After Aria leaves the bathroom, Arthur becomes calmer and lies down in the bathtub, letting the hot water relax his body.
"I can't believe everything ended well..." He sighs, relieved.
With no one else to interfere with his bath, he goes back to washing his body, but after seeing that beautiful red-haired girl, he can't think of anything else but her.
And his attention is drawn again to his Nexus, the pink heart in his lower belly area.
"I wonder if..." He can't help but imagine if he touches his member with intensity again that girl would appear.
Of course, he doesn't want to go through that tension trouble again, but the desire to see the girl grows quickly within him.
"What if I... just a little..." That dangerous thought doesn't leave his mind.
"Don't touch me!" Then, the girl's voice sounds loudly and in a timid tone.
"What?!" Arthur looks around, but he doesn't see anyone, just as his Nexus remains normal.
His mother would certainly have heard the girl's scream, but there is no sign of it, so Arthur is confused.
"Did I imagine that?" He wonders.
He looks at his Nexus again. "Am I going crazy?"
"No, you fool!" The girl's voice sounds again.
Then Arthur understands that her voice is coming from his mind, which is even weirder. "Are you reading my mind?"
"That's not it," The girl quickly responds, her voice becoming less shy and more normal. "It's just that I can hear some of your thoughts..."
"Some thoughts?" Arthur is frightened by that idea; after all, he can't stop thinking about many things with that girl.
The girl takes a while to answer, and Arthur becomes even more worried. "Oi, oi, are you there???"
"Do you think I have another choice??" The girl asks in an irritated tone.
Arthur can't help but notice the girl's rapid mood swings, which makes him think of something unintentionally. "Ah, she's a Tsundere after all."
"I'm not a Tsun-" The girl pauses because she can't even understand that word properly. "Whatever that is, I'm not like that!!"
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," Arthur speaks in a kind and friendly tone.
He just promised his mother that he would be good to all women, so he wants to keep such a promise.
The girl takes a while to answer but does so in a much calmer and friendlier yet shy tone. "All right, I can forgive you for being such a complete idiot."
"Why so much hostility?" He can't help but wonder, but luckily, she doesn't seem to have heard that.
Arthur has many questions, but he knows he can't simply demand answers from the girl, or she may just get more upset.
So, he tries a more subtle approach. "Oi, do you know anything about what's happening to us?"
"No," She responds quickly.
"I see..." Arthur tries to continue as gently as possible.
After a few seconds of silence, the girl speaks to him again. "I don't quite understand this, but I think it's like the Astral Beasts that Aria mentioned."
Arthur was also thinking that since she appeared when his Nexus also disappeared from his body.
But he is more interested in the familiar way she used his mother's name. "Do you know my mother?"
"I was here all the time, you dumb!" She seems to be trying to be friendly, but she always ends up insulting him for reasons she doesn't even understand.
"All the time?" Arthur can only think that that girl has peeked on him his whole life until now and that is very crazy.
"Yes," She speaks in a tone that becomes increasingly shy. "W-we- w-wee- we have a..."
Her voice becomes lower and lower and in the end, it sounds like an almost inaudible whisper. "Bond!"
Arthur still doesn't understand anything about his relationship with that girl and how she stays in his Nexus, but he can't help but smile, imagining her blushing as she says that.
How bad can it be to be bonded to such a beautiful and cute girl? "Not bad at all!"
"..." The girl doesn't react to Arthur's affirmation, and silence returns to the bathroom for a minute.
Arthur wants to talk to her, but he doesn't want to stress her either, so even thinking becomes difficult.
But he gathers courage and tries to talk to her again. "So... if I touch..."
"Don't touch!" The girl exclaims shyly and concerned.
Arthur wants to be kind to her, but that situation seems very extreme.
"Do you want me not to touch my own body?" He asks.
"Exactly," The girl responds. "Or can't you stop touching yourself, you degenerate!"
"I'm not a degenerate!" He quickly exclaims.
After all, is it his fault that she is so beautiful and appeared naked in front of him? Any normal person also wouldn't be able to get her out of their head.
The girl doesn't say anything else, and Arthur has to start the conversation again. "Oi, you were talking about touching only where the heart is, right?"
"No," She responds quickly, but her tone becomes more shy and low as she continues.
"You can't touch any part in that area, especially... that... thing... and you definitely can't feel good there in any way!!" She exclaims in the end.
How could Arthur not understand what the girl means? But that seems crazy.
"That's impossible!" He exclaims. "I mean, how do you expect me to... pee?"
"Can't you do that without using your hands?" She asks in an even more shy tone.
"I don't want to do it sitting down like a girl," Arthur says determinedly. "And doing it standing up without using hands is complicated... it will make a big mess."
But the girl also seems determined. "That's not my problem."
"But-" Arthur tries to argue.
But she doesn't let him. "I'm serious; if you feel good... and summon me, I will kill you!"
"I'm sure you shouldn't do that," He speaks in a calm tone.
"Do you want to bet??" She asks.
Arthur is not afraid of the girl, but besides the promise he made to his mother, he also doesn't want to do any harm to that girl.
Since he can't win an argument with her and get some answers now, he just gives up trying to talk to her.
He also can't stay in the bath much longer, or his mother might come back and make him go through more embarrassing moments.
So he finishes the bath, gets dressed, and leaves the bathroom.
The rest of the night goes as usual, and Arthur goes to bed after reading a little more about Astral Beasts in one of his mother's books.
No matter how hard he tries, the mysterious girl doesn't leave his head, and he lies in bed thinking about her.
Even with a mind full of questions, Arthur's body is quite tired after such a day, so he starts to fall asleep.
His vision starts to get dark, and he almost blacks out, but a strange sensation in his lower belly area wakes him up.
He can't help but get excited, and his desire becomes reality when the girl appears again in front of him.
Arthur is lying on his side, and she appears lying on her side as well, face to face.
But unlike before, she is now wearing a small black bikini that covers her intimate parts.
He smiles at seeing her, but her blushing face becomes redder, and she seems to be getting angry.
"I didn't do anything-" Arthur quickly speaks out loud.
But the girl covers his mouth, and he can't help but enjoy the softness of her hand and her wonderful perfume.
"Don't make noise, or your mother will hear!" The girl exclaims in his mind but without making any sound in the room.
"Alright," Arthur thinks, and the girl seems to have heard him because she removes her hand from his mouth.
He fears that anything he says or does will trigger the girl's explosive temperament, so Arthur stays silent and tries not to think about anything so he can enjoy that magnificent view.
He just looks at her beautiful face, but even that quickly makes the girl uncomfortable. She understands that he must have questions, so she tries to say something.
"I just didn't want to sleep alone..." Her shy tone and the cute way she plays with her hair while speaking drive Arthur crazy.
"Kawaii!!!!" He can only think about how beautiful and cute she is.
The girl can't prevent her lips from slightly curving into a proud smile.
But then shyness wins again, and she can't bear Arthur's gaze any longer.
The idea of turning around and leaving her back exposed to his gaze doesn't seem good either, so she can only think of one solution.
"You're going to have to turn around!" She speaks in a pleading tone.
"Really?" Arthur gets bitter just imagining not being able to sleep seeing her beautiful face.
The girl would like to control her emotions better, but she simply can't handle those feelings.
"If you don't turn around, I'm leaving." She gives the ultimatum.
"No, I got it, okay?," Arthur asks in a gentle tone.
He saw the loneliness in the girl's eyes and imagines that it must be very bad to be alone in his Nexus for so long.
He feels an instinctive desire to take care of that girl, to protect her and make her happy.
So even if he can't sleep watching her, sleeping with the feel of her perfume is an absolute win.
But before turning around, Arthur makes a request. "Let me see your face just a little longer."
The girl looks away and blushes even more. "Just one minute."
"Thank you." Arthur is very happy and enjoys that minute to the fullest, watching the beautiful face of the girl blush even more.
After several seconds, Arthur notices something. "Oh, you know my name, but I don't know yours."
"I don't have a name." The girl responds in a neutral tone. "Or at least I don't know if I have one."
Arthur feels sorry for her again, and the desire to take care of her only grows in his heart.
"That's not good; I need a name to talk to you better." He speaks in a friendly tone.
"I don't..." The girl seems about to refuse in that usual hostile way but stops and wonders about that.
Arthur is quickly learning how to deal with her and knows that when she starts to blush deeply, it's because she is about to cooperate with him.
And as he predicted, she does, blushing even more. "Then give me a name."
"Me?" Arthur is taken aback by the request. He thought she would choose a name, so he wasn't prepared for it.
"Don't you want to?" The girl gets upset.
Arthur knows he has to think of something quick, or the good development of their relationship will go down the drain.
"Nyx!" He exclaims mentally.
"Nyx?" The girl asks, confused.
"Don't you like it?" He asks.
She wonders about that and ends up liking how Nyx sounds, but the most important thing is that it was Arthur who chose that name, but she certainly won't tell him that.
"It will do," She tries to speak in a calm and neutral tone, but it sounds shy and happy.
"I'm glad you liked it." Arthur smiles at the girl, and she blushes even more.
"Your time is up!" She exclaims.
"Oh!" Arthur quickly turns around so as not to spoil his progress with her.
After a few seconds of silence, he speaks without turning around. "Good night, Nyx."
He can't see her, so she does not contain the urge to smile and even speaks to him in a softer tone.
"Good night... Arthur."
Arthur has to use all his determination not to turn around, but he manages it, and that night, he has the best sleep of his life.
Unlike the usual nightmares about Liam's dark experiences, Arthur has great dreams this time.
But for a still unknown reason, all his dreams involve touching extremely soft things.
__________
*Knock-knock* *Knock-knock*
Arthur wakes up to the sound of his mother knocking on the bedroom door.
"Time to wake up, darling." Aria's sweet voice sounds from the other side of the door.
He tries to get up as usual while opening his eyes, but something strange happens, and he feels something heavy and warm on his body.
He opens his eyes quickly and sees Nyx lying on top of him. "What???"
She also wakes up and opens her eyes.
"WHAAAA?!?!" Shocked, she exclaims in his mind.
The sound of the doorknob turning and the door opening reaches Arthur's ears.
"Coming in..." Aria's voice follows.
"No!" Arthur shouts to his mother simultaneously when he sees Nyx's body turn into pink smoke, which turns back into a pink heart in his lower belly area.
Aria enters the room and sees Arthur in bed with a surprised expression. "Anything wrong?"
He breathes a sigh of relief. "Sorry, mom."
Aria is confused, but then she notices the big tent in the blanket in front of Arthur.
"My~ my~~!" She smiles lovingly. "You woke up so energetic today, my son."
Arthur is very embarrassed by that situation, but he just lays his head back on the pillow and sighs.
Nothing can take away his happiness now; after all, he slept being hugged by the most beautiful and cute girl ever.
"Thank you, Nyx."
After Aria leaves the bathroom, Arthur becomes calmer and lies down in the bathtub, letting the hot water relax his body.
"I can't believe everything ended well..." He sighs, relieved.
With no one else to interfere with his bath, he goes back to washing his body, but after seeing that beautiful red-haired girl, he can't think of anything else but her.
And his attention is drawn again to his Nexus, the pink heart in his lower belly area.
"I wonder if..." He can't help but imagine if he touches his member with intensity again that girl would appear.
Of course, he doesn't want to go through that tension trouble again, but the desire to see the girl grows quickly within him.
"What if I... just a little..." That dangerous thought doesn't leave his mind.
"Don't touch me!" Then, the girl's voice sounds loudly and in a timid tone.
"What?!" Arthur looks around, but he doesn't see anyone, just as his Nexus remains normal.
His mother would certainly have heard the girl's scream, but there is no sign of it, so Arthur is confused.
"Did I imagine that?" He wonders.
He looks at his Nexus again. "Am I going crazy?"
"No, you fool!" The girl's voice sounds again.
Then Arthur understands that her voice is coming from his mind, which is even weirder. "Are you reading my mind?"
"That's not it," The girl quickly responds, her voice becoming less shy and more normal. "It's just that I can hear some of your thoughts..."
"Some thoughts?" Arthur is frightened by that idea; after all, he can't stop thinking about many things with that girl.
The girl takes a while to answer, and Arthur becomes even more worried. "Oi, oi, are you there???"
"Do you think I have another choice??" The girl asks in an irritated tone.
Arthur can't help but notice the girl's rapid mood swings, which makes him think of something unintentionally. "Ah, she's a Tsundere after all."
"I'm not a Tsun-" The girl pauses because she can't even understand that word properly. "Whatever that is, I'm not like that!!"
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," Arthur speaks in a kind and friendly tone.
He just promised his mother that he would be good to all women, so he wants to keep such a promise.
The girl takes a while to answer but does so in a much calmer and friendlier yet shy tone. "All right, I can forgive you for being such a complete idiot."
"Why so much hostility?" He can't help but wonder, but luckily, she doesn't seem to have heard that.
Arthur has many questions, but he knows he can't simply demand answers from the girl, or she may just get more upset.
So, he tries a more subtle approach. "Oi, do you know anything about what's happening to us?"
"No," She responds quickly.
"I see..." Arthur tries to continue as gently as possible.
After a few seconds of silence, the girl speaks to him again. "I don't quite understand this, but I think it's like the Astral Beasts that Aria mentioned."
Arthur was also thinking that since she appeared when his Nexus also disappeared from his body.
But he is more interested in the familiar way she used his mother's name. "Do you know my mother?"
"I was here all the time, you dumb!" She seems to be trying to be friendly, but she always ends up insulting him for reasons she doesn't even understand.
"All the time?" Arthur can only think that that girl has peeked on him his whole life until now and that is very crazy.
"Yes," She speaks in a tone that becomes increasingly shy. "W-we- w-wee- we have a..."
Her voice becomes lower and lower and in the end, it sounds like an almost inaudible whisper. "Bond!"
Arthur still doesn't understand anything about his relationship with that girl and how she stays in his Nexus, but he can't help but smile, imagining her blushing as she says that.
How bad can it be to be bonded to such a beautiful and cute girl? "Not bad at all!"
"..." The girl doesn't react to Arthur's affirmation, and silence returns to the bathroom for a minute.
Arthur wants to talk to her, but he doesn't want to stress her either, so even thinking becomes difficult.
But he gathers courage and tries to talk to her again. "So... if I touch..."
"Don't touch!" The girl exclaims shyly and concerned.
Arthur wants to be kind to her, but that situation seems very extreme.
"Do you want me not to touch my own body?" He asks.
"Exactly," The girl responds. "Or can't you stop touching yourself, you degenerate!"
"I'm not a degenerate!" He quickly exclaims.
After all, is it his fault that she is so beautiful and appeared naked in front of him? Any normal person also wouldn't be able to get her out of their head.
The girl doesn't say anything else, and Arthur has to start the conversation again. "Oi, you were talking about touching only where the heart is, right?"
"No," She responds quickly, but her tone becomes more shy and low as she continues.
"You can't touch any part in that area, especially... that... thing... and you definitely can't feel good there in any way!!" She exclaims in the end.
How could Arthur not understand what the girl means? But that seems crazy.
"That's impossible!" He exclaims. "I mean, how do you expect me to... pee?"
"Can't you do that without using your hands?" She asks in an even more shy tone.
"I don't want to do it sitting down like a girl," Arthur says determinedly. "And doing it standing up without using hands is complicated... it will make a big mess."
But the girl also seems determined. "That's not my problem."
"But-" Arthur tries to argue.
But she doesn't let him. "I'm serious; if you feel good... and summon me, I will kill you!"
"I'm sure you shouldn't do that," He speaks in a calm tone.
"Do you want to bet??" She asks.
Arthur is not afraid of the girl, but besides the promise he made to his mother, he also doesn't want to do any harm to that girl.
Since he can't win an argument with her and get some answers now, he just gives up trying to talk to her.
He also can't stay in the bath much longer, or his mother might come back and make him go through more embarrassing moments.
So he finishes the bath, gets dressed, and leaves the bathroom.
The rest of the night goes as usual, and Arthur goes to bed after reading a little more about Astral Beasts in one of his mother's books.
No matter how hard he tries, the mysterious girl doesn't leave his head, and he lies in bed thinking about her.
Even with a mind full of questions, Arthur's body is quite tired after such a day, so he starts to fall asleep.
His vision starts to get dark, and he almost blacks out, but a strange sensation in his lower belly area wakes him up.
He can't help but get excited, and his desire becomes reality when the girl appears again in front of him.
Arthur is lying on his side, and she appears lying on her side as well, face to face.
But unlike before, she is now wearing a small black bikini that covers her intimate parts.
He smiles at seeing her, but her blushing face becomes redder, and she seems to be getting angry.
"I didn't do anything-" Arthur quickly speaks out loud.
But the girl covers his mouth, and he can't help but enjoy the softness of her hand and her wonderful perfume.
"Don't make noise, or your mother will hear!" The girl exclaims in his mind but without making any sound in the room.
"Alright," Arthur thinks, and the girl seems to have heard him because she removes her hand from his mouth.
He fears that anything he says or does will trigger the girl's explosive temperament, so Arthur stays silent and tries not to think about anything so he can enjoy that magnificent view.
He just looks at her beautiful face, but even that quickly makes the girl uncomfortable. She understands that he must have questions, so she tries to say something.
"I just didn't want to sleep alone..." Her shy tone and the cute way she plays with her hair while speaking drive Arthur crazy.
"Kawaii!!!!" He can only think about how beautiful and cute she is.
The girl can't prevent her lips from slightly curving into a proud smile.
But then shyness wins again, and she can't bear Arthur's gaze any longer.
The idea of turning around and leaving her back exposed to his gaze doesn't seem good either, so she can only think of one solution.
"You're going to have to turn around!" She speaks in a pleading tone.
"Really?" Arthur gets bitter just imagining not being able to sleep seeing her beautiful face.
The girl would like to control her emotions better, but she simply can't handle those feelings.
"If you don't turn around, I'm leaving." She gives the ultimatum.
"No, I got it, okay?," Arthur asks in a gentle tone.
He saw the loneliness in the girl's eyes and imagines that it must be very bad to be alone in his Nexus for so long.
He feels an instinctive desire to take care of that girl, to protect her and make her happy.
So even if he can't sleep watching her, sleeping with the feel of her perfume is an absolute win.
But before turning around, Arthur makes a request. "Let me see your face just a little longer."
The girl looks away and blushes even more. "Just one minute."
"Thank you." Arthur is very happy and enjoys that minute to the fullest, watching the beautiful face of the girl blush even more.
After several seconds, Arthur notices something. "Oh, you know my name, but I don't know yours."
"I don't have a name." The girl responds in a neutral tone. "Or at least I don't know if I have one."
Arthur feels sorry for her again, and the desire to take care of her only grows in his heart.
"That's not good; I need a name to talk to you better." He speaks in a friendly tone.
"I don't..." The girl seems about to refuse in that usual hostile way but stops and wonders about that.
Arthur is quickly learning how to deal with her and knows that when she starts to blush deeply, it's because she is about to cooperate with him.
And as he predicted, she does, blushing even more. "Then give me a name."
"Me?" Arthur is taken aback by the request. He thought she would choose a name, so he wasn't prepared for it.
"Don't you want to?" The girl gets upset.
Arthur knows he has to think of something quick, or the good development of their relationship will go down the drain.
"Nyx!" He exclaims mentally.
"Nyx?" The girl asks, confused.
"Don't you like it?" He asks.
She wonders about that and ends up liking how Nyx sounds, but the most important thing is that it was Arthur who chose that name, but she certainly won't tell him that.
"It will do," She tries to speak in a calm and neutral tone, but it sounds shy and happy.
"I'm glad you liked it." Arthur smiles at the girl, and she blushes even more.
"Your time is up!" She exclaims.
"Oh!" Arthur quickly turns around so as not to spoil his progress with her.
After a few seconds of silence, he speaks without turning around. "Good night, Nyx."
He can't see her, so she does not contain the urge to smile and even speaks to him in a softer tone.
"Good night... Arthur."
Arthur has to use all his determination not to turn around, but he manages it, and that night, he has the best sleep of his life.
Unlike the usual nightmares about Liam's dark experiences, Arthur has great dreams this time.
But for a still unknown reason, all his dreams involve touching extremely soft things.
__________
*Knock-knock* *Knock-knock*
Arthur wakes up to the sound of his mother knocking on the bedroom door.
"Time to wake up, darling." Aria's sweet voice sounds from the other side of the door.
He tries to get up as usual while opening his eyes, but something strange happens, and he feels something heavy and warm on his body.
He opens his eyes quickly and sees Nyx lying on top of him. "What???"
She also wakes up and opens her eyes.
"WHAAAA?!?!" Shocked, she exclaims in his mind.
The sound of the doorknob turning and the door opening reaches Arthur's ears.
"Coming in..." Aria's voice follows.
"No!" Arthur shouts to his mother simultaneously when he sees Nyx's body turn into pink smoke, which turns back into a pink heart in his lower belly area.
Aria enters the room and sees Arthur in bed with a surprised expression. "Anything wrong?"
He breathes a sigh of relief. "Sorry, mom."
Aria is confused, but then she notices the big tent in the blanket in front of Arthur.
"My~ my~~!" She smiles lovingly. "You woke up so energetic today, my son."
Arthur is very embarrassed by that situation, but he just lays his head back on the pillow and sighs.
Nothing can take away his happiness now; after all, he slept being hugged by the most beautiful and cute girl ever.
"Thank you, Nyx."
