The Bounty Hunter

April 9th, 2089

One hour later and Minato was sitting in my room, waiting for the important issue that I needed to discuss with him.  He had changed back to normal with his piercing dark green eyes and his dark brown hair.  He had a simple t-shirt and sweatpants on, yet he still was as attractive as ever.  Haa, even his scent was intoxicating.  No Hikari, don’t lose focus now!  

“So what did you want to talk about?”  Minato asked me.  I took a deep breath before I spoke and decided to go for broke “Do you love me?”  “…Hah?”  Minato made a surprised expression that was rather adorable but I wasn’t going to be distracted.  “Do you love me?”  I repeated myself as Minato was silent.  “I want to know because I love you and I need to find out how far I have still to go.”  “…I can’t answer that.”  “Why not?  It’s very simple, you either say ‘yes’ or you say ‘no’.” 

“……..”  A tense silence was all I got from Minato.  I decided to continue speaking.  “Well I’m not letting you go until I hear your answer.  I was the one who asked my father to arrange the marriage between us.  I did it because I want to be with you forever.  I will never agree to dissolving our engagement.”  I know Minato is extremely filial towards his parents and wouldn’t go against their wishes.  And unless I agree to break off the marriage, his parents won’t budge.  I know because I talked with his mother about it.  But even with my provocations, Minato remained silent. 

He was clearly struggling with something internally.  Time to push him further.  I slipped off my dress, revealing my naked body.  This is so embarrassing, but I don’t care.  I wrapped my arms around his neck and sat onto his lap.  “I love you.  I want to be with you.  I don’t even mind joining your harem.  So please, answer my question.  Do you love me?”  I need to know.  Kira-chan’s words lit a fire in my heart and made me have to find out his feelings for sure. 

I looked at him intently and after what seemed like an eternity, Minato finally spoke.  “…Yes.” Before I could fully comprehend what he had just said, he pulled me in for a deep and passionate kiss.  He took my first kiss away so forcefully, it sent shivers through me.  When he finally released me and I started breathing heavily he repeated himself.  “I love you, Hikari.”  My self-restraint seemed to have vanished as soon as he said those words.  I gave him a hot kiss as I tore away his clothes and pushed him down onto the bed where I then mounted him.  No other words were said for the rest of the night as we became one.

Terra’s POV

What have I done?  This thought is bouncing around my head this morning as I woke up to a naked Hikari sleeping on my chest.  I could feel the entirety of her delicate and petite figure along with her decent-sized breasts pressed up against me.  Her porcelain-like pale skin gleamed in the morning light, and her raven black hair had a lovely scent on it.  Looking at her doll-like appearance one wouldn’t realize how assertive and dominant she was last night in bed.  It was especially surprising given that she was a virgin.  But I guess it must be due to her energetic and somewhat bossy personality. 

I have to think about what to do now though.  My love for Hikari is genuine and I can’t say I regret making her mine.  But now I am in quite the uncomfortable position.  I have never told anyone from my world about the other world and I quite frankly never planned to.  Although Reiji is my best (and only) friend and I love my parents dearly, I would never tell them.

And until now I had put Hikari at an arm’s length, too afraid of our different lifespans and my secrets to admit my feelings for her.  I thought I could ignore my feelings and they would fade away.  But they didn’t fade and thus here I am.  So now I’ll have to figure out a way to lengthen her lifespan and decide what secrets I will and will not tell her. 

I don’t know if I should tell her everything or not.  I really don’t want to lie to her though.  *Sigh* For now I won’t say anything, she doesn’t know anything about it nor does she have any reason to start questioning me.  At this point I could feel Hikari stirring on my chest as she woke up.  “Good morning, did you sleep well?”  I asked her quietly as she had a broad smile on her face. 

“Un. You’re softer and more comfortable to sleep on than a body pillow.”  She said as she gave me a kiss.  “You’ll take full responsibility, right?”  she suddenly asked me.  I nodded in response.  This was already my third time “taking responsibility” for a girl, so I immediately knew what she was referring to.  “Great, now that the important discussions are over.  I want to ask something.  What is your big secret that Kira and Vera know that made you afraid to admit your feelings to me?  And why do they call you Terra?  They told me to make you tell me about it.”  I immediately stiffened at her words.  Damnit.  Why did those girls blab to her about that? 

“What else did they tell you?”  “They told me that you loved me and to confront you about it.”  She gave me another kiss before saying “I’m glad I followed their advice.  Now don’t avoid the question, what is your secret?”  Haaa, I guess I have no choice.  “Fine, I’ll tell you but first let’s get dressed.  It’ll be simpler if Kira and Veronica are present as well.”  Hikari nodded as she got off me and went to get dressed. 

A short time later Hikari and I were at Veronica and Kira’s apartment.  “Why are you two still in your cosplay costumes?” Hikari asked in confusion upon seeing them.  I answered her question “Those aren’t costumes.”  “Eh?”  Hikari made a dumbfounded expression at my statement.  Before she could start denying me, I conjured a ball of light in my hand that looked like a rainbow.  It split apart into a brilliant glitter that swirled around the room before fading away.  “My secret is that I have traveled to another world.  Kira and Veronica are former residents from that world with whom I fell in love with and brought back with me.” 

There was a pause as Hikari tried to process that.  She then silently walked over to Kira and starting touching her ears and tail.  “Nya!  Ari-chan!  Warn someone before doing that!”  Is Hikari in shock?  She doesn’t seem to hear Kira as she continues petting her.  Oh, she’s stopped and focused on Veronica.  “Ah! Be more gentle please!”  Now Hikari is rubbing Veronica’s ears to confirm that they are real.  She eventually released Veronica and simply walked over to the couch and sat down.  I need to snap her out of it. 

“Rin, come out.  I need you to be extra cute right now.”  Rin materialized at my call and the cute, fluffy fox demon managed to finally snap Hikari back to reality.  After petting Rin for a while, Hikari fully recovered “Another world, huh?”  “Yeah.”  “So you’re called Terra because?”  “I used that name over there.” “And you learned magic there?”  “Sort of.  Magic is an inborn trait, which I had but only found out about there.”  “Is it like in the novels?”  “No.  It is a horrible place and it screwed me up a lot. I am never going back.”  And on and on the questions went.  I patiently answered every one of them and also told her about some of my time there. 

It was mid-afternoon by the time Hikari was satisfied.  Kira took this opportunity to ask something as well “So Ari-chan, since Terra didn’t come home last night does that mean your confession was a success?”  Hikari gave a big smile as she happily responded “Yes.  And please don’t use honorifics with me, we’re now lovers of the same man after all.  We should be more familiar with each other.”  “Ok!  You can drop honorifics with me as well!”  “Me too.” 

I couldn’t help but smile as I saw the three most precious people to me getting along so well together.  Then suddenly Hikari kicked me out of the apartment saying “It’s time for the first meeting of the harem, you’re not allowed to be here. Shoo please.”  She then closed the door in my face… what just happened?