The hivemind is conquering for me? Chapter 957: Mommy & Me Time

"Haah, Haaah~ I think that’s enough for now, Apollo. We don’t want you full of injuries later on. It’s a big day after all." Valerica said as she sat on my back, pulling my arm backwards with great force as she did so.

I felt like I could have broken out with only a minor fracture, but I took her lead.

The both of us were breathing heavily as we stood up. That was a good workout.

"You’ve gotten stronger, Apollo. I am so proud." Valerica said before wiping her face with a towel.

"Likewise. I can already tell the transformation your body has undergone since starting the improved technique. It makes me happy that something I did is making you stronger." I replied and watched as Valerica’s face bloomed into a radiant smile.

"Do you want to take a shower with me before breakfast? I want to get in as much alone time with you as I can today before all the chaos starts."

I nodded at Valerica. "Sure, that sounds great, lead the way."

The two of us then proceeded to the showers that adjoined Valerica’s gym. With us both being naked already it took no time at all until we were under the water together at which point we began to clean each other, no fuss. No hassle.

It made me happy that we were still this way after what she said earlier. I wasn’t sure what her final thoughts would be after she had fully gathered her emotions, but I know I will love her however she wants to be loved. She-

"Apollo, your hands are lingering." Valerica suddenly spoke, confusing me until I realised I was softly squeezing her breasts.

"Whoops, my bad. My mind was elsewhere." I admitted, removing my hands.

"I thought as much. Though it felt nice, be mindful about everything that’s been said, alright? Just because I have thought some things about you doesn’t mean I want you to bend me over in the shower and have your way with me." Valerica said, prompting me to just blink at her for a moment in shock.

"Did you have to say that? You know if you bend over now to wash your legs, that thought is going to cross my mind."

Valerica audibly tutted and rolled her eyes at me. "Men..." She then turned around and I began to wash her back for a few minutes until the thing happened.

Valerica took a step away from me and bent down. I rolled my eyes at her antics and just resumed washing myself... Until she started swaying her rear back and forth in an over the top fashion.

I rolled my eyes again, but this time, she needed to be taught a lesson. I’m not one to be played with. " Valerica, don’t bully your son with your hotness, it’s cruel." I stated.

Valerica opened her mouth to reply, but before she could, my hand attacked her rear at full force, the smacking sound bounced off the walls multiple times.

"Hnngghh!" I managed to hear an ever so slightly suppressed moan come from Valerica also, prompting me to smirk, but I said nothing.

She then swiftly stood back up straight and turned to look me in the eyes. She wanted to come across as mad. But I heard the noise. She knew I heard the noise, but she didn’t want to address it and I wouldn’t unless she tried something else.

Instead she simply smiled and said, "Good strike. Good form. Solid contact. Now pass me that shampoo behind you please and thank you."

...

By the time we were out of the shower it was 7:30.

I rushed to my bedroom to put on some morning wear. I gave a glance at Orchid and Janine on the bed. They were still dead; Neither were getting up anytime soon. I then swiftly put on my clothes before meeting Valerica back downstairs.

Entering the Kitchen, Valerica was still wet from the shower and was now wearing nothing but an apron as she stood in the kitchen.

"Woah, I’ve seen this before." I said as Valerica was mixing something in a bowl.

"Ha! That you have. Though perhaps not like this?" Valerica then turned around, showing her rear and the very large red handprint on her right cheek.

I smirked at my handywork, but said nothing about it, instead asking. "So are you making breakfast?"

"Only for you. The others can have whatever Hank scrounges up later. My special boy gets a special meal from mommy... Well, not that special. Just eggs, bacon and toast. But a lot of it."

"Mmmh~" I vocalised, practically salivating.

Valerica smiled at my reaction before going to the fridge and pulling out a thick, green looking beverage. She then walked over to me, placed it before me before going back to her cooking.

"What’s this?" I asked.

"A smoothie." Valerica replied

. "I am about to cook you a lot of protein. But I am still your mother and I know the importance of a balanced diet. Now drink those fruits and veggies first or no breakfast.

The ’smoothie’ smelled like a garden’s ass and there was nothing smooth about it. It looked thick and not in the way I liked. I looked between it and Valerica a few times before saying, "This is an evil ultimatum, Valerica."

Valerica shrugged her shoulders and flashed me an empathetic smile. "Tough shit. Drink."

...

"No... No. No! This won’t do!" Valerica yelled as she threw a dress out of her wardrobe.

After breakfast I was feeling happy and accidentally made the mistake of following Valerica upstairs to her room when she asked.

Now I was stuck watching her as she continued to look for an outfit for the palace.

"Ugh! I have nothing to wear!" She yelled as she threw a dress that probably cost the same as a small moon.

"Why don’t you just wear what you usually wear? You wore a sports bra and shorts to Elaine’s birthday after all." I asked.

"Apollo, I am a guardian. I can do whatever I want pretty much all the time. Wearing those clothes to a queens party? No problem at all. But this is more important. This is your big day! I need to wear the perfect outfit or it will be ruined!" Valerica then dived deeper into her wardrobe for a moment before walking out of it.

I thought the nightmare was over for a second until she pulled on a sconce and a second wardrobe, bigger than the first one appeared...

After a certain amount of time, I suddenly realised I had a layer of clothes atop me. I must have dozed off for a moment.

Sitting back upright, the whole room was full of shit.

Clothes... Clothes everywhere.

This madness had to be stopped, so I spoke up. "Valerica, why don’t you just wear something you know you look good in? At least try something on and then you will have a baseline for if you want something better?"

Valerica proceeded to walk out of a third wardrobe and glared at me. "Apollo, don’t. Unless you have something in mind for me to wear, don’t tell me to just ’put something on’ or I will hit you with a shoe."

I was about to go hide back under the clothes, but something did actually come to me. "Hey! How about that purple dress you wore to Sophia’s that one time? You looked really beautiful in that."

Valerica’s eyebrows raised in surprise. "Really? Well, I know that... I mean. I’m not even sure where that dress is anymore. OH! Stay right there, I think I have something very similar to the dress you are thinking of."

Valerica proceeded to enter yet another walk-in wardrobe filled to the brim with clothes. Fortunately this time, nothing came flying out, even more fortunately, she emerged a few moments later and asked.

"So? What do you think?"

Valerica was wearing a purple dress... That clung very tightly to her body. Her cleavage was ample to say the least. The dress had holes on the side that showed off the sides of her torso while the dress clung to her body so tight that when she tensed, her abs were visible through the thin material.

The dress also had a slit design that exposed her long legs and to top it all off, the seven foot woman was now wearing open toed heels making her closer to my height once more.

I just gazed at her for a few moments, soaking everything in before nodding my head.

"Oh yeah... That is perfect."

’And I actually mean that. I’m not just saying that for this nightmare to end!’

Valerica then walked up to a nearby mirror and began to check herself out. From the way she was smiling, she clearly liked it too so I walked up to her and wrapped my arm around her and checked us both out.

Valerica then hugged me, resting her head on my shoulder as she also proceeded to do the same as I was doing.

"We make quite the imposing couple don’t we? Your natural height now is nearly two full feet above the empiric average and me in my heels, I will definitely be turning more heads than usual..."

"They can look all they want. Touching is another matter. I am very possessive of my family and loved ones." I said, pulling her in tighter and eliciting a giggle from her.

We stayed that way for a moment before Valerica smiled at me through the mirror. "Now there is only one thing left to do before we make our way to the palace."

"Oh yeah? What’s that?" I asked with enthusiasm now that this ordeal was finally done. However, what she said next made my heart drop.

"Now we have to figure out what you are wearing! Hecate bought quite a number of outfits for you and I am excited for you to show me them all!"