Chapter 21: Chapter 21 – The Sky with Beautiful Stars

Hey guys, SR here. I wanted to say that since it has been a long while since I last saw the Darling in The Franxx anime, I might name some of the stuff wrong, but I will still try to seek ways to as accurate as possible to the canon. I don't want to make it too much AU influenced as possible.

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If Ryo remembered correctly, the Magma energy which was described in the anime was yellow-orange substance that is retrieved from the Earth's core and used as an energy/power source to operate the mechanisms of the plantations and cultivate food and medicine.

Although humanity believed it to be part of Earth' natural resources, it is actually the quantitative physical property of the Klaxo-Sapiens, who converted their weak bodies into energy.

Magma energy was actually formed when the the invasion of VIRM and the war against them happened several millions, if not billions of years ago, that lasted for several hundreds of years, the Klaxo-Sapiens, the humanoid sentimental lifeform of the Earth dove into Earth's core to recuperate and prepare for the inevitable return of VIRM.

The stronger Klaxo-Sapiens converted into Klaxosaurs in male-female pairs. Whereas the weaker Klaxo-Sapiens converted their bodies into energy in order to restore the planet which had suffered desertification from the Klaxo-Sapiens draining its life energy during the war with VIRM.

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But during the year 2025, APE, was founded at the start of the twenty-first century following the mysterious arrival of the Chairman and his companions who took control of the internationalization government due to APE's discovery of Magma Energy.

Members of APE introduced magma energy as new mining technology by excavating magma energy from underground the Earth's surface and it became a new low-cost and all-compassing energy source, allowing technology and civilization to rapidly accelerate.

This, in turned led to the Earth to lose its vitality, which in turn made Klaxosaur Queen, Code 001 to take action, which led to the first Klaxosaur attack in 2037. Which started the start of conflict between the Humanity and Klaxosaur.

Sadly, Klaxosaur had a huge advantage over Humans, making them almost go extinct if not for Franxx to finally invent the FRANXXs, mechas which was to be piloted by two pair of Parasites, one male and one Female.

*Bam*

"Darling! Tell me what you and that creepy old man were talking about!??"

While he was going through the knowledge in the books, thinking and recalling the plot of the Darling in the Franxx anime, Zero Two who was feeling mentally tired and bored, came to Ryo who was sitting on the sofa and reading the book and directly collapsed on his lap, and started to take sniff of his stomach.

Looking at Zero Two directly collapsing on his lap, Ryo felt an infinite amount of happiness, making him smile and caress her hairs. As he removed all the unnecessary thoughts and actions and focused all his attention on her for a while.

This might probably the last time since they might be able to cuddle this much as he will soon be busy with Franxx, trying to increase his bloodline potential.

"Zero Two. I will tell you everything when we go to sleep tonight. I promise."

"Hmmmmm. Fine. Whatever."

Feeling her hair caressed being caressed, Zero Two also started to smile and dived deeper into his stomach as her eyes felt a bit heavy with how tense and mentally tired she was feeling because of the confrontation with Werner Franxx.

No matter how much older she looks, she was still a 12 year old child who requires a lot of rest.

On the other hand, Ryo felt his resolution to get stronger grow watching over Zero two. It did indeed hurt him a little seeing Zero two getting hurt today, he knew that if he would have intervened the fight between Zero Two and Nana, he would have disturbed her growth.

But it all would have been different if he had much power and resources to confront the APEs, Klaxosaurs and VIRMs. He would have trained Zero Two personally and would have made her experience a lot more better.

'Zero Two... Just a few more years. I will kill all the people who had ever inflicted a little bit of pain. I will make them feel the hell itself if I can. How dare they!'

Silently Ryo's eyes grew a bit colder and sharper as he waited for the right time to strike. How could he be letting all the humans on this earth to go free after hurting Zero Two. If someone gets in his way, he will kill them.

No matter if they were innocent or not, they were with the ones working for those who hurt Zero two. And he will not let anyone of them go. Afterall, he really care for Zero Two. He do not care about them at all.

They are innocent? So what? If they do not have the power to help themselves, it is their fault. But unknown to even himself, Ryo failed to notice how obsessed with Zero Two he had grew.

Because of how much suffering and trauma he had gone through, he had closed his heart to any other person. But living with Zero Two has changed his stone cold heart, helped him move out of his trauma and previous love, Nana.

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Soon the dawn came and so did the night.

Ryo started to arrange both his and Zero Two's beds while Zero Two sat by the window while dangling her legs in air enjoying the look of the fake stary night made up by a holographic projected installed in the room while humming a song.

It didn't took his long for him to arrange the pillows and blankets on the bed, but as soon as he turned around, he was mesmerized by the beautiful sight. The reflection of moonlight and the Zero Two's mesmerizing looks was just so fatal.

As if feeling the stare, Zero Two looked back at Ryo who was a bit stunned and smugly smiled.

"What happened, Darling? Did you fall for me, again?"

Patting the sittable area by her side, Zero Two invited Ryo to sit.

Shaking his head, Ryo removed all the unnecessary thoughts and sat beside her side as they both started to stargaze at the false sky while holding hands. Looking at the beautiful stars in the sky, Ryo indeed had to say that if he didn't saw the device projecting the sky, he would have not been able to discrete if it was real or false.

"..."

After a while, Ryo who had been looking at the sky, felt that it was time for them to sleep, though about something which made him feel a bit fearful. Looking at his side, Ryo gave Zero Two, who was still looking at the sky with a smile on her face, a resolute look.

"Zero Two..."

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"Yes, Darling. What is it?"

Perking her head to her side, Zero Two looked directly in frowning Ryo's eyes.

Although feeling a bit hesitant, Ryo made up his mind to say what was on his mind. He had been feeling a bit fearful about some stuff related to his past life. He was fearful about what if Zero Two learned about his past by some accident and felt hurt. Furthermore, there are chances of those 'Higher Dimensional' beings who could take advantage of this and try to destroy their relationship using it.

"Zero Two, will you still believe in me...? Will you still... love me if I say that I had been hiding a lot of things from you? I have some secrets that I can't just tell you, even I want to."

With resolute will, Ryo said the things that has been bugging him all this time. From the time he had started to... love Zero Two, he had been feeling that if she know about his past, she might feel repulsive toward him.

Clearly perceiving the worry from Ryo's eyes, Zero Two signed and leaned her body toward Ryo and hugged his arm, leaning to his body in his embrace and looked into his eyes and replied, "Darling, is the secret that you are hiding something which could hurt me? Is it related to that old man, Franxx?"

Looking at the clear emerald eyes looking at him with softness, Ryo stayed silent for a moment, but in the end, he decided to reply, "... No. It is not related to Franxx, but I do think that it could hurt you."

"Hmm. Darling, no matter what happen, even if you are keeping some secrets from me, I believe in you. Afterall, you are doing it for my own good, right, Darling?"

Feeling the worry in Ryo's eyes grow more, Zero Two closed her eyes and smiled while bringing their faces together till their horns touched each other, an act that she did to show her happiness to Ryo.

No matter what happen, she knew from her very heart that Ryo will never do anything that will harm her. She knew that no matter how strict he acts around her, she can easily see the care and love in Ryo's eyes.

'Darling, do not worry. Even if there are things that you might have done that could hurt me, just know that I will always support and be by side.'

Opening her eyes, she looked directly into Ryo's eyes to show how she was feeling.

It was once said that eyes are the window to heart. This cannot be more true for Ryo. Looking at the sharp cat like emerald eyes showing and conveying her feeling to him; Ryo felt relieved. The stone over his heart which was disturbing him was finally removed.

Looking at Zero Two, showing her complete trust to him, even when she knew there are things that he know or he did in past, that could hurt her, Ryo felt like showing her how much he was happy to have Zero Two in his life. Just then his eyes fell on her pink soft lips.

He knew that Zero Two had kissed him multiple times when they are sleeping, Ryo felt that time he should be the first to take the initiative.

Taking a deeper breath, Ryo looked at Zero Two as he bought his face instantly closer to her face and gave her a kiss, astonishing her in the process as her eyes widened. But soon Zero Two came to realization of what happened, she hugged Ryo and pulled him, trying to make their first kiss as longer as possible.

'Soft', As soon as Ryo's lips touched Zero Two's lips, he felt how soft her lips were. This was probably the second time in both life he had ever kissed. He was even a virgin in his first life due to some circumstances.

So feeling the warm feeling build up inside him, Ryo almost cried as it bought out a memory of his which he didn't want to remember. But suppressing his feeling to not destroy this special occasion for Zero Two. His first time was his worst experience, so he didn't want Zero two to experience the same.

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Ryo didn't knew how long it was but was feeling like eternity as they continued to kissed. But no matter how much long they continued, Ryo started to feel a bit suffocated and opened his eyes to see Zero Two in the same condition.

Thinking that it was enough for their first kiss. He finally broke free from Zero Two's forceful grip, breaking the kiss, as they both started to breath quickly, trying to catch their breathe.

"I love you... Darling."

Feeling a bit shy for the first time, Ryo finally conveyed his feeling to Zero Two for the first time. But unknown to him, this almost made Zero Two faint in happiness.

"I love you too, Darling!"

Feeling super happy and super excited, Zero Two suddenly pulled Ryo into another long series of kisses.

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It took a bit of a while for Zero Two to settle down.

In the end, Ryo decided that he was finally going to open his heart completely to Zero Two. So he then also allowed to Zero Two to act as clingy as she want and even let her sleep in his bed. 

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"Ryo! Ryo! Ryo! Ryo!... Just you wait. I will find a way to find you as soon as possible. Damn these bastards getting in my way and destroying my plans! But don't worry Ryo, I will definitely with as soon as I will achieve my goals. Just wait for me. I will be there for you."

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*Tring* *Tring* *Tring*

Waking up to the sound of the alarm, Ryo massaged his head as he tried to recall what he was dreaming about.

'What a weird dream it was.' 

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We are now in an unknown territory! What will Ryo do? Will he be able to calmly face the calamities coming his way that had been planned for him? Continue to watch drago-*Ahem* Code: Infinity Reboot.

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