Ch.97Chapter 97. Sweet and Romantic Holiday (1)

# Late Evening

“Yaaawn…”

Cuss was rolling around on the sofa, hugging her shark plushie.

Jinsoo and Juliane were late coming home.

The last text Jinsoo had left read:

-I can’t pick you up, so take the school bus home. I’ll be back before dinner.

She was so annoyed when she saw it that she called Jinsoo right away.

She shouldn’t have done that…

“Uh, ugh. What is it, Cuss?”

“…”

As soon as she heard Jinsoo’s voice, she regretted calling and immediately pressed the end call button.

She thought she faintly heard Juliane’s stifled moans from the other end.

She didn’t want to hear this.

She didn’t want to hear Jinsoo enjoying himself with someone else—no, she didn’t want to hear those sounds.

“Am I not enough…”

For her, just having Jinsoo was enough.

She didn’t need anything else.

But it seemed Jinsoo didn’t feel the same way.

Because Jinsoo was a weak human.

That’s why he needed to surround himself with many people.

She’d heard that he had lost his partner and blood relatives in the past—perhaps this was a reaction to that.

“Tch. How annoying.”

She didn’t like how quickly she sympathized with Jinsoo.

In the past, she would have been scheming how to subdue him and turn him into a doll that would stay by her side forever.

It felt strangely unfamiliar to find herself searching for ways to crave his affection and attention.

In space, she had always lived alone and solved everything by herself.

But here on Earth, it felt like she couldn’t do anything without Jinsoo.

No, she could do many things, but…

One thing was certain: none of it would be enjoyable without Jinsoo.

“So in the end, I have to be the one to give in…”

She needed Jinsoo.

But Jinsoo couldn’t do without Juliane.

That left her with no other choice.

No matter how much she disliked Juliane and tried to push her away, Juliane would eventually secure her place by Jinsoo’s side.

In human relationship terms, she was like Jinsoo’s child—his blood relative—while Juliane was set to become his partner.

Of course, the problem could be solved by taking that partner position for herself, but…

“Coward.”

Jinsoo’s cowardly nature wouldn’t allow it.

She’d heard that in human society, people who like underdeveloped children are despised.

He was clearly conscious of those social perceptions.

Even though her body had already matured enough to produce offspring.

Even though she’d told him he could do anything, that he could pour all his sexual desires onto her.

Jinsoo had cowardly run away.

He was surely making ridiculous excuses to himself inside.

It was so predictable.

“Nnngh…”

That left only one option.

Accepting Juliane as a mother figure.

Setting aside her prejudice, Juliane was undeniably a fairly decent human woman.

Her serious lack of cooking skills and habit of unconsciously installing listening devices were significant flaws, but even accounting for those, she was clearly a good woman.

She would make a good partner to support Jinsoo’s declining intelligence.

Above all, those massive hips and breasts would more than satisfy Jinsoo’s perverted sexual fantasies.

“Ugh…”

Cuss lowered her head and let out a sigh.

The curves of her body were nothing like Juliane’s.

And they probably wouldn’t become similar in the future either.

“Jinsoo!”

Just then, she heard a faint whirring sound.

It was the sound of Jinsoo’s car turning its wheels to enter the garage in this area.

Cuss quickly ran to the window and pulled back the curtain.

Bingo.

The familiar car was shining its lights as it entered the garage in the darkness.

Cuss grinned widely and crossed the living room to fling open the door—

“Oh. Thanks for opening the door.”

“Hehehe. Hi, Cuss?”

“…”

She found Jinsoo emerging from the garage with Juliane on his back.

She had thought only she could ride on that broad back.

Even though she had just resolved to accept Juliane as a mother figure, she couldn’t help feeling upset.

“Why are you carrying Juliane?”

“Uh… her legs hurt.”

“Hehehe.”

“…”

When she had complained about her legs hurting, he’d told her to walk without any excuses.

How unfair.

Giving Juliane special treatment.

“Hnngh! Ow ow ow…”

After being set down on the sofa, Juliane groaned and drew her legs together.

It seemed her legs really did hurt.

Jinsoo kissed Juliane’s forehead and turned to look at Cuss.

He noticed her puffed cheeks, showing her displeasure.

“I’ll make dinner soon. Just wait.”

“…”

Did he think she was upset just because of dinner?

It was troublesome if he saw her as such a one-dimensional creature.

This time, she needed to express more irritation to show her concern about this outrageous situation of him going out alone with Juliane…

“I’ll make pizza.”

“Pizza! Really?!”

Um… what was I thinking about again?

I can’t remember.

Surely I couldn’t have been thinking about anything more important than the fact that dinner would be pizza.

“Can you make that at home?”

“With the oven, I can at least imitate it.”

“Wow. What kind of pizza are you going to make?”

“That depends on what ingredients we have left in the fridge… What kind of pizza do you like, Juliane?”

“I like Hawaiian pizza!”

“Don’t tell people you like pizza…”

Pizza made by Jinsoo.

It would definitely be delicious.

Cuss grinned happily and sat at the table.

***

“No interviews. Hanging up.”

Somehow people had found my number, and I was getting a lot of calls.

The California governor, the LA mayor, media company presidents…

I ignored them all, of course.

It was obvious they just wanted to use my heroic tale to sell papers.

I didn’t want to bother with such annoying things.

It’s not like I needed the measly few dozen dollars they might offer.

“Hmm… Who was it this time?”

“Oh, sorry. Did I wake you?”

“No, I was just lying here unable to sleep.”

I turned around at the sound and saw Juliane pushing back her disheveled hair as she lay on her stomach.

“It was a TV show anchor this time. Said they’d like to invite me on.”

“Why don’t you go? Someone like you would be super popular with women.”

“Very funny. There’s only one woman I want to be popular with.”

“Ah…”

I returned to the bed and snuggled up next to Juliane.

Then I slowly moved my hand downward.

Somehow she was already in her underwear, her pants nowhere to be seen.

“Ahh. W-wait a moment.”

“Why?”

“It still hurts inside…”

“Really? Then should we just kiss all night?”

“Hnng…”

I slipped my hand inside her t-shirt, under her bra to grab her breast, and kissed her.

Juliane kissed me back frantically but still held onto my wrist, showing no sign of letting go.

“Mmph… Haa…”

“Or should we just hold each other tight and sleep?”

“Asking that while pressing your lips against mine… mmph… mm… isn’t that cheating?”

“Make up your mind. If you say you want to sleep, I’ll stop kissing you.”

“I don’t want that. Hnng…”

What a kiss addict.

Her behavior was quite contradictory for someone who claimed her lower abdomen hurt so much she could barely walk earlier.

If we keep kissing like this, she’ll get wet soon anyway.

“Come to think of it, we haven’t finished our amputation play yet. Should we continue that?”

“I’d rather just sleep than do that…”

“Hahaha.”

What a shame.

Even though Juliane was usually good at indulging my tastes, that seemed a bit too much for her.

I’d have to gradually get her used to harder things.

“Ah. I won’t be able to get up tomorrow if we do this…”

“Are we doing it or not?”

“…Turn off the light first.”

Juliane’s pupils darted around before she finally answered in a small voice.

It seemed her desire had overcome her reason.

She reached for the table where the lamp was and…

“Huh?”

She grabbed something that rattled and brought it into the lamplight.

It was a ring.

A metal ring with its gold plating completely worn off, now looking quite shabby.

I must have taken it out this morning to clean it and forgotten to put it back.

“This is…”

“Yes. A wedding ring.”

“Ah.”

Juliane’s expression became strange.

I realized I’d messed up.

From her perspective, hearing about her boyfriend’s ex-wife would definitely kill the mood.

I was a bit disappointed, but not so much that I couldn’t sleep.

I was about to lie down and close my eyes when I heard a click as she put down the ring, and then Juliane climbed on top of me.

“Why are you trying to sleep already? I haven’t given you my answer yet.”

“Juliane?”

“I want to. You’re still not satisfied, right?”

Not satisfied, that’s true.

But I was starting to worry about the health of Juliane’s uterus.

If we did it in the woman-on-top position again, I’d go in too deep and stimulate her too much.

I was concerned she might rupture something.

“I’m not satisfied, but why are you pushing yourself so hard today?”

“I’m not pushing myself… ngh… I just want to forget everything today and just…”

THUD!

Just then, we heard a loud noise and the door creaked open.

Juliane startled and quickly got off me.

Sure enough, Cuss was standing at the door, tightly hugging a shark plushie with one arm.

“I can’t sleep. I’m going to sleep with you.”

“Come on, sleep by yourself for once.”

“No.”

Once might be a coincidence, but twice is definitely intentional.

This kid was deliberately trying to interfere with our intimate moments.

Was this the survival instinct of a firstborn fearing they’ll lose their parents’ affection if a second child comes along?

I didn’t know such instincts existed in alien monsters too.

Cuss climbed onto the bed anyway.

Doesn’t this grown kid feel embarrassed?

“Bleh?”

She shoved the shark plushie in Juliane’s face.

Then she slipped under the covers and lay down between us, spreading out.

She was clearly trying to separate us.

Cute little thing.

“Hehehe. Come here, Cuss.”

“Ewww…”

As if this was perfect timing, Juliane reached out to Cuss with both arms, practically drooling.

I thought Cuss would show disgust and take refuge with me.

But while Cuss showed some signs of dislike, she didn’t completely avoid Juliane.

Soon, Juliane was holding Cuss tightly in her arms.

Wouldn’t her face be buried in those breasts, making it hard to breathe?

“I love you, Cuss. I love you so much. Even though I’m not your real mother… I really, really love you.”

“Hmph…”

Surprisingly, Cuss’s resistance was minimal.

After fidgeting a few times because it was hard to breathe, Cuss awkwardly wrapped her arms around Juliane’s waist.

Juliane’s expression, upon feeling those arms, transformed into such pure joy that it was almost terrifying.

That’s the face of a true pedophile.

It was a realm that a fake like me could never hope to enter.

“…?”

Just then, Cuss’s tentacles extended out from behind her and wrapped around my legs.

It seemed she was trying to keep them away from Juliane.

“Come here too, Jinsoo. Hehe.”

Unable to resist Juliane’s insistence, I put my arms around both Cuss and Juliane.

Cuss ended up sandwiched between us, but she didn’t cry out about feeling suffocated.

What’s gotten into her?

“Hehehe. Tonight, the three of us will sleep holding each other tight.”

Juliane looked particularly happy.

Cuss seemed to have fallen asleep already.

The three of us holding each other tight like this…

Though it was obvious that by tomorrow morning, we’d all be sleeping separately.

Even though we’d eventually drift apart someday, for now…

Just for this moment, I decided to hold these two tightly and savor their softness.