"Did you think I wouldn’t catch your lie? It’s written all over your face that you’re lying. Now tell me quickly, who is this girl? And what is she doing here?"
Himanshu lowered his eyes. He was just about to blurt out the ’she’s a friend’ lie.
"She... she is my—"
The words barely left his mouth when he suddenly felt another hand on his. A soft hand. He looked down. Demon queen was holding his hand.
Himanshu completely froze. His entire body suddenly felt burning hot, and his cheeks turned bright red.
He glanced at Demon queen face. There was absolutely zero emotion in her eyes. It was as if doing this was the most normal thing in the world for her.
What does this mean? Himanshu panicked internally. Is she actually going to do it?
She gently pulled Himanshu by his hand and stood right in front of his mom.
Seeing this, Himanshu was initially confused and sweating with pure embarrassment. Because for the first time in his life, he was going to feel a girl’s lips on his own!
But the moment he stood right in front of his mom, it clicked in his head. This was just a trick to throw dust in his mom’s eyes.
Demon queen stood right in front of him, using her head to completely block his mom’s view of his face. Now, both of them slowly started getting closer.
Himanshu’s brain straight-up stopped working.
Is my first kiss really happening? And that too with a comic book Demon Queen?!
His hands started trembling, which the Demon queen could clearly feel. Her weird, intoxicating scent was driving his nose completely crazy. Her soft lips were forcing his body to lose all control. She was so close to him now that he could literally feel her warm breath hitting his face.
To make the kiss look realistic, Demon queen tilted her head slightly so his mom would think they were actually kissing. But in reality, their lips never touched.
Himanshu’s mom didn’t even get a chance to doubt them. From the moment Demon queen grabbed his hand, his mom just stood there, staring at them in pure shock. Nobody expected something like this to happen.
Demon queen ended her short fake kiss and pulled back.
Himanshu had zero words left in his mouth. He was just standing there like a statue, staring blankly at the wall.
"There. Do you believe me now that I am his girlfriend?" Demon queen asked.
His mom stayed quiet for a moment. Like she was taking a second to process this massive truth.
"Oh my God! Such a beautiful girl... is my son’s girlfriend?!"
Just a second later, Demon queen felt something incredibly weird. Someone had grabbed her tightly. She looked down.
His mom had hugged her tightly, crushing her like a small kid!
"You are so cute!"
His mom actually started rubbing her own cheek against Demon queen cheek. "Your cheeks are so soft!"
Hearing this, Himanshu turned around. He was genuinely shocked seeing this, because he had never seen his mom act like this before. But then he realized— Well, obviously. It’s not like I ever had a girlfriend before.
His panic dialed down a bit. Deep down, he felt a weird wave of happiness too. He had finally saved his dignity, even if it was all thanks to a massive lie.
Himanshu was just enjoying this feeling when suddenly—
Thwack!
His mom playfully punched Himanshu hard on the shoulder. Himanshu stumbled a bit from the impact.
"Idiot! Why didn’t you tell me earlier?!" his mom scolded with fake anger.
Seeing this, Demon queen couldn’t hold back a small laugh.
"Mom, I... I was just about to tell you," Himanshu said, rubbing his shoulder.
"When were you going to tell me? When you two finally moved in together?"
"What?! Move in?!" Both Himanshu and Demon queen shouted the exact same words together. They were totally shocked.
"Why are you two so shocked?" his mom asked, rolling her eyes. "I mean... this girl is in your room early in the morning, you guys are close. I thought you guys were pretty serious about this relationship!"
Oh no, this is escalating way too fast...
Himanshu could clearly see the anger building up in the Demon queen’s eyes.
"How long have you been staying with him?" his mom asked.
"Mom, she literally just came yesterday."
"Oh."
Then, changing the topic, his mom started scolding—no, praising him again.
"Well, at least you passed in something!"
Himanshu knew this was just his mom’s weird way of showing love. And honestly, he was pretty used to it by now.
His mom grabbed both of the Demon queen hands affectionately and started firing questions one after another.
"Did you eat? What do you like to eat? Where did you two meet?"
For the Demon queen, all these questions and the constant chatter were definitely annoying. But somewhere, deep down in some corner of her heart, these questions were also giving her a weird sense of peace.
For 8,003 years, she had only seen politics, murder, war, and a selfish world blindly chasing after power. For her, this was entirely new. After centuries, for the very first time, someone was talking to her without any hidden motive, without any conspiracies. Just asking whatever came to their mind. She just had to answer without overthinking it.
But now the real problem was here. His mom was starting to ask about her background.
"By the way... where are you from?"
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