Ch 21

"Did you girls enjoy dinner tonight, my dears?" He asked them

"Yes, Ben." Hellen agreed "I am really full. The best one was the grilled-chicken breast with fresh salad. I wonder how they found fresh salad around here."

"Do not forget their dessert" Gwen suggested "That cake definitely was a home-made."

"Yeah, Gwen" She said again "We should come back and eat here again if we have a spare time."

"Hey, do not eat too much or you will get fat" Gwen mocked her.

"Gwen, you are such a bully" Hellen argued and asked Ben to help her against Gwen

She grabbed her abdomen and said "See, you really are a pig, Helen."

Now, Helen tried to grab Gwen back but she ran away already. She did not give up and follow her. They are running around the parking lot. Ben saw his two lovely wives teasing each other and it made him very happy. Then, he noticed that Kai did not say a word.

Actually, she was going to say something but she noticed something first. Ben used a word "my dears" which mean that if she answered him, it meant she accepted to be his dears. Therefore, she decided not answer him.

"Kai. Kai, are you okay?" He concerned "Earth to Kai. Earth to Kai. Please, answer. Over."

She almost laughed but she endured it. She still remains silent and hope Ben will give up. Unfortunately, he did not give up on her. He just keeps pushing hard and harder. He started calling her, "Kai", "Kai Green", "Dear", "Honey", "My wife" and finally "Mrs. Tennyson". That was her last straw.

She yells "WHAT!"

"Finally, you answered me. I thought, a cat took your tongue." He laughed "How was your food? Did you like it?"

"It was good." She replied unwillingly "Are you satisfied?"

He smiled and said "Nope. I am not satisfied until you…"

"Until I what?" She glared at Ben like she wanted to slaughter him. "You better say carefully. If I do not like you answer, I will make you regretted."

She wanted to make him scared but Ben did not scare a little. Actually, the more she threatened him, the more he felt eager. Ben is enjoying this new love-couple relationship. She gave him such a thrilling to play with.

He stopped and turned immediately. Their face almost hit each other. She's stopped and stunned in his move.

He leaned forward and said "Until you are my wife. If you agreed, it would make me happier."

Of course, she did not like his answer. She felt angry. How could he say such a thing normally? How can he be such a womanizer? She prepared to slap his face. Then, she saw him smiled and stuck out his face.

"What are you doing, Ben?" She ask while she ready to hit him "Aren't you going to dodge?"

"Dodge?" He exclaimed "For what? You are going to give me a present. How could I dodge my future wife's gift? Come and hit me with your full strength. Your hand print on my face will prove that you really love me."

"Ben! Knock it off. I am not kidding. This is not fun at all" She screamed "Why are you so stubborn? I said I do not love you."

"I also said that I am going to make you fall in love with me" He replied immediately "Give me a chance, Kai. I will make you happy."

She stomped her foot and walked away from him. Ben followed her closely. She saw him and thought, she had to change a plan. The more she said, the more he responded. She must be cool under pleasure.

"Alright Kai, you will not say and respond anything" She thought "There is no point to talk with him. Now, you have a job to do. Love stuffs and family things are…"

Somehow, she is imagining a family picture, her future family. She sees herself holding Ben's hand and his wives while their kids play together in the park. They sit and eat launch together at park in spring season. We must be a big and happy family, she thought.

"Kai, are you okay?" Ben asked because he saw her smiled without a reason

"Wh…What?" She surprised "Of course, I am okay."

"Just asking" He replied "Hey, you…"

"Wait a minute, Ben" She took a deep breath and said "Have you ever thought that I might have a boyfriend already?"

Just like lighting hit Ben directly. Ben feels numb after he heard this question. It was a question that he hoped he would not need to answer. Of course, he wants to have each of them but what he will do if they have a boyfriend or the worst cast is a husband.

"Can I do such an immorality thing?" He thought and his heart felt hurt

Kai see him made a frowning face. He looked so sad, she thought. She feel regret to ask such a question. Actually, she loved Ben since she met him in UK but everything was too fast for her to catch up.

"Ben, please don't make your face like that" She tried to cheer him up "Hey, why don't we talk about this trip?"

Sadly, he is not in the mood to talk or think something else but her question. He imagined Kai live with someone else. That is enough to make him cry. She saw his tear leaked.

"Ben, you are…" She surprised

He wiped it and said sorrowfully "Sorry, you should not see me like this, Kai. When I thought you have a relationship with someone else, I felt like I am breaking apart. I love you, Kai."

Kai heard his words. It made her cheek turned pink. He really loves her, she thought. He did not hesitate to express his true feeling. Since she met him again, she witnessed his love toward Gwen and Helen.

"What about you, Kai?" She thought "Do you have courage to say your true feeling? Look at Ben, he keep saying "love you" even though you just hurt his heart. Just say the word!" She finally has made a choice.

She says softly "I am sorry, Ben. I did not mean to hurt your feeling. Just forget what I just said."

He sighed and said "It is okay, Kai. You really have a right to ask. Do you want to hear my answer?"

"No" She shook her head "There was no point to answer since this question was a lie."

"Huh?" He looked surprisingly at her

She walked away from him and said "Since I have no a boyfriend, I believe that someday I will be your wife."

"!" He is stunned in what he just heard. Did she just accept his love? At this moment, Ben's heart is getting big and bigger. It is full with happy and love. She finally agreed to be with him.

He grabbed her hand and said "Kai, wait. Did you mean that? Did you really lo…"

She turned back and embraced him. He is stunned in such a surprise twist. His whole world turned into pink even though it was night time. His heart is jumping up and down like he's having a heart attack. He pinched his hand and he felt pain. This is real, he thought. She is hugging him like lovers.

"Wait a minute, I need to make sure this is real" He thought hesitantly

"K…Ka…Kai" He said nervously "Is…Is this real?"

She felt sulkily after she heard his words. She just accumulated courage and showed her feeling toward him in the public but he did not believe her and thought this was a dream. He supposed to embrace her too, she thought.

"You are going to pay for this, Ben" She thought

"S…So Kai. Is this real?" He repeated

She said sadly "If this is a dream, what would you do? If this is real, what would you feel?"

She answered him with questions. These questions have such a deep meaning and he must answer her carefully.

He looked into her eyes and said happily "If this is a dream, I want to sleep and never wake up again. We can be like this forever. But, if this is real, I will feel like this."

***Soft lemon scene***

He lifted her chin up and delivered a deep kiss to her. He did not soft with her.. Ben finally tasted Kai. He tasted spicy and hot. Her lip was plump and full of youth. She also kissed him back and let her lover messed her up.

"This is Kai's lip" He thought while kissing her like crazy "At long last, my dream has come true."

Their emotion and adrenaline are agitated like a broken dam. His tongue was inside her mouth and moved around her. He could hear her sexual voice. It came from her throat. He kept kissing her until she started suffocating

***End soft lemon scene***

"Ben!" Kai exclaimed "Are you trying to kill your wife."

"I am sorry." He said "I just could resist your charm. I was so happy. You agreed to be with me. I do not know what to say now."

He made a stupid face. It made her laughed. Then, she placed her face on his chest. She heard his heart beating like it was going to explode.

She whispered "Say, you love me. I want to hear it again."

He embraced her slender waist and said at her ear "I love you, Kai. I love you since I met you when we were ten. I will continue to love your from now on and forever. No one will be able to separate us from each other."

"You are so sweet, Ben. No wonder, you made those two fallen in love with you in no time." She said with smile on her face.

He laughed and said "That was my sweet side. Wait until we get back to our room, then I will show you my wild side."

She blushed and replied "Dummy. Please, endure yourself, Ben. I agreed to be your wife but can you slow down?

He grinned and said "No! I am not going to let you go. I must change you from white paper to the red one. Therefore, I…Ouch"

She just stomped his foot. His words were too impertinently for her therefore she had to stop him before he gone too far. She pushed him away and walked away before she stopped. She is pouting him.

He followed and embraced her from behind before he said "I am sorry, Kai. Please, don't quarrel in our first night, shall we?"

"Huumm, you were the one who started" She stated

"That was my fault" He agreed "From now on, I will not quarrel with you anymore. I promise."

"Okay" She replied

"Then, can you tell me who is your husband that why was it so hard to express your feeling?" He asked nicely

She looked back and said "It was your fault."

"Me again?" He laughed "How?"

"We met after a long time and then you put your future stuffs and things into my head. What did you expect me to say?" She explained "You also said Gwen and Helen already is your wives. That sounded crazy. Am I right?"

"You are kind of right" He smiled sheepishly

She sighed and said "Not anymore, I finally told my feeling to you. Let's walk toward the future together and forget those past, shall we?"

"I agreed" He exclaimed "But first, let announce our good news to Gwen and Helen. They must hear this news."

He grabbed her hand and walked to Gwen and Helen direction but Kai pulled him back and stopped walking.

"Wait!" She stopped him "Don't tell them yet. Give me a time, please."

"Why?" He wondered

"Ben, Helen and Gwen just married you" She explained "You should spend more time with them first. Bring another wife now is not a good idea."

"Wow, you are really thoughtful but I wanted to tell them now" He acted like a kid

Kai see him smiled and happy again which make her happy too. Especially, tantrum thing he just did.

"Please, give me some time" She rubbed his cheek "We will tell them for sure."

"Fine!" He exclaimed "Hey, can I ask you a favor?"

"About what?" She asked

"Can you be in harmony with Helen?" He begged "Listen, I did not ask you to surrender but compromise. I do not want to see both of you fight each other. That would be bad. I…m…my earrrrrrr"

She pinched his ear hard and said "Are you taking her side? Answer me, Mr. Benjamin Tennyson!"

"No!" He cried "I just want you and Helen stay together. I am on both of your sides. Listen, if we did not do something about this problem, it will be bad for you, me, Helen and our kids in the future."

The word "our kids" made her stopped. She let him go. Ben thought he lost his ear already. She pinched him really hard, harder than Gwen or Helen. On the other hand, Kai is thinking.

"Okay" She said "But I have a condition."

"Really! What is it?" He asked surprisingly "What do you want me to do?"

"I am not tells you now." She replied "For now, you have to promise me that you will let me deal with this problem alone."

"Su…wait, is that another condition?" He asked "If yes, that will be two condition. How many conditions do you want?"

"Shut up" She exclaimed embarrassingly "Just say YES."

"Okay" He answered willingly "How are you going to do that?"

"It is woman stuffs" She explained "Men like you do not understand. Women like us have ways to compromise but I do not guarantee safety."

He looked at her stunningly and said "W…what do you mean by that?"

She did not answer his question. She ditch him and say "Let's catch up with those two before they notice us, shall we?"

He sighed and followed her. He walked side by side with Kai. They found, Helen and Gwen are panting after they ran around the parking lot. Suddenly, Ben made a move. He got closer and hugged both of them.

"Ben!" Helen exclaimed "What are you doing. We are in the public."

"Yeah!" Gwen "Kai is watching us too."

He separated and said "I am so sorry. I was too happy to embarrass. Besides, there is no point to be shined anymore. Gwen. Helen. Allow me to introduce Kai Tennyson. She agreed to be my wife already."

"REALLY!" They yelled unison

"Yes, she just…OUCHHHHHHH!" He screamed painfully

Kai was stunned because of Ben's action. He just promised her not to tell them but in the next minute he told them already, in front of her. With her instinct and embarrassment, she hit his back one big and hard time.

"BAMB" The sound echoed for few seconds. He deserved some punishment, she thought. Helen and Gwen did not know what happening but it looked like to them that Ben deserved it.

They see him twisting on the ground and exclaimed painfully. He looked at her but she glared him seriously. He better shut his mouth and say nothing, he thought.

Helen was going to pick him up but Kai crossed her arm first. She stunned Helen, Gwen, and Ben. They wondered what she planned.

She smiled lovely and said softly "Helen, do not help him. He deserved that because he broke what he promised me. Since you girls know that I joined Ben's family, we should have such a good girl talk time. Do you agree?"

Helen hesitated to answer her but Gwen understood Kai. She made a move too.

She crossed another Helen's arm and said "Agreed. Let's go back to our room and talk. We have so many things to do tonight."

"Wait, I have to help Ben" Helen said "I…"

"Helen, sometime you need to teach your husband a lesson" Gwen suggested "If you spoiled him too much, he would be a bad husband. Trust me, I had a bad ass boyfriend before."

"O…Okay" She agreed

"Hey, Kai. Was that you best shot? It was nothing." He mocked her and rolled shirt up "Do you see these marks? Gwen and Helen love to make it on my body. So…"

Unfortunately, Gwen and Kai really ignore Ben who still lying down on the ground. Then, he tried to call Helen for help but those two forced her to walk away from him. She turned her face back and lip-sync "I am so sorry, honey. I will make up for you later."

"You will have to pay me later, Kai." He replied "You cannot escape from my hands anymore. Do you hear me?"

They did not answer him. They just walked away and gone. Ben finally stood up. He is covered by dirt and dust. Then, he jumped around like a kid again. He is happy.

"Wow! Thank God!" He yelled alone "My dream is come true. Kai really loves me. I thought, I would not conquer her heart. I do not know what to say or beg anymore. I had imagined many adult things to do with Kai. I…" Then, he stopped and looked at the sky. He is thinking about Ken.

"Ken, did you see that?" He lamented "Your mother and I agreed to live together. See you soon, boy."

"Zeezzkk" Something or someone moved in the bush. Ben looked and said "Who's there?". No one come out.

"Could that be forever knights?" He thought and reached out for the Omnitrix

"Wait!" Ester said and came out of the bush.

Ben cannot believe in what he sees, Ester in the black cloth with a butterfly tattoo on left cheek. He is stunned to see her here. What is she doing here? Did she see everything? Why is she changed so much? There are many questions in his head.

"Hello, Ben" She spoke in a low tone and husky "Is this how you treat you ex-girlfriend?"

"Ester!?" He exclaimed surprisingly and closed the Omnitrix

"Aren't you going to say hello?" She asked

"Uhhhh, Good to see you again." He chuckled "It's been a while that we see each other since…"

"Since we broke up" She continued

"Yeah" He said quietly "What are you doing here?"

She walked around him and her hands played with his body "Can't I come here to see my old boyfriend? Did you miss me?"

"Hey, stop it" He argued "Keep your hand to yourselves."

"Why?" She asked seductively "Don't you like this? When we were dating, you kept asking me to do it. Why do you hate it now?"

He sighed and said "Because I do not want a problem with Antonio. Speaking of him, where is he?"

She stopped for a second and answered "We broke up already."

"What happened? Is that related to your new appearance?" He asked her

She looked at the sky and said "Time really changed people. Let's just say, I have to change to survive in this cruel world."

"What the hell is she talking about?" He thought "I better watch my back or something bad going to happen."

"Let's change the topic" She suggested "What about you? How are you? What are you doing here?"

"Ah, she did not hear about me or my wives" He thought and lied "I am so so, nothing bad and nothing good. I am doing personal business."

"Around here? At this time?" She questioned him "You still are a bad liar."

"My six senses are telling me to walk away from her." He thought

"Believe me or not is your choice" He exclaimed and walked away.

Suddenly, she wrapped and embraced him with her long arms. He feels her breathe through his neck. He smells a strong perfume from her body. He almost suffocated from it.

"Please, do not fight with me" She whispered and licked his ear "Why don't we stay together again? It will be like our old time. I wondered why we broke up."

"WE?" He stated emotionally "You were the one who broke our relationship. You gave up on me and walked away with that Antonio bastard."

"But, Here I am with you again" She said "Come on, don't you miss our old time. Why don't we go and find Mr. Smoothies? I know a place. I will tell you the way while you drive your car."

"The answer is NO!" He exclaimed "You walked away from me before. Now I am going to walk away from you. Let's me go, Ester. Our story was done long time ago."

Then, he feels a pressure. It was Ester. She started squeezing him hard and harder. He turned back and saw her crying. Her face is full with tears.

"Why do you ditch me again?" She cried "Am I not good enough for the greatest hero Ben 10 who saved the world and universe? Then, who is? Answer me, Ben?"

"…" Ben looked emotionless at her

Surprisingly, women tears always worked with Ben. He cannot resist it since he turned to be a teenager. Ester also knew this weakness and she used it. It did not work this time. Why?

"Are you a heartless monster, Ben?" She yelled "Answer me!"

He sighed and said "Ester, stop your acting. I am going to buy by your cheap tricked. Not this time."

"…" She stunned to hear that

"Your tears are faked" He explained "I know which one is real and which one isn't. Therefore, stop you bull shit play and let me go."

Her arms finally loosed. She let him go as he said. While he is going to walk away, she says something.

She said "You are really changed, Ben. I wonder what make you grow up. Is it because of Helen or Gwen or Kai or three of them?"

"H…How did you know that?" He wondered "Who told you that?"

"You do not need to know that" She screamed "Just answer me."

He sighed and said "Several months ago, many things happened to me and my life. I have learned to have more responsibility. I could not be a kid and goofed around forever. Everyone has to grow up. That's all I can tell you."

"Why is not me?" She yelled "What make me different from them?"

He scratched his head and replied "We tried it already. Do you remember? It was not work between you and me. It's ended with a disaster. The last thing, you were the one who give up on me. I was not."

"…" She stunned

"Goodbye, Ester" He finally walked away from her but it looked like she still had something to do with him. She yelled "Stop, Ben."

"What do you want this time?" He asked

"Can I see your cute face again?" She begged politely "Pleaseeeeeeeeeee."

"Fine!" He exclaimed and turned back to see her again.

Instead of see his face, Ester ran and embraced Ben again. He deiced not to push her away and let her did. Suddenly, a sound of blade cut through human fresh is echoing in Ben's head. He feels painfully at his stomach. He pushed her away. He saw a blade which covered by his blood on her hand.

Next second, he kneeled down on the ground. He tried to stop bleeding but the wound was too big to stop with a simple way. He needs a surgery medication. His hands are full of his bloods.

"Ester, why?" He said and looked at her

She laughed and said "If I haven't you, no one will. This is Ester. The big guy is downed. I repeat, the big guy is downed."

He tried to stop her but he was too weak to do that. Finally, he's lying donw on the ground and his bloods are everywhere.

***At girls room***

The female golden knight pulled her sword and yelled "CHARGEEEEEEEE"

"BOOOOMMMM" They just breached the door and Forever Knight crowded in their room.