Why Is There An Alien Princess In My Room? (ONC 2023 - Alien Romance - Complete)

18: Vyrsa Forgot About That Damn Key

The whole room glowed in eerie blue, originating from the peculiarly shaped object—which was coiled in a spiral and layered around itself—that lay between Vyrsa and Tristan on the bed. She'd pulled it out from the fabric fold between her boobs upon its surprising wake-up call.

Between Netflix binging, acting as a feline servant, and making out with a certain cute alien boy, Vyrsa has completely forgotten about the damn key. Even the reason for her high-stakes heist appeared irrelevant at this point.

Who cared about planetary rivalries anyway?

All she cared about was the safety of the confused earthling beside her, staring at the strobing key, and of the loud cat outside the door, meowing as if her life depended on it. The loud alien signal must have disturbed her dinner.

"Wha-what is that?" Tristan stuttered. The blue sheen reflected on his still bare chest and Vyrsa couldn't help but admire the angles, even in this tense situation.

"A key," she mumbled, trying to make sense of the situation. "I stole it on Coi, right before coming here. That's why I stepped through the portal."

"What does it lock?" he asked.

Vyrsa sighed, not really wanting to face the childish reason for her crimes. "The cage to their champion squids," she admitted, looking down at the sheets. "Our planets are facing off in SquidBowl. It's the biggest event in the universe. My father has been putting all our planet's resources into winning but I feared... it still wouldn't be enough. Coi's team is so strong. So I... sabotaged them by still stealing the key to the sacred squid cage, so they won't be able to compete."

Her cheeks glittered from embarrassment as she said the words. It all seemed so petty in hindsight. Why had she cared so much about a silly game? Enough to stage a plan to lock away their precious squids. Because without the key, which had been heavily guarded, no one would be able to free them in time.

Although, if she hadn't gone to Coi, then she also wouldn't have ended up on Earth. She wouldn't have met Tristan.

And that would have been truly tragic.

"It's a... sports game?" he asked, a baffled look on his pretty face. "You stole this thing because of a sports game and now they're coming toward Earth because of it?" His gaze fell on the device, which was still blinking and beeping relentlessly. "Why is it doing that?" A shade of fear flew across his face. Vyrsa wanted to hold him close, tell him everything would be alright, and that they soon would be able to go back to their fun kissy times.

But she couldn't. Because she didn't know if she would be able to fix this.

"They must have found out I'm here on Earth," she muttered. "Those bastards." The stupid Coians always ruined everything. "This means they must have agents on this planet, even though it's not allowed according to the Union of Intelligent Life. Otherwise, they wouldn't know I'm here."

Tristan shook his adorable curls, seemingly trying to make sense of what she'd just said. "What does that mean?" he asked. "Like for... us, I mean."

Us. The word made it feel like a cloud of warmth embraced her heart. He considered them united with a common cause. United against the pesky Coians.

"It means they're coming here, toward Earth. They must have just entered the solar system, which means they could turn on the tracker function in the key to ascertain its location."

"And what will happen once they come here?" Tristan slumped down on the bed, apparently resigned to not getting to enjoy sexy times.

Vyrsa moved closer to him on the bed, patting his thigh with her hand. The touch wasn't meant to be arousing like before, but instead, she was hoping to comfort.