It was a holiday for everyone, so Astasia and Kai stayed home. A peaceful afternoon with a sunset view from the terrace while drinking tea on the couch together was quite nice to her, "Kai, let's do first impressions!" Astasia cheerfully say while switching over seats.
Now she was sitting next to him.
"What? Go do your thing. I have to read the plan for an upcoming raid," he scoot away from Astasia but she just scooted closer, "Come on! It's a holiday! Stop working!" She snatched the tablet away from him and glanced at it for a second, but she clearly understood the layout of the plan being shown in the screen.
"You guys are raiding the SS rank dungeon?" Her face turned sour since she remembered the face of Medusa. Nothing good ever comes from her so it pissed her off, "Yeah. In a month," he replied, stealing the tablet back.
"Whatever. You guys handle that. Anyways, what was your first impression of me? Was I pretty? Did you think I was a bitch?" Astasia jumped on him, causing the tablet to fall.
"What the hell are you doing? Get off me, I'm going over the-"
"Yes yes. You can go over it later! Let's talk. So how was I? What did you think?" Left without a choice, Kai sigh in defeat while positioning himself where he can sit comfortably while Astasia hugging him.
"I thought you were an annoying bug. That's my first impression of you," Kai said truthfully, leaving a pouting Astasia, "Well, my first impression of you was a handsome fucker who thinks he's all that! Whatever, go do your thing."
Astasia hopped off him and stayed at the terrace while looking at the view of downtown. Her irritation was eased by the view of the mountains far from where she stood, "Wow. So pretty. It's nice to be living in a place where I can see that everyday," she tells herself but after saying that, her head began hurting as if someone was trying to crush her skull.
"AGGHHHH!!" She screamed in agony as Kai immediately stood up and ran to her, "Astasia! What's wrong?!" He carries her and lays her down the bed, "Kai, it hurts a lot. What the hell is this pain" she whined with her eyes closed.
~Memory~
"Mommy! Can we live here forever? I love the view!" A child locked fingers with her mother while watching the scenery together. It was a view of mountains with birds flying across the sky.
~Memory end~
After the memory played in her head, she fell unconscious once again. Sweat was visible from her small forehead so Kai wiped it off for her, "What's wrong with her?" He asked Jack who came out of the summoning room.
"I don't know. This happened to her a few days ago. She said a fragment of her memory came back to her,"
"Memory? Does she have amnesia?"
"I cannot disclose the information regarding my queen. I'm afraid you'll have to ask her yourself. I'll be going now," Jack disappeared, leaving a curious man behind. Does having amnesia relate to her not having any place to go? What about her parents? Does she also remember them?
For a very long time, Kai sat by her side until he was called by the guild to do something.
~
It's been a day since the incident happened and Astasia still have not woken up. Kai had hoped that she would feel better after he came back from work, but she still remained unconscious. It worried him.
Although, he felt stupid for worrying over her when she jolted her eyelids open and sat up, "Kai. I've been asleep for days huh?" She says, the strap of her white little dress slipping down, "No. You only slept for a day. Get up and shower."
He was annoyed that he worried for nothing, but it was a relief to see that she's doing fine, "These stupid memories. Seriously, what's with them?" Astasia mumbled to herself while getting up to shower.
"Memories? What do you mean?"
"You see, I don't really remembering anything from my childhood days up until the first year of my high school. Now, they're coming back to me but it hurts every time I remember. I'm better off not remembering them, seriously," she sighs and scratched the back of her hair.
Seeing how she acted, he knew that she was doing well.
After all of this little incident, time kept passing by with Kai growing busy at the guild while Astasia gaining a lot of free time at the suite, "You should visit dungeons and hunt monsters so you will be able to summon my sister and the others," Jack recommended, but Astasia shooed him away and continued watching a romantic show on TV.
"Why did she have to be the one to inherit the power over the guardians?" Jack mentally slapped his face whenever he looked at Astasia leisurely sitting down. She was always so busy in the city of Titans, yet now she's so free..
"Okay. Then get it ready tomorrow," a voice was heard in the room. Turns out, Kai had gotten home but he was feeling irritated due to the amount of work that's been piling up, "Welcome home, honey!" Astasia ran to Kai and hugged him tightly. After a tight hug, she gives him a quick kiss on the cheek... Or at least she tried, but failed since he pushed her forehead away.
"What do you think you're doing?" He ask bitterly.
"There's this show called My First Love, and they said that married people do this," She cheerfully explained herself but that only drained his mentality more.
"That's just a show. Besides, we're not married"
"Well, won't we get married soon? I'm your fiancé. Come come, give me a kiss"
Irritated, Kai grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the wall. She found it quite hot, but she went with the flow anyway, "W-What do you think you're doing?" She pretended to look scared as Kai's dominant expression remained the same. Without even bothering to say anything, he placed his lips above hers as they began to make out, but it didn't stop there.
He brushed his fingers up under her shirt until it reached her chest area. Then, he went from her lips to her neck. Before things could go any further, the shyness that was supposed to be there has suddenly erupted and she pushed Kai away, "W-WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" She raised her voice.
"Not gonna act anymore? Finish what you started," at this point, Kai was smirking. He was enjoying the reaction and expression she showed him and he found it quite amusing, "Act what? I don't know what you're talking about! In any case, d-don't do this again"
"Did you see this in the TV show too?" He pulled her shoulders so her back would hit his body. Then, he gave more love marks on her neck before he completely stopped, "I-I hate you!!!! Don't come any closer to me, you jerk!!!" She grabbed her fluffy slippers and threw it at him.
He was smirking at her for a while until she locked herself in his room. Despite the moment they had, the strength she threw that slippers was something not to take lightly, "Is she a hunter? But I don't sense mana in her..."
"Whatever. At least I can get some rest now," he sighs to himself and plopped down the couch.
The one to witness everything with his jaw dropped was Jack. To think he saw his own master being lovey-dovey with another man and acting like a normal girl, there is no words to describe how shock and cringed he is. Thus, he promised to himself to stay in the summoning room whenever things would start between them.