Chapter 57

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Astéria suddenly snapped and the cake stopped levitating before falling into her hand. After catching it, Astéria brought the cake back to my lips and waited for me to take a bite. This made me laugh:

“What are you doing? Don’t tell me that you got jealous of your own powers.
-I did.
-But if it’s your power then you are still the one who is feeding me.
-It doesn’t feel the same.”

I shrugged and continued eating in a good mood. But I had to admit that I was still curious about Astéria’s powers. I wanted to see way more but didn’t want to rush her so I hesitated before asking:

“Will you show me more of your powers later on? Don’t feel rushed, we have time.
-I can show you right now.”

I tried not to look too excited:

“Really? You really don’t have to do it right now if you don’t want to.
-I want to. You always said that you wanted to fly. I have been wanting to grant your wish since then.”

I opened wide eyes:

“You remembered that? I said it so long ago.
-I remember everything you say.
-But wait, do you know how to fly?
-No but I can use telekinézis.”

I jumped up ready to fly and Astéria couldn’t hold back a laugh. I tried being patient but couldn’t help jumping everywhere.

“Are you ready?
-Yes.”

The next second I could feel a warm breeze surrounding my body and I slowly started feeling weightless. It was a very strange feeling as if I was in 0G and I held back my breath. My legs suddenly left the bed and I slowly started levitating. It was a very strange feeling and I had no idea how to describe it. At first I was only levitating a few centimeters from the bed as if Astéria wanted to make sure that I was okay. Seeing my excited face she asked:

“Are you ready for more?”

I needed a few seconds to hear her and quickly nodded.

“Yes!”

The bed started moving further and further away and I had a moment of panic seeing how high I was. If I were to fall from there I would really hurt myself but fortunately the bed was under me so I wouldn’t die. Astéria immediately noticed and I stopped elevating:

“Are you okay?
-Give me a second. I seem to be scared of heights.
-Then I’ll make you come down.”

I started flying down but I screamed:

“No!”

Astéria immediately froze and I laughed awkwardly:

“Sorry. Just give me a second. I want to fly.”

Astéria nodded and after a few seconds I breathed deeply and nodded:

“I’m ready.
-Are you sure? We have all the time in the world.
-I am.”

I continued elevating and slowly started flying around the room. I needed two turns to get used to the feeling but soon spread my arms like a bird. I could feel the wind against my face as I was flying and closed my eyes to enjoy the moment. It was way better than anything I could have ever imagined in my dreams. I was finally flying and I started laughing uncontrollably. 

“This is so cool!”

Astéria didn’t even need to focus to make me fly and only smiled. When did she become so good at magic? After I got used to the movement, Astéria started making me fly randomly from one wall to another and hearing me laugh she even dared make me do a loop in the air. I felt ecstatic and realized that this was crazy. The female lead was making me fly. I had completely trusted her with my body and that made me realize that I still trusted her. I was a bit stressed out about this because without trust I didn’t believe in relationships but I still trusted her after all. Maybe I was crazy but I did.

I would have stayed in the air for hours but suddenly someone knocked on the door and I told Astéria to put me down. Astéria didn’t seem happy judging by her eyes turning from purple to red but she did as she was told and I quickly opened the door seeing Prissy behind it. And she wasn’t happy at all:

“Poehina, Orange. Breakfast has been served half an hour ago. Are you protesting because of the scolding you got yesterday?
-No, no. We just woke up late. We are coming.
-Okay”

I closed the door and turned back towards Astéria. Seeing her eyes I laughed and came to rub her head which made her eyes immediately turn back to purple:

“It was incredible, thank you so much. I can’t believe that I just flew!
-We can continue if you want.
-I would love to but we have to go now because Prissy will tear our heads off.”

Astéria hesitated for a second:

“Do you want me to do something about it?”

I laughed before rubbing her face:

“Don’t, it’s okay. Let’s just go. We’ll have more occasions to play.”

She nodded and we started walking but before we left the room I turned back and frowned:

“You don’t have to but I just had a question: are you going to stay as Astéria? You said that no one knew.
-You said that I shouldn’t change my appearance. 
-But is that okay? What will others say?”

Astéria tilted her head before smiling:

“If there is one thing I learned from you it’s that I don’t care about what other people think. Only you matter.”

I gasped. I did change things. I was so happy.

“You are so cute!”

I rubbed her head with a smile and Astéria’s eyes turned green suddenly.

“Do you still find me cute?
-Of course I do. You are adorable.”

She didn’t seem happy for some reason and I tilted my head:

“What’s wrong?
-I…”

I waited patiently for her to say it and Astéria looked away before pinching her lips:

“I don’t like being called cute.”

I frowned and did my best being understanding:

“I see. Thank you for telling me this, I will stop saying that you are cute. But may I ask why you don’t like it?
-I want to be someone you can rely on.
-This has nothing to do with you being cute or not.
-But you said you liked imposing people…”

She talked so low that I couldn’t hear and asked her to repeat but Astéria looked away.

“Then what can I call you if you are not cute?
-I…”

I smiled. Nothing changed after she told me the truth. It was almost weird how normal things were.

“Is anything else good?
-Yes.
-Okay, then. And what should I call you? Orange or Astéria?
-As you wish.”

I thought about it for a second.

“I used to call you Angie from time to time. I could call you Angie. It’s between the two. What do you think?
-I like it.
-Perfect.”

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