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My name is River Chlof, I am a genderfluid, pansexual, polyamorous siren, and I live in the small town of Wellspring, in the land of Aflor. I work as a bartender at the night club Infinity. Oh yeah, I'm Genderfluid! If you don't know what that means is that I can be a different gender depending on my mood, I prefer they/them pronouns it's just easier for me so I don't have to keep on changing them. I have three most skilled talents, playing the guitar, singing, and mixing drinks. The last one is why I became a bartender.
*Morning - 9:30am*
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Turning over, and shutting off the alarm, I groan. Managing to drag myself out of bed, and to my dresser.
Fuck what should I wear, runs through my head.
Deciding on a Female outfit for today, I pick out a long sleeved dark blue top, and my favorite white skirt that reaches my mid thigh, with a pair of dark blue thigh high socks to match. Heading to the bathroom I comb my hair so that the bangs meet my eyes.
Yes my hair is short but I still like it, it's who I am.
Walking too the kitchen I pull out my blender, some strawberries, mangoes, and blueberries from my freezer, yogurt, orange juice, and some protein powder. I add fruit, yogurt, juice, and the powder to the top of the blender, turning it on, adding the lid, I blend my little effort breakfast. Taking a seat at the table I turn on my phone, scrolling through my Instagram and seeing all the new pictures from friends, and family, plus others who I just thought were cool.
Looks like there was some fun in the town, my friends have all sorts of pics up.
The strings never show up in pictures, I guess not even the camera can see them. Finishing my smoothie I rinse the cup and place it in the dishwasher to be cleaned. Checking the clock it now read,
*11:45 am*
Not late, I have be at work by 12:30. Grabbing my jacket I head out, nearly forgetting my shoes entirely. Slipping on my pair of sparkly yellow converse high tops, and a black leather jacket I headed out.
The walk down the street was quick, I only lived about an hour from Nova lane, where Infinity was. Passing by different houses, and shops, turning the corner to the busiest street in Wellspring, all the bars, and clubs, plus some different shops ranging from sweets, to clothe shops. The street it's self was called Nova Lane, after the beautiful lights that looked super Novas. Walking past people I recognized a couple here and there, most of our guests are out of town but I managed to remember a couple names and info, Atlas who was a queer fairy, Vesos, and Otto two gay centaurs, Kozarm a bisexual demon, Sake, Michio, two polysexual/pansexual neko's, and their kittens Jin, Dia, and Shino, Eolrain an polyamorous, pansexual, nonbinary dragon, Sigus a homoromantic, asexual dragon (secretly had a crush on Kozarm), Fhaertala a Demisexual elf, and Zale the transgender mermaid (there were canals in the streets for mermaids). My best friend Kebi runs up behind me, putting her hands over my eyes.
"Guess who!" she asks excitedly.
"Uh, let's see. Kozarm," I replied, humoring Kebi.
"Nope!"
"Zale?"
"No!"
"Atlas?"
"Definetly not!"
"Okay, I give up," I admit fake defeat.
"It's Kebi silly," she laughs, pulling her hand away.
"Oh, hi Kebi!"
"So, where ya heading?"
"I'm going to work."
"Oh me too, I took yesterday off, and now I have to come in early. What about you?"
"Kebi! You and I went out together yesterday!"
"Oh, right," Kebi giggles.
I like when she's happy, I haven't really seen her happy much since she, and Sigus broke up.
"It's okay," I tell her, checking my phone's time.
*12:23pm*
"We should hurry or we'll be late," I say.
"Oh shoot, you're right!" Kebi exclaims looking at my phone.
"Race ya!" I declare before speeding off.
We run down the street, saying hi as we passed by friends. I came in last, Kebi's goat legs let her run faster than me. Out of breathe we enter Infinity.
"WE'RE HERE!" the two of us call out.
"Welcome back!" Usiu greeted us from the bar.
I have to admit that it's more like a restaurant during the day, and a night club at well, night.
Weaving through carefully set up tables, and chairs, people eating their meals, we make our way to the back room. Going through the doors we grab our aprons, punching in our tickets to note the time. Usia lets us make lunch, and dinner. Standing at the bar, chatting with Kebi, and Usia. The time flies as we mix drinks for customers, and trying to cheer up some of the more sad people mopping at the bar. Before we know it the clock reads,
*10:30pm*
I announce the time to our patrons. Letting them know that soon there would be a free round of drinks. That was about the time that he walked in. My attention was drawn to the man who had just walked into our club. He makes a beeline to the bar, taking a seat in between me, and Kebi. Noticing the look on my face Kebi tends to refills while I walk up to the man. His beard was halfway between stubble, and full grown. The horns on his head didn't go that far off his head, and his hair had an undercut. In my opinion he was the most handsome person who had walked into Infinity that night. Putting my elbows down on the counter I started up a conversation.
"Hi, welcome to Infinity. My name is River. Can I get you anything?"
"Oh, nice to meet you River. My name is Jason, can I get some whiskey please? And would you like anything?" his chocolaty smooth voice made me melt.
His name though, it's not from here. Wait, did he just ask me if I wanted anything?!
"Uh, I guess I could drink with a customer," I said pouring two shot glasses of whiskey.
"That's great, this place is great, you're great," Jason tells me excitedly.
"So about that name, are you from out of town?"
"Yeah, I just moved here."
"I see, where in town do you live then?"
"The Waterside district. What about you?"
"I live in the Fern Wood district," I watch as he finishes his shot glass while I say my answer. I down the rest of my drink as well.
"Can I get more?"
"Ya no problem," spinning around I get the whiskey bottle, and pour him some more. "Here."
"Thanks."
"So are you like a demon?" I ask curiously.
"Bingo, what about you?"
"I'm a Siren."
"Nice."
"Where did you live before?"
"Hm?"
"I mean before you moved here."
"Oh, in Nightrose," he casually tells me.
"REALLY!? The capital, you used to live in the capital?!"
"Yep, the speed of things, and all the people were getting to me. So I moved here."
"Okay, so sexuality, gender."
"Polysexual, Polyamorous. I'm cis."
"WHAT! Are you just pulling my leg?! There's so many hot people in the capital why move here for a partner?"
"My lover, and I moved here because there were less fake people here, the town life would be slow enough to raise kids here."
"I see. Your partner must be very lucky."
"Ya they are, but unfortunatley we need a female to carry children for us 'cause we aren't compatible species."
"That sucks."
"Since you asked me, what's your sexuality, and gender?"
"Fine, Pansexual, Polyamorous, Genderfluid."
"That's great!"
What the hell is he talking about?
"Why?"
"Cause since the moment I walked in here I knew that I loved you."
"Isn't that kind of cheesy?"
"I don't think so."
"Okay then."
"River, what do you say about coming home with me tonight?"
"Sure. You have to wait till my shifts over though."
"When does your shift end?"
"Around 12:30."
"Okay I'll wait, that's in thirty minutes."
"Sure, want anything more to drink?" I ask, noticing the empty glass in front of him.
"Can I get some rum please?"
"Wow so polite," I tease, pulling out a mug from under the counter and getting him a glass of rum. "Here ya go."
"Thanks so much."
I tend to other customers to make up for lost time, half paying attention to orders. When the eternity of that thirty minutes were up, I punched my cloak, took off my apron, and threw on my leather jacket. Heading back to the bar, I stopped next to Jason.
"So ready to go?" I ask.
"Ya, one moment," he tells me, downing the rest of his beer, and hopping off the stool, "I already paid for my drinks."
"Okay, lead the way."
He walks out of the nightclub, me next to his side.
"Wow I see why they call it Nova Lane."
"Yep, it gets pretty bright out here at night."
We walk down the street I point out different shops.
"That's the Skyward bank, Common Scents bakery, the Near and Far Cafe, Dragonfly daycare, Lightflix movie theater, Halfsphere games, Royal Ark hotel, Blossom medical clinic, Celestial Libray, that's Moonlight, it's a restaurant, Slice of Heaven Pizzeria has the best pizza, Raw Packs - Animal Haven, it's a pet store, Hevenly Sea tavern," are just a couple I point out on our walk to his house.
Finally reaching his house the pair sneak in.
"Suika should be asleep so, come with me."
They sneak into Jason's bedroom to see a small neko boy sleeping in a huge king sized bed. He motions for me to strip, and join him. I do, maybe it's cause my minds foggy from the alchol, or it's cause both of them are really hot. Snuggling next too Jason I finally let myself close my eyes, and fall asleep.