I was expecting a disbelieving look or at least a laugh, but surprisingly, U didn't give any reaction. Her face was saying: I am all ears.
So I continued as I combed her hair and told her everything about how I reached here and what I went through before eting her.
I deliberately left out the part about Vivi since it would have been too illogical for her to believe.
Seeing her listening to curiously made share the life I led back on Earth.
I told her about my Maa, my brother, and the modern world that was so different from Vyoman.
While I was at it, I braided the hair at her temples into neat little plaits, gathered the rest behind her head, and fastened it with a hairpin so the remaining strands flowed freely.
Without even realizing, several hours went by as I opened up completely before her.
"I was trying not to get too close with anyone here because I want to return to my family. But when Nyria suddenly left us, I realized that I'm already past that point.
I…I don't want to get separated from you two. I am too greedy to let go of anything that I hold dear, so I made a decision."
Taking a brief pause, I declared, "I will find a way to freely travel between the two worlds."
U turned herself towards , sat on my lap, and murmured, giving a warm hug, "Thank you for telling everything."
"You believed ?" I asked, a little surprised.
"I won't be a goddess if I can't even find the difference between truth and lie."
"So you can see through lies!!?"
"Why? Are you afraid of the tis when you lied?"
"I haven't!" I stated firmly.
"Don't worry." She chuckled. "I don't have the specific skill to see through lies, but I have the years of experience to judge whether a person is being honest or not."
"Thanks for believing ," I murmured, accepting her hug. "My heart feels so light now that I finally shared it with soone."
As we drew back from each other's embrace, she asked, grabbing my hand, "Where is the engagent ring I gave you?"
"I…I removed it because I was afraid the guards in the mines might try to snatch it," I blurted.
"Are you still in the mines?" she hissed, pulling my hair, still sitting on my lap. "Why is your finger empty even now?"
"I'm-I'm wearing it right now," I blurted, imdiately taking out the ring from the inventory and wearing it on my finger.
"Since we are on the topic, how far did you go with those hussies?" U demanded, tightening her grip on my hair.
"Ow-ow! Which hussies?"
"Still acting innocent?" U growled, almost ripping my hair. "Vyaghra has already told everything."
"That boot-licking bastard must have told her about Aria and Silvia," I muttered inwardly before pleading, "p-please let go of my hair so I can explain."
She loosened her grip and folded her arms, waiting for my explanation.
I was trapped in a harsh dilemma. I couldn't bring myself to mislead her, but revealing everything about that night would be nothing more than suicidal.
After running my horses for five seconds, I ca up with a plan.
"U, I can't discuss such an inappropriate topic with a lady," I coaxed, gently holding her hand.
She pulled her hand away, clutched my wrist, and muttered, digging her sharp nails into my skin, "You could do inappropriate things with those minx but cannot speak about it with your betrothed? Are you deliberately trying to anger ?"
"N-no... you are misunderstanding ," I blurted. "I'm embarrassed to tell you about it because you're my fiancée. I don't want to rush things between us."
Her grip on my wrist lightened, indicating that she was about to be convinced, so I continued in a dramatic tone, "But still, I cannot hide anything from you, so why don't we use a thod that can be win-win for both of us?"
"What thod?" she asked, raising her eyebrow.
"You ask the question of what we did, and I will honestly reply with the truth."
She groaned for a brief mont but then finally agreed and let go of my wrist as she asked her first question, "Did you hold hands?"
"Y-yes."
"So you must have also embraced them?"
"I didn't. B-but they did."
"What about getting bare?"
"Shit, she's being too direct," I scread inwardly, and replied, swallowing a big gulp, "W-we did."
Her gaze sharpened, her eyebrows furrowed, and her groan intensified.
"Oh man, she is pissed."
Suppressing her anger, she attacked with another question. "Did you touch them on their private places?"
"I'm fucked. This was a terrible idea," I cursed inwardly.
"U, why don't we talk about sothing else?" I whimpered.
"Raj, YOU DID OR NOT?" she demanded in a low, cold tone.
"I-I did," I confessed with a sigh.
"Y-you libertine!!"
She shoved back in anger, rose from my lap, and just as she was about to leave the room, I grabbed her wrist from behind.
"Wait, U, hear out."
"Is there anything left to hear?" she snapped, trying to pull her arm away. "Let go of my wrist."
"Don't wanna."
"Don't test my patience, Raj. Leave alone or I will really hurt you."
"You may hurt , but I won't let you leave like this."
"Don't bla then," she declared, and imdiately moved her other hand toward my arm that was holding her.
The nails on her hand had already turned into sharp claws as she attacked.
I instantly pulled her close and clutched both her wrists in my hands.
"I accept that what I did was wrong," I explained, still holding her. "But there are many things that I didn't do with them."
"So what, you regret not doing those things with them?" she said, her voice loud.
"I'm not regretting it, silly," I sighed. "I'm telling you this because when I was about to lose my sanity, your face appeared in my mind and I couldn't make any move further."
"You're lying to get out of trouble."
"If I wanted to lie, I would have never admitted to any of your questions truthfully," I stated. "And don't you have the experience to see between the truth and lies?"
Only a little bit, but my words cald her anger.
She took a deep breath and asked, her voice low this ti, "What were the things that you didn't do with them?"
"There are many," I murmured, "and one of them is this."
I slipped both hands behind her head, pulled her gently toward , and let my lips et hers.
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