Chapter 21: Shalom
A/N: Sorry for the no-show yesterday. I'll be releasing two chaps tomorrow to make up for it.
Reason for the delay was basically massive writer's block. Like, even back when I was writing two years ago, I basically only wrote bittersweet/tragic romances, and even now, 4/6 ideas I have include those romantic elements, so it's really fricking hard for me to even attempt a pure love romance. Hopefully these next few chapters are good though, ong.
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Two Years Since Their Cohabitation Started:
I honestly did not know what to do.
I would be lying if I said the hormones weren't getting to me.
Every touch, no matter how slight, ever smile, no matter how wide...
Every breath that we shared, my emotions were flaring up.
Sure, in my mind, I was able to tamp them down, but the biophysical reactions still showed up on my body.
The thing was, she barely ever acknowledged those... signs of affection even when, in all honesty, if I had still had that organ of mine, I would've been literally a dog in heat.
She knew it wasn't my fault though, it being the result of a combination of about 80% her own aura and 20% my adolescent brain.
I knew, knew for a fact that she wouldn't stop me from advancing on her and taking her literally this second.
But this friendship we had cultivated... I hated to admit it, but it really was something precious to me, and doing the above would destroy everything that we had built up.
I was merely mortal though, and it was getting to me.
If only I was a few years older, then this wouldn't be affecting me. But, literally self destroying billions of your own brain cells did such things to your mind.
I had tried to mitigate the effects by going into secluded training to create and perfect my domain expansion, which had, admittedly, taken my mind off the whole situation for a good half a year.
But, the moment I stepped out of that room, I had been assaulted, and we had been inseparable ever since.
It had filled me with warmth, the fact that she had missed me that much.
Even whilst I had trapped myself in that room, I had thought about her.
Not a single day passed wherein I hadn't thought about her before I collapsed from physical and mental exhaustion.
Really though... we fit each other so well, to the point that it had become scary.
Our interactions were almost too natural, effortless.
Maybe that had been the reason why I hadn't been able to prevent her from breaking through my barriers (although I did believe that the Boy's personality played a big part in that).
Anyways, the point of the matter was, I would, on the gods, do my best to not force myself upon her.
Our relationship had become too precious to be tainted by such actions.
One wrong move, and it'd revert to being the same as every other relationship I had had in my past life.
Thus, even though I had no experience in the matter, I vowed.
If love should blossom between the two of us,
Like a spring branch fluttering in the warmth of a gentle breeze;
Like flowering dandelion covered in morning dew;
I would keep this relationship of ours taintless.
As we moved began to move along,
As she begins to shine brighter than the moon;
I would become her sole shadow.
For that one day,
when she grips all beings with awe,
and lights up this stygian world of mine.
...
It was only after I had been seemingly possessed by Apollo that I realized.
That, within the very essence of my being,
I knew...
...knew that I could blame it all on my hormones and lust if I wanted to,
But,
I truly did love her more than a close friend,
didn't I.
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"I'm bored."
We were currently both on her bed, with her fully laid down on it whilst I was sitting up on its edge.
I almost flinched as she put her foot on my back, playfully pushing me, almost toppling me over the edge.
"Will you stop, please?" I shouted, almost in an admonishing tone, as I looked away from her to hide my face as best I could.
But what could escape a goddess in her own domain, as I, without looking, could tell that she was currently smirking at my flushed face.
"You know that it's a chemical reaction and that I can do nothing about it." I mumbled, in a much softer tone than before.
A second passed without her saying anything, scaring me a little until I heard the words that came out of her mouth.
"C-Cute..."
Soon, her own face was flushed red, as she realized what she had just admitted to me.
This current... predicament that we were both in was besides the point tho.
We were currently both utterly, terribly bored.
I had, as the genius I was, finished creating a cursed technique and a domain within two years.
Granted, I had spent 6-12 hours a day on mastering using cursed energy, so it wasn't really a surprise.
But I couldn't help but glaze myself, no?
Ah, I had gotten off track again.
With myself having finished my training, and with both of us having done, basically everything we could do in this house together (as friends of course), there was really nothing left for us to do.
Conversations and books could only last us so far, and we were seriously getting stuck with nothing to do.
Like, we could watch TV together, or really just the news itself (that's how bored we were), but I, as a Gen Z'er, could not deal with the 5 pixel televisions from this time period.
Call my aversion stupid, but seriously, going from 4K to 480p was, to me, akin to a torture progression going straight from hitting someone in the stomach to trapping them in a saw-like contraption.
Yea, no thanks.
Thus, here we were, with nothing to do.
"Can you please get your foot off my back?" I asked once more, this time, playing a lot nicer.
"No sir-ee. We'll be doing this a lot more in the future, no?" She replied, so goddamn playfully, as she nudged me with her foot once more.
I mean, I'd be a dumbass to not get what she was implying, and honestly, this playful flirting of her's was killing me on the inside.
Like, could she not see the effect her body was having on me?
It was probably due to her position of the goddess of love, but anytime our bodies touched, it would almost seem as if we were slowly combining with each other, as we sunk deeper and deeper into each other.
Basically, she had perfect body compatibility with me and...
'Deep breath in, deep breath out.'
I would not be going on a rant about my hormones and shit again, not one more time.
"Fuck me..."
I only realized my mistake after I let out the curse.
"Glad-"
Not even giving her a chance to finish that, I moved to get off the bed.
But, I was met with swift resistance as I felt her drape both her arms around my shoulders before hugging me back to her chest.
And then, well, nothing happened, as I just sat there, melting into and enjoying her embrace.
My breathing grew heavy, my body greedily taking in her scent.
My skin flared, the points of contact between our two body's burned.
I forced my beating heart to slow, it wanting to spasm out of my chest.
"What are you waiting for?" She whispered, oh so closely to my ear, causing my whole body to shudder.
I was mentally stronger than whatever she could throw at me though, and she knew that, hence her current behavior.
On god, I was her personal plaything at this point...
...so it wouldn't hurt if I played her back, right?
"Please..."
I tried my best at matching her energy, infusing all my desperation, lust, and desire into that one word, that one plea of mine.
Hearing it, I could feel her body tense from behind me, her aura growing cold.
Without even looking, I knew here eyes had sharpened.
'Welp, better pull this off before she smites me.'
I would push it though, for this petty revenge of mine.
Turning around before she could react, I quickly pushed her down onto the bed, clamping each of her arms in one of my own above her head.
Bringing my face down towards her lips, I inched close and closer, each second turning into an eternity as our breaths mingled viciously.
Of course, I veered off the path of mutually assured destruction last second and, right before touching her lips, tilted my head to the side until my mouth was right beside her ear.
"Boo."
In that split second afterwards, a few things happened.
First, her body relaxed itself, as the cold aura around her dissipated.
Secondly, my hand let go of hers, as I immediately got off of her and the bed in one move before starting to walk towards the door.
Thirdly, she had been rendered speechless, perhaps my greatest accomplishment to date.
The moment quickly passed though, and not a second later, and my ears were already bearing the brunt of my actions.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!"
Unfortunately for her, I had made it my utmost priority to slip out of the room before she could conjure something in her hand and throw it at me.
It was only after I reached my room that I examined my body's condition.
My face was flushed red, my pupils were dilated, and my breathing... no, panting was still heavy.
Ah, I would have definitely taken her right then and there if I had still had my dick.
The tension between the two of us had been the highest it had ever been in that moment, that I knew for sure.
And I wasn't talking about an angry tension here.
But, she had started it first, and it wasn't like I was going to be taking these shots lying down.
After all,
You needed two to tango, no?
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A/N: Hopefully, Shalom's hormone-addled, brain cell lacking thoughts were portrayed well in the second part of this chap. It was kinda hard? Writing in a like, stop and go style with a lot less finesse as usual.
I'll cy'all tomorrow!