Reborn as an Evolving Space Monster: Harem Of Otherworldly Beauties-Chapter 331: Virgin, Virgin~

The next day, Roka's seat wasn't empty.

She had arrived late to class though, which had created much tension and anxiety.

While most let out a sigh of relief when they saw her arrive, Atlas only frowned.

The night before, he had found himself unable to sleep, wired up by what he thought was nervousness and anxiety. It was only the day after that her realized that what he felt was something else entirely. It was excitement.

And Roka had killed his excitement by having come back.

When the bell rang, Atlas didn't leave the classroom. Noticing this, Roka walked outside. Spending the break with Atlas was out of the question. She hated him, after all.

The reason why he had remained in class only revealed itself at the end of the day.

***

It was a little past 10 pm.

'I have to knock. If I don't get it signed by mom, I'm going to get in trouble…'

Roka was standing awkwardly in front of her mother's closed door.

The moans and grunts that echoed from the other side of the door didn't make it any less awkward.

Roka didn't exactly know what was happening in there, but she knew that it was weird and that she'd best ignore it.

Unfortunately, she really couldn't.

Knock- Knock-

A heavy sigh was let out from the other side of the room.

Ugh-

The door was opened halfway, with Rekka barring the way.

"What do you want?" She asked, obviously annoyed.

Roka momentarily frowned. Her mother was wet and wearing nothing but a towel around her.

'Was Mom showering? I didn't hear the water being…' Roka's thoughts trailed off as her mother unintentionally moved just enough for the former to see beyond the latter.

The twelve-year-old Roka and the man seated on her mother's bed locked eyes for a moment.

"H-Hi, Roka." The man said awkwardly as he waved. She knew him.

She couldn't understand what was happening, but it lit a fire inside of her suddenly. She felt anger rise from within her, without truly knowing the reason why. Images of the earlier day appeared in her mind. The rumors, the chanting, the pointing, the laughing… And as if that hadn't been enough, Atlas decided to…

Everything bubbled up within Roka, and led to a question that she hadn't asked for a long time.

A question she had no intention of asking in the first place.

Still, it came out on its own.

"When is Daddy coming back?"

Rekka remained silent for a moment. She rubbed her forehead, sighed, turned towards the man who used to be her ex-husband's best friend, and slowly pushed the door.

"I'll be out in a second."

The door was closed in front of Roka. Her mother told her to go sit in the living room while she put some clothes on.

A couple of minutes later, Rekka was seated in front of her daughter.

The latter was sitting with her lips pressed together and her fidgeting hands lodged between her thighs. Extremely embarrassed.

Rekka was swiping on the table as she read, holding it with her right hand. In her left hand was a lit cigarette.

Although she said she'd put some clothes on, she ended up walking out of the bedroom in nothing but her underwear.

"So you tried to kiss a boy," Rekka finally said as she ashed her cigarette into the tray. "Big deal."

"I didn't!" Roka shouted. "I didn't try to kiss him!"

"Hm…" Rekka's gaze critically moved from her daughter to the electronic letter displayed on the tablet. "It says here that you grabbed his hand, pulled him away, and tried to force him into kissing you. That's a bit much, don't you think? Especially on public grounds."

"But it's not true! I didn't do any of that! He told me to come out, and HE grabbed my hand!"

"Is that so?" Rekka scratched her side of her forehead. "What about the forcing him to kiss you part?"

"I didn't do that! Why would I even do that? Kissing sounds gross! I wouldn't do that! Ever, ever!"

Rekka stared for a moment, before letting out a long sigh while stubbing out the cigarette in the ashtray.

'This is awkward.' She thought. "Listen, there's nothing embarrassing about wanting to kiss a boy. Alright? It's completely normal-"

"I don't want to kiss him! I didn't want to kiss him! Why would I-"

"Just listen to me, alright?" Rekka's voice was ice cold. Her hand had just been slapped against the table, immediately interrupting Roka and sending a shiver down her body. "You wanted to kiss him, and that's fine. You don't need to lie to me, okay? I really couldn't care less. But you need to keep in mind that if he doesn't want you to, then you shouldn't, alright? No is no. Okay?"

"But I…" Roka's words trailed off. Her gaze lingered on the table, fearing that retorting would anger her mother.

"How old are you anyway? Eleven?"

"I'm… I'm twelve years old."

Rekka nodded and thought for a moment. "Oh." She remembered. "That's around when I lost my virginity. It's only natural that you would be interested in boys now. If anything, you're late."

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"Virginity…?"

"You don't know what that is?"

"N-No…?"

"Hm… Well," Rekka shrugged, signed the letter, and got up. "It's one of those things that you're supposed to learn about from your friends."

"I… Don't have any friends."

"Stop being so difficult, alright? Now go to your room. Time for you to sleep."

"Alright…"

Roka started walking towards her room.

"And no kissing boys who don't want to kiss you, alright?"

Roka managed to keep a straight face until she entered her room and closed the door behind her.

With her back against the door, she slowly let herself slide down. She did her best not to let the tears flow down. She was a grown girl, after all. She was a woman.

"I guess not much has changed…" Roka whispered to herself as she wiped her tears.

"I delude myself into thinking it's his fault, but it isn't. I tell myself that if I knew how things worked, how kissing works, how to… then I wouldn't feel this way."

She chuckled, wrapping her arms around her knees.

"Truth is, it's not about picking up hints or anything like that, is it? Even if he told me he liked me, even if he said he loved me, even if he tried to kiss me… I wouldn't believe it. I'd get this debilitating anxiety that I'm being made fun of, that I'm the butt of some joke."

Roka sighed, letting her chin rest on her knee.

"I might just be a virgin forever…"

Her gaze lingered on the ground for a moment.

"And that wouldn't even bother me… If only it also meant I'd stop getting horny."