Chapter 22: Chapter 22

Valeria was nervous that she couldn't do anything at first, but when she finally relaxed, she kissed him back. She wasn't much of a kisser, since she had never kissed anyone before, and so, she ended up biting his lips instead.

"Ouch!." Ergon half yelled in pain, then he disengaged from the kiss.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Valeria panicked.

To say she was embarrassed was an understatement. What she felt at that moment was something worse than embarrassment.

"Let me see."

She turned his face towards her, and inspected his lips. She could see his lips were slightly bruised from the bite.

"I'm so sorry, Ergon." She said sadly.

Ergon stared at her, and the look on her face made him want to laugh, but he managed to control himself, he wouldn't want her feeling more terrible.

"It's okay, it's not your fault. Didn't know you weren't good at this." Ergon chuckled.

Valeria glared daggers at him, she felt like hitting him so hard at that moment.

"So, you're making fun of me, huh, does this look funny to you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just—."

"Just shut up." Valeria interrupted.

"Haven't been in a relationship before, talk more of being this close to a guy before, that's why I don't know how to do all that." She said.

"Wow, to be sincere, I'm more than honored."

"For what?."

" Because of the fact that I'm your first love," Ergon smiled.

"Seriously," Valeria muttered with a bored look.

"Oh come on, of course, I am your first and last love."

"Last love? What made you think you would be last?" Valeria asked.

"Of course I'll be the last. I won't ever let you leave me, and neither will I leave you. We will be together forever. We'll have kids and we'll grow old together. This is because we're destined to be together, my love. We're made for each other, and besides, it's not like I'll ever let someone steal you from me, I'll kill any guy who tries to take what belongs to me." Ergon uttered with a fierce look.

Valeria stared at him for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter.

Ergon frowned in confusion, he didn't find anything funny about what he had said.

"What's funny?" He asked, but instead, Valeria laughed even more.

Ergon scoffed loudly.

"Just let me know when you're done laughing."

Valeria coughed loudly due to her laughs.

"You're so funny, Ergon, sincerely, I can't believe you. You're super funny." She chuckled.

"How am I funny?"

"You had this fierce and determined look on your face when you said the words.

"Excuse me, my future plans? It's not just my future plans, it's our future plans," Ergon corrected.

"Really? like you're for real?"

"Of course I'm for real."

"You didn't tell me you had already visited the future and seen all this," Valeria laughed.

"You better stop laughing cause I'm being damn serious here."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. I'm going to bed now, we'll be leaving early tomorrow morning." Valeria said.

She stood up, and Ergon followed suit.

"Wait." Ergon halted and held her by the hand.

"Uhm.., what is it this time?" Valeria asked with a groan.

"Where will I sleep?"

"What?."

"Where will I sleep?" Ergon repeated his question.

"On the couch dummy, where else? We don't have another spare room, so you'll have to sleep on the couch, in the living room."

"No, I don't want to. Why can't I just sleep with you instead?" Ergon said.

Valeria gasped in shock. She quickly jerked her hands away from him and covered her chest.

Ergon raised his brow in a questioning manner.

"What are you doing?"

"You pervert, you want to sleep with me." Valeria said with gritted teeth.

Ergon's eyes widened when he finally understood what she meant.

"Jeez, y.. you've got it all wrong, come on, you've got it all wrong, I didn't mean that was your bug brain."

"What!!!."

"Who the hell are you calling a bug brain?" Ergon chuckled at her response.

"You, of course. How could you mistake my words like that? I didn't mean it the way you were thinking. Jeez, I would never do that to you, you're still too young for that. I would rather wait until you're ready, maybe when you finally turn 18." Ergon winked.

"You're crazy." Valeria hissed.

"I meant sleeping with you, you know, in your room, side by side, with no unholy thoughts in mind."

"Whatever, but the answer is no, you'll sleep on the couch."

"You should sleep on the couch. I'm the guest here. Giving up your room for your lovely guest shouldn't be something difficult to do."

"Ha!, lovely guest my foot! Keep fooling around, I'm going to bed."

"You can't leave." Ergon, stood in front of her, blocking her path.

"Get out!."

"No way, I won't let you leave until you give me your room and sleep on the couch instead." He smirked.

"You'll always continue to be a pest." Valeria muttered inaudibly.

How do I get rid of him now?

She got this silly idea, she didn't want to do it at first, but since she needed to get rid of Ergon, she had no other choice but to do it.

"Ergon." She called sweetly.

Ergon cleared his throat nervously.

"W..what?." He stuttered.

Valeria moved closer to him in a seductive way, she placed both her hands on his shoulders, making sure to maintain eye contact.

She slowly pushed him a bit further from the door. She stood on her toes, since Ergon was taller than her. She pretended to want to kiss him, and Ergon fell for it.

He closed his eyes, expecting the kiss which never came.

"Dummy." Valeria said loudly.

She turned around, and hurriedly opened the door. She immediately ran upstairs to her room.

Ergon stood rooted to the spot, not believing what had just happened.

She had tricked him, and he fell for it.

"Valeria!"