Super Science

Ch. 150: My First Kiss went a little like this

Despite vanishing from the scientists in a flock of crows, Angelo didn't entirely leave. Instead, he looked around the facility until he found the person he wanted to talk to. Once he found them, he remanifested in front of them and cooed, "Oh Meliiiiiiiiiiiissa!"

Melissa, who was working on mapping out other dimensions in the interdimensional department, was beset by a flock of crows who took the form of one of the people he wasn't too thrilled to see on any basis. After seeing it was just Angelo, and not a done horror from beyond space trying to work its way through a portal, she shut down the machine. She decontaminated the chamber from within her airtight and highly secure controlled room. She knew he was going to take up her time, so she might as well give him her full attention.

After the newest portal closed down and the machine turned off, she asked, "What do you want this time, demon?"

Angelo rolled onto the control panel, put his hands on his stomach, and said, "I heard from a little birdie that you took Izuku's first kiss." Melissa refused to reply, turning away and pretending to do something on her Purah Pad. So Angelo got antsy and complained, "Oh, come on, you have to tell me, or I'll just die!"

"You say that, but you don't mean it." Melissa shot back.

"Don't you wanna rub it in my face?" Angelo entices her.

This made Melissa quiver, and she really wanted to do just that. However, she couldn't tell if he was looking for a fight, so she cautiously asked him, "And what if I did?"

"Well then, I'd have to congratulate you. All's fair in love and war." Angelo admitted with a shrug, surprising the girl. "Personally, I wanted it to be me, but the fact remains that you know him better than I, longer than I, and spend more time with him than I. I'll admit that romance is not my forte." He once again admitted with a sigh and a despondent expression. Melissa began to feel her ego swell a bit, but it was cut short when the man stood up on the panel and proclaimed, "But what I am good at is raw, hot, animalistic-!"

But he was stopped when Melissa held an anti-demon gun to his crotch and said in a deadly calm voice, "Go on, finish that statement. I dare you."

Angelo stopped time and fled behind the girl. When time resumed, he said with a sinister tone, "Fine. I guess you can understand the subtext. My point is that you get his first kiss, and I'll get his first time."

"Are you sure?" Melissa asks back boldly.

"You're sweating just looking at me," Angelo states while Melissa pulls her face from his, trying to hide her unusual feeling.

She then took her pad, put it under his chin, and demanded, "Was there something else you wanted to talk about?"

"Tell me how you did it." Angelo gets to the point.

Melissa raised an eyebrow and asked while lowering her pad, "You wanna hear about romance?"

Angelo nods and explains, "Just because I'm more inclined to lust rather than love as a half succubus, doesn't mean I don't like hearing about it. I'm a sucker for that light hearted sappy stuff."

At first, Melissa seems hesitant to do so, but seeing his expression, she eventually submits and agrees, "Okay, fine. You win."

Several days ago

Today, Melissa was on a mission, and she wasn't going to fail! She had failed before, but not this time! Today, she was finally going to kiss Izuku! That stupid demon had made a deal to see who could garner his affection first, and she had been distracted for days. This was bad.

Luckily, the demon also hasn't shown up for a while, so it's not like she's lost. But she couldn't slack or should lose, and she wouldn't lose to someone who only wanted Izuku for his body! No way!

So she started by asking if Izuku wanted help mapping out and planning his space program. He said yes, and for the next few hours, they worked diligently, just like the last time. Like the last time, they got closer and closer until they were shoulder to shoulder. When their faces met, Melissa knew this was her chance and went in for a kiss. Unfortunately, Otto came in to ask Izuku something, interpreting their moment.

So she tried again. This time, she asked if Izuku would want to help her map out other realities. He said yes. The two of them worked for a few more hours until Izuku knocked down some papers, and they ended up tumbling over one another. Melissa, on top of Izuku, and the two of them almost went in for another kiss—until Wily appeared in the testing room to gather data and run a diagnostic on the machine.

So she tried again, this time at dinner. She asked Izuku to join her in comparing notes on their findings, and he said yes. Once again, they grew closer when one of their noodles happened to be in both of their bowls. But that ended as fast as it started since they were in the mess hall with several other people around. Not Melissa's brightest moment.

Melissa was getting desperate and irritated. It was deja vu all over again. Did God hate her? Was it some kind of cosmic game for her to get so close to the first boy she actually liked, only for the moment to be snatched away? She really didn't know; she just knew she had to kiss him.

Then it dawned on her. Why was she trying so hard? What was the truth of what she was doing? Was she really doing this cause of Izuku, or was it to win against that demon's game? If it were for the ladder, then she was no better than Angelo, selfish. She didn't want Izuku; she wanted bragging rights. She was becoming one of those mean girls she sees in movies!

This was bad! She couldn't be like that? She couldn't have those thoughts! But did she really want Izuku? Were her feelings true?

No! They had to be true! She liked him way before this deal came about. She likes him for his quirks, his good and bad parts, and even the way he babbles incoherently about absolutely nothing. Her feelings were true, and she would finally act on them.

So she grabbed Izuku as they walked down the hallway to the dorms, pulled him into an empty testing chamber, and said, "Izuku."

"Um…yes," Izuku replied, a bit confused by her sudden aggression

Melissa took a deep breath and told him, "This is getting kinda ridiculous, and I'm getting nowhere. There's no possible way that this can happen organically, so I'm just gonna go for it. Especially before someone else interrupts."

"Go for what?" Izuku questions, still not getting it.

Suddenly, the door opened, and Cluck strided in on her cart, asking, "Doctor, may I have a moment of your time?"

But before he could answer, Melissa kicked the cart out of the door and locked it. She turned to Izuku and walked up to him. With a deep blush on her face, she told him, "Izuku. I would like to kiss you."

"K-k-k-k-kiss me?" Izuku stammered out, his face equally red as hers.

She nods and explains, "I really like you, Izuku. And I've been trying to tell you that and kiss you for some time now." She tries to lean in for a kiss, but Izuku backs away a bit. His reaction takes Melissa aback, but he cordially asks, "Are you not ready for that?"

Izuku panicked a bit, shook his hands in a flailing motion, and told her, "No, no, it's not that. I've just never kissed someone. I don't even know how to do it."

"Well, close your eyes and I'll take the lead," Melissa told him.

Izuku gulped, closed his eyes, and tried to pucker up. Melissa almost wanted to giggle at the face he was making, but didn't. She closed her eyes and leaned into him, finally planting her lips on his.

"And that's how I got his first kiss. Took a while, but I did it." Melissa said with equal parts relief and pride.

Angelo, lying stomach first on a giant demonic hand he summoned, looked up at her as she explained this story like a kid. With starry eyes and some frustration in his voice, he said, "Wow! Even I was getting fed up with all those distractions before the kiss. You've got some Strong patience there, girl. I would have lost my cool long ago."

"So, does it sting?" Melissa inquired, not looking to float but out of curiosity.

Angelo shrugged and admitted, "A bit. But like I said, all is fair. You get his kiss, I get his V-card. Toodles."

With the demonic hand, he poofs into smoke, the smoke left behind creating a devilish smile, as if Angelo were giving her one like Vex. The girl glares at the smoke and waves it away before returning to her work, feeling fulfilled but also perturbed. Maybe if she plays her cards right, she can get Izuku's V-card before Angelo does. But then again, maybe he's not ready for that…or for her.

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