Chapter 184 - His Wife

Alencica, his lover, his wife – the very reason why he was here.

Now, it was finally clear why a returner from ancestry such as he came here. It was said that every thousand years or so, deities became bored in heaven and descended in the mortal plane to cause mischief.

Homura Ryuu, the God of Flames Kresnik, however, although he really still couldn't remember everything, knew with all his heart that the reason why he was born here on earth was so he could be with her.

Finding out about this gave him an idea of how this fated partner curse worked in the family now. It wasn't really a curse, but a vow – something that he had made himself before descending. Ryuu could vaguely recall that he made a promise that he would never be with anyone else but her.

So what about the Kazehayas then? Did his ancestor make a vow as well? Is that why Gin was cursed?

Ryuu really thought that they should find the prophecy so they could make sense of what happened, and what was happening in their lives.

"Kou?"

Ara called out to him and Ryuu's intense gaze relaxed as his face gradually took on the look of someone so besotted. His smile so gentle, his eyes were warm blue pools that looked at her with adoration.

Ara said she was a goddess – and she was. She was the goddess of his world.

She always had been.

"Hmmmmn?"

His wife still hadn't recovered completely from their intense kiss earlier. She still looked so deliciously dazed with her eyes cloudy with passion and her red, swollen lips from kissing slightly opened as she gazed at him. She was probably wondering why he suddenly stopped.

"My darling Princess, if you don't want people seeing you so seductive you have to straighten up. We will arrive soon."

Ryuu watched as realization finally hit Ara. Her silver-grey eyes flew wide in a panic as she clamored to her feet only to hit her head on the roof of the car and fell back on Ryuu's lap disoriented.

"Be careful!"

Ryuu pulled her up and guided her to the seat next to his as he buckled her in once more. He then reached out to massage the part of her head which she hit on the roof earlier.

"Does it hurt?"

His question seemed to upset Ara as she pouted and wouldn't look at him. "No, it doesn't."

"Then why do you look like that?"

"Why do I look like what?"

"Like you're either in pain or you're unhappy with me."

At the mention of the word unhappy, Ara's face scrunched further which reminded the new husband of a pissed off kitten.

"Because you kissed me."

Oh?

"So you're saying I shouldn't have kissed you?"Ryuu was totally amused.

He was sure Ara liked what they did. She wouldn't have responded, returning his kisses with fierce ones of her own if not.

"Of course not," Ara's frown disappeared now.

"So you mean you're unhappy I stopped?"Ryuu countered with mischief and amusement.

He actually knew what's making her like this. Ara didn't want other people seeing her look so disheveled. He just wanted to tease her. When she remained quiet, he laughed as he reached out to touch her.

"I'm just kid –"

ZZZZZZT

A kick of electricity climbed up his arm from the tips of the fingers which touched her. The sudden jolt made him stop in surprise. He then turned to look at Ara to see if she was okay.

"Er… static. I have strong static," she said sheepishly as she stared at him.

Ryuu had a feeling as if she was checking how he was, and he grinned. "Oh? And here I thought you deliberately stunned your husband to get even."

He knew she had 'static' of course. Alencica was the child of Perun. Even if she's more human now, she would still at least be able to control small currents. The question was if she knew this or not.

"Of course not! It comes out when I'm annoyed," Ara answered, her voice ringing with the truth, and so Ryuu was convinced his guess was correct.

"Oh, so you're annoyed at me?"

Ara sighed. "I'm not anymore okay?"

With this, Ryuu deiced to let it go. He reached for hand again and kissed it, his eyes never leaving Ara's who continued to watch his every movement.

"I promise I will totally make love with my wife properly as soon as I finish what I have to do."

As expected, he watched as his new wife turned scarlet as a ripe tomato with his words, but she didn't complain. Ryuu felt happy that she was not disapproving of his plan. It made him all the more frustrated that he couldn't really have a wedding night with her.

Knowing that Ara wanted him too, Ryuu's upset over Czernobog became bigger. He would definitely kill the bastard the next time he saw him – or her. The Black God seemed to be in the mood to cross-dress. Nonetheless, he would be dead when he found him.

"Are you going back there immediately today?" Ara inquired softly, pertaining to the problem he left in Hakone.

It was Ryuu's turn to sigh. "Yes," he answered, his hand tightening his grip on hers. "But I will definitely try to settle the problem there as fast as I can."

With this, Ara finally smiled, and she nodded, returning the grip.

"I'll be waiting then," she whispered her own promise.

They looked at each other in silence for a while, just observing with a smile. Ryuu's eyes caught the view outside the window and recognized that soon they'd be entering the Cedar Palace.

"Oh, we're almost back home," Ara commented as she too saw the view outside.

Her words made Ryuu smile. She called the Cedar Palace 'home', and there was something so beautiful about it.

"Suzuki Ara," he called out, making Ara look at him again.

But then again, he shook his head at his faux pas. "Homura Ara," he said, correcting her name, and it made his bride blush again. Ryuu, however, was not done. He leaned over to give her a quick peck on the lips before speaking again.

"I love you…"