World After Worlds
Chapter 344 - 344: § I'M NOT §

Yanarym stretched out her limbs and wrapped her arms on Matteo's neck, her hand landed on his hair and she gently played with its soft strands. His stable breathing was hitting her shoulder, his lips were against her skin, and the way he enveloped her was making her heart thump loudly. As their body heat intertwined she could feel the ticklish sensation on her fingertips with her stomach contracting. This body… liked Matteo's touch, whenever he would do or say something, it would react to him.

She found Matteo's existence complicated. She was trying to figure out why she was being like this towards him but she was confident to say it was not her who was excited to be with him. Guide-sama was also trying its best to give her an answer yet after a long time there was nothing. Eventually, she had concluded that the original was residing in her body. They were sharing the same shell and there were two souls in it right now. However, she was the dominating one. So, she was the one who was controlling the exterior, and those times where she had felt a subtle wave of emotion that she was certain wasn't hers, those were the originals.

That was not the concrete explanation of it but it was the most sensible explanation she could come up with. She directed her eyes on the ceiling, the original's childhood and Matteo's connection with it was still a mystery for her. She knew that it was unnecessary but there was something that was driving her to be enthusiastic to solve that puzzle.

"Can we have a vacation too?" She heard his soft whisper before he raised to stare at her.

"You are always in the house, you do nothing, Teo. Literally, you are living on vacation every day." She laughed and drifted her hands to cup his prominent jaw. He did not laugh instead he was still gazing at her with a compassionate stare. "Alright." She nodded and sighed. "But we can't use this dimension. We can do that in your space."

Why do I pamper him so much? Yanarym shook her head and let go of his face. She returned her arms to cling to his nape.

"Can we leave now?" He smiled. "We'll return tomorrow but we will be spending a week in space."

"Actually, I'm a little exhausted," Yanarym replied, expecting Matteo to change his mind. At least give her some time to rest or take a nap.

The school was hectic today, plus Kraig's negligence in his academics was tiring her. Like a nice girlfriend, she had to do all the work for him. In that case, when she decided to break up with him. Kraig would realize it was hard to live without her, even if Yanarym did not manage to get his love. If she made him dependent on her, that would be better.

Yanarym was expecting Matteo to come to an understanding with her hardship but his expression did change, he frowned and waited for her to continue what she was saying. When none of them spoke for minutes she closed her eyes to pretend to sleep but he suddenly bit her chin.

"I want a date too." He said in his deep voice, he did not seem to be angry but giving her a warning. "Take me out too, spend time with me too. I want you too."

"Why are you acting childish again?" Yanarym laughed and looked at him in disbelief. "Didn't you realize that at the end of the day I always go home with you?" She said to him but his expression remained defiant. "And when I wake up in the morning you are the first person I see."

"I'm greedy. Didn't you realize that?" He responded with another question. Matteo's eyes were gleaming with no hint of whimsy. "I don't like sharing." Yanarym stared at him, not knowing what expression she was showing to him.

There was something spiky grazing her heart. As if she had been torn by just hearing him say that phrase. She was not sure why the original was being like this to Matteo, what history they have that there was emotion like this would surge

Yanarym adored Matteo, he was cute. Very cute. But there are times, that like a devil, someone would whisper to her to see his reaction whenever she tries to damage him emotionally. She was not sure if this kind of attitude was influenced by Kraig but Yanarym wanted to torment Matteo sometimes. Maybe after seeing that he was so sensible with her the first time she did her test on him, of measuring how much his love was. And saw that he would not even get mad at her for more or less than thirty seconds. Whenever she saw chances, she would test his limits.

"Most of the men are, Teo. Actually, some women are more territorial than men. Hmm, I guess gender did not matter. Most people are very possessive with their lovers. In fact, I don't like sharing too." She muttered slowly, and she could see how intense his eyes were following the movement of her lips.

She silently gulped, fighting the tingle in her stomach. She had to appear nonchalant when there was a current in her.

When she was done speaking, Matteo shifted his sight to her eyes. It was breathtaking as his eyes darkened.

Naturally, she knew what his thoughts were. Guide-sama would tell her a thing or two. She knew that he knew that she was pretending to be in love. Although it was a surprise that he managed to know her real emotions.

She had been pretending to be in love for the past three worlds and no one had managed to break through to her. No one knew she was faking it all. Matteo was the first…

Yanarym initially thought that because he found out what the truth was, he would be infuriated and would be the one who would set the distance between them. Because he knew the truth now, she would be at a disadvantage and it would become a disaster for her plans. Then, she realized, in the beginning, that the original was not really showing interest in him. In her opinion, Matteo liked it better when she was pretending to be affectionate to him rather than her ignoring him. The disadvantage she thought was not actually bad, in fact, she did not need to filter anything with him when they were together. In addition, if she wanted something that seemed to be hard to get, she could 'act' as his devoted lover and he would give her anything she wanted.

Matteo was the real fool in love. That was still such a mystery for Yanarym. What did the original do to make him this crazy? And what did Matteo do to make the original be like this? She wanted to hurt him so bad.

"Then, you should understand me," Matteo whispered. His fingertips above her head traced her scalp like he was just wanting to touch her. It was making her nerves feel the goosebumps. The contradiction was since his voice was low it was giving a chilling air to the surrounding. Yanarym closed her eyes again and felt her body and heart. She could hear her own heartbeat. But because Matteo's body was pressing on the top of her, she could not distinguish which one had a louder beating heart. With this kind of body reaction, she wondered how Matteo came up with the idea that she was not in love with him.

Anyways, because he was behaving like a pompous brat right now, it was time for him to have some tiny scolding. At a time like this when he knew she was not in love with him… it would be like rubbing salts in the wound to him. She playfully scratched his hair and pulled it and smirked at him.

"Yes, I could understand… but Teo, I'm not in love with you. A lover is a term for two people with mutual understanding for their affection for each other. Between us, there is only you who is in love." He did not say anything, even his expression remained the same. Yanarym's smug grin gradually faded.

"Do you love someone else?" He spoke.

Yanarym's brow twitched from the aggravating handsome voice. She did not notice how her hands froze from moving. She was accustomed to Matteo, and she had completely tamed him. But no one can really take full control of a person. Although she was not scared of dying, she did not want to reset her progress in this world. She liked testing how much Matteo could handle her torments and she loved the thrill of getting terrified of him but she did not really want him to get angry.

Guide-sama: "..."

Yanarym admitted her characteristics were very contradictory sometimes but Matteo was definitely much more eccentric than her. Some of his thoughts were about how he could murder her and she cannot even call him crazy.

Guide-sama: "..."