System's POV

Chapter 1443: We Can Talk About Forever After You Find Me

The same dream had been invading Thirteen’s sleep as of late.

It didn’t matter whether he slept alone or with either of his two lovers. The dream never missed its appointment.

So, he decided to change some independent variables. He experimented and slept inside the Domain of the Apocalypse with Erica, Shana, Sherry, Princess Xynalia, and Princess Aracelle.

Results were stable. That dream still manifested. Though he frankly had no complaints.

“What’s wrong?” A young lady cupped Thirteen’s face, noticing he’d been looking at her in a daze. “Did you enjoy it so much that you want to do it one more time?”

They were both naked and connected, and the young lady with long blue hair sat on top of him.

“Kate…”

“Yes, darling?”

“Stop calling me darling.”

“Then how about Papa?”

Thirteen felt a pang in his chest after being called Papa. Once upon a time, he could have been a father. But Fate decided it was not meant to be.

“What’s wrong?” Kate asked, moving close until their faces were only a thumb apart. “Are you hurt somewhere?”

“Yes,” Thirteen replied for the umpteenth time. He’d lost count of how many times he’d relived this, yet the aching feeling of heartbreak and loss still lingered in his very soul.

“Where does it hurt?” Kate asked. “Tell me. I will make it better.”

“It hurts here.” Thirteen lightly tapped his chest, right over his heart.

Kate lowered her head and kissed the spot Thirteen had tapped with his finger. She kissed it repeatedly as if her kisses had the power of mending a broken heart.

After two minutes, she raised her head and kissed Thirteen’s forehead. She then kissed his cheeks, then finally his lips.

Her kisses weren’t sensual. It was a clumsy kiss, but one Thirteen had missed dearly.

Wanting to teach her what a real kiss was like, he lightly wrapped his arms around her back and kissed her tenderly, softly, lovingly.

The two of them kissed, and kissed, and kissed some more. There were times when Thirteen didn’t want to wake up from this dream because if he stayed, he would be with Kate forever.

But he also knew that eventually, he would have to wake up. Until then, he would love her dearly like a priceless treasure that belonged to only him.

“Hah… why are you so good at this?” Kate complained after breaking up the kiss.

Thirteen didn’t use words to reply to her question. Instead he rested his hands on her hips, and started to move the lower part of his body.

Kate covered her lips to prevent herself from making a sound. Thirteen was relentless, breaking past her defenses and making her feel the intense feeling of being one with him.

When both of them were finally sated, they lay side by side and held each other tightly.

“Thirteen, I love you,” Kate said dreamily. “Let’s go far away. Leave everything behind and start a family.”

“Yes, let’s do that,” Thirteen replied.

“I want to have two kids with you,” Kate smiled. “Even if we live in the countryside, or a cottage in the forest, as long as we’re together, anywhere can be our home.”

“Sounds like a plan.” Thirteen lightly patted her back. “What will you name our kids?”

“If it’s a boy, how about we call him Zion?”

“… No.”

“Eh?! But it’s a good name!”

“It is a good name, but still no,” Thirteen said firmly.

“Hmm… then if it’s a girl, how about we call her Tiona?” Kate proposed.

“Rejected as well.”

“What?! Why are you suddenly being choosy with names!”

Kate fired off a few more names, and Thirteen didn’t know if she was being serious or simply trolling him.

The boy names she came up with were Saitama, Zeno, Eren, Ainz, Rimuru, Deku, Asta, Alucard, Gojo, Aang, and Luffy.

For the girl, she listed Clare, Morgiana, Lin Lin, Lisa, Milim, Lucy, Mikasa, Erza, Ilya, Chloe, and Biscuit, the last of which Thirteen nearly agreed to since it sounded like she’d make good friends with Maple and Cinnamon.

The two talked, talked, and talked some more. Thirteen relished every second of it because he knew that the moment he opened his eyes, the lady whom he had opened his heart to would once again disappear.

“… You got hard again,” Kate smiled mischievously. “Thirteen. You’re really a wolf hiding in sheep’s clothing huh?”

“Yes, and this wolf will eat you now.”

“Noooo!”

Kate got eaten, not once, not twice, but thrice. She then helplessly panted for breath. When she regained her composure, she rested her head on Thirteen’s chest, feeling his heartbeat.

“Looks like you really want to get me pregnant, huh?” Kate said softly. “It’s fine. I promise to raise our baby properly. I will give them all the love in the world. You’ll stay with me, right, Thirteen?”

“Of course.”

“Promise?”

“I promise.”

“Cross your heart?” Kate asked while playfully scribbling a heart symbol on Thirteen’s chest.

“Cross my heart,” Thirteen replied before kissing her forehead. “No matter how many lifetimes, no matter how far apart we are, I will find you, Kate.”

The young lady’s smile widened. “Yes. Please find me. I want to be with you forever. Huh? Are you crying?”

“Am I?” Thirteen blinked before casually wiping the side of his face. It was indeed wet from his own tears that fell without his notice.

“Are you hurt again?”

“No.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.” Thirteen held Kate tightly. “Stay with me forever, Kate. Please…”

Kate giggled before pressing her hand over the teenage boy’s lips.

“We can talk about forever…,” Kate said in a teasing tone. “After you find me.”

“Can you give me a hint?” Thirteen asked. “Anything will do.”

“A hint, huh?” Kate pondered for a while before giving her beloved a quick peck on the cheek. “Sorry, but no hints!”

The world around them slowly started to fade, letting Thirteen understand that time was up.

He tried to hold the young lady beside him tighter, unwilling to let her go.

Kate also held him tightly, not wanting to leave his side. But they were never meant to be together. At least, not in this dream.

“Please find me, Thirteen. I love you very much…”

After saying those words, the world descended into darkness.

When Thirteen opened his eyes, he saw Shana and Erica looking at him with worry.

“Did you have a bad dream again?” Shana asked, her face looking a little anxious.

“It wasn’t a bad dream,” Thirteen replied. “It was a good dream. I was just sad because it ended.”

“Did you dream of me?” Erica inquired, hoping that Zion dreamed of her in his sleep.

“No.”

“Eeeh? You should be dreaming of me all the time.”

“Don’t be silly, Erica,” Shana commented. “Zion dreams about me all the time.”

“As if.”

“Hmph!”

Thirteen pulled the two young ladies closer to him and kissed their lips one at a time.

“I love the two of you very much,” Thirteen said. “So please, don’t fight.”

“We’re not really fighting.” Erica lightly poked the teenage boy’s lips. “I’m just stating facts that you dream about me all the time.”

“You mean, he was dreaming about ME all the time, right?” Shana countered.

“Please don’t fight,” Sherry, whose head was resting on Thirteen’s abdomen, opened her eyes. “Zion loves the two of you very much.”

The two girls quieted down after their youngest sister spoke up. However, Sherry’s next words made them look at her in disbelief.

“I don’t want to brag, but Zion always dreams about me. He told me this a few times in the past.”

That was the final nail that broke the coffin. The two girls teamed up to tickle Sherry to oblivion, which made the helpless young lady laugh, until she pleaded for surrender.