching the tip of his tail harder as she wiped off the excess polish.

"You failed to tell me you've done this sort of thing before, Ms. Host. I trust you that you won't disappoint me in the future." He said with a crooked smile, moving towards her before Jackie sharply bent his tail and watched him jerk forward, and push himself up from the bed frame with a sudden gasp. His tail wrapped around her fist, lightly squeezing it as she spread more polish on his tail and slowly worked her way up. This was getting really weirdly perverted and she honestly had no idea why.

Jackie pulled on his tail rather abruptly forcing him to stretch a little bit so she can get all the nooks and crannies in his scales. His spine curled in response as he grunted and fell back against the bed, wriggling his hips back and forth as she picked up the pace to finish as soon as she could. This was getting too weird for her liking and he was acting like he liked this a little too much.

After almost an hour of squirming she managed to finish his entire body up to his waist, now starting on his hand and arm. She got a better look at his fingers, seeing the claws extending almost a half inch from his fingertips and how smooth and soft his arm was despite the scales. Jackie jumped, startled as his hand slid up her leg while his eyes locked on target.

"Did I startle you, Ms. Host? You should be grateful I'm curious about your human body. I haven't seen bare human legs before and they feel curious." He said, sliding his hand around her calf and giving a light squeeze before Jackie quickly finished his one arm and began working on the other. She stumbled a bit, falling over his hips before he pulled her over him so she straddled his hips. "Don't be so shy, Ms. Host. Feel me at your leisure as I plan to do the same to you." He said, using his polished hand to curl around her thigh and slid over her smooth skin. This was a bad day to wear shorts and a tank top, that's for sure.

"You've never seen human legs before? Was your uh, village that far from humans?" Jackie said, a little annoyed at how touchy he was being before quickly finishing up his other arm and began working on his sides and ribs. This was now a race to the finish before he decided he wanted to go further up the leg.

"Humans in Africa know not to come near our villages. They are free to wander about our territory but the humans know the point they should not cross. I've never gotten the chance to venture far enough to see a human there though I hear those humans have darker skin than you do, Ms. Host." He said, lifting her leg and forcing her to fall back against his body. She opened her mouth to scold him but paused, seeing genuine curiosity behind those slit eyes of his.

"They were that far away?" Jackie said, shifting so her legs laid across his lap, safely closed and allowing her to reach his ribs and take a peek at his back. Huh, so she was right about him having a scalier back but his shoulder blades had less scales.

"No. I wasn't allowed to venture far from the city. Male lamia are so rare to come by that even some species of lamia believe there are no males in existence. So for natural purposes I am kept close to home," he explained as he slid his fingers over her legs, memorizing every curve and plush spot, "humans are so soft that it's amazing you don't break all the time," he heavily sighed, hunching over a bit as she put his long hair up into a bun and polished his back.

"That sounds really boring to me to be honest." Jackie admitted, finishing up his shoulders before locking her gaze onto his ears. They were fairly long and pointed in a slightly downward position and it surprised her that he had ears at all since normal snakes don't have ears. Jackie slid her hands up his back and shoulders, feeling him shudder a bit in surprise before she rolled her palms over the back of his scaly neck and rubbed his ears. They had a hard exterior but were surprisingly pliable as she gently tugged on them and pushed against the tips. He let out a hum and leaned forward, brushing her legs off his lap before laying down on his belly and letting out a tired sigh.

"Hm~ don't stop, Ms. Host. That feels good." He hummed, pleased as Jackie lightly rubbed his ear some more. She slid her hands over his neck, finding the smooth scales fun to pet before she pushed her thumbs into his neck and continued to stroke him in a massaging motion. He hummed and turned his neck, letting her have better access as she grinned at the little win. At least this was bound to get her on his good side. Hopefully the happier he was the less grabby he'd be. Dumisa rolled onto his back and tipped his head back, exposing his neck and letting her rub his scaly jaws and ears while his smiled at the treatment.

"It feels that good?" Jackie teased, lightly pinching and pulling on his ear as he let out a slight groan and pressed his forehead against her knee in response before rolling over. The rest of his long body shifted and moved onto the large futon with the tip of his tail coiling around her shoulders. Jackie stiffened up a bit, staying cautious as she felt his tail lightly beginning to squeeze. "Hey, Dumisa, don't wrap your tail around my neck."

"Ms. Host, I'm tired. Since you've shown me something pleasurable I'll allow you to lay with me tonight." He said, suddenly sitting up and hugging her shoulders before pulling her onto the bed with him.

"Wait, what?" Jackie said, trying to lean back but his grasp remained firm and unmoving. She flinched as she felt a heavier weight slide over her as the rest of his body began to pile on top of her to absorb as much of her natural body heat as he possibly could from her. "GACK! No! Stop! You're going to crush me!" Jackie rasped out as she struggled to worm out of his grip but he only rolled over so he was on top of her, worsening the pressure of his weight before he paused.

"Ah yes, that's right. You're plush body will squish right under mine, wouldn't it?" He said with a bored expression before letting out a sigh, "though you don't deserve to sleep right beside me I suppose I'll allow your warm body to do so for tonight. I'm being awfully caring tonight so don't expect me to grant you the same privileges starting tomorrow morning." He murmured, falling to the side. Before Jackie could scramble away he locked his arms around her waist and held her head against his chest while his body tightly coiled around her body. Her arms pinned to her sides as she gaped, hardly able to believe this was actually going down right now. He was serious about sleeping with her? She jolted as his lips pressed against his shoulders, his mouth parting as she felt a light bite that didn't include his fangs. She remained stiff as he repeated the motion, mouthing her hot skin with his cool mouth.

"Wait, wait what the hell! I polished your scales so why are you biting?!" Jackie shouted, holding still and trying not to provoke a bite out of him. If he bit her she was dead without the antivenom … which back in the kitchen. Jackie's face paled as he mouthed her shoulder, moving up to the base of her neck all the while humming.

"Your warm skin feels good against my mouth. Almost as much as your skills do to my body," he noted, lightly squeezing her body and making her tense up.

"D-Dumisa, stop constricting me. And what skills?" Jackie asked, trying to keep calm despite the dire situation. He could easily bite her, suffocate her or snap her in half in whatever order he wanted to like this.

"You're hands. They are startlingly skilled for someone with such tiny, soft weak hands." He said, lightly squeezing her body in the constriction before kissing her neck and sliding his hands up the sides of her neck, making her stiffen up and try to move away from this unsettling position.

"Dumisa, what are you doing?" Jackie asked, getting freaked out about why he was touching her so much.

"You're warm and I am cold blooded," he simply answered before smirking, "you didn't think I held interest in you as a woman, did you? The only interest I hold is that you are warm blooded and a human. Other than that nothing else matters," he said with a lazy yawn off to the side, "now hold still, heat bag, I am tired," he hugged her against his body and let out a tired breath, rubbing her shoulder in his palm while keeping her head in the crook of his neck.

"Dumisa are you trying to go to sleep?" Jackie asked, dumbfounded with what was happening. This was definitely happening right now and she did not like it one bit. But what the hell was she supposed to do? He was easily much stronger than she was and escaping his snake body would be next to impossible. At least the fact that he didn't want anything sexual was a relief.

"My heat lamp is too far away and you're a convenient heat bag. Much warmer than any lamia." He muttered, hugging her against himself before rolling slightly and completely constricting around her body to the point only her shoulders and head was free. He tapped his head against her forehead before laying down, letting out a brief, tired breath before closing his eyes.

...

"Dumisa, you're seriously going to try and sleep right now?" Jackie asked, glancing over at the clock. It was definitely late but he had a heat lamp for when he gets cold.

"If you keep squirming and moving I'm going to bite you and cuddle up to your hot corpse for the rest of the night instead of feeling your breathing." He hissed in annoyance, silencing Jackie in her shock before falling quiet. Jackie held still and kept quiet, trying to think of strategies on how to avoid things like this in the future.

Note to self … never get close to a lamia around bedtime.

And thus concludes the first chapter of Jackie's soon to be new hectic life! Let me know what you think of this in the REVIEWS and after 10 REVIEWS I will release the next chapter. I apologize for not having updated in some time but I haven't been able to write for some time before the idea of Musume came to me.