75 Truths Come Ou (1/2)
The group filled their stomachs quietly while Aster had to take in the brunt of kicks from under the table. It was light kicks that would not hurt at all but the intent behind the action was enough to tell him what they felt.
”Now that we are all done, how about I wash...” He wanted to sit up while easing through the punishment by getting into their good books by washing the dishes and stuff.
”Oh no, you are not going to do that.” Aria and Kamryn were quick enough to push him back down by the shoulders and forced him to keep quiet while the table was being done.
Perhaps, only Jade had no clue what was going on but she was too engrossed in the aftertaste of the meat to care. Monet was grinning all this while on her seat while she looked to him provocatively. 'Hehe! This princess will make you remember the mistake of neglecting me. They are still not in a happily ever after and I will be the one to take the lead when that happens. Sorry, big sisters! All is fair in a war of princesses, prince charmings, and dragons!”
Kamryn and her haughty spoiled attitude were gone and it transformed into a super serious and mature one. Her glare seems to be sending curses his way. Aster was really scared of how she is acting now but he is also happy with the fact that this sort of mode was present in her.
Imagining her in such an intimidating aura and using her mage powers of blood. Perhaps the terror would not be any less than his way of decimating people with his skills meant to lower the enemy's morale. This was an image quite different than how they met with her being conceited and weak-willed after facing a powerful enemy.
Working on the dishes were the triplets that are more than eager to finish cleaning up the dishes from the table. The plates and other utensils touching each other was pretty loud. Loud to signify their anger towards him but their force was controlled enough to not break any of the expensive tableware.
He was too stifled by their collective anger that he became too stiff to move around and explain right away. Thank goodness for him, a glass of water was in front of him and occasionally getting a drink from it had stopped him from looking too awkward by being stiff in the seat.
After the dishes were put into the sink and the triplets settled down, the talks and clarifications were about to happen.
Aria broke the silence and asked straight away. ”Aster, what was this about kissing our little sister? How come we never knew about this?”
He had to act like he did not realize what they were angry about and wanted to make his mistake look like an accident. ”Ah, you guys are angry about a kiss. Well, it must be because Jade and I accidentally kissed when we were playing around on the bed. It was harmless really, just a little peck because we were bouncing around in the bed.”
”Oh! Is that really what happened?” Eve had a stiff smile on her face when she said that. ”Kamryn looked pretty pissed when she arrived at the table, so she might know some details.”
”Yes, I know some details like little Jade kissing him in the neck. Him, kissing little Jade in the lips. What was worst of all was he had the audacity to play with her tongue and his tongue while they were doing it.” Kamryn recounted what he heard from Monet's retelling of what Jade told her.
Aster felt deflated from the fact that Jade had vivid storytelling that made it seem even worse than it already is. He sighed and commented. 'A child never lies after all or so they say. Little Jade might actually be more cunning than all of her elder sisters combined if she planned all of this.'
Monet took this chance to get her vengeance up a notch and told them of the more juicy details. ”Actually, what I told big sis Kamryn is not the full story of it.”
”Oh, there is actually more.” Plum turned hostile after she heard that. Her triplet counterparts were already pissed with the tongue part but they still considered the fact that it might really be an accident from playing around too much.
”Yes!” Monet continued on and said. ”The kiss in the neck was truly accidental but the next kiss was actually influenced by him. The hard thing is that he actually had given the third kiss as well and it was... in... the... cheeks!”
The last part was prolonged again by Monet on purpose but the kiss in the cheek was too mild compared to the more important part. Aria smiled in anger while she rephrased Monet's wording for answers from Aster. ”Did you actually plan to take our little sister's first kiss on that very instance?”
He coughed up in embarrassment and said truthfully. ”Sorry, the situation was too complicated.”
Aria sighed and shook her head after hearing his short defense. He really felt that things would go downhill from seeing his actions but he only felt dumbfounded when all the other girls in his harem also sighed and shook their heads.
Aria spoke again and asked another question. ”Aster, tell us honestly. Do you love us?”
”I... guess.” He was unsure of what to tell them but he just went for it. ”The entire experience of love and goodwill is new for me that I have not really gotten the time to adjust to it. So, my answer would revolve in the middle of yes and no.”
”That is a maybe, then.” Eve had to give hint him with the true term about the answer in between a yes and no situation. Aster smiled when he heard that and said. ”Maybe and a guess is too vague to give you guys the honest answer. I had a feeling that would be somewhat quantifiable if you put my answer in a range. Not that it changes a thing about vagueness. What I can tell you is that the graph would favor the yes end of the spectrum.”
”Hmmph! You big liar!” The quadro said in unison as they remarked to his words. They were getting teary-eyed from hearing the answer but they pretty much knew the context where he is getting it from.
They remembered how he interacted with them and found nothing to fault him at all. Everything was just in line with how he interacted and reacted to their existence.