Chapter 19.3

Jason arrived in front of the Rubric Building where he met with Michelle, Asami, Emily, all of whom were waiting for him. Jason nodded at the security bot that was barring them from entering and the robot pulled away after confirming his identity.

"They really need to get human guards," Jason muttered and the others agreed. A human guard would have contacted the Loft or Jason to confirm their identities.

Right after they exchanged greetings, Jason stared at Emily, surprised at her choice of clothes. The form-fitting leather pants left little to a man's imagination as it revealed her firm, perky ass in all its glory. The leather jacket was also hugging her body snuggly, showing off her curves and deleicately thin waist.

"Something wrong, bro?" Asami asked with a grin when she noticed Jason's eyes were fixed at Emily. The latter turned and smiled at Jason, knowing he was captivated by her looks while Michelle looked at him disdainfully but silently; an unfamiliar pang of pain jolted her when she saw him focusing on Emily.

"Hmm? No, nope," Jason answered, tearing his eyes away to look at Asami for a moment before looking back at Emily. "Just … isn't … aren't you a little too young to be wearing that?"

"Am I?" Emily asked in a slightly sultry voice. Jason was surprised again at how forward she was being and he nodded before looking away reluctantly but then he smiled deviously as he did so, causing Emily to shift uncomfortably.

"Right," he mouthed silently. He noticed all the girls staring at him strongly, including Alice, and so he quickly opened the door for them.

"After you," Jason said while holding the door with one hand and gesturing at the girls to pass.

Alice, who was in his other arm, tilted her head while thinking about what happened as Jason followed after them after they had passed. His eyes were still on Emily whose hips were swaying with every step she took. He couldn't help but admire that delectable backside when a tiny finger jabbed his left eye.

"Ow, fuck!" Jason swore as he covered his eye with his right hand.

As the others turned to look at him, Alice pouted from his left hand. "Bad. No swaring!"

"Ah, right," Jason muttered while looking at Alice's direction with closed eyes.

"Fudge!" He said loudly, and Alice nodded, pleased.

"A bervert," the little girl muttered under her breath, loud enough only for him to hear.

That's why you gotta stab my eye?! Jesus! He thought while shaking his head. Well, I suppose I deserved it … a warning would've been nice.

"Uh, what's that?" Asami asked after they reached the highest level.

In front of them was the hallway to the elevator that would take them up to the Loft but two folded rings blocked the way.

"Let me," Jason walked forward and reached a holographic input that was located on the wall and activated his holo-watch. He cancelled all security checks for the girls but Ava, through the input, insisted on a DNA scan. "Uh, just walk through the rings."

As he spoke, the rings unfurled itself and Jason walked through them while they lit up. After passing, he gestured at them to follow him and each took turns passing through the rings.

"Qu'est-ce que c'est?" Michelle asked Jason.

"Oh, pfft, just a security scanner, no biggie," Jason shrugged it off before having them stand on the platform that rose to the Loft.

"Hey, you guys made it!" Alina who was lazing on a recliner stood up to greet them when she saw they arrived.

Everyone took off their shoes while the little robot came to place them in the shoe cabinet. The girls cuddled around it, finding the bot very cute while Jason gave the Loft a cursory glance before nodding.

Ava hid the supercomputer, hiding it under the ground. It was covered by the tiles that slid in and closed the opening. She also placed a large carpet in the room while entire sets of furniture, such as a dining table, took the place of the computer in a room that was usually empty. All in all, it was almost impossible to tell this was Jason's base of operations.

"Make yourselves at home, I'll be upstairs in the kitchen," Jason said as he walked to a corner after putting Alice down. The tile he was standing on speedily raised up and took him to the second floor, while the girls watched him go, impressed.

"Is that a hoverlift?" Asami asked.

"Yeah, sorta," Alina said. "Wish it had railings though."

As Alina spoke she looked at Emily, her eyes wandering over her leather outfit. Her eyes narrowed when she saw her leather pants.

"Heh. Nice, outfit," Alina said dryly, unimpressed.

Emily gave Alina an apologetic look as Asami jumped in to rescue Emily.

"Sorry, that was my fault," Asami explained sheepishly. "I wanted to see how she'd look wearing that and we didn't have time to change."

"... Weren't you guys in an arcade?" Alina asked while Michelle tilted her head, confused at how and when did Emily and Asami get so close.

"Yep, we were on a date," Asami admitted shamelessly while Emily rolled her eyes. "And, of course, shopping is a vital step in dating so..."

"Ookay, whooa, I get the picture," Alina said and Alice tilted her head as well. Seeing both Michelle and Alice tilt their heads while standing side by side was adorable.

"So, what do we do?" Emily asked.

"Play games and talk about girls - boys, I mean. Boys." Asami suggested while correcting herself.

"..." Everyone stared at her while she shrugged.

"What?" Asami asked.

"L'enfant," Michelle pointed at Alice, reminding Asami.

"Oh," Asami realized that her comment was inappropriate. "Well, she could talk about boys, too."

Asami lowered herself to Alice's height and asked her. "Do you have a boy you like?"

"Dad!" Alice answered quickly in a shy but lovely tone, stunning them.

"D-d-da-who?" Alina asked, stuttering. She had a feeling that she knew who Alice was referring to.

"Dad," Alice repeated in a lower voice when she saw the others reaction while pointing at upwards to where had Jason disappeared.

"Oh. Hell no …"