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The next night, Ataru was waiting patiently for Oyuki, but she never came, completely discouraging the boy who got ready for bed. He was quite stubborn, so he hoped that she would come in the early morning. But to his surprise, Lum came through his window, completely irritating our protagonist.
-Could you tell me once and for all why you're here? To end this harassment for good," he asked with annoyance in his voice.
-I must erase your memory, you know too much about me," Lum replied angrily at the boy's words.
-You're crazy if you think you can achieve that goal," he exclaimed in annoyance.
-I'm not asking for your permission," the oni said with determination.
Lum pulled out a plasma weapon that would stick him to the floor or wall with no way to move and began firing; however, the young man was quite agile and dodged without a problem. As the ammunition ran out, she pulled out several booby-trap grenades, but he continued to evade them successfully.
-Just hold still! I swear it won't hurt," the young woman exclaimed with anger in her voice.
-Forget it, you have no power to decide what I'm going to keep in my memories," the boy defended himself.
Lum, as a last attempt, pulled out a rope from who knows where and threw it at him, only he didn't calculate that the boy would pull it when trying to run away and drag it towards him, making him fall, ending up trapped. Ataru just sighed in annoyance.
-Are you sure this isn't an excuse to kiss me? Because this doesn't sound like a plan to erase my memory," he teased.
Lum blushed a little and got a little nervous, so she tried to damage the rope with her electrical powers, but she couldn't concentrate enough to deliver a stronger shock. Ataru noticed this and smiled, he had to provoke her.
-I get it, you just wanted to have an excuse to be near me, I understand, I'm irresistible," the human began to speak with a flirtatious voice.
-Stop it, that's not true," Lum denied with a slight blush on her face, as sparks began to fly from her.
-If you're desperately trying to deny it, it's because it's true. All you had to do was tell me you wanted to kiss me and I would have gladly done it," the boy continued.
Lum was red with shame and anger, her power intensified.
-I told you to shut up, I just came to erase your memory!" exclaimed the young girl in fury as she began to electrocute Ataru.
Her power was enough to finally damage the rope, it had been difficult for her before because it is designed with a special technology that withstands her electricity, so she didn't damage it unintentionally. The human was scorched, smoke billowing out of him. Lum who freed himself, calmed his emotions. The boy stood up and shook himself to stare at the girl.
-Do you give up? Let's trade arguments for kisses," he continued, teasing her.
-No, I just think it's silly the way you behave with a girl. That makes me want to ask, it's the first time you've been near a pretty woman, isn't it?" The oni countered calmly.
-That's not true, I..." the young man retorted, but was interrupted by Lum.
-If it were, you wouldn't be so immature and rude to women, unless you..." She looked at him mockingly, "You like men," she finished accusing.
-Hey, enough with the nonsense conclusions, I just don't respect girls who treat me badly first," he said angrily as he approached the young woman, coming face to face with her.
-You're the one complicating things, if you didn't, I would have wiped your memory and we wouldn't be having this conversation," Lum exclaimed.
-You're horrible, scary and stubborn, you have no right to do that to me," he spoke angrily.
-And then you say that I like you, I would never look at someone like you," the oni confessed.
-Are you sure about that?" he asked seriously.
Lum just nodded, Ataru reached out to grab her waist, pulling her closer to him as if he was going to kiss her.
-You don't know how to lie," he whispered flirtatiously.
The oni blushed and closed her eyes, the young man got nervous and was surprised to be reciprocated by her... But he couldn't lie to himself, the girl is very beautiful, her face, her eyes, her eyelashes, her slender body, the softness of her skin. His hormones convinced him to do it, to kiss her, so he leaned in as he closed his eyes, felt their breathing mingle at their closeness, and just as he was about to place his lips on hers, he felt like he was electrocuted.
-You fell into the trap too easily," he mocked with a smug smile.
Ataru was lying on the ground, the pain had passed, but he was angry, he mocked him in a very cruel way, he liked that girl more and more. Lum noticed that he was distracted, so she took advantage and shot him with a gun to put him to sleep, but Ataru pulls a mirror out of nowhere and the beam falls on the gun, thus damaging it, she immediately throws it to the ground in anger.
-Give up now, you can't beat me," he said bored.
-I'm never going to give up..." She confessed with a muffled voice.
-You're stupid, clumsy, being like this you'll never be able to do anything to me, just accept your defeat," the young man asked.
The oni sat on the ground, tears in her eyes, the human couldn't help but feel bad for her.
-Why are you crying?" he asked, intrigued and with concern in his voice.
-My father is going to kill me, I'm not allowed to come to planets where they don't know of our existence, that's why I wanted to erase your memory, because I made the mistake of letting humans see me," she said sadly as she continued to cry.
Ataru sighed in exhaustion and sat down next to her, placing his hand on her head to comfort her.
-I'll keep my mouth shut, you don't have to worry," he confessed.
-Don't try to fool me, by the attitude you have towards me, do you think I can trust that it's true?" She looked at him sadly.
-Well..." Sigh "I'm sorry my attitude isn't the best, but I don't know how you expect me to behave when you tried to brainwash me" He reminded. "However, I'm not lying to you, I'll keep the secret and you can rest assured that the information I know I won't give it to anyone, your father will never find out "Said Ataru with a friendly smile, surprising Lum with his words. "Besides, stop crying, I don't like to see such pretty girls, sad like that," he confessed, the oni laughed tenderly while a blush appeared on her face.
Ataru was able to appreciate Lum's inner beauty a little better, normally she was just being moody or bossy, but with that laugh she let out, he was able to see beyond her.
-Then I'm fine with that," she said as she stood up and walked to the window, "by the way, thank you very much, I feel better now, and as a bonus, my name is Lum," she smiled to leave.
But she turned back, catching Ataru's attention, suddenly Lum gave him a kiss on the cheek and left quickly as a blush appeared on her face. The young man also turned red, touching his face, right where she put her lips.
-What just happened, what made that crazy oni react like that?" He said, getting happy that such a beautiful woman had kissed him on the cheek, "Well, at least it's finally over with her," he sighed with relief, "Although... She has a very pretty name," he admitted.
[...]
On the eighth planet of the solar system, the queen of Neptune was sitting there, feeling quite bad about her cowardice in the face of the human's kiss. She was confused and not knowing what to do, she couldn't even concentrate on her work, she just sat there staring blankly as she sank into her thoughts. Suddenly the doors opened and Oyuki's right hand man, who was quite serious, came into view. She was the best friend of the Snow woman's parents and the one who took care of her when they died, thanks to that, she had the confidence to even call her attention to her.
-I've noticed that you've been going somewhere mysterious every night, so I want you to tell me once and for all what's going on," she ordered firmly.
Oyuki didn't change her cold expression, however, her mind was full of thoughts about excuses, but she finally decided to trust her right hand.
-It's not as bad as it seems... You see, the day of my brother's accident, I inadvertently teleported to someone's house on planet Earth," she started to tell, "and whoever lived there turned out to be a rather attractive earthling... I'd be lying if I said that what I felt wasn't love at first sight and well... I've always been in charge of the kingdom's affairs, I just wanted to live my youth normally, and that included meeting some guy and dating him," the queen of Neptune clarified.
Her right hand, whose name is Fuyumi, was at first angry, but knowing the feelings of the girl, who is like her niece, she could not help but smile, her life since the death of her parents had not been normal because of all the responsibilities she had to assume, so the right thing to do was to support her in this new stage of her life.
-Then I'll help you so you can finish your work soon," she smiled sincerely.
Oyuki was happy, something that wasn't very normal for her, but since she met Ataru, everything was different.
[...]
A new day had begun on Earth, and a boy from the Tomobiki district was walking leisurely, flirting with some students from the high school he attends.
-Hello pretty girl, wouldn't you like to go on a date with me?" asked the young man with a pen and a notebook in his hand.
-Umm, okay," replied a blonde girl.
-Perfect, just give me your name, your number and your address so we can meet," she smiled as she was busy writing it down.
And that was what Ataru was doing, waiting for the time to enter classes, he had managed to go out with 2 girls, the others rejected him and he accepted without insisting, that was the reason why he had more success when it came to flirting. At that moment, his two best friends approached him.
-Hey Ataru, how are you?" asked Shinobu.
-Your attempts at cooking have finally succeeded?" Mendo asked.
-To tell the truth, pretty average, at least my lunch today went well," he confessed.
Our protagonist has been practising for several days in the hope of being able to give Oyuki another meal, but he wasn't sure if she would ever see him again, which depressed him. His two friends noticed him.
-Are you alright?" Asked the brunette with concern in her voice.
-Yes... The problem is that I haven't been able to sleep well, but everything else is fine," he replied, forcing a smile.
The day passed quietly after that talk, Ataru tried to distract himself from drowning in his wave of negative feelings. When classes were over, he headed home a long way, in order to continue his girl-hunting.
[...]
Already in the quiet of the night, Ataru was cooking dinner, his peace was interrupted due to some strange sounds coming from his room, he cautiously climbed the stairs to his room, when he entered, he was surprised by a hug from Lum, who would be putting her breasts on the young man's face.
-Hi, I've been looking forward to seeing you," she exclaimed happily as she pulled away from him.
-What are you doing here?" The human asked more calmly as he was released.
-Well..." She blushes. "I really only came because I want to get to know you more," she confesses shyly.
-Know me?" The oni was definitely very bipolar. "No way, don't expect us to get along now just because of the agreement we made," he said reluctantly.
Lum had been annoyed by Ataru's confession, but she decided to be smarter, she wouldn't use violence or get carried away by her emotions of anger, instead, she would take advantage of her sweetness and feminine charms.
-Oh, come on, you can't be serious, can you?" she asked with tenderness in her voice.
Ataru saw her, she had a sad look on her face and her eyes were just begging for him to accept her, he tried to resist as best he could, but finally he gave in.
-Well," she agreed reluctantly, "we can start again," he replied a little blushing, he had never seen her like that, so vulnerable and feminine, it almost seemed like she was a normal girl and not an ogra that can bite you and electrocute you to death.
Suddenly Ataru remembered that he left the cooker on and ran to check the state of the food he was preparing, a sigh of relief came out of his mouth when he saw that nothing was burnt, Lum, who had followed him, was looking at everything with curiosity.
-What are you cooking?" He asked as he looked at the pots. "Besides, I notice that it's very curious and strange the way humans do it."
-Food," he answered uninterested, "as for the other thing, how do they prepare food on your planet?" he asked.
-Well, very few people cook that way, it is called traditional, which was the way our primitive ancestors prepared it, but thanks to the current technology, we use other instruments that make it easier to make it faster and safer," he answered ignoring how he answered her first question, "besides I have noticed that you don't add enough seasoning to make it taste really good, the spicier it is, the tastier it is," he advised.
-If I put the amount you say, it wouldn't be edible for humans," he replied as he turned everything off.
-I'm sure it's because you haven't tasted the food of my planet," the young woman insisted.
-And I hope I never do," Ataru replied listlessly. His comment had made the alien slightly angry. Anyway, since you're here, would you like some? -she offered.
-Sure, I'd love some," she said with a big smile, her happiness completely genuine.
The young man served food on two plates and then carried them to the table, where Lum waited patiently, at her request, he had brought her the same jar of tabasco. It was quiet and peaceful, so much so that even to the young man it seemed strange, perhaps a bad day was coming for him and that worried him. His bad luck was always stalking him closely. But his eyes fixed on the eagerly eating oni, and a question flashed through his mind.
-Why are you on Earth?" He questioned, and the girl choked on her food in surprise.
-Well then... I like to visit planets that are about to be inv..." Lum realised that she almost ruined everything and continued speaking nervously, "a civilisation with great technological potential".
Ataru didn't notice and found his answer logical, after all, man had gone to the moon years ago, maybe that was why a large alien civilisation would look to Earth. Perhaps even with the aim of benefiting scientists' advancement of space travel to make it a reality for humans.
-Lum, where are you from? Are you from Jupiter? Maybe Saturn?" he asked curiously.
Oyuki was from Neptune, so for his civilisation to have its eyes on Earth, they had to be close.
-I'm not from this solar system, my planet is thousands of light years away, I come from Oniboshi and it's the fourth one that revolves around the Demon Star," he explained calmly.
Ataru was surprised, did she come from so far away just to see Earth? Why would she do something like that? And above all, how advanced did her civilisation have to be? That it could travel faster than light?
-I think I know what you're thinking, but the answer is yes, it took me only six earth hours to get from my planet to yours," she said with a smile.
She could tell that they were both done eating, so she wanted to propose something else.
-How about we do something for fun tonight?" asked the oni.
-What?" Ataru came back to his senses, he was lost in his thoughts after the information Lum gave him, "No, you should go now. I have class tomorrow," he said leaving the dishes in the kitchen, he would wash them later, he was too tired right now.
-Come on, it's still early," he insisted.
-I said no, leave me alone once and for all," he exclaimed, going upstairs to his room to get ready and go to sleep.
Lum followed him in silence and with her arms crossed, she stayed watching how the young man organized his futon, Ataru finishes and looks at the oni.
-Go away," he said coldly, so much so that he looked like Oyuki.
Lum just smiles flirtatiously at him as she approaches him slowly, this time, walking, Ataru continued to stand his ground; however, he faltered as he felt Lum slap her breasts against his torso, making the chestnut blush a little, but before he complained, Lum spoke first.
-Oh, come on, let's do something fun," she said with sensuality in her voice, trying to use her beauty to convince him.
Ataru was fighting his impulses, he wasn't going to lose, he wasn't going to rush towards her, he gathered all his willpower and pulled away from the alien roughly.
-I'm serious, go, I have things to do tomorrow," he said, turning his back on her as his pulse controlled itself and his body heat subsided.
Lum looked at him disappointed at his response, she can't believe he rejected her like that, but she wasn't going to give up, tomorrow she would try again.
-You're so boring when you put your mind to it," She said as she walked over to the window, "I'll come tomorrow anyway," She smiled as she saw Ataru turn to look at her indignant at the idea, she just blew him a kiss through the air and flew out of there finally.
Ataru sighed tiredly, wondering himself if that ogra would ever leave him alone. He closed the window and the curtains, then turned off the lights and got into the futon, just to take a look at the wardrobe in his room... Thinking if Oyuki would ever come back or not... Because his hope was already starting to fade away. He closed his eyes and wished that tomorrow would be better.
[...]
In the early morning, Ataru woke up with his heart racing as he felt cold, he hoped he wasn't in a dream just when he saw the queen of Neptune in front of him, excitement filled his body as he saw her smile.
-Is it really you, Oyuki?" she said still with doubts in her being.
The Snow woman didn't answer anything because she hugged him happily, Ataru at first doesn't know how to react, but then he just reciprocated.
-I've settled all the unfinished business in my kingdom, so I'll be able to visit you more often and even earlier," she explained while finishing the hug.
Ataru was distracted in his thoughts, thinking about how soft Oyuki was, besides he liked the idea of having been hugged by two very attractive girls in short periods of time, he was becoming irresistible to them apparently.
-I'm sorry for leaving like that the last night we met," Ataru reacted as he remembered what happened, and blushed a little, "I got very nervous because it was my... First kiss," he explained shyly.
The young man was excited and proud that it was Oyuki's first, and he was glad that she didn't seem to dislike it at all.
-You don't have to apologise, it was my mistake for kissing you without your consent," Ataru spoke seriously, trying not to be a jerk to her.
-The truth is that I didn't dislike it... However, as you say, I didn't give you my consent that night, but... Today I want to make it clear to you that you can kiss me if you want to," she said a little blushing, shyness ruled her body; however, it was more her desire to give that show of affection to the boy she likes.
Our protagonist was too surprised at Oyuki's words, but he would be lying if he said he didn't like the idea. Slowly he approached her, he placed his hands on her shoulders while he saw how she smiled at him with confidence, even when her eyes always reflected coldness, he could notice that they were shining... And they did it for him, something that excited him, he closed his eyes as well as hers and they finally kissed, one full of shyness, since he separated after only a few seconds.
-I have to go because I was just coming to explain what happened, but I promise to come back soon," she said blushing as she said goodbye, closed the wardrobe and left.
Ataru was with a silly smile, her reaction was because she got very nervous after the kiss he gave her, it was her tenderness and innocence what he liked the most, finally he decides to go to sleep, wishing to see her again soon.
[...]
The young man was returning home after a long and boring day at school, the worst part was that it had been lonely because Mendo had gone on a family trip and Shinobu had stayed home to take care of his ailing mother. He sighed in annoyance and hurried home. Once there, he washed the dishes from the night before and decided to make himself some instant ramen, as he wasn't in the mood to cook anything.
After a few hours, he was reading a manga in his room, with his pajamas already on, it was 9 o'clock at night, but he was still awake because he was waiting to see Oyuki, however, to his bad luck, another alien was the one who visited him. Ataru looked up after hearing some knocks on the window, noticing that it was the oni, with annoyance he opened it.
-What do you want now? I'm not in the mood for your nonsense..." He was interrupted as Lum hugged him, rubbing her breasts in his face once more.
-I've been thinking about you all day, I wanted to see you already," she said happily.
Ataru was trying to let go, but his hormones made him enjoy Lum's peculiar embrace, so he let go. She broke away once and for all.
-Did you miss me?" she asked a little flirtatiously.
-Sur..." Ataru shook his head, as he was about to say yes, but it was only because of his raging hormones, coming to his senses, he continued, "I've been busy all day," angering the oni with his answer.
-You could at least be more tender," she demanded.
Ataru ignores her and settles back down to continue his reading. Lum decides not to give up and flies over him in the air to see what he was reading, but her eyes can't focus on the manga, they could only fixate on the boy's face, he was handsome to her, suddenly something occurs to her.
-You know? The idea of calling you just Ataru sounds so stale," said Lum thinking.
-How do you know my name?" Asked the chestnut, remembering that he never mentioned it to her. But the girl ignored him because she didn't want to give him details about it.
-How about if I call you something more personal?" said the oni, lowering herself to the ground.
Lum crouched down to the same level as Ataru, he just sat ready for whatever she does, the alien just smiled flirtatiously at him and started to crawl closer to him sensually, Ataru was walking away, until he bumped his back against the wardrobe, the alien gave him a smile.
-What the hell are you doing, aren't you supposed to like me? -He complained, blushing, trying to get as far away from her as possible, even though her wardrobe was in the way of his goal.
-That was before... Darling..." She confessed with sensuality in her voice. The young man stood nervously as his heart raced at the sight of her approaching his face.
-Darling? Th-that's a very personal nickname and you and I are nothing," the boy insisted, trying to get her to move away, but Lum just closed her eyes and brought her mouth close to his.
Ataru swallowed saliva, his heart beat harder and his hormones started to rage, he had to accept that kiss, it was from a very pretty girl, it would be a crime if he didn't, so he also closed his eyes and waited for their lips to meet, however, it never came because something sent them flying to the other side of the room. Ataru sat back up and saw that there was snow everywhere, that made him very nervous because Lum was still there in his room. Oyuki came out of the wardrobe
-What the hell happened?" She exclaimed angrily as she stood up, "This all reminds me of Oyuki, but that doesn't make sense," thought the oni, however, she was surprised to turn her head and see her standing there with her typical cold expression.
They both look at each other without knowing what to say or what to do, neither of them had any knowledge about what the other intended in this room.
-Lum..." said the Snow woman in a low voice.
-Oyuki..." the oni spoke this time.
-Wait a minute... Do they know each other?" Ataru thought with some panic.
-Well, how strange to see you here Oyuki, could we know why you are here?" Asked the ogra, very confused.
-I can say the same about you, what are you pretending?" He countered coldly, as usual.
-Oh, it's simple, I met this human a while ago," She started to explain approaching Ataru, then she hugged him placing her breasts on his face, the young man was trying to let go, "and well, you can guess what I'm doing here," Lum finished talking with a smile on her face, but she was surprised to see her friend a bit upset, more for the fact that she doesn't show any kind of emotion, she had to admit that it scared her.
Oyuki walks up to both of them, Ataru lets go and is terrified to look into her eyes, her expression full of anger, he was worried about what she was thinking.
-Well I feel sorry for you, but your plans won't go through, I met him first Lum, we've been seeing each other for a while now" Her gaze became more gloomy and cold, while where she was standing started to freeze "and it's the first time I love someone like I do with him" Advised Oyuki.
Lum was surprised by her words, she didn't remember seeing her friend so upset before, however, she wasn't willing to give in, she was going to fight for Ataru if she had to.
-I'm sorry, but that doesn't mean anything," Lum exclaimed pulling one of the boy's arms, Oyuki grabbed the other. The young man was too uncomfortable and at the same time excited to see two girls fighting over him.
-Lum, it's more reasonable that we settle this the best way we can," he tried to persuade her.
-For you, the "best possible way" is to give him to you, but I won't do that," she reproached.
Ataru managed to break free from both girls seeing how far the situation was going.
-We could let him decide for either of us," Oyuki proposed, tired of the whole thing.
-You know very well that those things don't work in real life," Lum replied as sparks began to fly from her body. The Snow woman, for her part, was freezing the floor more and more. Ataru, seeing how things were set up, decided to try to calm them both down.
-Hmm, why don't we change the subject? Look, the greenhouse effect on Earth is growing at a worrying rate," Ataru talked about a piece of information he read in the newspaper days ago, while nervously rubbing his head.
-Now is not the time for that," said both girls rather annoyed, unintentionally using their powers against the young man, who was able to narrowly dodge it.
-How dare you try to hurt him?" the oni exclaimed angrily.
-It was you who almost electrocuted him," she complained.
Ataru stared at them with confusion on his face, it was the first time he saw Oyuki so angry and he also didn't expect Lum to fight for him. He sighed, tired, determined, he left the room silently as the two girls continued to argue, at least this way, he wouldn't suffer their wrath.
[...]
Ataru was bored in the living room listening to how the two aliens kept fighting, so he turned up the volume of the television a little more to ignore them, he wondered what the hell was wrong with those two girls for fighting for something so absurd, the only thing they had to do was ask him, where was his consent in all this? But as the minutes passed, silence reigned in his house, except for the noise of the television and precisely because of a program he was watching, Ataru did not notice that detail, therefore, very big was his surprise when he was hugged from behind by someone.
-Darling, how bad you are to have left me like that, you left me alone," said Lum flirtatiously.
-Let go of me Lum..." ordered Ataru, he wasn't in the mood for anything anymore, if she was here then it was because Oyuki left and that irritated him.
-Do you see Lum? He prefers the softness of my skin, I bet he'd like it better to be in my arms," Oyuki suddenly exclaimed approaching Ataru and taking him from the oni to hug him, the brown blushed and melted with her touch.
-That's what our agreement is about, to see who conquers him first," Lum reminded as she snatched the young man from his hands and placed his face on her breasts, "he's always liked my hugs," the ogra revealed proudly as she blushed.
Oyuki looked at her annoyed, but if Lum was going to use dirty tricks, so could she, she smiled mischievously.
-You know? It's getting a bit hot how about yes..." exclaimed the queen of Neptune slowly taking off her kimono, leaving her one piece suit uncovered, causing the young man to get a bit of a bloody nose, it was sexy in the highest levels, annoying Lum "Come Ataru~" Oyuki ordered with sensuality in her voice, the brown immediately broke away from Lum and was about to go towards her; however, the oni electrocuted him.
-Don't do it! -she demanded angrily.
-Lum, that's cheating," exclaimed the snow woman.
-We never talked about it," she reminded him innocently.
Ataru didn't know if it was a prize or a punishment from the gods, the two girls were very pretty, but both had powers and they used them against him, he sighed tired and annoyed, now he only wanted to go to sleep.