Time pa.s.sed by swiftly as the four of them were relaxing in the Defying.The sun started vanishing from the horizon, taking the que, Jiutian stood up and started walking in to prepare dinner.
Following Jiutian was Nojiko as she had started a routine of helping Jiutian to prepare dinner in the past few days.
While the two of them headed inside, Robin and Izan was still outside on the deck relaxing. Robin was drinking wine while reading whereas Izan kept his eyes shut. The reason Izan kept his eyes shut was because he was trying to remember and figure the feeling he had while they were on the Knock Up Stream.
"Izan..." Robin whispered his name while her body was trembling slightly. Robin kept her head lowered, but she peeked towards Izan at the corner of her eyes.
Izan"s only response was to smile gently while staring at Robin"s trembling body. Izan knew that Robin was nervous, but he wouldn"t give her more time as they had both agreed upon that she belonged to him.
While Izan kept teasing Robin on the deck, Jiutian and Nojiko were in the kitchen preparing dinner.
"Nojiko why are you holding back so much?" Jiutian asked without glancing at her while she kept preparing the ingredients.
"... What are you talking about?" Nojiko asked while a blush slowly appeared on her face.
"I don"t think I need to answer that. Neither one of us are stupid." Jiutian kept her aggressive stand while she continued cutting vegetables in the chopping board. But even so, Jiutian"s voice was calm and soothing.
"Are you not angry?" Nojiko asked in a low voice as she lowered her head slightly.
"Why should I be angry?" Jiutian placed the knife she was holding on the chopping board as she turned towards Nojiko with a curious expression.
Nojiko was bewildered for a second before she understood something. "You"re doing this for Izan, aren"t you? Won"t you feel jealous or anything?" Nojiko asked while staring at Jiutian with a solemn gaze.
Jiutian smiled softly in response before she replied Nojiko"s questions. "No, I don"t be jealous of anyone if Izan has accepted them. Of course, it"s a different matter if that someone is trying to use Izan." Jiutian"s voice and expression hardened towards the end while thinking of Nojiko"s younger sister. "I am happy as long as I can continue watching Izan"s smile."
"Nani is young and she didn"t like pirates at all because of Arlong." Nojiko sighed in a low voice as she tried to defend her younger sister. But, she knew that what Nami did was wrong as it had just Izan"s feelings deeply. Nojiko didn"t know how her sister Nami could think of using Izan for her own usage and then leave.
"I am not blaming your sister, it"s only that I will try my best keeping everyone with an ulterior motive away from Izan." Jiutian explained carefully while she kept gazing at Nojiko.
"Nojiko, you came and offered your help and helped Izan when he was feeling down. I won"t be jealous of you." Jiutian"s smile turned into a grin a moment later before she whispered something which only Nojiko could hear.
"Nojiko nodded from time to time and the blush on her face reached from one ear to the other.
It didn"t take long before their talk was finished and the two completed making dinner too. Just as always, Izan went to the dining room with Robin following fight behind him.
Izan"s eyes widened slightly as he stared at the food placed in front of him. Several platters filled with cooked vegetables, meat, soup and salad.
Izan sat down on his personal chair, silently waiting for everyone else to be seated. Nojiko and Robin both sat down with an amused facial expression as they gazed at Izan"s childish behaviour.
Jiutian kept smiling as usual, she sat down gracefully. It didn"t take a second before she heard "Let"s eat!" as she saw Izan using his fork to grab a piece of meat .
A chuckle escaped Jiutian"s, Nojiko"s and Robin"s mouths at the same time before they also began eating. It was just that they were eating slightly slower than Izan.
The four of them ate till they were full and with a flicker from Jiutian"s hand, the empty platters, cups and gla.s.ses vanished from the table.
"I am going to bed." Jiutian excused herself with a smirk as she gazed at Robin and Nojiko.
Robin and Nojiko stood up and left without saying anything, leaving Izan behind by himself.
Izan didn"t mind as he gazed at the two of them with a smirk. "I don"t know why, but I enjoy seeing how Robin and Nojiko are when they feel shy."
Izan closed his eyes for a moment as he felt his own body slowly changing. Izan wasn"t worried, because he knew that both his body and soul would be slowly change in time. Izan had some certain clues that it could be because of his special powers that Jiutian had told him about, more specifically, the Laws.
Izan had no idea how to practise his control of the Laws, but Izan had a feeling that it would only come with time before he would awaken a portion of it.
He shook his head as he stood up from his chair. He had noticed that half an hour had pa.s.sed. Izan"s smirk had vanished as it turned gentle. He started walking towards Robin"s bedroom. The closer he got, the more antic.i.p.ation he felt for the moment he would embrace Robin"s soft and beautiful body.
He stood in front of the door, Izan reached his hand towards the k.n.o.b and pushed the door open. But, the moment he saw what was inside, he couldn"t help but to gawk and gulp loudly. What Izan saw inside were both Robin and Nojiko in lingerie. Robin in purple and Nojiko in black.
Robin"s tall and slim body was well formed and the lingerie she was wearing was thigh on her body.
Just as Robin, Nojiko did also have a slim body which looked beautiful in the lingerie she was wearing.
"Are you surprised?" Robin asked as she could clearly see Izan"s shocked expression and him gawking while staring at the two of them. Even while being shy, Robin tried to tease Izan.
"Why?" Izan asked in a daze as he glanced between Nojiko and Robin with a dumb-founded expression. Even if Izan saw the two of them, he couldn"t think straight of why they were in lingerie together waiting for him.
"Is it not because you don"t do me?" Nojiko asked while pouting. She had become tired of how unresponsive Izan was towards her. Nojiko didn"t blame him at all, but she had taken an advantage of the situation after getting permission from Robin and Jiutian.
"..." Izan released a sad sight as he gazed at Nojiko. "I..." Izan didn"t know what to say, it didn"t take him a second before he shook his head while he resolved himself.
"Hehe, don"t mind me to enjoy myself then." Izan chuckled as he walked towards Nojiko and Robin and gently pushed them towards the bed.
What Izan resolved himself was to forget about the situation he had with Nami and only focused on Nojiko.
Izan smirked while staring at Nojiko and Robin with a gaze filled with pa.s.sion, love and a hint of possessiveness.