The Peculiar Case Of A Novel's Villain (Paused)

Chapter 38 - I Don't Kiss Gremlins

Az walked in silence, his eyes were on the floor for the whole time, feeling nervous towards the two individuals in front of him. Allen and Ryan had also been quiet. None of them uttered a single word, which made the atmosphere around them, very awkward.

Az gulped, he felt very guilty about what happened earlier. So he finally looked up and apologized. "I-I'm sorry... Because of me... you guys lost your... first kiss."

Allen got flustered. Then he angrily faced Az. "What do you mean by kiss!? Don't say shit like that! There's nothing like that! Nothing happened! Nothing happened at all!!" he yelled. Clearly, he can't accept what happened earlier.

He could feel shivers running through his body when he had a flashback of those BL fanfictions he read back then. At first, Allen didn't understand why people make those kinds of things. But after his long exposure in the Internet, especially in social media, he started to understand a bit. But still, it's seriously weird seeing yourself in a fanfiction, being shipped with the person you know.

Ryan scoffed. "I agree with the gremlin. What happened earlier, it wasn't a kiss." he said, his tone sounds calm as usual. For some reason, he's walking ahead of them, so none of them could see his face.

Allen grunted in agreement. While Az stared at Ryan, he couldn't help but feel amazed that the boy was acting like nothing happened at all.

Ryan took a deep breath, as if he's trying to compose himself. "...After all, humans don't kiss gremlins. So that doesn't count." he mockingly turned to face them, giving out a close-eyed smile.

Allen glared at him, clearly offended by the nickname.

"Uh, actually, there are peculiar humans who kiss gremlins..." Az arched a brow, trying to be logical.

"Az... Why do you have to say such strange things...?" Allen groaned, starting to rub his temples.

Ryan snickered. "Oh, my bad. Let me correct myself..." he said, raising his pointy finger through the air. "Humans can't kiss gremlins like Allen. He's an exception. For someone like him, nothing is considered as a kiss. So what happened from earlier doesn't count."

A vein suddenly popped up on Allen's forehead, clearly annoyed at being called a gremlin. "Hey, would you stop calling me that?" he snarled. "Also, we're supposed to be in the same page, but here you are, ridiculing me."

"Haha.. I-I'm sorry Ryan, but you're not making any sense." Az nervously pointed out.

Ryan hummed, waving his hand dismissively. He ignored their statements and stepped close to Az, giving him a scary smile. "Now, my point is... no kiss happened at all. None of that ever happened." he said sweetly. However, behind that sweetness, it was filled with malicious threats. Just like Allen, he's also in complete denial.

This made Az immediately snap his mouth shut.

Ryan felt satisfied. "Also, there's nothing for you to apologize, because nothing happened. Okay?" he smiled in an angelic way, but everyone obviously knows that it's fake.

"Yeah! Okay. Nothing happened!" Az answered immediately.

Allen frowned at Ryan, he still felt bitter about being called a gremlin.

Ryan smiled triumphantly "Good. Since everything is now settled! Let's stay here and discuss about our strange discovery!" he chirped.

"Strange discovery? You mean, the weird place we found from earlier?" Az question.

"You are correct, DumbAz! But not only that, I'm also referring to the doors we saw back then.... So, what do you think about it, dear mage?" Ryan asked him.