Chapter 17：I Am A Monster.

Athena finish up the last touch up before she return to the main house. Just after the glass room went down, suddenly her entrance door was opened by Aslan.

It makes Athena startle at the front of the sliding glass door.

"What are you doing?" Aslan walk to the living room and loosen his tie. He also bring a big luggage with him.

Turned her body around, she facing him. "Nothing. Enjoying the sundown." she give an excuse before she smiling.

Look at her shabby and messy shirt make him lift up his eyebrow.

"Are you playing with the mud or the paint?" he ask as his eyes still fix on her shirt.

Athena gasp a bit. Yup, she forgot that she still wear her baggy work shirt. She cover her expression by smiling and look at her own clothes.

"This is too plain, I was boring and I decide to paint my shirt to be like this. Looks natural right?" she giggles.

Aslan didn't reply her. He just 'hmm' and went upstairs.

Athena went to the kitchen and find something to cook. She's different than her sister. She learned how to cook with their chef back at home and sometimes she will help her mother to cook too.

She is more lady like than her sister. That is why people always label her as fragile and soft. Because she do have a face like that. But never they know that she also had a fierce face. Every time when she encounter with the battle of course.

Another clicking from the door make Athena to look at the door. Aslan who just done took a shower and change his attire also look at the door. He is right now standing at the staircase.

"Princess! I buy you a sweet fluffy bun that you really like." Zoro come inside the house and held his hand high with a plastic bag.

"Z…" Athena call out his name happily. She run to him and take the plastic bag.

"Of course it's me. Who else." he didn't notice that Aslan at the staircase staring at both of them, same goes with Athena. Both of them are focusing to the sweet bun inside the plastic bag.

Aslan feel a bit jealous with Zoro. He then clearing his throat making Athena and Zoro startle.

"What business do you have, to come here?" Aslan ask after he went downstairs and slump on the couch.

Zoro turn to look at Athena. She immediately tug her hand to Zoro's shirt and went to the kitchen before Zoro could said anything to Aslan.

"I and him…we…er.."

Narrowed his eyes to the floor, he said with a slow voice. "It's okay. I understand. You both husband and wife. There is nothing wrong here." he take a deep breath and exhale it before he smile to her.

Ruffles her hair, he said with a cheerful voice. "I will cheering on you and wish you had a happy moment with him. So, did you cook for today? Can I join you?"

Athena feel so touched with Zoro's attitude. He really is the best thing that she ever had in her life.

She nod. "Yeah. Join us." she put down the plastic bag on the kitchen counter. While Zoro already peeking at the pot on the stove.

She went to the couch and holding Aslan hand. Leading him to the kitchen. Aslan didn't say anything and he follow her to the dining table.

"Let's eat." Athena said when the three of them sat at the dining table.

Both of the man didn't say any word. Athena also didn't say anything. She enjoy her dinner because she was hungry. She didn't eat her lunch, that is why she was so famish right now.

Zoro chuckles seeing Athena eat with tastefully. He use his chopstick to pick the meat on the dish plate and place it on her rice bowl.

"Eat this. This is good for you." he said gently.

Aslan look up a bit, he saw how Zoro was so gentle to her. And even try to feed his wife? He was unhappy about that. He look at his spoon. He use his spoon and scoop the soup before he also put it on her rice bowl.

"Don't you think it's too dry?" he ask making Athena look at both of them confusedly.

"Uhm. Thanks.." she said to both of them before she look at her rice bowl and eat it.

Both of them look at each other before Aslan start.

"This isn't your house."

"This isn't your house too." Aslan lift up his eyebrow.

Zoro smirk and continue to eat before he reply again.

"You never care about her before, why you suddenly care about her now?"

Athena stop munching and look at Zoro before she turn to look at Aslan.

"She is my wife. Whatever I do to her is none of your business. You are no longer her boyfriend. So, face the fact."

Zoro look at him with an irritate expression. He put down the chopstick and wipe his corner of lips with the cloth.

Touch Athena's cheek he smile and said before he leave. "You can come to my house whenever you want. If you start to feel sick and tired with this man. You know my door will always open for you."

Athena dumbfound a moment. 'What's was that for?'

Bam!

Aslan slam his spoon to the table before he stood up and went to the sink with the empty rice bowl he just eat.

'Come on As..didn't I said that I don't care if she want to have an open relationship? Why do I have to feel so jealous over him?'

After dinner, Athena took a bath and stay at living room with Aslan. He was busy doing his work with his laptop on his lap, while she watch a horror movie.

With the scream and suspense sound from the television, makes Aslan turn to the screen too.

"Do you like to watch this kind of genre?" he ask. She was out from the picture of princess. Well, when she was young until she was teenager, everybody treat her like she was a princess. Every thing that she do, must be something that is too girly.

"I watch any kind of genre." she reply in short.

"Hmm..aren't you afraid of monster and ghost?" he divert back his eyes to his laptop.

"I am a monster. Why would I afraid of them if I am one of them?" she ask him back. This time, Aslan stop his finger from tapping on the keyboard.

He clench his fist for a moment before he release it. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.."

"It's okay. I don't take it to heart too."

"Athena, just so you know..you're not a monster. You is something else..you're a good person." he try to comfort her.

She just glance at him before she focus back on the screen.

"Hm..I'm not a good person. My hand is stain with so many blood that hunger for my blood. You only have been to a mission for saving me years ago do you? Have you go to any mission after that?"

Aslan shake his head.

"That's so lucky. Well, I'm not like you. I have to become stronger by killing them. My training start when I have to protect my own life. I only learn how to use a sword and some martial art from other master for a short time only. The rest is up to me how to survive. Do you think I still a good person? Have you ever thought how many man I've killed before?"

"That's is not matter. You do it for survival."

Athena look at her hand. She smile faintly. "The life I took is more than the life I could save."

Aslan put his laptop at the side and he went over to her. Embrace her and caress her arm.

"You had no choice. They can choose their path, but they insist on doing something wasteful. It's not your fault. You just do what it have to do to survive."

"Hmm.."

"Let's go to sleep." he turn off the television and bring her to the bedroom leaving all his work behind.