In Audrey's room...

Muku and Audrey who disappeared outside could be seen rolling on the bed kissing each other passionately.

Audrey's emotions had long conquered her embarrassment. She loved, missed and desired Muku too much to let embarrassment get the better of her.

....

Two hours later...

The duo was now breathing heavily in each other's arms.

"You have no idea how much I missed that" Audrey who was feeling more relaxed spoke with a satisfied look on her red face.

"Trust me, I do. I missed this just as much as you" Muku replied looking equally satisfied.

Sure he could easily go for days at that point but that would without a doubt kill Audrey. So he couldn't overindulge. He didn't want another case like Jade after all.

"Really now?" Audrey asked with a sexy smile on her face.

"Yes of course. Last time we were separated soon after. So now we have to make up for all the lost time," Muku replied straightforwardly.

"Oh my! What a lustful beast you are! And all this after doing it with Jade until she couldn't walk!" Audrey replied with words that practically exploded in Muku's ears.

"How did you know about that?" Muku asked in surprise.

He wasn't bothered that she knew since he was going to tell her anyway. But he wanted to know how she knew so that he could cover it up before the others found out too. He wasn't ready for that chaos.

"Oh right. I never got the chance to tell you. It turns out I can tell whether a person is a virgin or not from the smell of their blood. I don't know how or why but a virgin's blood smells a bit better than a non-virgin's blood. Oh and since reaching R4 I can smell blood even when a person isn't injured. So I knew from the very moment I stepped into the room Jade was in. Though actually I already suspected something was up when you came down. I was still surprised though. I didn't think you'd be so quick to act, and on Jade too. I was sure it was going to be Emily or Layla after that episode when we visited the Beast World" Audrey explained.

"Sigh. People are really developing abilities left and right now huh? Like what kind of ability is that?!" Muku commented while giving Audrey an odd look.

"Hey! Don't look at me like that. It's not like that's the only thing I can smell. In fact, it's one of the most useless things I can smell. I can actually smell weaknesses in the body's structure. Those get fixed as a person gets stronger, but for now, it's still useful. And I can also smell people's moods. I can tell when someone is about to attack among other things. You'd be surprised by how much information blood relays when you know how to decode it. Sigh, now I sound like a psycho" Audrey explained.

"Oh... Well, that is quite impressive. I'm not gonna lie. I'm kinda jealous. After all, the rest of us can't ever be completely sure no matter what. We might fall for feints and whatnot. Anyway, don't tell me more. I want to find out on my own by observing you. I mean, I'm always checking that butt out every chance I get so I might as well do something productive at the same time right?" Muku replied in a genuinely impressed voice despite the pervy comments at the end.

"You pervert!" Audrey replied in an embarrassed voice.

Which unfortunately for her was the last straw for Muku who jumped her immediately after.

And another hour of lovemaking making they stopped. Audrey really couldn't take it anymore. If they were the same level maybe she would be able to take it, but they weren't...

After that, they cleaned up and put on some clothes before they began discussing a serious matter.

They fixed things up first because Audrey didn't want to risk another attack if they spoke naked.

Her lower region really couldn't take any more for the day.

Hell Muku wanted them to talk naked but Audrey refused.

She threatened him with leaving if he didn't agree to her terms. And that's the only way he agreed to dress first.

Their talk was mostly about general plans for the future like they did before Muku left. They spoke about when the training was going to be carried out and what order among such things.

At some point, Hope badged into the room after waking up.

She was doing way better now. Either she had figured things out or she was ignoring them. Knowing her, she probably chose the latter.

Sometime later Layla joined in too. However, she didn't come to sit with the others. She came to request Muku's help with something.

The satisfied Audrey who wanted nothing but to rest for the time being had no issues with Layla taking him away.

Hope had no problems with it either... Which surprised Muku quite a bit but he didn't ask anything.

Seeing the confusion and surprise in his eyes, Hope smiled wryly and then told him that she had something to do otherwise she would have definitely tagged along. It was only after that that clarity appeared in Muku's eyes.

Hope noticed this too and rolled her eyes. Was she really so clingy in his eyes?! Well, okay, maybe she really was that clingy but still, couldn't he pretend like she wasn't so bad?...

.....

After Muku and Layla left...

"So... Care to tell me why you didn't go with them even though you wanted to?" Audrey asked Hope who was now sitting blank-mindedly beside her...

"I... I thought about it and figured that maybe Layla was on to something. She's wrong about the feelings part, but maybe I really am too clingy and should draw some boundaries between us..." Hope replied after thinking about it for a second.

"Oh, so that's why you stayed behind. Well girl, did you talk to your brother about that?" Audrey asked.

"No... Why?" Hope replied full of confusion.

As far as she saw it, it was a personal decision. So her brother's opinion didn't matter in the situation.

"Oh, so you're probably thinking that since it's your decision then his opinion doesn't matter right? Well, I beg to differ, you weren't close with yourself but with him so why should he be excluded from the matter? Muku never complained about how close you were so what's the problem? Isn't it all that matters the purity of the feelings?. It's already beyond the world's end, so why are you constraining yourself to its rules which ended with it? There's no opinionated and hypocritical society to judge you here. And I don't think Layla meant it that way. She just wanted you to see things clearly because she thought you misread the situation. If you know where you stand then great. There's no need to change anything" Audrey gave her point of view to Hope with some advice too.

"Oh... So that's how it is... I think you're right. I was overthinking it. Layla didn't mean anything bad by saying what she said. I'm the one who chose to see it negatively for whatever reason. But no more. I'll take your advice. I know my love is pure. And that's all that matters. I won't hold myself back like I just did again. As soon as he returns I'm jumping on him!" Hope was instantly motivated by Audrey's insightful words.

"Oh my!" Audrey was startled by what she said.

"No! No! Not that kind of jump. I meant to literally jump into his arms for a hug" Hope explained herself with a slight blush on her face.

"Okay, but how did you know what I was suggesting without any hints?" Audrey accepted the explanation but something seemed sus so she asked about it.

"I... I have something I need to take care of. See you later, bye!" Hope dodged the question and ran away.

Audrey was surprised by the reaction. As far as she knew, Hope didn't know much about sexual stuff and none of the other girls spoke to her about it. So what was going on? She seemed way too conscious for someone who shouldn't know at all.

What Audrey didn't know was that Hope had come across an H-Anime folder a year ago while randomly going through Muku's laptop.

And that wasn't all. After that, she found an adult novel folder on Chloe's laptop. And from then on the innocent girl was tainted because of the two filthy senior teammates.

It didn't take her long to realise that the content wasn't something she should talk to anyone about, so she kept it to herself as she curiously went through it all.

She was done with H-Anime but there were still a lot of novels left. Everything was not copied to her own laptop so no one suspected anything.

Fortunately or unfortunately they had external hard drives, so sharing between laptops was still doable. It was only Bluetooth, WiFi and such which required wireless transmission that no longer worked.

Anyway, Hope learned all the things no one wanted her to learn from that content. And now she knew just about as much as the others if not more than the more innocent ones like Layla and Jade surprisingly enough.

Yes, that's right, Jade was actually mostly innocent of sex related stuff since unlike Emily and Chloe, she never had time for it due to her obsession with sports before the apocalypse.

But hey, it wasn't like that affected her time with Muku so...

.....

Somewhere in the forest a distance away from the mansion.

Muku and Layla could be seen hiding in some tall bushes while looking at a triceratops-like beast feeding in front of them.

"So you want my help with taking this down?" Muku asked in his normal voice.

As for why that was, the duo was covered by his Telekinesis domain so the beast couldn't see or hear them.

Hiding behind bushes was just Muku's way of trolling Layla because he could..