Marvel: A New God's Reign

Chapter 82: Love and Space War

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"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!"

- Ollie, (Sons of the Desert)

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<(Atem POV)> 

'Wow, that was a lot of fun. I think I should do this more often.' I thought to myself with a fond smile on my face as I chugged down what was supposed to be my 17th cup of whiskey. "I wonder why I am drinking this shitty drink in the first place when I won't even be getting tipsy no matter how much I drink." I mentally whined about my godly resistance.

The five of us (me and the Fantastic Four) had just spent our entire night karaoking in the penthouse of the Baxter building, drinking, singling, and even dancing as we celebrated Ben's normal appearance. Empty glasses and crumpled napkins lay scattered about the room as evidence of how much we were all enjoying it.

Exhaustion had set in for everyone after a night of constant partying. Ben, having danced to 80s hits all night, was now sound asleep, cuddled up with Johnny on the couch who by the way, was mumbling in his sleep about being the world's greatest YouTube star. Meanwhile, Reed was also fast asleep, snoring while leaning against the bar with a straw comically placed in one of his nostrils—one of Johnny's pranks that he played on the scientist after he got drunk.

After noticing everyone fast asleep, I slowly set my own glass down, preparing to leave quietly, not wanting to disturb them in their sleep. However, the moment I turned, I was met with a soft, and determined voice that stopped me from opening a hush tube and leaving.

"Atem, wait." The one and only Susan Storm quickly appeared in front of me and caught my wrist before I could leave.

"Susan! I thought you'd be asleep by now," I could not help but exclaim in surprise in a low voice to avoid waking any of the other three up. "Also, didn't you go to sleep early?" I asked with a confused face.

"I couldn't sleep," she replied with a tired exhale, taking another step until her face was just a foot away from mine. "I needed to talk to you about something important."

"Yeah sure, whatever you need. What do you want to talk about?" I asked with a curious expression on my face. "Wait, is this about your funding? If it is, you will be glad to hear that I just approved a hundred-billion-dollar interest-free credit line for your research yesterday. With a credit line as large as that, you won't be having any more money troubles even if your revenue growth stops." I informed her with a smile.

"Wait, really? Wow, thanks. No, I mean that wasn't what I wanted to talk about." She said before taking a deep breath and locking her eyes with mine. "I-I wanted to talk about... us. I am tired of having to hide our relationship from other people even though there is nothing to hide. I want to make it official." She admitted.

"... By the way, why were we hiding it in the first place?" I asked with a straight face after listening to her words.

"I'm not sure, I suppose I was worried about hurting Reed. After all, there was a time when I used to have a silly crush on him, which left me with a soft spot for him... but obviously, those feelings are long gone now." She quickly added the last part after noticing the blank expression on my face.

"It's okay, Susan. I am not at all insecure when it comes to Reed Richards." I chuckled. "Just tell me, what you have in mind for our relationship because I am serious about it, and I don't plan to leave you any time soon. If you want to change your relationship status online or something, I don't have any objection to it. Hell, we can even get married if that is what you truly want. Just keep in mind what I told you before. I have a... few other women in my life besides just you." I casually stated, knowing that Susan already knew that Emma and Selene were my lovers from the start.