The atmosphere inside the bathroom instantly became silent. The warm steam filling the room seemed to freeze in the air. Alvin's offer of immortality to Allen still hung in the air, but what disturbed Kazien's mind more was Alvin's insistence that he accept Allen.
Both Kazien and Allen fell silent, thinking about Alvin's words. Kazien finally broke the silence by staring sharply at his fiancé who was sitting casually on the small stool beside him.
"Alvin, I am still confused by your reasoning for wanting Allen to be my future wife!" Kazien said with suppressed frustration. "Why do you even have the thought of sharing yourself? Normally, someone would be angry if their partner looked at someone else, but you are actually offering him to me."
Alvin smiled faintly while rinsing his body with a dipper. "It is for my own satisfaction! If in the future I become a woman, at least you have a cute boy who can keep you company while I'm a woman, right? And I can feel relieved because you won't feel lonely when I am in that phase."
Kazien massaged his throbbing temples. That reason sounded logical but was still hard to accept for his heart which held the principle of "staying loyal to one love."
"But, you know yourself that I cannot betray you, Alvin! My heart has been tethered to you from the beginning!"
"Just go with it!" Alvin cut in casually yet firmly. His mint green eyes flashed sharply. "I only allow Allen! Remember that well. If it were anyone else, I would never allow it. Or perhaps, I might just kill them on the spot if any stranger dared to touch you!"
Kazien sighed roughly. "Do you think my feelings for Allen will just appear simply because you allow it?"
Without answering with words, Alvin suddenly moved. He grabbed Kazien's free hand, then with a quick and unexpected movement, he directed it to Allen's lower body. Kazien's hand was forced to touch Allen's penis which was erect before him due to the intense situation all along.
"What are you doing?" exclaimed Kazien in panic, his eyes widening in shock.
"Just hold it! Feel your future wife's penis with your own hand." Alvin ordered, then turned to Allen whose face was already beet red. "Allen, sit on his lap now!"
Allen, who was already terribly embarrassed but also carried away by the atmosphere, obeyed the command. He sat back on Kazien's lap, positioning himself in such a way. However, because he was so shocked, Kazien's hand was still there, holding Allen's warm and hard penis.
The sensation of intimate skin contact stung them both. Realizing his hand was still holding Allen's penis, Kazien spontaneously pulled his hand away as if he had just touched burning coals. He pulled his hand back quickly.
Kazien and Allen looked at each other from a very close distance. Kazien's face looked shocked, but Allen's face looked flushed red, his eyes glazed and his breath hitched after his manhood was held by the person he liked so much.
Yes, Allen's sexual desire increased drastically. Kazien's hand touch, though brief, had burned his sanity.
Allen stared at his cousin's face with an undisguised worshipping gaze. "You are so handsome, Kazien... Do you want to do—"
Snap!
Before Allen could finish his wild sentence, a hard flick struck his forehead.
"Ouch!" shrieked Allen while holding his reddened forehead. "Why did you flick my forehead like that? It hurts, you know!"
Kazien looked at him with a mix of annoyance and despair.
"Not Alvin, not you! Why are you asking for such things from me when the situation is this complicated?" Kazien grumbled.
He then ruffled his own wet hair, venting his frustration. "Do you know? I feel in a dilemma! I am squeezed between you two! If I reject you, Alvin and you will be disappointed. Alvin even unhesitatingly threatened me just for your sake!"
Kazien pointed at Alvin who was still acting calm, then looked back at Allen.
"But if I accept you, I will break the oath I once said when proposing to Alvin! An oath to be loyal only to him! You know, I really don't want to two-time Alvin! My principles forbid it!"
Hearing Kazien's outburst, Alvin put down his dipper and looked at Kazien gently.
"You won't break your oath, my dear. Because I am the one who allowed and even forced you to accept Allen!" Alvin chimed in suddenly, his voice calm piercing through Kazien's anxiety. "That oath of loyalty applies if you betray me behind my back. But this is my desire."
Kazien stared at Alvin in disbelief. "Alvin, what are you saying? Has your brain short-circuited because of this hot water?"
"No!" Alvin shook his head while smiling sweetly but possessing a strong possessive aura. "Just so you know, my dear, only Allen is allowed to be your second wife! In the future, no one else is allowed to be your wife! Only me and Allen! Keep that in mind."
Kazien narrowed his eyes, feeling that the same event might happen again in the future.
"I know your character very well, Alvin! For some reason, I have another bad feeling about this. As if this is just the beginning of other crazy ideas."
Alvin turned and looked at Kazien's face beside him with a feigned innocent look. "Do you mean I will allow you to marry someone else besides Allen?"
"Yes, that's true!" Kazien answered briefly and firmly. "My gut tells me you might do something strange again later. And listen, even though I like cute boys' faces, it is just admiring and does not mean I want to possess them romantically!"
Alvin shrugged, as if indifferent to Kazien's denial. "If that happens..." said Alvin casually, "let it happen. I think you are just thinking too much about unnecessary things. Just enjoy what is in front of your eyes."
"You really are something!" Kazien snorted, giving up arguing with his stubborn fiancé. He then looked at Allen who was still sitting on his lap with a hopeful face.
Kazien sighed deeply, a sign of surrendering to fate. "Even though I was already very happy having only you, Alvin. But, if you indeed want Allen to be mine for your happiness and for our collective happiness... alright, I will accept him. But I must ask Aunt Elisa first!"
Allen's eyes sparkled brightly hearing that decision. "Really?"
"Yes!" answered Kazien. "I cannot overstep your mother. Her blessing is absolute."
"Then, do it! Just say everything and I will also help explain it to Aunt Elisa!" Alvin supported enthusiastically.
Although initially tense and full of inner debate, Allen finally felt relieved. The heavy burden in his chest was lifted because, in the end, Kazien could accept him, even though it had to go through his mother's approval first.
Realizing time kept moving, the three of them hurried to finish their bath. A lot of time had been wasted due to the debate and intense events that happened in the bathroom. There was no more time for them to soak relaxedly or continue the conversation.
With quick and efficient movements, they rinsed their bodies, dried themselves, and left the bathroom.
Once finished bathing and back in the room, they immediately put on their respective academy uniforms.
Without saying much more, they immediately left the room and headed to the dining room downstairs.
Their footsteps echoed on the stairs, heading toward the aroma of breakfast that could already be smelled.
There, at the end of the long and grand dining table, Elisa was already sitting waiting for their arrival. The woman sat upright with a cup of tea in her hand, her face looking calm but radiating a strong intimidating aura after the raid event in the bathroom earlier.
Seeing his mother, Allen's guts shrank instantly. Allen bowed his head deeply and dared not look at his mother's face. He walked slowly behind Kazien, trying to hide his presence.
However, Elisa's sharp eyes immediately focused on her son.
"Why are you bowing like that, Allen? Did you do something wrong to me?"