She read all the content of the message out loud, every single word was came out of her mouth through gritting teeth, after she finished reading the message, she looked at me with a smile .
I have always read about the smile that was more like a frown than a smile, but this was indeed my first time experiencing it like this, it was a scary smile that was on her face, it didn't displayed the same warm feeling as before, instead that one on her face was cold, I really should have started with explaining the relationship between me and that knucklehead first .
That airheaded girl really might at some point lead me to to my death, I really hope that it won't be today, at least .
So how about you explaining about this date thing first, here, I'm all ears, I will listen to your every explanation you have ? .
She said those words with that same weird smile, for some reason just looking at that smile if hers, filled me with goosebumps, I sighed heavily and then began to tell her the in and out about how this situation came to be and denied completely having this sort of relation with that girl .
She heard my explanation and even though she kept nodding her head with the same smile on her face, I felt like she wasn't listening truly to any of the words, I was saying, without even waiting for me to finish saying this, she sealed my lips from talking, using hers .
I was surprised by the sudden action, but welcomed it nonetheless, she doing something like this all of a sudden, could only be interpreted as she finally forgive me or at least let the matters go, or I thought though at least, but I was wrong, after she broke the kiss she said :
That's your punishment for being such a playboy, you bad womanizer .
I wanted to deny that being the case with all the strength I have, but seeing that she cooled down, I just let it go and shrugged my shoulders and collapsed on the couch, quite tired, I was about to use Heal on myself but decided against it, I still didn't exactly understood what happened earlier so it was better for me to be cautious about how to use my power until I'm able to understand what happened .
So, should I tell her that you are in for that date thing or not ? .
Her words were questioning but her tone was already declaring the thing that she will reply with, she just wanted to give me a heads up, that's all .
" I have always ignored it, you can read the other messages and you would see that I haven't even responded to a single one of them, but you are free to respond on my behalf with whatever you wanted to respond ? .
She hearing me said this, gave me the ' I trust you ' look, yet she directly began to fiddle with phone buttons and read all the messages between us, after she finished doing so, her mood swung back to being cheerful again, then she said in a serious tone :
Do you like her ? .
I involuntarily brought the picture of the girl in question from my mind and didn't respond for quite some time, then said :
" I can't say that I like her, but I can't say that I hated her or anything like that, she was a friend, that was all I believe she will ever be .
For some reason the woman in front of me seemed to be disappointed at me after I said this, I quirked my eyebrow at her reaction and noticing how I looked at her and she sighed before throwing herself at me on the couch and said :
What did Tokiko-san or Evelyn thoughts about this ? .
I was surprised that Evelyn was suddenly being mentioned, but noticing how she looked at me and waited for me to answer, I decided to come clear with here, I said :
" She reacted like you first, but she then changed her mind for some reason and said that it was okay with her as long as she be the first one to get to go on a date with me .
As I said this, I saw her once again fell into thought, I was about to ask what she was wondering about, but she seemed to have already realized something and looked at with a somewhat content smile and said :
Since Evelyn had already booked your first date, then I will be the one to go on a date with you second .
I didn't understand what she was saying, but she seeing my strange look, she chuckled a bit and then her face suddenly shifted to become red with embarrassment :
If that girl really have feeling for you, then what right do I have to stop her from pursuing you and hoping to make you happy, I believe that Tokiko-san loved you as much as I do, so for that I wanted to ask her thoughts about this, but since she saw that there was no much a problem with it, then I too believe that she might have sensed that Sophia-san might harbor good feelings towards you .
So I really don't have much opinion on the matter since I agreed with sharing you with another already, adding someone else to the mix, didn't seem that problematic to me .
But for me to accept something like this completely, will be after I was throughly certain that she really like you and wanting to be with you .
I looked at the woman in front of me and couldn't help but wonder at one point did I said something about dating her or becoming her lover, seeing my confused expression, she seem to have misunderstood what I was thinking about as she said :
You might not be aware of this but Sophia-san family situation is a bit problematic, I till a recent period of time, thought as well that she was here just as an exchange foreign student from the branch in America, but there were a few talks lately about the American Branch having something going on with the Russian Branch, that Russian Branch doesn't have the best reputation in the Order so I hope you bear that in mind, before deciding how to deal with her affection .
Even though she misunderstood the reason to my confusion, I was able to tell from her grave tone, that the matter she was taking about being quiet serious, so I discarded my previous thoughts about clearing the confusion and instead said :
" Do you think that she might be a spy or something ? .
She shook her head at me and then said :
I won't go that far, I believe there was no need for the American Branch to do something so reckless as this, at most she maybe acting as some sort of informant In coordination with the other branches or something similar .
I nodded my head and thought that just like how the captain describe that girl to me before, she do have a likable and easy-going character that make people involuntarily open up to her, even though she was an airheaded sometimes, but I do believe that she had a good nature, all these elements could allow here to build her own net of intelligence gathering circle, enough to allow her to gain access to all sort of details .
Could she really might be approaching me for this reason, she was tasked with approaching me in this fashion, or was this completely unplanned development, only she can know the answer to this question .
As I was suddenly engrossed in thinking about this, I felt Regina hand cupping my cheeks in a weird manner, then she asked me :
Don't overthink it, I'm telling you this just so that you can be aware of what might be taking place in here, I could be completely wrong about this and she might have not even the slightest bit of knowledge about all of this, as I advised you before, don't presume what other people think without asking them .
After she finished saying this, she let go of my cheeks, I looked at her looking so wise and composed and couldn't help but tease her a little about it, I said :
" Wow, talk about a huge improvement in attitude, compared to the headache like princess before, you seemed more composed and more mature as well, I'm surprised, ahhh .
At my try of cracking a joke, she directly held my hand and directly bit me, seeing that she had no intention in letting go, I was forced to use my Prana, using Diamond Skin Link, a light art that airheaded girl helped in guiding me to learn yesterday, if I had used Herculean Strength, I might end up making her lose a tooth or two, Diamond Skin was much efficient with dealing with this sort of thing .
Seeing that her biting was no longer effective against me, she looked at me with an aggravated expression, she was acting so pitiful, trying to have me loosen my gaurd up, but this wasn't going to happen, not a chance, I fell for that trap back in my previous life, too many to count .
But seeing her continue to sulk like this, I apologized even though there was no need for me to apologize, but knowing her the best thing to calm her down was to apologize, so I did and it ended in working like magic .
She finally let me go of my hand, and I stopped using my Prana, I saw that she came closer to my face again and I anticipated that she might go for another kiss, but much to my disappointment, her face became directly opposite to mine and without blinking her big eyes were actually looking at me curiously before she said :
That just now was Prana, right, I didn't get the chance to ask about the details earlier, but did you have a second life, how you came in possession of such a power ? .
Her question caught me by surprise, but it was quite understandable why would she suddenly be interested in asking about this, I was about to tell her that I got that as a gift from....., my mind suddenly went blank as if thoughts were getting sucked away, I was in that state for some time to the point that it took the interference of Regina just so that I could be awakened from the trance state I fell into .
She snapped her fingers in front of my eyes and I suddenly regained my focus, looking at her confused about what was going on, she once again repeated the question and I found that it seemed this power was gifted to me by someone, who or when, that I wasn't currently able to recall at all, so I gave her the answer and for some reason she seemed to frown and asking if it was gifted to me by a woman .
I shook my head and told her that I wasn't certain, that seemed to cheer her up a little, but just as if wanting to check something, she said :
So you really didn't die ? .
I nodded my head as an answer and she just pushed me into the couch and once again melted in my embrace, I was thinking about having a difficulty in remember something, but in the end I just decided to let it go, i embraced here and after a few minutes laying down on the couch cuddling like this, she said :
What was with the word ' maid ' you mentioned before on the call ? .
Her question reminded me of a favor that I wanted to ask from her, I began telling her about Suguha apperance on the house and her situation and in the end, I asked her for a favor, that favor was to allow Suguha to attend the school as a student .
She first was surprised at hearing that something this dangerous might have happened, but I assured her that everything was okay, she hearing about the past of Suguha unnerved her a bit, but she still agreed to my request .
She then asked me to get her to come over tomorrow morning, she will meet here and discuss the details and the papers needed, she then fell into thought directly after, seeing her like this, I got curious and asked her about what was going on with her .
I believe that I do know of the organization that was responsible on training and deploying Suguha-san, from the description of how Suguha-san came to be an assassin, I believe that The Red Satana Legion, might be the people responsible for doing these sort of heinous things .
I wanted to know more, but she shook her head and told me that all she heard was rumours about them being active in Europe, so it was a surprise for her to know that they had a hand in this, I told her to help me gather more information about them but instead of replaying directly, her face suddenly become grave and so was her tone as she asked, saying :
What will you going to do with this information ? .
" I will be saving the children they kidnapped and most likely will retort to eradicate all of them .
As I said this, I expected her to try and dissuade me, but she instead nodded her head at me and her face suddenly get back to normal, she put a hand on her lips playfully and asked me, saying :
What will be my reward if I were to do this ? .
Knowing what she wanted, I said :
" We will go out on a date, will that be enough to satisfy you .
She nodded her head, but then leaned forward and asked for a deposit first, I gave her the kiss she wanted and she once again melted into my arms, we were like this for a few minutes, just cuddling and chatting about different kind of things, my phone suddenly vibrated and I got a call from Shizuno, I seeing that she called me unusually, become aware of that something must have had gone wrong, for her to call me .
I accepted the call, from the other side, it seemed there was a huge ruckus, people seemed to be endlessly talking, making listening to what the girl who called me was saying seemed to be quite an impossible task, but I was able to hear a few words clearly, come to the infirmary, it's an emergency, something is wrong with Satsuki .
As I heard that name being suddenly mentioned, it seemed that a bolt of lightning suddenly struck my mind and body, I suddenly removed the woman laying above me and standing up, she seemed to have dozed off at some point and have fallen into quite deep sleep as well, I put her in a comfortable position without disturbing her sleep, I wrote her a note about me leaving, and just as I put it on the table in front of the couch, I heard talking in her sleep, saying :
That was my first kiss .
Even though this detail shouldn't have mattered much at this point, but it still filled me with warmth, I kissed her on the forehead and directly headed to the infirmary, WONDERING WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THAT PINK HAIRED GIRL .